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Prayers of remembrance
We remember in prayer the family of Pastor Martin Schroeder, who died August 26. He was ordained in 1949 and served Messiah Lutheran Church, Grand Island, NE., and Bethany Lutheran Church, Cherry Hills, Village, CO. We give thanks for his years of faithful ministry, and we surround his family and friends with our prayers. Pastor Ray Larson (current interim at Ft. Morgan, CO) has shared that his daughter's brother-in-law was the flight attendant on the Commair jet that crashed on Sunday morning. A memorial service will take place at the crash site on Thursday, and a memorial service for the flight crew will take place in Cincinnati at Delta headquarters on Friday. Our prayers are with them these challenging days. Prayers for El Paso and Juarez Ordination and Installation of Nico Marie Ashe | ||||||
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Senior high youth gathering
Nov 17- 19 Registration is now open online at www.rmselca .org/forever/. Whatever, Wherever, Whenever, Forever, this year’s Rocky Mountain Synod Senior High Youth Gathering, will offer young people an immersion into the emerging church. The speaker is Nate Frombach, Professor of Youth, Culture, and Mission at Wartburg Theological Seminary. Dr. Frombach will passionately lead us into exploring ways that young people in the church can interact faithfully with our postmodern culture. The Rev. Karen Ward, abbess of the Church of the Apostles, an emerging church in the Fremont District in Seattle, will work with him to engage us in exploring this new movement. Together they will lead us in worship and create a space unlike you have encountered before at a youth gathering! Celebrate Campus Ministry Sunday Sept.
17 Spirit Driven: RMS Women of the ELCA Convention Are the travelling crosses still travelling? Celebrate Treasures, Old and New NM Advocacy Conference is September 23 Clergy Women's Retreat: October 2-3, 2006 Ending Hunger Now Summit Coaching 101 Workshop Celebrate Treasures, Old and New | ||||||
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Sept. 24 Denver event invites dialogue about
Islam
Members of the Multicultural Mosaic Foundation, a Muslim organization, will be at Our Savior's Lutheran on Sept 24 at 4 p.m. to describe activities of the foundation and answer questions about Islam. The Foundation "actively encourages and nurtures dialog between followers of religons and members of society generally, to attain peace and bring about cooperation". Bishop Allan Bjornberg will be in attendance. If you have questions, you may contact Bonita Bock at 303-860-7119 or bonita.bock@wartburg.edu. Additional information is on the web at www.mosaic foundation.org. Common Threads: Iraq and Central America HeartLight Center: 3rd Anniversary Celebration &
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RAINBOW TRAIL FALL
LUTHERHOSTEL
September 17-20, 2006 will see the Fall Lutherhostel at Rainbow Trail. Guest speaker for the retreat will be the Reverend Dr. David Miller. For more information visit: http://www.rainbowtrail.org/Lutherhostel.htm DAY APART AT ILIFF Sept 9, 2006 is the next Day Apart at Iliff. 8:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. Cost of $45 includes lunch and materials. Register by calling David Lavinder at 303 765 3115. THE SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR AS MYSTIC WITH TOM STELLA Retreat is September 25–28, 2006 at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Retreat House, Sedalia, CO. WARTBURG YOUTH AND FAMILY CERTIFICATION SCHOOL October 31-November 17, 2006, at Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp LUTHERAN ENGAGED ENCOUNTER At Messiah Mountain, just west of Denver, from September 29 -October 1. Info at www.leeionline.org. NEW BEGINNINGS CELEBRATION Saturday, Sept. 30 from 5 - 7 p.m.at Messiah Community Church (ELCA), 1750 Colorado Blvd. Women released from prison will share their faith stories. New Beginnings Church is a Congregation of Women Behind the Walls. Call Kathy at 303-831-7023 with any questions. | ||||||
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The
ONE campaign
The ONE campaign is uniting people around the world ONE by ONE to make poverty history. The ONE Lutheran campaign challenges your congregation to become a ONE Lutheran Congregation by organizing a “ONE Sunday” and achieving three of the following five goals: Feature the Millennium Development Goals in a sermon. Organize a Bread for the World “Offering of Letters” and have participants also sign the ONE declaration. Send letters and signed declarations to the ELCA Washington Office. Use ONE resources in Christian education classes for youth and adults. Collect an offering for the ELCA World Hunger Appeal Meet with federal legislators to advocate for the Millennium Development Goals.
If a congregation qualifies as a ONE Congregation, Kay Luttinen will present them a banner at a worship service! Contact her at ONERMS@aol.com. Bishop Hansen's letter of Sept. 11
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Review
I Will to You: Leaving a Legacy for Those You Love Herbert Brokering's newest book is available Oct. 1 from Augsburg Publishing House Herbert Brokering goes beyond “The Five Wishes” to leave his legacy to loved ones and to those who have the privilege of reading his latest book, “I Will To You”. Drawing upon simple pleasures experienced on the Nebraska prairie where he was born and raised, as well as lifetime adventures, he paints incredible word pictures that bring memories alive and captures the spirit of a life lived fully. Legacies such as ”Wood”, “Aroma”, “Sparrows”, “Hobo Angels”, “Dried Daisies”, “Prayer”, “Stars” to name a few, become recognizable spiritual gifts. Nothing in this life is taken for granted for all comes from God and has a message to bear. I Will to You can be used as a daily devotional, but I warn you it is difficult to put down once the book is opened. It is a book that will be referred to again and again as it speaks so poignantly to a person’s soul. I Will To You would be an ideal gift to each child in your family as well as to those who appreciate the “poetic” writings of a gifted, prolific Spirit-filled writer. --by Jean Larson, Longmont, CO (click the book graphic above to order) | ||||||
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