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For the week before Sunday, May 27, 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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Has your congregation registered its lay voting members for the 20th Annual Northern Illinois Synod Assembly? It is very important that every congregation send not only its rostered leaders, but lay voting members. Registration deadline was May 1! The assembly will be June 15-16, 2007 at Augustana College, Rock Island, IL. Online Registration is still available or contact Nancy Corey at 309-794-4004 to register.
Synod stewardship specialist, Pr. Jeffrey Clements' 1st quarter thank you letter to congregations is available online HERE>>.
The DVD “India Companion Synod”
is available as a 20 to 30 minute presentation for Northern
Illinois Synod Congregations and Conferences. This DVD shows
various ministries of our new Companion Synod in India, the
Arcot Lutheran Church, and ways in which our Synod’s
ministries can accompany theirs. The DVD includes pictures
from the visit of Arcot Lutheran Church Bishop Gideon
Devanesan to our Northern Illinois Synod in March 2007.
Members of the Global Mission Committee will gladly present
this DVD and answer questions afterwards. Please contact Art
Milton (309)788-6157,
artmilton2926@sbcglobal.net or Esther Prabhakar
(815) 562-8996,
Prabhakar@rochelle.net
Does your congregation have a disaster preparedness plan? You need one! Lutheran Disaster Response-Illinois will be hosting "God's Care for Congregations in Times of Crisis", a FREE training, at Immanuel Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Freeport on Saturday, June 9, from 8:30AM-12:30PM. Each congregation represented will receive a free training manual, as well as training on how your congregation can begin to put together a disaster preparedness plan to help you continue to be an active presence during times of disaster. For more information please see the attached brochure, or contact Lisa Hassenstab, Co-Coordinator of Lutheran Disaster Response-Illinois, at lisa.hassenstab@lssi.org or 847-390-1447.
Calvary, Rockford invites everyone to a
concert featuring Epiphany on Saturday, June 2
at 4pm.
Download a flyer
Help celebrate God's gift of diversity
in the human family at the one of the Multi-ethnic Family
Events on June 9, 2007. Download a
poster
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Pr. Len Hoffmann (Trinity, Rockford) and his wife Cathy at the death of Cathy's father on Tuesday May 15, 2007, in Swansea, IL.
John & Esther (Synod council vice-president) Prabhakar as they serve as short-term medical missionaries to Israel / Palestine June 18 to July 25, 2007. John plans to volunteer as a surgeon at Augusta Victoria Hospital which is a Lutheran World Federation supported hospital on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The Hospital ministers to the local Palestinian people. Esther hopes to connect with other volunteers in the area and find opportunities to serve.
Rostered leaders celebrating birthdays this week including: Rev. Dell Olson 5/28, Ms. Marilyn Gasbarra 5/29, Rev. Kenneth Storck 5/29, Rev. William Swarbrick 5/30, Rev. Scott Schmidt 5/30, Rev. Christopher Beamsley 5/30, Rev. Albert Lestor 5/31, and Intern Pastor Janet Lepp 5/3. (if we missed your birthday, please send it to Karin@nisynod.org)
Elizabeth Conway, Carol Ann Curry, 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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Although many ELCA camps, conference centers and retreat centers are open year-round, we think of them mostly in the summer, when children and youth take full advantage of facilities to have fun, go on servant and adventure programs, work as counselors, and in general populate the 145 facilities which serve nearly half a million people each year. This summer's camp curriculum is "Listen! God is Calling," about how God communicates with us.
In today's world there are almost 21 million refugees, displaced people and others "of concern" to the U.N. June 20 is World Refugee Day, and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service recommends resources for congregations to use on Sunday, June 17, or Sunday, June 24. In fact, LIRS has mailed a resource packet to all ELCA congregations. Items available on the Web include event planning materials, publicity materials and handouts including bulletin inserts and bookmarks, as well as litanies to be used in worship.
No generation gap: Farmer keeps the faith … and the farm. Musical potluck: Artist shows his Lutheran roots. An oasis in Cairo: Ministry provides opportunities for Sudanese refugees. Also: Sunday Also: Experiential worship. Also: The Curse and the Blessing.
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Part Two of "An Inconvenient Truth:
A Global Warning" The First Tuesday Brown Bag in May
ended with the polar icecaps melting. The second half of the
award-winning documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," will be
shown and discussed 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." The discussion in May raised the concerns of
those who do not share Gore's views. Tuesday, June 5,
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.
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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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Mary
Beth and Bayo Oyebade, ELCA missionaries in Nigeria,
will visit Faith, Rochelle, on Tuesday, June 12. A
potluck will begin at 6 PM in the fellowship hall. Please
bring a large dish to pass. Everyone is welcome. There will
be a power point presentation afterwards followed by
question/answer time. For further information, please call
Faith Lutheran church office at (815) 562 7575 or John and
Esther Prabhakar at (815) 562 8996.
to post. 
"A
New Home, A New Life" is Refugee Day Theme
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