LCM Denton Presents: Socially Distant Oktoberfest
2020-10-24 | TX
The Board of Lutheran Campus Ministry at Denton has decided that our annual trivia challenge and silent auction this fall will be a virtual event. We typically gather at Briarwood for a festive dinner with themed table decorations, Lutheran-themed trivia, and tables of auction items.

Since caring for our neighbors is an integral part of putting our faith into action, we know that it is our duty to hold a virtual Trivia challenge and silent auction this year. We will have more details coming soon about how the trivia challenge and auction will work, but we can share with you that the trivia challenge will expand beyond the traditional Lutheran-themed questions to include other trivia questions and that our overall theme will be Oktoberfest. And if you have any items to donate for an online silent auction, please contact Brandon Parsons (brandonparsons@mac.com) or Pastor Jim Rowe (pastor@lcmdenton.org).
The date of the Trivia challenge will be Saturday, October 24, at 7:00 pm. Start organizing your teams and get ready for a night of fun!
You may send a text with the phrase LuminDenton to the phone # 243725 to learn more and register for the event.

ESET (SSTE) Módulo 10 (Día 4 de 5)
2020-10-24 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | TX
Teología Sistemática, Credos y Confesiones Luteranas (Día 4 de 5)
via Zoom

Living Connected: Creation’s Gift of Material Goods
2020-10-24 10:00 - 11:30, 2020-10-27 19:00 - 20:30 | TX
Workshop on Creation’s Gift of Material Goods
The Living Connected project presents creation care as a spiritual discipline, formed by using the gifts of creation in just and loving ways. The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice is offering Living Connected: Material Goods online twice in October.
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.
Saturday, October 24, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
Tuesday, October 27, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT
Register at katrinamartich.com to receive the Zoom link.
Material goods we use daily connect us to others and all creation through the world’s economy and ecology. The workshop will look at ways our choices make a difference in the world and can be an expression of our faith. It offers ideas and resources for spiritual practices in our use of material goods. Over time, these practices build upon each other and become the spiritual discipline of creation care.
The workshops are offered at a reduced cost thanks to a grant from the NT-NL Synod Mission Endowment Fund. For more information, or to discuss ways your congregation can transform its use of creation’s gifts, send an email to Deaconess Katrina Martich at contact@katrinamartich.com.
Click here for a bulletin insert for October.

Conversations at Briarwood: Public Faith, Part 2
2020-10-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States
How can politics be faithful? Christians in the United States are of many different minds. Sometimes, church can feel hyper-partisan. Other church folk want to disengage from politics. Are there really only two sides to community issues, and do we always have to disagree? How do faith and fear shape our response to the world as we seek to live in love as followers of Jesus? How can our participation in civic life be grounded in the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
As the US approaches “Election Day” in the election season already underway, these upcoming “Conversations at Briarwood” with prominent Evangelical leaders Hunter Baker and Shane Claiborne will help us explore these questions together. The divide between evangelical and mainline Christians in the US can sometimes seem like we’re the Republican and Democratic parties at prayer. How can we get beyond partisanship to the task of crafting new forms of public faith?
Conversations will be online, using Zoom. For full details and to register for October 29: https://www.facebook.com/events/3934109916618770/

ESET (SSTE) Módulo 10 (Día 5 de 5)
2020-10-31 09:00 - 12:00 | TX
Teología Sistemática, Credos y Confesiones Luteranas (Día 5 de 5)
via Zoom

Parish Lay Ministry Academy, Fall 2020, Course 3
2020-11-14 09:00 - 15:30 | TX
To register and for full details: https://www.ntnl.org/ministries/plma/

