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Season of Pentecost
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November 19, 2014
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Portico Open Enrollment - deadline Nov. 21
If any of your employee benefit insurances are covered by Portico Benefit Services, you have until Friday, Nov. 21 to make your open enrollment elections in order to have all Portico benefits for next year. If you have yet to do so, please act now/today by visiting MyPortico as per the information in your enrollment packets. This is required; your choices from 2014 will not carry over. You can make your selections by by clicking here to be taken to the MyPortico portal.
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Russian Voices: The St. Petersburg Men's Ensemble
 Sunday, Nov. 30, 4 p.m.
Bethesda Lutheran Church
450 Whitney Ave,
New Haven, Conn.
The Bethesda Music Series is thrilled to welcome back the St. Petersburg Men's Ensemble, an internationally touring quartet from Russia. They will appear at Bethesda Lutheran Church, 450 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, on Sunday, November 30, at 4pm. A capacity audience was ecstatic with the sonorous voices and great charm of the group when they visited a year ago. This year's program will include sacred vocal works from the Russian tradition, as well as Russian folk songs. Audio clips and further details can be found by clicking here. The event is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be collected with all proceeds going to Immanuel Baptist Shelter, an organization dedicated to outreach to the homeless in New Haven. Donations will be partially matched by Thrivent Financial. A reception will follow the concert.
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German Advent Service
 Sunday, Dec. 7, 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. Matthew Tingler, Pastor of Christ the King Lutheran Church, Nashua, N.H. This service will be in German but printed English translations will be available.
After the service we will have a German style Kaffee Klatch. Please bring Kuchen (cakes and cookies) to share. As a donation please bring a non-perishable food item for the Good Shepherd's Hands and Hearts Food Pantry. For more information or directions please call Grita or John at 603-528-3129 or call Erin in the Church office (603) 528-4078. All are welcome.
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 Jan. 8-10, 2015
Hartford Seminary
Registration Deadline: Dec. 1
WHY: As people of faith, we have a special call to care for the Earth by reducing our negative impact upon God's creation and to seek ways we can act as true stewards. As Lutherans we have unique resources to empower collaborative restoration.
WHO: For people who want to learn how to encourage congregations to integrate Care for Creation into the entire life of the church. Clergy and laity representatives (including young adults) are invited to apply ASAP to be part of this unique LRC cohort of region-wide facilitators. Open to people of all faiths, but participants are expected to share their new tools with Lutheran churches in their area.
HOW: For details about the agenda and expectations contact Phoebe Morad, LRC Synodical Training Coordinator: pheebscongo@gmail.com or 617-599-2722.
Please register by Dec. 1 (space is limited): Registration of $35 per person requested to help defray costs.
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Support sought for new musical group
Paul Carlson, the organist at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Woburn is seeking support for a new musical ensemble dedicated to the sacred cantatas of J.S Bach. This ensemble will present "Cantata Vespers" events in partnership with churches in the area. Learn more and help them get started by visiting their Kickstarter page.
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Job listings policy
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.
Additionally, job listings are now hosted on the Synod website's new job board.
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Vice President for Mission Advancement
The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
The Vice President for Mission Advancement leads a dedicated multidisciplinary team charged with defining and achieving an ambitious and innovative results-based strategy for the Seminary's fundraising efforts and developing and maintaining strong relationships with Board members, alumni, constituents, and donors. Key responsibilities include overseeing the Seminary's annual appeal, major gift solicitation, and planned giving strategy as well as directing capital appeals. In addition, the VP for Mission Advancement will provide leadership to the Seminary's Foundation, work with the Board Finance Committee and VP for Administration and Finance to develop realistic budgets based on anticipated philanthropic revenue, represent the Seminary and President at key events, and participate collaboratively on the President's Senior Administrative Council that exercises primary responsibility for achieving the Seminary's mission to educate public leaders for a public church. This is a full-time staff appointment.
For more information, click here to download a PDF of the job description.
Resumes will be accepted through December 15, 2014. Submit the following, cover letter, resume, salary requirement, professional references to: resumes@ltsp.edu or mail to Human Resources - VP for Mission Advancement, 7301 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119. LTSP is an EOE.
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