News & Announcements
200th Convention at the Kellogg Conference Center in East Lansing, Michigan Friday, June 28 – Tuesday, July 2, 2024Registration will be open from April 15 – May 15 on swedenborg.org Friends, and colleagues of the Swedenborgian Church, we are eagerly preparing for a historic 200th annual convention at Michigan State University that will be robustly […]
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A Message from the President Most have heard about the dramatic closure of Wayfarers Chapel due to massive landslides and structural damage to the famous “glass church.” Despite geologic stability for three quarters of a century, two years of atmospheric rain waves compounded by water flow and drainage complications associated with local utilities have created
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The Social Justice Committee (SJC) is thrilled to share its new logo pictured here as designed by Swedenborgian Church Youth League (SCYL) East Coast Officer, Zsa Zsa Dolley (she/her). The Social Justice Committee reached out to the SCYL towards the end of 2023 for logo ideas to be considered. Interested teens worked on their ideas
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Dear Friends and Members of the Swedenborgian Church of North America, Wayfarers Chapel lies in the coastal Abalone Cove area of Palos Verdes, California, which began to experience some landslide activity in July of 2023 due to the heavy rains the previous winter. Damage we are seeing from this new land movement on the Chapel
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By Karen Conger The General Council (GC) of the Swedenborgian Church of North America (SCNA) met in a hybrid format Friday and Saturday, November 3 and 4, 2023, at Mercy Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The business undertaken included hearing reports from the officers and others, such as the chairs of the Council of Ministers,
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The 2023 Journal is now available. Please contact manager@swedenborg.org with any questions.
2023 Journal is now available Read More »
Please see the following message from the National Council of Churches NCC Calls the Nation to Week of Prayer, Hosts Virtual Service on Nov. 1 Considering the recent devastating events taking place in the conflict between Hamas and Israel, an alarming rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia across our nation, as well as the mass shooting
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UPDATE: You can now watch the replay of the vigil on our YouTube channel. Original post: Dear Friends, Once again we are confronted with a time of great sorrow in our world. As the violence and pain deepens, we are left wondering what one can do. A small gesture we are called to offer is
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2023 Theme: “Look to the Heavens”From conversations with teens, I discovered many of them want to know more about our Swedenborgian faith. Some of our teens don’t attend church, or if they do, it is at a church of a different denomination. We will explore our faith by visiting the religious journeys of our church youth
SCYL Annual Winter Retreat Read More »
