30 by the 30th!

We have until April 30  to achieve our goal of 65% participation in health assessments to receive $36,000 in Portico discounts for our congregations and in funds to be used to provide wellness and sabbatical grants for our rostered leaders. To do so, we need the participation of 30 eligible members. 

Click here to see our status as of April 12th.

Please, click here and participate now!

Chattanooga Convention Center

2014 Southeastern Synod Assembly Webpage

AGENDA & MATERIALS NOW POSTED

A tentative agenda has now been posted, as have the first materials in preparation for the Assembly. Please click on the above link to preview the agenda and read other important information about this year's Assembly.  Check back often as reports and other materials will be posted as they become available.

QUILTS FOR LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF (LWR)

As a simple way to demonstrate what we can do together in the Southeastern Synod, again this year we invite the participation of every congregation in creating a quilt to be displayed in the Plenary Hall.  At the conclusion of Assembly, the quilts will be donated to LWR.  You have the option of retrieving the quilt for transport to LWR or allowing us to arrange for its transport. To learn how one quilt can change lives, click the title above. We can do this! 

ASSEMBLY BIBLE STUDY

"Sharing the Faith", is a bible study that will enable you, your leaders and your congregation to join us in study as we prepare for the Assembly. "We are studying this text together, as a synod, in the hopes that God will use it to draw us into closer relationship."  Click the title above for the bible study materials.

RESOLUTIONS & MEMORIALS

The deadline for submission of resolutions and memorials for consideration by the 2014 Southeastern Synod Assembly is Friday, May 9, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.  Click the title above for a form and information.

ASSEMBLY REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS

ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THE 2014 SYNOD ASSEMBLY WILL CLOSE ON FRIDAY, MAY 2.  After May 2, participants will be able to register at the Assembly beginning on Thursday evening.  Note that hotel reservations must be made separately. The discounted group rates at the Assembly hotels are available through May 6 or 7. Visit the 2014 Synod Assembly webpage here to begin registration for Assembly and for hotel accommodations. If you plan to participate in the pre-Assembly workshops on Friday morning, you must indicate that when you register for Assembly. 

EXHIBITORS

Before and After Synod Assembly Events

Hosted by Ascension Lutheran Church

720 S. Germantown Road

Chattanooga, TN 37412

Ascension Lutheran Church, Chattanooga, TN invites you to attend two events while you are in the Chattanooga area for Synod Assembly. 

Thursday, May 29, 7:00 p.m. - the annual Ascension Day service featuring the "Unfailing Light" setting for Holy Communion composed by Marty Haugen and   Susan Briehl.

Sunday, June 1, 3:00 p.m. - the "Spring into Summer" concert of the Chattanooga Flute Choir.                     

Tillman reflects on Visit to Washington, DC During 46th Anniversary of the Assassination of the 

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   

Portico is pleased to announce that members and eligible family members have the opportunity to apply for discounted long-term care insurance directly through LTC Financial Partners (LTCFP) and Transamerica Life Insurance Company (Transamerica). LTCFP is one of the nation's most experienced professionals in long-term care planning, and Transamerica is the underwriter.  In the next few weeks, you'll receive information from LTCFP on this new opportunity. In the meantime go to myPortico, then select the long-term care insurance link on the home page. 

Former Synod Pastor Publishes Book on the 

Black Lutheran Experience

The Rev. Lonnie Branch, who served as pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Atonement, Atlanta, from 1989-96, has recently published Reflections of Light: The Odyssey of a Black American Lutheran Pastor During the Civil Rights Years. (Kirk House Publishers [www.kirkhouse.com]). Click here to read about Pr. Branch and comments shared by ELCA Southeastern Synod Bishop Emeritus Harold Skillrud. 

Is "Enthusiastic Lutheran" an Oxymoron?  

Chuck Storla shares the value of the retreat experience. 

The Lutheran Church of the Atonement

1875 Joseph E. Boone Blvd. N.W.

Atlanta, GA 30314

Time:  10:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

May 3rd 2014

Play for Hope with LSG at the 20th Anniversary 

Atlanta Golf Classic!  

Golfers still needed to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Lutheran Services of Georgia's Atlanta Golf Classic! On Monday, May 5 tee off with LSG at the Trophy Club of Atlanta, located in Alpharetta, Georgia.  To register, click here and download the golf brochure. 

"Day of Arising: on the road, in the world, 

at the table, for the world"

A workshop with Marty Haugen and Susan Briehl

May 2, 2014 ~ 1:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary ~ Christ Chapel

Each time we meet "on the day named after the sun" we enliven and embody 

an ancient pattern of worship. Through song, story, and conversation, we will explore this pattern and consider the way of life that flows from our worship 

for the sake of the life of the world.

Registration is $15.  Register online here or print this form and mail it with 

a check for your registration fee.  Visit www.ltss.lr.edu/afl for all event information and more about the presenters. 

Welcome, Tell, Share: A Worship Workshop at Eastertide

Saturday May 10, 2014 | Tyson House Lutheran-Episcopal Campus Ministry

Bike Tour of Bavaria and Beyond

June 21 - July 6, 2014

Are you looking for something interesting and exciting to do for a couple of weeks this summer?  How about two weeks in Lindau, Bavaria, Germany?  Members of the Southeastern Synod have been invited to Lindau for a four day bicycle tour around Lake Constance where we will be going through Austria and Switzerland (and a few principalities).  We will be staying in youth hostels for three nights and biking for four days.  We will be visiting old Roman ruins and historic churches. Click here for more details.