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Truth & Healing Movement
Over the next months our partners at ELCA Churchwide will provide opportunities to learn the true history and current realities of Indigenous people. It is these truths, truths that have been ignored by most for hundreds of years, that will bring healing for both Indigenous people and non-Indigenous people.
Including these upcoming free online webinars led by Vance Blackfox:
- Introduction to the Truth and Healing Movement - May 9 and May 11
- Indian 101 - June 1
LEARN MORE HERE
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Items for sharing
from Glendale Lutheran Church in Burien
With the closure of Glendale Lutheran Church, our friends there are making items are available to congregations – as a gift!
See the art, baptismal font, piano, and bells available HERE.
If you are interested in an item(s) – please reach out to Marie at mariekuhnhenn@hotmail.com
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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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NWWA Synod Trip to the Holy Land
January 14-25, 2024
You are invited to join with others in the Northwest Washington Synod for a life-changing trip to the Holy Land January 14-25, 2024. Not only will we visit holy sites, we will also meet with, talk with, and listen to those who live, work, laugh, worship, and struggle in this land. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) is one of our partners in the Lutheran World Federation. They are excited to share their stories with us. There is also an additional post-trip to Egypt that you are invited to sign up for, as well.
We want this to be a time for people to interact with and learn with the people of this land. Therefore, we are only taking twenty-four people. We hope that you will come and be a part of this important trip. Please click the link below to find out more information or reach out to me for any questions you might have.
https://www.eliastours.com/tours/northwest-washington-synod-holy-land-trip-with-bishop-shelley-bryan-wee-dr-rod-schofield
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Paddle Pilgrim Mekong Adventure
Dave Ellingson just returned from a monthlong kayak adventure through Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam and is scheduling presentations in congregations and community groups for the late summer and fall.
The presentation will weave together his observations about the cultures, spirituality, environment, politics, and peoples of this increasingly important region of the world.
For more information about his books, films, and podcast, check out his website paddle-pilgrim.com. Contact Dave at paddlepilgrim@gmail.com
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Holden Evening Prayer Around the World
Once a year Holden invites Villagers across the globe to come together through participation in the Holden Evening Prayer. This year, we will be celebrating Holden Evening Prayer Around the World on June 3, 2023.
Help us kick-off the first week of summer programming by joining us on the first night that Holden Evening Prayer will be sung in the Village for the summer. Even though geography may separate us, by singing and saying the same words together on the same day, we connect in spirit. May the prayers for peace and justice of the extended Holden community rise up like incense.
Plan a gathering and add your event to our map of events around the globe! Past events have been held in churches, community centers, and homes. Fill out this form with the date, time, and location for your event, so that we can post this information on our website and anyone in your area can join. All information provided on the form will be public to anyone who accesses our website. If, after submitting the form, you need to make changes to your event, please email Holden Village's Communications Team.
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Synod Events this Week:
Mon, May 8, 4:30pm - Synod Finance Committee
Tues, May 9, 10-2 - Synod Staff Meetings
Tues, May 9, 6:30pm - FREE Synod-wide Online Study of Acts (see below)
Wed, May 10, 7pm - Pride Parade Planning Meeting - on Zoom
Thurs, May 11, 6:30pm - Kin-dom of God and Environmental Justice (see below)
Sat, May 13, 8:30am-3:30pm - SYNOD GATHERING at Salem, Mount Vernon
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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
You are welcome to drop in any time - series ends May 23
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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PRIDE Parade Season is near
There are a variety of different PRIDE events going on in communities all around our synod! The synod is making plans to participate!
Interested in leading or participating? Please attend the planning meeting on Wednesday, May 10, 7pm on Zoom or reach out to Pastor Gina Herman who is heading up our team this year!
There are many other PRIDE events around our synod that need our support. Please check out the dates and events and go to as many as you can! Here are the ones we currently know about:
- Whatcom Youth Pride – June 3
- Kirkland – June 16
- Anacortes – June 17
- Everett – June 17
- Capitol Hill Trans-PRIDE Parade – June 23
- Seattle – June 25
- Sedro-Wooley (4th of July Parade)
- Bellingham – July 9
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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.
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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 at Gethsemane 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!)
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Synod Gatherings
Registration is closed.
All registrants should have received a welcome email.
If not, please email Susan@lutheransnw.org ASAP
Saturday, May 13, 8:30am-3:30pm - Salem in Mount Vernon
Saturday, May 20, 8:30am-3:30pm - Saint Andrew's in Bellevue
THANK YOU to all who have paid.
If you have not yet done so, please do so TODAY!
Find details about the gatherings on our website HERE.
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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
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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
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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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