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Event Registration
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-High School Youth Event
June 20-23, 2013
Des Moines, IA
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Save the Date
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Called Together in Mission
(CTIM)
Saturday, March 9, 2013
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will be coming soon
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Synod Calendar
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December 14, 2012
Candidacy
9am -4pm
Southeastern Iowa Synod Center for Ministry Iowa City, IA
December 24-25, 2012
Southeastern Iowa Synod Center for Ministry
Closed in Observance
of Christmas
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January 1, 2013
Southeastern Iowa Synod Center for Ministry
Closed in Observance of
New Year's Day
January 10, 2013
Rostered Leadership
Support Commission
10am - 2pm
Southeastern Iowa Synod Center for Ministry Iowa City, IA
January 21, 2013
Racial Justice in 21st Century
9am - 3pm
Southeastern Iowa Synod Center for MinistryIowa City, IA
January 21, 2013
Southeastern Iowa Synod Center for Ministry
Closed in Observance
Martin Luther King Day
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Death of Christine May
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the death of Doris Christine (CJ) May, wife of Pastor Walter May, who died December 8, 2012 at their home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at Noon on Saturday, December 15, 2012, at First Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids. Visitation will be from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Friday, December 14, 2012, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 520 Wilson Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids.
Christine May served at the ELCA Churchwide organization in the Division for Outreach beginning in 1988, and was the Director for Racial Justice until 2010. Pr. Walter May served as Assistant to the Bishop, Southeastern Iowa Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, from 1996 - 2008, and currently serves as Assistant to the Presiding Bishop, Executive for Synodical Relations.
We thank God for the life, service, and faith of Christine May. We pray for those who mourn her death.
Cards and letters may be sent to the Rev. Dr. Walter May, 1730 3rd Ave. SE., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52403. Memorial gifts may be sent to Cancer Research, Christine May Memorial, c/o Wells Fargo Bank, 1800 1st Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402, or any Wells Fargo Bank Location.
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The ELCA Malaria Campaign Needs You
Pr. Eric Carlson, Assistant to the Bishop
The ELCA Malaria Campaign, officially launched in the Southeastern Iowa Synod at the synod assembly in May, invites congregations to engage in an effort to contain malaria by 2015. Working though Lutheran churches in Africa, the ELCA Malaria Campaign is uniquely positioned to provide mosquito nets, insecticides, medication, health care, education and more to help eliminate deaths from this disease-for good.
The 2012 Assembly of the Southeastern Iowa Synod passed a resolution encouraging 100% participation of congregations in the ELCA Malaria Campaign by the year 2015. While the total number of congregations currently involved in the campaign is yet to be determined, a total of $109,000 has been raised by congregations throughout the synod as of the end of November, contributing to the $15 million goal for the entire campaign.
The SWAT Team (Synod-Wide Anti-Malaria Team) of the Southeastern Iowa Synod invites congregations to engage more fully in the campaign by viewing the synod's ELCA Malaria Campaign website.The SWAT Team invites congregations to share their campaign stories, events and fundraising ideas through an electronic form available by clicking here.
Jessica Nipp Hacker, Corrdinator of the ELCA Malaria Campaign, reported that $3 million has been raised so far. Read more of her report and invitation to congregations by clicking here
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"Bible, Spirituality, and Culture"
- A Spirituality Retreat for Rostered Leaders
Rostered leaders are invited to join colleagues at Prairiewoods Retreat Center in Hiawatha (just outside Cedar Rapids) for a chance to learn, reflect, retreat, and rest January 28-29, 2013.
ELCA Pastor Ritva Williams, St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, will be leading the retreat with sessions that include:
James & Jude Go to the Movies
Exploring the Nexus of Christian Spirituality and Pop Culture
More details and online registration will be available next week, but plan now to attend!
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A Call to Action
on Behalf of the Hungry and People Living in Poverty Southeastern Iowa Synod Hunger Working Group Members of the Southeastern Iowa Synod Hunger Working Group (part of the Commission for Church in Society) would like to share the following article from Bread for the World along with their encouragement to take up the call to action. December 2012 Bread for the World E-Newsletter Time is running out for Congress and the President to reach a deal to before we reach the fiscal cliff on January 1, 2013. Negotiations are underway and moving fast. This is the moment for you to act. Call your senators and representative today and tell them to push for a circle of protection around programs for hungry and poor people in the budget agreement. Read More |
LOVE LIKE JESUS! Registration is now open!
Pr. Eric Carlson, Assistant to the Bishop
The Southeastern Iowa Synod and Grand View University are sponsoring a service leadership event for high school youth June 20-23, 2013 in Des Moines. Youth who have completed 8th - 12th grade at the end of this school year are invited to engage in leadership development, bible study, service outreach, worship and TONS of fun for $125 per person. (This will take the place of the annual spring youth gathering). Adult advisors will find this to be as exciting as the students!
Click on www.seiasynod.org/lovelikejesus to register and to download the poster. The Love Like Jesus Planning Team is finalizing details for additional registration for "Love Like Jesus University" - an interactive experience where participants choose one to three "classes" that explore the theme in detail through fine arts, recreation, theological conversation and more. Watch for this and more details online by February 1, 2013!
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