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Calendar Highlights
4/14 Retired Rostered Leaders Luncheon at Christ, Belvidere
6/18-19 Synod Assembly
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March Birthdays
1 Rev. Brent Dahlseng
2 Rev. Myron Bartell
4 Rev. Susie Hill
6 Rev. Arthur Stees
6 Rev. David Nygard
8 Rev. William Dahlberg
9 Rev. S. Kim Lee-Brown
10 Rev. Amy Nyman
13 Rev. Kendall Koenig
15 Rev. Kamphou Sisouphanthong
15 Mrs. Karin Graddy
16 Rev. Thomas Jacoby
18 Rev. Robert L. Hansen
19 Rev. Jamie Wallace
20 Rev. Nichole Johnson
20 Rev. Gerald Peterson
20 Rev. Sarah Schaffner
23 Rev. Pat Esker
23 Rev. Patricia Woods
23 Rev. Terry Dufur
26 Rev. Ralph Radloff
27 Rev. John Leaf
27 Rev. Barbara Melaas-Swanson
27 Rev. Carol Gates
28 Rev. John Swanson
29 Ms. Jane Atteberry
30 Rev. Paul Johnson
31 Rev. Mark Juliot
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If your congregation has not returned your Annual Congregational Report (Annual Parochial Report) for 2009, please do so ASAP as your report is now past due. To access this report, visit www.elca.org/congregationreport
 Download a new resource for your congregation. "Three Expressions - One Church" can be used as a bulletin insert or flyer to highlight the incredible things that we can do when we work together as congregations, synods, and the churchwide organization. These will come out about once a month. This issue includes Presiding Bishop Hanson's Easter message.
Plan to attend the Synodwide Worship & Ordination Service, Sunday, April 11, 4 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 717 Chambers St., Ottawa.
Visit www.nisynod.org/lent  every day for a devotion written by a rostered or lay leader of the Northern Illinois Synod.
What did you learn at CRE? Send stories of what you learned or what you enjoyed at CRE to karin@nisynod.org. Presenters are also encouraged to send resources from their workshops to karin@nisynod.org. A collection of resources, links, etc. will be made availabe on the synod website.
See photos from CRE at www.nisynod.org/cre
What did you leave at CRE? Found: blue wool Totes cap and a pair of black weatherproof gloves. Contact Nancy Corey at 309-794-4004.
As of March 1, only 30% of ELCA Primary plan member employees and spouses in the NIS had taken the Mayo Health Assessment. If we can reach 65% before April 30, ELCA congregations and organizations can earn a 2% discount. That's an estimated $42,760 in savings. Take the assessment!
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Fast Facts March is Women's History Month. Great strides have been made, much work remains to be done: Almost two-thirds of the world's 850 million illiterate people are women.
This week at The Lutheran
Letters from the land of cancer
Jesus' wisdom not from gray hair or fresh face: Christ's intergenerational ministry.
Richard Hillert, composer, dies at age 86: He was the composer of the canticle "Worthy is Christ."
The vocation of childhood: Helping kids more clearly discern God's call in their daily lives.
Also: Gentle worship.
Also: S.C. church spares the air.
Also: Stones into Schools.
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News from Other Organizations
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Does your congregation have a Parish Nurse? LOMC is recruiting nurses for summer camp. It will be an incredible summer experience. Contact Amy Hoening at LOMC to find out more at 815-732-2220.
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Everett upright piano available free to a church/school/agency/community center. It is about 30 years old and belonged to one owner. It is sound but neglected and in need of tuning. The recipient must be able to pick upt the piano from Lakeview/Wrigleyville before April 10. Contact Sue Lund at snlund@sbcglobal.net.
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