Northern Texas - Northern Louisiana Synod, ELCA

Parish Lay Mission Academy Reunion
2014-06-14 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)

Candidacy Committee Meeting
2014-08-01 17:00 - 21:00, 2014-08-02 08:30 - 15:00

MEF Board Meeting
2014-08-09 09:30 - 14:30 | DiscipleLife Center for Mission (NT-NL Mission Area, ELCA), 1230 River Bend Dr. Ste 105, Dallas, 75247, United States

Deans' & Assistant Deans' Meeting
2014-08-12 11:00 - 2014-08-13 13:00

NT-NL Boundary Awareness Seminar
2014-08-19 10:00 - 16:00 | Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States
“Not only individual victims, but congregations and communities are betrayed by clergy misconduct.”
—Pamela Cooper-White
These betrayals twist relationships, plant suspicion, and create permanent and crippling wounds. This brokenness cries out for justice.
Boundary Training is an opportunity to for the church to practice justice by engaging in conversation about:

the use and misuse of power;
appropriate boundaries and how they provide of justice, mercy, and loving kindness;
examining current behaviors;
how to create healthy communities of transparency and honor.

Join us for this training with the Rev. Judith Spindt, Director of Evangelical Mission for the Southwest Texas Synod.
This one-day seminar is strongly recommended for all leaders in the church, rostered and lay, employed and volunteer. The seminar will address how to establish and maintain personal and professional boundaries, when dealing with coworkers, with parishioners, and with youth.
For those in and around the Metroplex, we request that you attend in person at Briarwood. Those of you outside the Metroplex will be able to participate via live stream; you will have to validate your participation. Pastor Jane Mar will provide more information about that process the day of the event.
Please join us for this important seminar. Most church insurance plans strongly recommend congregation leaders and staff attend this training; even if you have attended a boundary workshop in the past, rostered leaders are expected to attend one at least every three years.
Cost is $12, for lunch. Please email Pastor Jane Mar at jane@ntnl.org to register.

"God's Work. Our Hands." Sunday 2014
2014-09-07

2014 Briarwood Golf Outing
2014-09-12 08:00 - 17:00

Global Church Sunday
2014-09-21

CANCELED - Table Talk: Moral Injury
2014-09-23 09:30 - 15:30
Unfortunately Dr. Rita Brock has had to cancel her presentation tomorrow at Briarwood due to a medical issue. WE apologize for the late notice.
How can we be better equipped to walk with those facing difficult decisions or who have lived through morally challenging events, such as withdrawing life support?
Join the Rev. Dr. Rita Brock, Co-Director of the Soul Repair Center at Brite Divinity School, to learn about pastoral care and moral injury.
This event will be live-streamed: AM session | PM session

Click here to read more about the 2014 Table Talk series.
To register, please complete the form below. Registration deadline is September 19.

Deans' Gathering
2014-09-25 10:00 - 21:00 | Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States

Mission Council Orientation
2014-09-25 18:00 - 21:00

Mission Council Retreat with Deans
2014-09-26 10:00 - 2014-09-27 14:00

First Call Theological Education
2014-09-29 - 2014-10-01

Fourth Annual Luther Lecture: "Luther Then, Bonhoeffer Now"
2014-10-02 10:00 - 14:00
Luther Then, Bonhoeffer Now
Lutheran Docility (a la Rom. 13) and the Call to Engage
A speech by Dr. Larry Rasmussen
The American Luther Research Center is proud to host Dr. Larry Rasmussen speaking on Martin Luther’s influence on the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. This is the fourth in a series of annual Luther lectures showing the impact and relevance of Martin Luther in today’s world.

