From the Pastor’s Desk:

“Empty Pews Are an American Public Health Crisis.”

Source Article link: https://lutherancore.website/2022/01/12/worship-attendance-and-our-national-mental-health-crisis/

The following is adapted from an article in the January 2022 Lutheran CORE Newsletter by Dr. Don Brandt, Director, Congregations in Transitions. The link is provided above, however, unless you are reading this newsletter online, you will need to enter the link manually if you want to read the original article – and who has the time to do that? Besides, I wanted to increase the chances that you would read the article.