November 15, 2021
Weekly Update
announcements & events
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Death of the Rev. Ronald Marshall
It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Pr. Ron Marshall (First Lutheran in West Seattle) early this morning (November 9.)
Please hold in prayer his wife Jane Harty and their extended family. We pray also for the congregation of First Lutheran as they mourn the loss of their pastor of 42 years. May all who mourn be wrapped in God's love and God's promise of life eternal.
From the family: “The Reverend Ronald F. Marshall was baptized in Christ Jesus, believed in Christ Jesus, raised in Christ Jesus, lived in Christ Jesus, proclaimed Christ Jesus, and on November 9th, died in Christ Jesus. Thanks be to Almighty God, + Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”
We will share funeral/memorial service information as it becomes available.
Cards of care may be sent to:
Jane Harty; c/o First Lutheran Church; 4105 California Ave SW; Seattle, WA 98116
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Student Seeking Housing for month of January
A second year, male student of music (organ) and math/physics at Saint Olaf College plans to spend his January term in Seattle, observing and participating in the music ministries at Saint Mark’s. He needs housing near Saint Mark’s Cathedral, or near public transportation lines that afford a short ride to north Capitol Hill. Might you know of a spare bed/bathroom with kitchen access, or someone who would like a house sitter for the month of January? Please contact Michael Kleinschmidt, Canon for Cathedral Music, Saint Mark’s Cathedral: mkleinschmidt@saintmarks.org; 206-323-0300, ext. 220.
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100 Mile Challenge
Trinity Lutheran Church & Schools in Lynnwood invites you to: walk, run, bike, hike or swim 100 miles (or more!) with friends or on your own. Participants seek sponsors to support their challenge, and 100% of all contributions go to Edmonds and Lynnwood food banks and Cocoon House. All ages and abilities are welcome and encouraged!
The challenge runs through Easter 2022 (April 17), so you have lots of time to complete the challenge! Learn more and sign up at tlcs.church/100milechallenge, or email Terry The challenge runs through Easter 2022 (April 17). Sign up at tlcs.church/100milechallenge to join the challenge, find further information, instructions, forms and more.
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Churches Beyond Borders releases devotional inspired by United Nations anti-violence efforts
Working alongside the United Nations’
This year, Mary’s Magnificat — found in Luke 1:46-55 — was selected as the guiding text for the booklet in recognition of the campaign’s alignment with Advent. For the first time, the annual contributions include devotions written by laity and clergy in addition to ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and the other heads of communion. New writers were selected for their work related to anti-violence, missing or murdered Indigenous women, trafficking, women at the borders, and domestic violence. Joining Eaton as authors from the ELCA are the Rev. Joann Conroy, president of the ELCA’s American Indian and Alaska Native Lutheran Association; Denise Rector, womanist theological student at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; and the Rev. John Lund, director of Emmaus Campus Ministry at the University of Montana in Missoula. Readers of “Churches Beyond Borders Joint Devotions 2021” are encouraged to utilize the writings throughout the year. The devotional can be found here.
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Piano Available!
Pr. Mikkel Hustad has an 8-foot baby grand Baldwin piano available free to a good home. You would simply need to arrange pick up and transporting it (from Whidbey Island.)
For more info, please phone him directly: 425-754-3701
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News from Region One Disaster Preparedness and Response
This month is Native American Heritage month. The latest edition of our newsletter, Hammer and Dance, looks at tribes in our area and why prejudice seems to be perpetuated - as well as more on Afghan resettlement work and COP 26.
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The Critical Work of Welcome
Check out this video that Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS) has made about their joint work with Lutheran Community Services Northwest (LCSNW).
Watch it here:
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Bring Christmas to a Seafarer!
Each year, our partners at the Seattle Seafarers’ Center provides about 1,000 ditty bags stuffed with basic personal necessities to merchant seafarers. These bags are one way we help seafarers celebrate Christmas while they are far from home during the holiday season. Seafarers help make Christmas possible by transporting lots of stuff to the US.
Help make a seafarer's Christmas by providing them with a ditty bag to say thank you! Here is how you can participate: Make drawstring bags or knit hats; purchase basic supplies (e.g., shaving cream, body soap, and toothpaste) & drop those off at the Center; make a financial gift that will be used to purchase more supplies for ditty bags.
