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New Way to Give with Tithe.ly
The Indiana-Kentucky Synod recently signed up with Tithe.ly to make giving easier than ever. Download the app and set Indiana-Kentucky Synod as a regular mission to support. You can also simply text the word GIVE to 765-347-9974, then follow the link. You may also visit our website (
www.iksynod.org), click the
Donate Button, and follow the prompts.
Treasurers: Save a stamp and send Mission Support with Tithe.ly! ACH and debit/credit cards accepted.
Thank you for all you do to support the ministries and mission of the Indiana-Kentucky Synod! Please consider using Tithe.ly in your congregation. To learn more about Tithe.ly and its relationship with the ELCA, please visit this link:
https://elca.org/News-andEvents/7914
"God's Work. Our Hands." Day of Service, September 9
What is your congregation doing to help build the Kingdom
on "God's work. Our hands." Sunday? Don't forget to send us your stories, photos and videos of your projects.
Lutheran Hills 50th Anniversary-September 15 - 2:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Everyone is invited to join with Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Indiana Kentucky in celebrating 50 years of camping ministry at Lutheran Hills! Come for a casual day of fun and celebration. Please click
here for a schedule of evens.
Peer Ministry Training
High School students (grades 9 -12) as well as adults who work with and support them are invited to Peer Ministry Training on Saturday, October 13, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at Church of the Nativity in Indianapolis. This training is open to any congregation of the Indiana-Kentucky Synod and is co-sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis. The trainer will be Chad Senuta (see
www.peerministry.org). Students will learn practical skills for welcoming and communicating with others. The cost is $25 per person and includes lunch. Register by contacting Pastor Dan Fugate at
[email protected] or 317.253.3522. You may also register
here. Pastor Fugate can help with options for spending Friday night in Indianapolis for those traveling from out of town. A flyer with information can be found
here.
Professional Leaders Conference
Registration for guaranteed overnight lodging will soon close for the 2018 Indiana-Kentucky Professional Leaders Conference. If you are planning to join us for this year's event, where we will focus on the topic, "Leadership Reset: Dreaming of the leader that I will be," click here to register:
https://ikleadership2018.eventbrite.com September 7 is the registration deadline for overnight lodging. After this date, you will be responsible to secure your own room with the Clifty Inn or other local accommodation. If you have any questions about this event, please contact Heather Apel,
[email protected]
Middle School Retreat
Dates: Friday evening, September 21, through Sunday morning, September 23, 2018.
Location: Waycross Retreat Center, Morgantown, Indiana
Peer Ministry Training (grades 9 -12)
Date: Saturday, October 13, 2018
Location: Church of the Nativity, Indianapolis, Indiana
Bishop's Day for Youth (grades 8 - 12)
Dates: Saturday, February 23, 2019, with the option of staying over Friday and/or Saturday evening
Location: To Be Determined
I-K Synod Youth Leadership Summit (grades 8 - 12)
Dates: Friday, May 31, through Sunday, June 2, 2019
Location: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
For more information, contact Pastor Dan Fugate at [email protected] or 317.253.3522.
Middle School Retreat
Join us at Waycross Conference Center and Camp in Morgantown, Indiana, the weekend of Friday, September 21, through Sunday, September 23, 2018, for IGNITE, our middle school retreat. Students in grades 6 through 8 (or whatever grades your congregation's confirmation students are) for a weekend of growth, connection, and discovery. Please click
here
for a flyer to share with your congregation.
See the flyer for more information. If you would like to be part of the planning team for this event, please contact Pastor Dan Fugate at
[email protected]
or 317.253.3522.
Bishop Gafkjen's September Newsletter
When it grew late, his disciples came to Jesus and said, "This is a deserted place, and the hour is now very late; send the crowd away so that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy something for themselves to eat." But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They said to him, "Are we to go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to eat?" And he said to them, "How many loaves have you? Go and see." When they had found out, they said, "Five, and two fish" ...
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people...And all ate and were filled.
[Mark 6:37-44]
To read Bishop Gafkjen's
September
I-K Lutheran newsletter article and share with your congregation, please click
here.
Where's the Bishop?
Many have expressed interest in knowing where Bishop Bill will be preaching and presiding so that they may attend if they are nearby. Below you will find a schedule of upcoming services and events where our Bishop will be presiding, preaching, participating or leading.
Bishop Gafkjen's Calendar of Events
September 4:
Conference Dean's Meeting 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (Synod Office)
September 7:
Campus Ministry Committee Meeting 3:00 p.m.
September 9:
Preach and preside at Trinity, Terre Haute, IN for the 10th Anniversary Ordination of Dana Newhouse
September 9:
Participate in 40th ordination anniversary liturgy for Rev. Dr. Maxwell Johnson, Gloria Dei, South Bend, IN 4:00 p.m.
September 14-15:
Synod Council (Benedict Inn, Beech Grove, IN)
September 16: Preach and Preside at Installation Service of James "Erik" Allen
Messiah Lutheran Church, Brownsburg, IN 4:00 p.m.
September 20:
Bishop's Lunch with Retired Rostered Ministers, Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Carmel, IN
September 23:
Preach and preside at First Lutheran, Columbus, IN, 8:45 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. in honor of their 125th Anniversary. A luncheon follows the service.
September 26 - October 2:
Conference of Bishops meeting, ELCA Offices, Chicago, IL
Bishop Gafkjen looks forward to being with you and your faith community. Please contact his administrative assistant, April Lynch,
[email protected] to schedule a time.
