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The Season of Lent
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March 6, 2013
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It's never too soon to start thinking about Hammonassett Youth Gathering 2013. This year's Hammo adventure is Sept. 6-8. Check out the video below for a recap of last year's event, and go here to register for this year!
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Liberating Generosity Stewardship Workshop
 March 15-16
Holiday Inn, Boxborough, MA
How would it feel to focus on the mission and ministry of your church instead of constant fundraising?
True stewardship is always challenging and often difficult; but if practiced, can be liberating to the mission and ministry of your congregation. Join us in an exploration of how to unleash generosity in your church!
Who should attend: stewardship committees and chair people, vestry members, trustees, church council members and other elected leaders, educators, pastors, and everyone interested in using money faithfully.
Click here for more information and registration.
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April 13 - Grace, Hartford
April 14 - Christ the King, Nashua, N.H.
Grace Lutheran in Hartford and Christ the King Lutheran in Nashua, N.H. will host separate world hunger events for the southern and northern tiers of the New England Synod on April 13 and 14.
Keynote speaker Sharon Magnuson, accociate director of ELCA World Hunger, will speak on "the movement within our church to eradicate poverty and hunger in the world." The events will focus on communities where World Hunger supports sustainable models of food security, water, health, education and income generation.
Workshops will include "Synergies of ELCA World Hunger, Lutheran Disaster Response & ELCA Malaria Campaign," "Fighting Malaria," "Hunger - How to Tell Your Story," and an alternative giving fair.
The events are April 13 from 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Grace Lutheran in Hartford and April 14 from 2-6:30 p.m. at Christ the King in Nashua. Register by Monday, April 8 for one of the events by clicking here to download the registration form, and email it to Doreen.rinas@gmail.com, or mail to Doreen Rinas, Trinity Lutheran Church, 170 Old Westford Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824, or call Pastor David or Doreen Rinas at 978-433-2645.
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 April 27
Copley Square, Boston
The New England Regional Environmental Ministries are organizing a one-day Climate Revival event in Boston's Copley Square on April 27. The event will be led by The Rev. Geoffrey Black, General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ, and The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.
Come together for an inspirational day of preaching, worship, prayers, and music in celebration of the splendor of Creation, mourn its desecration, and advocate for restoration and renewal. Led by national and international religious leaders, the gathering will call upon the Holy Spirit and rise up to stabilize the climate and to create a better future. Churches will have an opportunity to participate in an informational fair about their environmental work.
Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus South Africa, and Bill McKibben, author and environmentalist, will send video messages. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., and Trinity Church, 206 Clarendon St., in Boston.
For more information, go to www.macucc.org/events/detail/1104, and check out the event's Facebook page by clicking here.
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Adult Youth Leader Summit @ Camp Calumet,
April 5-7, 2013
Registration Deadline, March 25, 2013
A retreat at Camp Calumet for all adults who work with youth in the New England Synod. This year's topics will include:
- Social Media & Youth
- Youth Ministry Resources
- Inside the teenage mind
Join us for a time of learning, community building and networking.
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 Bringing an artist's eye to the stations of the cross
"I can't draw people," Cynthia Stroschein said with a shrug.
Standing in front of her painting, a depiction of the Garden of Gethsemane, Stroschein explained that when Pastor Leslie Scanlon announced the idea of having members of the Lutheran Church of Framingham draw, paint, photograph or sew pieces to illustrate the stations of the cross, she knew what she wanted to do.
"First I had a different [station], but I decided I didn't want to do that one, and this one I knew I could do without having a figure in it," said Stroschein, a Marlborough resident and LCF member since 1972.
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Director/Lead Teacher of After School Ministry
The Board of Directors of the TLC Play and Learn Campus, an after school ministry of Trinity Lutheran Church, has begun a search for a director/lead teacher beginning in the late summer of 2013. This part time position requires a college degree in education, knowledge and experience in the administration required for an after school program in accordance with EEC guidelines, and the ability to work well with children, parents, and staff. Resumes are to be submitted to the Reverend Paul H. Wheeler, Trinity Lutheran Church, 16 Temple Place, Fairhaven, MA 02719 or by email at pasttlc@yahoo.com. Please submit by April 1.
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The Lutheran Church of St. Mark (ELCA), Glastonbury, Conn., is a warm and spirited pastoral-sized (roughly 80 in attendance on a Sunday morning during the program year) Lutheran church with new clergy leadership seeking an experienced organist and choir director. Our all-volunteer adult choir comprises 8-10 members and rehearses weekly on Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings. We seek a music director with a love of music as a means of ministry; competence in choral conducting and playing the organ; and a heart for leading congregational singing. Experience in liturgical worship is important, as is a willingness to work outside-the-box, a sense of humor, and flexibility. The successful candidate will have the ability to work collaboratively with clergy and music committee, yet will also be self-organized and exercise thoughtful leadership of the congregation. The director will prepare music (prelude, postlude, hymns, service music, and choir anthems) for our 8 and 10:15 a.m. Sunday services, and for special services throughout the year; direct the adult and junior choir, and attend a weekly staff meeting as needed. The position is open until filled. For more information, please contact Pastor Lydia Wittman Grebe at pastor@stmarkglastonbury.org or 860-633-1188. Compensation commensurate with credentials and experience, in consultation with the national guidelines of the American Guild of Organists.
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