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Sierra Pacific Synod Resource Center
 
February 2014
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RESOURCES CAN COME IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMS
Wouldn't you like to know exactly how the dollars we give to Lutheran Disaster Response, or to Lutheran World Hunger, or to Lutheran World Relief are actually used? Maybe you would like to know more about what Lutheran volunteers do when they go out and join FEMA at a tornado site, or a huge fire disaster.
Or maybe you have heard that Lutheran Services of America touches the lives of most Americans, and you would like to know just how that is happening. Well, those stories of our benevolence dollars are ready to share! We have stories to tell, stories of "God's Work. Our Hands." and they are all available through the MISSION INTERPRETER PROGRAM of our ELCA.
Suzanne O'Dea is our Synod's Mission Interpreter.
On a regular and timely basis, Suzanne can provide you with stories to share with your congregation, stories of God's amazing work among us. When we tell stories, we remind ourselves and each other of what we hold to be important. As Christians, we value the opportunity to do God's work with our hands, and with our gifts of money. We want to tell others what God has done in our congregations, in our Sierra Pacific Synod, and through the national and international efforts of our ELCA. We love hearing these great stories!
Contact Suzanne and tell her you'll help tell those stories in your congregation!
You can be the resource your congregation has been hoping for!
You can reach Suzanne at mic@spselca.org.
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Thank you for your calls and e-mails about resources!
Our goal is to help you make your small group studies, classes, workshops,and personal reading as interesting and helpful as possible. We will work with you in finding what fits for you or your group. The Resource Center is YOUR lending library! Your recommendations help us to do a better job in providing the specific resources you and others are looking for.
Click here to send an email to Resource Center! Our office hours: Feb. 17, 18, 20 Feb. 25, 26, 27 Mar. 3, 5, 7 Mar. 10, 12, 13
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., or by appointment - 559 345-2725
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ARE YOU ALL SET FOR LENT?
The "Making Sense" series with David Lose as the expert-video-presenter might meet your need.
"Making Sense of Scripture." "Making Sense of the Christian Faith."
"Making Sense of the Cross." Three titles: each has a video, a leader's guide with handout suggestions, and a participant book. Email us: rspselca@pacbell.org
GOD PAUSE, an online daily devotional coming out of Luther Seminary, and which follows the lectionary, might be just what you are looking for this Lenten season. Click God Pause.
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THE RESOURCE CENTER HAS A VARIETY OF MATERIALS FOR SMALL GROUPS. EXPLORE OUR WEB CATALOG ON YOUR OWN, OR CALL US.
Do you like material with a video presenter?
Do you like a book the group can work through together?
Do you want "Bible" study, or are you looking for some other topical study?
We would like the opportunity to help find the right thing for your group.
"Animate Faith" and "Animate Bible" - 7 sessions each
"What's so Amazing about Grace?" - 10 sessions
"Going Public with Your Faith"
(Becoming a spiritual influence at work) - 6 sessions
"Celebration of Discipline" - Richard Foster (The path to spiritual growth) (old but good) - 13 sessions"The Lutheran Course on Marriage" - 7 sessions"Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World" (book)"Equipping Households of Faith" -
(Home is the place for nurturing and passing on the faith) video, 4 sessions and more............... Click here for the catalog.
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 Margie Back, Interim Director 559 345-2725 x 120 This is YOUR Resource Center; YOUR lending library! Never used the Resource Center? You are missing out!
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