Intercultural Competence Training
2022-10-12 - 2022-10-15
Offered by Wartburg Theological Seminary‘s Centro Teológico Luterano Multicultural (CTLM)
Vital Congregations – Vital Communities
This Intensive course is designed to enhance leadership competence in the development and support of Latinx ministries in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and among ecumenical partners. Those encouraged to attend are current practitioners, judicatory leaders, seminarians, church leaders planning to start new Latinx ministries, and those with coaching and/or supervisory roles among Latinx ministry leaders. Participants will explore foundational insights from socio-cultural, ecclesiastical, and historical Latinx experience, contextual theological tools, research results, diverse ministry models, and practical resources for new and existing congregations.
Presenter: Reverend Rubén Durán

Wednesday October 12 – 5pm-8pm
Thursday October 13 – 5pm-8pm
Saturday October 15 –9am-12pm

This class will be delivered entirely as an online course.
Congregational fee: $600.00 | Individual fee: $250.00
RSVP here.

Parish Lay Ministry Academy, Fall 2022, Course 2
2022-10-15 09:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago)
To register and for full details: https://www.ntnl.org/ministries/plma/

Implicit Bias Training
2022-10-17
For people who strive to see others as God sees them.
“We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of identity. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Research on “implicit bias” suggests that people can act on the basis of prejudice and stereotypes without intending to do so. While psychologists in the field of “implicit social cognition” study consumer products, self-esteem, food, alcohol, political values, and more, the most striking and well-known research has focused on implicit biases toward members of socially stigmatized groups, such as African-Americans, women, and the LGBTQIA2S+ community. For example, imagine Frank, who explicitly believes that women and men are equally suited for careers outside the home. Despite his explicitly egalitarian belief, Frank might nevertheless behave in any number of biased ways, from distrusting feedback from female co-workers to hiring equally qualified men over women. Part of the reason for Frank’s discriminatory behavior might be an implicit gender bias. Psychological research on implicit bias has grown steadily, raising metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical questions. – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Training is FREE and open to the public.
Available online two dates and times: Monday, October 17, 2pm Eastern, OR Tuesday, October 18, 7pm Eastern

Stacey Waters began her career with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) investigating unlawful discrimination in 2008. She attended The Lincoln University and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English/Liberal Arts. She attended Shippensburg University and earned her Master of Science in Counseling/College Student Personnel. In 2014, she left the Commission to work as an Equal Opportunity Specialist at the PA Department of Labor and Industry. In 2018, she joined the PA Department of Corrections as Chief of Investigations and Training where she continued to investigate unlawful discrimination and provide a variety of trainings including, but not limited to, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training and Unconscious Bias Training. In September of 2021, she returned to PHRC as an Education and Outreach Coordinator educating the community about unlawful discrimination and other relevant topics.
Offered by Kindling Faith: Center for Sabbath Rest and Formation (United Lutheran Seminary) and Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
Register here.
Click here for a flyer with full details.

RE:formation - Reimagining New Ministries
2022-10-20 19:00 - 20:00
Isaiah 43:18-19 “Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?”
October 20 at 7:00 p.m. Central via Zoom
A virtual evening of inspiration for congregational leaders in the NT-NL Synod
How do you know if God is calling you to do something new? Who do you talk to when the Holy Spirit nudges at your heart? Do you have a passion to see new ministries emerge but aren’t sure what the next steps are to live into it?
You are invited to experience an evening of inspiring voices to help you envision what God is calling you to FORM. Bishop Erik Gronberg and DEM Irma Bañales, along with the Revs Sandy Chrostowski & Ruben Duran from the churchwide office, will host a one-hour web event to help you transform your ideas into action. Hear from fellow leaders who share a heart for the gospel and love for the people of God. Plan on walking away equipped to serve.
Goals:
· Hear stories from leaders who are forming new ministries
· Teach practical steps to start something new (ministry, event, worshiping community)
· Share specific leadership examples and traits that are helpful to get new things going
· Begin fostering a culture of planting new ministries
Please RSVP to irma@ntnl.org by Thursday, October 13. The Zoom link will be sent once we receive your confirmation.

