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Synod Prayers
Sandra Peterson, wife of Pr. Robert Peterson, facing surgery on April 12
Please keep the people and pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Milledgville in your prayers. Their building sustained significant damage in a storm Monday evening. No one was in the church building when the front wall colapsed.
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Calendar Highlights
4/14 Retired Rostered Leaders Luncheon at Christ, Belvidere
6/18-19 Synod Assembly
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April Birthdays
2 Rev. Gary Mann
3 Rev. Steven Dow
5 Suzanne Anderson-Hurdle
5 Rev. Leonard Hoffmann
6 Rev. Howard Buchholz II
7 Rev. Henry Grishkowsky
9 Rev. Lee Laaveg
10 Rev. Janet Hunt
11 Rev. Janet Johnson
12 Rev. Janet Wold
13 Rev. David Kaul
13 Ms. Dean Larsen
14 Rev. Luverne Runestad
15 Rev. Milton Whitney
16 Rev. Roger Schneider
17 Rev. David Schweppe
19 Rev. Philip Peterson
20 Rev. Wayne Melaas-Swanson
20 Ms. Bette Mohr
22 Rev. Sandra Olson Decker
22 Rev. Christopher Heller
24 Rev. Roger Hurlbut
25 Rev. Thomas Hanson
26 Rev. Paul Wolff
28 Rev. Terri Driver-Bishop
29 Rev. Donald E. Lavelle
30 Rev. David Rasmussen
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Everyone is invited to attend a special synod-wide service this Sunday, April 11, 4 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ottawa. The synod will gather for the ordination of Jamie Wallace (Immanuel, Compton) and Brenda Lovick (Trinity, Manlius). All rostered leaders and interns are invited to vest and process. The color of the day is red.
Share the wealth! Walking Together gives you a wealth of knowledge every week about our synod and our ELCA. Everyone in NIS congregations should be on the list. How can you help get more to sign up? Send email addresses of committee members, Sunday School teachers, etc. Make an announcement during worship and post a sign-up sheet in your narthex. Forward this email to friends and encourage them to sign up (there's a handy dandy "Forward" link at the bottom of this email). What other ideas do you have?
NI Synod Spiritual Retreat for Rostered leaders, Transformative Power of Dreams, with facilitator Sister Mary Ellen (Mel) Riley, will be May 17 at LOMC. Cost is $18 or $56 for day-retreat with Sunday night lodging. Register by May 10 with Nancy Corey.
 April 30 is the final deadline for congregations and organizations in the NIS to get a 2% discount on ELCA primary health care coverage. Have you taken the health assessment? The NIS only needs 52 more people to take it. Spouses count! You'll even earn $150 wellness dollars just for taking the assessment with a possible $300 more for follow-up activities! Please do it now!
Retired rostered leaders: please RSVP for one of the retired leaders luncheons.
All are invited to the 2010 diakonia graduation at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Schaumburg, Saturday, May 22 at 2pm. Graduates and clergy are invited to vest and process (the color is red).
Annual Congregational Reports are overdue. To access this report, visit www.elca.org/congregationreport
CRE workshop leaders and participants: Send stories of what you learned or what you enjoyed at CRE to karin@nisynod.org. Presenters are encouraged to send resources from their workshops so a collection of resources, links, etc. can be made available on the synod website.
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| Churchwide News & Resources |
ELCA World Hunger has many stories available online which illustrate the ways in which the ELCA works to combat hunger in communities at home and abroad. These stories provide a reminder for how your gifts are used and how lives are changed.
Global Links E-Letter - Stay informed, be inspired, and get involved through Global Links, a brief monthly e-newsletter from ELCA Global Mission. Subscribe at www.elca.org/global-links.
Fast Facts More than 49 million people in the United States - including 16.7 million children - live in households that experience hunger or the risk of hunger. This represents more than one in seven households (14.6 percent).
This week at The Lutheran
 'The Great Surprise': It's Easter, more than ever (image at right).
Resurrected: ... as this congregation focuses on 3 Rs: Respond, Return, Rejoice.
An Easter service that really was.
The way we were: 1951.
Also: A letter to the ELCA: Certainty.
Also: A question for every Easter.
Also: Selection of harsh letters not helpful.
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News from Other Organizations
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Illowa invites you to an Adminstrative Assistant Luncheon at Augustana College April 20 at noon. Cost is $10.00 per person and includes a gourmet buffet lunch and professional entertainment in the President's Board Room in the College Campus Center. Make your reservation today by contacting Penny.
A joint effort of NI Synod and SEIA Synod to energize area congregations in Invitational/ Hospitality ministry will be April 24 from 9 am-3 pm at Calvary, Moline. Cost is $10 per congregation. More...
Congregational Leadership Series - April 26 & 27 with Bob Sitze, author of (NOT) Trying Too Hard: New Basics for Sustainable Congregations. Bob teaches the principles of simplicity of both individuals and congregational life. This series will be in room 102 of the new Science building at Augustana College. More info...
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 One of the world's leading ecological theologians, the Rev. Dr. H. Paul Santmire, comes to the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago on April 20 at 7 p.m., to deliver a free public Earth Week lecture, "Luther, the Word and Nature: The Ambiguities and Promise." To learn about more Earth Year and other events at LSTC, visit www.lstc.edu. An events page, Earth Year at LSTC, is on Facebook.
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Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Center News
 LOMC is replacing Turtle Search Sunday with Love the Earth Saturday on April 24 between 9:30 am and 3 pm. It's a free open house including walking tours, canoeing, different hiking trips, geocaching, crafts, greening workshops, and a chance to meet the staff and hear a preview of Summer Camp 2010. Come out and enjoy!
"Dreams: A Way of Listening to God," an Adult Retreat April 25-27, will focus on biblical dreams featuring the powerful dreams of biblical characters & how to attend to our own dreams as a spiritual guide. $115/person includes accommodations in Freedom Tree Village and six meals. In preparation for the retreat begin recording your dreams. Please bring your bible. Led by Pastor Carol Soderholm. Download a flyer... Contact Audrey 815-732-2220 or registrations@lomc.org
Download flyers for upcoming LOMC events:
Get Connected 2010 - Jr & Sr high retreat with Daniel's Window - Apr 23-25
Memorial Day Work Weekend - May 29-31
Peder Eide retreats for Jr or Sr High - October, 2010
Bulletin Board
Student Ministries Director - Light of Christ Lutheran Church, Algonquin. Primary responsibility is the leadership and administration of the faith formation ministry for several hundred youth at Light of Christ, grades 6 - 12. For a full position description and requirements or to submit a resume with references email Pastor Sharon Rogers at pastorsharon@lightofchristchurch.com
Lifetouch is seeking a full-time Photographer Sales Specialist. Must have a sales background and some experience in photography. Extensive training offered. Contact Connie Thoms, Territory Sales Manager, Lifetouch Church Directories & Portraits |
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