Weekly E-News and Events from the Southeastern Iowa Synod

Southeastern Iowa Synod Weekly E-News 

December 23, 2011  

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Register Now for the Spirituality Retreat  


On January 23-24th, rostered leaders are invited to an opportunity to gather with colleagues and spend some time thinking about and living in an attitude of gratitude, especially focusing on the theme verse " In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you".~ 1 Thessalonians 5:18.



Synod Calendar


December 26 and 27

Synod Center for Ministry
Closed
Observance of Christmas

January 2 
Synod Center for Ministry
Closed
Observance of New Year's Day

January 12 

First Call Theological
Education Committee
10 am
Synod Center for Ministry
Iowa City, IA


January 16  

Synod Center for Ministry
Closed
Observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 20 
Commission for
Global Mission
10 am
Synod Center for Ministry
Iowa City, IA 

January 23-24
Spirituality Retreat
Prairiewoods
Cedar Rapids, IA

January 26
Macedonia Working Group
10 am
Synod Center for Ministry
Iowa City, IA 

Hunger Working Group
10am
St. John's Lutheran Church
Grinnell, IA

January 30
Commission for
Vocation and Faith Formation
10 am
Synod Center for Ministry
Iowa City, IA  



advent         

Blessings to you
in this season of hope and expectation.
 
    

 

SEIA Staff

From The Southeastern Iowa Synod Staff 

 

 

refugee          

Lutheran Services in Iowa Refugee Garden Project Expanded   

Lutheran Services in Iowa, Des Moines     

 

LSI

 

 

Lutheran Services in Iowa's (LSI) Refugee Community Services recently received a $13,450 grant from Sue Kenny and Elizabeth Kennedy of 100+ Women Who Care in Des Moines. The grant will expand LSI's refugee gardening project, which currently has over 40 refugee families on a waiting list for garden plots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

bethany          

Caring and Serving Others in West Branch      

Bethany Lutheran Church: West Branch, IA   

 

Food Pantry: Bethany, West Branch
Bethany Lutheran members, Neil Korsmo and Katrina Korsmo, contribute to the congregations' food pantry collection bin.

 

Bethany Lutheran Church of West Branch, IA has a long history of reaching out and caring for people in the community. For over ten years, the congregation has provided food and supplies to the West Branch Food Pantry. Volunteers deliver the donated items and pass on the Pantry's specific food and supply requests to the congregation through newsletter articles and announcements. Having a direct relationship with the Food Pantry staff means that their immediate or emergency needs can be quickly communicated to the congregation.    

 

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