The Tenth Annual Herbener Lecture: Becoming More Human Through Worship
2022-10-30 | Wilshire Baptist Church, 4316 Abrams Rd, Dallas, TX, 75214, United States
Guest Lecturer: Rev. Peter W. Marty
Those who make a practice of committing their lives to worship discover, over time, something interesting. When they leave worship they see an “outside world” that is smaller and more paltry than they had thought. Its politics are puny, its consumerism is hollow, its care for the weak is peripheral. The very assumptions of what constitutes the “Real World,” assumptions that typically guide our lives as shoppers, scientists, social workers, and sales associates suddenly become undone once we realize how the grandeur and mystery of God make us more whole than the more cramped outside world. We can do all kinds of things on our own, quite independently and self-sufficiently, thank you very much. But what we can never become without worship is fully human. Worship is where we figure out who we get to be in the presence of a God who gives and gives, and always out of love.
Begins at 4pm
Dinner by reservation begins at 5:30pm
Sung Evening Prayer begins at 6:30pm
FREE ADMISSION: Free-will donation will cover dinner
For full details and to register: http://www.luthercenter-northtexas.org/

Celebration of Life: Bishop Philip L. Wahlberg
2022-11-05
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE
is scheduled for
Reverend Philip L. Wahlberg
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2022
2:00 p.m.
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
200 W. Anderson Lane
Austin, Texas 78752
A reception with light snacks will be provided following the Celebration event.
Those unable to attend or who are unavailable are encouraged to live-stream the service.
Live-streaming information will be on the Gethsemane website the day of the service: http://gethsemaneaustin.org
The following email address is provided for two purposes:
1. To notify the family and Gethsemane Lutheran that you are planning to attend and how many will be with you.
(If your plans change, it would be appreciated if you would use the email address to notify the family and congregation.)
2. To share a special memory of Pastor/Bishop Wahlberg for the family’s understanding of your connection with him.
Email: PLWAHL2022@gmail.com

Parish Lay Ministry Academy, Fall 2022, Course 3
2022-11-19 09:00 - 15:30

Conferencia Latina Celebration Service
2022-12-10 | Iglesia Luterana Santa María, 2601 S. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX, 75060, United States
On Saturday, December 10, at 5:00pm (please note the updated / earlier start time), a worship service will be held at Santa Maria de Guadalupe, 2601 S MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX 75060. This worship will commemorate the reunion of this congregation with our Conferencia Latina and NT-NL. You are invited to join us. ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton will be present to celebrate with us. Rostered leaders are invited to vest; the color is white. Please RSVP to Pastor Moises Carrasquillo: pastormoises18@gmail.com

Blue Christmas Online Service | Servicio en línea de Navidad azul
2022-12-21
Women of the ELCA (WELCA) will be hosting a Blue Christmas online service on Wednesday, December 21, starting at 7pm Central:
“Our Blue Christmas Service offers a safe place to bring your grief, fear, and loss. Brief readings. Quiet and reflective music. Prayers. All are welcome. Spanish translation provided.”
Únase a nosotros para el tercer servicio anual de Navidad Azul
Advance registration required.
If you’re not familiar with a Blue Christmas service, here is some context adapted from a 2020 WELCA blog post:
We’re often taught that Christmas should be a happy season. But it’s hard to sing “Joy to the World” when sadness engulfs your heart. The reality of life—memories of the past and the pain of the present—can leave many people feeling less than merry in December. It might be the death of a loved one, a discouraging diagnosis, a job loss, or some other family crisis. Add to it the SARS-CoV-2 (often referred to as COVID-19) pandemic and all that it has wrought and continues to wreak.
We have committed ourselves to promote healing and wholeness in the church, the society, and the world. How can we do that for those who are sad or suffering this season? We will gather on the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere—the Winter Solstice—December 21. Into God’s presence, we will bring whatever weighs us down: the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, the brokenness of a relationship, loneliness, isolation, and worries for the state of our world, just to name a few. And we will be fed by words, music, and prayers.
Death and disappointment are very much a part of life. However, when we experience death or disappointment while the rest of the world seems focused on ho-ho-ho happiness, realities and expectations collide. Healing rituals like the Blue Christmas Service acknowledge painful realities and re-connect those of us who mourn with the redeeming and reconciling love of God in Jesus Christ.

