After a successful communications seminar earlier this year, the Synod once again invites you to join us for a day spent discussing strategies and tips to help congregations better communicate - with their members and with the outside world. Speakers at CommFest 2014 include Pastor Keith Anderson (left, Upper Dublin Lutheran Church, Ambler, Pa.) and Elizabeth Drescher, co-authors of Click 2 Save: The Digital Ministry Bible. 

Seating at Trinity is limited. The Synod will provide details in the coming weeks on satellite sites in the northern and southern parts of the synod, but those wishing to come to Worcester for the event should register soon.

• The All Right Ministry, which is dedicated to helping congregations be more open and welcoming to those with developmental disabilities and mental illness
• The Creative Living Community of Connecticut, which provides a venue for adults with disabilities to work in a real, productive greenhouse environment
• Churches working with LSS to aid immigrants who are settling into their new American homes

Sunday, Dec. 8 and 15, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Trinity Lutheran Church

170 Old Westford Rd, Chelmsford, MA 01824

 

You are invited to participate in the Alternative Giving Fair held Sunday, Dec. 8 & 15 from 10-1:30 at Trinity. Offered for sale are ethnic breads and desserts, brunch and lunch foods, and crafts. Honor others through your donations for honeybees, food for a month for an orphan, a bicycle ambulance or other life transforming gifts. All proceeds for this Fair go to the ELCA World Hunger Program. 

 

For more information, check out the flyer by clicking here.

Sunday, Dec. 15, 1 p.m.

First Lutheran Church

900 Main St., Brockton, MA 

 

The St. Petersburg Men's Ensemble returns to First Lutheran in Brockton to present a Christmas Concert. This is the second in the Cornerstone Concert series to raise funds for the building exterior. 

 

Suggested donations: General Seating $15; Seniors and students $10

 

To order tickets, call (508) 586-9021, visit www.firstevlutheran.org, or pick up at the door.

Sunday, Dec. 8, 2 p.m.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

2238 Parade Road (Rte. 106), Laconia, N.H.

 

This traditional German Advent Service will be led by Rev. Frank R. Mächt, a German Lutheran Pastor who serves as Chaplain and ACPE Supervisor at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

 

 

After the service there will be a Kaffee Klatch (refreshments). As a donation please bring a non-perishable food item for Good Shepherd's Hands and Hearts Food Pantry.

 

For more information or directions please call Grita or John at 603-528-3129 or Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 603-528-4078 or visit the Good Shepherd website.

 

All are welcome.

The New England Synod is planning two mission trips to Honduras next year - February 12-19 and April 22-29. Below are brief descriptions of the projects. 

 

For more in-depth information, and to begin the registration process, click here.

 

February 12 - 19, 2014 Omoa, Honduras

Leaders: Ed & Nancy Martin

Estimated Costs: $995 plus airfare (approx $850.00) from Boston to San Pedro Sula

This weeklong trip includes service projects in the communities of Omoa and Chachagualla, which are about 1½ hours from the airport along the North coast of Honduras. Accommodations are in a motel with shared rooms with private baths - similar to a Motel 6 in the US. (Hotel costs are the reason for the higher charge) Breakfast is served at the hotel and typically lunch and dinner are served at the host church. You will be working alongside Hondurans to improve their Health infrastructure.

 

For more information, contact Ed and Nancy Martin at EMartin@FifieldFabrics.com

 

April 22 - 29, 2014 Yuscaran, Honduras

Leader: Pastor Dave Rinas

Estimated Costs: $795 plus airfare (approx. $850.00) from Boston to Tegucigalpa 

After flying in to the Capital we will take a one-hour bus ride to our living quarters which are located on the mountains overlooking the town of Yuscaran. The work in Yuscaran has centered on three projects, and each person finds their own place in one or more of these projects:

1) Construction on the church building through cement and rebar work. We have nearly completed this project.  Other projects will be presented

2) Spontaneous after school children's VBS - crafts, games & singing in the town square.

3) Women's sewing clinic. We have brought sewing machines and provided an opportunity for women (though a few men come) to sew. We leave the machines and they are used in a nearby church as a resource to the community.

 

For more information, contact Pastor David Rinas at prdrinas@yahoo.com.

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