Sierra Pacific Synod Resource Center

August 17, 2015
 
Augsburg Fortress has some great opportunities now and I want to share them with you! With Fall around the corner and new classes beginning, I hope you are able to take advantage some of these.
 
Looking for ideas for your Confirmation Program?
Crafting a Confirmation Program with Erik Ullestad
Wednesday, August 26 12:00 PM CDT (10:00 AM Pacific Time) 
What does confirmation ministry look like at your church?
How can confirmation serve as an essential faith formation experience in the lives of your students? Which resources are best for your context? Grab a cup of coffee and chat with others about confirmation ministry.
Join Erik Ullestad for this free 45-minute webinar as he offers suggestions and tips for evaluating and choosing the right curriculum for your confirmation program. He will share examples using different multi-media confirmation resources. There will be plenty of time for your questions. Tweet your questions ahead of time! #craftingconfirmation. Open for Registration at www.gatherlearnlead.org 
 
Selecting Youth Curriculum with Michael Novelli  
 
Thursday, August 27 3:00 PM CDT (1:00 PM Pacific Time) 
Good curriculum is hard to find-especially for youth ministry.
Join Michael Novelli in exploring WHAT we should look for in good curriculum and HOW we might best adapt it to fit our varied contexts. Both are posted and open for registration at www.gatherlearnlead.org.
 
** FREE SHIPPING  on your order of ten or more Connect, Whirl, Spark, Holy Moly, Colaborate, Here We Stand AND Lutheran Study Bibles now through September 18, 2015.  Order from Augsburg Fortress

** SAVE WITH 25% OFF  Book of Faith
, Making Sense, and The Greatest Story Resources now through September 10th. You must enter Promo Code: BOF2015. Order from Augsburg Fortress 
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Please explore our Resource Center website and search by subject, author, or title.  Or send an email to rspselca@pacbell.net and I will be happy to search resources for you. My office hours for mid-August through September 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. 

May God bless you abundantly,

Janet Lane, Sierra Pacific Synod Resource Center Director  
 
August/ early September Office Hours:
Mondays: 3:15pm-5:15pm        (Resource Center closed Monday, August 31)
Tuesdays, 3:15pm-5:15pm        (Resource Center closed Tuesday, September 1)
Wednesdays, 26, and September 9, 9:00am-11:00am     
Thursdays,  August 20, and September 3 and 17, 9:00am-11:00am 
Fridays, in August and September, 11:00am-2:00pm every Friday 

To make an appointment, just Send us an email! 

  

We just purchased a copy of Luther's Small Catechism, the ELW Gift Edition. 

This would make a wonderful Confirmation gift or a New Member gift. 

Come by and check it out if you are interested! We would also be glad to loan it to you.

To purchase a copy, go to www.augsburgfortress.org.org and enter 'Small Catechism' in the search box. 
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 God's Work. Our Hands.
September 13, 2015. 
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We continue to keep a good supply of Luther's Small Catechism on hand. 
We purchase these for you and your congregations. 
With Reformation 500 approaching, this is a great time to have a class on Luther's Small Catechism. 
We'll supply you with Luther's words! 
Just ask, via email at rspsecla@pacbell.net
 
To date we have sent out over 1,100 Small Catechism pamphlets. 
Join the excitement of  doing as our Presiding , Elizabeth Eaton, suggested 
by "dusting off the catechism and taking another look at the basics of our faith."

 
Published on Aug 7, 2015
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and William B. Horne II, an ELCA member from Clearwater, Fla., in a live webcast conversation on the complexity and implications of racism. Recorded at 8 p.m. on Aug. 6, 2015. For more information and resources to support this important conversation in your congregation, go to http://www.elca.org/webcast 


If you were not able to watch the live broadcast, "Confronting Racism Webcast" on August 6, it is now available to view on YouTube. Here is a link to this excellent webcast:
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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        
Please note that the Synod Resource Center of the Sierra Pacific Synod
 is eligible to receive Choice Dollars from Thrivent Financial. 
We are sincerely grateful to Thrivent Financial and those individuals who designate their Choice Dollars to us, for their support of the Synod Resource Center. 
For more information contact email Janet.

     

    
        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.