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For the week before Sunday, January 28, 2007
Walking Together is a weekly e-mail newsletter
of the Northern Illinois Synod best viewed in html. Additional news and information can be found at the Walking Together Annex |
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If you have been thinking about God’s call to ministry or would like to find out more about rostered ministry, you are invited to a Candidacy Entrance Retreat, February 17 at the Synod office. For more information, contact Judi Fields at the Synod office, 815964-9934 or Pastor Barb Rapp at 815-845-2559
Everyone who would like to make their congregation a welcoming place to our Hispanic brothers and sisters is invited to attend the Hispanic/Latino Congregational Resourcing Event on Mar. 4, 2007 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Rock Falls. Workshops will be offered on the topics: "What does the Lutheran Church have to offer Hispanic and Latino people? (Looking at theology and community)"; "Opening Doors to Hispanic and Latino Worshippers. (Sharing practical resources for congregational worship and hospitality)"; and "Making Christ Known through Education and Service. (Building relationship through congregation social service and ESL education.)" . Keynote Speaker will be Pr. Pedro Suarez from Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison. The day will begin at 2pm and end following a catered dinner at 5:30 pm. For more information, please contact Pr. Denver Bitner at dbitner@zionrockford.com or 815-964-4609.
Several congregations around the Synod have partnered with local farmers and non-rural congregations to feed the hungry through Foods Resource Bank projects. A Synod Task Force is being formed to help strengthen this ministry and to help congregations that would like to participate in such projects. If you are interested in serving on this task force, please contact Julie Lewis, Secretary to Bishop Wollersheim at 815-964-9934.
At its meeting on Friday January 19, 2007, the Synod Council Executive Committee approved the following two new Synod staffing patterns to replace Pastor Janet Hunt’s positions. Read more HERE>>
The Northern Illinois Synod Women's Organization offers
scholarships to this year's Global Mission Event.
July 19-22. Download a copy of the scholarship application
HERE>>
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Rostered leaders celebrating birthdays this week including: Mr. Robert Haak 1/16, Rev. Kurt Hansen 1/19, Rev. Howard Walker 1/22, Rev. Joseph Robb 1/22, and Rev. Krista Stokke 1/22, Rev. James Hill 1/26, Rev. Frederick Baltz 1/26, Ms. Jennifer Fox 1/26, and Rev. Gary Park 1/31. (if we missed your birthday, please send it to Karin@nisynod.org)
Christopher Heller, Benjamin Ingelson, and the other NIS candidates for rostered ministry. Find the complete list of NIS Candidates at www.nisynod.org/candidates.htm .
Those not named here who need our prayers.
Send prayer requests to karin@nisynod.org.
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This week's front page features at www.thelutheran.org
Racing for hunger: Athlete/musician raises awareness. Greeters replace weeds at a California congregation. 'We're your daughters': Lutherans learn about sexual exploitation. Also: Reaching deep, day by day. Also: Evolution and intelligent design. Also: Rest in peace, Old Mariah.
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Executive Director of the National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, Kim Bobo, will deliver the 2007 Chicago Center for Global Ministries Scherer Lecture, “Living the Faith: Religious Communities Supporting Worker Justice” at 4:00 p.m. on February 6. The free public lecture will be held in the Common Room (350) at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1100 East 55th Street. Find out more at www.lstc.edu .