Weekly Online Gathering for ELCA Leaders
2020-12-02 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-12-09 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-12-23 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-12-30 13:00 - 14:00 | TX
Being Church
Wednesdays, 1:00 PM Central
You are invited to join this weekly online 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, as well as have an opportunity to be in small group discussions with an ELCA group coach facilitating the conversation. This is where the magic happens. All of this is designed to help us process our emotions and thus 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
How have we been church, with individuals and with communities? How are we being church? How are we called to be church with all people, with creation, and in an ever-changing world?
We understand a number of folks are unable to make this day and time each week. We record the main session and the wrap-up time. We share each recording with supporting documents here by the following week: https://www.elcacoaching.org/podcasts/media.
You can also find a list of upcoming topics and presenters on the home page of our website: https://www.elcacoaching.org/.
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Stars and Promises Christmas concert featuring Peter Mayer, lead guitarist for Jimmy Buffett
2020-12-09 | TX
December 9, 7pm Central
Benefiting ELCA World Hunger
Facebook Premiere (accessible without a facebook account)
In the first ever event of its kind, ELCA World Hunger presents an online Christmas benefit concert featuring Peter Mayer, who is a longtime Lutheran and the lead guitarist for Jimmy Buffett.
Although we are in the midst of a difficult winter due to COVID-19, we know that, through God’s abundance, you have shown incredible generosity by supporting the necessary work of the church. This concert is a gift to you this Advent season. It is a way for us to say thank you and provide a place for you to gather online with the church community as we prepare for the birth of our Savior.
The concert is free and will premiere on the ELCA Facebook page with a live chat so you can engage with the audience, ELCA staff, and Peter Mayer himself. Donations to ELCA World Hunger are encouraged and will support our church’s work to respond to hunger and poverty in more than 60 countries around the world.
Registration opens on November 18! Register to receive a free exclusive Peter Mayer Christmas album download, created just for this event!
Make sure to share this event with your friends and join the fun on Twitter and Instagram with the hashtags #ELCAChurchTogether and #StarsAndPromises, and ELCA World Hunger with be re-sharing your posts.
We hope to see you there!

Longest Night / Blue Christmas Service
2020-12-21 19:00 - 20:00 | TX
On December 21st at 7pm, the NT-NL synod will be hosting an online Longest Night / Blue Christmas worship opportunity. This service is a time of reflection, prayer, music, and draws attention to the reality that while Christmas is a joyful time we also know it can and does bring many griefs. In 2020 in particular it is wise to take time to grieve the many losses we have experienced and continue to experience due to the Covid-19 pandemic while also reflecting on the promise of Immanuel, God with Us, coming in the Christ child.
In this year when we will have a Christmas unlike any other we invite you to share a time of worship and reflection acknowledging our griefs and losses, taking seriously those feelings and hurts, while also hearing words of hope shared in community.
Bishop Gronberg preaching. Rev. Phil Heinz presiding, and Calvary, Richland Hills, musicians providing worship leadership.
The service will be livestreamed from Calvary, Richland Hills, and shared on our NT-NL Facebook page.
Here’s a link to the bulletin for the service.

Systems Theory and Anxiety workshop
2021-01-07 13:00 - 14:00 | TX
When: January 7th, 1-2pm Central
Cost: Free
Venue: Zoom (see link below)

Deacon 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.
Throughout 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.
Mary 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.

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2021 ELCA World Hunger Leadership Gathering
2021-01-20 - 2021-01-23 | TX
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.
This 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!
We 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?
Register 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.
Let us know if you have any questions: hunger@elca.org or 773-380-1749.
Until all are fed,
Juliana Glassco and the ELCA World Hunger Team

Living Connected Workshop on Creation’s Gift of Waste
2021-01-23 10:00 - 11:30 | TX
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:

Reflect on the way our systems make it easy to be wasteful;
Discuss spiritual practices for viewing waste differently; and
Provide resources for making faith-based choices about waste.

NT-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.
Saturday, January 23, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST
Tuesday, January 26, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CST
Register at katrinamartich.com for the Zoom link.
Living 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

2021 Tri-Theological Conference
2021-01-25 - 2021-01-26 | TX
The 2021 Tri-Theological Conference with Professor Michael DeJonge
Co-sponsored by the Southwestern Texas Synod, Gulf Coast Synod, Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod, and Briarwood Leadership Center
This is an online event.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer in conversation with his twin sister, Sabine

Bonhoeffer, Struggle, and Resistance
Monday, January 25, 2–4pm (all times Central)
The 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.

Bonhoeffer the Lutheran
Tuesday, January 26, 10am–Noon
Bonhoeffer 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?

Bonhoeffer’s Politics and Our Own
Tuesday, January 26, 2–4pm
Bonhoeffer 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?

Cost: $75 ($50 early-bird special until December 18)
Registration closes at 10am Central on January 25
REGISTER HERE.
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Michael 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.
DeJonge 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.
His 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).

Event Structure
The 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.
Each 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.
Feel 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”).
Like 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.

Intended Audience
This 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.

