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Prayers and
Celebrations |
 Seventh Sunday of
Easter
O God of glory, your Son Jesus Christ suffered for
us and ascended to your right hand. Unite us with Christ
and each other, in suffering and in joy, that all your
children may be drawn into your bountiful dwelling.
Amen.
Prayer from Revised Common Lectionary
Prayers,
Consultation on English Texts, 2002
Pastor
Paul Olsen: 25 Years of Ordination
You are
invited to join the congregation of Glory of God
Lutheran Church as they celebrate Pastor Paul
Olsen's 25 years of ordination (May 1983 - May
2008) on Sunday, May 4. The celebration and lunch
will immediately follow the 10:30 a.m. service. Please
RSVP to helengm@comcast.net or 303-232-8870 by
Sunday, April 13. Glory of God Lutheran Church is
located at 1220 West 38th Avenue in Wheat
Ridge.
Synod
Prayer Cycle: Boulder/Broomfield
Conference
You are
encouraged to include these leaders in your Sunday
prayers of the people. The
prayer lists for May are available. Please
consider including this prayer list in your newsletters
and bulletins as a means of connecting your
congregations with others in the Rocky Mountain
Synod.
to remember in
prayer at worship on 05/04
Atonement Boulder,
CO
Debra Engquist
Bethlehem Longmont,
CO
Mark Peterson
Christ the Servant Louisville,
CO
Daniel Hoeger, Joel
Brandt |
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2008 Synod Assembly |
Make Hyatt Hotel Reservations
by May 4!The total number of
voting members and visitor/exhibitors registered for the
2008 Rocky Mountain Assembly has passed the
571 mark and the number continues to
grow. Now that we know you will be there, the Assembly
Planning Committee is hard at work putting the finals
details in place! Remember
that the deadline for making a hotel reservation at the
Hyatt Regency at the
"special" Rocky Mountain Synod rate
is May 4. Please make your reservation
online! Voting members will receive a mailing next week,
and information will continue to be distributed by email
and on the web. Can you feel the excitement?!
Please note: a late fee of $25 will be added to
each registration, including visitor and exhibitor
registrations, now that the registration deadline has
passed.FRIDAY DINNER: RESTAURANT
MAPOn Friday, May 23, all will enjoy dinner
"on the town." Many restaurant choices are available
within walking distance, or a short ride on the free
16th Street MallRide bus. Please review the many options
on an interactive map, and then make
your own reservations, if appropriate. Restaurants in
every price range are listed. PRELIMINARY ASSEMBLY
SCHEDULEThe preliminary schedule is
available as a .pdf document for you to review.
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Synod News and Events |
It's not too late to
register.
Mexico City Trip.
It's a Go!
The synod immersion experience in Mexico
City, scheduled for June 10-18, is
definitely going forward. We have received deposits and
registrations from more than the minimum number to make
the trip possible. So, we encourage
other lay and clergy to join the fun. All are welcome -
high school The trip costs $560 + airfare,
which includes all lodging, food, program, and
in-country transportation. Check out the website at
http://www.rmselca.org/globalmission/trips.htm
, or e-mail Jay McDivitt (jaymcdivitt@gmail.com) with questions. There are still two
scholarships for $250 available for those who apply.
Since we know the trip is on, we are willing to take
registrations after the original deadline of April 15,
but we encourage you to sign up as soon as you are
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ELCA Fund for Leaders
Scholarships
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With joy and
thanksgiving, congratulations
go to:
Jared Witt - Abiding Hope Lutheran
Church, Littleton, CO and Lutheran Campus Ministry at
CSU, Fort Collins, CO;
Dan Carlson - Evergreen
Lutheran Church, Evergreen, CO;
Anthony Chullino - All Saints
Lutheran Church, Aurora, CO.
Each of these young people have been awarded ELCA
Fund for Leaders Scholarships for their seminary study
beginning in the fall of 2009. Jared
will attend Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, OH),
Dan will attend Pacific Lutheran
Theological Seminary (Berkeley, CA), and
Anthony will study at Wartburg
Theological Seminary (Dubuque, IA).
These scholarships are made possible through
generous and faithful giving to the Fund for Leaders
Scholarship Program.
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Understanding
"Fair Trade" |
Breakfast &
Brainstorming
Saturday,
May 3
from 10 am - Noon
King
of Glory Lutheran
Church
2919
N. Wilson Avenue
Loveland,
CO 80538
Topics
include:
Share
advocacy ideas from your congregation or come to
get ideas! Join
us for a free continental breakfast.
Invite a friend or two!
