May is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness Month

The Kin-dom of God and Environmental Justice 

Final two sessions on May 11 and 18

Thursday evenings 6:30-8pm on Zoom

Learn how to participate here



This 5-week series will help you consider and embody how faith lives at the intersection of environmental justice. Together, we will explore our call to live as stewards of creation in a way that furthers God’s “kin-dom” on Earth as one rooted in justice, interdependence, and sustainability. Using the ELCA Social Statement on Caring for Creation as a guide, participants will build a faith-based foundation with a toolkit of resources for taking action as stewards of creation and advocates for environmental justice. Come and learn how you and your congregation can engage this essential vocation with grace, hope, and action. 

Give Share Eat!

Hope Center and Gethsemane Lutheran Church are bringing back Give Share Eat! In the first five GSE events volunteers rallied to pack 350,000+ meals that were distributed to local communities. With your help, on Friday and Saturday May 12-13, we will package another 54,000!

Will you sign up on this spreadsheet (https://volunteersignup.org/T9E7Y) and commit a couple of hours to help? How about asking a couple of friends to join you...or bring a group from school, work, or your fav hangout?



Please also let us know if you have networks you work with who would distribute the shelf-stable food to others. We give it all away for free, and expect the same from those with whom we share the food (216 cases, each containing 36 packages of 6-serving, shelf-stable meals--details on the link below). Tiny home villages, food banks, school backpack programs....wherever people are hungry! We want to help our neighbors feed neighbors. Send a note with questions, and click here (https://forms.gle/vddCLshweBhuDWpq6) when you're ready to sign up for cases of food that you will help distribute.

We've had lots of "I'm interested" remarks, but almost no signups. Please help! Literally TONS of raw materials arrive for our event that begins in less than two weeks.

(Free parking in any unreserved space in the Aspira garage on Saturday. Access it from the alley between Stewart and Howell, just past Terry if entering from Stewart.) There also are loads of nearby bus stops and the Westlake light rail station!)

Funding the Mission:

Grant Writing for the 21st Century Church

May 18, 10am - on Zoom

Join us for a FREE online webinar to learn how to find and write grants for your programs. You will learn where to look for grant opportunities, learn about resources, and gain an understanding of the basics of proposal writing.

Lutheran Community Services NW's Chief Advancement Officer, Jaimie Fournier, will lead this training on the fundamentals of grant writing and research, drawing from her 15 years of experience in the field. Lutheran Community Services NW has been helping people in the Northwest for over 100 years. Their mission is to partner with individuals, families, and communities for health, justice, and hope in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. We primarily serve refugees, immigrants, aging citizens, and low income families, and we often partner with our local churches to provide services. (For more info on our services, visit www.lcsnw.org) Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J_VLAjeSRmmIR88m5aWeXw#/registration

Imagine - A Ministry of Northlake Lutheran Church Presents:

GODSPELL

May 19, 20 & 21

This show is FREE, but due to limited space, reservations are required.

While there is no charge, we are asking for donations to fund Imagine.

$20 Suggested Donation, but any amount will be appreciated.

10% of proceeds will be given to Camp United We Stand

Learn more and make reservations at www.imaginepnw.org.

All performances will be at: Northlake Lutheran Church

6620 NE 185th Street, Kenmore, WA 98028

Leading from the Margins

The Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement at Seattle (CEIE ) University invites two conversations focused on lifting the voices of committed community leaders whose work reflects the needs of today:

Thursday, May 25 at 6pm - “Trans-Formation: Trans Kids, Parents and the Communities They Call Home” featuring Dr. DeAnza Spaulding and Aries Dial.

For more information on the presentations and speakers using the following link:

https://www.seattleu.edu/thecenter/certificate-programs/webinars-and-more/workshops/leading-by-centering-the-margins/ 

Sponsored by The Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement at Seattle University the total cost for both webinars is $10. Attend one or both by registering using the following link. https://leading-by-centering-the-margins.eventbrite.com

May Youth Weekend at Holden Village

Friday, May 26-Sunday, May 28

This amazing weekend is for High School Youth in Region One

Our theme this year is Rest Fest: Dwelling in Our Holy Enough

We will welcome guests Ellie Roscher and Lacey Brown

Cost is $265 per participant

Registration is at capacity - get on the waitlist HERE.

12th Triennial of Women of the ELCA

September 21-24 in Phoenix, AZ

We invite you to experience a life-changing event with other bold women of faith in September 2023.

Quilt Challenge: Quilters of all abilities are invited to create a quilt responding to two things: one side interprets the Just Love theme of the 2023 Gathering and the reverse side interprets your response to the coronavirus pandemic. The challenge comes not only in interpreting these two things, but also in working within the following rules.

Find more info about the Triennial and the Quilt Challenger here: https://www.womenoftheelca.org/new-triennial-event-page. Questions? Reach Janice Stepp, our Synod Triennial Promoter, at 425-210-2733