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Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church at 2390 North Road. Courtesy\/BELC<\/p>\n
Bethlehem Lutheran Church News:<\/p>\n
Bethlehem Lutheran Church is participating in Equipping Congregations, a yearlong communications and digital storytelling initiative offered through Caffeinated Church and the Episcopal Church in Colorado.<\/p>\n
Bethlehem is one of 20 congregations in the Rocky Mountain Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) taking part in the initiative, and one of 90 participating congregations across the wider project. The program helps congregations build practical skills to tell authentic stories of faith, community, and service and connect with all, especially Genz and Millennials through digital media.<\/p>\n
Throughout the year, Bethlehem Lutheran Church will receive communications coaching, training, and support in creating digital content. This foundational year is focused on increasing the congregation\u2019s knowledge, skills, and capacity to share what God is up to at Bethlehem. Through hands-on experience with short-form video, social media, and authentic storytelling, congregational leaders and members will build tools they can continue using long after the grant year ends.<\/p>\n
The goal is more than promoting church events: it is to help Bethlehem tell the stories of God at work through its people, ministries, relationships, and everyday life. By strengthening its storytelling capacity, the congregation hopes to connect more deeply with neighbors, especially GenX and Millennials in Los Alamos and invite others to see how faith is lived out in community.<\/p>\n
\u201cBethlehem has a community presence that is often not known or understood unless you have come through our doors for an LA Cares distribution day, participated in one of the many Scouts organizations that use our building, driven or walked past us as you take your kiddos to school at Mountain Elementary on North Road, or attended a community member\u2019s funeral,\u201d said Amy Schmuck, Deacon for Welcome and Lifelong Learning.\u00a0\u201cOur building is not on a high traffic area of town, so improving our digital presence through spirit-centered story-telling through social media, we hope to convey to the community who we are as followers of Jesus in a worshipping community that deeply cares for our neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Equipping Congregations is part of Show & Tell: Stories for the Nones, Dones, and Disconnected, an initiative supported by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. It aims to help Christian communities communicate their stories in ways that are accessible, engaging, and rooted in the life of the congregation.<\/p>\n
About Bethlehem Lutheran Church<\/p>\n
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church is an ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) congregation in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and a member of the Rocky Mountain Synod. Through worship, service, and community relationships, the congregation shares the Gospel of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n
About Equipping Congregations<\/p>\n