Weekly E-News and Events from the Southeastern Iowa Synod

Southeastern Iowa Synod Weekly E-News 

January 24, 2013   

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In This Issue   

We Have Work To Do

CTIM Registration Opens

Earth Words Sermon Contest

Upcoming Events from Partners in Ministry

Forms


Event Registration

 
Boundaries Workshop
February 28
St. James Lutheran Church
Johnston, IA 

Click here for more information and to register  


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Love Like Jesus
-High School Youth Event

June 20-23, 2013   
Des Moines, IA       
Click here for more information and to register 

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Called Together in Mission
(CTIM)  
"Improve the Generosity
in your Church!"
Saturday, March 9, 2013 
Cedar Rapids, IA 

Save the Date

Synod Assembly Resolutions
must be in to the Synod Center for Ministry by
April 16, 2013


Synod Calendar


January 28-29, 2013
Spirituality Retreat for Rostered Leaders
Prairiewoods Retreat Center
Hiawatha, IA

February 9, 2013
Commission for
Church in Society
10 am
Southeastern Iowa Synod Center for Ministry
Iowa City, IA

February 13, 2013
Ash Wednesday

February 16, 2013
Synod Council
9am - 2pm
Southeastern Iowa Synod Center for Ministry
Iowa City, IA

February 28, 2013
Boundaries Workshop
9am - 4pm
St. James Lutheran Church
Johnston, IA

March 9, 2013
CTIM
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Rapids, IA

March 11, 2013
LSI Lutheran Day on the Hill
Des Moines, IA

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We Have Work To Do 
 ELCA Video 
 

We Have Work to Do
We Have Work to Do

 

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The 4 million-member Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has made the commitment "to being peacemakers in a culture of violence," said the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, ELCA presiding bishop, in a pastoral video message at http://bit.ly/Va2BYS.   

 

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Called Together in Mission (CTIM) Registration Opens    

 

 

This year's Called Together in Mission (CTIM) will be shorter in length, laser-like focused, and specifically designed to help your church increase giving. Bring your entire stewardship team and your council members to learn from our high-caliber keynote speaker, Chick Lane, best-selling author of the stewardship book Ask, Thank, Tell. We're planning high impact workshops with practical topics in each category of Ask, Thank, & Tell.  

 

Click here for more information and to register. 

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Earth Words Sermon Contest 

Susan Guy, Executive Director of Iowa Interfaith Power & Light



Iowa Interfaith Power & Light is pleased to announce its annual Earth Words Sermon Contest to coincide with the national Interfaith Power & Light Preach-in, the weekend of February 8-10, 2013. This is an opportunity for faith leaders of all religious traditions to remember their connection to the Earth and to inspire their congregations to faithful action on environmental stewardship.
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Upcoming Events from Partners in Ministry  

        

 

Financial Workshop for Clergy
February 8, 2013
Roger Klosterman, CPA, PFS & CO.

Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, IA 

 

Roger Klosterman (CPA, PFS & CO) will present this workshop that will focus on financial information for clergy; it is designed for rostered leaders, spouses, and church treasurers. Cost is $10. For additional information, please contact the LifeLong Learners Office at Wartburg Theological Seminary: lifelonglearners@wartburgseminary.edu

 

 

 

Church Isn't What I'm Looking For:  

Engaging Nomadic and Sometimes Non-existent Religious Identity of Young Adults 

February 14, 2013 at 9:30 am 

Augustana College in Rock Island, IL  

 

 

This Illowa Lutheran Coalition forum will look at how relationships with youth and young adults may be created and maintained through new forms of connectivity and new forms of serving. 

Kristen Glass Perez currently serves as one of the co-chaplains of Augustana College in Rock Island. Prior to serving in this call, Kristen worked for the ELCA Churchwide Organization as the Director for Young Adult Ministry. E-mail Illowa Lutheran Coalition for more information and to register at illowa@mchsi.com 

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