Weekly E-News and Events from the Southeastern Iowa Synod

Southeastern Iowa Synod Weekly E-News 

February 17, 2012  

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In This Issue 

2012 Synod Assembly

Vision Trip Tanzania

Lutheran Day on the Hill

CTIM Registration 

Rostered Leaders Report

Events Registration  


CTIM 2012

March 10, 2012

New Workshop Addition:  "Sabbaticals and Wellness"

Click here for more information and to register.

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Lutheran Day on the Hill 

March 12, 2012 

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2012 High School
Youth Gathering

April 14-15, 2012

Click here for more information and to register.

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2012 Synod Assembly
 
June 1-2, 2012



Synod Calendar 

 
February 18 
Synod Council 
9:30 am - 3pm 
Synod Center for Ministry
Iowa City, IA

March 1
Commission for
Global Mission
10 am
Synod Center for Ministry
Iowa City, IA


March 9  
Lutheran Men in Mission
Friday Nite Huddle
6:30 pm
Zion Lutheran Church
Iowa City, IA

March 10

Called Together in Mission
(CTIM)
8: 30 am - 4 pm
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Rapids, IA

March 12
Lutheran Day on the Hill
Des Moines, IA
9:30 am - 3 pm

March 20
Conference Deans' Meeting
10 am
Synod Center for Ministry
Iowa City, IA

April 17
2012 Synod Assembly
Resolutions Due 
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April 30
Last day to take
2012 ELCA Health Assessment
to earn 2% Discount
synodassembly    
         

2012 Synod Assembly Registration Now Open          


The 2012 Southeastern Iowa Synod Assembly will be held at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL from June 1-2, 2012.  The Assembly opens at 10:00 AM, Friday, June 1, 2012 and is scheduled to close at 3:00 PM, Saturday, June 2. To register and read more click here.  
vision           

Informational Meeting for the Vision Trip to Tanzania 

Pr. Eric Carlson, Assistant to the Bishop      

 

 
You are invited to a Vision Trip set for June 8-20, 2012. The purpose of the trip is to deepen our relationship with the Pare Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. An Information Meeting will be held on Saturday, February 25 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Southeastern Iowa Synod Center for Ministry.  All are welcome!  Please RSVP by emailing Pastor Eric Carlson at

carlson@seiasynod.org or call him at 515-263-5541. 

More information about the trip can be found at:   

www.seiasynod.org/who-we-are/companion-synod/  

hill            

ELCA World Hunger to Speak at Lutheran Day on the Hill   

Jake Byers, LSI Manager of Advancement Marketing and Advocacy       

 

ELCA World Hunger representative, Mikka McCracken, will be on hand at Lutheran Services in Iowa (LSI) Lutheran Day on the Hill in Des Moines to share the World Hunger ministry. World Hunger's participation in this day of advocacy is essential to giving voice in response to hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world.  

 

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ctim  

Have You Registered for CTIM?  

 
Africa Drought

Registration is open for CTIM with the registration deadline of February 28 fast approaching.   This year CTIM welcomes The Rev. Dr. Scott K. Beebe as the keynote speaker. Dr. Beebe is co-director for the Luther Academy of the Rockies and pastor of Mt. of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in the Vail Valley of Colorado.  At CTIM, attend workshops on subjects such as sharing God's work in your life, creative arts ministry, responding to hunger, and much more.  A new workshop, "Sabbaticals and Wellness", has just been added.

 

Click here for more information and registration.  

report           

Rostered Leaders Report to the Bishop   

    

Each year, rostered leaders are asked to complete a Rostered Leader Report to the Bishop and submit the form to the synodical bishop.  To access the forms click here.  Please use the appropriate form that matches your roster category and status. Completed forms can be submitted to Bishop Michael Burk by e-mail (burk@seiasynod.org) or by mail (Southeastern Iowa Synod, 2635 Northgate Dr., Iowa City, IA, 52245). 

 

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