How do congregations thrive and grow? How do pastors and lay leaders experience the on-going presence of the Holy Spirit in ways that renew them personally while giving them vision for the future? With more than 40 years of ministry in a wide variety of settings, Pastor Michael Foss has come to believe that the answers to these...
![Preparing for Advent and Christmas: Preaching Planning Workshop [Image description: sepia-toned, slightly blurred image of an open Bible with a pair of eyeglasses resting on it, a legal pad and a pen, and a couple of crumpled sheets of paper, on a desk.]](https://www.ntnl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Preaching-workshop-Advent-Xmas.png "Preaching workshop Advent Xmas")
This event will focus on scripture study and preaching preparation for Advent and Christmas. The time will include presentations on lectionary texts, group discussion about contextual realities and emerging themes, and individual time to reflect on preaching possibilities. It's a great opportunity to gather and focus preaching ideas for the festival season before the fall...
Last year, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton invited ELCA members into conversation about our liturgical practice and theological understanding of the sacraments. The ELCA statement The Use of the Means of Grace describes the theological principles and practical applications of the sacraments in the ELCA, but the reality is that there are a wide variety of practices...
Effective January 1, 2016, NEW Texas Laws will make it legal to bring openly carried and concealed firearms into faith communities. Please join Texas Impact in person or online for a presentation on what the new laws mean for pastors and congregations in Texas. Register here. Schedule 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CST - Weapons in...
Registration Event Information Schedule Registration is closed for this event. Bring your leadership team to the congregational council retreat at Briarwood! Councils will arrive on Friday evening so they can...
This event is part of the Congregational Councils Retreat (if you are attending the retreat, you are already registered for these events). A Treasurer/Financial Secretary Briefing on the Synod Financial Services...
Location: Quail Run Lodge