Current Opportunities for involvement

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To submit an opportunity, please email [email protected]. Opportunities will be removed after six weeks, unless requested otherwise.

EMployment & internships

Director of Faith Formation - Zion, Valley City

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Valley City, Ohio (ELCA) is seeking a full time Director of Faith Formation. Qualified applicants must possess a bachelor’s degree, and a theological perspective that reflects ELCA values. This position will provide prayer, planning, resources, and activities for ministries of faith formation and education for the people of the congregation and our community. Salary and benefits to be commensurate based upon experience and credentials. Full position profile can be found at https://zionvc.org/ . Interested applicants should email their cover letter, resume, and references to Pastor Jim Watson at [email protected] . We are receiving applications through July 31, 2025, or until the position is filled.

Music Director - Augsburg, Orville

Augsburg Lutheran Church Orrville, OH is interviewing for a new Music Director to oversee the music program and direct the choirs.
​Please call 330-682-2581.

Hand Bell Choir Director - St. Stephen, STOW

Requirements: Has previous playing and directing experience.
Resume: Submitted to St. Stephen Lutheran Church, 3700 Kent Rd. Stow, Ohio 44224 by May 31, 2025.
Interviews will be during June 2025.
Job Description: Available upon request at 330-688-7213.

Apply for 2025 Summer Camp Staff

Join the HopeWood Outdoors team and help create a welcoming community where faith and nature intersect. Our transformative programs aim to cultivate growth, connection, and hope in a beautiful outdoor setting. Explore our job openings and apply. We’d love to have you join us on this unforgettable journey!

Join us for an incredible summer experience at HopeWood Outdoors. As a camp counselor, you’ll have the opportunity to make a positive impact on campers’ lives, develop valuable skills for your future career, and deepen your faith in a fun and supportive community.

If you prefer working at camp in a capacity other than as a counselor, you’re in luck! We also hire young adults to work in a variety of positions that support summer programming through logistical support and leadership. Our support staff serve the camp in a variety of ways, from lifeguarding to serving as a maintenance assistant to assisting in the kitchen and offices. Our Program Coordinator supervises and coordinates summer camp programs in a manner that ensures a safe and enriching experience for all campers, counselors, and guests. Any role you take at camp will empower our campers to have a great summer experience and empower you to explore your next steps in life’s journey.

Our dynamic outdoor programs offer unique opportunities for personal and professional growth, including:

- Developing leadership and communication skills
- Gaining hands-on experience in outdoor activities such as kayaking, ropes courses, and more
- Having fun and forming lifelong friendships
- Strengthening your faith and experiencing spiritual renewal
- Making a meaningful difference in the lives of others

Visit our website for more information and to apply: https://hopewoodoutdoors.org/about/employment/

Southern California Wildfire Response
As wildfires continue to devastate Southern California, particularly in LA County, the Northeastern Ohio Synod is inviting congregations to extend care and compassion to our neighbors in the Southwest California Synod. Through this effort, we hope to facilitate direct connections with congregations potentially affected by the wildfires, sharing messages of encouragement and support during this challenging time.

Congregations in our synod have been paired with a congregation in the Southwest California Synod. We encourage you to reach out with handwritten notes, cards, or creative gestures like artwork or messages from your church community. This is an opportunity to remind these congregations that they are being thought of and prayed for here in Ohio as they face the long journey of recovery. Your assigned partner congregation can be found on the provided list, with mailing addresses included in a separate document. 

While financial gifts to support wildfire recovery are greatly appreciated and can be given through Lutheran Disaster Response, this effort allows us to share hope in a deeply personal and tangible way.

Thank you for joining us in this meaningful act of love and solidarity. Together, let us remind our siblings in Christ that they are being held in prayer.

Volunteering & groups

Please be sure to check out our synod's affinity groups (found on separate pages of our website):
One Body, Many Member: Anti-Racist Conversations Affinity Group
Creation Care Affinity Group
Hunger Team Affinity Group

From the ELCA

Current Employment Opportunities

Visit elca.org/careers for information about current career opportunities. The link below will take you to a list of all posted jobs available within the ELCA in the United States. 
Jesus’ call of welcome in Matthew 19:13-14 points to the church’s responsibilities toward children. Yet too many children today experience not welcome and safety but traumatic abuse and neglect. The ELCA’s draft social message on child protection addresses this crisis and outlines the church’s sacred responsibility to protect and nurture children. To strengthen this draft, we need your feedback. Share your comments and suggestions during the public comment period, from March 21 through June 30.

Read the draft and complete an online survey at ELCA.org/childprotection Social messages of the ELCA are topical documents adopted by the ELCA Church Council to focus attention and action on timely, pressing matters of social concern to the church and society. They are used to address pressing contemporary concerns in light of the prophetic and compassionate traditions of Scripture and do not establish new teaching or policy. Rather, they build upon previously adopted teaching and policy positions, especially from social statements.

These messages draw attention to specific topics or social concerns that arise from our participation in God’s work in the world, and they encourage moral discernment, thoughtful discussion and action. Each message is reviewed by the Conference of Bishops and adopted by the ELCA Church Council, and expresses the convictions of the leadership of this church.
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​The draft of this social message will be strengthened using the public feedback and presented to the ELCA Church Council for a vote this fall.
ELCA social statements are documents that help people think through social issues and that guide the church’s teaching and policies on those issues. However, their language can become outdated over time as laws and language change.   

The 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly voted to have our church reconsider certain passages from the ELCA social statement Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust in light of changes in U.S. laws regarding marriage since 2009 and in acknowledgment of the church’s understanding of the diversity of family configurations.  

A task force, with people of diverse perspectives from across the ELCA, has been appointed by the ELCA Church Council to shepherd this process.  

To help your discernment, several resources are posted at www.elca.org/reconsiderations, including an explanation of each draft edit, a discussion guide and an FAQ. Each resource is available in English, Spanish and large print.   
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Thanks in advance for participating and for sharing this invitation with others!