Peer Ministry Leadership Training
2023-01-06 - 2023-01-08
From Janelle Miller, NT-NL Youth Ministry coordinator (ntnlyouthleaders@yahoo.com):
NT-NL Youth Leaders & Pastors,
We are excited to announce that we are collaborating to host a PEER MINISTRY LEADERSHIP TRAINING (limited to 6-7 per congregation) in January. This is an event where Pastors / Youth Leaders identify young people and invite them to attend.
WHAT IS PEER MINISTRY? It is the story of the good Samaritan. Only instead of preaching and teaching it, you get the skills necessary to live it!
Three Peer Ministry Tracks offered:
PEER MINISTRY I
You will enhance your skills of listening, helping peers and communication. You will discover how caring relationships are a vital ministry.
PEER MINISTRY II
For those who have completed PM I. You will learn more skills for sharing your faith, addressing sensitive issues and dealing with difficult people.
PEER MINISTRY III
For those who have completed PM I & PMII. They will apply their skills in real world scenarios, will help lead worship and will have discussions on “now what?” this group will put the skills they have learned into practice at their schools, churches and post graduation.
WHAT WE WILL BE DOING THIS WEEKEND…
**Attending peer ministry sessions
**Worship
**Service project
**Social event in the community
**Great food and fellowship
WHAT YOUR REGISTRATION INCLUDES…
**2 nights lodging (hotel)
**Saturday meals (3), Sunday breakfast
**Materials
**Saturday night social event
REGISTRATION
**Cost is $90 if registered & paid by November 1
**Cost is $115 if registered after November 1
**Registration includes quad occupancy at the hotel — your own bed is available for an extra fee
**This Leadership Event allows students to attend without an adult from their church
**A pastor or youth leader must invite a young person to be apart of this event.
We will also be hosting a JUNIOR HIGH & SENIOR HIGH YOUTH GATHERING in February.
Click here for a flyer with more details about both the January and February events.

Public Witness Team meeting
2023-01-14 10:00 - 12:30
Welcome! We are the Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana (NT-NL) Synod of the ELCA. We meet on the second Saturday of most months. Our mission is to give public witness to issues of justice and peace in the synod and in the community, and this includes both education and advocacy. One of our goals is to assist congregations in the NT-NL Synod in their efforts to be a public church within their own communities.

Anyone is welcome to join us!
For this January 2023 meeting, the plan is to host a hybrid meeting in-person at Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church in Arlington, TX, with Zoom connection available for those who would prefer that.
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2023 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
2023-01-18 - 2023-01-25
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is January 18-25 with the theme “Do good; seek justice” from Isaiah 1:17

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Jan. 18-25) has been observed for more than 100 years, during which Christians around the world have prayed for visible Christian unity, striving to move toward the fulfillment of Jesus’ prayer at the Last Supper “that they all may be one” (John 17:21).
The theme for 2023 comes from Isaiah 1:17 – “Do good; seek justice.” The entire scriptural passage for the theme is Isaiah 1:12-18, which laments a lack of justice among the people of God and calls for God’s people to “learn to do good.”
The 2023 theme was developed with the assistance of a group of Christians in Minnesota, convened by the Minnesota Council of Churches. Minneapolis became a flashpoint for calls for racial justice and equity following the murder of George Floyd.
Like the religious people so fiercely denounced by the biblical prophets, some Christian believers have been or continue to be complicit in supporting or perpetuating prejudice and oppression and fostering division. History shows that, rather than recognizing the dignity of every human being made in the image of God, Christians have too often involved themselves in structures of sin such as slavery, colonization, segregation and apartheid, which have stripped others of their dignity. Even within our churches, Christians have failed to recognize the dignity of all the baptized and have belittled the dignity of their siblings in Christ.
Isaiah challenged God’s people in his day to learn to do good together, to seek justice together, to rescue the oppressed together, to defend the orphan and plead for the widow together. The prophet’s challenge applies equally to us today.
The North Texas Conference of the UMC will host an Ecumenical Worship Service at 7 p.m. on Jan. 19 at Custer Road UMC, 6601 Custer Road, Plano, TX 75023. The NTC will gather with its Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Catholic siblings to worship God together.
(shared from our partners at the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church)

World Council of Churches Resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2023

Christian Unity Ecumenical Worship Service
2023-01-19
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is January 18-25 with the theme “Do good; seek justice” from Isaiah 1:17

