Events and Resources for LCMS Churches and Church Workers in Northern Illinois - December 1, 2015
#GivingTuesday - GIVE NOW!
One day a year, December 1, #GivingTuesday inspires the nation to give for a charitable cause.

New Starts...New Believers is partnering to support Sanctuary Manhattan Lutheran Mission's efforts at Laraway School. Your gift will provide the money needed for a special Christmas-time outreach to families in this Preston Heights School where there is a high percentage of at-risk kids. The first $2,000 in gifts will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, by New Starts...New Believers, doubling your gift's impact. Visit our webpage at ni.lcms.org/GivingTuesday for more information or to make your gift.
Online Workshop for Pastors' Wives This Saturday
 "Embracing Life as a Pastor's Wife" with Heidi Goehmann will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, December 5, in Sieck Hall 201 at Concordia Seminary, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis. The event is free and open to all women connected to Concordia Seminary. The online, live stream event is open to the public here. (http://www.csl.edu/live/)
Goehmann, a licensed therapist with Grace Place Wellness Ministries in St. Louis, will discuss maintaining a healthy marriage and family, setting boundaries with people and time, using social media and tending the relationship with God. The workshop is sponsored by the Families in Transition team at Concordia Seminary.

The event has its own Facebook page. Get more info, ask questions or access live stream at https://www.facebook.com/events/1035913929774247/.
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DAAWN Benefit Luncheon
St. John Lutheran Church, Darien, in support of their community outreach partnership with Asserting Achievement Literacy & Resiliency (AALR), invites you to attend the Fourth Annual Holiday Fundraiser Luncheon, Saturday, December 12, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Ashton Place, 341 75th Street, Willowbrook. Ticket Prices $35 per ticket or a table of 10 for $300. Special pricing for DAAWN students and families. For questions, contact 630-969-7987 or email communication@sjlcdarien.org. To purchase tickets, visit aalr4success.org.  Print flyer
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Majesty Performance
The 44th annual presentation of "MAJESTY" will be held Sunday, December 13, 6 p.m., at First Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1124 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago. Parking is available in University of Illinois, Chicago lot "G4" (next to the church, near the NW corner of Roosevelt Road and Ashland Avenue) and parking lot "K" (southwest corner of Taylor Street and Ashland Avenue). For information, please email the church at 1stimmanuelchicago@sbcglobal.net or call 312-733-6886.
Save The Date - Equipping Churches for the Great Commission
Bring your leadership team, June 24 to 25, 2016, to Trinity Lutheran Church, 405 S. Rush Street, Roselle, for a disciple-making summit designed to help you and your leadership team sharpen yourselves as disciple-makers who are carrying out our Lord's Great Commission. Information can be found at disciplemakingsummit.org.
RESOURCES* - In Touch with a Changing World
*The following resources are for information and not intended to endorse any idea or practice. Hopefully they will help us understand more of what is going on around us. NID Rostered Church Workers are invited to submit articles or resources for consideration.
5 Ideas to Increase Holiday Giving
Nonprofits, including churches, see a huge influx of donations and gifts during the month of December. With this in mind, it's important for churches to talk about giving this time of year. Here's how your church can tap into that holiday spirit and into this practical mindset.
  1. Tell your story.
  2. Get people into the mindset of giving.
  3. Talk about specific needs.
  4. Update your members on church finances.
  5. Make it easy to give.
This tip was provided by Concordia Technology Solutions. Follow them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ConcordiaTechnology for more tips and information on church life or subscribe to their email at www.concordiatechnology.org.
The Parish Paper
This Conversation-Again? Improving Church Communication
As congregations face change and new challenges, conflict is part of the process. Too often, under stress, church leaders and members fall into bad communication habits that prevent the airing of concerns and objections. Healthy conversations help people manage conflict and move them toward acceptance of new initiatives. Read more
He Saves Me, and Saves Me, and Saves Me Some More
Jesus is a once and for all kind of God. He tells us in His Word that the battle is over, the fight has been won. The cross paid the full price for our sin. The resurrection gave us eternal life. It is finished, it is done (see Romans 8:37-39, John 16:33). Read more from Grace Place Wellness Ministries.
FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE
Church Workers:
All rostered and non-rostered church workers are asked to please update their NID contact information when there is a change of email, address, phone, etc., or if new in the district. 

Rostered workers need to do contact updates in three places:
1. District Office
2. Online on your SET or LEIF profile
3. Online on your LCMS Rosters and Statistics profile

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