Northern Texas - Northern Louisiana Synod, ELCA

Weekly NT-NL Leadership Prayer, Check-in
2020-07-16 10:00 - 10:30, 2020-07-23 10:00 - 10:30, 2020-07-30 10:00 - 10:30 (America/Chicago)
NT-NL Synod ELCA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Leadership prayer, check-in
Time: 10:00 AM Central Time
Every week on Thursday
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Weekly Online Gathering for ELCA Leaders
2020-07-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-07-29 13:00 - 14:00
Being Church in Times of Crisis
Weekly Online Gathering for ELCA Leaders
Wednesdays, 1:00 PM Central
You are invited to join this weekly gathering designed to provide encouragement and support for ELCA leaders across the church. Participants will hear topical presentations related to how we are called to be Church in times of crisis, as well as an opportunity to be in small group discussions with an ELCA group coach facilitating the conversation. All of this is designed to help us process our feelings in this strange and fearful time and to create a space where we can each name our next most faithful step forward in our unique context. You are welcome to share this invitation with any other ELCA leader, rostered or lay. #ELCAChurchTogether
ELCA Coaching is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Being Church in Times of Crisis – Weekly Gathering for ELCA Leaders
Time: Wednesdays 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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ESET (SSTE) Módulo 8 (Día 1 de 5)
2020-08-01 09:00 - 12:00
Historia de la Iglesia II: Desde la Reforma hasta el Presente (Día 1 de 5)

Conversations at Briarwood
2020-08-06 19:00 - 20:30
Briarwood Leadership Center is hosting a series of interactive online conversations to equip the church in this complicated time. Intended for NT-NL leaders, both rostered and lay, these conversations will cover a variety of topics.
Thursday evenings @ 7pm Central via Zoom
Hosted by Pr. Robert O. Smith, Director, Briarwood Leadership Center
Jennifer DeLeon on “Building Movements, Mistakes & All”
DeLeon is the Director for Justice in Women of the ELCA and President of the Latino Ethnic Association of the ELCA. She has longstanding involvement in ELCA efforts to promote public policy advocacy.
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ESET (SSTE) Módulo 8 (Día 2 de 5)
2020-08-08 09:00 - 12:00
Historia de la Iglesia II: Desde la Reforma hasta el Presente (Día 2 de 5)

Interim Pastors monthly meeting
2020-08-13 10:30 - 13:00
NT-NL Synod ELCA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Interim Pastors Meeting
Time: 10:45 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
Every month on the First Thursday (exception for August 2020)
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Conversations at Briarwood
2020-08-13 19:00 - 20:30
Briarwood Leadership Center is hosting a series of interactive online conversations to equip the church in this complicated time. Intended for NT-NL leaders, both rostered and lay, these conversations will cover a variety of topics.
Thursday evenings @ 7pm Central via Zoom
Hosted by Pr. Robert O. Smith, Director, Briarwood Leadership Center
Rubén Rosario Rodríguez, PhD, on “Liberation Theology for Today”
Rodríguez is Professor of Systematic Theology at St. Louis University. He is the author of Christian Martyrdom and Political Violence: A Comparative Theology with Judaism and Islam (Cambridge, 2017) and editor of the T&T Clark Handbook of Political Theology (2019).
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ESET (SSTE) Módulo 8 (Día 3 de 5)
2020-08-15 09:00 - 12:00
Historia de la Iglesia II: Desde la Reforma hasta el Presente (Día 3 de 5)

Conversations at Briarwood
2020-08-20 19:00 - 20:30
Briarwood Leadership Center is hosting a series of interactive online conversations to equip the church in this complicated time. Intended for NT-NL leaders, both rostered and lay, these conversations will cover a variety of topics.
Thursday evenings @ 7pm Central via Zoom
Hosted by Pr. Robert O. Smith, Director, Briarwood Leadership Center
Cláudio Carvalhaes, PhD, on “Liturgy and the Care of Creation”
Carvalhaes, a native Brazilian, is a theologian, liturgist, performer, writer, and activist who serves as Assoc. Prof. of Worship at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He is the author of What’s Worship Got to Do with It?: Interpreting Life Liturgically (2018) and the forthcoming Liturgies from Below: Praying with People at the Ends of the World (2020).
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ESET (SSTE) Módulo 8 (Día 4 de 5)
2020-08-22 09:00 - 12:00
Historia de la Iglesia II: Desde la Reforma hasta el Presente (Día 4 de 5)

Living Connected: The Spiritual Discipline of Creation Care (Water)
2020-08-22 10:00 - 11:30, 2020-08-25 19:00 - 20:30
The Gift of Water
In August 2020, the NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice is sponsoring a Living Connected workshop on creation’s gift of water. The Living Connected project helps people reflect on the gifts of creation and equips them to make choices that bring healing and wholeness to creation.
In the Living Connected – Water workshop, you will discover ways your daily use of water connects you to God, your neighbor, and all life on this planet. The workshop offers ideas and resources for bringing spiritual practices into your water use. Over time, the practices build upon each other and become the spiritual discipline of creation care.
Living Connected – Water is offered online twice in August:
Saturday, August 22, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
Tuesday, August 25, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT
Register at katrinamartich.com to receive the pre-workshop information and Zoom link.
The workshops are offered at a reduced cost thanks to a grant from the NT-NL Synod Mission Endowment Fund. For any questions about the workshops, or to host a Living Connected workshop for your congregation, send an email to Deaconess Katrina Martich at contact@katrinamartich.com.
The workshop presenter is Katrina Martich, a Lutheran deaconess and environmental engineer. She currently serves as a green shepherd for Lutherans Restoring Creation and on the ELCA Sustainability Table.
Click here for a bulletin insert for August.

