11.15.07
Around the synod
In order to improve the work of flow of the Oregon Synod office we are switching to an e-mail management service. This will allow e-news readers to manage their e-mail subscriptions at their convenience
Included with this management service are tools to measure what links and downloads are most often used. This will allow us to be proactive in trying to provide you the information you, as a reader group, deem important.
Also during this process we will be including additional names to the
e-news list and invite you to encourage others to join the newsletter. If your name has been added in error or the wrong contact e-mail has been transferred to the new service, please contact the synod office at juliemankin@qwest.net with your cancellation request.
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November 18
Installation of Pastor Christopher Kramer
Zion, 101 West 10th Street, The Dalles
3:00 pm |
“The First Twenty Years on the Road Together..... 1986-2006”
by Sandra Clair Anderson is available. This book is free to all
congregations that are interested in obtaining a recording of our synod’s history. Please contact the synod office with your request at 503-413-4191 or juliemankin@qwest.net. |
New Online Resource Available
Recently Bishop David Brauer-Rieke participated as Saint Mark’s Visiting Theologian.
During this time he presented a three-part series, "God Active in the ELCA- Expression of Love."
This series is now available online at:
Session 1 -Congregational
Session 2 -Churchwide
Session 3 -Synodical
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Book of Faith Advent Devotions
The "Book of Faith" is an initiative of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. This initiative invites the whole church to become more fluent in the first language of faith, the language of Scripture, in order that we might live into our calling as a people renewed, enlivened, and empowered by the Word.
Beginning this Advent, Bishop Dave Brauer-Rieke will be doing a regular devotion online. This resource will be a “Bible study tickler “as we begin our journey through the Word together.
To read the devotions online, please visit http://www.oregonsynod.org/bookoffaith/. At this site you may also sign up for the devotions to be sent to your e-mail address. The subscription link can be found on the right hand column of the web site.
To find out more about “Book of Faith”, you might check out the ELCA web site at http://www.elca.org/bookoffaith/.
For those who have already signed up for e-mail delivery:
Once you sign up for the Book of Faith devotions from the Oregon Synod, please check your inbox for a verification message from FeedBurner - addressed as “confirmations@emailenfuego.com,” - the service address that delivers email subscriptions for Book of Faith. You will need to click a link listed in this message to activate your subscription. If you think you’ve signed up, but haven’t done this verification step, please check your past e-mail messages or sign up again. Thank you! |
The 2008 Bishop’s Convocation, to be held in the Best Western Ocean View Resort in Seaside on January 2-4, 2008, will feature presentations concerning how our churches can remain true to themselves and find ways to adapt their ministries to the people and circumstances in which they find themselves in a changing world. Diana Butler Bass, author of “Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church is Transforming the Faith,” will be presenting Thursday and Friday evening. The resolution passed during the 2007 Oregon Synod Assembly titled, “The Just War Resolution -Provide Pastors and Congregational Members information on Just War Criteria” will be discussed Wednesday afternoon. This event is for the rostered leaders of the Oregon Synod.
Just War Resolution
www.oregonsynod.org/assembly/resolutions.htm#4.
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Brochures with registration forms are now available
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 November 16- November 17
Church isn’t what I’m looking for … or is it?
Augustana, 2710 NE 14th Avenue (near Lloyd Center), Portland
November 16, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm (includes a light supper)
November 17, 9:30 am– Noon (Breakfast is available at 8:30 am)
www.lensnw.org
Download PDF flyer
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Called To Be a Public Church: 2008 ELCA Voting and Civic Participation Guide
A resource guide to encourage, empower, and equip Lutherans to engage responsibly in the 2008 election cycle. "Called To Be a Public Church" is intended to encourage congregations to participate in voter registration drives, voter mobilization campaigns, and poll monitoring. This guide also contains nonpartisan issue briefs on issues related to the ELCA social statements.
This resource is now available to download from www.elca.org/advocacy/publicchurch/. It will be available for order from Augsburg Fortress later this month.
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The tagline was developed in conjunction with an ELCA branding campaign that has been ongoing since January 2007. One of the fruits of that campaign was an advertising campaign that piloted in Denver this September. You can see the ads that appeared there at www.elca.org/love. |
Other Highlights
To read the complete description of the event, please visit www.oregonsynod.org/resources/events.php |
November 15
The Five Stages of the Soul - Our Common Journey
Author Dr. Harry R. Moody will be speaking after aninterfaith potluck dinner
Westminster Presbyterian Church - Great Hall, 1624 NE Hancock, Portland
6:30pm dinner
7:30 speaker/workshop
www.icmuoregon.org or 503-287-1289
November 14-17
An Interfaith Approach to Mental Health: Spirituality, Companionship & Outreach
A series with Rev. Dr. Craig Rennebohm
Portland, Oregon
idno@msn.com
Download brochure and registration form
November 16
Ecumenical Service: The Faith Community Responds to the Plight of Immigrants in our Midst
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 1010 Columbia St NE at Portland Road, Salem
11:00 am
503-363-3660 or CAUSA – Immigrants Rights Coalition at 503-984-6816.
Download flyer
November 16 & 17
Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan Lecture
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 147 NW 19th Avenue, Portland, Oregon
www.center-for-spiritual-development.org.
November 17
African Gospel A cappella in concert
Free-will offering to benefit ongoing ministries in Liberia
Milwaukie Lutheran Church, 3810 Southeast Lake Road, Milwaukie
7:00 pm
www.africangospel.org
503-653-0250
November 30
World AIDS Day
STOP AIDS. Take the Lead.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Workshops: 9:30 am-4:30 pm
Register by email: pdxaids@comcast.net. Registration deadline: November 16th.
Remembrance Service: 5:30 pm-6:30 pm
To register for the Workshops, please email pdxaids@comcast.net. 503-764-8714.
December 2
Messiah Celebrates New Organ Installation
Dedication Concerts
Messiah Lutheran Church, 905 N.W. 94th Street, Vancouver, WA 98665
3:30 pm or 6:30 pm
www.messiahvancouver.org
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December 2
Beautiful Advent and Christmas Music
St. Olaf Christmas Festival Simulcast
Five locations in Oregon (see below)
1:00 pm
www.stolaf.edu
December 2
Fundraising Dinner for Northwest House of Theological Studies
Featured Speaker: Marcus Borg
5:00 pm- Social Time
5:30 pm- Dinner
6:30 pm -Program
Red Lion Inn, 3301 Market St. NE, Salem (near I-5)
To order tickets call 503-588-4344.
Position Opening and Other Information
For a complete list of job position openings visit www.oregonsynod.org/resources/positions.php
Assistant Director
Bethel Drop-In Center
The job is part time, Tuesday - Friday afternoons 2:30 - 6:00 for the
rest of the school year, with the possibility to continue into the
summer program, which is full time for 7 - 8 weeks.
Candidates should have some experience working with school age children and an ability to work calmly in the midst of chaos.
The pay is $10 - 13/hour depending on experience.
Contact
Melody Hesseltine
Director, Bethel Drop-In Center
503-285-4919 or ydic@bethelpdx.org
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