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A Network of Christ-Centered,
Outwardly-Focused, Faith-Growing Communities for the Sake of
the World
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Gulf Coast Synod
Priorities: Connection. Communication. Compassion.
by Bishop Tracey Breashears Schultz
September 18 through December 4, 2025, I
made stops in all seven of our conferences on what I called
my “Bishop’s Listening & Learning Tour.” An average
of 32 people attended each of the conference gatherings. In
December and January, I compiled the feedback I had received
from those who attended the tour stops, looking for repeated
words and phrases, and three areas consistently stood out.
They’re the three words you see in the title of this article,
and they’ve become our mission priorities: Connection. Communication. Compassion.
On January 9-10, 2026, the Synod Council
met in retreat at Lutherhill to learn about and discuss these
three ministry areas. Here are some of our notes.
Read more...
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Getting to Know the
Gulf Coast Synod: One Conference at a Time
by The Rev. Cassandra Nagle
leaders in the Gulf Coast Synod. At
first, I wasn’t sure how this would take shape. But, in what
seems like no time at all, my calendar has become filled with
all sorts of visits — with faith communities in transition,
with rostered ministers in discernment, with councils and
call committees in need of accompaniment or training, and
more.
This is a map of the seven conferences
in the Gulf Coast Synod. Which conference is your faith
community’s home? Each week, I am traveling to different
conferences in our synod (and sometimes more than one!), and
what a wonderful journey it has been so far.
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Lisa’s Pieces:
Creation Care Tips from the Synod
Lutherans Restoring Creation Team
by
Lisa Brenskelle
The mission of Lutherans
Restoring Creation is to
promote incorporation of care for
creation into the full life and mission
of the church, working in five areas:
worship, education, discipleship,
building & grounds, and public
ministry/advocacy.
Read
more...
February & Early
March Creation Care Events
- Living the Change –
ongoing thru May, dates/times
individually scheduled, online
- Harris County Climate Justice
Plan – Sunday, February 1, 2
p.m., online
- The Earth and Spirituality:
Organized Religion and Earth Church
– Sunday, February 1, 6 p.m., online
- Faithful Resilience: A Study
on Climate Resilience for Faith
Communities – Mondays,
January 12 - February 16, 6 p.m.,
online
- Climate Solutions 101
– Tuesdays, January 13 - February 17, 6
p.m., online
- Changing by Choice
– Thursdays, February 19 – March 26, 6
p.m., online
- Beach Clean-Up –
Sunday, February 22, 2 – 4 p.m.,
Surfside Beach
- The Role of Community
Engagement in Environmental Health
Research – Sunday, February
22, 6 p.m., online
- The Path of Hope: A Study on
Climate Action for Faith Communities
– Mondays, February 23 – March 16, 6
p.m., online
- Cool Congregations Cohort
– monthly on the 4th Monday at 7 p.m.,
online (January-November)
- Drawdown Roadmap –
Tuesdays, February 24 – March 17, 6
p.m., online
- Join other
Lutherans for Run for Your Wildlife
– Saturday, Feb. 28, 8 a.m., Baytown
Nature Center, Baytown
- Justice Advocacy Event
– Sunday, March 1, 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.,
Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353
Rice Blvd., Houston, 77005
- Pocket Prairies for Faith
Communities – Sunday, March
1, 3 – 4:30 p.m., online
- Via Creationis: Walking the
Way of Creation – Saturday,
March 14, 10 a.m., Hermann Park,
Houston
Contact
gcs.lrc@gmail.com
for details on any of these events.
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