Mission CENTRAL
We give thanks for the many and various ways you reach out to serve your neighbor in generosity. Like your congregations, we plan our spending plan based on the intents we get from congregations. It inhibits our planning, spending, and ministry support when those are not received. We have now received over 80 intents from our over 150+ congregations.
Please use the following link to make your congregation's mission support intent known:
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DEADLINES:
STANDARD REGISTRATION - April 30
LATE REGISTRATION - May 15
(NO ON-SITE REGISTRATION WILL BE ALLOWED)
DISCOUNTED HOTEL REGISTRATION - May 10
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.
Please note that we are seeking NOMINATIONS for VICE PRESIDENT and TREASURER of the Southeastern Synod, this year.
Memorials and Resolutions deadline is May 12, 2023.
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SYNOD WEEK @ LUTHERANCH
for 3rd-5th GRADE YOUTH!!!
We invite ALL 3rd-5th grade youth to register (via Lutheranch.org) to register by April 15!!!
Are you looking for a place where your children can learn of the love of God as seen in Creation and in one another? Then consider having your 3rd-5th grade children sign up to join other Southeastern Synod participants from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, at Lutheranch, June 25-30, 2023!
Scholarships are available through the synod and Lutheranch.
For help with Lutheranch scholarships,
contact Pr. Michael Jannett (mjannett@elca-ses.org)
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June 11-16, 2023 ~ $450
Calling all Middle School & High School Youth
and Young Adults!!!
Affirm is a Summer Youth Event of the ELCA Southeastern Synod held at the University of West Alabama in Livingston, Alabama. Affirm nurtures faith, equips youth leaders for today and tomorrow, and trains youth in discipleship skills. Affirm is for youth who have completed grades 6-12 and the Young Adult and Youth Ministry Institute (YAYMI) is held simultaneously with AFFIRM For college freshman and sophomores interested in exploring a call to youth ministry.
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Monday, April 24 - 7pm ET / 6pm CT
Pr. Morgan Gordy, Assistant to the Bishop for Disaster Ministry, gathers with our disaster coordinators on a regular basis to discuss the latest development i the synod's disaster response and preparedness efforts.
Join the Zoom call and do your part to aid in disaster ministry.
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Monday, April 24, 11am ET / 10am CT
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything make your requests to God...by prayer, thanksgiving and placing your request to God, the peace of God will guard your heart and mind fully beyond understanding (Phil. 4: 6–7)
The synod prayer team invites you to join them in prayer. Newcomers are always welcome!
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Saturday, April 22, 2023
This Earth Day, let’s work together and commit to taking big and small steps so we can best steward and care for this sacred planet we all live on. The Climate Crisis is so big that none of us can do everything, but by using the resources in this article, individuals and congregations can take steps to be more responsible caregivers to planet Earth.
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Every 4th Monday
Next session: Monday, April 24, 7pm ET / 6pm CT
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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Sunday, May 7 - 3pm ET / 2pm CT
Does your child have occasional uncontrollable outbursts in worship or need a little extra help in Sunday School?
Do you have horror stories of being rejected in the church for being neuroatypical? Does your congregation do an especially good job of welcoming all?
Come share tragedies and tips as we discuss how the church can best minister to and for those with mental and emotional disabilities.
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Newberry College prepares students in the Lutheran liberal arts tradition through our supportive academic community for lifelong intellectual and personal development, meaningful vocation, and engaged citizenship in the global society.
To better support this ELCA college, we invite you to consider April 30, 2023, "Newberry College Sunday."
Read the article for bulletin inserts to share the about Newberry today.
https://www.newberry.edu/giving
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The lives of so many young people have been changed by AFFIRM, an annual 5-day formation event in the Southeastern Synod.
We use scholarship funds every year to help make this event accessible to many young people throughout the synod. Please consider inviting your congregation to gather special funds on Sunday, May 7, 2023.
To learn more about AFFIRM, click here:
www.sesyouth.org/affirm
The giving link for the AFFIRM scholarship fund is here:
www.sesyouth.org/affirmscholarships
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On Sunday, May 7, 2023, the Southeastern Synod Guatemala Team invites you and your congregation to participate in Guatemala Sunday. This is an opportunity to increase awareness and engagement with our companion synod in Guatemala: La Iglesia Luterana Agustina de Guatemala (ILAG).
Mark your calendars! Reminders and support materials will be forthcoming.
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September 15-17, 2023
Augusta Marriott - Convention Center
August, GA
The Call to Convention for the Thirty-Fifth Annual Convention has been posted to the SES-Welca website and I am including a link to our site so that you can download the documents.
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The ELCA’s Truth & Healing Movement is an opportunity for this church to increase our understanding of our colonizing impacts on Indigenous people in the past and present. Over the next several months, there will be opportunities to learn, raise awareness and engage in other ways to impact hearts and lives across this church. We believe that the truth, and our knowing and embracing it, is the first step toward healing for all of us.
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This communication offers an opportunity to show how Mission Support is at work across our church: growing leaders, supporting ministry, and engaging us all in our local communities, national church and global work. We are eager to connect with folks across our synods and to share our gratitude for the ways we are church together.
For more stories, check out the ELCA's Stories of Faith in Action website.
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The National Lutheran Choir invites you to join the NLC's Board of Directors, singers, and staff for the 2023 Gala, where they will celebrate the legacy of the choir and retiring director, David Cherwien, and support the future of the NLC's mission to invigorate and expand sacred choral music.
From Strength to Strength Gala
May 6th, 2023, 2:30pm-5:30pm
The Westin Galleria
3201 Galleria, Edina, MN 55435
Deadline to Register: April 21st
ONLINE VIEWING ALSO AVAILABLE. Check article for details.
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May 15-18, 2023
Minneapolis, MN
"Preaching Hope for a Weary World" is the theme for the 2023 Festival of Homiletics.
All who preach are invited to attend in-person or online for the festival.
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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. Joseph Schrock - Our Savior, Johnson City, TN
- Rev. Kris Schroeder - Messiah, Madison, AL
- Rev. Taylor Burton Edwards - St. Matthew, Columbus, GA
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For all nominees for various Synod committees and Synod Council, Vice President, and Treasurer
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For Bishop Axel Piper and his family and staff (Companion Church-Bavaria, Germany)
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For Pastor President Karen Castillo and her family and staff (Companion Church-Guatemala)
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For all congregations and Rostered Ministers discerning and currently in transition
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For all people who experience or are affected by unsanctioned police violence
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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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