Weekly E-News and Events from the Southeastern Iowa Synod

Southeastern Iowa Synod Weekly E-News 

May 23, 2013   

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Synod Assembly

U.S. Tornadoes

2014 ELCA Hunger Grant Applications Available

ELCA Health and Wellness Resources

Circle of Protection Letter

Event Registration

 
Love Like Jesus 
-High School Youth Event
June 20-23, 2013   
Des Moines, IA       

Synod Calendar


May 27, 2013
Southeastern Iowa Synod
Center for Ministry
Closed in Observance of
Memorial Day

May 31 - June 1, 2013
Synod Assembly
Lutheran Church of Hope,
West Des Moines, IA
May 31, 2013
Celebration Banquet &
Program
Lutheran Church of Hope
West Des Moines, IA
Click here for more info

June 3, 2013
Southeastern Iowa Synod
Center for Ministry
Closed

June 14, 2013
Candidacy
9 am - 3:30 pm
Southeastern Iowa Synod
Center for Ministry

June 20-23, 2013 
Love Like Jesus 
-High School Youth Event
Des Moines, IA   
synodassemble
A Little Over a Week Away till Synod Assembly Days

 
As rostered leaders and members of congregation across Southeastern Iowa prepare to gather in West Des Moines for Synod Assembly (May 31- June 1), many resources for assembly are available online now!   Agenda, nominations, resolutions and more are available on the synod's website at www.seiasynod.org/news-events/synod-assemblies/2013-synod-assembly.  

If you still need to register for either Synod Assembly or the Celebration Banquet & Program, please call the Southeastern Iowa Synod Center for Ministry at 319.338.1273.

During assembly, be sure to follow social media outlets for updates and pictures from assembly:

*If tweeting during assembly, please use hashtag: #seias2013 

tornadoes
U.S. Tornadoes 
Lutheran Disaster Response
 
 
Tornadoes have ripped through Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa and Texas claiming many lives and damaging hundreds of homes.
 
A two-mile-wide tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., claiming lives and leaving behind a devastating trail of destruction. Plaza Towers Elementary School stood right in the path of the storm's 166-200 mph winds.

hungergrants
2014 ELCA Domestic Hunger Grant Applications Now Available
          

 

Funds from the ELCA World Hunger Appeal are set aside annually for Domestic Hunger Grants for projects in one of four areas: advocacy, development, community organizing, and relief.   Four grants were awarded to projects serving needs within the Southeastern Iowa Synod for 2013.


Applications for Domestic Hunger Grants for projects in 2014 are now available online at www.elca.org/domestichungergrants.   The deadline for applications is July 17, 2013. Application materials postmarked after the July 17 deadline will not be considered for funding in 2014.

 

We are grateful for the partnership with the churchwide organization which these grants demonstrate, and for the on-going support congregations and individuals give to the ELCA World Hunger Appeal.

 

For additional information contact Pastor Paul Ostrem at ostrem@seiasynod.org. Any groups or ministries which address poverty should consider applying for a grant. The maximum amount for a grant is $6000. Additional information may also be obtained from the churchwide office, contact number 1-800-638-3522.

wellness
ELCA Health and Wellness Resources
ELCA         
   


As faithful Lutherans, we understand the value and the importance of rules that guide us. Living in a way that is healthy and whole is essential in making the most of the life we were given. Here are some resources  for being intentional about your health and wellness.  
circle
Circle of Protection Letter: Not Too Late to Sign! 
ELCA Advocacy

 
In the face of historic deficits, the nation faces unavoidable choices about how to balance needs and resources and allocate burdens and sacrifices. These choices are economic, political - and moral. The ELCA is a charter member of the Circle of Protection, a coalition committed to resist budget cuts that undermine the lives, dignity and rights of poor and vulnerable people at home and abroad.

The ELCA e-Advocacy Network and the Circle of Protection encourage rostered leaders to join the growing Circle by adding their signatures to a pastoral letter to President Obama and and congressional leaders addresses seven points of faith-grounded counsel on budget negotiations.

 

If you or your pastors have not signed this letter, please sign today. Be sure to select the "Evangelical Lutheran Church in America" option when asked to identify denominational affiliation.

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