No theologian influenced German pastor and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer more than Martin Luther.
At the center was Luther’s theology of the cross; yet Bonhoeffer loved his conservative Prussian culture. The rise to power of German fascism in 1933 was the (Luther-land) crisis that led Bonhoeffer to a deep critique of not only Germany but also the West, or what he called “Euro-American civilization.”
Bonhoeffer’s prison thoughts look to a future of unprecedented human knowledge, technology and power (world-come-of-age). For an era very different from Luther’s, Bonhoeffer’s thoughts are an uncanny premonition of challenges before us.
So, asks Dr. Larry Rasmussen, what do we make of them for our own political and religious vocation? How do we “claim Christ for a world-come-of-age”?
Schedule of Events
10:00 Registration
10:30 Session 1 – A Political Theology of the Cross: Luther’s Impact on Bonhoeffer
11:30 Break
11:45 Session 2 – 1933: The Crisis for Western Religion and Morality
12:30 Lunch
1:00 Session 3 – How to Claim Christ for a World-Come-of-Age
1:30 Question and Answer Session
2:00 Adjourn

There is no charge to attend “Luther Then, Bonhoeffer Now” but reservations are required.
R.S.V.P. by Monday, September 15 to Sandra Bauer at 972-241-3545 or sbauer@international-capital.com.

Larry L. Rasmussen is one of the world’s foremost Christian environmental ethicists. A Minnesota native, he studied history and philosophy at St. Olaf College and received a bachelor of divinity degree from Luther Theological Seminary in 1965. After earning his Th.D. from Union Theological Seminary in 1970, he served as an assistant professor of religion at St. Olaf and a professor of Christian ethics at Wesley Theological Seminary. In 1986 he was appointed Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, retiring in 2004. He was co-moderator of the Justice, Peace and Creation unit of the World Council of Churches from 1990 to 2000.
Dr. Rasmussen has mentored a generation of Christians in eco-theology and “green religion.” He spearheaded the “greening” at Union Theological Seminary as an institution and rooted his courses and scholarship in the practice of environmental justice with communities and community leaders.
He has published more than a dozen books, including the landmark, award-winning Earth Community, Earth Ethics. He is currently directing a 10-year project on Earth-honoring Christianity at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico.

The American Luther Research Center is an ecumenical, interfaith organization created to foster a profound understanding of the historical, cultural, theological and educational values of Martin Luther and the Reformation. The Center’s Luther Lecture Series leads up to October 31, 2017, and the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.

Definitely-Abled Sunday
2014-10-05
The first Sunday in October has been designated as Definitely-Abled Sunday, to honor and include in worship all of our members, especially those who are differently-abled.
Throughout his ministry, Jesus sought to embrace and reincorporate the forgotten, the marginalized and the excluded as a sign of the arrival of God’s kingdom, and so taught us to do the same.
Read more here.

NT-NL Women of the ELCA 2014 Convention
2014-10-10 08:00 - 2014-10-12 17:00

MEF Seeds that Change Dinner
2014-10-11 16:00 - 22:00
The Board of the Directors of the Mission Endowment Fund and the Executive Director invite you to attend the

SEEDS THAT CHANGE – DINNER/FUND RAISER
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Christ Lutheran Church, Dallas
4.00-7.00 p.m.
Silent/Live Auction
Dinner
Entertainment
Please use this form to make your reservations as soon as possible or contact Hattie Hammer, Executive Director, at 972-296-3703 or by email at hattie.hammer@sbcglobal.net.

Lutheran Men in Mission's One Year to Live Retreat 2014
2014-10-24 08:00 - 2014-10-26 17:00 | Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States
Men of all ages yearn for real friendships and a closer relationship with Christ.
Join us and be…

Adventurous and courageous
Genuine and spiritual

Look forward to…

Banding together and being challenged
Examining your life and making decisions

Be prepared for a spiritual boot camp.
This 45-hour experience is not for the faint of heart!
One Year to Live is a retreat followed up by small groups, that encourages men to seriously look at their lives, make significant decisions about their spiritual journey and work with other men to hold one another accountable for those decisions.
It is an opportunity for men to explore the difference their Christian faith can make in their lives as they relate to families, people at work and others in the Christian community.
The One Year to Live Retreat is a unique opportunity to experience spiritual and personal growth as part of a special fellowship of brothers.

