News & Events from Other Organizations

The South-Central Synod of Wisconsin, ELCA invites you to two days of mind bending exploration of our faith and future of the church with Reggie McNeal, author of the best-selling, "The Present Future", Registration dealine is July 1 for the event, July 13-14 at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in Monona, WI. Find out more...

The 2008 ELCA Rural Ministry Annual Gathering will be July 16-19, 2008 at Midland Lutheran College Fremont, Nebraska. This annual gathering provides a place where participants hear, witness, and learn about concrete models of hope. Each workshop, presentation, and exhibit contains tangible models of hope that you can use or adapt in your own ministry setting. Participants include lay people, rostered, and ecumenical guests. Find out more.

Wheat Ridge Ministries will bring together people of faith from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives at its 2008 National Symposium on Health and Hope, slated for October 2-4, 2008 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The theme of the Symposium is "Living Well! The Body Language of Faith." This event will provide a rare opportunity for leaders to be resourced and renewed in their ongoing work of being effective agents of health and hope within the diverse communities in which they live, work, play and pray. Special discounts opportunities are available! To learn more, please visit the Symposium website at www.symposium.wheatridge.org . To request a Symposium registration booklet, please call Wheat Ridge Ministries at 800.762.6748.

July 10-24, 2008 Study Tour of Germany Wartburg College and Wartburg Seminary invite you to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Wilhelm Loehe's birth by joining Dr. Craig Nessan and Pastor Larry Trachte on a two-week tour of Luther, Bonhoeffer and Loehe sites. Click here for more details.

July 7-16, 2008 Wartburg Youth Leadership School is a ten day experience held on the campus of Wartburg Theological Seminary. WYLS gathers 25 high school youth for an ultimate faith journey as they share adventure, service, study, music and worship. The youth are challenged to live out the Gospel and ask themselves, "How am I gifted and called to lead?" Invitations for nominations have been sent to congregations and synods. If you would like to receive a nomination brochure click here. If you have questions about WYLS, please call 563-589-0220, email wyls@warburgseminary.edu or click here to visit us online.

Luther Seminary connects you to a wealth of resources to help congregations and individuals develop their call to stewardship. Explore their database for articles, web site links, books, videos, audio presentations, short stories, quotes, and other types of educational and motivational materials. View lessons on generous living from Luther Seminary faculty in their new Living in Abundance series. Share your gifts, experiences and discoveries with others! You are invited to contribute your ideas and resources to their database. You can also sign up to receive their e-mail newsletter, to keep up to date on the newest additions to this database. Explore their newsletter archive database to catch up on articles you may have missed.