We pray for Rev. Greg Hartman and the people of New Spirit Lutheran Church in Tucson, part of the Kino Conference. Visit their site at newspiritlutherantucson.org, and their Facebook page.
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After nearly two years of research and writing, Ryan Panzer is excited to share that "The Holy and the Hybrid" is available now to readers. Download the first chapters of The Holy and the Hybrid from Luther Seminary, or buy now wherever books are sold!
You can also listen to a podcast with Ryan Dunn, host of Pastoring in the Digital Parish. In this conversation, they talk about the cultural changes affecting ministry in a digital age.
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The updated 2022 Model Constitution for Congregations is now available at ELCA.org.
It is recommended that ELCA congregations and synods review the adopted amendments for their constitutions as soon as possible after each churchwide assembly to incorporate the required changes and to consider the recommended changes.
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This September brings with it a heavy joy. Every year the calendar’s turn to Labor Day and the weather’s switch to rain and chill bring us back from the fun of summer.
But years in the shadow of a global pandemic have called our attention to the same questions that Jesus poses in this month’s Gospel readings.
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ELCA Worship shares their September, 2022 newsletter, including:
Readings for the Assembly (Emended) is available for provisional use
Upcoming ALCM Webinar, “Tried and True—With a Twist!”: Friday, Oct. 7, 2 p.m. Eastern time
Music that Makes Community: Advent Planning workshop and other events and resources
Journey to Baptismal Living: North American Association for the Catechumenate
We share the September, 2022 update from Lutheran Social Services Nevada (LSSN), featuring: the importance of meaningful relationships to fight social isolation and despair; a news feature including LSSN from CBS News Now; updates on their back to school drive (823 children served, 265 backpacks); and their open air market, serving 648 people from 204 households.
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We pray for Pastor Richard Peterson, who served as interim pastor at Faith Lutheran in Yuma. Pastor Peterson suffered a stroke while visiting his son in California. We are grateful he’s in a place to receive good medical care and he has family there.
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Sometime in July/August of 2025, the ELCA Churchwide Assembly will be held in Phoenix. Part of the proceedings will be a presentation from the recently established Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church, which will reconsider the denomination’s organizational structure and its statements of purpose.
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ELCA Disability Ministries shares their September, 2022 newsletter featuring:
Worship Designed for All: A Deep-rooted History of Lutheran Accessibility
September is Suicide Prevention Month
Updated ELCA Find a Congregation page with accessibility options
Lutherans Restoring Creation shares their September, 2022 Good Green News, which contains follows up on the Churchwide Assembly vote to take dedicated action to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the Inflation Reduction Act, promising the infrastructure to help us all work for a Just Transition to less harmful energy production and consumption.
View the newsletter here, as well as stories and resources that are shared in their variety of events and local ministries.
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ELCA Global Mission shares their August/September, 2022 Global Links newsletter, with updates from the Becoming Conference, news from the droughts in the Horn of Africa, mission personnel, and how you can get involved. Read it here.
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Boost your emotional health this fall by joining live webinar led by Learn to Live’s clinical team. 2022 September’s sessions – which run 15- or 30-minutes – focus on Time Management; Staying Refreshed and Preventing Burnout; and Avoiding Negative Thinking Traps. Click here to learn more about the webinars, and use the code PORTICO to register.
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Join ELCA Coaching every Wednesday at 11am MST/PDT, noon MDT, as we practice Courageous Leadership. Log in info is on the ELCA Coaching website.
Join us on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, as we hear from digital creator Dylan Marron, who has racked up millions of views for various projects, but he's found that the flip side of success online is internet hate. Over time, he's developed an unexpected coping mechanism: calling the people who leave him insensitive comments and asking a simple question: "Why did you write that?"
In a thoughtful talk about how we interact with others, Marron will explain how sometimes the most subversive thing you can do is actually speak with people you disagree with, not simply at them.
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The Spirited Book Club welcomes author Elle Dowd to discuss her memoir, Baptized in Tear Gas. The online club is free, register here.
In Baptized in Tear Gas, pastor and activist Elle Dowd tells the gripping story of her transformation into an Assata Shakur-reading, courthouse-occupying abolitionist with an arrest record, hungry for the revolution.
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The ELCA Foundations shares a webinar on planning your legacy, on Wednesday, 10/19/2022, 2pm MST/PDT, 3pm MDT. Register here.
The current economic landscape may influence your estate planning and charitable giving. This session will highlight a few key details of the current economic climate, give an overview of what you need for a solid estate plan, learn how you can leave a legacy to support your ELCA-related ministries and save on taxes.
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Andrea Arey, our Regional Representative from Portico, provides us with updates on 2023 Portico plans. Questions? She can be reached at AArey@porticobenefits.org or 949-338-9573.
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We continue to pray for Isaiah Bowman—son of Pastor Nathan (Hospice Chaplain) and Sharonette Bowman—who is out of the hospital.
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Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month! As we celebrate, I can’t help reflecting on what is being celebrated: independence, legacy and identity. As far as my own identity, I grew up, like many Puerto Ricans, hearing the poems and songs that claim we all have a Black grandma hidden away somewhere. There was this shared idea among the people in my life that, no matter how hard we try to hide it, somewhere in our DNA we are all Black.
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The 2022 Fund for Leaders Golf Classic at the Arrowhead Golf Course in Glendale is Monday, November 14, 2022, beginning at 7 am.
Friends of golfers and the fund can also come out and enjoy the lunch program. Check out this registration form for more info.
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