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Jan. 18-25) has been observed for more than 100 years, during which Christians around the world have prayed for visible Christian unity, striving to move toward the fulfillment of Jesus’ prayer at the Last Supper “that they all may be one” (John 17:21).
The theme for 2023 comes from Isaiah 1:17 – “Do good; seek justice.” The entire scriptural passage for the theme is Isaiah 1:12-18, which laments a lack of justice among the people of God and calls for God’s people to “learn to do good.”
The 2023 theme was developed with the assistance of a group of Christians in Minnesota, convened by the Minnesota Council of Churches. Minneapolis became a flashpoint for calls for racial justice and equity following the murder of George Floyd.
Like the religious people so fiercely denounced by the biblical prophets, some Christian believers have been or continue to be complicit in supporting or perpetuating prejudice and oppression and fostering division. History shows that, rather than recognizing the dignity of every human being made in the image of God, Christians have too often involved themselves in structures of sin such as slavery, colonization, segregation and apartheid, which have stripped others of their dignity. Even within our churches, Christians have failed to recognize the dignity of all the baptized and have belittled the dignity of their siblings in Christ.
Isaiah challenged God’s people in his day to learn to do good together, to seek justice together, to rescue the oppressed together, to defend the orphan and plead for the widow together. The prophet’s challenge applies equally to us today.
The North Texas Conference of the UMC will host an Ecumenical Worship Service at 7 p.m. on Jan. 19 at Custer Road UMC, 6601 Custer Road, Plano, TX 75023. The NTC will gather with its Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Catholic siblings to worship God together. Please RSVP to Rev. Jessica Wright: WRIGHT@NTCUMC.ORG
(shared from our partners at the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church)

Click here for a PDF invitation to the Ecumenical Worship Service on January 19.

2023 PLMA Graduation
2023-01-21 | Emanuel Lutheran Church, 4311 San Jacinto St, Dallas, TX, 75204, United States
Beginning at 2pm

First Call Pastors Check-in
2023-01-24 14:00 - 15:00
Fourth Tuesday of each month
2:00 PM Central
This month, contact jason@ntnl.org for login information

Cultivating Compassion Session 1: Permission to Feel
2023-01-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO), Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE online episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion!
“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself, your friends, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions, reasoning, decision-making, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.”
Access the full list of episodes and sessions here.

Specifically about this January 26 session:
Maybe you’ve heard people say, “facts don’t care about your feelings.” Maybe you’ve even told yourself that. It’s true in that facts don’t care about anything: they simply are. The same is true of humans: we simply are. Part of our simply being a human, however, is having emotions. And one of the choices we make in each moment is whether or not to care about our own emotions or those of the people around us. This month and next, we’ll explore the emotional dimension of our humanity, especially the way we can find meaningful insights about facts and our relationship to them by attending to our feelings about them. We begin our adventure together with Marc Brackett’s book, Permission to Feel.
Full details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-1-permission-to-feel-tickets-490320601117

A Spiritual Feast for the Journey
2023-01-28 10:00 - 15:00 | Advent Lutheran Church, 3232 S Cooper St., Arlington, TX, 76015, United States
The NT-NL Congregational Vitality and Renewal Team invites you to a warm and relaxing gathering to be with colleagues for fun and time away for spiritual self-reflection and renewal.
Includes lunch.
Purpose: To reconnect with God’s Spirit, Ourselves, and One Another
Goals:

To rekindle continuous listening for and to God’s Spirit.
To reconnect with colleagues and to better connect with our wider communities
To engage ongoing ministry with new spiritual insight.

RSVP by January 20 (extended from Jan. 9) to Pastor Jeff Borgwardt pastorjeff@firstlutheran.us or Pastor Irma Bañales, DEM irma@ntnl.org

Synod Council and MEF Board meetings
2023-02-04
Save the Date!
These meetings will be held online only. Since the last two years we had to move online due to weather, it seems wise to simply plan for that now.
Synod Council (and Deans) will be meeting 1:00-4:00pm.
More details forthcoming.

Junior High & Senior High Youth Gathering
2023-02-10 - 2023-02-12
From Janelle Miller, NT-NL Youth Ministry coordinator (ntnlyouthleaders@yahoo.com):
NT-NL Youth Leaders & Pastors,
We are excited to announce that we are collaborating to host a JUNIOR HIGH & SENIOR HIGH YOUTH GATHERING in February.
This event is for NTNL junior high and senior high youth! The event includes Small Group Activities, Songs, Games, Worship, Service Projects , & Group Dynamix! Registration includes programs, Friday hotel (quad occupancy), meals, and Group Dynamix).
FEBRUARY 10-12, 2023
8pm Friday night – 7am Sunday morning
(Our event will end with a Group Dynamix lock in)
REGISTRATION Fee: $120 Early Bird Registration (by Nov. 20 )
$145 Regular Registration (Nov. 20 – Jan. 22)
*Additional $30 for your own bed
Click here for a flyer with more details about both the January and February events.

