Sierra Pacific Synod Resource Center

June  2015

What's New at the Resource Center?

Hello, I am Janet Lane, your new Synod Resource Center Director. I want to acknowledge and thank Margie Back and Dee Wright for keeping the center active during the long search process for a new director. They left the center in great shape!

 

I am so thankful to be here. What a joy to be able to be a part of the present and future of this great resource to the congregations of the Sierra Pacific Synod and beyond! I look forward to working with you to find quality resources for use in your congregational and personal lives.

 

Please explore our Resource Center website and search by subject, author, or title.  Or send an email to me rspselca@pacbell.net and I will be happy to search resources for you. My office hours for June are below, I am also available at other times by appointment. Send me an email any time you are looking for a resource, I am well connected via email. 


                                                                         Janet Lane, Sierra Pacific Synod Resource Center Director  

 

June Office Hours:

Mondays: 3:15pm-5:15pm       

Tuesday, June 30 only, 3:30-5:30pm              

Thursday, June 25 only, 9:00am-11:30am 

Friday, June 26 only, 11:00am-4:00pm

 

To make an appointment, please Send us an email! 

 
 
Congratulations to Pastor Jean Lebbert and her sister, Janet Venerella
on their new book, A Positive Approach: Freeing the Ten Commandments from Negative Language. This resource is now available for you at your Resource Center. Here is a brief example: "The fifth and sixth commandments state, "Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery."" The POSITIVE APPROACH, offered by Lebbert and Venerella states it this way,"The strength of all relationships is affected by choices. Choose wisely."  
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We also have 2 new videos in the Center.  Both will bring forth some great conversations. 
Rick Steve's The Holy Land, Israelis and Palestinians Today gives you the opportunity to travel with Rick through the Holy Land, weaving together both the Israeli and Palestinian narratives. 
The second new video is The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City narrated by Richard Kiley. You will discover the mystery and prophecy behind the 8 gates of Jerusalem and learn how these gates have deep meaning for Christians, Muslims and Jews.
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Just arrived: Altar Guild and Sacristy Handbook, by S. Anita Stauffer
We now have the 4th edition of this book that has been used by hundreds of churches since 1970. In these pages you will find practical and expanded information on caring for the worship space and furnishings, preparing for sacraments and occasional services, and a thorough overview of the church year. You will be invited to approach your role as a ministry to the whole assembly in God's service.
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 If these or other resources are something you would like to use,
 just contact your Resource and request a loan. 
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Remember:
  
 God's Work. Our Hands.
Time to start planning for September 13, 2015.
For more information, contact our Synod's Mission Interpreter,
Suzanne O'Dea at suzodea@mac.com. 


We appreciate your calls and e-mails about resources!

  The Resource Center is your lending library!  You are helping us to do a better job in providing the specific resources you and others are looking for.
 Keep telling us what you want, at rspselca@pacbell.net      

Luther's Small Catechism - pocket size

We are pleased to support Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton's call to
"dust off our Small Catechisms and take another look at the basics of our faith."   
We have sent out somewhere nearing 800 copies of the Small Catechism over the past several months,and are happy to keep sending them out, either to individuals or to groups in your congregation. No cost to you.
 
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We also have some copies of the following Channing L. Bete Co.'s pamphlets: 
"About Being a Lutheran,"
"About the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper,"
"About the Sacrament of Baptism," and
"What it Means to be a Lutheran."


Janet Lane, Resource Center Director
Call 559 345-2725  or
email rspselca@pacbell.net

This is your Resource Center; 
We are here to serve you.