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Synod Events this Week
Mon. - Thurs. Nov 15 - 18 - First Call Theological Education Event (online)
Thurs. Nov. 18, 12noon - CYF Committee / Time for You
Thurs. Nov. 18, 2pm - Deans' Meeting
Thurs. Nov 18, 6pm - Region 1 Congregational Preparedness Network (see above)
Sat. Nov. 20, 9am-1pm LiVE Retreat
Sat. Nov. 20, 9am Synod Council
Sun. Nov. 21 - FAN Dinner
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What's Next: Operation Allies Welcome and the State of Refugee Resettlement
Tuesday, November 16 at 1:30 Pacific
This month, tens of thousands of Afghans will leave the military bases where they've been staying and begin their new lives in our communities. At the same time, thousands of refugees from countries around the world are awaiting their chance for refuge on our shores and risk having their dreams put on hold.
As 2021 comes to a close, join LIRS for an examination of where things stand in refugee resettlement, from the state of Operation Allies Welcome to the 2022 Presidential Determination and everything in between. Register for this Zoom Webinar HERE.
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From our partners at The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) and Other + Wise:
‘On Our Way to Truth and Healing’
theme for 2021 Vine Deloria Jr. Theological Symposium
November 16 & 17 – Online
Register here for the online symposiums
It was a U.S. federal policy for nearly 100 years to enforce family separation by stealing away Native children and taking them to off-reservation Indian boarding schools for the purpose of eliminating identity through forced assimilation. Most of these schools were federally funded and operated. Many others were operated by the Catholic church and mainline Protestant denominations. This cruel attempt to decimate Indigenous children and families was made even more shameful by the very successful and shameful cover up by the Church and the federal government of their complicity and active participation in this practice. During the all-virtual 2021 Vine Deloria Jr Theological Symposium at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC), presenters will talk about the intersection of Indian boarding schools and theological/Christian education as well as the work being done across the United States to bring truth and healing. Other+Wise is a co-sponsor of the symposium.
NOTE: the times listed are PACIFIC:
The first night of the symposium features a keynote address by the Rev. Dr. R. Guy Erwin (Osage), president of United Lutheran Seminary, Philadelphia, Pa. The lecture takes place live Nov. 16, 3-4:30pm on Zoom. In this lecture, Erwin will take a closer look at the intersection of Indian boarding schools and theological/Christian education.
New to this year’s symposium are Learning Lunches. At 10am on Nov. 16, Christine Diindiisi McCleave (Anishinaabe), CEO, National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, leads ‘An Introduction to Indian Boarding Schools in the United States.’
At 10am on Nov. 17, the Learning Lunch with Kim Smith (Dine), Nia Ke Baa' and Indigenous Goddess Gang, is a discussion on ‘Creation and Climate Justice.’ The Vine Deloria Jr. Theological Symposium is adding a climate justice session each year.
Rev. Manuel Retamoza (Cherokee), pastor of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, San Diego, Calif., will be the guest preacher for worship Nov. 17 at 9:15am
The 2021 Vine Deloria Jr. Theological Symposium concludes Nov. 17 with a 5pm panel presentation with Patsy Whitefoot (Yakama), elder, educator and consultant, and boarding school survivor; and Deborah Parker (Tulalip Tribes), director of policy and advocacy, National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.
Learn more about the event and find full presenter biographies here. |
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One River, Ethics Matter Conference
November 17–18, 9am-12:30 each day – Online via Zoom
One River, Ethics Matter is an annual conference facilitated by the Ethics and Treaty Project. This year's conference will focus on the history of the Columbia River Treaty and the treaty review process now underway. The conference framework will emphasize social and environmental justice, collaboration towards the common good, and the need for truth and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, and healing the river.
Some sessions will be treaty-specific and include discussions on ethics and the human relationship to water, while others will focus on broader, related topics such as:
- Foundational ethical relationships and responsibilities between humans and water, within an Indigenous worldview and Judeo-Christian teachings and practice
- History of the dam-building era and impacts of pervasive systemic racism, including missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and residential schools
- Indigenous food sovereignty and restoring salmon to the Okanagan and Upper Columbia rivers
- Rivers as our responsibility; moving forward together into a sustainable future
Alternating between locations in the US and Canada each year, the 2021 conference is being co-hosted by the Okanagan Nation Alliance and the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Learn more & register here: https://riverethics.org/ethics-okanagan/
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Communal Spiritual Practices
The SECOND fall Community Retreat from the LiVE Project - open to all!
(did not attend the first retreat? no problem - you may still register for this one!)
