Briarwood Gala

Briarwood 2020 Gala: Adventure Awaits

Saturday, March 21, 5:30pm

Briarwood Leadership Center, 670 Copper Canyon Rd, Argyle, TX

Please join supporters of Briarwood for our annual fundraising gala. This event supports our NT-NL leadership, retreat, and camp ministry at Briarwood. In addition, we will honor those who support this powerful outreach and extension of our calling in the world, including Thrivent, Dianne Eggemeyer (Trinity Evangelical, Miles), and Chip Sakakeeny (Abiding Grace, Southlake). We’re excited to be bringing this event back on site this year at Briarwood to showcase this beautiful resource of our synod and be good stewards of the dollars donated. Tickets are $100 / person, and sponsorships start at just $500! https://one.bidpal.net/briarwoodgala/welcome

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Seeking Host Families

Are you, or someone you know, willing and able to be a host family for the Luther College Symphony Orchestra students next month?

Here are dates (and locations) the LCSO will be performing in the DFW area:

Sunday, March 22, 7:00pm concert
Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church, 6101 Morriss Rd, Flower Mound 75028

Wednesday, March 25, 7:00pm concert
McKinney High School, 1400 Wilson Creek Parkway, McKinney 75069

We are seeking host families, in at least groups of 2 students, for a total of 69 students.

For both locations, the drop-off time the next morning will likely be around 9am, but arrangements can be made for students to be dropped off earlier if people need to get to work. (The finalized schedule is still in the development phase.)

Please contact Susan Potvin, Associate Director of Music Marketing & Tours: susan.potvin@luther.edu | office: 563-387-1267 | cell: 612-209-1460

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Engaging the Border: Theology and Practice

This Saturday, February 22, 10am-12noon

A Morning of Education and Theological Reflection with Dr. Javier Alanis on the Situation at Our Southern Border and How We Can Make A Difference

Sponsored by the NT-NL Public Witness Team

Lunch provided!

Dr. Alanis is the Director of the Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest (LSPS) in Austin, Tx. His academic interests include peace and justice concerns as they relate to the role of the church in society, and in particular along the U.S.-Mexican border.

If planning to attend, an RSVP would be appreciated. Please respond to Rev. Wayne Menking: wmenking@gmail.com.

Click here for a flyer.

International Women’s Day, observed on March 8, 2020, is powered by the collective efforts of all. Collective action and shared ownership for driving gender parity is what makes International Women’s Day successful. Gloria Steinem, world-renowned feminist, journalist, and activist, once explained “The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights.” So make International Women’s Day your day and do what you can to truly make a positive difference for women.

An equal world is an enabled world. How will you help forge a gender equal world?
Celebrate women’s achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality.

#IWD2020 #EachforEqual

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Save the Date

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Where in the world is?

Bishop Gronberg:

• Feb. 3-17: Briarwood Leadership Journey to Turkey/Greece: Paul and Beyond, Early Church Leadership
• Feb. 18: Lutheran Legislative Event (Texas Interfaith Advocacy Days), Austin
• Feb. 21-22: Leadership for Faithful Innovation Cohort Meetings, Briarwood
• Feb. 23: Bonhoeffer Society Lecture at Incarnation Episcopal, Dallas

Pastor Totzke:

• Feb. 20: Lutheran Campus Ministry, UNT, Denton
• Feb. 21-22: Leadership for Faithful Innovation, Briarwood
• Feb. 23: Resurrection, Plano

Pastora Bañales:

• Feb. 14-21: ELCA Congregational Vitality Training, San Diego, CA
• Feb. 22: Panhandle Conference “Discovering Hope” Workshop, Lubbock