May 10, 2021
Weekly Update
announcements & events
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Synod Assembly Voting Members:
Synod Assembly is THIS WEEK!
Voting members, you should be receiving weekly emails on Fridays. IF YOU ARE NOT, please contact susan@Lutheransnw.org ASAP!
Learn more about the assembly here:
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Worship Resources for
Upcoming Special Services
Find resources for your congregation to commemorate and celebrate:
Emmanuel Nine Commemoration (June 17)
Juneteenth Celebration (June 19)
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Two HUNGER Grant Opportunities |
1) ELCA DAILY BREAD MATCHING GRANTS
Application extended for the Daily Bread Matching Grants through Friday, May 14th! Congregations approved to participate will raise funds for their ministry online from June 5 – June 20, 2021 and will be eligible for a special opportunity to explore goals for their ministry with an ELCA Coach.
2) ELCA Domestic Hunger Grants
Registration for Domestic Hunger Grants is underway. Ministries can apply until May 21. ELCA World Hunger Domestic Hunger Grants accompany congregations and their partners throughout the United States and Caribbean as they draw on the strengths of communities to address local issues such as food security, clean water, housing, job readiness, human rights, policy change, leadership development and more. Together, these ministries are part of a comprehensive approach to breaking the cycle of poverty and hunger — for good. Grants are available for up to $10,000 a year for up to three years. More information about the grants and how to apply is available at ELCA.org/domestichungergrants.
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BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!
As they prepare for retirement, Pastors Michael Anderson and Mary-Alyce Burleigh are graciously giving their extensive libraries to anyone interested!
Come and browse on Saturday, May 22, from 10am-1pm at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 10021 NE 124th Street in Kirkland.
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Open Doors Grant
A New Grant for Congregations
from our ELCA Churchwide Partners
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, you have served your communities with compassion and creativity, even as physical distancing changed the way we worship and meet. With vaccinations becoming available to more of the population, we look forward to gathering with our congregations in physical spaces again soon. What might the Spirit have in store? How can we meet new people, especially as we crave community following a time of unprecedented isolation? How might we stay connected with people who have not visited our church buildings but joined us online? As we adjust to post-pandemic life, how can we create new ideas to meet the changing needs of our communities?
Your congregation is invited to apply for an Open Doors Grant (ELCA.org/OpenDoors) to support your ministries as we resume in-person worship and gatherings. Any ELCA congregation can apply for grant funding with a specific and actionable idea for how its ministry might enable members to meet new people while regathering in community as COVID-19 considerations allow.
You must register to apply by May 14, and complete application by May 19.
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The Good Morning Podcast
Check out this new podcast from our friends at Salt House in Kirkland! Designed to help people get their day started in the right direction as we all try to reset our rhythms.
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“How can I keep from singing?”
In her May column for Living Lutheran, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton notes that music, like God’s love, is at the same time deeply personal, sounding deep within an individual’s soul, and universal, ringing out to an entire community. Read her column in English at https://bit.ly/3uBnRJy and in Spanish at https://bit.ly/3ty0oYb.
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Synod Meetings this Week:
Team members, check your inbox for info & zoom links.
Transition Ministers Monthly Meeting
Today, Monday, May 11, 1pm via Zoom
Living Stones Prison Ministry Monthly Meeting
TODAY, Monday, May 10, 3pm via Zoom
Join Pastor Chris for an update about what is happening in the Living Stones ministry. He saw our men at WCC this week and will share how they are doing as well as give an update about the new site at the Monroe Correctional Complex. Join HERE
Hunger Team Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, May 11, 7pm via Zoom
Meeting ID: 883 5123 8652 / Passcode: Abundance!
Executive Committee
Thursday, May 13, 4pm via Zoom
Synod Assembly!!
Saturday, May 15
8am - check in begins
9am - 4pm Assembly
Synod Assembly Voting Members, see last Friday's email for the Zoom link.
Office Closed
Monday, May 17
The synod office will be closed as we will be taking a day of rest after the assembly!
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Trivia Night with Earth Ministry!
Tuesday, May 11 7pm-8:30pm via Zoom
Join the fun and support our Earth Ministry friends with this Zoom event!
Tickets are $20/person - join a team, or sign up with your own!
Learn more about Earth Ministry HERE.
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Temple de Hirsch Sinai's
Annual Clergy Institute
Thursday, May 13 10am-1pm
All are welcome to join this event which will feature Jeffery Robinson, a Civil Rights activist, ACLU attorney, and creator of the Who We Are Project (thewhoweareproject.org). His presentation on the history of racism has inspired and activated thousands of people to respond to America’s Original Sin.
This event will not only allow us to share in Robinson’s work, but to process its implications as we forge bonds of common cause toward our common good. Please share this free event with your communities.
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Happy Birthday
Compass Housing Alliance!
Compass Housing Alliance is celebrating their centennial with their 100th Birthday Bash on Sunday, May 16th. Compass was founded as the “Lutheran Sailors and Loggers Mission” in 1920 by Swedish Pastor Otto Karlstrom. This free virtual event will start at 6pm, featuring a keynote from Rick Steves and stories from Compass staff & residents.
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Synod Women's Organization
Spring Retreat (virtual!)
CHOOSE JOY
with keynote speaker: Stacy Kitahata,
Co-Executive Director of Holden Village
Saturday, May 22, 9am-12noon
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Faith Action Network Spring Summits!
Choose from Sunday, May 23 or
Sunday, June 6, 2pm-4pm Online
At the Summit you can gather virtually with advocates in your region and in your issue area of interest and begin to consider what steps we might take together in the year ahead. This event is open to advocates across the state, and the content and breakouts will be the same each Sunday. See the flyer here and register for one of the dates below:
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Pacific Lutheran University's
Summer Series in Pastoral Theology
Join colleagues and fellow congregational leaders in this year's virtual Summer Series in Pastoral Theology: Ministry in a Secular Age, featuring Dr. Andrew Root of Luther Seminary. Dr. Root will be facilitating the following conversations (all at 3:30pm Pacific, via Zoom):
"Faith Formation in a Secular Age" on Tuesday, May 25th
"The Pastor in a Secular Age" on Tuesday, June 1st
"The Congregation in a Secular Age" on Tuesday, June 8th
You are invited to register for one or all three sessions.
Register for one or all of these offerings HERE
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John Hope Franklin Annual Symposium
The Future of Tulsa’s Past: The Centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre and Beyond
The Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod is inviting all ELCA members to join the 2021 John Hope Franklin Annual Symposium, May 26-29
A post-symposium event on May 29 is sponsored by the Synod, the African Descent Lutheran Association and the ELCA Racial Justice Ministries. Bishop Eaton and Vice President Bill Horne will be participating in the May 29th event.
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Cal Lutheran’s Fifty and Better (FAB)
Summer I Session
FAB’s 4-week Summer I Session begins on June 1st, and registration is now open! Courses will explore subjects such as California's ecosystems, power and leadership through the lens of Hitler and Gandhi's stories, the many incarnations of Perry Mason, and more! We hope you will join us for these captivating courses. Individuals 50+ are welcome, please share with your friends and family! Courses are $25 each or bundle all 6 for $100.
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Lifeguard Class!
June 11-13 at Camp Lutherwood
For ages 15 years and up.
Commute or stay on site...
Pricing depends on what you need.
More information at:
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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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