Please put on your calendar! ...Atlantic District Deacon's Retreat
 
The Atlantic District Deacon's Retreat is planned for Friday evening/Saturday, March 6/7, 2009 at Stony Point Conference Center 17 Crickettown Rd. Stony Point, NY 10980.
 
Stony Point Conference Center is located 30 miles north of Manhattan in Rockland County. We will be staying at one of the lodges at the conference center.
 
This retreat will focus on deacons and lay people providing one to one Christian Care giving.  Our featured speaker is the Reverend Steven Unger who serves as the Lutheran Chaplain at SUNY, Stony Brook on Long Island.     All Commissioned Deacons, Deacons in training, Vicars and those interested in diaconal ministry are cordially invited to this retreat.
 
Cost per person, double occupancy, including overnight lodging, three meals, Friday evening Dinner and Saturday Breakfast and Lunch is $125.00 for each of the first 24 registrants.  Once the lodge is full, the cost per registrant goes up to $150 for those who register late and need to stay in the Gilmore Sloane House.
 
Registration forms and directions to the conference center will follow.

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Saturday, January 31, 2009
8:30am -Noon
Immanuel Lutheran, Whitestone

 
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The Chapel Choir of The Lutheran School of Flushing and Bayside, an auditioned choir of fourth- through eighth-grade choristers, will present a Festival of Epiphany Lessons & Carols on Sunday, January 11th, at 5:30 p.m. 

The service will include Scripture lessons and hymnody for the Epiphany season,  "Canonic Variations on Von Himmel Hoch" by J. S. Bach for organ, and choral music by J. S. Bach, Heinrich Schuetz, and J. H. Arnold.  Rev. Robert Boehler will preach on the Baptism of our Lord and Dr. Jean Boehler will serve as guest organist. 

A catered reception will follow the service.

Redeemer Lutheran Church is located at 36-01 Bell Blvd, Bayside, 11361.  Please call 718 229-5770 with questions.

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Mission Grant #6 - Seminary Tuition -$5,000

We need $775.33 in mite donations to fund this grant that will help to pay part of the tuition for a Vicar (currently serving at St. Timothy, Hyde Park) in the DELTO Program and thus leading to ordination as an LCMS pastor.
 
Continue to send your mite money to Virginia Wirsing, Financial Secretary, 4 Garden Lane, Yaphank, NY 11980.  We thank you for your continued support.
 
SAVE THE DATE...SAVE THE DATE...SAVE THE DATE...SAVE THE DATE
 
LOOK!  Look at the year!  It is time to plan to attend the LWML 33rd biennial convention,
June 25-28, 2009, in Portland, Oregon, where you can gather with your LWML sisters and Look to the Hills...God Reigns.  Come join this activity-filled and action-packed weekend, complete with worship, Bible study and fellowship with other sisters and brothers in Christ.
 
Registration opens March 2.  Registration information is now available in the winter issue of the Lutheran Woman's Quarterly and at www.lwml.org.  Take "A Closer Look" at the Saturday luncheons listed in the registration information.  These luncheons give attendees an opportunity to look into the lives and work of our convention speakers.  Luncheon topics include:
 
·        Heidi Floyd - God Reigns... when breast cancer strikes
·        Dr. Mary Hilgendorf - God Reigns ... with Biblical women of influence
·        LCMS President Jerry & Terry Kieschnick - God Reigns ... in our church body
·        Ruth Koch - God Reigns ... in my grief
·        Missionaries Michelle Hoeppner and Danelle Putnam - God Reigns ... in the mission field
·        Jan Struck - God Reigns ... in my life story
 
Look for more information about Camp Hood (child/youth care), Servant Connections (servant activities), Gifts from the Heart (ingathering), and "Mission in Motion" (pledge walk/exercise) at www.lwml.org and sign up for LWML e-News to receive the latest news about convention in your e-mail inbox. 

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Over 100 Servant Events are planned for 2009! All kinds of events are available, from construction, human care, and outreach events to crisis, multicultural, and environmental events. There are also events especially for families, and for the first time in 2009, there will be an event just for young adults.
 
LCMS Servant Events give young people across the country the experience of learning that serving others can make a difference because of Jesus Christ. Since 1981, LCMS youth and adults have participated in more than 1,000 Servant Events and have made a difference in the lives of thousands of others by contributing to the development of resources and facilities of Synodical camps, congregations, and other service agencies.
 