2014 Bishop's Convocation
2014-10-27 11:00 - 2014-10-29 12:30 | Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States
2014 Convocation Brochure Registration packet with mail-in registration available here.
Turning Preaching Inside Out
Preaching & Worship and Faith Formation
Guest speaker Dr. Rolf Jacobson, Associate Professor of Old Testament at Luther Seminary.

2014 Briarwood Fall Festival
2014-11-02 14:00 - 18:00 | Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States
Please come join us for a fun-filled family day at Briarwood. There will be a variety of games available for children of all ages, wonderful treats, face painting, raffles, tours of the Retreat center and Mission center and Briarwood’s Annual Meeting.
There will be a delicious cookout with hot dogs and hamburgers from 4:00 p.m.– 6 p.m. and a variety of treats like cotton candy, snow cones, popcorn and sodas throughout the afternoon.
The Annual Advisory Board meeting will be held at 4:00 p.m.

LCM Trivia Challenge
2014-11-09 16:00 - 20:00
For more information on Lutheran Campus Ministries’ Trivia Challenge or to register, please contact Pastor Celene Welch at pastor@lcmdenton.org or 817-269-1229.

2014 Junior High Youth Gathering
2014-11-14 19:30 - 2014-11-16 11:30
Download the 2014 LYO Junior High Registration packet here!
Early registration deadline is October 20th.

MEF Board Meeting
2014-11-15 09:30 - 14:30 | DiscipleLife Center for Mission (NT-NL Mission Area, ELCA), 1230 River Bend Dr. Ste 105, Dallas, 75247, United States
Mission Endowment Fund Board Meeting

NT–NL & Briarwood Joint Staff Retreat
2014-12-09 11:00 - 2014-12-10 15:00 | Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States

2014 Advent Retreat
2014-12-13 - 2014-12-14 | Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States
Briarwood’s annual advent retreat will be on December 13th-14th! Our focus will be on “Gifts.”
More information will be coming soon, but spots are already filling up, so make sure you sign up!
E-mail aaron@briarwoodretreat.org for information, and to register.

Candidacy Committee Retreat
2014-12-19 08:00 - 2014-12-20 15:00 | Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States

2015 High School Extravaganza
2015-01-16 20:00 - 2015-01-18 11:30
3RD ANNUAL NT-NL HIGH SCHOOL EXTRAVAGANZA
January 16-18, 2015
Worship
Social Outing
Service Projects
Fun & Games!
The schedule is for everyone to arrive at Calvary Lutheran Church in Fort Worth between 7:30-8:00 p.m. on Friday. The weekend will end with worship on Sunday morning. Groups will be heading out about 11:30 a.m.
Each group will be asked to bring water bottles for their kids and a couple of snacks to share with the larger group on Friday night. We will send out service project assignments with your confirmation letter so you will know if special tools or attire are needed.
The Extravaganza Hosts will provide continental breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday, as well as breakfast on Sunday morning.
Housing will be in the Family Life Center at Calvary so please bring bedding and an air mattress. We have showers so bring towels and shower stuff.
If congregations would prefer to stay at a hotel there are several within a few miles and we can block rooms for you. Please let us know if you would like to stay at a hotel as soon as possible so we know how many rooms to negotiate for. Any hotel costs are in addition to the $45 registration fee and will be paid directly to the hotel.
Registration is due on December 7.
Please send a deposit of $20 per youth to hold your spot. You will notice that we have dropped the cost considerably from last year since everyone is also raising money for the National Youth Gathering and we want to make this event affordable for everyone.
Download the registration packet here.

2015 Tri-Synodical Theological Conference
2015-01-26 11:00 - 2015-01-28 12:00
The Story is our life blood, yet many have let it flat line.
Join us for theological conference this year as we get the blood pumping again!
Information:

Schedule
Location & Lodging

Speakers:

the Rev. Dr. Leonard Sweet
the Rev. Dr. Phil Ruge-Jones
the Rev. Dr. Jana Childers

Registration
Interested in being a displayer? Click here!

Parish Lay Mission Academy Graduation
2015-01-31
