Youth and Young Adults Report from Synod Assembly
The ELCA Youth Ministry Network’s New Website
The ELCA Youth Ministry Network is excited to welcome you to their new website! The new site has a full range of features, is faster loading and cleaner looking. It also will allow for new opportunities for supporting each other and sharing resources that help you in your ministry. We have also transitioned to a new, more dynamic online database. If you are not yet on their membership list, you can join now and begin to make use of these resources.
To login, you will first need to set up your password. Click here to update your Password. Once updated, you can log in here, using your Username – – and new Password. While you are logged in, please complete your profile (it is searchable to help people find you)! You can even renew your dues and register for our next online event, Oasis, while you’re there.
Featured Resources for July
Produced by the Interfaith Broadcasting Commission and the National Council of Churches. This documentary explores the role of the Lutheran church in the American Indian civil rights movement of the 1970s and 1980s. Learn more here: https://www.elca.org/News-and-Events/6321
For the latest information regarding the ELCA’s Indigenous Ministries and Tribal Relations, visit this webpage. To learn specifically about the Truth & Healing Movement visit this webpage.
Where in the world is?
Across a context as wide and different as NT-NL, the reality of Covid-19 is very different. As such, NT-NL synod staff are doing more in-person Sunday visits for worship and occasional meetings. However, as good stewards of time and travel dollars, we will be utilizing online meeting formats into our new hybrid future. Given the rise of breakthrough infections and in order to protect those gathered, the synod staff will choose to wear masks as is deemed appropriate unless preaching or presiding and sufficient social distancing can be provided.
Bishop Gronberg:
Jun. 28-Jul. 7: Out of Office
Pastor Totzke:
Jul. 25: First call pastors check-in, ZoomAug. 3: Transitional/Interim pastors check-in, Zoom
Aug. 4-5: Candidacy committee and retreat
Aug. 22: First call pastors check-in, Zoom
Pastora Bañales:
Jun. 1-Aug. 31: On Sabbatical
Upcoming Events
With the ever-changing guidelines and recommendations in our world right now, as we maintain physical distance in social solidarity, please keep in mind these events may be moved online, postponed, or cancelled:
- Jul. 8: Public Witness Team Meeting, Shepherd of Life, Arlington & Zoom
- Jul. 25: First Call Pastors Check-in, Zoom
- Jul. 27: Cultivating Compassion Session 7: The Wild Edge of Sorrow, Online
Access our full online Calendar here. Updates made regularly.
Do you have news or announcements to share? Please submit to office@ntnl.org for consideration for upcoming editions of our weekly news.