It’s time! Many who attended our synod-wide book study on Resmaa Menakem’s, “My Grandmother’s Hands” expressed the desire to have more time to unpack the deep and meaningful content of this book. So as promised, in October, Rev. Afi Dobbins-Mays will begin leading monthly sessions to discuss the book in more detail. This discussion is open to anyone who’s read the book and would like to participate. It will also be designed so that you can attend when able since it will take place over a 12-month period.

Join in every 3rd Monday of the month beginning October 20th from 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.

It’s time! Many who attended our synod-wide book study on Resmaa Menakem’s, “My Grandmother’s Hands” expressed the desire to have more time to unpack the deep and meaningful content of this book. So as promised, in October, Rev. Afi Dobbins-Mays will begin leading monthly sessions to discuss the book in more detail. This discussion is open to anyone who’s read the book and would like to participate. It will also be designed so that you can attend when able since it will take place over a 12-month period.

Join in every 3rd Monday of the month beginning October 20th from 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.

“How do we love in a time of rage? How do we fix a broken world while not breaking ourselves? Valarie Kaur—renowned Sikh activist, filmmaker, and civil rights lawyer—describes revolutionary love as the call of our time, a radical, joyful practice that extends in three directions: to others, to our opponents, and to ourselves. It enjoins us to see no stranger but instead look at others and say: You are part of me I do not yet know. Starting from that place of wonder, the world begins to change: It is a practice that can transform a relationship, a community, a culture, even a nation.” 

Join Dr. Claretta Yvonne Dupree and Rev. Afi Dobbins-Mays for this incredible book study of “See No Stranger”. We invite BIPOC laity and RMs to join us as we learn strategies for living, thriving and loving even as we are hated.  

We’ll meet via Zoom from 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month beginning in October.

It’s time! Many who attended our synod-wide book study on Resmaa Menakem’s, “My Grandmother’s Hands” expressed the desire to have more time to unpack the deep and meaningful content of this book. So as promised, in October, Rev. Afi Dobbins-Mays will begin leading monthly sessions to discuss the book in more detail. This discussion is open to anyone who’s read the book and would like to participate. It will also be designed so that you can attend when able since it will take place over a 12-month period.

Join in every 3rd Monday of the month beginning October 20th from 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.

The Greater Milwaukee Synod is offering a new opportunity and thought it would be something of interest to you and your faith community.   “Brews and Bias,” a synod—wide program, is designed to equip Rostered Ministers and Lay members to host sacred conversations around bias and racial/social justice with clarity, compassion, and joy. Whether you’re gathering in a living room, church, pub, or café corner, your presence makes space for truth-telling,healing, and beloved community.  

What Is Brews and Bias?
Brews and Bias is a faith-rooted dialogue initiative designed to help organizations:
•       Confront and unlearn racial bias
•       Build micro-communities of reflection and action
•       Equip lay leaders to facilitate trauma-informed, joy-centered conversations
•       Reframe racial justice as sacred, communal, and spiritually formative

Inspired by the early church’s house-to-house gatherings (Acts 2) and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of Beloved Community, Brews and Bias turns everyday hospitality into a doorway for transformation. This is an opportunity to practice building community.

Slogan: “Sip slow. Speak truth. Seek justice.”

We are equipping people to launch small conversation groups for the upcoming holidays.

Brews and Bias is a faith-rooted dialogue initiative designed to help congregations confront and unlearn racial bias while building beloved community. Drawing on scripture, Lutheran theology, and contemporary cultural wisdom, the program creates intimate, joy-centered spaces for lay leaders and participants to engage in courageous conversation.

At its heart, Brews and Bias equips ordinary disciples to lead conversations about justice, equity, and reconciliation—over something as simple as a brew. Whether coffee, tea, or another beverage, the ritual of gathering becomes a doorway into transformation.

Brews and Bias is not just another program—it is an invitation into the sacred work of building beloved community, one cup and one conversation at a time. In these ambiguous times we have the opportunity to work together, equipping disciples to lead with courage, joy, and faith in the gospel’s liberating power. This training is intended for congregational leaders to be prepared to lead a series of Brews and Bias conversations in their own congregations and communities.