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Synod Prayers
The NIS Team in India - Esther Prabhakar, Russ Senti, Chris Beaupre, Ben Leeney, and Nese Msseemmaa
The monthly rostered leader prayer calendar is online at
www.nisynod.org/prayers
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January Birthdays
1 Rev. Kathleen Burkheimer
2 Rev. Paul H. Wold
5 Mr. R. Frederick Becker
6 Rev. Theresa Wilder
6 Rev. Thomas Schattauer
7 Rev. Daniel Witkowski
7 Rev. Steven Andersen
7 Rev. Jan Bengtson
8 Rev. Arnold Thoren
8 Rev. Orlyn Huwe
9 Rev. Paul Uhl
9 Rev. Dorothy Wilcox
9 Rev. David W. Lawson
12 Rev. Neville Kretzmann
13 Rev. Charles Beckingham
14 Rev. Donald Knowles
15 Rev. Dr. Arthur C. Bergren
15 Rev. Vicki Sauter
16 Mr. Robert Haak
19 Rev. Kurt Hansen
22 Rev. Howard Walker
22 Rev. Joseph Robb
23 Rev. Ken Gibson
26 Ms. Jennifer Fox
26 Rev. Frederick Baltz
26 Rev. James Hill
28 Rev. Rakel Evenson
31 Rev. Gary Park
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Mark your calendars and plan to attend the Spring Synodwide Worship and Ordination service April 11 at 4:00 pm. Location will be announced.
Online registration for the Congregational Resourcing Event is now open. Find out more. |
Thank you for your Mission Support gifts. It is through these gifts that our Northern Illinois Synod and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America can be about ministry in a multitude of ways, making Christ and his life-transforming grace known to people around the world.
As we are in this final month of our fiscal year, please help us finish the year in a strong way with gifts for Mission Support, so that together, we may boldly proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. If your congregation is not current in gifts for Mission Support, please make every effort to fulfill your commitment. If your congregation is current, perhaps you might prayerfully consider a "second mile gift' for the ministry we share together.
Thank you for your faithfulness and generosity!
Pr. Kurt Nordby, Assistant to the Bishop and Director for Evangelical Mission.
Revised Budget Mission Support
as of 01/14/10 is $2,797,760
Received is $2,525,733
Shortage is $ 272,027
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| Churchwide News & Resources |
Fast Facts - According to the WFP just 25 cents a day will feed a child lunch at school. Only $5 will nourish a baby for a year!
This week at The Lutheran
 Social media & faith: (right) A wedding and a funeral merge on Facebook.
First step: Just show up.
When does the mission trip end? It doesn't.
Now what? Giving a share of that first paycheck.
Also: Grappling with technology.
Also: Faith stories worth telling.
Also: Take another look into Scripture.
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 First Lutheran, DeKalb invites everyone to the 2nd annual Eight-Bean Dinner on Wednesday, Feb. 3 from 5:30-7 pm. The dinner, featuring rice and beans, will raise funds for hungry children at the Moringe Sokoine Lutheran Secondary School in famine-stricken Tanzania. Tickets are sold for a donation (the cost to feed one student for six months is $30.33). Tickets may be purchased in advance or donations accepted at the door. Contact office@firstlutherandekalb.org or 815-758-0643.
St. Paul, Oregon Youth invite you to Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope - a benefit dinner to support local food pantries. Tickets are $6 per person. Find out more.
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"Inch by Inch: Growing a Green Congregation," the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago's annual Leadership Conference, will be held one day only, Tuesday, February 9, 2010. The new registration fee is just $85, with a reduced rate of $52.50 for retirees and recent LSTC graduates. Find out more.
 On Thursday, February 18, Dr. Mary Hess, associate professor of educational leadership at Luther Seminary, will explore various ways Lutherans have taught the Bible. She delivers the 2010 Hein-Fry Lecture on the theme "Hearing the Word: Teaching the Bible in the Parish (and Beyond)" at 1 pm in LSTC's Common Room, 1100 East 55th Street. The Rev. Dr. Ray Pickett, LSTC professor of New Testament, will respond to Dr. Hess's lecture. More information about the Hein-Fry Lectures.
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| Good Shepherd, Naperville, is seeking a part-time Director of Traditional Worship to provide vision, direction and leadership for traditional worship with an emphasis on music. Find out more. To apply, contact Pastor Gary Olson at (630)-961-9220 or email office@welcomegrowserve.org . |
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