Keep in your prayers
Pr. Joanne Adrian facing surgery August 11.
Pr. Rodney Juell recently diagnosed with neurological sarcoidosis.
Pr. Pat Woods as she serves as a peacemaker volunteer in Bethlehem and the West Bank with Ecumenical Accompaniers to Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), under the blessing of WCC and the ELCA August 22 thru November 22.
Karin Graddy and family at the death of her grandfather, Joe Burcham, July 24.
See the whole prayer list at
www.nisynod.org/prayers
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1 Rev. Michel Clark
2 Rev. Herbert Priester
5 Rev. Bryce Formwalt
8 Rev. Howard Jacobson
10 Rev. Robert Linstrom
10 Rev. John Heins
12 Rev. Robert Kasperson
12 Rev. David Hedlin
15 Rev. Randy Willers
15 Rev. James Harbaugh, Jr.
17 Rev. Katharine Zimmerman
17 Rev. Kathryn Whitney
18 Rev. David Miley
19 Rev. Alfred Beck
22 Rev. Lowell Albee, Jr.
28 Rev. Harold Hoekstra
29 Rev. Dr. Linda Kersten
29 Rev. Robert Dealey |
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 It's time to register for the 2008 NIS Professional Leaders Conference - Proclamation in the Time of Change, September 22-24. Rostered leaders have received the registration brochure in the mail. You can also register online at www.nisynod.org/plc .
The Diakonia Program equips people to teach, empower and befriend the needy in our midst, feed the hungry and witness to the power of the Gospel. For further information about this two-year theological program for lay people, please contact Doug Liston at 815-331-3000, dliston@premmag.com or go to www.nisynod.org/ministries/diakonia.htm .
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Due to the increased intensity of humanitarian crises around the world, Lutheran World Relief has received several requests for quilts, layettes, and health, school and sewing kits. Upcoming collections can be found online at www.lwr.org/parish/ingathering.asp .For those not able to quilt or assemble quilts themselves, making a financial gift to the Project Comfort Fund is another way to be involved in this much-needed ministry to the hurting world." Giving information for the Project Comfort Fund is online at http://lwr.org/parish/comfort.asp . For more information visit www.lwr.org .
10.9 percent of U.S. households experience hunger or the risk of hunger.
This week on The Lutheran's front page
 A truly political liturgy: Our weekly worship is more socially relevant than we imagine.
Worship wishes & woes: Readers respond to what they want, need in worship
Complaints & suggestions: The Lutheran's readers weigh in on improving worship.
A vote for outdoors: Conservation is a legislator's passion. Also: More reader views.
Also: Quality summer read.
Also: Putting faith on the line.
August 10, 2008 - Francis Collins - Faith in Science, Faith in God, (October 28, 2007 Encore), Genesis 1. Among the top tier of scientists in the world, there is Francis Collins. Longtime director of the human genome project that has mapped over 3 billion letters of the human genetic code, Collins is an articulate spokesperson for the glories of science. But he is also a person of deep faith who is not shy to speak about the place of God in biological science. Repudiating both anti-scientific thinking and shallow spirituality, Collins offers a clear-headed way for understanding the beauty of how science enhances one's reading of the Bible. . Find Grace Matters in your area. |
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The ELCA Interunit Staff Team on Faith, Science and Technology sponsors a brown bag presentation at the Lutheran Center during a noon hour each month, except during the summer. Tuesday, September 9
Creation, Genetics and the Human Being. Dr. Christoffer H. Grundmann, professor of religion and the healing arts, Valparaiso University
http://www.valpo.edu/theology/grundmann.php
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St. Mark, Rockford, Preschool is accepting applications for teachers for the 2008-2009 school year. Contact Joyce Bornkamp, Preschool Director at 815-398-7610.
Musicians sought, Rostered vacancies, other job openings, wanted items, and more.
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 |
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