To RSVP,
please contact Terri McMaster, Lutheran Advocacy
Ministry - CO, Rocky Mountain Synod. The phone
number is 303-777-6700 (800-525-0462) or e-mail Terri at
tmcmaster@rmselca.org
Directions:
From Interstate 25
1) Take exit 257B to
merge onto E Eisenhower Blvd (US 34 West) (5.8
miles)
2) Turn right at N Taft Ave
(1 mile)
3) Turn left at W 29th
St (1 mile)
This event is hosted by Lutheran Advocacy
Ministry -
Colorado
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RMS Youth:
Share Your
Leadership Skills |
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Youth
Leadership Needed
for the 2008 Senior High Gathering
FEAR NOT! Plans are underway for the
2008 Senior High Youth Gathering in Estes Park. As
part of the planning process, the Senior High Youth
Gathering Planning Committee is asking youth directors
and pastors to recommend one or more youth from their
congregation to be part of the leadership at the
gathering which will take place November 21 - 23.
The youth
will potentially serve in two areas: 1) as a youth emcee
or 2) as a small group leader. Please fill out the
recommendation form and
return it to Becca 'Becs' Sager at trinityboulderyouth@hotmail.com by
June 31. You may also print and mail the form to
her at:
Trinity Lutheran Church
2200 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80302
If you have any questions, please call
Becs at 303-442-2300.
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| 2009 National Youth Gathering Needs
"Servant Companions" |
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 Ministry Calling
for 800 Young Adult Servant
Companions
800 young adults ages 20 to 25, are
needed to be Servant Companions at the ELCA
Youth Gathering July 20-26, 2009 in New Orleans.
You will help lead 36,000 high school youth and adult
leaders through a variety of experiences around the
theme of Jesus, Justice and Jazz.
Each
Servant Companion will help welcome, lead,
facilitate, and care for groups of 45 youth and adult
leaders through the Youth Gathering experiences while in
New Orleans. This will include service projects,
theological reflections and interactions with an area of
justice.
If you are a person
who
·
Senses a
calling for youth ministry
·
Is growing
in your theology and practices of faith
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Is excited
by being with high school youth
·
Engaging
and confident voice that commands and energizes a group
of 45
·
Has a
confident, welcoming, life affirming
personality
·
Listens
carefully to concerns and can help problem solve
·
Can "think
on your feet"
·
Learn names
quickly
·
Has
experience with small group facilitating
skills
·
Has an
interest in justice issues
·
Be okay
with not having all the answers.
·
Is able to
listen and wonder with youth about ambiguous ideas of
theology and sociological issues
·
Is humble,
dependable and above all flexible. - The Gumby
Pledge!
Then you
are needed!
Apply today
to join them as a Servant
Companion by going to www.elca.org/gathering and
clicking on the link that reads "Gathering
Volunteers" to apply on
line.
Training and orientation begins at
3 p.m. on Monday, July 20, 2009. Your housing and
meals will be provided. You will apply through the ELCA
web site, need to have background checks completed and
secure your own transportation to New Orleans.
Servant Companions will be led by a team of
27 Coaches and coordinated by Lyle
Griner, National Peer Ministry
Director with The Youth & Family
Institute in Bloomington, MN.
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Gifts That Nourish, Sustain and
Improve Lives |
The artisans whose beautiful crafts you find
in the Lutheran orld Relief Handcraft Catalog
receive more than a fair price for their skilled work.
Each artisan belongs to an organization that empowers
them to improve their life and the lives of their family
and community. Day to day, this can mean access to
health care, vocational training and education. In times
of emergency, it can mean food rations, shelter and a
support network to aid recovery.
When you
choose to purchase the Fair Trade handicrafts in the
catalog, you purchase more than  high-quality handmade gifts. You
support the work of artisan groups and the communities
they serve, and you further the work of Lutheran World
Relief. Through our partnership with A Greater Gift, 7.5
percent of all purchases through the LWR Handcraft
Project are reinvested in support of LWR's partners and
projects.
A Greater
Gift, the nonprofit handcraft program of SERRV
International, works with communities  across
the globe to alleviate poverty through trade and
training which empower individual artisans and farmers
and ripple out to benefit families, communities and
future generations. Lutheran World relief has partnered
with A Greater Gift in the LWR Handcraft Project since
1999.
Please
take a moment or two to go to the website. There you
will find such information as how to receive a
FREE Lutheran
World Relief Fair Trade catalog or how
to organize and have a Fair Trade Fair in your
congregation or community. Choose from pre-elected
packages of handcraft or choose your own specific items,
unpack the box, set up, and sell. It's that
easy! | |
Willie E.
Hobbs
Assistant to the Director for
Administration and Communication
Rocky Mountain
Synod, ELCA
whobbs@rmselca.org
303-777-6700 |
800-525-0462
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| "For the living of these
days..." |
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prayers for ministries & meetings this
week: |
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Bishop Allan
Bjornberg
Meeting with Bethany Lutheran Church, Colorado
Springs, CO; Synod staff meeting, Denver, CO.
