Luther’s Small Catechism | El Catecismo Menor de Lutero
1517 Media (Augsburg Fortress) is now offering Luther’s Small Catechism / El Catecismo Menor de Lutero as a phone-based AND web-based app.
View the web-based app here: https://catechism.augsburgfortress.org/. | For the phone-based app, find download instructions here: https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506422237/Luthers-Small-Catechism-App.
Ver la aplicación basada en la web aquí: https://catechism.augsburgfortress.org/. Para El Catecismo Menor de Lutero, haz clic en Configuración y selecciona Español. | Para la aplicación para teléfono, encuentre las instrucciones de descarga (en Inglés) aquí: https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506422237/Luthers-Small-Catechism-App.
Easter Weekend Performances Available Online
One of our ELCA colleges, Bethany College, has a wonderful way to celebrate the Easter season from the comfort of your home. On Good Friday, April 7, at 7:30pm Central, you can hear Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion, widely regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of Baroque sacred music. On Easter Sunday, April 9, at 3pm Central, Handel’s Messiah, one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music, performed for over 140 years by Bethany, will be presented. These are amazing community events – put on by the College and the community of Lindsborg, KS (population 3,500 and a wonderful Swedish town) – all volunteers other than the soloists. Both can be accessed at the time of the events by going here: bethanylb.edu/live.
Lutheran Summer Camp Options in Texas
From our partners in ministry:
Overnight programs are available for youth who have completed grades 1-11 and families. Individual, Family Camp, and Grandparent Camp registration is now open. Campership financial aid is available. Campers are eligible for an Early Payment Discount if you pay in full, set up a payment plan, or receive a campership by March 31, 2023. Visit the Cross Trails website for the schedule and more information.
Lutherhill Ministries, a ministry of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), is a Summer Camp and year-round Retreat Center at two locations – Lutherhill in La Grange, TX and Lutherhill in Galveston, TX. Click here for details about 2023 summer camping programs.
Featured Resources for March
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Save the Date
LuMin Denton PickleBall Tournament
Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, 2121 E. University, Denton, TX
Saturday, April 22, 3-7pm
RSVP: pastor@lcmdenton.org
$20/person paid on site
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:
Apr. 15: Parish Lay Ministry Academy (PLMA)
Apr. 16: Briarwood Service of Thanksgiving and Transition, Argyle, TX
Apr. 21-22: Lutheran Men in Mission Annual Meeting
Apr. 23: 100th Anniversary Celebration, First United, Dallas
Apr. 28-29: NT-NL Synod Assembly, Shreveport, LA
Pastor Totzke:
(As she transitions back from her sabbatical, which ended on February 28, visits are being added almost daily that may not be noted in the weekly news through March.)
Mar. 28: First Call Pastors Check-in, Zoom
Apr. 6: Interim/Transitional Pastors, Zoom
Apr. 22: WELCA retreat for the Dallas Area Metro North conference, St. Luke’s, Richardson
Apr. 28-29: NT-NL Synod Assembly, Shreveport, LA
Pastora Bañales:
Apr. 28-29: NT-NL Synod Assembly, Shreveport, LA
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:
- Mar. 28: First Call Pastors Check-in, Online
- Mar. 29: Courageous Leadership – Bishop Mike Girlinghouse – Embracing God’s Future without Forgetting the Past, Part Two, Zoom
- Apr. 5: Courageous Leadership – Choose Your Own Adventure (breakout rooms by topic), Zoom
- Apr. 6: Transitional Pastors monthly meeting, Zoom
- Apr. 8: Public Witness Team meeting, Hybrid
- Apr. 10: LAST DAY to RSVP for Briarwood Service of Thanksgiving and Transition
- Apr. 12: Courageous Leadership – Presenter(s) and Topic TBA – Zoom
- Apr. 15: Parish Lay Ministry Academy (PLMA), Spring 1, Course 2, Hybrid
- Apr. 16: Briarwood Service of Thanksgiving and Transition, Argyle, TX
- Apr. 16: LAST DAY to register for Synod Assembly, Online (NO registrations will be accepted on site)
- Apr. 16: LAST DAY to book Synod Assembly hotel rooms at the guaranteed reduced rate, Online
- Apr. 19: Courageous Leadership – Presenter(s) and Topic TBA – Zoom
- Apr. 25: First Call Pastors Check-in, Zoom
- Apr. 26: Courageous Leadership – Presenter(s) and Topic TBA – Zoom
- Apr. 27: Cultivating Compassion Session 4: Think Again, Online
- Apr. 28-29: 2023 NT-NL Synod Assembly, Shreveport, LA
Access our full online Calendar here. Updates made regularly.
Do you have news or announcements to share? Please submit to Jason (jason@ntnl.org) for consideration for upcoming editions of our weekly news.