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CONNECT WITH
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Looking for opportunities to connect with Bishop Hazelwood?
Check out these upcoming events:
September 20-21
Synod Council Meeting,
Worcester MA
September 22
Morning Worship - St. John, Glastonbury, CT
Afternoon gathering - St. John,
New Britain, CT
September 24
Conference Meeting - Zion,
Portland, CT;
Evening Pot-luck - Bethel,
Auburn, MA
September 25
Evening Worship and Dinner - First, New Britain, CT
September 28
Late Afternoon/Evening at First,
E. Greenwich, RI
September 29
Installation of Bp. Tracie Bartholomew, NJ Synod,
Princeton, NJ
October 2
Theological and Ethical Concerns Meeting, Chicago, IL
October 3-8
Conference of Bishops, Itasca, IL
October 13
Morning Worship - St. Matthew,
Avon, CT
October 14-17
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA
October 18-19
Men's Retreat - Calumet,
Freedom, NH
October 20
Morning Worship - St. Ansgar, Portland, ME
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2014 New England Synod Mission Trip
Group Youth Workcamp - Guilderland Center, N.Y.
Cost: $459 + Transportation
Deposit by Nov. 1, 2013: $50
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News and notes from the New England Synod
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Getting to know the ELW
 Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013
Lutheran Church of Framingham
720 Edgell Road, Framingham, MA 01701
Registration Deadline: Sunday Sept. 22
The Lutheran Church of Framingham will host a workshop looking at the contents of core worship resource of the ELCA. Presenter John Weit is the Cantor at Trinity (Worcester, Mass.), where he facilitates the worship and music life of the congregation. He has a master's degree in religion with a concentration in liturgy and music from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, where he also spent a year as the interim seminary musician, and he is active in liturgy and music teams for the New England Synod and the ELCA at large.
Registration is $30 per person, which includes lunch and a copy of Evangelical Lutheran Worship for you to keep. The deadline for registration is Sunday, Sept. 22.
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LIVE STREAMING:
School of Lay Ministry Retreat
The fall retreat for the School of Lay Ministry is scheduled for this Saturday, Sept. 21. We invite you to join us as we will be attempting to live stream this exciting event. Although this technology is new to us, we will try our best to provide a quality presentation from the dining hall of Calumet. Click here for the live stream link, or head over to www.sdumas.net. Click on the streaming event page tab and complete a quick registration on Livestream. You may then follow along with our current class as we grow in our knowledge of Lutheran Theology as presented by Pr. Doug Ryniewicz. The schedule of events is listed below.
10-11 a.m.: First Session and Discussion
11:30-12:30: Second Session and Discussion
1:30-3 p.m.: Third Session and Discussion
7-8 p.m.Fourth Session and Discussion
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Theodicy Jazz Collective in Maine
St. Andrew Lutheran Church, St. Saviour Episcopal Church, and The BTS Center (formerly Bangor Theological Seminary) are sponsoring a workshop with Theodicy Jazz Collective for worship leaders and church musicians, and others interested in jazz and/or worship, exploring jazz, justice, and the journey of tradition.
In addition to the workshop, Theodicy Jazz Collective will offer a public conversation and concert of music inspired by jazz, blues, gospel, traditional hymns, and world music.
The workshop is Tuesday, Oct. 1 at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Ellsworth, Maine (175 Downeast Highway). Participants are encouraged to bring instruments for an optional jam session beginning at 3:00, with the workshop beginning at 4:00 and ending with dinner. At 7 p.m., workshop becomes worship in a Jazz Vespers Service. The cost for the workshop is $35 ($25 for students) and includes dinner. Scholarships are available. The Vesper service is open to the public at no charge.
The concert is Wednesday, Oct. 2 at St. Saviour Episcopal Church, Bar Harbor, Maine (41 Mt Desert St.) The musicians will be available for a public conversation about jazz and justice at 6:15, with the concert beginning at 7:00. A free will offering will be received; after expenses, all donations received will be given to the Emmaus Homeless Shelter in Ellsworth.
For more information and to register for the workshop, click here to download the flyer.
For more info, contact the Rev. Priscilla Hukki at 207-667-7641 or pastorh@gwi.net.
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Stewardship Webinar
Oct. 9, 6:30 p.m.
On Oct. 9, the New England Synod and Immanuel Lutheran Church in Holden, Mass. will present a webinar on stewardship, using Immanuel's example to show strategies for success. Immanuel has experienced a high level of giving, and Senior Pastor Dan Wilfrid and Bishop James Hazelwood will examine what has worked so well for the congregation in a small, suburban Central Massachusetts town.
The meeting will be hosted on the GoToMeeting platform, and will be made available to a few dozen congregations throughout the region. The forum will also include a chance for viewers to send in questions and participate with Pastor Wilfrid and Bishop Hazelwood. A discussion guide will be made available following the forum for further thought.
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'How Men Think about
God, Sex and Money'
Calumet Men's Retreat
Oct. 18-20 Yes, that is the title of the Calumet Men's retreat. Bishop Jim Hazelwood is the retreat leader, and his three talks "For Men Only" will wrestle with the unique ways men approach these subjects. He'll use studies from as disparate fields as depth psychology, philosophy and recent win-loss percentages of left-handed pitching in Major League Baseball. "I'm weaving together a spirituality of male intimacy in this retreat," Bishop Hazelwood says. "I think men in our culture have inherited some unhelpful perspectives on money, sex & God. While I'm not aiming to overturn a thousand years of thinking, I do think that we can explore and surface some of these unhelpful world views. As is usual for my approach to such matters, we'll use zaniness, humor and playfulness while also integrating Biblical stories. Even if nothing new emerges, we'll have a good time." In case you haven't figured it out, Bishop Hazelwood believes in a Spirituality of Fun. Men can register for this retreat at Camp Calumet by contacting betsy@calumet.org.
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Open & Affirming Conversation Series
Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 18, Good Shepherd, North Quincy, MA, is hosting a conversation series entitled: "Open and Affirming Conversations: a seven week series of community reflections on matters of importance to our lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) neighbors and loved ones." The series is free and open to the public. It will be held on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. beginning September 18 and concluding on October 30 and is being dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of the ELCA and its policies of inclusion of LGBT people and families.
Each session will cover a different aspect of LGBT life:
Sept. 18 - members of Good Shepherd will share our own story of LGBT welcome and inclusion
Sept. 25 - interfaith local religious leaders (including the president of a Gay Muslim group in Boston) will share affirming theological perspectives
Oct. 2 - Boston Chapter of Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Oct. 9 - Boston Alliance of GLBT Youth (BAGLY)
Oct. 16 - Queer Asian Pacific-Islander Alliance (QAPA)
Oct. 23 - the LGBT Aging Project which will screen the critically acclaimed documentary "Gen Silent" highlighting the crisis faced by LGBT older adults
Oct. 30 - open forum on continuing the conversation in Quincy.
Participants are invited to any or all of the sessions. Light refreshments will be provided by the congregation. More information is available on the congregational website, Facebook, or by phone at 617-328-8348.
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