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Doing What Matters Regional Gathering
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Rutland, Vt.
Saturday, May 18
8:30 a.m. -2 p.m.
If you haven't already registered it's not too late! Email or call (802-773-9659) the church office to let them know you're coming.
Click HERE for more information about speakers, workshops, registration, and event schedule. Or download the pdf attachment.
Join us for a day of workshops, conversation, networking, and fellowship. Discover new ways of doing ministry and serving in your community. Explore how to grow in faith, develop and nurture leaders, and address poverty issues.
SPEAKERS
Bishop Jim Hazelwood - "Where in God's Name are we?"
Doing What Matters Faciliteam - "Doing What Matters to God!"
WORKSHOPS
Create an Ecumenical VBS in your Community
Experience a School of Lay Ministry Class
FARM Ministry
Lutherans Restoring Creation
Questions? Contact Kim.
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Commissioning of Sarah Huber
Sarah Huber will be commissioned on May 19 as an Associate in Ministry. She has been called by the Synod Council to serve the Methodist Church, a full communion partner of the ELCA, in the new mission start at Sanctuary, Marshfield (Mass.). She will be serving in the area of music ministry as a word and service minister of the ELCA. Sarah, 26, was born in Millersville, Md., where she earned a BA in Music. She's a graduate of Trinity Lutheran Seminary, with a Master of Arts in Church Music. She has previously worked at churches in Ohio and Massachusetts, as well as for the Apple Company, and currently works as the music director at Harbor United Methodist Church in Scituate, Mass., the creative director at Sanctuary, and the founder of Makegoodchoices Design, specializing in church and nonprofit website design.
Sarah's commissioning ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. on May 19 at Sanctuary, located at 185 Plain St. (Rte. 139), Marshfield, MA 02050.
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Singing for a Cause: Mozart's "Requiem"
Bethesda, New Haven, Conn.
June 2, 2013 - 4 p.m.
The Bethesda Music Series invites the Greater New Haven
community to a performance of Mozart's sublime "Requiem" (completed by R. Levin) and
other choral and instrumental music. The hour-long program will take place at Bethesda Lutheran Church, 450 Whitney Avenue, New Haven.
The Bethesda Choir will be joined by the choir of First Presbyterian Church, New Haven, as well as by soloists and orchestra, under the direction of Lars Gjerde and Patrick McCreless. We promise an afternoon of inspiring and beautiful music making! Mozart died before completing his Requiem. Mozart scholar and performer Robert Levin recently made a rarely heard completion of the work. Join us for a special treat! The event is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be collected to support the next season of the Bethesda Music Series, recently featured in a national church magazine for its efforts to raise funds for New Haven charities through five annual concerts (see "Singing for a Cause" in The Lutheran Magazine, December 2012). A reception will follow the concert.
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Jazz Vespers
Amherst Town Common
June 9, 2013 - 5 p.m.
Grace Episcopal Church will host a unique Jazz Vespers on the Amherst Town Common, with music by the Ike Sturm Jazz Ensemble. The event is a fundraiser for Not Bread Alone.
The Ike Sturm Jazz Ensemble plays regularly at Lincoln Center and has toured throughout the United States, Europe and Scandinavia. The group's "Jazz Mass" received rave reviews and was named one of the "Best of 2010" by DownBeat magazine.
The Jazz Vespers is a unique event combining music, scripture and prayer. It is free and open to the public - all are welcome regardless of religious affiliation. A voluntary offering will raise funds to support Not Bread Alone, the community meal program that offers free homemade hot meals and groceries to anyone in need, three days a week. Seating will be "Tanglewood-style" - bring a chair or a blanket to sit on.
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June 7-9, 2013
Mass Mutual Center, Springfield, Mass.
Registration is now open for the 2013 New England Synod Assembly. You can register by clicking here to go to the event page on the Synod website, and scrolling down to the "How to Register" section.
Be sure to take a look at the workshops and their descriptions BEFORE you go to register, as you'll be asked to select which workshops you'd like to attend during the registration process. Visitors may also attend workshops.
New this year, the Synod invites you to pay for your assembly registration in advance, using our Google Checkout credit card system. The registration fee increases after June 5. Limited financial aid is available for attendees. The deadline to apply is May 20. Contact Pastor Alice Kerr Laird for more information.
May 20 is also the deadline for registration cancellations with refund.
Pre-Assembly Materials
Links have been added to the Synod Assembly page to download materials related to this year's Assembly, including a full agenda, resolutions and proposed 2014 budget. NOTE: The synod will not be providing printed copies of these materials - it is suggested that attendees either print them out ahead of the assembly, or download them to a laptop, tablet or e-reader. To download, click the link above and scroll down to the "PRE-ASSEMBLY MATERIALS" section. Click on the links to the documents, and you will be asked if you want to download the materials - they are safe to download.
Synod Council Nominations
The following Synod Council Positions will be filled at this year's Synod Assembly. They begin Sept. 1, 2013.