Synod
Weekly News
The Indiana-Kentucky Synod welcomes stories and photographs of ministry moments to share with its mission territory. Stories and accompanying photos are accepted for the Weekly News (which is sent out each Thursday), the monthly I-K Lutheran, and the web site (www.iksynod.org). Send announcement submission to Tom Dearchs, [email protected] by Tuesday at noon (Eastern time) to be included in the Thursday Weekly News. Please see the Publication Submission Guidelines document for complete details on submissions.
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CONGREGATION NEWS
During the weekly I-K Lutheran Center staff devotions we included these individuals and mission centers in our prayers:
Trinity, Wabash, IN
and Rev. Alice Smith, Pastor of Record
Word of Hope, Lexington, KY
and Rev. Sandra E. Stone, Episcopal Priest-Interim
Zion, Bristol, IN
and Rev. Steven Schwier, Interim
Zion, Franklin, KY
and Rev. Joel Emerson, Pastor of Record
Zion, Hartford City, IN
and Rev. David Fleener
Rostered Ministers Not Under Congregational Call:
Rev. George Silavs, Retired
Deacon Marilyn Smith, Retired
Rev. Stan Sneeringer, Retired
Rev. William Gafkjen, Bishop
Rev. Doug Givan, Staff Chaplain, St. Vincent Seton Specialty, Indianapolis, IN
Western Iowa Synod and Bishop Rodger Prois
Transitions:
As rostered ministers and congregations experience transitions, we ask for your prayers for these communities and individuals:
Ryan Bailey began serving as Pastor of Faith Formation, Resurrection Lutheran, Indianapolis, IN (ELCA ordination and installation will be held Oct. 7, 2018)
Rev. Derek Nelson appointed as Pastor of Record for First Lutheran, Attica, IN
Rev. Ron Poisel's last Sunday before retirement from Christ, Jeffersontown, KY was August 26
Choir Robes Available
Servants of Christ, Indianapolis, has a number of choir robes available that they are no longer using. Please contact Olesya Savinkova, at
[email protected] if you are interested. They have 21 silky white, 20 cotton long sleeve, 9 yellow short.
Portico Benefit Services - 2019 Annual Enrollment Dates
Employer and plan members make their benefit elections annually. For 2019 benefits, the dates are as follows: for Employers: October 1 - October 26 and for Plan members: October 31 - November 14.
Upcoming Live Webinars:
2019 ELCA Medicare-Primary Changes - September 10th from 2-3pm
Turning 65 in 2019 - September 25th from 2-3pm
Pre-retirement webinar 1: "Can I Afford to Retire?" - October 4th from 2-3pm
Pre-retirement webinar 2: "Can I Create a Sustainable Income in Retirement?" - October 11th from 2-3pm
Ready to Retire - November 6th from 1:2:30pm
Register online:
God's Work. Our Hands.
The community around First Trinity Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, would like to invite you to participate in several service projects. Please click
here for more information and a flyer to share with your congregation.
For more information on the festival, please click
here.
Rachel Kurtz in Concert
Messiah Lutheran Church, 801 S. Green Street, Brownsburg, IN, will be hosting Rachel Kurtz in concert Sunday, November 4, at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance by contacting Hope Moran, 317-910-6080, or $15 at the door for the 3:00 p.m. concert. Please click here for a flyer to share with your congregation.
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CHURCH-WIDE NEWS
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Bishop Eaton's August Column for
Living Lutheran
We are the branches:
In her August column for Living Lutheran, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton asks, "Is it possible to be Lutheran and an ecumenist? Yes, of course. For we are "scripturally, confessionally and even constitutionally wired to be an ecumenical church." Read her column here.
The ELCA Youth Ministry Network exists to strengthen and empower adult leaders of children, youth, and family ministry leaders in service to Christ. The ELCA Youth Ministry Network focuses on renewal, education, and connection among children, youth, and family ministry leaders, equally valuing lay, rostered, volunteer, and paid. When you join the ELCA Youth Ministry Network, you receive deep discounts to attend the Extravaganza (the ELCA's premier training event), CONNECT Journal (published 3 or 4 times per year), access to MartinsList.org (the network's resource sharing website), an invitation to 3rd Tuesday Conversations with experts in the field, access to the network's video archives, access to an online membership directory and list of congregations willing to host youth groups, discounts from a variety of partner organizations, and more. The cost for a standard membership is $85 per year. Students may join for just $35 per year. To join, or for more information, visit www.elcaymnet.org.
News from Lutheran Child and Family Services
We are hosting a service project for the September 9, 2018, "God's Work. Our Hands". Day of Service. This year at LCFS, we would like to plant a Biblical Garden here on campus. We are looking for churches that are willing to supply a few plants and the manpower to get them into the ground. Please contact Susan Ryan, Event Coordinator, at 317-359-5467, ext. 235 or [email protected].
Please save the date Sunday, September 9, for "God's work. Our Hands." Sunday.
As members of the ELCA, we believe we are called, gathered and sent into the world to embody the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection - called into relationship with God, gathered together as a community of believers and sent into the world to love and serve our neighbors.
On "God's work. Our Hands." Sunday, we join together to use our various gifts in services to our communities - this is work you do every day, sharing the love of Christ with all of God's people. Save the date and visit ELCA.org/dayofservice for updates to our resources.
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