EPIC Grants for Students The Rev. Dwight DuBois, Director of Church Relations, Grand View University
EPIC (Educational Partnerships in Covenant) is a matching grant program that began in 1983 as a cooperative venture between Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) congregations in Iowa and their colleges: Grand View, Luther, and Wartburg. ELCA colleges and universities exist in mission to prepare young people for life lived faithfully in service to God and the world. EPIC is a means of encouraging congregations to financially support their students who attend one of the three Iowa colleges.
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Remember in Prayer...
Remember in prayer the following installations which will be occurring in late August:
Installations
Princeton, Zion - Pr. Julie Monnard, August 19, 2012
Bettendorf, St. James - Pr. Britt Vickstrom, August 26, 2012
Additional prayers can be found via the synod's website on the Prayers page.
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Stewardship: Telling the Story
Chick Lane Director of the Center for Stewardship Leaders
Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Do you tell stewardship stories in your congregation? How do you do it? At last month's Rethinking Stewardship Conference at Luther Seminary, several different speakers highlighted why it is important that we tell stories about how generosity affects real people.
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EWALU Welcomes Clark Baldwin as Executive Director and
Bids Farewell to Dale Goodwin on September 1st
Clark Baldwin has accepted a call to serve as Executive Director of EWALU Bible Camp and Re-treat Center, Strawberry Point, Iowa. He will begin work September 17, 2012, following the retirement of Dale Goodman on August 31. Goodman has been Director since 1997. EWALU is happy to welcome Clark Baldwin as the new Executive Director! Come meet Clark and bid a fond farewell to Dale during alumni weekend on September 1.
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Opportunities With Our Ministry Partners
Outside of the Southeastern Iowa Synod -
Step Into the Stillness, A Silent Retreat at Lutheran Lakeside Camp in Spirit Lake, IA
October 11-14, 2012
This retreat provides a time and place of respite and solace. Spiritual direction is provided by Pastor David and Marsha Bergstrom. They use the Myers Briggs Temperament Inventory to help you develop a prayer life and deeper awareness of your own spirituality.
- Global Health Ministries' Fall Conference, Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Anoka, MN
October 20, 2012
Rev. Dr. Lee E. Snook, Professor of Systematic Theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, will be the keynote speaker addressing our Conference theme "The Healing Ministry of Jesus: Renewing Our Call to Serve."
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