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Synod Gatherings - Time to Register!
All members of the synod are invited to attend one of two Synod Gatherings that will be held in May - allowing more participants from our synod to join in worship, fellowship, and forums to inspire, educate, and equip members of our Synod!
Cost is $40/person
Registration is open now through May 1.
A promo pack has been emailed to all congregations and rostered ministers last month. Please share the info with your congregations and get ready to register a group from your church! (all information is also posted on our website HERE)
Saturday, May 13, 8:30am-3:30pm - Salem Lutheran Church in Mount Vernon
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Saturday, May 20, 8:30am-3:30pm - Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church in Bellevue
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Truth and Healing Movement
ELCA Presiding Elizabeth Eaton has announced the launch of the ELCA’s Truth and Healing Movement. The focus of the initiative is to increase the church’s understanding of the impacts of colonization on Indigenous people in past generations and in the present.Watch her video below. Learn more HERE.. Read a recent Religion News Service Article HERE.
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Grace Grants
We are excited to be able to offer one final year of Grace Grants!
The 2023 Focus Areas:
Ministry Innovation
Equity and Justice for Marginalized Communities
Community, Inclusion and Belonging
Youth and Young Adult
Our online application form will close May 31.
You will find information and the link for the online application form on the synod website HERE
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Synod Events this Week:
Mon, April 17, 10am-12noon CYF & LiVE Conversation at Synod Office
Mon, April 17, 4:30pm - Synod Finance Committee
Tues, April 18,10am-2pm - Staff Meetings
Tues, April 18, 2pm - First Call Meet Up - Zoom Link
Tues, April 18, 6:30pm - FREE Synod-wide Online Study of Acts (see below)
Thurs, April 20, 2pm Cluster Deans' Meeting - Zoom Link
Thurs, April 20 - LiVE Course: Kin-dom of God and Environmental Justice (see below!)
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Synod-Wide Bible Study on the book of Acts
A FREE NW WA Synod LiVE Project Offering!
Tuesdays, 6:30pm - 7:30pm | on Zoom
Continues weekly - drop into any session!
The Synod's LiVE Project is offering this free, weekly online Bible Study Series! Various rostered ministers from around our synod will co-facilitate a study of Willie James Jennings' book, Acts: A Theological Commentary on the Bible. Purchase of the book is encouraged, although not necessary to fully participate.
Join any or all Zoom Sessions HERE. (Zoom Meeting ID: 822 0985 0836 Passcode: Acts)
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The PLU Department of Education invites you to
the 13th Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture
SHELF LIFE: Finding Community (and Yourself) in the World of Books - given by author Minh Lê
Tuesday, April 18, 7pm-8pm at Pacific Lutheran University
in the AUC CK Hall Room 214
The lecture is free and open to the public, book signing to follow
www.plu.edu/education/jolita-hylland-benson-education-lecture/
In this lecture, author Minh Lê discusses the role of the imagination and stories in challenging times—and how books can create the opportunity for deep connections that transcend the page.
Minh Lê is the author of the picture books, Lift (a Washington Post Best Book of the Year), Drawn Together (winner of the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature), and most recently The Blur. He also wrote Green Lantern: Legacy, a middle grade graphic novel for DC Comics and the recently released follow up, Green Lantern: Alliance. Minh also serves on the Board of We Need Diverse Books and is on the faculty of the Hamline MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults.
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ELCA Coaching Network - Weekly Sessions
Every Wednesday at 11am (Pacific)
All lay leaders and rostered ministers are invited to join this weekly opportunity to hear from various leaders across the Church - and share in small group conversation - on the theme of COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP.
Learn more about this week's topic and get the registration link here: https://www.elcacoaching.org/
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5-Week LiVE Course Continues this week - join in!
The Kin-dom of God and Environmental Justice
April 13, 20, 27 and 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.
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Farm Bill - ELCA Listening Sessions
Pacific Time Zone focus
Friday, April 21, 12noon Pacific Time
ELCA farm bill listening sessions are virtual gatherings where ministry leaders, members of congregations, and those with valuable lived experiences gather our opinions and experiences informed by faith values on stewardship, justice and serving our neighbor. Please join the conversation shaping our faithful action! Learn more here.
