"Formerly known as our Confirmation Retreat, we'll get to do all the great things available at Briarwood, like Archery, Swimming, S'mores, and whole lot more! New this year will be our high ropes adventure, which includes a climbing wall, vertical playpen, Jacob’s Ladder, and a 400 ft. zip line! Briarwood is the exciting place to... Read More
Chapel Service at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of the Abiding Presence Public Lecture at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel of the Abiding Presence Rev Bradley Schmeling is an ELCA pastor who was called to the work of reformation simply for living honestly and with integrity. While he was serving as pastor of St. John’s... Read More
From Briarwood's newsletter: Briarwood is holding its Fall Festival and Annual Meeting of the Advisory Board at the Thrivent Financial’s 4th Annual Cooking for Christ Cook-off on Saturday, October 7, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, at Briarwood. The festival and cook-off will be a fun-filled family day at Briarwood! There will games available for...
For details and updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/774590642690679/ Women from all over the NT-NL Synod are coming together for a spiritually enriching weekend October 13-14 (with the option to stay over until the 15th), and are encouraged to bring a friend. The retreat begins Friday afternoon at 2:00. The SWO Board voted to offer eight $50 scholarships with two...
WHAT IS HARMONY? Harmony is The Center for Congregational Song's launch event. Together, we'll facilitate a prophetic conversation about the future of congregational song. One God, Many Voices What happens when we assemble church music leaders from across denominations? We'll see! One thing is for sure: You'll leave HARMONY with a new perspective on congregational...
Focus: Coaching for Ministry Effectiveness and Leadership Key Goals: To provide a time away for our Rostered Ministers and SAWLs of worship, fellowship, and learning. The learning will be focused on informing and equipping leaders to understand the concepts of ministry coaching. Particularly the basics of how to ask good questions, reflectively listen, set goals, and achieve...
Click here for all details: http://www.briarwoodretreat.org/golf Briarwood is excited to announce that the Briarwood Invitational Golf Outing will be held on Friday, October 20. We will again hold the outing at the beautiful Bridlewood Golf Club, 4000 W. Windsor Dr., in Flower Mound. Registration opens at 7:00 am followed by breakfast and 8:30 am shotgun start....
The MEF board is seeking donations for the live and silent auction at the dinner. Contact Sandra Gass, MEF board member, at gass@att.net. More details will be provided as we have them.
How is God Calling You Into the World? Have you ever wondered about Public Ministry? Or Seminary? Or both? Come visit the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and find out for yourself what life is like as a seminarian! Seminary Sampler is a three-day event designed for those who want to immerse themselves in... Read More
"Living Echoes: Your Love to Tell, Your Praise to Show" In 2017, we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation and the 75th anniversary of Trinity, Fort Worth. Join us as we celebrate the heritage of reformation in our music, but also our continued call to reform and respond to the world in which we...
A lecture at Bridwell Library by Dr. Mary Jane Haemig, Professor of Church History, Director of the Reformation Research Program, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. Reception at 6:30 p.m. Lecture at 7:00 p.m. RSVP by October 18: bridadmin@smu.edu or 214-768-3483. Complimentary parking in Meadows Garage; enter the garage through the left entrance.
Dr. Robert Kolb, Mission Professor of Systematic Theology Emeritus at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, will be giving the 2017 Parchman Lectures at Truett Seminary, Baylor University, in Waco on the topic of “What Did Martin Luther Change, and Why?” The three lectures of the series will be held in Powell Chapel at Truett Seminary, on... Read More
Chapel Service at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of the Abiding Presence Public Lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Jackson Auditorium Kathleen Norris is an award-winning poet and a New York Times-bestselling memoirist on matters of Christian spirituality. Her many books include "The Cloister Walk," "Acedia & Me: A Marriage Monks, and a Writer’s Life," "Dakota:... Read More
As the church observes 500 years of the Reformation, the goal is not to remember an honored and distant past but to live the message of the Reformation in the present. The power of the word of God to save and transform lives is as important today as in Luther's time. Friday, October 27, 2017... Read More
The Dallas Eric M. Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany and the Johanniter Humanitarian Group - Texas at the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation cordially invite you to a screening of Luther Saturday, October 28, 2017 7:30pm to 10:00pm Christ Lutheran Church 3001 Lovers Lane Dallas, TX 75225 There is no...
Christ the Servant Concert Series Presents a Reformation Celebration with DFW Brass & Organ October 29, 2017, marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. What better way to celebrate than with an organ and brass concert, featuring one of the top brass ensembles in North Texas! DFW Brass will perform alongside organist Jordan Smith in...
An event commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation Please plan to join ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton on Tuesday, October 31, as she co-hosts a commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The event, which will include speakers and a service, will be at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on Capitol Hill... Read More
Please join us at 11:00 a.m. in the Robert Carr Chapel for the Reformation chapel service, Bishop Erik Gronberg presiding. The service will be followed by a community meal and conversation in the Bass Conference Center in the Harrison Building.
Churches all over the world are commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. This is truly a “once in a lifetime event.” Celebrating this momentous era of the beginning of Protestantism will be a highlight for us as Lutherans. Martin Luther said, “Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the... Read More