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February 10, 2008
Walking Together is a weekly e-mail newsletter
of the Northern Illinois Synod best viewed in html. If you cannot see the graphics, go to
www.nisynod.org/pubs/wt .
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It's also time for rostered leaders to submit annual Report to the Bishop forms. To access the report form on the internet please click here. If you submit your report electronically send it to jlewis@nisynod.org and put “2008 Report to the Bishop” in the subject line. Before sending the Bishop a copy, be sure you save this form as a document on your own computer and keep a hard copy for your files. If you prefer to mail the completed form, send it to Bishop Gary M. Wollersheim, Northern Illinois Synod, 103 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101. Please return your report NO LATER than March 1, 2008 in keeping with the Synod's constitutional provision S14.05. ("at least 90 days prior to each regular meeting of the Synod Assembly"). If you have any questions, please contact Sandra Musch.
Would you like to e-Connect with LOMC? Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Center has launched a new e-newsletter chock full of great information about their year-round events and activities. To subscribe, send an email to lorifagan@verizon.net (and tell her Karin sent you!) :)
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Peggy & Pr. Karl Otto (Zion, Belvidere) at the death of Peggy's mother Alice Elliott on February 3, 2008.
Rostered leaders celebrating birthdays in February including:
Esme Peterson, Simon Prior, 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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Why not child sponsorship? A Q&A with ELCA World Hunger Appeal director Kathryn Sime. 'But God can': Ash Wednesday reminds us God renews, reforms, revives our lives. Ten days in Lent: In times of death, God speaks words of life. Soaring spirit: Blinded in crash, he teaches others to fly. Also: Twilight. Also: Conflict. Also: Building bridges.
This week on The Lutheran's blog
Join ELCA World Hunger Appeal Director Kathryn Sime (right)
to discuss why the ELCA focuses on addressing the root
causes of poverty rather than child sponsorship.
Did you know: An individual subscription to The Lutheran magazine is only $15.95 a year and includes a Web membership at no additional cost. For only $15.95 you'll receive 12 issues of The Lutheran magazine in your mailbox. You'll also receive access to back issues' articles since 1996 and unlimited study guide downloads (regularly $3.50 each) at www.thelutheran.org . (Congregational subscriptions begin at $7.95 and include Web memberships, too. Call Augsburg Fortress, Publishers, for details about congregational plans. 800-328-4648.) The Lutheran now offers "green" group subscriptions for congregations.
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The Lindsborg community and Bethany College will welcome nearly 500 members and friends of the national Augustana Heritage Association (AHA) to its biennial Gathering, June 19-22, 2008. The local committee invites you to come celebrate a great Christian heritage from the Augustana Synod while learning and experiencing renewals of commitment to Christ and His Kingdom. For additional information please visit www.augustanaheritage.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.
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Karin
Graddy,
Associate in Ministry
Karin@NISynod.org
Rockford, IL 61101
815-964-9934 - office (Fridays only) 815-762-0758 – cell (email messages preferred)
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Time
is running out for congregations to submit their Annual
Congregational Reports. You can
The Northern Illinois Synod
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Rev. Robert Peterson
Coming
Up on Grace Matters
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ZION
Development Corporation (ZDC) is pleased to welcome ELCA
Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson as special guest speaker at its
17th annual Spring Banquet and Silent Auction to be held at
Cliffbreakers Riverside Resort in Rockford on Tuesday,
April 22. Northern Illinois Synod Bishop Gary
Wollersheim will serve as Emcee at this year's banquet,
which also marks ZDC's 25th anniversary. One of two annual
ZDC fundraising events, this year's Spring Banquet
celebrates a quarter century of ZION's achievements and
previews its vision for the future. Invitations will be
mailed in March, and reservations for individuals or
corporate tables are welcome. More information is available
at 
Executive
Director Rockford Lutheran School System - Exciting
opportunity available for a seasoned executive (lay, called,
or rostered) to make an impact in the Rockford community.
The 
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