Servant Events taking place in the Atlantic District include "Adirondack Acts of Service," hosted by SonRise Lutheran Ministries in Pottersville, NY, June 21-27 and August 2-8. Visit LCMS Servant Events online at www.lcms.org/youth for a complete listing of events and to search by type, date, and region of the country. For a free DVD about LCMS Servant Events, contact the LCMS Youth Ministry Office at youth.ministry@lcms.org or 1.800.248.1930 x1155.

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Maeve brings its lush harmonies to The Stoop, a new Hell's Kitchen Music Venue.
 
Boston based female vocal trio Maeve will headline a night of acoustic pop originals on Saturday, January 17th at The Stoop, a new music venue in the heart of Hell's Kitchen.  Maeve has been praised for delivering, "Acoustic pop with Gospel overtones.  Maeve is a fresh new trio with an adult contemporary vibe.  Harmony focused and lush."  (Club Passim)
 
Brooke Campbell, a local folk rock singer/songwriter, will kick off the evening.  The event will be hosted by Chris MacIntosh (a.k.a Grandfather Rock) of WCWP Radio.  Doors open at 7:30 pm., and showtime is at 8pm.  While the concert is free, The Stoop will be accepting suggested donations of $12. Receive a free gift with the full suggested cover.
 
The Stoop venue and concert series is presented by Music Forum of Church For All Nations, Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.  Music Forum of Church for All Nations is sponsoring the series and providing the venue as a contribution to the cultural and spiritual life of Hell's Kitchen.
 
Who:                Maeve with opener Brooke Campbell
Genre:              Folk/Acoustic Pop/Americana
What:               The Stoop Concert Series
Where:            The Stoop; 417 West 57th Street between 9th & 10th Avenues
                              (Venue Provided by Church For All Nations)
Subway:          1 A B C D to 59th Street/Columbus Circle
When:               Saturday, January 17th.  Doors open at 7:30pm; Showtime at 8pm.
Admission:        Suggested donation $12.  Receive a free tote bag with full            suggested cover. 
Telephone:        (212) 333-5583
Websites:           www.TheStoopNY.com, www.CFAN.net,                         www.myspace.com/ChurchForAllNationsNYC 
Sponsors:         The Atlantic District - Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
                                 Dreamhire Audio Services
                                 WCWP 88.1 FM
 
For more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview, please contact Jennifer Rosa at (212) 333-5583 or via e-mail at musicforum@cfan.net.  

 
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Joy Elwell, of Village Lutheran in Bronxville, was featured recently in an article ("Joy's Soul Lies in the Doing")  in the Summer 2008 edition of Nurse Practitioner World News. 

Click here for the publication.  "Joy's Soul Lies in the Doing" can be found on pages 2, 10 & 11.

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Click here to read an article about the November LCEF conference near Palm Springs, CA.  The article features several quotes from Patrick Curry, a member of Resurrection-Garden City.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 10, 2008
For more information, contact Lois M. Engfehr, Director of Communications
 
CONCORDIA SEMINARY HONORS JAMES BRAUER
 
ST. LOUIS-Professor James L. Brauer, professor of practical theology and dean of The Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, was honored on Nov. 12 to acknowledge his retirement from the faculty on Dec. 1. Formal recognition was given at the chapel service followed by a reception. Brauer was honored for 17 years of distinguished service at the Seminary.
 
"Dr. Brauer has been a key figure on this campus for over a decade and a half," said Dr. James W. Voelz, Dean of the Faculty. "His contribution to our worship life, especially, has been exemplary and profound."
 
Brauer received the A.A. degree from Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wis. (1958); the B.A. degree from Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Ind. (1960); the M.Div. degree (1964) and the S.T.M. degree (1967) from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.; the S.M.M. degree from Union Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y. (1972); and the Ph.D. degree in music from City University of New York, New York, N.Y. (1983). He was ordained on July 4, 1965 at Redeemer Church in Green Bay, Wis.
 
Dr. Brauer served as instructor of Classical Languages and Religion (1965-68) and professor (1968-87) at Concordia College, Bronxville, N.Y. He served as executive director of the Commission on Worship for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) from 1987-1992. Brauer has served as professor of practical theology and dean of the chapel at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, since 1991.
 
Brauer holds membership in several prestigious professional societies, including The American Guild of Organists, The Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, The North American Academy of Liturgy, and The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. He has contributed to the Lutheran Witness and authored Meaningful Worship: A Guide to the Lutheran Service (Concordia Publishing House, 1991).
 
For more information, contact Communications, Concordia Seminary, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO 63105; 314-505-7374; or e-mail communications@csl.edu.

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