Rostered Ministers (retired or active) are invited to join Bishop Kevin Strickland at one of these services for an opportunity to renew your ordination vows, receive oils for use in ministry rites, receive Holy Communion, and gather with one another in prayer.
Following each of these services, Bishop Strickland will offer a time of conversation. Spouses are also welcomed to attend these services. As well, lay church staff are welcomed and invited to attend.
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We invite you to join the Southeastern Synod on a Civil Rights Pilgrimage to experience places and learn about people that comprised the Civil Rights Movement. We will begin in Atlanta on Saturday, April 29th, 2023, and travel via a chartered bus, making stops in Montgomery and Selma, with an overnight stay in Birmingham, returning to Atlanta late afternoon on Sunday, April 30th. This pilgrimage includes stops at The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, The MLK National Historic Park, The Legacy Museum and Memorial, the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and The 16th Street Baptist Church/Kelly Ingram Park.
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Bishop Kevin Strickland invites everyone to join him in walking a mile every day over the 40 days of Lent, and raising through sponsorship or contribution, $40 for ELCA World Hunger.
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Registration is NOW OPEN for the
2023 Southeastern Synod Assembly!!!
The Synod Assembly website is being updated with new information on an ongoing basis.
At the 2023 Synod Assembly, we will hold elections for Synod Vice President, Synod Treasurer, (Lay) At-Large members of Synod Council, as well as Consultation and Discipline Committee members.
Click the Assembly Website button below to learn more.
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Black History Month
Hearing from our rostered minsters of African descent
Click here for our YouTube playlist...
Pictured: Rev. Dr. Julius Carroll
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Mondays in Lent - 7pm ET / 6pm CT
Join us via Zoom!!!
The call to discipleship begins in our baptism. As such, we are on a lifelong journey of hope, forgiveness, and focus. Our baptism sets us free to love and serve.
In Lent of 2023, we will gather the synod together ONLINE to share in this re-discovering of the gift of BAPTISM. These conversations will be recorded and shared on Wednesday mornings for personal or congregation use.
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Monday, February 27 - 7pm ET / 6pm CT
Focus: This month, we will update the disaster responses in the synod, review the Synod Mission Trip to Waverly, TN, and talk about upcoming plans for future mission trips.
Please join us for this ZOOM Gathering to discuss your your plans and how we can work together as the synod.
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4th Mondays, 7pm ET / 6pm CT
Starting Monday, February 27, 2023!!!
Are you interested in learning more about the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering? Join us via Zoom by registering today!
Pr. Michael Jannett and Ms. Laurie Tinc - our Synod "Champion" for the 2024 Gathering - will be available to provide information on Gathering news, take questions, and build community for ALL of those who will be attending the Gathering.
Sign up today (or share this link with someone from your congregation who will help take the lead on Youth Gathering information).
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Saturday, March 4, 2023
10am - 2pm
Grace House Lutheran-Episcopal Campus Ministry - Georgia Tech Campus, Atlanta, GA
En Conjunto Latiné Ministries of the Southeastern Synod invites you for a training session to become an ELCA Guardian Angel. The Guardian Angel program provides spiritual and physical accompaniment of unaccompanied migrant children and families through their immigration court process.
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Sunday, March 12, 3 pm ET / 2 pm CT
Breaking Down Walls: Ministering with people with physical disabilities
Hosted by the Diversity & Justice Team of the Southeastern Synod
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Sunday, March 12 - 4pm ET / 3pm CT
Register to receive Zoom details
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Each year thousands of Americans like you are saying "Yes" to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor.
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March 24-26, 2023
Lutheranch - Tallapoosa, GA
We invite all youth (6th through 12th grade) from EVERY congregation in our synod to join us. More participants are welcome to attend from the same congregation, but only two folks from each church will have voice AND vote.
We will discuss issues pertinent to today's youth, and we will experience youth-led workshops and plenary sessions.
We will also elect new board members to SESLYO (Southeastern Synod Lutheran Youth Organization).
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April 21-23, 2023 - $99/person
Lutheranch - Tallapoosa, GA
Bishop Kevin Strickland and Pr. Michael Jannett (Assistant to the Bishop for Formation and Communication) have developed plans to gather Confirmation youth (and young adult and adult leaders) from across the synod for a time of formation and learning around The Lord's Prayer and the Creed.