Conversations at Briarwood
2020-08-27 19:00 - 20:30
Briarwood Leadership Center is hosting a series of interactive online conversations to equip the church in this complicated time. Intended for NT-NL leaders, both rostered and lay, these conversations will cover a variety of topics.
Thursday evenings @ 7pm Central via Zoom
Hosted by Pr. Robert O. Smith, Director, Briarwood Leadership Center
Jacqueline Hidalgo, PhD
(More details forthcoming.)
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ESET (SSTE) Módulo 8 (Día 5 de 5)
2020-08-29 09:00 - 12:00
Historia de la Iglesia II: Desde la Reforma hasta el Presente (Día 5 de 5)

Parish Lay Ministry Academy, Fall 2020, Course 1
2020-09-12 09:00 - 15:30
To register and for full details: https://www.ntnl.org/ministries/plma/

"God's work. Our hands." Sunday
2020-09-13
Dear colleagues in ministry,
Please save the date Sept. 13 for “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday, the ELCA’s dedicated day of service.
Since 2013, “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday has inspired people of all ages to put their faith in action through service projects that share God’s love with all of God’s people. As we gather together in service to our neighbors, we are reminded of one of our most basic convictions as Lutherans: All of life in Jesus Christ — every act of service, in every daily calling, in every corner of life — flows freely from a living, daring confidence in God’s grace.
Be sure to save the date and visit ELCA.org/dayofservice for updates to our resources.
You work every day to make your community a better place. We look forward to working together on “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday.
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton offers ideas and encouragement for your day of service.

The Church of the Damascus Road Golf Outing and Fundraiser
2020-09-14 | The Golf Club Fossil Creek, 3401 Clubgate Dr, Fort Worth, TX, 76137, United States
The Church of the Damascus Road is a ministry that assists those people that are imprisoned, as well as those that are out and trying to start over. This Ministry is in the need of funds to continue to provide services to the members of the church and to grow the ministry to help those struggling. We hope that you will join us in a day of golf and support of the important work being done!
Click here for full details and to register.

Workshop for NT-NL Leaders who are Women
2020-09-17 13:00 - 14:00
Barbara Keller, Misconduct Prevention Consultant for the ELCA, will be conducting an online workshop for rostered leaders and SAWLs who are women in the NT-NL Synod. The workshop focuses on dealing with harassment and control issues, which women in ministry frequently experience from colleagues, congregational leaders, and members. The workshop will be on Thursday, September 17, at 1:00pm and will last about an hour. Advance registration is required: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqfuiqqTMiH9YT9xJtk0X0KXrXIkeqSlY_. If you have questions or situations that you would like to have addressed, please email Pr. Kris Totzke: kris@ntnl.org.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Each registration requires approval before this confirmation email is sent, so we appreciate your patience if this does not occur immediately.

Orientation for Online Synod Assembly
2020-09-22 19:00 - 20:00
Save the Date for this orientation or the one tomorrow (Wednesday, September 23, 11am). If you are new to Zoom or have ever had issues with Zoom or your device, please plan to log in up to 30 minutes prior to the orientation to troubleshoot with Jason beforehand. We highly recommend every Voting Member attend at least one orientation to help us avoid being overwhelmed with requests the day of Assembly.
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Sep 22, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Orientation for Online Synod Assembly
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Orientation for Online Synod Assembly
2020-09-23 11:00 - 12:00
Save the Date for this orientation or the one the day before (Tuesday, September 22, 7pm). If you are new to Zoom or have ever had issues with Zoom or your device, please plan to log in up to 30 minutes prior to the orientation to troubleshoot with Jason beforehand. We highly recommend every Voting Member attend at least one orientation to help us avoid being overwhelmed with requests the day of Assembly.
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Sep 23, 2020 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Orientation for Online Synod Assembly
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Synod Council and Conference Deans meetings
2020-09-25 - 2020-09-26
These meetings will be held online.
Friday, September 25, 1:00-3:30pm Synod Council and Conference Deans
1pm: Gather, Bible Study, Prayer
1:45pm: Discussion regarding PWT Statement on Anti-Racism
2:30pm: Break
2:40pm: Discussion regarding Synod investment in Briarwood and next steps
3:30pm: Adjourn
Saturday, September 26, 9:00am-12noon Synod Council

Online Synod Assembly
2020-09-26 13:00 - 16:30
Saturday, September 26, 1:00-4:30pm
*For Voting Members attending today, friendly reminder we will need to occasionally lock the webinar (meaning you will not be able to join) when we need to produce credentialing reports and do voting. You can find the approximate times in the proposed agenda.*
REGISTRATION DETAILS:

Voting Members registered in advance (by Friday, September 18) to be able to attend and vote in this year’s Assembly. You will receive a reminder email from Zoom containing information about joining the webinar the day before, and one hour before, Assembly. You may need to check your junk / spam folder. Once you log into the Zoom webinar, be sure your name reflects how you registered so that you can be confirmed and allowed to vote.
We will be live streaming to the NT-NL Facebook page (no account required) and recording this event for all other attendees.

