Director For The Briarwood Leadership Center
If you missed the letter from Bishop Gronberg sent on October 5, you may access that here: https://mailchi.mp/ntnl/director-for-briarwood-leadership-center.
Click here to access the job description for the Director for the Briarwood Leadership Center.
Interested Parties: Submit Resume and Cover Letter to Bishop Erik K.J. Gronberg, NT-NL Synod, ELCA at BpGronberg@ntnl.org by October 19.
This Saturday! | ¡Este sábado!
“Seeds That Change”
The Executive Director and Board of the Mission Endowment Fund
would be honored by your presence at the
Annual Dinner and Fund Raiser with Silent Auction/Entertainment
Saturday, October 20, 2018, 4:00-7:00 p.m.
Ticket Donation: $40.00 | Table of 8 Discounted at $300.00
Calvary Lutheran Church, 7020 Baker Blvd. Richland Hills, TX 76118
“Semillas Que Cambian”
la Directora Ejecutiva y el Consejo de Mission Endowment Fund
se Honra en invitarle a la
Cena Anual para Recaudacion de Fondos con Subantas Silenciosa y en Vivo/con Entretenimiento
Sabado 20 de Octobre de 2018, 4:00-7:00 p.m.
Donacion: $40.00 | Mesa para 8 con Descuento: $300.00
Calvary Lutheran Church, 7020 Baker Blvd., Richland Hills, TX 76118
Pray. Fast. Act.
Our next centering day to #PrayFastAct with the Episcopal Church is Sunday, October 21. The focus this month is on holistic investments in infrastructure programs and ensuring public works assist communities in the greatest need.
The U.S. has a long history of investing in communities across the nation, leaving a foundation that is still in much use today. However, as lawmakers discuss reinvesting in our deteriorating infrastructure, there is a considerable risk that new gains will not be implemented equitably in spaces that need revitalization the most. As stakeholders and drivers of local vitality, places of worship and faith activists can play a critical role in supporting good stewardship of investments and programs that contribute to our infrastructure.
Featured Resources for October
STEWARDSHIP
For more than a decade, the Center for Stewardship Leaders at Luther Seminary has published a weekly e-newsletter. Recently, the center went through its database of hundreds of reflections and selected 17 top posts that lay the groundwork for innovative stewardship ministry. These articles have been assembled into a PDF titled “Stewardship 101: An Invitation to Financial Stewardship.”
Currents in Theology and Mission is an online theological journal of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and Wartburg Theological Seminary. This issue is all about stewardship and what stewardship looks like through fresh lenses.
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For periodic ideas and inspiration on stewardship delivered to your inbox, check out Voices on Stewardship from Vanco Financial Services and Stewardship from Luther Seminary’s Center for Stewardship Leaders.
Save the Date
Lutheran Campus Ministry Trivia Challenge
Briarwood Retreat Center
November 18
Looking for a fun evening out? Like to laugh? Want a great meal? Enjoy testing your knowledge? Care about young adults? These all come together in the Lutheran Campus Ministry Trivia Challenge, November 18, at 4pm at Briarwood Retreat Center. All funds generated go to the NT-NL Campus Ministry Mission Fund, benefitting Lutheran Campus Ministry in the NT-NL Synod.
Form your team of 8, design table décor that reflects a ministry of your congregation or some aspect of campus ministry. Or simply go for creativity. Then register for lots of fun. Our meal is being catered by Chef Carlos Carrasquillo. For more information, contact Pastor Celene Welch: 817/269-1229 or pastor@lcmdenton.org.
Recent Blog Posts
Bishop Gronberg:
(https://www.ntnl.org/trinity-lockney-and-remembering-a-servant-leader/ – published Oct. 12)
Where in the world is?
Bishop Gronberg:
- Oct. 14-16: NT-NL Leadership Convocation: Adaptive Leadership in Anxious Times, Briarwood – Lt. Gen (ret) Rick Lynch (member, Immanuel, Killeen) presenting
- Oct. 16: Hosting Dallas Area Judicatory Meeting
- Oct. 19: Briarwood Golf Outing/Fundraiser, Flower Mound
- Oct. 20: Mission Endowment Fund (MEF) “Seeds That Change” Dinner/Fundraiser, Richland Hills
- Oct. 21: Advent, Arlington
Pastor Totzke:
- Oct. 14-16: NT-NL Leadership Convocation: Adaptive Leadership in Anxious Times, Briarwood
- Oct. 21: St. Paul, Crawford
Pastora Bañales:
- Oct. 14-16: NT-NL Leadership Convocation: Adaptive Leadership in Anxious Times, Briarwood
- Oct. 16: Congregational Vitality Team – New and Renewal tables, Briarwood
- Oct. 18: Meeting with African American Leaders, St John’s, Dallas
- Oct. 19-20: Spanish Coaching Pilot #2, New Jersey
Upcoming Events
- Oct. 14-16: NT-NL Leadership Convocation: Adaptive Leadership in Anxious Times, Briarwood
- Oct. 15: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue: The ABC’s of Theology and Criminal Justice Reform and How They Impact the Lives of School Children of Color, Dallas, TX
- Oct. 19: Briarwood Golf Outing/Fundraiser, Flower Mound, TX
- Oct. 20: PLMA Fall 2018, Course 2, Briarwood
- Oct. 20: MEF “Seeds That Change” Dinner/Fundraiser, Richland Hills, TX
- Oct. 22: Perkins Center for Preaching Excellence Presents The Second Annual ArkLaTex Lecture, Dallas, TX
- Oct. 25: Mosaic Partners in Possibilities Luncheon, Addison, TX
- Oct. 26-27: Building an Inclusive Church training, Richardson, TX
- Oct. 26-27: NT-NL Synodical Women’s Organization (SWO) 2018 Convention, Frisco, TX
- Oct. 26-28: Lutheran Men in Mission (LMM) “One Year to Live” Retreat, Kerville, TX
- Oct. 27: Community-Wide Texas Advocacy Training, Dallas, TX
- Oct. 27: Calvary Organ Dedication, Richland Hills, TX
- Nov. 8: Real Men: Masculinities in the Gospel of Matthew, Fort Worth, TX
- Nov. 8-10: The 2018 Blandy Lectures, LSPS, Austin, TX
- Nov. 10: Bridging the Divide: Skills for better, more civil conversations in an uncivil society, Arlington, TX
- Nov. 12-13: Perkins Fall Convocation on Creative Worship, Dallas, TX
- Nov. 13-15: Young at Heart Retreat, Briarwood
Access our full online Calendar here. Updates made regularly.
Do you have news or announcements to share? Please submit to the Synod office (office@ntnl.org) for consideration for upcoming NT-NL News.