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For the week before Sunday, April 22, 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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Retired pastors/spouses are invited to a luncheon with Bishop Wollersheim May 9, 2007, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, Belvidere. Contact the Synod Office for more information.
First, Pecatonica invites you to their Spring
Salad Luncheon on Thursday, April 19 at 12:30. Kelly
Epperson, author and newspaper columnist will share her
experiences about living in France last year. Lunch costs
$7.00. The church is handicap accessible. Come to see how
the women of the church come together to pull off serving
100+ women (quite a few w/ walkers or in wheelchairs from P
A Peterson) and keep 50+ jello salads chilled and firm, that
were dropped off the night before, and serve 20+ carryouts
to the school teachers and bank employees, while still
making sure that the table is laden with lovely
"recipe-book-picture-perfect" salads, for their guests from
the community! Online Registration is now available for the 20th Annual Northern Illinois Synod Assembly to be held June 15-16, 2007 at Augustana College, Rock Island, IL.
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Pr. Scott Schmidt (Trinity, Manlius) recovering from surgery.
Rostered leaders celebrating birthdays this week including: Rev. Philip Peterson 4/19, Ms. Bette Mohr 4/20, Rev. Wayne Melaas-Swanson 4/20, Rev. Carl Anderson 4/23, Rev. Roger Hurlbut 4/24, Rev. Thomas Hanson 4/25, and Rev. Paul Wolff 4/26. (if we missed your birthday, please send it to Karin@nisynod.org)
Amanda Whittaker, Anne Williams, 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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A Global Warning
http://www.climatecrisis.net/ The award-winning
documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," will be shown
in two parts: the first half during the First Tuesday Brown
Bag in May, followed by a discussion of the film, and the
second half in June. Inspired by the "traveling global
warming show" of former Vice President Al Gore, the film
presents what he calls our "planetary emergency" and "the
biggest moral challenge facing our global civilization."
Tuesday, May 1, Noon-1:00 p.m. Council Room, 11th Floor,
Lutheran Center, 8765 W. Higgins Road, Chicago. Directions:
http://www.elca.org/localmap.html Directed by Davis
Guggenheim, "An Inconvenient Truth" won two Oscars from the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -- one for Best
Documentary/Feature and the other for "I Need to Wake Up," a
song Melissa Etheridge wrote for the film. The ELCA
Interunit Staff Team on Faith, Science and Technology hosts
this brown bag presentation and discussion.
Adopting across cultures: Such adoptions can enrich family life, parents say. (Photo at left.) 'A rainbow family': International adoption seemed obvious. Gift got his goat: Actually, the gift was his goat. But he never got it. Preventing identity theft at colleges and universities. Also: It wasn't exactly a wedding.... Also: Amazing look back—to 1807. Also: Fear gives way.
May 6, 2007 Philip Wogaman–
No More Violence Luke 22:35-38. Have you ever
wondered about the really complex question: “Why is it
that the United States is both the most religious nation
in the Western World and yet the most violent?” This
edition of Grace Matters takes on the topic of our easy
drift toward accepting lethal violence as a way of life.
It is both a personal and national dilemma. Philip
Wogaman, ethicist and pastor to the Clinton family
during their White House years, is guest on the program.
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FREE DVD from Centeredlife.org (preview online) 3 1/2 minute animated introduction to vocation and calling. Many people are wrestling with how to make their faith real. They are seeking meaning and purpose in their life, a sense of identity and belonging. Faith? It needs to go beyond a Sunday morning; simply put, Christians want to know how what happens on Sunday connects with Monday -- and every day of their lives. Request DVD
Wheat Ridge Ministries is pleased to share the latest issues of "Just Watching," "Brokering Wheat Ridge" and "Engaging the Aging" . They can be found on their website by clicking on this link - http://www.wheatridge.org/publications - and can be easily printed from the PDF format.
International Steinway Artist Steve Hall in Concert Sunday, April 22 at 3 pm, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 3300 Rural Street, Rockford. Tickets: $12.50. Sponsored by Rockford Area Lutheran Ministries. Proceeds benefit the construction of Katie’s Cup coffeebar. For more information or tickets: 815-962-4279 or RALMmail@aol.com
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Hosanna! Lutheran Church, St. Charles, Illinois is moving and has an organ to give away. The organ is a Johannus Opus 240 Deluxe. Serial Number 240-29-17. They purchased the instrument July 7, 1985. The instrument is in good working condition. The high A pedal does not work. The cabinet is a beautiful Light Oak. The instrument has 3-Manuals and a Full Pedal Board. It is 117 cms in height. It is 132 cms in width. It is 117 cms with the pedalboard. Contact Beth Ridderhoff, Director of Music Ministries at bethrid@hotmail.com or 630.584.6434.
Send your bulletin board items to NISNews@comcast.net.
Find more Bulletin Board Items in the Annex
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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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Bishop
Wollersheim will host a trip to our companion synod, the
Arcot Lutheran Church in India in January 2008. Download
for more information. 
"For
the Peace of Jerusalem"
Grace
Matters Texts, Titles, & Topics for May
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