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LOMIK News
LOMIK would like to welcome its new Executive Director, Rev. Stephen Flynn. Pastor Flynn has served 26 years in the Synod as pastor of three congregations in both Indiana and Kentucky. He has been actively involved in Outdoor Ministries at various camps as a volunteer, a parent and a pastor. The next several months will be a time of transition with retiring director Mark Radloff and the whole staff of LOMIK. If you would like to find out more about the wonderful ministry of LOMIK Pastor Flynn can be reached at
[email protected] or (260) 667-7750.
In Appreciation
The Indiana-Kentucky Synod would like to share our thanks and appreciation to Marty Mielke, who has served on the Synod Finance Committee for the past 13 years. We are grateful for his work on behalf of the Synod, the church, and the world. He was honored and celebrated at the Synod Finance Committee on Tuesday, August 21. Thank you Marty, for being a faithful servant.
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. 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]
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Stewardfest
You are invited to our second Indiana-Kentucky Synod StewardFest at Christ Lutheran Church, 3401 South Dixon Road, Kokomo, IN. It will be held on Saturday, August 25, from 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., with registration at 8:30 a.m. This action-packed event will give you and your congregation numerous tools for deepening and expanding your congregation's stewardship. Our time together will include two plenary sessions, one with Bishop Bill and one with Phil & Susan Schmidt, coordinators for the IK Synod Mission Ambassador Program. Please click here for a letter to share with your congregation. Please click here for a flyer to share with your congregation.
Mark Your Calendars!
Please be sure to mark your calendars for these upcoming events:
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
August 25:
Present at Steward Fest, Christ, Kokomo, IN
August 26:
Preach and preside at Zion, Sunman, IN 10:00 a.m.
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 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:
St. Thomas, Richmond, KY
and Rev. Joan Sorenson, Pastor of Record
Third, Louisville, KY
and Rev. Steven Renner
Trinity English, Fort Wayne, IN
and Rev. Gary Erdos, Senior Pastor &
Rev. Kathleen W. Haller
Trinity, Brookville, IN
and Rev. Ladona Webb
Trinity, Lebanon, IN
and Rev. Emmanuel J. Penumaka
Rostered Ministers Not Under Congregational Call:
Rev. Herb Schlotterbeck, Retired
Rev. David Schreiber, Retired
Rev. Christine Schrey, Retired
Rev. Jessicah Duckworth, Program Director, Religion Division,
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Rev. Joseph Faust, Chaplain, Wabash Valley Correction Facility
Central/Southern Illinois Synod and Bishop S. John Roth
Position Available
Faith Lutheran Church, Lexington, KY, has an opening for a Faith Formation Ministry Director. Please click
here for more information.
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.
Deliberative Dialogue - Calvary, Angola, IN
In Angola during the month of August, Calvary, along with the Episcopal, Methodist, United Church of Christ, and Catholic churches in the area, are hosting community conversations at the Coffee House in town (which is itself a joint ministry of the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church, formed to provide services and a safe place to the youth in town). To read more, click
here.
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. More information and a flyer will be available in the near future.
A Workshop on Deliberative Dialogue for Congregations, Clergy and Communities
The Isaiah 1.17 Justice Team is sponsoring a workshop on August 25, entitled
"Finding the Purple Zone: A Workshop on Deliberative Dialogue for Congregations, Clergy and Communities." Its purpose is to help congregations and their leaders begin to lead conversation in their communities on issues around which they may have differing views.
Update: Pilgrim Lutheran, Carmel, IN., will be the host site for the Indianapolis area.
Please register for the event
here.
An updated flyer and a bulletin blurb can be found
here.
The workshop will be led by Rev. Dr. Leah Schade from Lexington Theological Seminary and will be held at St. John's, Louisville, KY on that day from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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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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