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2025 Multi-Asian Gathering - Grants Available
The Multi-Asian Gathering is a mission movement of Asian leaders (clergy and laity) to celebrate our unity and uniqueness in mission and ministry in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS).
The Multi-Asian Gathering committee is offering a limited number of grants to partially offset the registration fees and/or campus housing costs for the Multiethnic Symposium and the Multi-Asian Gathering. For more information or to apply, please contact Dr. Terry Chan.
What: Multi-Asian Gathering
Where: Koburg Hall, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO
When: Wednesday, May 07 - 08
More Info: Click Here
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Invitation to Join BALYA
Are you 18 to 40"ish" years old and would enjoy the company of other area Lutheran (LCMS) young adults? Join us, as Bay Area Lutheran Young Adults (BALYA) meets regularly for camaraderie in fun, worship, service projects, and study. Bay Area Lutheran Young Adults is an endeavor of Lutheran Church of Our Savior, Cupertino, CA.
Next Event: Game Night - March 29 (5:00 p.m.)
Where: 5825 Bollinger Road, Cupertino, CA
Info/RSVP: Contact mmcthrow@gmail.com or nonso12@gmail.com
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LuTMA Discernment Event - Register Now
Lutheran Transitional Ministry Association (LuTMA) is offering a "discernment events" for pastors interested in learning more about LuTMA and the training process.
What: LuTMA Discernment Event
When: April 3
Cost: $25 per person.
Click here for the press release.
More information and registration for the Conference is available at www.lutma.org.
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LCMS 2024 Congregation Statistics and Lay Leader Updates – Deadline Extended
The deadline to submit your 2024 year-end congregation statistics and lay leader updates is extended to Monday, March 31, 2025.
Congregations who have not yet submitted their updates should have received an email recently from rosters.stats@lcms.org. The updates can be submitted through LISN which is found here: https://lc.lcms.org/. (FYI: Internet Explorer does not work with the website. It is suggested that you use Google Chrome for the forms.)
If you cannot remember the username and/or password you created for your congregation, follow the on-screen helps on the login page to recover your login credentials.
If the online guides do not help you to reset your password, contact Rosters at rosters.stats@lcms.org or call 314-996-1366.
If you would like a blank form emailed to you, contact Glenna Sanlis, glenna@cnh-lcms.org.
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73rd CNH District Convention - Location Details
Dates: May 15 – 17, 2025
Thursday, May 15: Dinner (5pm) and Opening Worship (7:30pm)
Where: St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 3785 Placer Corporate Drive, Suite 600, Rocklin, CA
The remainder of the event will be held at:
Hilton Sacramento Arden West Hotel, 2200 Harvard Street, Sacramento, CA
Registration deadline: Friday, April 25, 2025
More Details and to Register
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2025 Call Day Information, CTSFW
What: Vicarage and Deaconess Internship Assignment Service
When: 7 p.m. (EDT), April 28, 2025
What: Candidate Call Service
When: 7 p.m. (EDT), April 29, 2025
Both services will be available via livestream from Kramer Chapel. Click here to visit the CTSFW Call Day 2025 event page for livestream access, placement lists, and photos as they become available.
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2025 Call Day Information, CTSSL
What: Assignment of Vicarages Service
When: 3 p.m. (CDT), April 30, 2025
What: Assignment of Calls Service
When: 7 p.m. (CDT), April 30, 2025
Both services will be available via livestream from Chapel of St. Timothy & St. Titus. Click here to visit the CTSSL Call Day 2025 event page for livestream access and more details.
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Don't Miss Out: Delegate Forms Needed Now!
Thanks to those who’ve already sent in their Convention voting delegate forms to the CNH District office! If you haven’t had a chance to submit your pastoral and lay delegate forms yet, here’s a quick reminder and a couple of links to make it easy:
What You Need to Do:
• Pastoral Voting Delegate Form – Get it here!
• Lay Delegate Form – Grab it here!
These forms are your golden ticket for voting! Be sure to have two officers from your congregation sign the form, confirming that your congregation has elected you as their representative.
Deadline Reminder:
To help us with planning, please send in your forms by Tuesday, April 15.
Click here for a blog with details and tips.
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CNH District Recognizes Educators as Jubilarians at Spring In-Service
At the recent CNH Spring In-Service, we recognized educators in our Lutheran schools who are celebrating jubilarian anniversaries. Jubilarian is a term used to describe major milestones. In recognizing jubilarian anniversaries, we are recognizing those educators in our district who are celebrating anniversaries in 5-year increments.
Click here for an article on the 26 faithful servants honored as CNH District Educator Jubilarians.
Click here for an article on the Spring In-Service.
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CPH Partners with Food Banks to Offer Arch® Books in New Outreach Program
Concordia Gospel Outreach (CGO), a charity of Concordia Publishing House (CPH), is making youth outreach a focal point in 2025 as it continues its Food Bank Arch Book donation program. The program aims to send thousands of free Arch Books to families all over the country every week through local Lutheran food banks. If you know a food bank that would like to join CGO’s Arch Book donation program, contact CGO via email at cgo@cph.org or by calling 314-268-1076.
To learn more about this worthwhile program, click here.
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As pillars of the faith get called back to their heavenly home, we want to honor and acknowledge the legacy they leave behind and the impact they had within our congregations. If you would like to include any upcoming memorials, please click here to send the name, date of death, and date of service so that we may include them in an upcoming issue of the InTouch.
Rev. Theodore (Ted) Iverson was called to glory on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Rev. Iverson served CNH District congregations (Redeemer, Fresno, CA and Bethlehem, Monterey, CA). In addition, he served the CNH District office from 1978 – 2009 in various capacities: Business Manager; Administrative Services Director for Missions; Interim Services Director for Evangelism and Stewardship; and President of the CNH District Church Extension Fund. Service details are pending. Please keep the Iverson family in your prayers.
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