The Atlantic District, through its Disaster Response Coordinator, Pastor Derek Lecakes, has received a grant in the amount of $25,000 from World Relief and Human Care -LCMS to assist with the clean-up and re-building in the devastated areas of our District. This influx of money will equip our volunteers and churches in the region to respond to the needs of those affected by Hurricane Irene.

 What can you do to help?

1) SPECIAL OFFERING: If you haven't already, please take a special offering and forward it to the Atlantic District, 171 White Plains Road , Bronxville , NY , 10708, labeled Hurricane Irene Assistance.

Does your church have a facebook page? Make sure you connect with the Atlantic District page and stay connected online!

ATLANTIC DISTRICT LUTHERAN WOMEN'S MISSIONARY LEAGUE 

• Trinity, Bronx -- Christmas Extravaganza
• Redeemer, Bayside -- Festival of Epiphany Lessons & Carols
• New Life School Holiday Gift Drive
• Resurrection, Garden City -- "A Night in Bethlehem" and Cafe Ablaze Celebration
• Village, Bronxville -- Team Runs ING New York City Marathon and Reverend Gets Down to Business, Good News Christian Coffeehouse, Service of Lessons & Carols
• Resurrection, Flushing -- Celebrates 75th Anniversary
• Trinity, Schenectady -- Patrick Mohan Singh Ordained & Installed
• Fall Pastors' Wives Retreat -- Summary and Photos
• Trinity, Bronx -- Featured in New York Daily News
• CFAN, Manhattan -- Jazz Underground

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Haiti Meal Packing Event 2012

A message from Erica Spangler, Long Island Lutheran High School Community Coordinator for The Haiti Meal Packing Project: Your hands feeding hungry children, around the world and around the corner:

The Haiti Meal Packing event was undertaken last year by Long Island Lutheran HS and had much success. The school partnered with Kids Against Hunger, an organization based out of Minnesota , to work to feed both local families and the children of Haiti . Last year we raised money and were able to pack over 300,000 meals which fed 800 children a meal a day for an entire year. We did not do this alone, but had the help of several local congregations and other organizations who also raised money and served in the meal packing event. We are seeking any involvement we can inspire from the community for this year's event that will take place from April 26 through April 28, 2012, at Long Island Lutheran High School . 

To learn more about the 2012 Haiti Meal Packing Project and to register to participate, please Click here for full informational flier or click here for registration form or contact Erica Spangler at ericacspangler@hotmail.com or 516-626-1197.

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Date Change for National Lutheran Schools Week

Beginning in 2013 National Lutheran Schools Week will be held the week starting with the 4^th Sunday of the month.  Please see the schedule below that takes us through 2016. 

• 2013 - January 27-Feb 2
• 2014 - January 26-Feb 1
• 2015 - January 25-31
• 2016 - January 24-30

As has been true in the past, schools can make the decision to move the week to meet their needs.  Please share this with your schools.  Thank you.

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Lutheran Schools Association New Contact Info

The Lutheran Schools Association has new contact information.  Please change the old mailing address from 171 White Plains Road, Bronxville NY  10708 to:

Lutheran Schools Association

60-02 Maspeth Avenue, Maspeth NY  11378

 Phone:  718.894.4858, Fax: 914.885.1086

It would help us greatly if you share this information with everyone, especially those in your business office.  The Bronxville post office has informed us that mail sent to 171 White Plains Road cannot be forwarded.

Thank you, LSA's Staff

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From the Lutheran Counseling Center

 Click here  for the December 2011 update focusing on Gratitude & Mental Health.

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Holy Land Tour - Hosted by Concordia College, NY

Miracle of Christmas - Hosted by Concordia College, NY

Instead of looking through phone books, these days many people turn to the Internet for information about organizations in their area. So hasn't the time come for each Atlantic District congregation to be represented with a website? Even a simple, attractive web page, with contact information and the types and times of services you provide, can help raise your visibility on the Net and in your community. Communications and Technology Task Force members would like to make sure that each congregation has the tools and information it needs to maximize communication to its own members and outreach to the community.

1)       You don't have to wait for a financial windfall to get started developing or improving your website. Apply today for a TF6 mini-grant (see announcement below).

2)       Explore one of the following useful tools for publishing websites that our task force members have shared. We hope you'll find them helpful! 

"Here is a great website, Wordpress Driven Church, http://wordpresschurch.org/, with a tutorial for how to get started with creating and maintaining, for FREE, a Wordpress website. They also have a gallery of church websites and design ideas," says Amie Hollmann, Christ Woodside.  Click here for tutorial.

Naresh Seoprasad, Redeemer, Bronx, offers the following sites: Google Sites; The CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor ; Weebly.

The Communications Task Force (TF #6) would like to help congregations and ministries communicate better with mini-grants of $500 to $1,000. We have money allotted for several grants in the upcoming year.

Are there ways in which your congregation or ministry would like to better communicate within your community or with your neighborhood and the world? Would a small grant help get things started?  Send your communications or technology-related inquiry by March 31, 2012 to Kristen.Schulz@ad-lcms.org.

Our hope is that congregations and ministries will apply for these small funding or pro bono assistance opportunities to better communicate the Gospel of Hope. Please let us know what you need!

Rev. Dr. Robert Hartwell
Chair, TF 6-Communications
Pastor Village Lutheran Church

Koinonia Fall Retreats

For more information: www.koinoniany.org

If your congregation would like to reach out to the Deaf in your community with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, then we invite you to join us at CITI 2012!

CITI is a two-week, intensive institute where you can learn sign language skills, focus on interpreting Christian concepts and develop skills to interpret the worship service.  If you would like more information on CITI your district office has brochures for you or you may contact us and we will send the information to you.  View the CITI program under Events at www.ctsfw.edu. 

Lutheran Malaria Initiative

Lutheran Malaria Initiative program staff, Hilaire Zon from West Africa shared that the most recent LMI program in Mali had some surprising results.  Since 2006 the percentage of children under 5 years old sleeping under a bed net has increased from 27% to 99%.  Households owning at least one bed net jumped from 66% to 99% and pregnant women sleeping under a bed net the previous night went from 31% to 86%.  All of these changes are directly related to the programming of LMI and its partners.

Please consider Holiday gifts to the LMI campaign through your church, through LIMM, or directly to www.lutheranmalaria.org.  All of us together CAN help to change history and eradicate deaths in Africa from malaria by 2015. 

Small Business Health Care Tax Credit

• Small Business Health Care Tax Credit FAQ 
• Small ER Tax Credit Info 

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Thank you and God's Blessings!