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| |   Welcome to the E-Communique, the official e-news magazine of the Atlantic District.
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Letter from the President
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 Where's the Surprise?
Advent being our season of incredible expectation in a world gone economically sour and techie hyper, what does it take to get the motor running in 2010? What does it take to surprise us about the Coming of the King named Jesus?
Would it take a stack of $20s under the tree? Would it take a couple of Tweets about unforgettable choir concerts? Would it take an E-vite to a Facebook "Like Jesus' Birthday Party?"
It's a brave new world out there in 2010, and with a decadal downward trend of 20% in Sunday worship attendance across denominations, maybe folks have moved on to more exciting weekend adventures, or less commitment-based obligations than the annual parish stewardship campaign. Everything's up for grabs.
Except this one thing. Way back in the day a young woman, not married but engaged, became pregnant.
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Atlantic District Advent Appeal
| Please give generously to the annual
Atlantic District Advent Appeal
(Click here to read)
Checks to the appeal can be made out to: The Atlantic District
and sent to:
The Atlantic District
171 White Plains Road
Bronxville, NY 10708
Or you can donate online at the Atlantic District website.
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Save the Date! Festival of Workshops 2011
| The next Festival of Workshops will be held at Concordia College on Saturday, March 12, 2011. Plan now to join us!
The theme is "Witness, Mercy, Life Together"
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Stop, Drop & Pray
| | The Atlantic District Mission Society is committed to prayer. We have a weekly prayer email that goes out listing outreach/mission prayer requests. If you would like to email a prayer request or sign up to receive the prayer email, please contact Carol Mittelstaedt at carolmittel@aol.com (you can unsubscribe yourself at any time).
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ATLANTIC DISTRICT LUTHERAN WOMEN'S MISSIONARY LEAGUE
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Thank you for your continued support of the Atlantic District LWML. Your generous mite donations assist us in bringing the precious Word of God to a countless number of people. Here are the Mission Grants for the 2010-2012 biennium. This month, Mission Grant #7 is highlighted. *Please note that mission grant #4 has been rescinded by the requestor.
1. Blessed Are You Among Women .............................................................$1,500.002. Building Young Women of the Faith ....................................................$4,000.003. Christian Children's Books for Marshallese Children .......................$6,000.00
4. SonRise - Mill Neck Outdoor Mission to Special Needs Children.....$4,800.00* 5. Bilingual VBS at the Life Church............................................................$3,000.00 6. Art and Music Enrichment Classes (LCCNH).......................................$1,000.00 7. Open The Doors and See All the People .................................................$1,250.00"Open The Doors and See All the People" is designed to open the church's doors to evangelize people of the southern Bronx. Parishioners are educated about sharing the Good News using printed materials and compact discs. Unchurched residents of the Bronx will be welcomed to Trinity Lutheran Church to receive and share God's gifts. 8. Let the Children Come - Let the Children Sing................................... $4,000.00 9. Seminary Student Tuition Assistance Matching Grant ....................$5,000.00 10. MOST Ministries Water Outreach Project...........................................$2,870.00 11. Lord, Make Me A Missionary: Answering the Call For Workers in the Harvest Field .................................................................................................$5,000.00 12. Scholarship for Atlantic District Missionary Frank Hwang............ $2,000.00 13. Outreach to Concordia College from Village Lutheran....................$4,580.00In order for us to meet our mission goal for the 2010-2012 biennium, it is important to send in your mite donations on a regular basis. No amount is too small! Please send them to:
Mrs. Virginia Wirsing
4 Garden Lane
Yaphank, NY 11980
HELP WANTED*****HELP WANTED*****HELP WANTED******HELP WANTED The Atlantic District LWML is in need of a creative person to help us with a banner design The theme for the 2011 LWML Convention in Peoria, Illinois is: "Being with Jesus-Living on the Edge"Acts 4:13b & 20 If you would like to share your God-given talent to help us come up with a banner design, we would love to hear from you! For more information, or to submit a design for consideration, please contact: Deborah Graybosch, AD LWLM President at: deblwml@gmail.com
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District Congregations News & Events
| Click to view congregational news and congregational events from Atlantic District congregations, including:
- Resurrection - Cairo
- VLC, Bronxville -- Deacon Commissioned
- The Life, Old Westbury -- Saturdays at The Life: The ESL Story
- St. Johns, College Point -- The Rev. Eric Moeller is New Pastor
- Immanuel, Whitestone
- Redeemer Lutheran Church, Bayside, Queens, will host "Canticles of the Incarnation: A Festival of Epiphany Lessons & Carols"
- St. Johns Sayville -- Advent Lessons and Carols
- Village, Bronxville -- Upcoming events.
- St. Luke's, Dix Hills -- Upcoming Events
* Sights, Sounds & Smells Event: December 5th, 12 - 2:30pm
* 1st Annual Baby Shower: January 23, 12 - 2pm - Resurrection, Garden City -- Experience Christmas in a Whole New Way
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Westchester and Suffolk Pastors' Wives Retreats
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Martin Luther High School News & Events
| Click here to view several announcements and upcoming events from Martin Luther High School.
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Concordia College Offers Italy Trip
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DAYS:
MAY 9
to 20, 2011Look for more details and informational flier in upcoming E-CommuniquesFor more information, contact: Rev. Gregory
Dwyer, Concordia Collegegregory.dwyer@concordia-ny.edu
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Wartburg Changes Its Name to The Lutheran Care Network
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Formerly Wartburg Lutheran Services, TLC Network Better Positioned for Growth in Senior Care ServicesNEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Nov. 24 - Wartburg Lutheran Services announces that its Board of Directors has voted to change the name of the non-profit organization to The Lutheran Care Network. TLC Network operates a network of 11 skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers, adult care homes, community housing, independent living apartments, and home care services in New York, spanning from Long Island to the Hudson Valley to the Albany, N.Y., Capital District. The Board of Directors changed the name to better reflect the organization's full-range of elderly care services, according to President and CEO Frank Tripodi. "We are a network of services, that cares for people at all stages of aging, whether they can live independently on their own, need some home-care assistance, or require the care of a skilled nursing center. We care for seniors all along their journey. They can grow with us and age in place." Click here for full article.
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Lutheran Hour Ministries Upcoming Events
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Click here to read full descriptions of upcoming events.
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LCMS Provides $75,000 to Haiti
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Missouri Synod provides $75,000 for cholera relief, water filters in Haiti
Grants mark the Synod's ongoing work to assist Haitians recovering from effects of earthquake
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 23, 2010-As the post-earthquake cholera outbreak in Haiti grows more deadly, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) has increased its commitment there, giving $50,000 through its mercy ministry, LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC), for emergency supplies to distribute through Haitian Lutheran congregations to some of the hardest-hit communities.
Click here to read full article.
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Cambodian Mission Update
| | In November 2009, South Asian Disaster Relief, a subcommittee of the Atlantic District's Task Force on Health and Human Care, made a grant of $1,000 to the LCMS World Mission to help fund the ministry of Rev. Dr. Fungchatou Lo in Cambodia. Click here to read Rev. Lo's latest report from Cambodia
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Concordia Seminary Announces "Taste of the Sem" for High School Youth
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This is an e-mail from the Atlantic District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
If you would like to submit an article for publication in the E-Communique, please send it via email to Kristen Schulz @
Thank you and God's Blessings!
Atlantic District LCMS
171 White Plains Road
Bronxville, NY 10708
www.ad-lcms.org
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