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Word and Service Calls

Word and Service is one of the newer terms we have in the ELCA. It sounds like a complicated term, but in reality it's simple: Word and Service ministers are called to follow in the way Jesus lived his life serving others. They are rostered leaders who serve the marginalized in a variety of ways.

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Word and Sacrament. Pastors. We see them every Sunday, but their leadership in the church is beyond the sermon at the pulpit.
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