Madelyn
Busse
Worship opportunity with the Lutheran students of
Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO; Global Missions
conference call, Denver, CO; Celebrate the ordination
anniversary of Pastor Paul Olsen, Glory of God Lutheran
Church, Wheat Ridge, CO; Board for Church in Society
consultation, Denver, CO; Youth Ministry Leaders
meeting, Denver, CO; Synod staff meeting, Denver,
CO.
Jim
Hytjan
Meeting with Rejoice
Lutheran Church, Erie, CO; Meeting with New Horizons
Lutheran Church, Falcon, CO; Meeting for the
Four Winds Project, Denver, CO; Meeting with Bethany
Lutheran Church, Colorado Springs, CO; Synod staff
meeting, Denver, CO
Dan
Bollman
Sr. High Youth
Gathering meeting, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Wheat
Ridge, CO; Leading the Adult Forum at Cross of Christ
Lutheran Church, Broomfield, CO; Money Leadership
Training Event, Omaha, NE; Synod staff meeting, Denver,
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| Eco-Stewardship
in the
Congregation |
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PRE-ASSEMBLY
OPPORTUNITY
'Green
Open House' at
St.
Paul
Lutheran
Church,
Denver
May 22, 9:30 - 11
a.m.
The
congregation of St. Paul invites
the Rocky Mountain Synod Assembly participants to attend
an energy audit workshop on Thursday, May
22, from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. This workshop will
take place at 1600 Grant Street,
downtown Denver
(1 block north of the state capitol building).
The Rocky
Mountain Synod is partnering with Colorado Interfaith
Power and Light to provide interested congregations with
a low-cost, quantitative analysis of their energy use
and costs, plus options for reducing energy consumption
and estimates of reduced energy costs.
You are invited to hear about the
Eco-Audit Program from Diane Dandeneau, Executive
Director, Green Heart Institute and Colorado Interfaith
Power and Light and see the results of St. Paul
Lutheran's extensive building renovation and energy
'makeover'.
Please
RSVP by Monday, May
21, to Ms. Diana Linden, Minister of
Education and Discipleship by email her at diana@stpauldenver.org.
Also, you may leave Diana a message at
720-274-4709. For details about the "Green Open
House" and information about how to get to the church,
please visit the St. Paul website:
www.stpauldenver.org/green
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| Godspell Jr. - The
Musical |
Y
Hope of Augustana Presents: Godspell,
Jr. |
Godspell, Jr., the
award winning musical by Stephen Schwartz is being
presented by Y Hope, the Middle and High School Choir of
Augustana Lutheran Church, Denver, CO.
This incredible show will be shown
one time
only, on Sunday, May 4
at 4:00 pm, Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda
Avenue, Denver, CO 80246. Tickets are
$10/Adult and $5/Student, general seating. You may
purchase your tickets at Augustana Lutheran Church on
Sunday morning, at the door, or by calling 303-388-4678
to reserve them now!
For more information, contact Cindy
Lindeen-Martin, 303-388-4678, ext. 117 or lindeen-martin@augustanadenver.org .
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| 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering
Coordinator |
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JESUS, JUSTICE,
JAZZ
Start planning NOW
for the 2009 ELCA YOUTH GATHERING in New Orleans
July 22-26, 2009. As the Rocky Mountain
Synod Coordinator for the 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering,
Kristi Beebe is your contact person if you have any
questions and concerns.
To help get information to those
interested people in your congregation, please email (or
call) her the name of the person in your congregation
with whom she should be in contact about the Youth
Gathering. Also, give her your congregation's
name, city, state, and the email and/or phone number for
the contact person. Her email is nlchurch1004@qwest.net .
More information about the gathering is
posted on
the web.
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| Animals
of the Bible:
from A to Z |
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"C" is for the camel that can't fit
through narrow
places.
Author: Alice Camille
Illustrator: Sarah Evelyn Showalter
64 pages /
$16.95
In
this new children's book, beautiful artwork from debut
artist Sarah Evelyn Showalter depicts animals from the
Bible-one for each letter of the alphabet. In the back
of the book are chapter and verse citations for each
letter, and award-winning author Alice Camille provides
"Pages for Grown Ups" for parents, grandparents and
teachers can easily pick out the significance of each
animal and explain it to young
children.
Alice Camille is a well-respected author and
educator who has won awards from the Catholic Press
Association, the Associated Church Press and the
Religion Communicators Council.
Sarah Evelyn Showalter graduated with a BS in Art
Education from Edinboro University and taught art
overseas to US military and embassy children. She is
currently working on a Masters in Education
Technology.
For more information or to purchase your copy
of the book, please go to www.actapublications.com and scroll
down the list.
