Bishop Installation Service
Thanks to Phil Howard from Advent Lutheran, Arlington, for recording the full service from Saturday, September 17:
Next Table Talk
Join us on Tuesday, October 4, to hear from Nathan Kirkpatrick, managing director of Alban at Duke Divinity School.
We will be discussing Recalibrating Expectations for Clergy. Come think through creative and innovative models of ministry.
Click here for more details and to register.
Briarwood Fundraisers
Help us support this important ministry.
October 8 – Fall Festival and Thrivent Cook-off for Christ
October 29 – Invitational Golf Outing
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Featured Resource
Our Public Witness Team is starting a book club called Bridges on October 1. Our first book choice is recommended reading for all, even if you have no time for, or interest in, a book club.
America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
Save the Date
Live Webcast with ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton:
Ecumenical and Interreligious Witness & the Reformation Anniversary
Thursday, October 27, 7-8 pm
What was the Reformation, and what does it mean for Lutherans and ecumenical partners? What is “Declaration on the Way” and why is it significant for Lutheran-Catholic relations? What might ecumenical and interreligious relationships look like in the future, and what does this mean for our faith community? Learn more.
Upcoming Events
- Sep. 30-Oct. 2: One Year to Live Men’s Retreat (Lutheran Men in Mission)
- Oct. 1: BRIDGES Book Club – First Gathering (Public Witness Team)
- Oct. 4: Table Talk: Recalibrating Expectations for Clergy
- Oct. 7-9: NT-NL Synodical Women’s Organization (SWO) Convention
- Oct. 8: Briarwood Fall Festival & Thrivent Cook-off
- Oct. 15: Parish Lay Mission Academy
- Oct. 15: “Seeds That Change” Dinner / Fundraiser (Mission Endowment Fund)
- Oct. 16: Lutheran Hymn Festival
- Oct. 17-19: 2016 Bishop’s Convocation
- Oct. 18: FREE Webinar – New Overtime Rules (ELCA)
- Oct. 24: Get Ready for Wright (SMU/Perkins)
- Oct 27: Live Webcast with ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton
- Oct. 28: Now What? A Symposium on Repurposing (ELCA Mission Investment Fund)
- Oct. 29: Briarwood Invitational Golf Outing
- Nov. 15-17: Simply Wright: N. T. Wright @ Perkins/SMU
- Nov. 19: Parish Lay Mission Academy
- Nov. 20: Lutheran Campus Ministries Trivia Challenge (details forthcoming)
- Dec. 2-4: NT-NL High School Service Weekend
Access our full online Calendar here. Updates made regularly.
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