Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind.
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Professional Church Workers Conference 2020
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The Board of Directors, Professional Church Workers and Circuit Visitors meetings are to be held in Akron, OH, May 18-22.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Board of Directors: May 18–19
Professional Church Workers: May 19 (3:00 pm)–May 21 (11:30 am)
Circuit Visitors: May 21 (noon)–May 22 (11:00 am)
More information and registration information to come.
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Call Received
The Rev. Aaron B. Boerst, Christ, Lake Mills, WI, has received a call to serve a dual parish between Emmanuel, Breed, WI (North Wisconsin District) and Tabor, Mountain, WI (North Wisconsin District).
Call Returned
The Rev. Wade M. Seaver, Hope, Bellaire, MI (Michigan District), has returned the call to serve Hope, Fremont, CA.
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Your prayer concerns are important to the English District. When you submit a prayer request, with your permission, it will be posted in this weekly eNewsletter. The Bible's promise is true: "If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us" (1 John 5:14).
Please keep the community of North York, ON, the Greater Toronto Area, and Iranian-Canadians in your prayers. The tragic loss of life onboard Flight PS752 from Tehran to Kyiv has greatly impacted these communities. Many local school students, returning from holiday trips, are among the deceased. We pray that God would comfort this community as it mourns, with the sure and certain hope of the resurrection.
Please pray for Chuck Novak, for healing and strength.
Please pray for our brothers and sisters in Puerto Rico following the earthquakes and for those supporting them as they rebuild.
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The IRS considers member congregations, the schools they operate, as well as most other organizations affiliated with The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, as tax-exempt entities because they are organizations described in the Synod’s group tax-exemption ruling under code section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). A copy can be found in the
Congregational Treasurer’s Manual
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Concordia Technology Blog
Evaluating your church office for improvements: Are you hoping to help your office work more smoothly but don't know how? Read more
here
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For more information contact the English District Gift Planning Counselor Ron Grimm by phone
412-584-7039
or
email
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Lutheran Church Extension Fund
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For more information contact David Thiele, English District LCEF Vice President, at 517-980-2857 or by
email
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Worker Wellness
This week's LCMS devotion focuses on
Physical Wellness
. These weekly devotions are meant to encourage church workers and help them to explore ways to find wellness in their own lives as well as their families' lives.
These devotions are an excellent way to prayerfully practice self-care throughout the week.
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LCMS Disaster Relief would like to begin to incorporate high school age youth into our LERT training (with age appropriate restrictions). If you would like to join the discussion on that effort, please contact Rev. Michael Meyer, Director, Disaster Training for the Office of National Mission by phone 314-526-6421 or
email
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LCMS Disaster Relief would also like to standardize chainsaw training in the LERT program. They would like to have two chainsaw trainers in each district. Please talk to Rev. Meyer if you are interested in participating in the chainsaw trainer training or participating in a small advisory group that will be developing the training.
The Disaster Conference will precede the Making Disciples For Life (MDFL) conference in Fort Wayne, IN in April. The Disaster Conference will be April 15-16, 2020. The MDFL conference is April 17-18. There will be a DDRC roundtable, breakout sessions, and a table top exercise as part of the conference. The MDFL conference will also include Disaster Response breakout and discussion sessions as well as plenty of other interesting discussions of other Synodical work. They hope to see you in Fort Wayne!
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Registration is now open for the English District LWML Convention to be held April 24-26 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Pittsburgh/Southpointe, PA. For more information and to register, visit the LWML
website.
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The Kaster family is serving God in Prague. Read more about their work
here.
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Slippery Rock Campus Ministry
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The support given to Slippery Rock's campus ministry is important.
Here's why it matters.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Kitchener, ON
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Members of Hope Lutheran Church, Kitchener, ON gathered after Divine Service to understand how to interpret the results of their Re:Vitality Congregational Self-Assessment. This tool of LCMS Re:Vitality is intended to provide a snap shot of a congregation's assessment of their vitality. The goal is to assist God's people in moving forward in the opportunities of mission and ministry God has opened to them with intentionality. The process was well received. We pray this tool will be a blessing to all in the congregation and also to the community in which God has placed them.