This should prove helpful, especially for congregations with smaller Confirmation classes. SIGN UP TODAY!!!!
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For children who have completed 3rd - 5th grades
Cost: $505 per person
Come and learn from leaders from the Southeastern Synod and Camp counselors at camp.
Those attending from the Southeastern Synod will be able to receive scholarships from the synod Formation Team.
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2023 Synod Border Immersion Experience
August 26 - September 1, 2023
The Southeastern Synod will be sponsoring a Border Immersion Experience through Cristo Rey Lutheran Church in El Paso, Texas. Cristo Rey Border Immersion Program seeks to educate participants about border issues through shared learning, experience, work and prayer. There are about 4 spots left before we start a waitlist.
Registration will close May 30, 2023.
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Donations for GA/AL Tornado Response Needed Especially Now
https://www.elca-ses.org/relief
There is a great need at the moment for emergency assistance funds for families and individuals who have had their homes destroyed or have been made uninhabitable by the tornadoes. These storms impacted several areas within our synod.
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African Descent Ministries of the ELCA is celebrating Black History Month with season two of Talks at the Desk, a video series that explores diverse expressions of the church. A new video will premiere each Wednesday in February at 7:30 pm Central time. Watch them live on YouTube or download them here. Join us to hear youth, young adults, rostered leaders, elders and friends of our communities share their own sacred stories.
For more updates, follow @ELCAADM on Twitter and Instagram or check out facebook.com/elcaadm.
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At the 2022 Churchwide Assembly last August, voting members adopted a memorial concerning restructuring the ELCA’s governance, and in November the Church Council responded to this by authorizing the establishment of a Commission for a Renewed Lutheran Church. Individuals who wish to be nominated for the commission or to nominate another person can learn more here. Nominations are open through March 9.
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LVC has just begun recruitment for the 2023-24 Volunteer/ Fellow Cohort. We are excited that we have many applications already. In the last 4 years, under President Deirdre Bagley's leadership, we have increased the number of LGBTQ+ and BIPOC volunteers and have also increased the number of volunteers who are discerning seminary. We are truly living "Reconciling in Christ" and also have Social Justice programs.
If you wish to apply to be an LVC Fellow / Inter, click HERE.
If you wish to learn how to be a LVC Placement site, click HERE.
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Offer ONE: Respite Stays at Camp
We all need time away to rest and renew our body, mind and soul. We invite you to schedule a respite stay at any of our locations in 2023.
Rostered leaders will receive 50% off the normal nightly rate.
Offer TWO: 1/2 Off One Program Per Year
Come enjoy the fun and faith-filled experiences of our camp programs in 2023!
Rostered leaders will receive 50% off one program registration. Use code ROSTERED23 when registering.
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Just a reminder that ALL are welcome to post a congregation-related classified on our synod website, here:
https://www.elca-ses.org/classifieds
Click the "Submit a classified" button,
or read through current classifieds
Click the link for each position for a full list
of Responsibilities and Job Description
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Installations:
- Rev. Nyahaley Labor - Emmanuel, Atlanta, GA
- Pastor
- Sunday, February 26, 2023, 3pm ET
- Rev. Lynn Marlowe - Grace, Carrollton, GA
- Pastor
- Sunday, March 12, 2023, 3pm ET
- Rev. Kris Schroeder - Messiah, Madison, AL
- For those affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
- For Pastor Dan Pharr at the death of his mother on Jan. 30
- For Pastors Matt and Jill Henning at the death of Matt’s mother on Jan. 30
- For Pastor Esther Ngomuo at the death of her mother on Feb. 1
- For the community of Selma, AL and all communities affected by recent storms
- For all people who experience or are affected by unsanctioned police violence, especially Tyre Nichols and Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán and their families and communities
- For all peoples fleeing war, violence, oppression, hunger, poverty, climate disasters
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ELCA
Southeastern
Synod
St. John's Lutheran Church
Physical Address:
1410 N Ponce de Leon Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
404-589-1977
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 400
Decatur, GA 30031
As always, please feel free to visit our website for more information:
www.elca-ses.org
For questions or concerns regarding our regular or special enews, please contact: Rev. Michael Jannett - Assistant to the Bishop for Formation and Communication MJannett@elca-ses.org
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