Looking for a Discipline for Lent?
Spend a couple of hours on one of the Mondays in Lent serving the neighbor—the ones who are unemployed, homeless, or barely making ends meet on disability pensions. They come to the Grant Avenue Street Reach meal at St. Paul Lutheran in downtown Denver for a home-cooked spaghetti meal every Monday, 1-5 pm. You can work any time from 10 am–7 pm. Afterward, we can spend a short time in conversation, reflecting on how this experience speaks to us as we journey through Lent. Contact Jan Miller, jan@stpauldenver.org, call the church at 720.274.4706 or visit the website www.stpauldenver.org

Poems, Prayers, and Songs for Iraq
On Friday, March 16 at First Mennonite Church of Denver, 430 West 9th Avenue at 5:00, an Ecumenical Worship will take place. This will be followed by a march to Veterans Park where we will participate in a vigil with other groups. The event will run concurrent with the activities of the national Christian Witness for Peace Event in Washington, D.C., an ecumenical peace event co-sponsored by Lutheran Peace Fellowship of the ELCA. It is co-sponsored by the Non-Violence Resource Team-Rocky Mountain Synod (NVRT-RMS) in the spirit of the Colorado Confession. If you have questions, please contact Pastor Ron Letnes by email: ronlinlet@comcast.net.

Christian Witness for Peace in Iraq (CWPI)
March 16-17 in Washington, D.C.
Join an ecumenical CWPI gathering in Washington, D. C. with five foci:
1) Ending the U.S. Occupation;
2) Supporting our Troops;
3) Rebuilding Iraq;
4) Saying NO to Torture;
5) Saying YES to Justice.
Lutheran Peace Fellowship-ELCA, Sojourners Fellowship, Pax Christi, and many other mainline peace groups are partnering in this effort. For more information, visit: www.christianpeacewitness.org. [Endorsed by the Non-Violence Resource Team- Rocky Mountain Synod (NVRT-RMS) in the spirit of the Colorado Confession.]

LMPC Seminar to be Held in Albuquerque
The Lombard Mennonite Peace Center is offering its seminar on Leadership and Anxiety in the Church: A Family Systems Perspective on March 22, 2007, in Albuquerque, NM. Those who attend the seminar will be exposed to material that could have an impact in preventing destructive conflict from emerging in their church. Attendees will likely find the event to be both enlightening and healing -- while providing some insights for managing themselves better in the midst of congregational anxieties. For more information and to register, visit the LMPC website.

A "Bag of Tricks" Workshop
Come join us March 23-25 at Outlaw Ranch, Custer, South Dakota for a weekend of fun, games and networking for youth leaders, pastors, teachers, and school counselors. Each participant will leave with a "bag of tricks" that includes team building activities, games and initiatives to use for years to come. Cost for the weekend is $120 which includes the bag of tricks you'll take home. 1 semester hour graduate or undergraduate credit is available through Augustana College. Check out www.losd.org and click on Retreats & Events for more details. For more info call 605-673-4040 or email outlaw@losd.org.

"Celebre' la Buena Vida"
The third annual gala fund-raiser for the Buena Vida Adult Day Centers will be held on March 29 at the El Paso Club in El Paso, Texas. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. and last until 8 p.m. Since 1975, the Buena Vida Adult Day Centers have provided quality care to El Paso’s low-income elderly and disabled residents, providing them nutritious meals, exercise, social activities, field trips, health monitoring, medicine administration, and health education. For more information, call (915) 598-5403 or visit the website.

What Women Want: A Retreat
A women’s retreat themed What Women Want will be held April 12-15. Based on three of the most popular chapters in Bergren's upcoming book, What Women Want, this retreat will help you tackle your deepest cravings -- a deeper relationship with God, a stronger faith, a sense of contentment and a true understanding of love in our lives. Our speakers will be Lisa T. Bergren and Missie Bonser. Bring a friend, or a few, and enjoy this weekend of rest, renewal, fun, and relationship building! Registration forms can be downloaded from the Rainbow Trail website.

“Light Into the World” Wednesday, April 25, 11:00 a.m.
The annual Lutheran Worship service at Iliff School of Theology is presented by the students of the campus Lutheran Student Organization. "Light into the World", written by Kent Gustavson, is a lively bluegrass setting of the Lutheran Eucharist liturgy with banjo, mandolin and string bass. Bishop Allan Bjornberg will be preaching. All are welcome to this special service which meets in the beautiful campus chapel (built in 1892) at the Iliff School of Theology, 2201 South University Boulevard, Denver. Parking is available in the visitor lot off Iliff Ave. A community luncheon with the Bishop and other Lutheran guests is available after the service for a $5.00 fee.

“A View From the Underside: The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer” Wednesday, April 25, 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Al Staggs brings the stage to life in his nationally acclaimed portrayal of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest theologians of the 20th century. Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor and university professor in Nazi occupied Germany, courageously resisted Nazi oppression in word and deed. In this production, Staggs brings the audience into the prison cell where Bonhoeffer awaits execution and portrays Bonhoeffer’s struggles with evil and injustice. Discussion with the audience will follow the one-hour presentation.

The event, brought to Denver by the Iliff Lutheran Student Organization (LSO), will be performed in the Great Hall at Iliff School of Theology at 2201 S. University Blvd. Parking is available in the Visitor Lot off Iliff. Ave. The production is free and open to the public. For more information contact David Carlson, LSO co-chair at dcarlson@iliff.edu.

Youth and Family Certification School Sites Announced
Youth and family ministry requires new and innovative approaches. Youth and Family Certification School is a 16-day intensive course for adult leaders, volunteers, clergy, parents, and seminary students in relating and forming Christ's ministry with youth. This course provides solid biblical and theological education with cutting-edge ministry basics.

2007 Certification School sites are:
April 30 - May 18: Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, IA (wk 1);
...Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa (wk 2 & 3)
June 4 – 22: Lee Valley Ranch, Black Hills, S.D.
August 13-3: Lutheridge & Lutherock, North Carolina
September 3 – 21: Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, IA
Sept. 24- Oct. 12: Minneapolis, MN
October 8-25: Trinity Lutheran College, Issaquah WA

2008 Certification School sites are:
May 5-23: Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, IA
September 22 - October 10: Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, IA
November 3-21: Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp, Colorado

For more details on sites and to download an application, please go to the Centers for Youth Ministries (CYM) website.

Faith for All Seasons Men’s Retreats
All men are invited to the Faith for All Seasons Men’s Retreats. We will be hosting a fly-fishing retreat this Spring, April 26-29. We will be fly-fishing in the famed Arkansas River and novices to expert fishermen are encouraged to attend. Bible study, worship, and prayer will be woven into the weekend so all can come away renewed spiritually, mentally and physically. Pastor David Risendal will be the speaker and bible study leader for the weekend.

In the Fall, come join us for our Faith on the Fairways retreat, September 13-16. This retreat offers men the opportunity to play 45 holes of golf while finding the relationships held between our lives of faith and time spent in the game. Rocky Mountain Synod Bishop Allan Bjornberg will be our study leader for this weekend of faith, fellowship and deepening our relationships with Christ. Cost of the retreat includes green fees.

If you are interested in these two retreats, registration forms can be downloaded from the Rainbow Trail website.