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SUMMARY:Systems Theory and Anxiety workshop
DESCRIPTION:When: January 7th\, 1-2pm Central\nCost: Free\nVenue: Zoom (see link below)\n\n\n\nDeacon Mary Ann Schwabe’s presentation will give a refresher course on System Theory and dig into how anxiety affects all of our relationships and the systems – family\, congregation\, society. Discussing the difference between chronic and acute anxiety\, this presentation is intended to give us language for ongoing conversations throughout 2021. \nThroughout 2020 church leaders have experienced new and different forms of pressure. 2021 will bring another set of these pressures as we continue to engage an environment of pandemic\, political challenges and division in society. Anxiety increases tension\, understanding your role as leader in that anxiety\, owning that\, and processing it will make you a more effective leader. \nMary Ann Schwabe is a Deacon who serves as the Natural Systems Coordinator in the Office of the Presiding Bishop for the churchwide office in Chicago. \n\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/94824486019?pwd=NnVwTUpIN3BKWmVHMTdRMzFvQzdtdz09 \nMeeting ID: 948 2448 6019\nPasscode: 918223 \nOne tap mobile\n+13462487799\,\,94824486019#\,\,\,\,\,\,0#\,\,918223# US (Houston)\n+16699006833\,\,94824486019#\,\,\,\,\,\,0#\,\,918223# US (San Jose) \nDial by your location\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 948 2448 6019\nPasscode: 918223
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/systems-theory-anxiety-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Briarwood Leadership Center,NT-NL Synod
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SUMMARY:2021 ELCA World Hunger Leadership Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Greetings from ELCA World Hunger! Whether you are a newly connected or longtime advocate of our shared work\, we are grateful for your partnership in seeking a just world where all are fed. \nThis signature event gathers ELCA World Hunger’s leaders for a time of networking\, idea sharing\, learning and planning for our shared ministry to address hunger and its root causes in our local and global communities. Next year’s event\, January 20 through 23\, we will center on John 6:11-12 and the theme “And All Were Satisfied.” For the first time in the event’s history\, we will gather virtually! \nWe celebrate the new opportunities this gathering brings\, including the chance to welcome more participants than ever before. As we look forward\, we know that our future church is younger and more diverse; who do you want to invite to be part of the conversation and our ministry together? \nRegister here: https://community.elca.org/online-registration/2021-elca-world-hunger-leadership-gathering-january. The event fee is $20\, with sponsorship opportunities available to those for whom the cost would be a barrier to attending. Once you register\, you will receive the information needed to join in the event. \nLet us know if you have any questions: hunger@elca.org or 773-380-1749. \nUntil all are fed\,\nJuliana Glassco and the ELCA World Hunger Team
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/2021-elca-world-hunger-leadership-gathering/
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Partner Organizations
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SUMMARY:Living Connected Workshop on Creation’s Gift of Waste
DESCRIPTION:Waste as a gift may sound strange\, but throughout creation\, the waste of one creature becomes the life of another in a continuous cycle. The exception is our species\, which declares things useless and buries or incinerates them. This Living Connected workshop will: \n\nReflect on the way our systems make it easy to be wasteful;\nDiscuss spiritual practices for viewing waste differently; and\nProvide resources for making faith-based choices about waste.\n\nNT-NL Public Witness is offering this workshop online twice in January 2021. The presenter is Katrina Martich\, a Lutheran Deaconess and licensed environmental engineer in Texas. \nSaturday\, January 23\, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST \nTuesday\, January 26\, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CST \nRegister at katrinamartich.com for the Zoom link. \nLiving Connected presents creation care as a spiritual discipline\, formed by using the gifts of creation in just and loving ways. Workshops are offered at a reduced cost thanks to a grant from the NT-NL Synod Mission Endowment Fund. For more information\, send an email to Katrina at contact@katrinamartich.com
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/living-connected-workshop-on-creations-gift-of-waste/2021-01-23/
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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SUMMARY:2021 Tri-Theological Conference
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe 2021 Tri-Theological Conference with Professor Michael DeJonge \nCo-sponsored by the Southwestern Texas Synod\, Gulf Coast Synod\, Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod\, and Briarwood Leadership Center \nThis is an online event. \n  \n\nDietrich Bonhoeffer in conversation with his twin sister\, Sabine \n  \nBonhoeffer\, Struggle\, and Resistance\nMonday\, January 25\, 2–4pm (all times Central) \nThe life of Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) is often interpreted through his participation in plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler. While his prayer and discernment led him to that point\, his call for direct resistance to unjust actions of the state began much earlier. This session will introduce Bonhoeffer\, his context\, and his increasing calls for resistance\, both within the church and in direct word and action against the state. \n  \nBonhoeffer the Lutheran\nTuesday\, January 26\, 10am–Noon \nBonhoeffer has become a broadly popular figure throughout western Christianity. His stance against Adolf Hitler\, the Third Reich\, and accommodating elements within German Christianity cost him his life. Studies of his life and thought\, however\, have not always taken into account the specificity of his Lutheran commitments. How\, for instance\, does Lutheranism inform Bonhoeffer’s approach to pacifism and violence? What can that teach