Northern Texas - Northern Louisiana Synod, ELCA

Weekly Online Gathering for ELCA Leaders
2020-05-06 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-05-13 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-05-20 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-05-27 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
Here to Serve: Being Church in the Time of COVID-19
Weekly Online Gathering for ELCA Leaders
Wednesdays, 1:00 PM Central
You are invited to join this weekly meeting designed to provide encouragement and support for ELCA leaders in all realms. Participants will hear topical presentations related to how we are called to be Church in the time of COVID-19, 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 #HereToServe
ELCA Coaching is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Being Church in the Time of COVID-19 – Weekly Gathering for ELCA Leaders
Time: Wednesdays 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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You may have heard concerns around using Zoom as a meeting platform. Upon conferring with leadership in our office and experts in the field, it has been affirmed that we are adhering to all of the recommended protocols and guidance for “safer use of Zoom.” It is highly recommended that participants have the most current version of Zoom. If you have concerns, please email jill.beverlin@elca.org for more information.

Weekly NT-NL Leadership Prayer, Check-in
2020-05-07 10:00 - 10:30, 2020-05-14 10:00 - 10:30, 2020-05-21 10:00 - 10:30, 2020-05-28 10:00 - 10:30, 2020-06-04 10:00 - 10:30, 2020-06-11 10:00 - 10:30, 2020-06-18 10:00 - 10:30
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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ESET (SSTE) Módulo 7 (Día 4 de 5)
2020-05-09 09:00 - 12:00 | Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States
Entendiendo el Nuevo Testamento (Día 4 de 5)

Holy Hollywood for NT-NL Young Adults
2020-05-12, 2020-05-26
Are you between the ages of 18 and 39? Do you like movies? Then Holy Hollywood is the place for you! Holy Hollywood is a study offered to young adults in the NT-NL Synod every other week, starting at 6:30pm!
We invite you to join and watch a film together via Netflix party and participate in the conversation afterwards on Zoom (1-hour conversation). There is no commitment, you can watch the film at a different time if that works better for you, and you are not obligated to join the conversation after. Our goal is to create space for community and connection, not additional stress.
Send a request for the Zoom link via email to: YoungAdultsNTNLsynod@gmail.com.
We are praying for you already. Your presence in this community makes us all stronger.
For current information, join the Young Adults of NT-NL Synod Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2369699966655810.

ELCA Youth Gathering Information Meeting
2020-05-12 20:00 - 21:00
We are encouraging every congregation to have at least one person attend this meeting (or the one on May 14): a pastor, youth leader, or parent of a high school student. Even congregations that don’t have youth are encouraged to log in for this call and get the information (and find out how they can be involved whether or not they currently have youth). Zoom login information below.
Learn more from Bishop Gronberg and Janelle Miller:

NT-NL Synod ELCA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: 2021 ELCA Youth Gathering Leaders Meeting
Time: May 12, 2020 08:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Webinar 1 of 2: Theological Perspectives on Immigration from the U.S. Mexico Borderlands
2020-05-13 15:00 - 16:00
This “Perspectives on the Border” webinar series on immigration is a partnership project with Rev. Dr. Jay Alanis, the Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest (LSPS), and the following ELCA synods: Gulf Coast, Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana, Sierra Pacific, and Southwestern Texas.
There are two sessions, and we are offering both for only $50!
Session 1: Theological Perspectives on Immigration from the U.S. Mexico Borderlands (May 13, 3pm Central)
The recent refugee and migrant crisis along the U.S. – Mexico border provides a window into the complex social, political, and cultural worldview of two neighbor nations, a location and human condition that calls for a theological response to how we treat ‘the other.’ The current pandemic has exacerbated the human response to migration. The webinar will offer theological perspectives on immigration as a border-crossing response of faith.
Session 2: Living in Third Spaces: Where the church meets asylum seekers (May 14, 3pm Central)
This webinar will explore liminal space as a third space of faithful living and offer theological perspectives on liminality as sacramental, eucharistic space where the church encounters the migrant other.
Register here.
The sessions will run about an hour in length.
For additional context, we recommend you read this lecture by Rev. Dr. Jay Alanis: “Borderland Ethics Sin Fronteras: Borderland Ethics Without Borders, Neighbor-Love in Liminal Spaces”

