2024 Prayer Partners
We have updated the synod Prayer Partners list for next year and uploaded it to the website. You can find that here: https://www.ntnl.org/resources/prayer-partners/.
North Texas Healthy Communities Faith Summit 2023
Blue Zones Project and North Texas Healthy Communities, a well-being arm of Texas Health, is hosting the 2nd Annual Faith Summit from 8:30 to 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.
Designed for leaders by leaders, the free event will provide encouragement, fellowship, and allow faith leaders to connect with each other. The Faith Summit will be held at Freedom Church, 3972 Southwest Blvd. in west Fort Worth. Participants will enjoy breakfast, then hear from a varied group of area leaders on topics of access, pastoral care and mental health, and community health and wellbeing.
Texas Health will also provide free resources and materials that participants to take back to their congregations and organizations. The summit is open to all pastors, clergy, lay persons, and ministry leaders. It is free but pre-registration is requested.
Featured Resources for November
Lutheran women have a long history of Bible study, discipleship, and desire to deepen their spiritual life and learn about issues.
Women of the ELCA offers FREE downloadable program resources—including many in Spanish—to help you grow in faith and engage in ministry and action: https://www.womenoftheelca.org/resources
Recent Blog Posts
(https://www.ntnl.org/a-beautiful-thank-you/ – published November 13)
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:
Nov 28-30: Region 4 Bishops Gathering, San Antonio
Dec 7: Dallas Area Interfaith Witness Event
Dec 10: St. John, Bartlett 140th Anniversary Celebration
Dec 20: Staff Christmas Lunch
Pastor Totzke:
Nov 26: Grace, Carrollton
Nov 28: First Call Pastors Check-in, Zoom
Dec 3: Abiding Grace, Southlake
Dec 8-13: Vacation
Dec 17: Grace, Abilene
Dec 20: Staff Christmas Lunch
Dec 24: Trinity, Sherman
Pastora Bañales:
Nov 30: Community of Hope, Fort Worth
Dec 5: Umoja, Fort Worth
Dec 8: Diocese of Dallas, Bishop Burns Annual Christmas Reception
Dec 10: First Sagrada Familia, Garland, Celebration of Virgin of Guadalupe
Dec 14: Christian Congregational Leadership ELCA, All Staff Meeting
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:
- Nov 28: First Call Pastors Check-in, Zoom
- Nov 30: Cultivating Compassion Session 11: Practice- Reparations, Online
- Dec 2: Upper Elementary Retreat, Abiding Grace, Southlake
- Dec 7: Transitional Pastors Meeting, Zoom
- Dec 9: Public Witness Team Meeting, Zoom
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.