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Catalina Lutheran Church, Tucson, AZ
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Members of area English District congregations participated in the Tucson March for Life. They are blessed to be Gospel-motivated voices for life in the public square.
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West Portal Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA
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The Situ family was welcomed into the Church by holy baptism. The children attend West Portal Lutheran School.
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Lutheran Church of the Risen Savior, Green Valley, AZ
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Risen Savior welcomed 23 new members. Pictured right are 16 of the new members. Praise be to God!
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National Accelerated Reader Challenge
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All schools are invited to participate in the upcoming National Accelerated Reader Challenge. This is being facilitated by James Kroll, at St. Paul, Janesville, WI.
The National AR Challenge is a reading challenge for schools that use the Accelerated Reader program. The AR Challenge has a long tradition of challenging schools in a friendly reading competition. Last year 49 LCMS schools participated. The annual AR Challenge is set to begin on January 27, 2020.
Any
elementary LCMS school in the United States and Canada that is presently using the Accelerated Reader program may enter the contest. All students must be independent readers.
Contact James Kroll by phone (608-754-4471 ext. 207) or
email
with any questions you may have.
For more information or to register, see the
AR Challenge website.
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Redeemer Lutheran School, Fort Wayne, IN
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Redeemer Classical School in Fort Wayne has doubled in size two years in a row! There are now 20 children and two teachers at Redeemer. Under the leadership of Nathaniel Pullmann, Headmaster and teacher, the school is flourishing. Members of the church are busy preparing another room to create a library space for the students! Well done, Redeemer.
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Faith Preschool of The Church at Jacob's Well
, Fort Wayne, IN
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Faith Preschool continues to have a strong ministry presence in their community. Under the direction of Judy Berggren, the school has enjoyed a reputation of high quality. They will celebrate 50 years of providing early education in Fort Wayne next year. Pastor Dave Adams works with Judy to give the children seamless Bible instruction, linking chapel stories and memory with classroom lessons. Each year the church purchases a children's Bible for each child in the center–this year that was about 148 children! See the children laughing, singing and praising God in this Facebook
video.
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Grace English Lutheran School, Chicago, IL
Students at Grace English Lutheran School in Chicago are learning in multi-age classrooms using technology. The interim principal, congregation members, and faculty have done a great deal of work to beautify the building. They are gearing up for the 2020-21 school year with a planned marketing campaign to share the blessings of Christian education in the mostly Hispanic community. Pastor Gomez engages the Pre-K–8th grade students in regular chapel services, assuring the students of Jesus' great love for them.
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Trinity Lutheran Preschool, Villa Park, IL
Trinity Preschool serves 2, 3, 4, and 5 year olds in the Villa Park community under the direction of Tracy Swiston. Children are using a glue and shaving cream mixture to create a melted snowman picture.
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Lambs of Faith Early Childhood Center, Arlington Heights, IL
Pictured right, Pastor Tom Sanders talks to the children of Lambs of Faith about baptism.
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Christ the King Preschool, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Class fun on Fridays.
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Holy Cross Lutheran School, Cleveland, OH
How many mittens tall is a teacher?
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Redeemer Lutheran School, Pittsburgh, PA
The middle school hosted their annual Snow Ball Dance. The student council decorated and sponsored the dance.
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Shepherd King Preschool, West Bloomfield, MI
Learning about snow and ice!
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Grace Beginnings Preschool, Wyoming, MI
Playing pretend and setting up an imaginary classroom.
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Hales Corners Lutheran School, Hales Corners, WI
The 6th grade boys were runners up at a basketball tournament. Both the 7th/8th grade girls "A" team and 8th grade boys "A" teams were champions in the Route 31 Invitational in Dundee, IL. The Spirit Team cheered them on!
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Previous issues of the Servant to Servant eNewlsetter are available on the
English District website
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You are encouraged to share the information from Servant to Servant with members of your congregation.
All are invited to subscribe to this weekly publication. