The link in last week's E-Spirit was for the December article, not the November one. The link below is to the correct article.
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Learning to Love Variety in Worship Song Selection
Parish Paper, November 2019
Build Community through Song
Breaking old habits in song selection can be difficult, but beneficial. By doing so, music leaders may strengthen the bonds of community in many directions—with the communion of the saints from ages past, with the global church in its diversity, and with fellow worshippers whose taste at times may seem unfamiliar. “Sing to the Lord a new song!” (Psalm 96:1, CEV).
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Village on the Isle Donates 1.5-Ton Generator to Luther Springs
Story submitted by Christine Clyne,Director of Community Engagement, Village On The Isle
Venice, FL – Village On The Isle, a continuing care retirement community serving over 425 residents on its 16-acre campus, recently completed an $18.5 Million renovation of a five-story, 80,000 Square-Feet Assisted Living & Memory Care building, called The Lofts at Village On The Isle. As part of the renovation, they replaced a 1.5-Ton generator with a new one that was 3 1/2 times larger to ensure 100% emergency power of the entire building. After completing this update, Village On The Isle donated the former generator to another faith-based, not-for-profit organization, known as Luther Springs, in Hawthorne, Florida.
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Welcome Jim Habermehl as Director of Disaster Response
Mr. James (Jim) Habermehl began serving the Florida-Bahamas Synod as the Director of Disaster Response. Read the full announcement about Jim
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Click on the calendar to go to the synod calendar to learn more about these events
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Winter Music Series 2019-2020
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
439 E Norvell Bryant Hwy
Hernando, FLORIDA 34442
December 1, Sunday, 2pm
Al Ernst, Carnival Cruise “Entertainer of the Year” Comedy
January 19, Sunday 3pm
Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass
February 23, Sunday 3pm
Johny Carlsson & the Florida Dixie Kings’
“A Swingin’ Mardi Gras”
March 15, Sunday 3pm
The Churchmen, Gospel Bluegrass
April 17, Friday 7pm
Special Consensus, Bluegrass
Tickets for each concert are $10 at the door.
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The Ignite the Church Conference is coming up on Feb. 11-13, 2020. This is a great way to earn Continuing Ed hours! Early registration fees are still available. Learn more here:
https://www.ignitethechurch.net/
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Nov. 22-23 -
Synod Council Mtg
Nov. 23 -
Hunger Fight (food packing event), First Coast Conference (9:30-noon)
Dec. 1 -
St. Matthew's, Jacksonville first worship in new location
Dec. 7 -
New Orleans Style Jazz Band concert, Lutheran Church of Our Savior, Tampa (4:00)
Dec. 9 -
Echoes of the Season Concert, St. Mark's, Jacksonville (7:30)
Dec. 24-Jan. 1 -
SYNOD OFFICE CLOSED
Jan. 10-11 -
Synod Parish Deacon Retreat (Epiphany, Oviedo)
Jan. 11 -
Vitality Training Event (rescheduled), Panhandle Conference (St. Paul's, Niceville)
Jan. 18 -
Vitality Training Retreat, Tradewinds Conference (Holy Spirit, Juno Beach)
Jan. 27-29 -
Transition Training Retreat, Luther Springs
Feb. 11-13 -
Ignite the Church Conference, Orlando
Feb. 11-13 -
Deans' Retreat, Luther Springs
March 7 -
Vitality Training Retreat, Lake Conference (Lamb of God, Haines City)
*Rostered ministers are invited to vest and process at installation and ordination services. Red is worn for ordination, color of the day is worn for installations.
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Administration Matters--an ELCA Resource
A bimonthly e-newsletter for ELCA congregational and synodical leaders. It addresses common, practical issues including finance, governance, risk management, tax, legal concerns and topics of interest about day to day operations and management in church settings.
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Maintaining a Parish Register
These guidelines will assist pastors and other congregational leaders in keeping a parish register.
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Records retention schedule for congregations
It is important to know which records and information a congregation or synod should keep and which can be removed. Some records need to be maintained permanently, and others can be discarded periodically.
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When Advent and Christmas are Blue
Culturally it’s easy to treat Advent as a countdown to Christmas—a swirl of parties, sparkle and lights. But liturgically it’s a season of anguished waiting. For many years, it seemed that God had forgotten his people. Had I lived years before Jesus was born into the world, I imagine it would have been tempting to give up hope.
Even now, looking around, it’s easy to see what is wrong and broken. Our world is hurting, trying to recover from natural disasters that seem to just keep coming, as well as tragedies brought about by human hands. The people we love get sick; their hearts are broken; sometimes they die. In these moments, we find it hard to be surrounded by festive music, décor and Christmas revelry
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In this episode of "Chuck Knows Church," Chuck introduces "Blue Christmas" or "Longest Night" services as a way to create space for those for whom the season is challenging. The Sundays and Seasons worship planning site has a "Longest Night: Blue Christmas Evening Prayer" service available for congregations to use.
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