In This Issue
ELCA Job Opportunities
A New Order of Service
Boundary Training: Healthy Relationships in Ministry
Middle School Retreat
OLOGY The Symposium: A Dialogue Between Psychology and Theology
NT-NL Leadership Convocation: Adaptive Leadership in Anxious Times
2018 ELCA Youth Leadership Summit
Upcoming Ordination
Upcoming Installations
Upcoming Events
Roster Changes
ELCA Job Opportunities
The ELCA Foundation is searching for a Director of Gift Planning.
There are two key responsibilities for this leadership position:
- Through the direct supervision of a national staff of about 20 regional gift planners (coaching and managing), lead and manage a robust fund-raising program to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward prospective donors of current and planned gifts;
- Manage the business relationships with ministry partner organizations through on-site visits.
This position is located in Chicago and reports to the Executive Vice President of the Foundation. It requires about 30% travel, visiting regional gift planners, donors, and ministry partnerships.
Application, resume, and cover letter should be submitted through the ELCA job board. Inquiries about the position may be directed, in confidence, to Gaye Lindfors of Significant Solutions, Inc., the consultant assisting with this search.
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The ELCA is searching for an Executive Director for Domestic Mission.
This senior leadership position brings decisive and visionary leadership to this unit charged with wide-ranging work and relationships with churchwide units, synods, congregations, and other partners. The work involves equipping synods and congregations; developing new ministries, seeking to renew strategic ministries; and working with synods and congregations in programs and strategies forevangelical outreach.
Reporting to the presiding bishop, this position requires about 25% travel. It is located in Chicago.
Application, resume, and cover letter should be submitted through the ELCA job board. Inquiries about the position may be directed, in confidence, to Gaye Lindfors of Significant Solutions, Inc., the consultant assisting with this search.
A New Order of Service
We were recently made aware of An Order for the Disposal of Deteriorating Bibles and Other Respected Publications. We pray you find this useful, when needed.
Boundary Training: Healthy Relationships in Ministry
Brite Divinity School will offer Boundary Training: Healthy Relationships in Ministry on September 17 from 9:00 to 4:00. This training will cover such things as: discerning the importance of healthy boundaries for building community; identifying behavior in self and others that can potentially compromise healthy relationships; developing professional ethics that sustain ministry; examining the dynamics in communities where clergy misconduct has occurred; and creating strategies for maintaining healthy relationships with self, others, and God. This workshop is intended to meet boundary training criteria for ministerial standing.
Registration is $20 for the day and does not include lunch. For more information, call 817.257.7582 or email e.theilig@tcu.edu.
Middle School Retreat
Mark your calendars for September 21-23 for the Middle School Retreat. The retreat will be using the “This Changes Everything” theme. The weekend is for 6th-8th grades and begins on September 21st 7:00 PM and ends September 23rd 11:00 AM. The cost for the retreat is $90.
OLOGY The Symposium: A Dialogue Between Psychology and Theology
OLOGY The Symposium: A Dialogue Between Psychology and Theology
October 4, 8:30am-1:30pm
First United Methodist, Richardson, TX
Convened by the Pastoral Counseling Center
Join us for a dialogue between psychology and theology for mental health professionals and the faith community.
Research indicates the need for a dialogue between the disciplines of psychology and theology. People often go to ministers first when they face a challenge and many clients want to be able to include their faith and spirituality in therapy. The Center is convening psychotherapists, psychologists, ministers, church leaders, congregational care volunteers, and medical professionals to learn about the latest research and thought on the intersection of mental health and spirituality.
NT-NL Leadership Convocation
In case you missed it in our weekly news on Monday, registration is now open for this year’s Leadership Convocation:
Adaptive Leadership in Anxious Times
October 14-16
Briarwood Retreat Center
Presenter
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Rick Lynch – He is formerly the commanding officer of Fort Hood and an active member of Immanuel, Killeen. He is the author of two books Adapt or Die: Leadership Principles of an American General and Work Hard Pray Hard: The Power of Faith in Action. As a speaker, he is in demand across the world for the unique blending of his experiences, faith, and knowledge of the principles of adaptive leadership. He will speak particularly on the challenges of leading adaptively in times of anxiety and change.
