Mission Grants Update
 
We thank all those who so faithfully give to mites.  We have received the funds for Mission Grant #4, Bible Clubs for Kids ($4,000) and for Mission Grant #5, Bibles for Atlantic District Prisons ($2,500).  God is good - all the time. 
 
We will now be working on funding for Mission Grant #6, Seminary Tuition - $5,000
This grant would help to pay part of the tuition for a Vicar in the DELTO Program and thus leading to ordination as an LCMS pastor.  St. Timothy in Hyde Park is currently vacant of a pastor.  They recently made arrangements for a Vicar (DELTO pastoral candidate) to serve while taking distance learning courses at seminary (sponsored by Nancy Graf Peters, LWML member).   Please continue to send mite money to Virginia Wirsing, Financial Secretary, 4 Garden Lane, Yaphank, NY 11980.
 
SAVE THE DATE - SAVE THE DATE - SAVE THE DATE - SAVE THE DATE
 
Hey Ladies!  It's that time of year again.  Time to start planning on attending the Atlantic District Lutheran Women's Missionary League annual retreat at Tuscarora in Mt. Bethel, Pennsylvania.  The retreat this year will be October 10th - 12th.  Our speaker is Linda Reiser, the immediate past president of LWML.  Registration begins on September 1st.  You can visit our AD LWML website at: www.adlwml.org for a registration form.  You can also contact your zone president, or you can call Deb Graybosch, AD LWML Vice President for Spiritual Life at 631.334.8975.  You may also e-mail dgraybosch@optonline.net for more information.  So pile everyone into your cars and vans and plan on joining your sisters in Christ for a fun-filled, Spirit-led weekend!
 "Look to the Hills - God Reigns" - Portland Convention 2009
 
Plan now to attend the LWML 33rd Biennial Convention in beautiful Portland, Oregon, where the host committee will roll out the purple carpet just for you! Set aside June 25-28, 2009, to join your LWML sisters in Christ to "Look to the Hills - God Reigns." What better place than Mt. Hood and its scenic surroundings to reflect on God's creation and the assurances we read in Psalm 121:1-2, "I lift my eyes to the hills - where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth." Begin making plans, reserve the date and encourage other LWML/LCMS women (men and families are welcome, too) to journey with you to the beautiful Pacific Northwest.  There is more information to come!  Visit www.lwml.org for details about the convention and the post-convention cruise to Alaska offered by Azumano Travel of Portland.  Cabins are limited-book your reservations now!
 
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The ninth annual Concordia Open Golf Tournament has been set for September 6th at Western Turnpike Golf Course in Guilderland (Albany).  Over the past eight years, this day has provided great days of golf and fellowship, and more importantly, has raised over $125,000 in scholarship funds.  Please consider the following:
 
 
 
Contact Concordia College at (800) YES-ALUM or alumni@concordia-ny.edu for registration forms and more information.
 
With your help and God's blessings, we'll make another significant contribution to help support deserving students seeking a Lutheran college education.
 
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 The Holy Bible and Luther's Small Catechism, translated into Spanish and published in a single volume, is now available from the Lutheran Heritage Foundation, a recognized service organization of the LCMS. Pastors, missionaries and laypeople are encouraged to order a copy (or multiple copies, if there is a need in your congregation or area) by calling (800) 554-0723, or by visiting the LHF website at www.LHFmissions.org. LHF is a mission organization dedicated to translating and publishing Lutheran materials into languages around the world.  There usually is no charge for any LHF materials, but donations of $10 per Bible to help cover shipping and handling costs are greatly appreciated.
 
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The Concordia Academy, an annual symposium on theology, liturgy, and church music, will convene at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Bayside, NY, on Saturday, October 11, 2008. 

 

The theme for this year's conference will be "Lutheran Ethos in Time of War."  Our tentative schedule is as follows:

 

 9:00 a.m        Registration
10:00 a.m.      The Order of Matins
11:00 a.m.      Dr. Lowell Green
                      State University of New York at Buffalo
                     "Lutheranism Under the Third Reich"
12:00 noon      Rev. Dr. Martin Conkling
                      Concordia College at Bronxville, NY
                      "The Concept of 'Just War' in Luther and the Lutheran Confessions"
1:00 p.m.       Lunch

The registration fee received before October 1st is $20.  Please send your payment to the address below.  Registration the day of the academy is $25.  Makes checks payable to Redeemer Lutheran Church (not to Concordia Academy).  You may specify Concordia Academy in the memo line of the check.

Redeemer Lutheran Church is located in the northeast corner of Queens, NY, near the Throgs Neck Bridge.

Redeemer Lutheran Church
36-01 Bell Blvd.
Bayside, NY 11361
Please call 718 229-5770 or e-mail revhamer@verizon.net for more information.

 

ZAP is expanding! Whether your church has a full-time youth leader, a volunteer parent, or doesn't have a clue how to get youth group going, the Atlantic District wants to support and serve you!  Look for upcoming announcements and invitations to be part of a newly forming online network of Atlantic District youth leaders.  We want to share resources, events, tips, challenges and joys with each other in our efforts to raise up our precious children of God in the love of Jesus!  Contact Jennn Partlow for more details: jennn@oursaviorlutheran.org.

 

 

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