• 2017 Lutheran Legislative Event

    "Called to be Light" The 2017 Lutheran Legislative Event, sponsored by the NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice, the Southwestern Texas Synod's Poverty and Justice Task Force, and Texas Impact, will be held at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Austin, starting the afternoon of Sunday, February 12, and will conclude about 1:00 pm on Tuesday,...

  • Creation Care and Climate Change: It’s About the Kids!

    Briarwood Leadership Center 670 Copper Canyon Rd., Argyle, TX, United States

    WATCH THE LIVE STREAM. Join us for a discussion about environmental stewardship and actions we can take today as Christians to care for the Earth. We will look at our theological and biblical mandates to care for the earth with a focus on climate change. We will talk about what we can possibly do about...

  • BRIDGES Book Club

    Saturday, March 4 2-4 pm at Trinity, Fort Worth 4-6pm at Mount Olive, Dallas A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time. Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when...

  • Public Witness Team Follow-up: Faith, Sexism, and Justice conversation

    Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church 715 E. Lamar Blvd., Arlington, TX, United States

    We are going to have another Saturday event to discuss the rest of the modules from the Women and Justice study guide. Some of you may be doing these discussions in your home congregations and that is wonderful, but if not, we would like to extend the invitation for you to join us at Shepherd...

  • Immigration “Know Your Rights” Seminar

    Advent Lutheran Church 3232 S Cooper St., Arlington, TX, United States

    Immigration attorney Patricia Freshwater and colleague(s) of the firm Schwamkrug, Freshwater and Lopez, PLLC, will offer an immigration “Know Your Rights” seminar.  The attorney(s) will respond to general questions during the “Know Your Rights” presentation.  They will also offer an opportunity to consult briefly about specific situations with participants following the presentation. The “Know Your Rights”...