Saturday, November 20, 9am-1pm
in person at Advent Lutheran Church in Mill Creek
The second of our Fall retreats introduce participants to spiritual practices as a central place from which to create responsible social action in our world. We will experience and reflect on how ‘the exam’ spiritual practices of Ignatius of Loyola, and lectio Divina offer communities of faith support and accountability to being present in Christ for the life of the world. If the central call of vocation, in Christ, is learning to discover our lives in and for our neighbors, and not merely in the individualizing peace that it creates for our own spirits, we must reframe spiritual practices as communal in order to engage peace and justice through the Spirit in our broader neighborhoods, and world.
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If you are part of the 2021-2022 cohort, the cost of this retreat is included in your fee! Simply RSVP to the event on the LiVE Network (mighty network site) OR email Dr. David Hahn and let him know that you will be attending: david@lutheransnw.org.
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If you are NOT part of the cohort, you are most welcome to attend! Please register and pay the $50 fee ONLINE HERE. (note - YAGMs, use your discount code and get 50% off!)
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We hold in prayer the family of the Rev. Dr. Joseph Wagner and Claudia Wagner following their deaths in late October.
Their memorial service will be held at 2pm on November 20th at Our Redeemer’s (Seattle) and welcomes in-person worship with vaccination, masks, and distancing.
Pastor Joseph Wagner served two Lutheran parishes and synod and national church staffs of the LCA and ELCA, retiring in 2002 as Executive Director of the Division for Ministry of the ELCA. Claudia Wagner was a gifted educator, teaching in eight states, including in the English department at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, PA, and at Northern Illinois University.
Memorial gifts may be directed to the Fund for Leaders in Mission, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Gift Center, PO Box 1806, Merrifield, VA 22116, www.ELCA.org/fundforleaders.
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Faith Action Network's Annual Celebration
Sunday, November 21, 5:30 online
Join us for a festive evening as we celebrate our 10th birthday and Paul Benz's years of service to justice across WA, while also looking towards our future together!
Tickets are by donation, and the YouTube event link will be sent out to those who register before November 21. Learn more at our event webpage and register at: bit.ly/FANDinner2021.
In the meantime, here are some opportunities to make it special:
- Host a Watch Party! Gather a small group of your family, housemates, and friends to watch the event together—we’ll be sending tips on how to safely do that and make it festive; let us know when you register.
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Sponsor the Celebration! Email degooyer@fanwa.org for sponsorship information. We are so grateful to those who have already pledged their sponsorship, posted weekly at our event webpage!
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Volunteer! Help support Watch Parties! Contact fan@fanwa.org to offer your services.
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Ministry Leadership Wellness Webinars
Tuesday, November 23, 1pm
(4th Tues. of the month through March 22)
These monthly webinars are open to ALL rostered and lay leaders in our synod for free - as part of a Synod Grant with Living Well! The interactive webinars will be designed to implement specific holistic wellness strategies within the ministry setting as a way to assist with stress management, maximize engagement, self-care, and self-compassion. Find the zoom link at the webpage below...
Resources available from the first Ministry Leadership Wellness Webinar held last Tuesday
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Church Property Discernment:
Selling or Leasing
Tuesday, November 30, 6:30pm
Is your congregation considering selling or leasing part of your property? We invite lay and rostered congregation leaders to a conversation with a panel of individuals who have recently been on this journey. Join this Zoom meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84844094562
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2022 Ignite the Church Conference
Seismic Shifts:
Where do we go from here?
February 8-10 in Orlando and Virtual
Since February 2020 and before, the Church has been enduring unprecedented seismic shifts. In response, a new hybrid version of the conference will gather this February (in-person in Orlando AND online) yo reflect on the theme: SEISMIC SHIFTS: Where Do We Go From Here?
Four large group sessions will focus on the following shifts:
- Public Church with Robin Steinke and Winston Persaud
- Hybrid Church with Joe and Jess Liles
- Adaptive Church with Tod Bolsinger
- Thriving Church with Stephanie Spellers
Ten 90-minute workshops will dig deeper into these shifts to offer encouragement, inspiration, and challenge for church leaders. To register and learn more about the presenters, workshop options, and other details go to www.IgniteTheChurch.net. Register to attend by November 30 to access the lowest $99 In-Person rate.
The Online option will provide live and recorded access to each large group session.
The Online option is FREE with a suggested donation of $30 to the ELCA Fund for Leaders.
All proceeds continue to benefit the ELCA Fund for Leaders.
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Want an item included?
All items due by 2pm on the prior Thursday
Northwest Washington Synod / ELCA
5519 Phinney Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98103
206-783-9292
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