February 3, 2010
Synod Prayers
Rev. Joanne Adrian
The monthly rostered leader prayer calendar is online at
www.nisynod.org/prayers
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| February
Birthdays
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1 Rev. Robert Peterson
2 Rev. Kris Ann Zierke
2 Rev. Christine Schoon
6 Ms. Mary Lasits
8 Rev. Benjamin Ingelson
11 Rev. LaVern Johnson
15 Rev. Kevin Weeks
16 Rev. Jennifer Beamsley
16 Rev. Loren Nielsen
18 Rev. Gary Blobaum
20 Rev. Frances Reilly Olson
25 Bishop Gary Wollersheim
27 Rev. Reid Matthias
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ELCA Lutheran pastor invites pastors who cycle to participate in 7-day Montana cycling trip late summer 2010 for spiritual, physical and emotional renewal. Need to be fit (100 miles some days). Will share
accommodations, food, daily worship and pastoral conversation. Contact Pr. Dan Haskett at nlc@montanasky.net . |
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 Diakonia Spring Retreat - "Outreach and Stewardship" Presented by Pr. Kurt Nordby, Assistant to the Bishop and Director for Evangelical Mission. Saturday, February 27, Zion Lutheran Church, 1300 Pearl St. Belvidere. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., Program begins at 9 a.m. The day ends by 2:30 with a closing service and Eucharist. $15 fee includes program, materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and beverages. Scholarship assistance for current students is available. No fee for rostered leaders. More information or to register (by Feb 14) - anhmom@msn.com
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. |
Did you know?
Thanks to your generosity, the ELCA supports missionaries and projects i over 90 countries. Total annual spending for global mission averages $29 million, with additional funding to help when disaster strikes.
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 13 percent of the world's population, or nearly 1 in 8 people, lacks safe drinking water.
 It's that time of the year, the time we start thinking about hearts, cards and...Valentines! Show your loved ones how special they are with fair trade gifts. Wake them up with the smell of fair trade coffee wafting up the stairs, welcome them home with fair trade chocolate or surprise them with a fair trade gift. Wherever you shop, check for fair trade symbols on the products you buy. Need some help? Try these online options through our partner, Lutheran World Relief: Divine Chocolate click "Buy Divine Online" or Coffee . When you purchase fair trade gifts this Valentine's Day, you will spread love, respect and dignity while empowering farmers and producers around the world.
This week at The Lutheran
 Ministry of space: (right) Church cleans out the loft, brings in the band.
Ports in the storm: In an age of piracy, ministry to seafarers offers advocacy and 'moments of grace.'
Captain tells of a 'close piracy call' on the high seas: An interview with Rene Santos, captain of Discovery Bay.
Meet 'Fast Eddie': He'll give you cookies, communion and a $2 bill.
Also: Open the Bible, find yourself.
Also: In praise of pastor's kids, grandkids.
Also: Forgiveness: One Step at a Time.
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 Everyone is invited to the Hearts for Haiti benefit concert 3 pm Sunday, February 14 at First Lutheran Church, 225 S. Third St., Rockford. Featured performers include: Gregory Gyllsdorff, organist Westminster Presbyterian Church Choir, Second Congregational Church Martin Ringers, Pastor Jane McChesney, flute Jennie Saltzgiver, violin, Paul Saltzgiver, trumpet, with Michael McCabe, composer. Freewill Offering. Reception to follow, hosted by the Rockford Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, For more information, contact First Lutheran, 815.962.6691
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 Robert B Gronlund Stewardship Lecture Series
April 16-17, 2010 at Wartburg Seminary. Church leaders need information and experiential training in sound stewardship understanding and principles for themselves and tools to re-create this with their parishioners. This annual lecture series will provide practical and contextual in-depth learning opportunities in an interactive format, exploring a number of stewardship-themed topics and issues with one of the top professionals in the field - Dr. Mark Allan Powell.
Powell offers a "No-Gimmicks" approach to stewardship that:
-focuses on more than just "how to get people's money"
-moves beyond the rhetoric of "more, more, more!"
-replaces guilt with gratitude
-inculcates the spiritual fruit of generosity
-recaptures the offering as an act of worship
-transforms duty into delight
Find out more... |
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