ELCA Youth Gathering Information Meeting
2020-05-14 11:30 - 12:30
We are encouraging every congregation to have at least one person attend this meeting (or the one on May 12): a pastor, youth leader, or parent of a high school student. Even congregations that don’t have youth are encouraged to log in for this call and get the information (and find out how they can be involved whether or not they currently have youth). Zoom login information below.
Learn more from Bishop Gronberg and Janelle Miller:

NT-NL Synod ELCA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: 2021 ELCA Youth Gathering Leaders Meeting
Time: May 14, 2020 11:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Webinar 2 of 2: Living in Third Spaces: Where the church meets asylum seekers
2020-05-14 15:00 - 16:00

2020 Briarwood Gala
2020-05-16 | Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States
Postponed to May 16
Online Experience
Details forthcoming

Parish Lay Ministry Academy, Spring 2020, Course 3
2020-05-16 09:00 - 15:30 | Christ Evangelical Lutheran Mission Center at Briarwood, 680 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States
Contact PLMA for Zoom information to join remotely.

ESET (SSTE) Módulo 7 (Día 5 de 5)
2020-05-23 09:00 - 12:00 | Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States
Entendiendo el Nuevo Testamento (Día 5 de 5)

Spanish Language and Hispanic Ministry Intensive I
2020-05-24 - 2020-05-29 | Seminary of the Southwest, 501 E. 32nd St., Austin, TX, 78705, United States
The Summer Language and Hispanic Ministry Intensive is a resource for Lutherans and those of other denominations who recognize the growing need for competency in the Spanish language and an understanding of Hispanic culture in light of the increasing Hispanic population in this country and in the church. The course focuses on study of the Spanish language and Hispanic culture.
WHERE? On the campus of the Seminary of the Southwest, 501 E. 32nd St., Austin, TX 78705. See ssw.edu for map.
WHEN? Beginning Sunday evening May 24, 2020 at 5 p.m. and ending Friday, May 29, 2020 at noon.
HOW? Contact Consuelo E. Reid at lsps@lsps.edu or register online at lsps.edu/programs/hispanicminintensive
Registration Fee: $1,300.00 single room (3 rooms available; first come first serve) includes a daily continental breakfast and lunch and a dinner on Memorial Day. $800.00 without lodging on campus: includes a daily lunch and a dinner on Memorial Day.
All other meals are on your own. Restaurants within walking distance. You may request a list of nearby hotels.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPATION.
No refunds after April 30. Sorry, no scholarships available.
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For the Healing of the Nations - Invitation to a Global Companion Prayer Service
2020-05-31 13:00 - 14:00
ELCA Global Mission invites you to join a contemplative prayer service:

