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Welcome
(updated February 8, 2010)
This is
the web site of the Northwestern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America. This site is designed to provide resources
for the congregational staff, leadership, and members of the ELCA
congregations in this Synod. Along with information about our synod,
you'll find a wide range of resources designed to assist you as a
member/leader as we do God's Work with Our Hands.
Church Council Training Events
Church Council
Training Events will be held February 21
at Bethlehem Lutheran, Newfolden;
February 27, Calvary, Park Rapids; and
February 28, Faith Lutheran, Evansville.
CLICK HERE for more information
about the events.
REGISTRATION FORM
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UPDATE: 2010 Column Series: "Life
Overflowing"
Bishop Wohlrabe's
second in a series of
columns on the “theology of
abundance” is now available. Columns may be read by
individuals (devotionally) and/or used
by congregation councils or other parish
leadership groups for study, reflection
and discussion.
February 2010: "Life
Overflowing--Visible Words"
PDF in bulletin form
Word (right
click, save)
January 2010: "Life
Overflowing: The Word"
PDF version
Word version
(right click and save)
Global Links
This issue of
Global Links (February 2010)
contains highlights from elca.org
of ELCA ministry or connections in other
countries. Please share this information
with your congregation or other
interested parties.
Our Next
School for Lay Ministry February 12-13
Northwestern Minnesota Synod School
for Lay Ministry with Mons Teig
will be held February 12-13, 2010 at
Grace Lutheran Church, 213 Roosevelt
Ave., Detroit Lakes. Theme:“Worship
Windows to the World.” This class will
focus on creative and practical ways to
explore and implement the vital
connections between what we do on Sunday
and the rest of our lives. Mons Teig is
Professor Emeritus of Worship at Luther
Seminary.
Registration Cost is $50. Check-in will begin
at 6:15 p.m. on Friday with class
beginning at 7 p.m. (Please note there
will be no supper.) Saturday morning
rolls and coffee, Saturday lunch, and
refreshments will be provided. Please
pre-register for this event.
Register online or contact Bob
Larson at the synod office,
218.299.3019, or email
rlarson@cord.edu .
UPDATED:
Class Schedule
Would
You Like to Enliven Worship and Music in
Your Congregation?
“I’d like to try this new hymn,”
expresses a pastor, but she is not sure
if her musician colleague would know how
to teach it. “I’d like to play with more
confidence,” expresses a musician, but
he needs more training and knowledge.
The Leadership Program for Musicians
(LPM) responds directly to these and
similar questions and situations.
Read the article...
Cultivating Vitality in Multiple
Point Parishes Resource Available
If you
were unable to attend last week's
"Cultivating Vitality in Multiple Point
Parishes" event--or attended and would
like to have this resource--Rev.
John Ragan's PowerPoint presentation,
"Attitudes, Beliefs & Behavior Patterns
of Missional STaR Congregations," is now
available in PDF format:
CLICK HERE
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2009 Bishop's Report to the Congregations
of the NW Minn. Synod
As congregations prepare for their annual
meetings, the synod has prepared three resources to enhance those
meetings. Congregations in our synod will soon receive those resources
by U.S. Mail. Each is also available in PDF form.
Report
From Bishop Wohlrable
Preparing for your Annual Congregational Meeting
"Our Congregation's 2010 Mission Support for Synodical and Churchwide
Ministries" form
POST-2009 CHURCHWIDE ASSEMBLY RESOURCES PAGE
Resources and FAQs from ELCA Churchwide and the
Northwestern Minnesota Synod
ADDED DECEMBER 18: "Procedure for Taking a Congregational Vote to
Disaffiliate..."
Go to Post-Assembly page
2010 Congregation Information Form Online
The 2010 Congregation Information Form is available online in PDF
form. Please report the leadership in your congregation by
filling out this form and returning it to the synod office by March 12.
It
is very important that we have complete information.
CLICK HERE FOR FORM
Leadership Program For Musicians
LPM is Coming Your Way! Are you a pastor desiring renewed musical
leadership in your congregation? Are you a musician eager to gain more
confidence in your role as a church musician? Then LPM is for you.
MORE
Matters of the Heart
Living and giving for mission in the Northwestern
Minnesota Synod. “The grassroots
mobilization of passionate Jesus-communities who are witnesses of the
Resurrection for the sake of the world”
"Matters of the Heart" PowerPoint Presentation
Matters of the Heart brochure:
color version
greyscale version
Church Council Training Event Resources
PowerPoint presentations used in our synod's recent
Church Council Training Events are now available in PDF format. Click on
each title below to open.
Training
Event Introduction
Things That Make For Effective Church Councils
Worshipful Work--Serving on a church council
Hard
Times in Babylon--There is hope
Christ Invites You to
Follow Him...Daily
Daily
Discipleship
is an online lectionary Bible study available on the ELCA
website. Each session is available to be downloaded and
copied for participants. This Bible study is designed for
small or large groups as well as for personal devotions.
CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.
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