Recommended Readings
Michael P. DeJonge, Bonhoeffer’s Theological Formation: Berlin, Barth, and Protestant Theology (Oxford University Press)
Michael P. DeJonge, Bonhoeffer’s Reception of Luther (Oxford University Press)
Michael P. DeJonge, Bonhoeffer on Resistance: The Word Against the Wheel (Oxford University Press)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together (Reader’s Edition, Fortress Press)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Discipleship (Reader’s Edition, Fortress Press)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethics (Reader’s Edition, Fortress Press)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison (Reader’s Edition, Fortress Press)
Clifford J. Green and Michael P. DeJonge, eds., The Bonhoeffer Reader (Fortress Press)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Holocaust Encyclopedia By Victoria J. Barnett
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/dietrich-bonhoeffer
Exploring Bonhoeffer’s Writings By Clifford Green
https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/exploring-bonhoeffers-writings
Is This a Bonhoeffer Moment? Lessons for American Christians from the Confessing Church in Germany By Lori Brandt Hale and Reggie L. Williams
https://sojo.net/magazine/february-2018/bonhoeffer-moment
Hijacking Bonhoeffer (review of Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer) By Clifford Green
https://www.christiancentury.org/reviews/2010-09/hijacking-bonhoeffer
Bonhoeffer Co-Opted (review of Charles Marsh, Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer) By Joel Looper
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/bonhoeffer-co-opted/
A 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
https://www.christiancentury.org/review/books/more-intimate-portrait-bonhoeffer
Christian Complicity? Changing Views on German Churches and the Holocaust By Robert P. Ericksen
https://www.ushmm.org/m/pdfs/Publication_OP_2009-11.pdf
Special Focus: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (online exhibit) By Victoria J. Barnett
https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/special-focus/dietrich-bonhoeffer
The Church Struggle and the Confessing Church: An Introduction to Bonhoeffer’s Context By Matthew D. Hockenos
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/28799641_The_Church_Struggle_and_the_Confessing_Church_An_Introduction_to_Bonhoeffer’s_Context

For 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.)

ELCA Extravaganza 2021
2021-02-04 - 2021-02-06 | TX
The Extravaganza is the annual gathering of children, youth, and family ministry leaders from across the ELCA. It is so much more than a conference: it’s space to be stretched, it’s worship, it’s inspiring speakers, it’s learning from colleagues across the country, it’s sharing your insights with others, it’s informative and transformative. The Extravaganza is renewing, educational, and connects you with others…then sends you home strengthened for the ministry to which you have been called.
The Extravaganza is for the professional and the volunteer. It is for the old and the young. It is for the urban, the suburban, and the rural. It is for pastors, it is for lay people. It is for all adult leaders who share in the adventure we call children, youth, and family ministry!
Location: Online

For 2021:
The scriptures are full of stories of God’s people holding loosely to their plans and learning to trust in the grace and the mission of God.
And so, as God’s people, we are reminded that grace is a gift of God, and trust follows grace. God calls on God’s people to trust in God’s abundance, love and promise. Too often, we try and maintain our own sense of control. But if ministry in 2020 has taught us anything, it has taught us that we are not in control. The world is a broken, turbulent place and we cannot navigate these troubled waters by ourselves.
And so, obediently, we trust in the work of the Holy Spirit in the midst of turbulent times. And we partner with God, serving as God’s hands doing God’s work in a world that is in need of hope.
We hold loosely, letting go of our need to control, creating space for the Spirit to work, and trusting in God, who has a vision for the world.
Extravaganza 2021 will explore God’s call to hold loosely to our own plans, and our need to control, and to trust in the one who comes to create, to redeem and to sustain. God’s call for us to “Hold Loosely” and trust is more important now than ever, as we live and do ministry in a time of pandemic, of racial injustice and unrest, of social division and political turmoil.
Our conversations at #ext21 will center around five questions:

How do we help those we work with navigate the grief of losing “normal?” How do we navigate that same grief for ourselves?
How do we care for ourselves in the midst of accompanying others in their pain?
How do we navigate change?
What should we do next?
How do we find hope in the midst of chaos?

