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Season of Pentecost
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September 3, 2014
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Help our leaders Reach the Beach!
The Reach the Beach road race, a 200-mile relay from Cannon to Hampton Beach, N.H., serves as a major fundraiser for Camp Calumet. This year, the camp has nine members of the summer staff running, including six rostered leaders: Dustin Wright, Lydia Wittman, Don Johnson, Steven Wilco, Geoff Sinibaldo, and Kari Plymette.
You can help the leaders reach their fundraising goal of $1,000 by going either to their group fundraising page, www.stayclassy.org/rosteredleaders, or to an individual runner's page (listed below). You can donate there and share the page on social media as well.
The race will take place Sept. 12-13.
Click on a leader's name below to go to their fundraising page:
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University Lutheran coffeehouse
Sept. 6, 7/8 p.m.
66 Winthrop St., Cambridge, MA
In the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts's Harvard Square, University Lutheran is sponsoring coffeehouse66, and on Sept. 6 will feature the music of the Joey Vellucci Band. Vellucci's career includes clubs and concerts, radio and film scoring, and a repertoire ranging from reggae and jazz to country and rock, and everything in between.
The doors open at 7 p.m., the show begins at 8 p.m., and tickets are $15 at the door. Student admission is free with a student ID.
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Safe Church Training - register now!
 First Lutheran - Southington, CT
Sept. 13 - 9 a.m.-noon
On Saturday, Sept. 13, First Lutheran in Southington will host a training on child safety.
The training will cover all of the child safety recommendations required by most church insurance companies and safety experts, but more importantly, it is part of our ongoing efforts to ensure that all children in our congregations and synod are safe in their churches, church schools, and other church-related activities. The training will be offered by Rev. Dr. William Barter (right), the New England Synod's Safe Church Training Director. Dr. Barter is a licensed forensic psychologist specializing in child abuse. Bill is also an ELCA pastor who understands the special needs of congregations. Medical, educational, and mental health professionals will receive a 3-hour certificate for attending. There will be ample time to ask questions of Dr. Barter.
Registration and fee required by September 5th. Please send checks to First Lutheran Church, 232 Bristol Street, Southington, CT 06489. Contact Rev. Joshua Rinas at: 860-628-9001
$12 per person / $90 cap per congregation.
Bring your Sunday School Teachers, Congregation Leaders, Nursery Attendants, Confirmation Instructors, Pastors, Youth Workers, Chaperones, Pageant Helpers, etc.
Attendees will receive course materials, refreshments, and a certificate.
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Farewell concert for UniLu's John Paulson
Sept. 14, 3 p.m.
University Lutheran Church
66 Winthrop St., Cambridge, MA
Join University Lutheran in bidding Music Director John Paulson farewell at a very special concert on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 3 p.m. The concert will feature the University Lutheran Choir along with special guest musicians, including Imogene Stulken on the organ, brass, strings, and vocal soloists all under John's direction. The concert will consist of German Baroque music that employs music and/or text composed by Martin Luther. Among the composers will be J.S. Bach, Hans Leo Hassler, Samuel Scheidt, Heinrich Schutz, and Johann Schein. A reception will be held immediately following the concert in the Alumni/ae Room.
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Bus to People's
Climate March
Lutherans from New England are invited to join the region's Episcopalians on a bus ride to the People's Climate March (PCM) on Sunday, Sept. 21 in New York City.
The bus will leave from Springfield, Mass., stop at New Haven, Conn., and continue on to Central Park to gather with other people of faith. En route, as it is a Sunday morning, we will celebrate a simple Holy Communion. Nourished in the Body of Christ we will go forth to the march as a congregation witnessing to our love and care of God's Creation.
To sign up for the trip, click here.
To learn more about the People's Climate March, click here.
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Bethesda Music Series features Ali Amr
Sept. 21 - 4 p.m.
Bethesda Lutheran Church
450 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT
 Internationally renowned Moroccan qanun player Ali Amr of Morocco, who has performed at the Newport Jazz Festival, the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, the White House, the Royal Palace of Jordan, and other prestigious venues, will bring his entrancing fusion of jazz and Arabic music to the New Haven community on Sunday, September 21, at 4 p.m.
The hour-long program will take place at Bethesda Lutheran Church, 450 Whitney Ave., New Haven.
Ali Amr tours the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and Scandinavia with his creative playing and singing, is a composer, actor, and producer, and has been featured as a musician in film and radio. Read more about him at www.aliamr.com.
The concert is hosted by the Bethesda Music Series. The event is free and open to the public.
A free-will offering will be collected to support Luther House Campus Ministry, which participates in after-school tutoring programs and other social outreach efforts in New Haven.
A reception will follow the concert. There is free parking in the church lot at 450 Whitney Ave. and on St. Ronan St.
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Ordination of Carolyn Neighoff
Carolyn Neighoff, who has been called to Water of Life in Newcastle Maine, will be ordained on Sunday, Oct. 12 at 4 p.m. at Water of Life. Carolyn is a graduate of Bangor Theological Seminary, and did her Lutheran studies at Philadelphia Seminary. Bishop James Hazelwood will preside. Clergy are invited to vest, and the color of the day will be red.
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Update on job listings policy
Due to the (welcomed) increase in employment opportunities sent in for synod-wide communication, we have updated our policy for NES News listings. Job postings will run for two weeks in the synod's weekly NES News and/or Bishop's E-News, and then will be removed to make space for new listings. The listings will also be edited, so we urge you to submit them as 2-3 sentence listings with a contact if job seekers seek further information. Readers are encouraged to retain weekly emails if they wish to reference the job listings past their two-week publication period.
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Bell Choir Director
Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Foxborough, Mass.
Handbell director needed, teaching role to 10-12 member intergenerational choir of 3 octaves with limited experience in small, growing church; Sept. to May/June position with 30-35 weeknight, one-hour rehearsals, probably Monday evenings at 7 p.m. but flexible, plus 4-5 Sunday morning ringing sessions; ideal candidate will have bell knowledge and strong directing skills; Stipend salary, $1500 to $2000 commensurate with experience and duration of ringing year; Office@lcor.org or call 508-543-4071.
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