Let's Do Church Together!   Let’s Do Church Together is the theme for the 2020 Pacifica Bishop’s Gatherings. What better time to collaborate than now, as we are all learning new ways to share the gospel with others in due to the pandemic. We will meet online by Zoom to discuss congregational and synod plans for ministry in the year to come. We will unveil Pacifica’s Strategic Plan for … [Read more...]

June 17, 2020 Dear People of the Pacifica Synod, As you know, the 2020 Synod Assembly scheduled to take place at California Lutheran University at the end of May was postponed due to COVID-19.  We thought about rescheduling to August. However, we believe that the best advice will continue to deem it unwise to gather together in large numbers. At a special Synod Council meeting held on … [Read more...]

March 16, 2020 It is with sincere disappointment that due to the heightened risk of COVID-19 transmission, we must relay the decision of the Pacifica Synod Equity and Diversity Workgroup and our Bishop Andy Taylor that we postpone the Undoing Racism Workshop at Luther Glen that was planned for April 27-29. At this point, we are not clear about rescheduling yet, but we have lifted this up as … [Read more...]

Click here to go to the Day of Theological Reflection page where you will find more information and the link to register! … [Read more...]

The ELCA Churchwide Assembly, the primary decision-making body of the church, is a process of communal spiritual discernment. Finding ourselves in Christ, the fifteenth Churchwide Assembly was a time for us to be the living body of Christ guided by the Spirit and conformed to God’s will. Voting members met at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 5-10, 2019 to discuss and make … [Read more...]