It is in the words of Ephesians 2:8 that we are reminded that we place our trust in God’s grace, which provides guidance and direction during these hard days. And that this grace is a gift that we discover when we hold loosely.
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.” – Ephesians 2:8

Synod Council and Deans Meeting
2021-02-05 13:00 - 16:00 | TX
This meeting will be held online.
Sketch and Outline of Presentation to
NTNL Synod Council and Deans
Leading into God’s Future Together
February 5, 2021, 1-4pm
Objective and Purpose
Provide tools and resources to help pastoral and synodical leaders initiate conversations in congregations regarding their futures in light of the changing realities that have been brought on by Covid-19 and other circumstances and situations.
Structure
Basic structure will be three one-hour sessions, each lasting about 50 minutes with a ten-minute break between each session.
Session 1 – Basic Introductions and Defining our Problem

Bishop welcome and sharing learnings thus far.
Defining our problem, where are we “stuck?”

What challenges and struggles are congregations/pastors and lay leaders/synodical leaders encountering in the present moment? Where do you see us stuck?

Session 2 – Helpful theoretical resources that speak to our present moment

Systems theory

Who is responsible, reframing, what is goal?
What leads to “stuckness?”
Leading through resistance.
Distinction between empathy and sympathy.

Narrative theory and future story

We all, individuals and congregations, have a narrative.
Introduce idea of a future story.
Functional vs. dysfunctional stories

Grounding in reality, so we can make clear and realistic decisions about how to live into the future, even if that future is unknown.

Session 3 – Practical Application: Leading into the new, being prophetic and pastoral

Interactive exercises and sharing. Relating to real life situations.
Building resilience and ability to lead through resistance and into change.

Resources to be Applied
Andy Lester’s book, Hope in Pastoral Care and Counseling (concept of Future Story)
Ed Friedmann: Failure of Nerve, and Friedman’s Fables; Wayne Menking: When All Else Fails; Rethinking our Pastoral Vocation in Times of Stuck. (Systems theory, change and resistance)

Synod Council and MEF Meeting
2021-02-06 09:00 - 14:00 | TX
This meeting will be held online.

Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation
2021-02-11 13:00 - 14:30 | TX
Virtual Keynote with Dr. Linda. A. Hill
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What does it take to build organizations that can innovate again and again?
The short answer: the right leadership. Utilizing findings outlined in her book “Collective Genius,” Professor Hill
will discuss how leaders at such companies as Google, HCL and Pixar developed the key capabilities to get
innovation done.
This session reveals how these organizations go about developing a context where people are willing and able
to do the hard work that innovative problem solving requires. They build communities with a shared purpose
and a consistent set of values and rules of engagement that allow individual slices of genius to be leveraged
into collective genius. This speech also offers insight into what organizations can do to develop leaders with
the right mindset and talents.
About Dr. Linda A. Hill
Linda Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School
(HBS (and chair of the HBS Leadership Initiative. Dr. Hill is regarded as one of the world’s top experts on
leadership. She was named by Thinkers50 as one of the top ten management thinkers in the world in 2013 and
received the Thinkers50 Innovation Award in 2015. In addition to presenting insights from her research
captured in the book Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation, Dr. Hill will also discuss the
leadership imperative for innovation today published in her book Being the Boss: The Three Imperatives for
Becoming a Great Leader.
Dr. Hill is co-founder of Paradox Strategies — a leadership and consulting firm that advises organizations and
boards on innovation, leadership and diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is a current and past Board member
of multiple publicly traded companies and sits on numerous boards of non-profit institutions globally, including
the Board of Trustees of the Aspen Forum for the Future of Higher Education, the United Nations Institute for
Training and Research, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund USA. Hill is also a
member of the HR People + Strategy Advisory Council.

Re-imagining Using Church Spaces
2021-02-22 19:00 - 20:00 | TX
Join the NT-NL Synod, Briarwood Leadership Center, and Foundry Commercial for a FREE webinar for congregational leaders to learn best practices around utilizing church space to create opportunity for ministry. Open to all.
Registration required: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvdOyqqT0sE938YThBTLnMwXypW-OauJBz. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
This webinar will not be a promotional presentation but will walk through case studies, focusing on re-imagining church space and all the different ways to think about how real estate can assist in church use, and there will be time for questions and answers.
Learn more here:

Synod Devotions for Lent
2021-02-23 11:00 - 11:30 | TX
Tuesdays in Lent 2021
Synod Online Devotions, 11-11:20am (Central) via Zoom broadcast to Facebook
A time for leaders to take a moment to center ourselves in this Holy Season.
We will begin with a litany, special music, then read the gospel for the coming Sunday and have a short reflection.
We will close with prayer (prayer requests taken in the chat).
Bishop Gronberg will lead the liturgy; NT-NL first call pastors will bring the reflection.
Join us live on Zoom (link below) or watch on Facebook.

