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Partner Quick Links
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enrollment code: D41757CE923L
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NYG 2015 Fundraiser
Join us after service in Founders Hall for specialty coffee and teas (provided by Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf) being served by the youth attending the 2015 National Youth Gathering in Detroit. All proceeds will go towards this gathering. Donuts will be available for purchase as usual.
Regular coffee will still be available at no charge!
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On Sunday, January 25, after the SOV annual meeting, Judy Vanderbok has invited members to her home for lunch and our monthly gathering. We will be discussing Orphan Train by Kline and selecting books for our 2015 reading roster.
Book Club members please RSVP to Judy if you do not plan to attend.
Judy Vanderbok
5613 Fairhaven Avenue
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
818-999-5966
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Thank you from Ministry Partners
Shepherd of the Valley supports several ministry partners with gifts, as part of our regular benevolence giving. Each week in this new year we will highlight a year-end thank-you we have received from one of our partners.
From Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary:
The challenge for pastors and congregations in the present and future (and past, for that matter) is how to remain rooted in the beautiful traditions and pillars of our Lutheran Christian faith while also being responsive to our present contexts. ... So our students are learning about understanding the Bible, correlating faith and life, preaching the gospel, leading sound worship, caring for people, and of course, seeking justice, loving kindness and walking humbly before God. Tall order.
That's why your support is so precious. It undergirds the important holy work that continues on campus and associated contextual education sites.
God's blessings,
Rev. Brian Stein-Webber
Director of Seminary Relations
PLTS
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Opportunities for Sharing and Growing in Faith
This upcoming event in our synod is an opportunity to learn and worship with those in our larger community:
Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration,
Sunday, January 18, 3 pm. at Olivet Lutheran Church, Hawthorne. (2506 W. Imperial Hwy, 90250)
This is a worship service in celebration and commemoration of Dr. King, with the theme "Lifting Our Voices for Justice, Living Our Live in Faith." Participants include our Bishop, R. Guy Erwin, and the preacher, Pastor Linda Norman, ELCA Treasurer.
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Looking Ahead
Monday, January 19
Martin Luther King Day
School/Preschool/Club House/Office closed
Tuesday, January 20
9:00 a.m. Sarah & Abraham Bible Study
7:00 p.m. Council Meeting
Sunday, January 25
10:30 a.m. Annual Meeting
NYG Flamingo Flocking
Saturday, February 7
Father-Daughter Dance
Saturday, March 14
LSS Annual Moving Forward Breakfast
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Re-Gifting
Did you receive a gift for Christmas that you did not need? Did you re-gift it to someone else? Re-gifting, once frowned upon, has become an acceptable practice in recent years.
Re-gifting has always been acceptable to God. When blessed by God with more gifts than we need, He asks us to share those gifts with others and especially those in need.
After a lifetime of accumulating assets, we may have more assets than our loved ones need. If you have been blessed in this way, you have an opportunity to joyfully re-gift some of those assets to the continued work of your Lord and Savior here on earth.
We call this type of re-gifting, "planned giving". With the help of our ELCA Regional Gift Planner, Greg Shepherd, you will be shown ways that you can re-gift to the church and other charities without reducing your gifts to your loved ones. You will also learn ways to reduce taxable estate assets, and at the same time, be able to provide for ministries for which you have a passion. Create your legacy! To learn more, contact Greg Shepherd.
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
 In February, 2015, Opera San Jose will be presenting SOV Music Director Mark Weiser's opera Where Angels Fear to Tread, libretto by Roger Brunyate based on E M. Forster's first published novel. Where Angels Fear to Tread was first performed at the Peabody Conservatory back in 1999, but the Opera San Jose run will mark its professional debut. There will be six performances: Saturday, February 7 at 8pm, Sunday, February 8 at 3pm, Thursday, February 12 at 8pm, Sunday, February 15 at 3pm, Friday, February 20 at 8pm, and Sunday, February 22 at 3pm. For more information, visit the Opera San Jose website. |
Weekly Word Schedule
Tuesday, 4 p.m.
Wednesday, 9:15 a.m.
Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Friday, 9:30 a.m. in the Conejo Valley, for more information contact Lisa Lambert
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Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church
23838 Kittridge Street, West Hills, CA 91307
818.348.8343 www.sovlc.org
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