Bishop Suárez's Message for the 24th Sunday after Pentecost
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In Case You Missed It:
Global Mission Update!
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The newest edition of our Global Mission newsletter is available now!
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Florida-Bahamas Synodwide Thanksgiving Worship
Tonight!
Tuesday, November 17th
at 7:00pm
You are warmly invited to gather with your family in Christ for a special Thanksgiving worship tonight, November 17th, at 7:00pm.
This virtual worship service will be led by Bishop Pedro Suárez and other synod leaders.
After a long and difficult year, it is important to gather as a synod and reflect on our blessings, expressing our thankfulness and enjoying our community.
No registration is required! All are invited to attend.
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The United As One COVID-19 Special Appeal continues to provide support to congregations during this pandemic.
The United As One grant has recently helped congregations improve livestream worship services, provide necessary resources for mercy ministries, and meet needs created by COVID-19.
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Join the Florida-Bahamas Synod and lift up your neighboring congregations!
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Celebrating Candidacy Approvals |
CONGRATULATIONS to the following individuals who were recently approved by the Candidacy Committee: David Young, Lois Sorensen, Scott Harvey, Joshua Pontious and Luke Delasin!
We hold them in prayer as God guides them to their first Call and we look forward to their celebrating their ordination.
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'Tis the Season for ELCA Good Gifts! |
These gifts do a lot of good!
Wondering how to make a positive impact in the world right now? With ELCA Good Gifts, you can choose from 50 charitable gifts to give in honor of friends and loved ones. Each one of these gifts makes a real impact in the world, sharing the love of Christ — one goat, water well or school uniform at a time.
Start your holiday shopping now and order free, customized cards for each gift you give. Please give by December 10th, 2020, to ensure that your cards arrive in time for Christmas. Click here to shop now!
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Presiding Bishop Eaton's Living Lutheran Message |
At The Table: The theme for the November issue of Living Lutheran was “Together at the table.” In keeping with this theme, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton shared her favorite food and faith story, which originally appeared in her September 2017 column. Read her column in English at https://bit.ly/3eJf7Ki and in Spanish at https://bit.ly/3pcjt1r.
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Faith and Fiction Book Group
Faith and Fiction book group will take place on Tuesday, December 3rd, at 1:00pm via Zoom.
If someone hasn’t already added their name to the invitation list, they will need to send a note by email to revjem@msn.com so that they can receive an invitation to join this meeting.
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Prayer of the Week from our Racial Justice Think Tank
Dear God,
Thank you for your infinite love. Thank you for loving us first, for sending your beloved Son to show the human race how to live in community.
In these troubled times in our nation, with many manifestations of racial hate, we come to you, dear God, the fountain of love. Fill us with your love and mercy so we may understand our own internalized racism and resist it. Empower your church and your people with your Holy Spirit to value, respect, and treat with dignity every human being. We are all your beloved children; you don’t show partiality because of our skin color, our gender, our level of education, or how much money or social status we have. Give us the courage to imitate you, as we include and respect others less privileged than us. Help us to surrender to your transforming love.
Make better all our efforts to dismantle the wall of fear and hostility that separates us from people that are different than us.
This we pray in your holy name,
Amen.
This prayer was submitted on behalf of the Racial Justice Think Tank by
Deacon Aura Suárez.
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Fund for Leaders Scholarship Opportunities for 2021 |
The Fund for Leaders, a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), provides scholarships for future ELCA pastors and deacons who attend ELCA seminaries. In 2021, the Fund for Leaders will once again be offering scholarships to seminary students — and we need your help to spread the word!
The Fund for Leaders has an open application process that allows all eligible candidates to apply online directly to Fund for Leaders to be considered for a full-tuition scholarship. Eligible candidates must have an offer of admission from one or more ELCA seminaries, must be planning to enroll full-time in fall 2021, and must have received a positive entrance decision or at least begun the process of seeking candidacy for rostered ministry in the ELCA. Recipients of Fund for Leaders scholarships may apply their full-tuition scholarship to any ELCA seminary that has offered them admission. Scholarships are awarded to students for the duration of their required seminary coursework, provided they remain in good standing with their seminary and in their candidacy process.
The application window will be open from Nov. 18, 2020, to Feb. 17, 2021. If you know of promising and gifted people discerning a call to rostered ministry in the ELCA, please encourage them to visit ELCA.org/FundForLeaders today to learn more. Check the website for specific dates and eligibility criteria.
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Executive Opportunity from the ELCA |
EXECUTIVE FOR ADMINISTRATION - Chicago, IL
The ELCA seeks its next Executive for Administration (EA), who will serve as the chief operating officer for the ELCA’s churchwide headquarters located in Chicago. The EA will work closely with the presiding bishop and all ELCA staff leaders. Importantly, the EA position presents the unique opportunity to be deeply involved in the redesign of the churchwide leadership structure and to serve as a primary driver of the strategic planning process, including addressing challenges facing congregations such as an aging membership and diversity in membership.
To apply, send a current resume and letter of introduction to Kittleman & Associates, LLC at https://bit.ly/3jHyQuu. For best consideration, interested parties should submit their resume and cover letter asap.
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Updated COVID-19 resources are available on our synod website!
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