Key Goals
The learning will be focused on informing and equipping leaders to understand the concepts of adaptive leadership particularly in anxious settings. This event is open to rostered leaders, spouses, lay members of congregations, and ecumenical colleagues.
The planned schedule, costs, registration, and more information can be found online: NT-NL Leadership Convocation.
2018 ELCA Youth Leadership Summit
Registration is only open until September 30!
The ELCA Youth Leadership Summit is an annual gathering for high school youth identified as leaders and adult representatives from each synod from across the ELCA. This summit focuses on leadership development through engaging speakers and thought leaders in key areas at the intersection of leadership and faith in daily life and faith formation and building connections for high school youth in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Youth will be challenged to take home what they have learned to inspire action in their own synods and youth groups.
2018 ELCA Youth Leadership Summit
November 1-4
Camp Carol Joy Holling, Ashland, Nebraska
Program, food, lodging, and local transportation costs are covered thanks to a grant the ELCA Youth Ministry received. NT-NL will cover travel to and from Nebraska for up to 4 (four) youth.
Contact molly.beckdean@elca.org with any questions.
Upcoming Ordination
Saturday, September 15, 11am – Leslie Dunlap will be ordained and installed at Grace, Abilene.
Upcoming Installations
Sunday, September 16, 3pm – Don Strickland will be installed at Grace, Fort Worth.
Saturday, September 22, 3pm – Miles Holder will be installed at New Hope, Keller.
Upcoming Events
Here are leadership highlights:
Sep. 9: “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday
Sep. 15: PLMA Fall 2018, Course 1, Briarwood
Sep. 15: Public Hearing: Women & Justice ELCA Draft, Haltom City, TX
Sep. 17: Boundary Training: Healthy Relationships in Ministry, Fort Worth, TX
Sep. 20-22: Synod Council meetings, Briarwood
Sep. 21-23: Middle School Retreat, Briarwood
Sep. 22: MEF Board meeting, Briarwood
Sep. 24: The Church of the Damascus Road Golf Outing and Fund Raiser, Fort Worth, TX
Sep. 24-26: 2018 First Call Retreat, Briarwood
Sep. 28-30: Addiction & Faith Conference, Bloomington, MN
Sep. 29: Panhandle Fall Conference: An introduction to The Generosity Project, Wilson, TX
Oct. 2: Mosaic Partners in Possibilities fundraiser lunch, San Angelo, TX
Oct. 4: OLOGY The Symposium: A Dialogue Between Psychology and Theology, Richardson, TX
Oct. 6: Fall Festival & Thrivent Cook-Off, Briarwood
Oct. 14: The Eighth Annual Herbener Lecture: “A Latino Immigrant Reads Luther”, Dallas, TX
Oct. 14-16: NT-NL Leadership Convocation, Briarwood
Oct. 15: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue: The ABC’s of Theology and Criminal Justice Reform and How They Impact the Lives of School Children of Color, Dallas, TX
Oct. 19: Briarwood Golf Outing/Fundraiser, Flower Mound, TX
Oct. 20: PLMA Fall 2018, Course 2, Briarwood
Oct. 20: MEF “Seeds That Change” Dinner/Fundraiser, Richland Hills, TX
Oct. 22: Perkins Center for Preaching Excellence Presents The Second Annual ArkLaTex Lecture, Dallas, TX
Oct. 25: Mosaic Partners in Possibilities Luncheon, Addison, TX
Oct. 26-28: Lutheran Men in Mission “One Year to Live” Retreat, Kerville, TX
Oct. 26-28: NT-NL Synodical Women’s Organization 2018 Convention, Frisco, TX
Nov. 1-4: 2018 ELCA Youth Leadership Summit, Ashland, NE
For a complete list of upcoming events in, and important to, our Synod, you can access our Calendar of Events online.