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| Simple Living
by
Starting Simple |
Heart-to-Heart
Conversations About
Simple
Living |
In today's complex
and busy world, people yearn for simpler lives. Bob
Sitze offers Starting Simple
to help readers live joyfully and justly. Because Sitze
believes conversations change us as individuals and that
most important social changes take place through
conversation, he invites us into heart-to-heart
conversations about simple living.
Sitze helps readers
and others in their congregations:
· Learn what the Scriptures
have to say about living a godly life in these
times.
· Find ways to repent of
unsustainable lifestyle choices.
·
Gather courage to change the ways we
think and live.
· Speak and listen
to the struggles of others, with honesty and
respect.
David Beckmann,
President of Bread for the World, writes, "Social
justice starts with our own lives and our relationships
with each other. In Starting Simple, Bob Sitze
shows how we can create change by becoming better
stewards of our lives. He offers us as Christians a
multitude of creative ideas for finding and living
what's truly important."
Bob Sitze is former director for hunger
education for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America. An experienced educator and writer, Sitze has
been an observer-and servant-of congregations for more
than 40 years.
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| Border Fencing:
Deterrent or Disaster? |
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from the EL Paso
Times....
Even as the controversy continues,
the 56.7 miles of planned border fencing in and around
El Paso continues to grow. Environmental groups and El
Paso city officials are very much opposed to the
Homeland Security project along the U.S. southern
border.
The border fence is 15 to 18 feet tall,
with 21 miles of lighting and two miles of road upgrades
as part of the Primary Fence Project 225, the 225 miles
of border fencing that the government hopes to complete
in 2008.
Click
here to read the full article from the El Paso
Times.
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| Events |
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WORD and MEAL
Lutheran Worship at
Iliff
The Lutheran students at
Iliff School of Theology invite everyone to join them
for worship on Wednesday,
April 30 (11:00 a.m.) and Monday, May
19 (9:00
a.m.) All Eucharist services will be
held in the Iliff Chapel. Rev. Kevin Maly will be
preaching on April 30.
Lutheran
Servant Event 2008
Come to the 11th
Annual Lutheran Servant Event 2008 on May
3 to share your time and talents with
others in the faith community. To register for the
event,
please download, print, complete and mail the
registration form. Pam McClune at 303-623-7558 can
answer any questions.
Waldorf Choir to
Perform at St. Luke, Albuquerque
The Waldorf
Choir will perform at St. Luke Lutheran Church in
Albuquerque, N.M., on Monday, May 5. St. Luke is
located at 9100 Menaul Boulevard NE. There is no charge
for admission and a free will donation will be offered.
Waldorf College is a four-year college of the
ELCA.
Planned
Giving: Three Free Workshops at Rainbow Trail in
May
Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp will offer
three free (identical seminars) on Monday May 5,
Tuesday May 6 and Wednesday May 7, starting each
evening with dinner at 6:00 pm. and concluding at 1:00
pm the next day. All meals and lodging will be provided
by Rainbow Trail as a gift to you. Reserve your spot
no later than
April 28 by calling the Rainbow Trail Canon
City office (719-276-5233).
Benefit
Concert for the RMS
Acoustic duo "Storyhill" will perform a
benefit concert on Wednesday,
May 14 at Cross of Christ Lutheran
Church, located at 12099 Lowell Blvd Broomfield (80020)
to benefit Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp and Lutheran
Ranches of the Rockies. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the
concert begins at 7:30 p.m. For information: on
the music check out www.storyhill.com ; on concert details
contact roberta.wentworth@thrivent.com
Urban
Servant Corps & the Colfax
Marathon
The Urban Servant Corps will participate
in the 3rd Annual Colfax Marathon on Sunday,
May
18 and they seek your help in supporting
their fundraising efforts. Read more on how you can participate in
this event. For questions, please call their office
at 303-894-0076.
'Green
Open House' at St. Paul Lutheran Church,
Denver
The
congregation of St. Paul invites the Rocky Mountain
Synod Assembly participants to attend an energy audit
workshop on Thursday, May 22, from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
This workshop will take place at 1600 Grant Street,
downtown Denver (1 block north of the state capitol
building). Please RSVP by Monday, May 21, to Ms.
Diana Linden by email at diana@stpauldenver.org
or by phone at 720-274-4709. Details about the "Green
Open House" can be found at the St. Paul website: www.stpauldenver.org/green
Memorial
Day Work Weekend at Rainbow Trail
Come and
join over 100 people May 23-26
to help make Rainbow Trail's site the best possible.
There is no charge for the weekend but a reservation is
a must. Contact Dave at the Canon City office at
719-276-5233 to reserve your spot!
Rainbow
Trail Offers Immersion Trip to Juarez,
Mexico
Come join Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp in a
week-long experience where you will work along-side a
family in Juarez, Mexico, building a home and great
relationships. Senior high and young adults. There is
only ONE more week open from July
27-August 2. Please contact Anne Bliss,
719.942.4220 or email her at anne@rainbowtrail.org
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