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To access the Assembly Reference Materials: https://www.ntnl.org/2020-assembly-reference-materials/ (more items to be added in the coming weeks)
Important notes for this year’s Assembly:
Thanks to our good stewardship in previous years, we can offer this online experience at no cost to congregations.
Each voting member will need their own email address to register, and they will need to log into the Zoom webinar on September 26 with that same email address.
Each voting member will need to access the Zoom webinar with their own device to be able to vote. Ideally, this would be a computer so that polling (our voting option this year) is easily seen and accessed. If a tablet or phone is the only option, we highly recommend practicing before Assembly on how to access all the functions of Zoom webinars on each device, specifically where to find the poll option in a timely manner when that opens for each ballot.
If any voting member does not have access to any type of device to be able to login into (not call into) the Zoom webinar, please contact jason@ntnl.org as soon as possible, and we will research options. We will need to know this by Monday, August 31.
If any voting member needs translation in Spanish (there is a language interpretation option within Zoom webinars), please contact jason@ntnl.org by Monday, August 31, and we’ll do our best to get that set up.
Every voting member must be registered by Friday, September 18. No exceptions, no late registrations, and no “walk-ins” will be allowed this year. There are more requirements for online voting than in person, and we need time to implement them to ensure every voting member can be confirmed and their votes are secure.
We will hold two orientations (30-45 minutes each) prior to Assembly: Tuesday, September 22, 7pm, and Wednesday, September 23, 11am. If you are new to Zoom or have ever had issues with Zoom or your device, please plan to log in up to 30 minutes prior to the orientation to troubleshoot with Jason beforehand. We highly recommend every voting member attend at least one orientation to help us avoid being overwhelmed with requests the day of Assembly.
We ask that all Assembly, including technology-related, questions be routed to jason@ntnl.org. Especially starting Friday, September 18, and through Assembly on Saturday, September 26, the rest of synod staff and the Council executive team will be largely unavailable to answer questions as we plan for this new way of doing Assembly. Jason will be available to answer questions for you. We highly recommend each voting member start now on learning their device with Zoom and ask questions sooner rather than later. Please know we will do our best to support everyone, and if folks wait until the day of, we cannot guarantee their full participation (including being able to vote) in this year’s Assembly if we are inundated with requests.
Let’s have fun with this. We’re all experimenting and learning. We appreciate your grace, and we are praying for each of you.
More details forthcoming about this online experience.
To read Bishop’s announcement from July 28: https://www.ntnl.org/bishops-message-tuesday-july-28th-assembly-news/
To review details from our original Assembly event page: https://www.ntnl.org/event/2020-synod-assembly/

ESET (SSTE) Módulo 10 (Día 1 de 5)
2020-10-03 09:00 - 12:00
Teología Sistemática, Credos y Confesiones Luteranas (Día 1 de 5)
via Zoom

ESET (SSTE) Módulo 10 (Día 2 de 5)
2020-10-10 09:00 - 12:00
Teología Sistemática, Credos y Confesiones Luteranas (Día 2 de 5)
via Zoom

Mission Endowment Fund (MEF) Online Fundraiser
2020-10-17
Mission Endowment Fund
GATHER IN THANKFULNESS – 2020 SEEDS THAT CHANGE
Seeds that Change: “… only God makes it grow.” I Cor. 3:7
An Online Worship Event premiering on Saturday, October 17, at 10:00am on the NT-NL Facebook page
The worship service will be available after that for watching at your convenience, as well as on the NT-NL YouTube and Vimeo pages.
Access a flyer with details here.
With Covid-19 and social distancing restrictions, the Mission Endowment Fund 2020 Seeds That Change event will be unique in many respects. The campaign will be online, with the opportunity to participate remotely across the NT-NL Synod. Plans are underway for a special worship service, GATHER IN THANKFULNESS, that celebrates the 25th anniversary of the MEF. The campaign will include newsletter articles, video stories, raffle items, and include a worship service with multiple NT-NL congregations and individuals participating.
While we will not actually be selling “tickets” as we would to an in-person live event, we will continue with the popular option of purchasing virtual tickets and/or a table for 8 attendees.
You may support this campaign online with a PLEDGE or a DONATION. You may also donate by texting “give” to 833-501-3856.

ESET (SSTE) Módulo 10 (Día 3 de 5)
2020-10-17 09:00 - 12:00
Teología Sistemática, Credos y Confesiones Luteranas (Día 3 de 5)
via Zoom

Parish Lay Ministry Academy, Fall 2020, Course 2
2020-10-17 09:00 - 15:30
