This week we pray for:
Emmanuel in Granbury (Pr. Stephen Haverlah)
Bethany in Dallas (Pr. Cheryl Walenta Gorvie)
Mission Conference Out West
The 2015 NT-NL Prayer Partners can be found at ntnl.org/2015PrayerPartners or you can download the PDF here.
![[Image description: Two white women, one a teen with long brown hair and wearing a green Crossroads t-shirt, the other an adult woman with short brown hair and glasses, wearing a patterned purple and pink shirt, stand outdoors, facing the camera and smiling. The older woman has her arm around the teen.]](https://149432795.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/messiah-mission-fest-300x231.jpg)
Crossroads Executive Director Cindy Hanna (right) and Katie English. English is in the Crossroads program. (Photo credit: Parker County Daily Post)
Messiah’s Mission Fest Helps Troubled Youth
Messiah in Weatherford held their annual Mission Fest on Oct. 10. The proceeds from the event went to benefit Crossroads Youth Ministries of Parker County, a faith-based non-profit organization working with youth “trapped in a dysfunctional environment.”
Messiah’s Mission Fest raised almost $6,000 for Crossroads! Read more about Messiah’s Mission Fest and Crossroads here.
NT-NL Malaria Campaign: $160, 217.26
You did it!! Together, we met and exceeded our mission area goal of $160,000 for the ELCA Malaria Campaign!
Your donations helped the ELCA Malaria Campaign reach and exceed their $15 million goal!
Read how others across the ELCA are doing God’s work with their hands in Stories of Faith in Action. Have a story to share about how your congregation or ministry is living their DiscipleLife? Let me know! criss@ntnl.org.
Bishop Election Committee Website
The NT-NL Bishop Election Committee, chaired by Timothe Mast (Four Mile, Mabank), has created a website for all bishop election business: BpElection.ntnl.org.
Please visit this website for information about the bishop election process, and for discernment materials such as Bible studies and prayers to help guide congregations through the process.
If you would like to contact the Bishop Election Committee, please email BpElection@ntnl.org.
ELCA World Hunger Go and Do News for October
ELCA Advocacy Update October
ELCA Worship News October
2016 Mission Endowment Fund Grants due October 31!![The Mission Endowment Fund [Image description: Two hands, palms up, fingers touching, cup a growing seedling with two small leaves. Across the top, the words "The Mission Endowment Fund" arch over the hands.]](https://149432795.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MEF-e1439234060452.jpg)
You still have time to apply! Find more information at ntnl.org/mef-grants
2015 Lutheran Campus Ministries Trivia Challenge
Sunday, Nov. 15 • 4:00-7:30 p.m. CDT
Briarwood Retreat Center
For more information or to register for the Trivia Challenge, click here!
Refugee Sunday: November 22, 2015
Read more about Refugee Sunday here.
Download the ELCA Refugee Sunday Toolkit and more at refugeesunday.lirs.org.
Emergency Offering Opportunity
We are still seeking donations for the Mosaic offices in Corsicana, TX after they lost all of their computer equipment during a storm.
You can make a donation through your congregation or send your checks to the mission office (Christ Evangelical Lutheran Mission Center, 680 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX 76226), designated for “Mosaic in Corsicana.”
Congregational Council Retreat
February 26-27, 2016
Briarwood Retreat Center
Find more information about the Congregational Council Retreat here.
National Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath Weekend
December 10-14
For more information, visit decembersabbath.org.
Upcoming Events in the NT-NL Mission Area and Beyond:
- Oct. 26: An Evening with Presiding Bishop Eaton
- Oct. 26-28: 2015 Bishop’s Convocation: NT-NL Welcomes Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton
- Nov. 2: Portico Pre-Retirement Seminar
- Nov. 13-15: Divergent – Jr. High Gathering 2015
- Nov. 15: Lutheran Campus Ministry Trivia Challenge
- Nov. 20-22: Region 4 Global Mission/World Hunger Leaders Consultation
- Nov. 22: Refugee Sunday
- Dec. 4-6, 13: TLU Christmas Vespers
- Jan. 15-17, 2016: NT-NL High School Service Weekend
- Jan. 25-27, 2016: Tri-Synodical Theological Leadership Conference
- Feb. 19-21, 2016: Peer Ministry Leadership Event
- Feb. 26-27, 2016: Congregational Council Retreat
- Apr. 22-24, 2016: NT-NL Mission Assembly
- May 29-Jun. 3, 2016: LSPS Spanish Language and Hispanic Ministry Level I Intensive
- Jun. 12-17, 2016: LSPS Building Congregational Capacity for Hispanic Ministry Level II Intensive
- Jun. 20-30, 2016: Lands of Luther Tour
- Sept. 17, 2016: Installation of the new NT-NL Bishop
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! p