Walking Together

   
June 29, 2008

Keep in your prayers 

 
See the whole prayer list at www.nisynod.org/prayers 
 
July Birthdays

2 Rev. William Welk
3 Rev. Jonathan Black
5 Rev. Bruce Booher
5 Rev. Gary Erickson
6 Rev. Garry Briesacher
7 Rev. Philip Gronbach
7  Sue Ellen Grudt
10 Rev. Susan Kent
11 Rev. Dr. Roger Helgren
12 Rev. Jeffrey King
13 Rev. Kenneth Swanberg
13 Rev. Rebecca Gordon
14 Rev. Jane McChesney
16 Rev. Norman Femrite
17 Rev. Rodney Juell
17 Rev. Tom Larsen
17 Rev. Patricia Madden Baik
20 Rev. Lynn Bergren
20 Rev. Judi Huseth
20 Rev. Steven Erickson
22 Rev. Michael Lawyer
22 Rev. Sharon Rogers
23 Rev. Mark Helge
25 Rev. C. David Vidler
25 Ms. Carol Ostrom
26 Rev. William Nelson
27 Rev. Vernon Tweedt
27 Rev. Sherry Hoening
28 Rev. Frank Moyer
28 Rev. Jerome Diers
29 Rev. Kathleen Flores
30 Rev. Richard Meier
30 Rev. Denver Bitner
30 Rev. Ann Ziegert
31 Rev. Mark Luepke
31 Rev. Dr. Dale Peterson


Churchwide News
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NIS News & Events
The July/August issue of Making Christ Known is online at www.nisynod.org/pubs/mck  
 
Green TeamThe ELCA News Service wrote a press release about our own NIS Green Team. Read the article here.
 
Share your opinion! This is your last chance to give your opinion of the Synod Assembly. The online survey will go offline Friday, July 4. Take the survey online.
 
 

Churchwide News & Events
Fast Facts - Hungry children suffer 2 to 4 times more health problems than those who do not experience food shortages.
 
NIS LogoThis week on The Lutheran's front page
Be it ever so humble: Lutheran help follows refugee families back home to Sudan. (right)
CEO or shepherd?: Some say a congregation's leader needs to be both.
Synods discuss Book of Faith & immigration.
Blind Boys sing out for New Orleans: Gospel group pays tribute to Katrina workers.
Also: ELCA & Episcopal Church issue joint statement on Sudan.
Also: Bishop elections.
Also: Care of creation.
 
Coming up on Grace Matters
July 6, 2008 - Andrea Jaeger - Holy Laughter (2007 Encore) Genesis 18:12-15 Those who follow the tennis world closely know the name Andrea Jaeger. In the mid-1980s she was playing number two in the world on the women's pro circuit. That was young Andrea. Following a career- ending injury as a teenager, she engaged in a serious refocus of her life. Today she is an Anglican Dominican sister who devotes everything she is to kids who live with life-threatening diseases. It's quite a life mixing tears, laughter, and a whole lot of fulfillment.


Continuing Education

 

News from Other Organizations
 
The South-Central Synod of Wisconsin, ELCA invites you to two days of mind bending exploration of our faith and future of the church with Reggie McNeal, author of the best-selling, "The Present Future", Registration dealine is July 1 for the event, July 13-14 at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in Monona, WI.  Find out more...
 
The 2008 ELCA Rural Ministry Annual Gathering will be July 16-19, 2008 at Midland Lutheran College Fremont, Nebraska. This annual gathering provides a place where participants hear, witness, and learn about concrete models of hope. Each workshop, presentation, and exhibit contains tangible models of hope that you can use or adapt in your own ministry setting. Participants include lay people, rostered, and ecumenical guests. Find out more.
Bulletin Board
Good Shepherd, Romeoville, seeks a Pastoral Assistant.  The pastoral assistant provides a variety of clerical support services for the senior pastor, organizes the activities and functions of the church office, and coordinates the flow of information to the senior pastor.  Find out more on the bulletin board.
 
More Bulletin Board items
 
Bulletin board items will be posted for one week in Walking Together and up to one month at www.nisynod.org/bulletinboard. Items may be resubmitted for a second month. Send your bulletin board items to karin@nisynod.org
Vacancies
Vacancies can be found online at www.nisynod.org/bulletinboard.