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SEPANews Update / June 3, 2014
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Share Your Story!
Our Synod is all of us, and the ministries we carry out in Christ's name across Southeastern Pennsylvania. Help tell our shared story by posting photos and articles of the ways your hands do God's work in your place -- in worship and prayer, teaching the faith, being present with "the least of these." Post your photos and stories to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media with the hashtag #wearesepa or email them to Bob Fisher at rfisher@sepa.org.
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Lutherans for Shared Prosperity Starts Up
Persistent poverty is one of the biggest threats to the common good and prosperity of Philadelphia and the southeastern Pennsylvania region. Lutheran Settlement House, Liberty Lutheran Services and Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Pennsylvania invite Philadelphia-area ELCA ministries involved with or interested in fighting poverty to the first gathering of Lutherans for Shared Prosperity on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 from 2 to 4 pm at the Lutheran Settlement House. What could Lutherans do create and implement greater collaboration in our anti-poverty work?
Learn more at http://ministrylink.org/article/lutherans-shared-prosperity/
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"Facing Congregational Finances"
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Help Kids Affected by Disaster at Camp Noah
 Volunteers are needed for one or both Camp Noah teams going to Tom's River, NJ (July 12-18) and Fort Plain, NY (August 16-22) ( Fort Plain is between Utica and Schenectady.) Camp Noah is a day camp which serves children impacted by disaster using a curriculum specifically designed to help them process their experience through creative activities and play. Volunteers lead small groups, recreation, crafts and/or singing. Donations of tied fleece blankets, kids kits (writing and craft supplies) and funds also needed. Contact: Ruth Doty, 484.553.1162 or ruth@lutherancongregationalservices.org, or visit our website: www.lutherancongregationalservices.org.
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Summer Music Clinic Coming in August
 Augsburg Fortress announces their Annual Summer Music Clinic taking place at St Paul's Lutheran Church in Ardmore, PA on August 7-8, 2014. This free event is for all church musicians and worship leaders. Workshops include, How to Plan for a Festival Worship Service, Composing Basics for the Church Musician, Using the Hymnal to Play Creatively. There will be sessions for handbell repertoire and techniques as well as children's music, keyboard music, choral music and a Festive Hymn Festival on Thursday evening at 7:00. Robert Hobby and Jeremy Bankson are the featured presenters. Please register at http://www.augsburgfortress.org/musicclinics.
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Share Stories to Combat Poverty in PA
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Together We Raised $400K for Malaria
Thanks to thousands of supporters across the US, the ELCA Malaria Campaign surpassed its goal for World Malaria Day in April. Gifts totaled $300,000, in addition to $100,000 in matching gifts. Thanks to this outpouring, the ELCA will be able to start anti-malaria work in Namibia this year - just one example of the amazing things our church can accomplish together. Learn more at http://www.elca.org/malaria.
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Mission of the Month: Cameroon
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Nathalie Lassang from Cameroon feels called to become a doctor to provide care for the sick in her home country. She's attending medical school with the help of an ELCA International Leaders scholarship, which she calls "a priceless gift." Share this story with your congregation! For a colorful word document you can print for your congregation's bulletin board or edit for use in your bulletin or PowerPoint presentation, visit
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In Brief...
Equipping for Urban Males
"Go Get Your Stones Man" is a male-only, pre-Fathers day event equipping urban males to face the Goliaths in their lives. The event, on Saturday, June 7 from 8 am to 2:30 pm at Faith Chapel Church, 108 E. Price St., Philadelphia (19144), is a day full of seminars, dialogue and engagement that motivate, inspire, and equip both young and mature men to overcome the issues of life through prayer, faith, forgiveness, fiscal clarity, wellness and academic/professional development. Hosted by Waverly Alston of Welcome Church for B.O.O.M. Community Engagement, with speakers including Nick Taliaferro of WURD, Dr. Chuck Williams of Drexel, and others. For information and registration call 215.397.3001 or http://www.boom-community.com.
Golf to Support Bear Creek Camp
 Bear Creek Camp is pleased to host its 16th Annual Golf Fore Kids! on June 30. This golf event is a perfect opportunity for you to have a great time and is a tremendous way to support the ministry of Bear Creek Camp. All proceeds will be used in our Campership fund to assist families in sending their kids to camp. We are committed to our partnership with the Northeast and Southeast Pennsylvania Synods of the ELCA to help our campers explore, celebrate of grow in God's creation. Visit http://www.bearcreekcamp.org/golf for more information and to download a brochure.
Support Scholarships at LTSP 150th Gala
 The Rev. Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the ELCA, will be keynote speaker at the gala banquet to benefit Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia's 150th Anniversary Scholarship Fund on Thursday, Oct. 16 at Ballroom at the Ben, 834 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia (19107). Bishop Claire Burkat will emcee and there will be live jazz by "Standard Time." Learn more and order tickets at https://ltsp.wufoo.com/forms/ltsp-150th-gala-celebration-tickets; early discounts are available now.
Lasting Recovery After Typhoon Haiyan
 Leonida Carupo is a mother and grandmother living in the Philippines. On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan struck as one of the world's most powerful storms on record to make landfall. Many families in Leonida's community lost their homes and livelihoods. Learn how Lutheran World Relief's Cash-for-Work program is helping families like Leonida's by clicking on the video image above or visiting http://lwr.org/haiyan
Lutheran World Relief Names New CEO
Ambassador Daniel V. Speckhard, of McLean, Va., will be the next president and chief executive officer of Lutheran World Relief (LWR), effective July 1. "The organization is doing incredible work around the world to alleviate suffering and attack the root causes of poverty and it is inspiring to see how many Lutherans want to make a difference and are contributing to this great cause," Speckhard said. He succeeds the Rev. Dr. John Nunes, who served from 2007 to 2013. Headquartered in Baltimore, Lutheran World Relief is a ministry of U.S. Lutherans, serving communities living in poverty overseas.
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- Director of Education at St. Paul's, Doylestown
- Church Nursery Caregiver at Advent, Harleysville
- Director of Choir at Christ, Kulpsville
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Get Your Info in MinistryLink
If you have information you'd like us to consider publishing, please send it to sepanews@sepa.org at least 4 weeks in advance of when you would like it to appear.
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THANK YOU
for taking the time to read this edition of MinistryLink. We hope you find this electronic newsletter a valuable resource in our shared ministry. If you know of anyone who could benefit from the information in this newsletter, please forward it to them using the link below and encourage them to sign up to receive MinistryLink directly.
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Bob Fisher
Assistant to the Bishop,
Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod ELCA
rfisher@sepa.org
267.323.3743
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