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Sacred Trust Boundaries Workshop
Rostered leaders and church professionals are invited to attend a one-day Sacred Trust Workshop. This workshop will be presented
from 9:00am-3:00pm in two different locations:

Thursday, January 22 
Windsor Heights Lutheran Church,
Windsor Heights

Friday, January 23
Faith Lutheran Church, Eldridge

The cost is $25 per person, which includes lunch. You can learn more about the event and register online: here.
2015 Open Enrollment is Underway

Employee plan selection through Portico is open now through November 21. Portico Members can log-in to myPortico to review their personalized Enrollment Guide, and enter their 2015 benefit selections online.

 

Act early and help grow the ELCA Fund for Leaders! Portico's president, Jeff Thiemann, and his wife Pam will personally donate $5,000 if at least 60% of plan members enter 2015 benefit selections by Nov. 11 (ahead of the Nov. 21 deadline). Sign in to myPortico and make selections 
 

Faithful People, Holy Lands
How big are the blocks of the temple? What color is the wilderness? What does the wind on the Sea of Galilee feel like? While we can learn a lot about Christ's life and death from scripture, there are a lot of details we can only know from first-hand experience. 
Here's your chance! On September 11-25, 2015, members of the Southeastern Iowa Synod are making a pilgrimage to Israel and Palestine. Pastor Dan Kuckuck (St. Stephen, Urbandale) hosts this trip along with Monte Luker, Professor of Hebrew Scriptures at Lenoir-Rhyne University and Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. For more information, contact Pastor Dan Kuckuck 515-276-4628 dan@ststephenlutheran.org or find out more here.
Faith in Action
A few dollars turn into thousands of pumpkins

In the spring of 2010, pastor Shane Koepke, of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in La Motte, Iowa, issued a challenge to every member of his church council. "I gave them all $20 and asked them to make it grow," he recalled. Koepke's challenge has yielded more growth than the pastor could have ever imagined-and La Motte farmer Lynn Sanders is a big reason why.
 

Sanders took the $20 from the church treasury in 2010 and used it to purchase pumpkin seeds. He had devoted a portion of his farmland in each of the last five years to growing pumpkins and gourds. Read More

Churchwide News

ELCA Draft Statement on Gender-Based Violence 

The ELCA Church Council has authorized a social message on gender-based violence. Messages are adopted by the Church Council as a means to encourage learning and moral discourse. A Draft of the Social Message on Gender-based Violence is available for public comment and response. Please use either the online feedback form or the printable feedback form. The comment period runs through November 26, and you are invited to participate by sending your feedback.
You're Invited
Theology Classes at Grand View University

Enrich your faith and understanding by learning about the Bible and Luther at Grand View University. Non-degree seeking senior citizens, age 65 and older can audit a course FOR FREE.  

 

Coming in the Spring Semester courses on the New Testament will be held on every other Saturday from 8 till noon, and Life and Thought of Luther on Monday evenings from 5:45 to 8pm. Both courses will help you speak the language of faith more fluently and help you know your biblical and historical heritage.  Spring semester begins Monday January 5. The Luther class will meet that evening and New Testament will begin January 17 (and meet every other Saturday til April 18).

 

For more information or to register for class, contact Shannon Tuhn at stuhn@grandview.edu or (515) 263-6183

Fireside Retreat at Lutheran Lakeside
Life can be crazy. There is never time to simply sit and relax. You're invited for a weekend away from the stress of every day life. Lutheran Lakeside offers you a place to simply be. Be excited for outdoor activities, be engaged while learning fun new skills such as bread making and wood burning, be inquisitive as we explore faith questions together, be happy as we enjoy hearty home-cooked meals, be relaxed as we warm ourselves beside the fire, be faithful, be friends, be joyful, be you.

December 12-14
Lutheran Lakeside Camp
Cost: $75. 
Contact Cassie Jahn cassie@lutheranlakeside.com for more information.
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