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2010 Column Series: "Life Overflowing"

Bishop Wohlrabe's second in a series of columns on the “theology of abundance” is now available. Columns may be read by individuals (devotionally) and/or used by congregation councils or other parish leadership groups for study, reflection and discussion.

 

Healthy Congregation Columns

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Healthy Congregations parts 1-3

Healthy Congregations, parts 4-7

Healthy Congregations, parts 8-9

2009 Bishop's Report to the Congregations of the NW Minn. Synod
As congregations prepare for their annual meetings, the synod has prepared three resources to enhance those meetings. Congregations in our synod will soon receive those resources by U.S. Mail. Each is also available in PDF form.

Report From Bishop Wohlrable

Preparing for your Annual Congregational Meeting

"Our Congregation's 2010 Mission Support for Synodical and Churchwide Ministries" form

 

Lawrence Robert Wohlrabe was born in Mankato, Minn. He graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and Luther Seminary, St. Paul. Luther Seminary awarded him a Doctor of Ministry degree with distinction.

Ordained in 1981, he served parishes in Willmar, Minn; St. James, Minn; and Moorhead. He was also on the staff of Luther Seminary, St. Paul, and the SW MN Synod ELCA, Redwood Falls, Minn..

Larry was elected bishop of the Northwestern Minnesota Synod on June 10, 2007.

Larry's wife, Joy, is hospice and homecare social worker for St. Francis Healthcare Campus in Breckenridge, Minn. They have two young adult children, Erik and Kristen.