Science fiction writer Sheree R. Thomas and physicist Herman
B. White of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will
be among the featured speakers at the fourth annual
Midwest Black History Conference, hosted by Luther
College Feb. 16-17. Titled “African-American
Futurists: Scientific Discoveries, Inventions and Fictions,”
the 2007 conference will include a keynote address by
Thomas, author of “Dark Matter: Reading the Bones” and “Dark
Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African
Diaspora.” Luther will host a “meet the author” book signing
session with Thomas on Feb. 17. Conference registration
forms are now available. For conference information,
schedule and registration forms visit website
http://diversity.luther.edu/conference/registration/index.html
or contact the Luther Diversity Center, telephone (563)
387-1014. The registration fee of $25 covers the cost of
conference sessions, materials and meals. |
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Price and job security, energy and food security, regional and local security – all weigh heavily on our minds. This year’s Rural and Urban Life Gathering calls people from all walks of life to address those concerns together, Thursday and Friday, Feb. 1 and 2, at Shalom Retreat Center in Dubuque. A third annual winter farmers' market benefit sale will conclude the Rural and Urban Life Gathering in the parish hall of St. Raphael Cathedral in Dubuque, noon to 5:30 p.m. The public is invited. Registration for the Gathering costs $25. Thursday evening dinner, Friday breakfast and lunch will be almost entirely from Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois farmers’ foods, and cost $17.50 total. Overnight accommodation at Shalom, 101 Davis St., is available. Go to www.cclpmidwest.org or call Holly Deschenes, 608-234-2696, or email Tony Ends at scotchhillfarm@wekz.net for details. Churches’ Center for Land and People is a licensed, 501 (c )(3) nonprofit organization at 4200 County Hwy M, Middleton, WI 53562. You can also contact Ends at 608 897-4288.
Here's a chance to Yahoo for Lutheran Disaster
Response. How many times a week do you use an Internet
search engine like Yahoo!, Google, or Ask.com? For many
people, the answer is probably "A whole bunch." What if
Lutheran Disaster Response earned a penny every time you
performed such a search? Now it's possible.
www.GoodSearch.com
is a new search Web site that donates half of its revenue
(about one penny per search) to the charity of the
searcher's choice. = You use it just as you would any search
engine, and GoodSearch is powered by Yahoo! so you are
guaranteed good search results. To start using GoodSearch,
go to www.goodsearch.com
. You will see two boxes -- the search box and a box that
says "Who do you GoodSearch for?" Simply enter in "LDR" and
start searching. You can even download a GoodSearch toolbar
(
www.goodsearch.com/toolbar ) for your Internet browser
so that you have a search function always at your
fingertips. A penny for every search may not seem like
much... but imagine if 1,000 people searched twice each day
using GoodSearch. Over the course of a year, LDR would make
over $7000. GoodSearch makes it easy to support your
favorite non-profit organization... and all you have to do
is something that you already do anyway. The Wheat Ridge February issue of the Health, Hope & Happenings E-Newsletter is online at http://www.wheatridgeorg/ezine/feb07.html
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All
Saints, Byron has five
silver communion
trays full of glasses to give to a
mission congregation or other congregation that
could use them. Contact Pr. Bill Nelson at
815-234-5277 or
allsaints624@hotmail.com
.
Send your bulletin board items to NISNews@comcast.net.
Find more Bulletin Board Items in the Annex
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...were updated 1/7/2007
...are now available online, and are updated on the first week of each month.
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Walking Together is a weekly e-mail newsletter that brings you all the news you need to know to stay up to date on happenings in the Northern Illinois Synod. It is sent to rostered leaders, congregations, and others by request. To be added to the listserv, change your e-mail address or otherwise manage your subscription, please click the link on the right or e-mail Karin@NISynod.org Your submissions, comments, and suggestions are welcomed. Contact Karin Graddy, Communication Director for the Northern Illinois Synod at Karin@nisynod.org. - If you are changing your e-mail address please send your name, old e-mail address, and new e-mail address to NISNews@comcast.net .
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Karin
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Karin@NISynod.org
Rockford, IL 61101
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Lutheran
Outdoor Ministries Center Presents: “Fishin’ With Jesus!”
a retreat for Kindergarten-3rd graders, April 28, 2007.
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers
of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him.
Matthew 4:19-20 (NIV). Come to LOMC for a day of fishing in
Paul’s Pond, games and the Good News! We can provide-
fishing poles and bait or you can bring your own. The
retreat runs from 10:00am - 4:00pm Saturday. Price is
$29.00/person which includes lunch. Register online at
Are
you considering theological education?
February
25 is Bold Women's Day 
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