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Assembly Actions and Highlights may be found here at the Southeastern Synod website.
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National Women's Health Week - National Men's Health Week
Written by Connie Pearson, RN, MN, who serves as Chair of the Southeastern Synod Health Ministries Task Force.
 National Women's Health Week was celebrated May 8 - 14. Since I am writing for the June E-news, I went to the National Health Observances list for June and found that National Men's health Week is June 13 - 19. The purpose of both of these weeks is to increase awareness of preventable health problems and to encourage early detection, treatment and participation in lifestyle changes that can reduce the risk of a variety of health issues. Continue.
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Pre-retirement Seminar
Living Grace Lutheran Church'
1812 Cooledge Road
Tucker, GA 30084
Thursday, October 18, 2016
Thinking about retiring soon? Join Bishop H. Julian Gordy, Assistant to the Bishop Rev. Ben Moravitz, and Southeastern Synod Portico Representative Rev. Paul Aebischer to begin planning now.
This pre-retirement seminar is for anyone over age 50 and considering retiring within the next 15 years. It will be held on Thursday, October 18, 2016 at Living Grace Lutheran Church in Tucker, GA. You must register to attend.
To learn more and to register, click here.
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Christensen Installed at Resurrection, Newnan, GA
The Rev. Dr. Gary Christensen was installed as pastor of Resurrection Lutheran Church, Newnan, GA on April 17, 2016. Pictured above, Pr. Christensen is joined by AIM Michelle Angalet, Assistant to the Bishop (center) and his wife, the Rev. Nancy Christensen, pastor, St. John's, Atlanta, GA.
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Southeastern Synod Holy Land Study Program
 For several years Dr. Monte Luker, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, has offered trips to the Holy Land for members of our synods. In 2017, Dr. Luker is offering a study trip to members of the Southeastern Synod.
Diaconal Minster Allison Ward and her husband Jim will help coordinate our synod's pilgrimage. Seminarians are encouraged to use this experience as a multi-cultural course. Scholarships are available. Congregations and individuals are invited to offer funds to supplement scholarships.
Click here for information found on Dr. Luker's travel site. You may also contact Allison Ward at AllisonWard@comcast.net.
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Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
10250 Haynes Bridge Rd.
Johns Creek, GA 30022
June 15, 2016
Potluck at 6:00 p.m. - Performance at 7:00 p.m.
New Wine is a Christian youth drama/musical group from
Zion Lutheran, Cloquet, Minnesota. They will perform
"Children of Eden".
Click here for more information.
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Lutheran Services of Georgia
Atlanta Golf Classic
 June 13, 2016
Wolf Creek Golf Club
3000 Union Rd. SW
Atlanta, GA 30331
It's not too late to register.
Click here for details and registration.
Benefiting Individuals and Families in Need
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The Passion Collective
- Are you a high school graduate or young adult?
 - Are you trying to figure out just where God is calling you to use your gifts and talents?
- Do you need a place to live and serve while you figure it all out?
Then consider the Passion Collective, a gap-year program of service and spiritual direction in intentional Christian community! The Passion Collective is a part of Grace House and Lutheran Campus Ministries, Atlanta. Passion Collective missioners live at Grace House rent-free, in exchange for part-time service in campus ministry.
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Baptized into one holy catholic and apostolic church
Vicar Sandra Braasch, Peace Lutheran Church, Memphis, TN assisted Father Adam Rust, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Memphis, TN with the baptism of Lena Rose Korneliussen on Saturday, April 23. Her parents Kristin and Jon worship at both Peace and St. Patrick's.
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The James R. Crumley, Jr. Archives
 I am Pr. David Seymour and I am the development officer for The James R. Crumley, Jr. Archives. There are nine regions in the ELCA and each region maintains an established archives to preserve and maintain the history and major news events of this church. The Crumley Archives is the archives for Region Nine that stretches across the Southeast, from Virginia to the Caribbean.
The Crumley Archives are located on the campus of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, SC. It houses records from six centuries, thirteen generations, in twenty languages, and is among the most heavily consulted ELCA archives. You may learn more at www.crumleyarchives.org.
We have arrived at the time when the Crumley Archives needs to expand to carry out its ministry to the ELCA institutions, synods, and congregations in the Southeast United States and Caribbean.
This is where you come in.
The Crumley Archives depends on the generosity of individual Lutherans for nearly 80% of its operating budget. We need both your prayers and your financial support.
The Crumley Archives is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. Donations may be sent to:
The James R. Crumley, Jr. Archives
4201 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29203
The Crumley Archives is more than a depository for institutional records; it tells the story of the church, the Lutheran expression of the Body of Christ, moving and acting throughout the area now designated as Region Nine. It is an amazing, divine story that must be preserved. Won't you do your part to help?
Yours in Christ,
David +
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WE ARE CHURCH FOR THE SAKE OF THE WORLD
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From persecution to witness
By Elizabeth A. Eaton
For many months now people have been asking for some kind of statement about the persecution of Christians around the world. It seems to be a straight-forward issue. Christians are suffering in Iraq and Syria, in Nigeria and Egypt. Palestinian Christians encounter intense pressure. Christians in some parts of India are threatened. Some would even claim that U.S. Christians are under siege. Atrocities committed against Christians by the Islamic State, Boko Haram, al-Shabab and others are regularly in the news. We hear that more Christians have been martyred in recent years than in the first three centuries of the Christian movement. Continue.
Originally published in Living Lutheran's June 2016 issue, this column is reprinted with permission.
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2016 
September 11, 2016: "God's work. Our hands." Sunday.
September 16 -17, 2016: Synod Council Meeting, Christ Our Hope, Riverdale, GA
September 16 - 18, 2016: Southeastern Synod Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Convention, Hilton Hotel, Peachtree Corners, GA
2017
May 26 - 28, 2017: 2017 Synod Assembly, Chattanooga, TN
July 13 - 17, 2017: Tenth Triennial for Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Minneapolis, MN
2018
June 1 - 3, 2018: 2018 Synod Assembly, Chattanooga, TN
2019
May 31 - June 2, 2019: 2019 Synod Assembly, Chattanooga, TN
2020
June 5 - 7, 2020: 2020 Synod Assembly, Chattanooga, TN
2021
June 4 - 6, 2021: 2021 Synod Assembly, Chattanooga, TN
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Descriptions and application instructions for the following open positions and others are listed on our website:
Pianist, Celebration of Grace, Canton, GA
Regional Office Director for Society of St. Andrew, Birmingham, AL
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SYNOD VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
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