Public Witness Team meeting
2023-02-11 10:00 - 12:30 | Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church, 715 E. Lamar Blvd., Arlington, TX, 76011, United States
Welcome! We are the Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana (NT-NL) Synod of the ELCA. We meet on the second Saturday of most months. Our mission is to give public witness to issues of justice and peace in the synod and in the community, and this includes both education and advocacy. One of our goals is to assist congregations in the NT-NL Synod in their efforts to be a public church within their own communities.
For our 2023 meetings, the plan is to host a hybrid meeting in-person at Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church in Arlington, TX, with Zoom connection available for those who would prefer that.

Anyone is welcome to join us!
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Cultivating Compassion Session 2: Nonviolent Communication
2023-02-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO), Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE online episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion!
“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself, your friends, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions, reasoning, decision-making, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.”
Access the full list of episodes and sessions here.

Specifically about this February 23 session:
How is it that we wind up alienated from one another? Following his curiosity about this very question led Marshall Rosenberg to identify four things: moralistic judgments,refusing to take responsibility for ourselves, making demands, and thinking “who deserves what.” We do these things to ourselves and to the people around us. Nonviolent Communication points the way toward more connection with ourselves and others with a language of life.
Full details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-2-nonviolent-communication-tickets-502116252227

LAST DAY to register for Synod Assembly at Early Bird Rate
2023-03-01
Details are starting to be confirmed for our 2023 NT-NL Synod Assembly! You can find all pertinent information here: https://www.ntnl.org/event/2023-nt-nl-synod-assembly/. We will update this event webpage as we confirm additional details.
Please note the registration deadlines below, and NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON-SITE. Here is the direct link to register: https://tithe.ly/event-registration/#/6520048
2023 Synod Assembly Fee Schedule:
Voting Member Early Bird (until March 1) = $175
Voting Member Regular (March 2 – April 16) = $225
Retired Rostered Voting Member Early Bird (until March 1) = $125
Retired Rostered Voting Member Regular (March 2 – April 16) = $150
Visitor Early Bird (until March 1) = $75
Visitor Regular (March 2 – April 16) = $100
Meals provided with registration = 3 (three) – Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast and lunch
Sponsor display space, along with coffee, water, and snacks, will be in an adjoining room from our meeting and plenary space.
Vendor = $250 for full 8-foot table OR $125 for half 8-foot table shared with another vendor / displayer
Displayer = $150 for full 8-foot table OR $75 for half 8-foot table shared with another vendor / displayer

Parish Lay Ministry Academy, Spring 1, Course 1
2023-03-11 09:00 - 15:30

Cultivating Compassion Session 3: Online Practice - Disproportionality
2023-03-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO), Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE online episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion!
“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself, your friends, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions, reasoning, decision-making, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.”
Access the full list of episodes and sessions here.

Specifically about this March 23 online session:
Having spent time learning how to experience, acknowledge, and express our own emotion, this session will create opportunities to do that. We’ll look at various ways that disproportionality occurs and explore how we can be present to the reality that not all people are represented in proportionally in health outcomes, education, prison populations, executive and board roles, and government leadership.
Full details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-3-virtual-practice-disproportionality-tickets-502967528417

Cultivating Compassion Session 3: In Person Practice - Disproportionality
2023-03-25 09:00 - 12:00 | Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church, 715 E. Lamar Blvd., Arlington, TX, 76011, United States
The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO), Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion!
“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself, your friends, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions, reasoning, decision-making, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.”
Access the full list of episodes and sessions here.

Specifically about this March 25 IN PERSON session:
Having spent time learning how to experience, acknowledge, and express our own emotion, this session will create opportunities to do that. We’ll look at various ways that disproportionality occurs and explore how we can be present to the reality that not all people are represented in proportionally in health outcomes, education, prison populations, executive and board roles, and government leadership.
Full details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-3-in-person-practice-disproportionality-tickets-502979524297

Parish Lay Ministry Academy, Spring 1, Course 2
2023-04-15 09:00 - 15:30

LAST DAY to register for Synod Assembly
2023-04-16
Details are confirmed for our 2023 NT-NL Synod Assembly! You can find all pertinent information here: https://www.ntnl.org/event/2023-nt-nl-synod-assembly/. We will update this event webpage as we confirm additional details.
Please note the registration deadlines below, and NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON-SITE. Here is the direct link to register: https://tithe.ly/event-registration/#/6520048
2023 Synod Assembly Fee Schedule:
Voting Member Early Bird (until March 1) = $175
Voting Member Regular (March 2 – April 16) = $225
Retired Rostered Voting Member Early Bird (until March 1) = $125
Retired Rostered Voting Member Regular (March 2 – April 16) = $150
Visitor Early Bird (until March 1) = $75
Visitor Regular (March 2 – April 16) = $100
Meals provided with registration = 3 (three) – Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast and lunch
Sponsor display space, along with coffee, water, and snacks, will be in an adjoining room from our meeting and plenary space.
Vendor = $250 for full 8-foot table OR $125 for half 8-foot table shared with another vendor / displayer
Displayer = $150 for full 8-foot table OR $75 for half 8-foot table shared with another vendor / displayer

