Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.  Proverbs 16:3

Hello again!  Below are three GREAT opportunities for education and ministry expansion for your congregation.  Take a look and share this information with your congregational leaders!

1.  A conversation and education regarding work/interaction with people experiencing memory loss
2.  Shared Ministry Workshop
3.  NWOS Match Grants opportunity 2015!!!

Watch for another email coming out yet today about Assembly nominations, resolution submission, display table request, etc.   Assembly is only 91 days away!   And Early-bird registration ends March 1st! 

Peace,
Sherry


An Educational Opportunity Invitation from Pastor Steve Bauerle, Dean of Toledo Area Conference - Feb. 26th
 
Let me personally invite you to our TLC February, 26th gathering at St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee.  The hospital has invited us to join their employee's in a training and conversation session on "Successful Strategies for Communicating with and Caring for Patients with Memory Loss."

As TLC,  we will gather together for worship at 10:00 a.m. on Feb 26th at the conference room adjacent to the auditorium.  From 11:00-12:00 p.m.  we will join with the staff in the auditorium for the presentation.  Lunch will be served at noon.

Please RSVP me so I can let them know how many will be staying for lunch!  I look forward hearing from you and seeing you on the 26th.

For future planning, we will be gathering with the North Central Conference (Daniel Beaudoin, Dean) on Thursday morning, May 21 at St. Mark at 611 Woodville Rd.   Our theme will be "Sent as Disciples."  You will receive more information in the coming months.

Steve Bauerle

 

Called by Christ: United to Serve - Shared Ministry Workshop

 

Save the Date: Saturday, June 20th, 9am - 3pm,

at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Upper Sandusky

 

Highlights:


 

       For those congregations already in shared ministry and those considering whether shared ministry would work for them.


 

       Learn about the various forms that shared ministry can take.


 

       Learn about the ins and outs of shared ministry from those already in it.


 

       Advanced tracks for congregations that have been in shared ministry for a significant time.

 

Churches who are considering entering shared ministry as well as those who are already working together are encouraged to attend. Each congregation should bring its rostered leader and three lay leaders.

 

St. Paul, Upper Sandusky is part of the LIFE Shared Ministry in Upper Sandusky.

 

Cost is $12 per participant ($17 after June 6th). Lunch and light breakfast are included.



 

NWOS Matching Grants Application - Due March 20


 

 

Are you dreaming of a new ministry at your church?   

 

Do you have an idea for growing a Bible study or feeding program?  

 

Would some extra dollars assist you in making that dream or new ministry come to life?

 

For the past several years, the Northwestern Ohio Synod (NWOS) has endeavored to promote a sense of mission and outreach in and among its member congregations. "Every congregation a mission site, every pastor a mission developer" has been an ongoing theme.

 

To that end, and because of a generous bequest to the NWOS in 2011, this Synod successfully implemented a Congregational Mission Initiative in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and we are pleased to continue Mission Grants in 2015!!!  Synod Council has designated $10,000 this year for the 2015 Matching Funds program.

 

Congregations are encouraged to dream, to brainstorm, to plan a new way of bringing Christ to neighbors and friends in local communities and then to apply to the synod for matching funds, as a way of making the dream a reality. 


NWOS Matching Funds Grant Application Form must be completed and sent to the Synod Office, 621 Bright Rd, Findlay, OH  45840 or emailed to [email protected] by Friday, March 20, 2015