PLEASE KEEP OUR 2023 SYNOD ASSEMBLY
PARTICIPANTS IN YOUR PRAYERS
AS WE ENGAGE IN THE MINISTRY
WORK OF THIS SYNOD!
WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING SYNOD ASSEMBLY REGISTRATION!!!
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We thank Ms. Dora Jackson and Pr. Dave Helfrich for sharing their reflections on this most important pilgrimage.
We also give thanks to Ms. Allison and Lizdas and Pr. Jonathan Hemphill for planning, leading, and organizing this trip!
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June 11-16, 2023 ~ $500
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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Tuesday, May 30, 2023
7-8pm ET / 6-7pm CT
All those registered for the 2023 Synod Assembly are invited to attend a hearing on the 2024-2025 Ministry Spending Plan, which will then be voted on at the 2023 Synod Assembly.
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On Saturday night of the Synod Assembly, a dessert bar will be available where we will be holding a silent auction to raise funds for youth scholarships.
Please email Pr. Michael Jannett with information (mjannett@elca-ses.org) on what you will be donating, including a value of the basket.
Be sure to send your basket with your voting members, or get in touch with Pr. Michael. If you have other items you would like to donate, please let Pr. Michael know that, as well.
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Sept 15-17, 2023
Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center
2 10th St., August, GA
REGISTER TODAY!!!
For more information, contact Shirley Connelly - slconnelly@gmail.com
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The Diversity & Justice Task Force is glad to provide some fun facts about advocacy days in the month of May focusing efforts on care for creation, world peace, cultural diversity and community health:
- World Migratory Bird Day
- World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- International Day of UN Peacekeepers
- World No-Tobacco Day
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month - May 2023
Regardless of how you may refer to this celebration, I thank God for all the amazing Asian and Pacific Islander (API) leaders we have in the ELCA. They are serving in our congregations, our synods, and our churchwide organization. I am especially grateful for those who lead our API ethnic ministries and the Association for Asians and Pacific Islanders. API people also contribute to the life, culture, and achievements of our country. I am deeply honored and humbled to be the first ELCA Vice President of Asian descent.
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Every 4th Monday
Next session: Monday, May 22, 7pm ET / 6pm CT
Are you interested in learning more about the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering? Join us via Zoom by registering today!
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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Does your congregation have or support a hunger ministry?
ELCA World Hunger Domestic Hunger Grants accompany congregations and their partners throughout the United States and Caribbean as they draw on the strengths of communities to address local issues such as food security, clean water, housing, job access, human rights, policy change, leadership development and more. Together, these ministries are part of a comprehensive approach to breaking the cycle of poverty and hunger — for good.
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June 4, 2023 - 3:30pm ET / 2:30pm CT
Shepherd of the Hills (Birmingham) holds a Word and Prayer Ministry in Spanish the 1st Sunday of each month at 2:30pm CT, 3:30pm ET. The Rev. Ed Cortes leads the service in Spanish and invites all who understand Spanish to participate.
Shepherd of the Hills (Birmingham) realiza un servicio de palabra y oración en español el primer domingo de cada mes a las 2:30pm CT, 3:30pm ET. El Rev. Ed Cortes dirige el servicio y invita a todas y todos que entienda español a participar.
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All congregations are encouraged to choose any Sunday in May to share the truths about the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women using the resources provided below. In addition, worship resources will be available for use in services on each congregation’s #MMIW Sunday. We know it will be the first time many congregation members have heard about this crisis, and we hope these resources continue to inspire conversation and learning in ministries and communities across our church.
ELCA #MMIW Sunday is also a day to encourage members and guests of your congregation to wear red to bring greater awareness to MMIW. Remember to post a photo on your post social media channels using the hashtag!
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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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Our voices matter. We each can speak up against violence against women and girls. Thursdays in Black is a global campaign launched by the World Council of Churches. It encourages people around the globe to wear Black on Thursdays to show solidarity against gender-based violence. The campaign selected the color black to represent resistance and resilience.
Bishop Elizabeth Eaton is an ambassador for the campaign and you can learn more about it by watching her video in this article.
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July 17-20, 2023 - Phoenix, AZ
As a Rostered Minister in the ELCA, you are invited to join colleagues under the theme of "Rekindle the gift within you". (2 Timothy 1:6).
Let this gathering be an opportunity for you to remember, reclaim, rekindle and revive yourself. Gathering with colleagues from across the church for fellowship, renewal, continuing education, worship, bible study and refreshment for your spirit.
All rostered ministers are invited (active in call, on leave from call, awaiting call, retired).
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ALL Ages Living Their Faith
A story from our ELCA churchwide organization
Imagine people of ALL ages living their faith, claiming their Christian identity and sharing God’s love in the world in creative and unique ways — that is the hope for ELCA Ministry with Children. The Rev. Janelle Rozek Hooper, manager of the program, knows that children are spiritual beings and that they deserve not merely a place to be told what to believe but creative and careful faith formation that instills a lifetime of experiencing God with and for themselves. Funded through generous Mission Support, the program curates appropriate faith-formation resources for congregations across this church, content that gives children the opportunity to lead, ask important questions and experience loving Christian community.
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September 25-27, 2023, Minneapolis, MN
(1/2 OFF registration for First-Call ministers and Seminarians)
In partnership with the Presbyterian Foundation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the ELCA Stewardship and Generosity team is proud to present “Stewardship Kaleidoscope — Minneapolis,” a three-day conference digging deeply into stewardship and generosity, with workshops and plenaries that will highlight diverse and authoritative voices from across the PCUSA, the ELCA and partner-church bodies.
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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
FREE ITEMS
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For all nominees for various Synod committees, Synod Council, Vice President, and Treasurer
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For Pastor President Karen Castillo and her family and staff (Companion Church-Guatemala)
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For Bishop Axel Piper and his family and staff (Companion Church-Bavaria, Germany)
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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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