Today is also the last day to book your hotel room:
Location: Bally’s Shreveport Casino & Hotel (formerly named Eldorado), 451 Clyde Fant Parkway, Shreveport, LA 71101
Book your hotel room here by April 16: https://ballysshreveport.reztrip.com/ext/promoRate?property=2437&mode=b&pm=true&sr=804983&vr=3
Please use this link in order for your room to count toward our contracted room block, which also allows for reduced costs for all of us for the meeting space and meals.
The synod has negotiated a significantly-reduced room rate for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights of Assembly.
You may notice that part of the negotiated room rate includes a resort fee. This provides parking access and wifi in your room at no additional charge.
(It may be possible to check in early. You can make that request directly with the hotel. This is not guaranteed. | Check out is at 11am. It may be possible to get a one-hour extension to check out by 12noon. You can make that request directly with the hotel. This is not guaranteed.)

LAST DAY to book Synod Assembly hotel room
2023-04-16
Details are starting to be confirmed for our 2023 NT-NL Synod Assembly! You can find all pertinent information here: https://www.ntnl.org/event/2023-nt-nl-synod-assembly/. We will update this event webpage as we confirm additional details.
Location: Bally’s Shreveport Casino & Hotel (formerly named Eldorado), 451 Clyde Fant Parkway, Shreveport, LA 71101
Book your hotel room here by April 16: https://ballysshreveport.reztrip.com/ext/promoRate?property=2437&mode=b&pm=true&sr=804983&vr=3
Please use this link in order for your room to count toward our contracted room block, which also allows for reduced costs for all of us for the meeting space and meals.
The synod has negotiated a significantly-reduced room rate for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights of Assembly.
You may notice that part of the negotiated room rate includes a resort fee. This provides parking access and wifi in your room at no additional charge.
(It may be possible to check in early. You can make that request directly with the hotel. This is not guaranteed. | Check out is at 11am. It may be possible to get a one-hour extension to check out by 12noon. You can make that request directly with the hotel. This is not guaranteed.)

Today is also the last day to register for Assembly:
Please note the registration deadlines below, and NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON-SITE. Here is the direct link to register: https://tithe.ly/event-registration/#/6520048
2023 Synod Assembly Fee Schedule:
Voting Member Early Bird (until March 1) = $175
Voting Member Regular (March 2 – April 16) = $225
Retired Rostered Voting Member Early Bird (until March 1) = $125
Retired Rostered Voting Member Regular (March 2 – April 16) = $150
Visitor Early Bird (until March 1) = $75
Visitor Regular (March 2 – April 16) = $100
Meals provided with registration = 3 (three) – Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast and lunch
Sponsor display space, along with coffee, water, and snacks, will be in an adjoining room from our meeting and plenary space.
Vendor (until sold out or April 16, whichever occurs first) = $250 for full 8-foot table OR $125 for half 8-foot table shared with another vendor / displayer
Displayer (until sold out or April 16, whichever occurs first) = $150 for full 8-foot table OR $75 for half 8-foot table shared with another vendor / displayer

Briarwood Service of Thanksgiving and Transition
2023-04-16 15:00 - 17:00 | Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States
As Briarwood transitions, it will continue to fulfill its mission. And it is important to take time to give thanks for all the years and memories on the property at 670 Copper Canyon Rd, Argyle, TX 76226.
Sunday, April 16 – Worship begins at 3pm
Rain or Shine. Bishop Erik Gronberg preaching. Aaron Colwick and others providing music.
Please RSVP by April 10 so that we can prepare refreshments.
#InMissionTogether
Bishop Erik Gronberg

Women's Retreat
2023-04-22 08:30 - 15:00 | St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 1210 W. Belt Line Rd, Richardson, TX, 75080, United States
The Dallas Area Metroplex North Conference of the NT-NL Synodical Women’s Organization (part of Women of the ELCA) is holding their annual Women’s Retreat on April 22, 2023, with guest speaker Rev Erin Swenson-Reinhold.
Full details can be found here on the registration form.
