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Vidalia Onion Project
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 The Metro Atlanta Chapters of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans & The Society of St. Andrew are partnering to provide vidalia onions to hunger agencies in Metro Atlanta. Young people and adults from Lutheran congregations across Metro Atlanta will work together to package and distribute a trailer load of vidalia onions and other vegetables donated by The Society of St. Andrew. The event will take place on Saturday, June 27 from 10am - 2pm at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 5575 Peachtree Pkwy, Norcross, GA.
Be prepared to take items back for feeding ministies at your congregation.
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Southeastern Synod Delegation Visits Guatemala
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A delegation
of nine people from the Southeastern Synod visited Guatemala May 8-16,
2009. Led by Pastor Scott Peterson from
Madison, AL, this group was comprised of five people from AL, two from TN, and
two from GA. They were: Pastor Scott Peterson, Lois Graff, Jackie
Fry, Dan and Chase Scroggins, Pastor Ann Bassett, Patti Wilder, Carla Stickles,
and Pastor Nancy Christensen.
They were
hosted by Padre Horacio Castillo and family, leaders of Iglesia Luterana Agustina de Guatemala, also called ILAG, who are our Lutheran global
partners in Guatemala. Synod salary
support is provided to Pastora Amanda Olson de Castillo, a graduate of Luther
Seminary, who serves the 17 congregations and 2 schools that comprise ILAG, along with the rest of the
Castillo family and the pastors, evangelists, and catechists who live in the ILAG communities throughout the country.
The trip
consisted of three primary activities: a
visit to the rural village of Israel, and the congregation of Iglesia Luterana
Agustina Jesus de los Milagros; a women's retreat at the Lutheran Center; and a
visit to a school in Guatemala City. In
addition, the delegation spent a day in Antigua Guatemala, and enjoyed good
food, and abundant hospitality throughout the 9-day visit.
Click here for entire article & more pictures.
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Book of Faith Jubilee
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 All are welcome at the 2009
Book of
Faith Jubilee, Aug. 14-16 at Luther
Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.
The event is based on the
Book of Faith
initiative, endorsed by the 2007 ELCA Churchwide
Assembly. In addition to Luther
Seminary, event partners
are Augsburg College, The Youth and
Family Institute, Augsburg Fortress, and the ELCA Book of
Faith Initiative.
Visit
www.luthersem.edu/jubilee/ to
sign up.
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50 Days of Prayer
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ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson has
asked members to pray and study Scripture -- focusing on this church
and the 2009 Churchwide Assembly -- for the 50 days prior to the
assembly. "50 Days of Prayer" begins June 28. Members are asked to pray
daily, meet in groups each week and use the assembly's daily lectionary
for reflection. Congregations are invited to use suggested petitions
for prayers during Sunday worship. Find resources and instructions at www.elca.org/50days.
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Edwards Named 2009 Visiting Fellow
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The Rev. Dr. Rusty Edwards has received an appointment as 2009
Visiting Fellow at the Yale University Institute of Sacred Music. His
residency at New Haven, CT this fall will include teaching, leading
worship, attending classes, and research. His research project is
entitled: PROJECT MIRIAM: WOMANIST THEOLOGY AND THE IMPACT OF WOMEN ON
BIBLICAL CANTICLES.
Dr. Edwards' advisor is Thomas Troeger, Yale's Edward and Ruth Cox
Lantz Professor of Christian Communication. Dr. Troeger is considered
by his peers as the "Dean of American Professors of Homiletics." Rusty
will also work with another fellow hymnwriter, Yale Instructor of
Sacred Music, Mark A. Miller.
Rusty has published hymns in sixty-seven books by over three dozen
denominations in eight countrires. He has previously been a Visiting
Fellow at Oxford University (U.K.) and the Seminary of the Southwest
(Austin, TX). Most recently, he was Visiting Hymnwriter at
Lenoir-Rhyne University (Hickory, NC). He is currently working on his
sixth collection of hymns, together with Debra Von Fischer Samuelson.
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