FREE SYNOD WORKSHOPS ONLINE
The Synod is offering free online educational workshops on a variety of topics. Each will have a presentation, time for Q & A during the event, and a follow-up session at a later date, if class desires.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
You may register for as many as you'd like, just click on the link at the bottom of each workshop description for a simple registration form. You may also find them all on the Synod website at
https://lutheranssw.org/events/online-workshops:
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Growing Young: 6 Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church
Saturday, May 30th at 10-11:30am
Registration:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LKYyefSEQmSyfqwMvDHX9A
Churches are both shrinking and aging as more young people disengage. Based on groundbreaking research with over 250 of the nation's leading congregations, Growing Young provides a strategy any church can use to involve and retain young people. it profiles innovative churches engaging 15-to-29 year olds that a growing- spiritually, emotionally, missionally, and numerically. Packed with ideas, Growing Young shows ministry leaders how to position their churches to reach younger generations in a way that breathes life into the whole church. This workshop will explore the Six Essential Strategies and talk about how your congregation can use these as part of your ministry.
Time for online Q & A. Followup with a Growing Young Book Group to continue this work, if desired.
Presenters:
Deacon Ingelaurie Lisher, Synod Youth Committee Chair, serving at St
Mark's Lutheran Church by the Narrows, Tacoma and Terri Hekroth, Director of Youth
Ministries at Creator Lutheran, Bonney Lake.
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Top 3 Things You Can Do on Social Media to Build Community
Wednesday, June 3rd at 6-7:30pm
Learn three things that you can easily do in your congregation using social media to grow community.
Presentation will include budget-friendly options.
Presenter:
Cort Okfen, webmaster for St Marks Lutheran Church by the Narrows, Tacoma, owner of most followed twitter handle in S. Tacoma, and owner of Okfen & Associates, an internet marketing company.
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Compassionate Integrity
Saturday, June 6th 10-11:30am
Have you ever wondered how you could cultivate the compassion called for in the Charter or help others cultivate that compassion? compassionate Integrity Training (CIT) is a great place to start!
Learn about how this program, which Holy Trinity Lutheran church has implemented, is a resiliency-informed program that cultivates human values as skills, so we can thrive as individuals, and a society within s healthy environment. By learning skills to calm our bodies and mind, becoming more emotionally aware, learning to practice compassion for ourselves and others, as well as engaging with compassion in complex systems, we can build towards compassionate integrity: the ability to live one's life in accordance with one's values with a recognition of common humanity, our basic orientation to kindness and reciprocity.
This will be an online live meeting, and will
not
be recorded, as participants will practice meditation and other personal practices.
Presenter:
Pastor Kristin-Luana Baumann, Holy Trinity Lutheran, Port Angeles, Compassionate Integrity Training Facilitator.
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Stewardship in Uncertain Times
Watch Video Anytime
https://youtu.be/jdLFX47eBnA
Follow-up discussions with Rev. Mike Ward and Paul Marsh will be available
June 10th at 10am and 6:30pm for live virtual conversation
(links below)
Life has changed dramatically in the last few weeks and that change is still unfolding. In the midst of this change, people are needing the peace and comfort provided by faith in God. At the same time, as our normal patterns are upended and the nation is struggling economically, we worry about financial resources for our ministries. It is critically important now that we focus on how we tell our story of impact, how we invite people to generosity, how we envision a future where our congregations are more important and vital than ever.
In the video you will learn tangible ideas for responding during this crisis and how to put in place the infrastructure to keep generosity flowing to your congregations. Presenters will also point out messaging that you should avoid during this time. Additionally they are sharing resources about responding to this crisis that can be found at
https://gsbfundraising.com/category/news/
This session is suggested for pastors, stewardship leaders, finance committee members, council members and others engaged in congregational leadership.
Presenters:
GSB Partner, Rev. Mike Ward, CFRE, author of Abundance: Creating Cultures of Generosity, and his colleague, Paul Marsh, CFRE
Registration
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No need to register to watch video. Then, you may register for a Zoom discussion with Pastor Ward on either June 10th, if desired.
Please join Pastor Ward for Follow Up Conversations about his video, "Stewardship in Uncertain Times" via Zoom:
Purple mosaic cross used in the image above was created by the Mosaic Ministry Group at Stella Lutheran Chapel in Longview, WA with Pastor Jill Ross.