Elections will be held for four Synod Council positions. Terms begin Sept. 1, 2013:
1. Lay Female, Person of color/primary language other than English, one-year term.
2. Lay Female, Young Adult (give the ages, 19-30), one-year term.
3. Lay Female from Massachusetts, three-year term.
4. Lay Female at Large, three-year term.
The Synod Council is the legislative body that acts for the Synod between Assemblies. The Council meets four or five times yearly (usually all day on Saturdays with at least one Friday/Saturday over-night meeting) and Council members also serve on various task forces and sub-committees as necessary. The responsibilities of a Council member are spelled out in the New England Synod Constitution and Bylaws Chapter 10.
The Constitution can be viewed and downloaded here.
Please consider who you might nominate and use the forms below. To nominate, fill the form out and email it to office@nesynod.org.
Nomination Form in English
Nomination Form in Spanish
Call for Volunteers
Are you interested in volunteering at this year's assembly? Volunteers are needed for many tasks. If you think you can help, email Rev. Alice Kerr Laird at aklaird@nesynod.org, or call her at 508-791-1530, ext. 104.
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Pastors go from praying to pounding the pavement
Each Tuesday, pastors in the Greater Hartford Conference meet for pericope - a chance to connect through shared study of the Bible, a chance to talk about concerns and joys, a chance to find communion among their fellow clergy.
And then, they run.
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St. Andrew (Bristol, Conn.) becomes the Serengeti
On May 4, the St. Andrew Outreach and Mission Committee held a Safari Supper in its Fellowship Hall. It was a fun night for a serious cause: raising funds for the ELCA's Malaria Campaign.
Supper consisted of traditional foods from Africa, Mexico, India and South America - areas of the world where malaria sill poses a threat, although a decreasing one thanks to the efforts of national Lutheran churches.
Members of the Outreach and Mission Committee and several parishioners volunteered to prepare the food with such strange names as Zesty Quinoa Salad, Chicken Moambe, Chutney Chicken, Spicy Yam Soup and many more.
A goal of the committee was to educate our congregation about malaria. Among our congregants are two very qualified "teachers" to do this, a registered nurse, Kathy Cutter, and Dr. Trini Matthew, an epidemiologist. The ELCA provided excellent resources as well.
Our emphasis on malaria will continue through the month of May. Fellowship Hall has a display of mosquito netting with clip-art mosquitoes attached to it. Also, there is a mosquito tent suspended from the ceiling; above the tent is a huge black mosquito-but it cannot penetrate the net. The children sleeping within the tent will be spared malaria.
Although the figures aren't totally determined, it appears that we will exceed $500 plus a matching portion from Thrivent for the Malaria Campaign.
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Hammonasset 2013
September 6th - 8th
Registration is now open!
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Organ Lesson Scholarships
If you are a pianist of intermediate or advanced level, and you would enjoy trying the organ, this is the year to do it. The Richard Donohue Studio of Music in Cromwell, Conn., is offering a year of organ lessons through the Elaine Ruth Hoog Memorial Scholarship, for the school year beginning September 2013. The studio is located at 14 Prospect Hill Road, Cromwell.
The Hoog family (Rev. Winton Hoog, former pastor of Bethany Lutheran in Cromwell) established the scholarship in 1972 to honor Elaine, who died in a traffic accident. At the time she was a student at the Donohue studio.
This year, the scholarship is offered to a keyboard player for one year of organ lessons at the studio. Auditions will be held in June at the studio for anyone interested in applying for the scholarship. Please contact Linda Hilliard at lbh2892@gmail.com
for an application.
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Choir Director - Immanuel, Amherst, Mass.
Immanuel (Amherst, Mass.) is seeking a part-time choir director. Position available beginning Aug. 15, 2013. The adult choir numbers about 16-20 and sings for Sunday morning services September through mid-June and some special services. Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings.
The choir director directs the adult choir, participates on the Worship Committee, plans the service in cooperation with the pastor and organist, suggests music appropriate for the Sunday or occasion, recruits choir members and other musicians, maintains the music library, and supports other musical activities of the congregation. The adult choir serves the congregation; it typically sings two anthems a week and provides special music for Christmas, Holy Week and Easter, in addition to preparing larger works. There may be opportunities for developing a children's choir or other groups.
Immanuel has a strong tradition of incorporating the music and arts in worship. The organist is highly accomplished with a PhD in musicology; local musicians often contribute their talents. Salary is negotiable depending on experience. For more information about the church and the music program, see the church website.
Please send resumes to Choir Director Search Committee, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 867 North Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002, or email immanuelamherststaff@gmail.com. For full consideration, applications must be received by June 21.
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Director of Music Ministry - First, West Barnstable, MA
First Lutheran Church West Barnstable (Cape Cod) is prayerfully seeking a creative, energetic and capable director of music ministry, a part-time position.
The successful candidate will be a person of faith who possesses strong keyboard skills (organ and piano), experience in conducting adult & children's choirs and is open to developing new music ministries that engage our congregation.
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