Register here for our regional session here – https://bit.ly/ELCAfarmbilllisteningPacific
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Ordination & Installation of Cassandra Nagle
Saturday, April 22, 4pm CDT
at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in The Woodlands, TX and online at www.LOLonline.org
All are warmly invited to attend Cassandra Nagle's service of ordination to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament and installation to the office of Associate Pastor at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in The Woodlands, TX.
Cassandra previously served as the pastoral intern at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Renton from January 2021 to June 2022. God bless Cassandra and this new ministry partnership!
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Bishop's Convocation
for Rostered Ministers, Mission Developers & Interns of our Synod
April 23-26
at Seabeck Conference Center
We look forward to sharing time and stories with you and our presenters. We will welcome Vance Blackfox, Director of ELCA Indigenous Ministries & Tribal Relations AND local Indigenous Elders and leaders, Jay "Jeremiah" Julius, Kay Knott, and Jay Bowen.
REMINDER TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET PAID - please do so ASAP!
Did not get registered? We have a few more available spots!
Reach out to Susan@lutheransnw.org ASAP!
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Leading from the Margins
Effective leadership today must center those who have been marginalized in society. Doing so acknowledges the moral and practical harm of marginalization in the Commons and enables restitution through moral and institutional accountability.
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, April 27 at 6pm - “The Narrative of the Lie: White Christian Nationalism” featuring Rev. Dr. Rick Rouse and Rev. Dr. Troy Lynn Carr.
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
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Ordination and Installation of John Smithies
NWWA Synod Ministry Candidate, John Smithies, has accepted a call to serve as pastor at Atonement Lutheran Church in Newport, Oregon. John completed his internship at Edmonds Lutheran Church last year and we are delighted for this new adventure.
His Ordination and Installation Service is Saturday April 29th at 1pm at Atonement Lutheran Church. Please see the phone number in graphic to RSVP so they can accommodate space and food. God bless this new ministry partnership!
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Help Celebrate Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power and Light's Birthday!
April 30th, from 4-6pm, @ St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle
There will be food, fun, games, and of course cake!
Here is the registration link: https://secure.everyaction.com/bAhQ3mZnPUurJ0-438KmIw2
Can't make it to the event? You can still celebrate with EM/WAIPL by making a donation here!
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From our partners at ReconcilingWorks:
As ReconcilingWorks continues to accompany Reconciling in Christ (RIC) partners in updating their Public Partner Commitments, we are looking forward to providing another opportunity of support.
All RIC partners are invited to join ReconcilingWorks staff, Aubrey Thonvold and Ashlei Buhrow, as they host regional RIC partner zoom calls to share information on the RIC program, walk through critical resources and where to find them on the website, and answer any additional questions you may have.
Region One is invited to participate on May 1, 1pm-3pm Sign up TODAY
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HELPERS NEEDED for the
Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
Seattle Spring Ingathering
Friday-Saturday, May 5 & 6
at Our Redeemers' Lutheran Church (2400 NW 85th St, Seattle)
Groups may deliver boxes:
Friday, May 5, 8am-2pm
Saturday, May 6, 8am-11:30am
We need a few more volunteers to help direct traffic and/or load the boxes; if you would be willing to help load boxes for one or two hours, contact Rich at 206-384-1183 or lwrmathes@aol.com. Boxes are generally 30 pounds or less - we have jobs inside and outside the containers. THANK YOU!
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Farm Worker Ministry Northwest
Community Forum
Saturday, May 6, 10am - 12noon
at Gethsemane Lutheran Church - 911 Stewart Street, Seattle
Please join Farm Worker Ministry Northwest (FWM-NW) and the Faith Action Network for a Community Forum to learn about how farm workers in the Pacific Northwest (especially the mushroom workers in Sunnyside, WA) are organizing for their rights and how you can support them! Please come, be part of the community of support for these essential workers!
Free all-day parking available onsite (in any unreserved space in the Aspira Public Garage, enter from the alley between Stewart and Howell).
Questions or to pre-register today: Rev. Connie Yost, President, FWM-NW, fwm-nw@nfwm.org, 503-385-2135, www.fwm-nw.org.
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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.
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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
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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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