![Sunday, Sept. 6: Confession, Repentance, and Commitment to End Racism. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. #ELCAPrays [Image description: Several cream-colored pillar candles are arranged together. They are lit, and stand against a dark background. In the center of the image is a semi-transparent white circle with the text in bold black font. The ELCA logo appears on the bottom right of the image.]](https://www.ntnl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11169245_10207609455018904_6312225938542261887_n-e1441203607113.jpg)
This Sunday, Sept. 6, we renew our commitment to end racism—a task that will take much, much longer than one day to achieve.
The NT-NL Public Witness for Peace and Justice Team will be organizing events and creating resources to help congregations engage in conversations about racism and privilege. These conversations can be scary, awkward, uncomfortable, unpleasant… but as disciples of Jesus we are called to love our neighbors, and to listen to the experiences of others, especially “the overlooked or ignored.”
- On the 60th Anniversary of the Murder of Emmett Till guest post by Pr. Chuck Hubbard, Gloria Dei (Garland)
- Video: Panel Discussion on The Untold Story of Emmett Till Pr. Chuck Hubbard, Gloria Dei (Garland); Pr. Doris Dupree Harris, St. John’s (Dallas); Emma Rdogers, member at St. John’s and Director of the Dallas Civil Rights Museum
- Other NT-NL Resources
Have you registered yet?
![Preparing for Advent and Christmas: Preaching planning workshop [Image description: sepia-toned, slightly blurred photograph of an open Bible, a blank notepad, a pen, and some crumpled balls of paper on a desk. A pair of glasses sits atop the open Bible pages. The text is in black font.]](https://www.ntnl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Preaching-workshop-Advent-Xmas.png)
September 17, 2015
Streng Leadership Center at Briarwood
Please note: this event will only be available to registered participants; the live stream link will require a password to view.
Pastor Kendra Mohn (Trinity, Fort Worth) will offer a seasonal preaching planning workshops on Thursday, September 17, which will focus on sermon and worship preparation for Advent and Christmas based on the texts of the Revised Common Lectionary.
The workshop will be offered in-person, at the Streng Center at Briarwood, and online (link and password will be emailed to those registered).
All participants will have exclusive access to the video recording of the workshop.
Registration is $75 to attend in person, $50 to attend online. Register for the Preaching Planning Workshop here.
Registration deadline is Friday, Sept. 11.
![NT-NL welcomes Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton | 2015 Bishop's Convocation, Oct. 26-28, Briarwoor Retreat Center [Image description: photo of Elizabeth Eaton, a white woman with short dark hair, smiling and leaning against a desk. She is dressed in a black skirt and black blouse with a clerical collar and a black blazer. She is wearing a large, golden bishop's cross. The right side of the image is a rad background with the title text in black; the event information is on the bottom right in white text.]](https://www.ntnl.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2015-Bp-Convo-square-e1440103476364.png)
Registration now open! Register through Briarwood’s CampBrain website: briarwoodretreat.campbrainregistration.com
You will create an account to enter the system (or, if you have already registered yourself or someone else for a Briarwood event, use that same login information). Select “NT-NL Events” and then “Bishop’s Convocation.” (If you have questions about the registration process, please call Sharon at 940-241-2099 or email her at sharon@briarwoodretreat.org.)
Register soon! We are inviting our neighbors from the A-OK Synod to join us and our distinguished guest; if you want to stay at Briarwood register soon to snag your spot. “Overflow” housing will be available at a nearby hotel.
The Christ Evangelical Lutheran Mission Center at Briarwood will also host An Evening with the Presiding Bishop on Monday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. This event will be open to the public and will be live streamed; look for a bulletin insert and other promotional materials to be available soon.
Save the Date: Portico Financial Wellness Seminars
November 2: Portico Pre-Retirement Seminar
November 3: Portico Early/Mid-Career Financial Wellness Seminar
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Leadership and Anxiety in the Church:
A Family Systems Perspective
Presented by the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
King of Glory Lutheran Church
6411 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, TX
This workshop will help church leaders understand the roots of anxiety, the scapegoating process in church systems, triangles in relationships, and the importance of maintaining a non-anxious presence in the midst of conflict.
The coupon is for groups of four or more persons from the same congregation (no other groups, such as from a judicatory). To qualify for the discount, all individual registration forms for each person from the group must be mailed together with one check, no later than October 2, 2015.
Click here for brochure
Link to Church Group Discount Coupon (for groups of four or more from the same congregation)
Register online (for individual registrations, no group discount)
Organizations are starting to consider which ELCA-Primary health benefit option to provide in 2016. You can prepare for a conversation about next year’s health benefits by thinking through how you’ve used benefits in 2015, and by understanding how benefits and costs will change next year.
Click here to see what’s changing in 2016.
Reminders:
- Table Talk: The Use of the Means of Grace, Sept. 29
- TLU Youth Worker Convo with Andrew Root, Sept. 26-27
- First Call Theological Retreat, Sept. 28-30
- Have you verified your contact info on our Pulpit Supply page?