February 2025 Mission Support Memo: LuMin Belonging
The February 2025 Mission Support Memo takes us to a place in the ELCA where you can build community, deepen faith, expand minds, and inspire service with over 11,000 young adults. Learn about the amazing 176 local campus ministry agencies and cooperating congregations, where the lives of college students and campus communities are transformed through God’s abundant grace. This memo also encourages congregations to begin planning for a Narrative Spending plan in 2025.
Lutheran Summer Music 2025
Enrollment for this summer is over 80% full, but there’s still time for young musicians to apply, and for you to nominate students. Lutheran Summer Music is the nation’s premier faith-based music academy for high school musicians. Students come together from around the country for a joyful summer of music-making through large ensembles (band, choir, orchestra), chamber music, private lessons, elective classes (conducting, composition, jazz, musical theatre, handbells, pipe organ) and use their musical gifts in performance, and in worship.
LSM 2025 | Valparaiso University, IN | June 22-July 20 | Grades 8-12 | Learn more: LSMacademy.org/program
Featured Resources for March
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Where in the world is?
NT-NL synod staff are excited to engage in-person on Sundays for worship. As good stewards of time and travel dollars, we will be utilizing online meeting formats in our new hybrid reality when possible. If you would like to schedule a meeting with the bishop or Synod staff please contact them directly.
Bishop Gronberg:
March 18: Liepzig Thomanerchor; Incarnation Episcopal, Dallas
Pastora Bañales:
February 26-March 1: Fresh Expression Conference, Atlanta, GA
March 5: First Sagrada Familia, Garland
March 10-12: Region 4 DEMs Retreat
March 13: DEM Advisory Team Meeting
March 16: First Lutheran, Temple
March 17-20: ELCA DEM Gathering, Chicago
March 22: Community of Hope, Fort Worth
March 23: Adviento, Arlington
March 25: Sowing in the Margins, NT-NL Team Meeting
March 26: Cultivating a Culture of Generosity
March 30: Faith, Fort Worth
Pastor Fitting-Snyder:
March 4-6: Region 4 Assistant to the Bishops Retreat, Eagle Pass
March 9: Beautiful Savior, Amarillo
March 8: Panhandle Retreat, Palo Duro Canyon State Park
March 16: Advent, Arlington
March 22: Candidacy Meeting, Good Shepherd, Irving
March 23: First, Temple
March 25: First Call Pastors Check-In, Zoom
March 30: Midland Lutheran, Midland
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:
- March 8: Public Witness Team Meeting
- March 8: Parish Lay Ministry Academy, Spring 2025
- March 18: Boys Choir of Thomaskirche Concert, Church of the Incarnation, Dallas
- March 22: Upper Elementary Spring Retreat, New Hope, Keller
- March 25: First Call Pastors Check-In, Zoom
- April 12: Public Witness Team Meeting
- April 12: Parish Lay Ministry Academy, Spring 2025
- April 16: Synod Assembly Registration Closes
- April 22: First Call Pastors Check-In, Zoom
- April 25-26: Synod Assembly, Lubbock
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.