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Leadership Formation
for Mission
Living DiscipleLife Gatherings
for Prayer and Conversation
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Last year various gatherings of lay and rostered leaders took place to talk about the future of the NT-NL. That led to presentations and conversations at the 2010 assembly in Amarillo about the redefinition of “synod” and our life together. Now that conversation comes home to all the members and leaders in our congregations. YOU are invited to join the discussion and help find ways to realign our life together around leadership formation for mission.
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Living DiscipleLife Gatherings for Prayer & Conversation
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October 23
Good Shepherd, Marshall
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November 13
St. Matthew, Waco
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December 4
Shepherd King, Lubbock
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January 15
St. Luke's, Richardson
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January 29
Calvary, Richland Hills
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March 26
Bethel, Avoca
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Bishop Kevin Kanouse will lead each of the six gatherings using a format that weaves worship together with conversation, food and fellowship.
His intent is to listen to the needs of the leaders and congregations and to propose ways that we can work together to focus on the development of missional congregations, courageous leaders and evangelical outreach.
Every congregation is invited to send 2-3 congregational leaders plus their pastor to one of these Living DiscipleLife gatherings. Each begins at 10 a.m. and concludes by 3 p.m. - lunch is included for a donation. Let your pastor know that you would like to attend.
Registration will close one week prior to each event. You are welcome to attend any of the six Living DiscipleLife days.
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DiscipleLife
St. Matthew, Waco, offered a Polka Mass. • Women of St. John, Wilson, collected new shoes for children. • Midland, Midland, offers a Children's Night Out on the Wednesdays of summer (dinner and games). • Advent, Arlington, is working to address the needs of the day laborers in their area. • Christ, Dallas, offered a family mission trip to Bayou LaButri. • Emmanuel, Granbury, is looking at ways to share ministry with the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. • First, Longview, had its 30th annual Senior Citizen Luau. • Gloria Dei, Garland, went to see a Frisco Rough Riders game. • Gloria Dei, Lubbock, uses Thrivent's Simply Giving program. • Men of Calvary, Richland Hills, went dove hunting together.
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Parish Lay Ministry Academy - Fall Term
As a hundred NT-NL graduates can attest, the Parish Lay Ministry Academy is a wonderful way to "go deeper" in your understanding of the teachings and mission of the church and to prepare yourself for new ways to serve and lead in the congregation. The fall term begins September 11 - with topics on Worship, Pauline Theology and Church History.
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School for Children in Sierra Leone
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone will have another 4-classroom school built thanks to the generosity of anonymous donors from NT-NL. The couple (a retired pastor and spouse) were touched by a story at the 2008 Synod Assembly about a NT-NL congregation doing this very thing. This is Living DiscipleLife !
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September on the Calendar of Emphasis
The NT-NL Mission Endowment Fund
Our Partnerships in Ministry recently featured on Page One
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More publicity information on various ministries featured on NTNL.org Page One are available online; click here.
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FYI…
- Lifestyle Stewardship: Hope for a Healthy Future - Learn more about food, overeating, and a healthy lifestyle at this seminar, Sept. 18 (Advent, Arlington) presented by Dr. Anne Georgulas. See the brochure.
- GUSTO! -- a speaker and event series at King of Glory, Dallas, for mature adults -- launches a new season on Sept. 13th with a presentation by columnist Steve Blow of the Dallas Morning News. All are welcome.
- Meridian State Park is the site for the fall retreat of Lutheran Men in Mission. The Oct. 15-17 event offers time to kayak, canoe, bicycle, fish, hike and make new friends. For more information go to the LMM page on NTNL.org.
- The church is present on campus and in the lives of students through Campus Ministry. Help keep this ministry engaged on our campuses by supporting the Campus Ministry Trivia Challenge - a fun evening on October 24 at Christ, Dallas, which includes a Trivia game challenge, dinner and silent auction. For more information go to Campus Ministry on NTNL.org.
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During this year of Prayer and Conversation about Living DiscipleLife in the NT-NL,
let us pray...
O
Lord of heaven and earth, as you awaken the dawn each morning, so
awaken the soul of each baptized person, clergy and lay, on our mission
territory. By the power of your Holy Spirit bring us as your disciples into your kingdom, where we are free to live life in its fullest: Lord in your mercy:
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• Northern Texas – Northern Louisiana: the DiscipleLife Synod •
Learn about NT-NL -- on the web at NTNL.org; or see our brochure.
To receive News Briefing, Bishop Kevin Kanouse's weekly devotional NTNLifeLines, and other news electronically use the online sign up form or call 214.637.6865.
Editor: Bishop Assistant Stan Meyer. News Briefing: Archive
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The NT-NL Synod
is a gathering of 120 congregations, ordained and lay leaders, and an array of agencies, institutions and organizations that provide ministry outreach with skill and compassion in their communities. We are committed to the DiscipleLife and combine our efforts to focus on "sowing and growing disciples of Jesus". The NT-NL Synod is a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Northern Texas - Northern Louisiana Synod, ELCA
Kevin S. Kanouse, bishop
1230 River Bend, #105 Dallas, Texas 75247
214.637.NTNL (6865) 214.637.4805 - fax
NTNL.org
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