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Leader News: Sept. 15, 2015

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Last call for registration!

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.]

September 17, 2015 – TOMORROW!
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.

Registration is $75 to attend in person, $50 to attend online. Register for the Preaching Planning Workshop here.

My how time flies…

Bishop Kanouse has only 13 open Sundays left before he retires. If you would like to have him visit your congregation on a Sunday morning, ask him now!

Please note: the Claiming Your Vocation for Life event at Briarwood has been cancelled.

Lombard Mennonite Peace Center logo [Image description: stylized letters "LMPC"; the letter L is upper case, the other letters are lower case; the "m" sits inside the "L". The letter "p" has a cross rising from the vertical line of the "p" and an outline of a dive with a branch in its beak is in the circle of the "p", with its wings spread, flying downward.]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)

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.]

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 quickly! 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.

Bring your books! 

We will once again have a book exchange. Bring your gently-read books so they can find a new home, and pick up a few new reads for yourself!

NT-NL presents... An Evening with the Presiding Bishop: What Does It Mean To Be The ELCA Today? [Image description: text is on a white background; "Nt-NL presents..." is at the top left corner of the image in black script font. "An Evening with the Presiding Bishop" is written in red sans serif font, centered on the white background, and "What does it mean to be the ELCA today?" is written in bold black sans serif font centered on the bottom half of the white background. On the right end of the image is a photo of Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, a white woman with short dark hair, smiling. She is wearing a black clerical shirt and a grey blazer.]

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.

LWB-Zentrum Wittenberd Lutherischer Weltbund logoStudying Luther in Wittenberg

Invitation to the 13th International Seminar within the Luther Decade

You are invited to send a pastor to the 13th seminar which will take place in Wittenberg from February 27th until March 12th, 2016 and will be led by Prof. Dr. Walter Altmann, Brasil and Prof. Dr. Lubomir Batka, Slovakia.

The topic of the seminar will be: The Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in Luther’s Theology. All participants will receive some relevant texts in advance so that they can prepare for the seminar. The seminar takes place in the Colleg Wittenberg, a venue right in the center of Luther’s town.

For more information, please visit their website or download the invitation letter and 2016 nomination form.

Lutheran Seminary in the Southwest logo [Image description: a red cross with a rising sun behind it stands on an open book. The letters "LSPS" appear under the book, and "Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest" are below the image.]

Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest Summer Intensives

Registration is now open for Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest’s Spanish Language and Hispanic Ministry Intensives.

The Level 1 intensive (May 29-June 3, 2016) is geared toward the individual wanting to understand the Latinx culture, theology and language.

The Level 2 intensive, Building Congregational Capacity for Hispanic Ministry (June 12-17, 2016) is for synod staff and church teams who are wanting to know how to begin ministry with Latinxs. During this second intensive participants will learn liturgical Spanish, hear of a variety of successful models for Latinx ministry, and receive the tools for establishing a ministry upon their return home.

 

Click on the links above for more information, including the registration link, and to download the fliers.

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