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Events Registrations
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September 10, 2013
9:30 am
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Synod Calendar
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August 3, 2013
Art and Faith: Starting a Christian Arts Ministry
9:30am
Southeastern Iowa Synod Center for Ministry Iowa City, IA
August 12-17, 2013ELCA Churchwide Assembly Pittsburgh, PA August 20, 2013Rostered Leadership Support Commission 10am - 2pm Southeastern Iowa Synod Center for Ministry Iowa City, IA September 2, 2013Southeastern Iowa Synod Center for Ministry Iowa City, IA Closed September 10, 2013Retirees' Luncheon Christ the King Lutheran Church Iowa City, IA 9:30 am An Evening with the Bishop:September 10, 2013 Zion Lutheran Church
Iowa City, IA
6:30-8:00 pm
September 12, 2013
All Saints Lutheran Church
Davenport, IA
6:30-8:00 pm
September 17, 2013St. James Lutheran Church
Johnston, IA
6:30-8:00 pm
September 22-24, 2013
Tri-synodical Fall Theological Conference West Des Moines, IA
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25 Days of Prayer Begins Today: July 18, 2013
How does it work?
For the 25 days leading up to the assembly, this church will be invited into prayer for the ELCA, for the voting members who will gather in Pittsburgh, and for thanksgiving for the past 25 years of this church's life and for the next 25 years and beyond.
The resources for prayer and study below are based on the readings for the 2013 Churchwide Assembly Bible studies that will occur Tuesday through Friday, Aug. 13-Aug. 16, of the assembly. The Bible studies offer members of the assembly an opportunity for communal conversation centered in God's written word. For more information about the Bible studies click here.
- Daily prayer starting July 18
- Each six days the four readings from the assembly Bible studies are divided over the 25 days with the last day offered as a final day for reflection and prayer on all the readings.
- Sunday prayers with a petition for the Prayers of Intercession for the Sundays from July 21 to Aug. 4 and one each for Aug. 11 and Aug. 18.
These prayer resources are available for use by individuals, small groups or as a congregation-wide initiative.
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 A Place at the Table
50 million people in the U.S. - one in four children - don't know where their next meal is coming from, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all Americans. Join fellow Hunger Advocates for a viewing of the Bread for the World documentary, "A Place at the Table. The film examines this issue through the lens of three people who are struggling with food insecurity.
The Englert Theatre
221 E Washington St.
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Art and Faith: Staring a Christian Arts Ministry
August 3, 2013
Visual art is deeply rooted in faith, and has been since the beginning of creation. We are offering an event to bring together people who are interested in the connection between Christian art and Christ's mission. You are invited to come - by yourself or with a team of up to four people from your congregation - to this day long workshop, Saturday, August 3, 2013. Do you need to be an "artist" to attend? No! Artists, pastors, administrators, church leaders, church volunteers - all who appreciate the arts are invited to this event.
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ELCA seminary marks 150th anniversary of Battle of Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (ELCA) -- Exactly 150 years ago on July 1, 1863, Union cavalry commander Gen. John Buford observed Confederate soldiers advancing on Gettysburg from the west. He surveyed the advance from the cupola of a Lutheran seminary building. Within a few hours the fields surrounding the seminary became a battleground, turning the seminary building into perhaps the largest field hospital of the three-day Battle of Gettysburg.
"When the seminary building and campus were overrun by warring armies 150 years ago, this place became a fierce battleground where the future of the nation was at stake," the Rev. Michael Cooper-White, seminary president, said in welcoming remarks on the steps of the museum. "In the battle's aftermath, it was a place of healing for hundreds, and a hospice where some 70 soldiers closed their eyes for the final time. Care for more than 600 wounded Union and Confederate soldiers continued in the building until September 1863.
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Remember in Prayer
The family of Emil (Bill) Burk, father of Bishop Michael (Diane) Burk, upon his death July 12, 2013.
The ordination of Liz Dieseth, July 27, 2013, at St. Stephen, Urbandale; called to Good Shepherd Lutheran, Aberdeen, South Dakota.
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