Feb 23: Mark 8:31-38 Rev. Nick Schmidlin (Faith, Flower Mound)
March 2: John 2:13-22 Rev. Kelsey Fitting-Snyder (St. Matthew, Waco)
March 9: John 3:14-21 Rev. Eric Saed (Trinity, Clovis, NM)
March 16: John 12:20-33 Rev. Kathryn Saunders-Allen (Good Shepherd, Irving)
March 23: Mark 11:1-11 Rev. Tom Schwolert (Gloria Dei, Garland)

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Lenten Journey: Landscapes of Our Soul
2021-02-24 19:00 - 20:00 | TX
Wednesdays in Lent, 7pm Central
February 24 – March 24
With Biblical and landscape artist Sara Novenson, and spiritual director and pastor, the Rev. Linda Anderson-Little, we will use Sara’s nature paintings as a visual tool for prayer (visio divina) and the Psalms for reflection and renewal. Art helps open up the creative side of our heart where prayer and faith reside, as we experience our inner spiritual landscape and explore deeper ways of connecting with God. FREE and OPEN TO ALL through a Mission Endowment Fund (MEF) Grant of the NT-NL Synod. Register here, and the Zoom Link and Passcode will be emailed to you.

Parish Lay Ministry Academy, Spring 2021, Course 1
2021-03-13 09:00 - 15:30 | TX

Discovering Hope Conference: Building Vitality in Your Congregation
2021-03-13 10:00 - 12:00 | TX
A conference to explore the best practices for Vital Ministry
This conference will be held online and is designed to build vitality in congregations with fewer than 50 people in worship. However, congregations with greater than 50 will also find it helpful. The focus is on spirituality, leadership, and community connections.
Topics covered include:

Stories of Hope: Finding Vitality in your Congregation
Making Disciples: Learning to Live Jesus’ Way
Evangelism: A Way of Life
Leadership: Who’s Driving the Tractor?
Discovering the Gift of Place
Mission: Possible – Discovering Hope for the Future

We encourage at least 3 people to attend from each congregation.
Only $20 per congregation (includes 1 copy of the book)
Register here: https://tithe.ly/event-registration/#/3279968 (registration closes 1 hour before the start of the conference)
The mailing address included with your registration is where we will send the book. If you register by March 5, you will likely receive your book prior to the conference.
The Zoom link will be emailed to registrants the morning of the conference.
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Questions? Contact Rev. Irma Banales, irma@ntl.org

National Lutheran Choir 2021 Winter Online Program
2021-03-14 | TX
Hope Lives
Sunday, March 14, 4pm Central
Join singers of the National Lutheran Choir and guest artists, the Keith Hampton Singers & Friends, for a FREE online hymn festival. We will sing well-known hymns that highlight the joy of an ever-growing hope, and new hymns that speak to our time, inviting all people to sing in joy together “…as all the world in wonder echoes shalom.”

Living Connected Workshop on Creation's Gift of Land
2021-03-20 10:00 - 11:30 | TX
Land is a constant under our feet, and yet, except for those who make their living from the land, we may seldom think of it. We receive all our food and material goods from land. In its broadest sense, land is the place where we live, and it connects us to all life that shares the place with us. This Living Connected workshop will explore the ways we are called to care for land and offer spiritual practices for faith-based action.
NT-NL Public Witness is offering this Living Connected workshop online twice in March 2021. The presenter is Katrina Martich, a Lutheran Deaconess and licensed environmental engineer in Texas.
Saturday, March 20, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST
Tuesday, March 23, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CST
Register at katrinamartich.com for the Zoom link.
Living 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
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NT-NL Young Adults Spring Archery Event
2021-03-20 13:00 - 16:00 | Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, 76226, United States
Bibles, bows, bullseyes, and great physically distanced times with NT-NL young adults!
If you are interested, please email avery@bwtx.org. Spaces are limited for this FREE event.

ESET 2021 Clase de Primavera
2021-04-10 09:00 - 12:00 | TX
Los detalles completos se pueden encontrar aquí: https://www.ntnl.org/ministries/sste-eset/
