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For the week before Sunday, May 6, 2007
Walking Together is a weekly e-mail newsletter
of the Northern Illinois Synod best viewed in html. If you cannot read
this e-mail or see the graphics, go to
www.nisynod.org/pubs/wt .
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The Anti-racism Team is sponsoring three events across the
synod to Celebrate Multi-ethnic Families on June 9,
which is the 40th Anniversary of the Supreme Court Decision
in Loving vs. Virginia, which overturned state laws against
inter-racial marriage. The events will be at: New Life
Lutheran Church, Bolingbrook, from 3-6 p.m.; St. John's
Lutheran Church, Rock Island, from 4-7 p.m.; and Trinity
Lutheran Church, Rockford, from 4-7 p.m. IMPORTANT MEETING ON MAY 19 AT 8:30 A.M. FOR ALL THOSE PLANNING ON GOING ON THE MISSISSIPPI TRIP LEAVING June 2 and returning June 9. The meeting will be held at St. John’s Lutheran church, 703-Third Avenue, Sterling IL. Several churches are already making plans to volunteer their time on this Mission Trip. All churches are invited and encouraged to consider traveling with this group to serve those less fortunate on June 2-9. If you have any questions, please contact St. John’s, Sterling at 815-625-2634 or email Deb Weflen at dweflen@stjohnsonthird.org.
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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Doris Burton, mother of Pr. Bob Burton (Bethesda, Morrison), hospitalized in Rockford.
Rostered leaders celebrating birthdays this week including: Rev. Dr. Roger K. Hansen 5/3, Rev. Mark Oehlert 5/3, Rev. Brant Clements 5/3, Rev. C. Carl Eklof 5/4, Rev. Richard Housman 5/5, Rev. Roger Asplund 5/5, Rev. James Roberts 5/6, Ms. Jean Anderson 5/6, Rev. John Cunningham 5/7, Rev. Christopher J. Hawkins 5/8, Rev. Hubert Ahnquist 5/9, Rev. Peter Holmer 5/9, and Rev. Robert James 5/9. (if we missed your birthday, please send it to Karin@nisynod.org)
Ryan Anderson, Jane Atteberry, 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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Read a
report
Register now for "Sowing
Seeds: Growing a Movement" June 9-12
at American University, Washington, DC.
Sponsored by the ELCA, ELCA World Hunger,
and other faith organizations. Join Bread
for the World and thousands of people of
faith, who will gather to launch a renewed
movement to end hunger and poverty in the
United States and around the world. Come to
develop skills for motivating others and
mobilizing faith communities, strategize
ways to best influence decision-makers, and
visit your representative's and senators'
offices to speak out for hungry people.
Register:
Read the
April 26 issue of Women of the ELCA
update.
Partnering in mission - Vision for Mission was established by the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in 1993 as a special appeal to support global and domestic mission through "celebrative giving." You become a partner with the ELCA when you participate. Gifts come alive through the ministries of the ELCA here in the United States and around the world, following the essential priorities and directions you establish in churchwide assemblies.
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Pastors of the Northern Illinois Synod are invited to an Easter Season Lutheran Clergy Retreat - a day of collegial fellowship, theological reflection and spiritual renewal in commemoration of St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, on Wednesday, May 2. Sponsored by the Northern Illinois Chapter of the Society of the Holy Trinity, the retreat will be hosted by the Lutheran Church of St. Luke, 1500 W. Belmont Avenue in Chicago. It opens with Morning Prayer at 9:00am. Dr. Kurt Hendel of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago is the guest teaching-theologian, presenting "Luther's Theology of the Cross" at 10:00am. Holy Eucharist, lunch, table-talk and a closing prayer office complete the schedule (by 3:00pm). The opportunity for individual confession and absolution will also be offered. While there is no cost for the retreat, the favor of pre-registration is requested. Please contact Pastor Keith Forni, dean of the Society's N. Illinois chapter, kforni@aol.com or call at 815 722-4800.
Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity
(RAHFH) is starting their 2007 Construction Season on
Saturday, May 5, with the framing of five homes.
Anyone wishing to volunteer should report to the
registration tent at 3430 Gladstone Avenue, Rockford, after
8:30 a.m. The build sites are within walking distance of the
tent. The work day typically runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. Volunteers are not required to work a certain number of
hours. Any help is appreciated. Habitat welcomes volunteers
every Saturday until the homes are completed in the fall.
Tools are provided, but volunteers are asked to wear sturdy
shoes. Many volunteers will bring work gloves and safety
glasses, but RAHFH does provide both. A Volunteer Waiver
must be reviewed and signed prior to working. They are
available at the registration tent or at
www.rockfordhabitat.org . Anyone 16 years of age and
under 18 years of age will also be required to complete a
Minor Volunteer Waiver. Due to insurance restrictions, no
one under the age of 16 is allowed on the worksite. Rockford
Area Habitat for Humanity, incorporated in 1987, is an
ecumenical Christian housing ministry that works in
partnership with people in need of decent shelter to build
simple, affordable houses. Habitat homeowners purchase their
houses through no-profit, no-interest mortgages while
contributing hundreds of hours of “sweat equity” labor
working on the homes. For more information, call
815-636-4573 or go to
www.rockfordhabitat.org .
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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
Graddy,
Associate in Ministry
Karin@NISynod.org
Rockford, IL 61101
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“New
Consecration Sunday” is a popular annual stewardship
response method. This response requires an outside speaker
to come into the congregation to help plan, speak at a
leaders’ dinner and then preach on the Consecration Sunday
when pledges are received. You are invited to attend a guest
leader training on Saturday, May 12 at Immanuel
Lutheran Church, 1013 Franklin Grove Rd., Dixon, Illinois
from 9am until noon. You may be an experienced speaker or
someone who has never even considered serving in this way.
Please come and see! There is no cost for this training. If
you have any questions, please contact
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