For the Healing of the Nations
Invitation to a Global Companion Prayer Service
Pentecost Sunday, May 31, 1pm Central
For the Healing of the Nations will speak specifically to this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, our anxieties and stress, and calling for God’s hope, comfort, and healing.
Participating in the leadership of this contemplative prayer service will be some of our synod and companion church colleagues, who will offer prayers of intercession.
This will be an online event. This service will be approximately 45 minutes in length and will be recorded.
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Afterwards, a PDF file of the service will be made available on the Global Mission webpage (https://elca.org/Resources/Global-Mission) to use in your own settings / gatherings.
Please light a candle and join us in this global effort to pray together for the healing of the world.
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Weekly Online Gathering for ELCA Leaders
2020-06-03 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-06-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-06-17 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)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 180 439 412
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Vital Congregations - Vital Communities: Building Leadership Capacity for Latinx Ministries
2020-06-07 - 2020-06-11 | Seminary of the Southwest, 501 E. 32nd St., Austin, TX, 78705, United States
This Level II Intensive course is designed to enhance leadership competence in the development and support of Latinx ministries in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 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.
Rev. Rubén Durán is the primary instructor. He serves as Director for Congregational Vitality in the Domestic Mission unit of the ELCA and brings extensive leadership experience in evangelical and justice ministry amidst diverse local contexts as well as ecumenically and internationally. He is joined by a team of leaders with deep wisdom and proven expertise:
The Rev. Josh Ebener serves as a bilingual parish pastor at St. Andrew Lutheran Church – Iglesia Luterana San Andres in West Chicago, Ill., a multicultural, bilingual congregation of the ELCA; the Rev. Irma Bañales is Director for Evangelical Mission, Northern Texas – Northern Louisiana Synod; the Rev. Dr. Javier (Jay) Alanís is Executive Director and Associate Professor of Theology, Culture and Mission, Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest, Austin, Texas.
WHERE? Campus of the Seminary of the Southwest, 501 E. 32nd St., Austin, TX 78705
WHEN? Beginning Sunday, June 7, 2020, at 5 pm, and ending Thursday, June 11, 2020, at noon
HOW? Contact Consuelo E. Reid at lsps@lsps.edu or register online at: lsps.edu/programs/bldg-cong-capacity-hispanic-min/intensive-ii-registration
Registration Fee: $650 per person, or $500 per person for 3 from the same congregation (includes three lunches).
You are responsible for your own lodging and meals. Please contact us for a list of nearby hotels.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPATION.
No refunds after April 30. Sorry, no scholarships available.
Click here for a flyer with full details.

Conversation @ Briarwood
2020-06-11 19:00 - 20:30
Briarwood Leadership Center is starting a new 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
Our first conversation on Thursday, June 11, will focus on how we best have political conversations in times of crisis. We will explore topics like church/state relations and the concept of Civil Society. These are uncomfortable conversations; pastors and other leaders can be prepared to convene and host them.
In preparation, take a look at this blog entry on how Civil Society theory can help inform the church’s role in these societal conversations.
Welcome to this Conversation @ Briarwood!
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Meeting ID: 431 838 8272
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Commemoration of the Emanuel Nine
2020-06-17
As part of the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, voting members adopted a resolution designating June 17 as a commemoration of the martyrdom of the Emanuel 9—the nine people shot and killed on June 17, 2015, during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.
The resources referenced below are provided to help congregations mark this day. Many of these materials were recently produced for this first year of marking the commemoration; among the others are helpful ELCA websites and documents as well as resources from our ecumenical partners.
In this time of pandemic, many of the resources will need to be adapted for virtual worship, online conversation, or individual reflection and devotion. You are invited to use them in whatever ways are most helpful for your local context.
Our relationship to the shooter, as well as two of the slain, reminds us of both our complicity and our calling. Together we confess that we are in bondage to the sins of racism and white supremacy and, at the same time, we rejoice in the freedom that is ours in Christ Jesus who “has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us” (Ephesians 2:14). May God continue to guide us as we seek repentance and renewal, and racial justice and reconciliation among God’s precious children.
An online ELCA Prayer Service for the Commemoration of the Emanuel Nine, including Bishop Eaton and leaders from around the church, is being prepared for viewing beginning on June 17, 2020, the fifth anniversary of the martyrdom of the Emanuel Nine.
Resources for the Commemoration of the Emanuel Nine can be found at ELCA.org/EmanuelNine.
The video prayer service will be available for viewing at any time, aiming for release by mid-day on June 17, possibly with a timed “premiere” in conjunction with the CWO worship time, 11:15 a.m. CDT.

NT-NL Commemoration of the Emanuel 9
2020-06-17
NT-NL African American Ministries
invite you to join us
for a Commemoration of the Emanuel 9
on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 7 p.m. via Zoom

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