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NT-NL News: Week of Aug. 31, 2015

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This week we pray for:

Faith in Fort Worth (Pr. Janet Kraatz)
Good Shepherd in The Colony (Pr. Mike Elias)
Metroplex North Mission Conference

The 2015 NT-NL Prayer Partners can be found at ntnl.org/2015PrayerPartners or you can download the PDF here.

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"God's Work. Our Hands." Sunday - September 13, 2015 [Image description: a yellow banner at the top reads "God's work. Our Hands" Sunday / September 13, 2015" in black text. The image is a collage of photos of NT-NL members from last year's ELCA Day of Service, working on service projects and wearing the bright yellow t-shirts.]

Already have the day planned? Register your activities here!

Download resources (including bulletin inserts, the 2015 Toolkit, worship resources, and more!) at elca.org/Resources/GWOH-Sunday.

CROSS+GEN Worship Conference

Estes Park, Colorado
October 5-8

[Image description: photo of a large, colorful mural-like painting. The words SHARE, READ, TALK, PRAY, and BLESS are written prominently in the center of the artwork. On the left side of the mural is a cartoon drawing of an adult and a child, facing each other; on the right side of the mural are cartoons of adults and children standing together.]

Rich Melheim’s FAITH5 mural at the 2015 NT-NL Mission Assembly in Lewisville

Google “Kill Sunday School” and you get 23,000,000 results in 0.47 seconds.

Evidently, it’s a topic on people’s minds these days.

If you’re tired of recruiting Sunday School teachers for drop-off kids and ready to get in on the conversation and design of Cross+Gen Worship and Faith Formation for the post-television generation, the mountains are calling!

The Faith Inkubators Foundation is hosting its second annual conference on replacing Sunday School with Cross+Gen faith communities on Oct 5-8 at Estes Park’s YMCA of the Rockies.

90% of the Case Studies presented are from ELCA churches across the country who have pioneered methods, models and materials to bring “the wisdom of the elder and the wonder of the child into the same sacred space every week at church.”

Check out crossgenconference.com for information.

Dallas Coalition for Hunger Solutions. ]Image description: the right side of the image is a watercolor drawing of a hand holding up an empty spoon. The left side of the image has the words "Dallas Coalition for Hunger Solutions" in all caps block text, with alternating green and white lines as the background for the text.]2015 Dallas Hunger Summit

9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Friday, September 25, 2015
First Presbyterian Church of Dallas
1835 Young St., Dallas

More than 472,000 people in Dallas County are food insecure and worry about how they will put food on the table each day. Over 179,000 of those who are food insecure are children.

You are invited to attend the fourth annual Dallas Hunger Summit, organized by the Dallas Coalition for Hunger Solutions and Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, to learn more about programs, resources, and networking opportunities in the Dallas & Fort Worth areas including workshops on urban gardening, feeding programs for seniors, children & students, and more.

There is a $10 registration fee, which covers the cost of lunch. Register for the Hunger Summit today!

2015 Table Talks

The Use of the Means of Grace, the Rev. Kevin Strickland and the Rev. Martin Seltz. NT-NL Table Talks

Tuesday, Sept. 29 • Streng Center

Have you ever wondered…

Who should be baptized?
Do I have to be baptized to take Communion?
Who should be admitted to the Table? And at what age?
And what’s the deal with giving out grapes and Goldfish?

Join us Tuesday, Sept. 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Streng Center of the Christ Evangelical Lutheran Mission Center at Briarwood or online on our YouTube channel for a conversation about sacramental practice and ways to provide pastoral care that is theologically grounded.

Register here!

The cost to attend is $12 for those who pay now with a credit card, or you can pay $15 at the door (cash or check).

If you cannot attend in person, register to attend online (no fee). We will email you with a reminder the day before the event, with the links to watch the Table Talk live.

Are you involved in worship planning or preaching?

Check out our Advent and Christmas Preaching Planning Workshop!

2016 Lands of Luther Tour2016 Lands of Luther Tour - June 20-30, 2016, Hosted by Bishop Kevin S. Kanouse . [Image description: collage of three photographs of castles and other buildings in Germany.]

Interested in a June 2016 Luther Lands Tour?

Next summer is a great time to travel to Germany and visit the Lands of Luther, especially in light of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation coming up in 2017.

Join Bishop Kevin Kanouse for the 11-day tour June 20-30, 2016, which will include stops in Augsburg, Frankfurt, Erfurt, Eisleben, Wittenberg, Rhine Valley, Warburg, Berlin, and Munich.

Find more information at ntnl.org/lutherlands-2016-tour/.

Upcoming Events in the NT-NL Mission Area and Beyond:

Do you have news or announcements to share? Please submit them to Criss Forshay (criss@ntnl.org) for consideration for our next NT-NL News. Don’t forget to include a picture or logo!