Getting Your Church’s Website Ready for Christmas
“Stop. Before you read any further, grab your mobile device and pull up your church’s website. Now find information about your Christmas worship services.
Is there information about Christmas services on the website?
Is the information in a prominent, easy-to-spot location?
How long does it take to find the information? How many clicks? How many menu items deep?
Is the information appealing and invitational?
Does the information reflect the nature of worship at your church? Does it give someone a good idea of what they can expect?”
To continue reading this timely article with practical and relevant information: Getting Your Church’s Website Ready for Christmas.
Top 100 Lutheran Blogs
Our NT-NL Blogs page debuted last week at #34 on the Top 100 Lutheran Blogs site! Our ranking could change weekly based on their search and social metrics, so feel free to access our blog pages any number of ways. We pray you find the content relevant and helpful. It also helps our ranking if you follow and interact with us on social media. Here are those links as well:
Weekly News Schedule
Due to the way the holidays fall this year, we will not have our regular weekly news on Monday, December 25, or Monday, January 1. We will resume with our weekly news in 2018 on Monday, January 8.
Featured Resource for December
Holiday shopping can change lives.
Americans spend over $300 billion on Christmas shopping each year. This year, consider giving gifts that fight hunger and grow the church with ELCA Good Gifts. Select from more than 50 gifts – from goats to water filters to school fees – to help people in need. All gifts can be given in honor of friends and loved ones, and each gift comes with a free card for you to share the news. Give online and you can now personalize cards to send directly to your loved one’s mailing or email address.
Get your whole congregation involved with resources like posters, bulletin inserts, planning guides, ornaments, and coloring sheets. The gifts provide direct support to ELCA ministries that are already at work in nearly 100 countries.
Give something unexpected this Christmas.
Save the Date
February 24
Where in the world is?
Bishop Gronberg:
- Dec. 27-28 – “Sal y Luz” NT-NL Young Adult Retreat
- Dec. 29-Jan. 1 – Family vacation
- Jan. 3-5 – Trinity Seminary Latin@ Ministry Immersion Group
- Jan. 6 – Bosque County Leaders Gathering
- Jan. 8-19 – Part of ELCA delegation to Installation of Bishop-elect Azer of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land
Pr. Totzke:
- Dec. 18 – Call Committee orientation, Grace, Fort Worth
- Dec. 19 – Eastern Conference meeting, Mount Olive, Dallas
- Dec. 27 – “Sal y Luz” NT-NL Young Adult Retreat
- Jan. 3-5 – Trinity Seminary Latin@ Ministry Immersion Group
- Jan. 6 – Bosque County Leaders Gathering
- Jan. 7 – Trinity, Clifton
Pra. Bañales:
- Dec. 18-Jan. 1 – Vacation and Holidays
- Jan. 3-5 – Trinity Seminary Latin@ Ministry Immersion Group
- Jan. 6 – Bosque County Leaders Gathering
Upcoming Events
- Dec. 27-28: NT-NL Christmas Break Young Adult Retreat
- Jan. 14: Mikah Meyer’s Stories & Songs Recital
- Jan. 19-21: Junior High Gathering
- Jan. 20: Hearing on the ELCA Draft Social Statement on Women and Justice
- Feb. 2-3: Synod Council Meeting
- Feb. 10: MEF Board meeting
- Feb. 11-13: Lutheran Legislative Event
- Feb. 24: Senior Fest 2018 (AOLA)
- Feb. 25-27: LSTC Seminary Sampler
- Mar. 2-4: Spring Retreat for 4th, 5th, & 6th graders
- Mar. 2-4: Peer Ministry (9th-12th graders)
- Mar. 9-10: The Role of the Church in Undoing Racism
- Mar. 17: PLMA Spring 2018, Course 1
Access our full online Calendar here. Updates made regularly.
Do you have news or announcements to share? Please submit to the Synod office (office@ntnl.org) for consideration for our next NT-NL News.