Unified Newsletter Changes. To manage resources more effectively, we are moving to an all-electronic version of the Unified newsletter, beginning with the January 2017 issue. If you would like to continue receiving the newsletter in paper format, please call or email the Synod office before January 2017 to let us know. We will continue to publish the Unified six times/year; submission deadlines will be announced in each issue. The new e-Unified will be sent to all email subscribers, and published on the Synod's web site, www.neos-elca.org. The weekly E-news will keep you updated with all the news, events and pertinent information in between Unifieds. If you would like to begin receiving the E-news and our other electronic mailings you may sign-up on our website. Simply go to www.neos-elca.org and click on Unified Newsletter; from there click on Join Our Electronic Mailings to sign-up. If you have articles or notices to publish in the Unified, please contact Marilyn Matevia at the Synod office, [email protected]
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Ongoing Impact of the Reformation on Christian Unity: Lutheran-Catholic Covenant Celebration 2016.
Mark your calendars for the Lutheran-Catholic Covenant Celebration, October 23, 2016, a day of study and prayer with Bishop George V. Murry SJ and Bishop Abraham Allende, at Zion Lutheran Church, Canton. This Celebration begins the local observance of the Lutheran-Catholic Common Commemoration of the Reformation in 2017. The Celebration opens with registration from 2:00-2:30 p.m. and concludes at 6:30 p.m. followed by an optional supper prepaid with registration. The Reverend John Crossin OSFS, Executive Director, Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, United States Council of Catholic Bishops, and Doctor Donald L Huber, Professor Emeritus, Church History, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, are guest speakers. Registration information will be available on the Lutheran-Catholic Covenant website, www.lccovenant.weebly.com.
The 31st Annual Festival Celebration of the Reformation
will take place on Sunday, October 30, at 7:00 pm at St Paul's Lutheran Church, Alliance. Guest preacher will be the Rev. Hank Langknecht, Professor of Homilectics and Christian Communications at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio. This annual celebration of the Reformation is a ministry of the seven congregations of the Eastern Cluster of the Canton-Massillon Conference. St Paul's is located at 3295 S Union Ave (St. Rte. 183), one mile south of State St. (US 62) at the second light. Look for more information in this month's issue of the Unified Mailing or on the synod website, www.neos-elca.org. For questions please contact Pastor Jim Metzger at 330-823-8384.
Stephen Ministry Workshop.
Saturday, October 29, Kent United Church of Christ, 1400 E Main Street, will host a Stephen Ministry Introductory Workshop from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. This half-day, three-session workshop is designed to help congregations catch a vision for strengthening their caring ministry through equipping laypeople as caregivers. During this event, participants will also develop caregiving skills they can use right away.
The workshop covers these three sessions:
- Ministering to those experiencing grief
- An introduction to the Stephen Ministry
- How to care in a distinctively Christian way
The cost of this workshop is $15 per person or $50 for a group of four or more from the same congregation. For more information or to register for this half-day Stephen Ministry Introductory Workshop, call Stephen Ministries at (314) 428-2600 or visit www.stephenministry.org/workshop.
Floor Scrubbers/Polishers.
The property committee at Good Shepherd, Conneaut, has 2 floor scrubbers/polishers for sale. One uses a 21" disc and has 5 spare discs. The other one is a Power-Flite, 17-175 rpm, a 30 ft. power cord and 3 spare discs. For more information please contact the church office at 440-599-8908.
Wanted:
Someone to donate a commercial or riding mower to Euclid, Euclid (431 East 260th Street, Euclid OH 44132). Contact Bob at either 216 731-4874 and leave a message or
[email protected]
. Will pick up!
Choir Robes. First, Beach City has 12 green & gold choir robes to give away. Please call Ann Shetler at 330-879-2840 with inquiries
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