Lutherans about our tradition today? \n  \nBonhoeffer’s Politics and Our Own\nTuesday\, January 26\, 2–4pm \nBonhoeffer is often referenced when people are seeking faithful responses to political crises. All sides of the US political spectrum have wondered if we are in a “Bonhoeffer moment.” Bonhoeffer’s historical\, political\, and cultural context was quite distinct from the early 21st-Century United States. In what ways can Bonhoeffer’s theological commitments help interpret political realities today? How can those insights inform faithful leadership and proclamation in the midst of current struggles? \n  \nCost: $75 ($50 early-bird special until December 18)\nRegistration closes at 10am Central on January 25\nREGISTER HERE. \nDownload a flyer here to share. \n  \n \nMichael P. DeJonge is Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida. He researches the history of Christian thought and issues involving religion and politics. \nDeJonge has been a Fulbright Scholar\, a Fellow of the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies\, a Volkswagen/Mellon Fellow at the Leibniz-Institute for European History in Mainz\, Germany\, and Visiting Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Theology and Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York. \nHis scholarship has focused on the twentieth-century German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer\, with monographs including Bonhoeffer’s Theological Formation (Oxford\, 2012)\, Bonhoeffer’s Reception of Luther (Oxford\, 2017)\, and Bonhoeffer on Resistance: The Word Against the Wheel (Oxford\, 2018). \n  \n \nEvent Structure \nThe conference organizers intend for this event to be directly relevant to your daily vocation and service in church and society. We are seeking to foster sustained\, engaged conversation in addition to providing important content in Prof. DeJonge’s presentations. \nEach of the conference’s scheduled sessions will include a breakout opportunity. In order to facilitate focused conversation\, our request is that you come to the breakout session with one overarching question and one significant quote from the text assigned for that session. \nFeel free to emphasize your personal responses and commitments as you engage the text. Our conversations will be enriched if you choose quotes that resonate with you and craft questions that are open-ended (questions that can’t be answered with a simple “yes” or “no”). \nLike you\, Bonhoeffer was a Christian leader deeply engaged with and challenged by his context. Your personal reflections on your life of service will carry us forward throughout our time together. \n  \nIntended Audience  \nThis gathering is open for all people interested in the overarching topic\, both lay and rostered. Our two-hour sessions will be structured to include a significant presentation from Prof. Michael DeJonge\, ample time for discussion in breakout sessions\, and time for sharing in plenary. Each session will have options for compact but in-depth reading intended to enrich conversation throughout the event. \n  \nRecommended Readings \nMichael P. DeJonge\, Bonhoeffer’s Theological Formation: Berlin\, Barth\, and Protestant Theology (Oxford University Press) \nMichael P. DeJonge\, Bonhoeffer’s Reception of Luther (Oxford University Press) \nMichael P. DeJonge\, Bonhoeffer on Resistance: The Word Against the Wheel (Oxford University Press) \nDietrich Bonhoeffer\, Life Together (Reader’s Edition\, Fortress Press) \nDietrich Bonhoeffer\, Discipleship (Reader’s Edition\, Fortress Press) \nDietrich Bonhoeffer\, Ethics (Reader’s Edition\, Fortress Press) \nDietrich Bonhoeffer\, Letters and Papers from Prison (Reader’s Edition\, Fortress Press) \nClifford J. Green and Michael P. DeJonge\, eds.\, The Bonhoeffer Reader (Fortress Press) \nDietrich Bonhoeffer: Holocaust Encyclopedia By Victoria J. Barnett \nhttps://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/dietrich-bonhoeffer \nExploring Bonhoeffer’s Writings By Clifford Green \nhttps://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/exploring-bonhoeffers-writings \nIs This a Bonhoeffer Moment? Lessons for American Christians from the Confessing Church in Germany By Lori Brandt Hale and Reggie L. Williams \nhttps://sojo.net/magazine/february-2018/bonhoeffer-moment \nHijacking Bonhoeffer (review of Eric Metaxas\, Bonhoeffer) By Clifford Green \nhttps://www.christiancentury.org/reviews/2010-09/hijacking-bonhoeffer \nBonhoeffer Co-Opted (review of Charles Marsh\, Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer) By Joel Looper \nhttps://lareviewofbooks.org/article/bonhoeffer-co-opted/ \nA More Intimate Portrait of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (review of Diane Reynolds\, The Doubled Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Women\, Sexuality\, and Nazi Germany) By Lisa E. Dahill \nhttps://www.christiancentury.org/review/books/more-intimate-portrait-bonhoeffer \nChristian Complicity? Changing Views on German Churches and the Holocaust By Robert P. Ericksen \nhttps://www.ushmm.org/m/pdfs/Publication_OP_2009-11.pdf \nSpecial Focus: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (online exhibit) By Victoria J. Barnett \nhttps://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/special-focus/dietrich-bonhoeffer \nThe Church Struggle and the Confessing Church: An Introduction to Bonhoeffer’s Context By Matthew D. Hockenos \nhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/28799641_The_Church_Struggle_and_the_Confessing_Church_An_Introduction_to_Bonhoeffer’s_Context \n\n  \nFor some creative history on Bonhoeffer\, check out this Lego short created 10 years ago by NT-NL young adult Tom Blaney! He has lived and regularly attended church services in all three Texas ELCA Synods (Frisco\, Austin\, and Houston). Tom was active in campus ministry at UTexas\, a Briarwood summer camp counselor\, and a 2019 ELCA Churchwide Voting Member representing NT-NL. (This video was done as a school project and won second place in the Texas Coalition for Holocaust Education’s Yom HaShoah “Upstanders in the Holocaust” Art\, Writing\, and Video contest.)
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/2021-theological-conference/
CATEGORIES:Briarwood Leadership Center,NT-NL Synod
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