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. 

Click here to register for CommFest! Seating at Trinity is limited, so those wishing to come to Worcester for the event should register soon. 

Holy Trinity, Newington, N.H. - If you'd like to attend in Newington, please email Tim Roser at troser@nesynod.org to inquire about space.

Holy Trinity, Trumbull, Conn. - If you'd like to attend in Trumbull, click here to register.

• 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. 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.

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.

Update on job listings policy

LTSP is the proud recipient of a generous grant from the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation. The grant supports the launch of a new MDiv model, the Master of Divinity, Cooperative Model, where a student does full time coursework (at the seminary, online, intensives, etc.) and part-time work in a congregation over the course of three years. 

 

The student gains rich insight and longer-term experience in congregational leadership, receives intentional and intensive spiritual formation, and their tuition and fees are covered by their work in the congregation. For Lutherans, a person completes all their requirements for ordination, including internship, in three years instead of four. Congregations gain the benefit of nurturing and supporting a future leader, and consistent leadership over the course of three years. Congregations that can no longer afford a full-time pastor may benefit from this model, as well. 

 

If you are interested in being a candidate for the position, or know of a prospective student who should be encouraged to apply or a congregation that should serve as a teaching site for this program, please contact the Rev. Louise Johnson at LJohnson@Ltsp.edu.

 

The Program Director will serve a two-year term, deploying the resources of the seminary and a grant from the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation to launch and establish the Cooperative Master of Divinity Program.

 

Qualifications:  

• A person of faith, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America or one of its full communion partners (EC-USA, UMC, PCUSA, Moravian, Reformed Churches, etc.), committed to the mission of the gospel and the mission of LTSP.
• Master of Divinity degree preferred.
• Experience in parish ministry.
• Ability to implement a new program with creativity, resourcefulness, and an eye toward sustainability.
• Knowledgeable about pastoral formation.
• Familiarity with judicatory and candidate processes and/or willingness to learn.
• Excellent organization, communication, planning, and leadership skills.
• Ability to negotiate conflict.
• Knowledgeable about emerging church trends.
• Ability to relate to a diversity of cultures, races, and denominations.
• Ability to recruit and nurture students and congregations.

Resumes will be accepted through Dec. 20, 2013. Please send a cover letter, resume, and references to resumes@Ltsp.edu.

The Anglican International School Jerusalem, an accredited private Christian International school serving kindergarten through Grade 12 (ages 3-18), is searching for outstanding and experienced candidates,to fill the following positions:

• Head of Elementary
• Elementary Home Room Teacher P5
• Secondary Coordinator of English
• Secondary Mathematics and Physics
• Secondary Humanities
• Secondary Technology

See full details of the application process, job descriptions and contractual arrangements on the school website www.aisj.co.il

 

Closing date for applications: Dec. 31, 2013. Applications should be sent to office@aisj.co.il with the job title in the subject line.