Northern Texas - Northern Louisiana Synod, ELCA

Weekly Online Gathering for ELCA Leaders
2020-07-01 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-07-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-07-15 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-07-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-07-29 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | TX
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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Weekly NT-NL Leadership Prayer, Check-in
2020-07-02 10:00 - 10:30, 2020-07-09 10:00 - 10:30, 2020-07-16 10:00 - 10:30, 2020-07-23 10:00 - 10:30, 2020-07-30 10:00 - 10:30 | TX
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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Interim Pastors monthly meeting
2020-07-02 10:30 - 13:00 | TX
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
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Conversations at Briarwood
2020-07-02 19:00 - 20:30 | TX
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

Vance Blackfox on American Indian Memory and Resistance
Thursday, July 2
Vance Blackfox, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is Director of Communications for the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. A graduate of Texas Lutheran University, Vance founded the Vine Deloria Jr. Theological Symposium hosted annually at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago and created Other+Wise, a multi-site cultural immersion program for youth from across the country.
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Conversations at Briarwood
2020-07-09 19:00 - 20:30 | TX
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

Carmen Lansdowne on Crossing Borders and Church-Based Action
Thursday, July 9
The Rev. Carmen Lansdowne, PhD, a member of the Heiltsuk First Nation, is an ordained minister of the United Church of Canada. She directs First United Church Community Ministry Society in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has served on the Executive and Central Committees of the World Council of Churches and is a specialist on Indigenous theology and Indigenous-Christian relationships.
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ESET (SSTE) Módulo 8 (Día 1 de 5)
2020-08-01 09:00 - 12:00 | TX
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 | TX
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 | TX
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 | TX
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 | TX
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 | TX
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 | TX
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 | TX
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 | TX
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 | TX
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 | TX
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 | TX
To register and for full details: https://www.ntnl.org/ministries/plma/

"God's work. Our hands." Sunday
2020-09-13 | TX
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 | TX
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 | TX
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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