Download and Print (11x17) this poster to display in your congregation. One color copy was mailed to each congregation in early July. 

Call or email for additional color copies. Download the Word version to copy/paste information into your congregation bulletins and newsletter! 

 

Download the .pdf version.

Registration is open for the annual gathering for leaders in the Rocky Mountain Synod. The registration deadline is August 20.

Information about the event is posted online, including the registration link.

Those who have been participating in the Journey of Renewal program will gather one day early for the program closing retreat.

The Rocky Mountain Synod Council has made the difficult decision to close the mission congregation currently served by Pastor Emily Ewing in South Jordan, Utah. For the past nine years, this unique "storefront" ministry has faithfully witnessed to the Good News of Christ in the unique Utah context, and we give thanks for Pastor Emily's ministry.

The Service of Holy Closure will take place on Sunday, August 23 at 5 p.m. at 10318 Redwood Rd #16, South Jordan, UT 84095. All are invited to join with Bishop Gonia in giving thanks for this ministry as it comes to a conclusion.

 

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We have big changes in store for the High School Synod Gathering this November 20-22! If you have been doing the gathering for years or this is your first time, this is going to be a great retreat. This year's theme is "The Pursuit." We will be focusing on our individual giftedness and how those gifts fit into and help to forms the greater community of faith.

 

There are a lot of new surprises this year! Here's what's in store.

1. The gathering will be held at the Denver Marriot West. It is 2-3 hours closer to our southern and western congregations with no travel difference for those up north.
2. Added service component. We will be heading out to Denver in congregational groups on Saturday for service in the community.
3. Fun activities in the hotel and surrounding area!

Some of the tried and true things that we always do will still be the

same!

1. Small Groups
2. Large Group
3. Congregational time
4. Saturday night Party!

Please mark your calendars and plan to join us November 20-22 in Denver! Cost has not yet been finalized, but budget for between $135-155.

 

The Church Development Institute (CDI) is a program for clergy and lay leaders focused on developing the spiritual community and organizational life of congregations to transform them by making them stronger, healthier, more deeply rooted in spirituality, more responsive to God, and more effective in their communities. CDI adpts research and experimentation of secular organizations to the Church's nature and mission through 110 hours of instruction delivered over eight weekends over the course of two years. CDI emphases the building of relationships in congregations and the wider church, demonstrating that we are "Better Together" especially since this is an opportunity provided to us through the Episcopal Church, USA.

 

Funding for scholarships is under consideration by the Rocky Mountain Synod Council. For more information, please contact Earline Bohling, Rocky Mountain Synod Vice President, at ebohling@comcast.net 

 

Church Development Institute Colorado

 www.coloradodiocese.org

 

Church Development Institute Utah

  www.episcopal-ut.org/register

Nominations (including self-nominations) are being solicited for both clergy and lay members of the new RMS Mental Health Team. 

 

The 2015 Synod Assembly unanimously approved a resolution creating the Mental Health Team, which is tasked with identifying and providing resources for mental health education and advocacy to congregations and ministries of the Synod. Our hope is to convene the Team yet this summer. 

 

If you and/or someone in your ministry community is passionate about this issue and interested in being part of this Synod Ministry Team, please email Rev. Nelson Bock with names and contact information. 

 

It is intended that much-if not all-of our meeting will take place by internet in order to save on travel time and money, so that people in outlying parts of the Synod may participate. 

A variety of resources are now available (with more to come) to help tell the story of the Rocky Mountain Synod Assembly, May 1-3 in Salt Lake City.

RMS Assembly Choir: Utah Conference

RMS Sermon: Bishop Eaton

Rocky Mountain Synod 2015 Assembly Children's Sermon

Rostered leaders include pastors, diaconal ministers, associates in ministry, and deaconesses. View a list of congregations in transition at this link.

Prison ministry seeks donations of new greeting cards

 

One of the ministries that New Beginnings Worshipping Community in Denver offers is a Card Ministry. It ties many hearts together. Pastor Terry Schjang brings donated cards into the prison throughout the year. Women in the prison involved in the New Beginnings Card Ministry meet weekly to sort, stamp, and bundle cards. Three times per year, the women of the Card Ministry are honored to distribute 10,000-15,000 cards to the approximately 1000 women in the prison. The ministry continues as the women who receive cards then have the means to send them back outside to friends and loved ones, including their children. The circle continues as many hearts are tied together. If you are interested in donating new cards for this ministry, please email pastorterry.nbwc@gmail.com

We invite you to join us the second Wednesday of each month for a staff/community Eucharist Service at 11:30am at the Office of the Bishop. Email Erin Power if you are interested in leading worship!  

Workshop leaders are Rev Sarah Moening, Assistant to the Bishop, RMSELCA, and Rich Nelson, a member of Community of Joy Lutheran Church in Rio Rancho, NM, with more than forty years experience in helping groups make effective decisions.The workshop is part of the Congregational Ministry Board's program in the Rocky Mountain Synod.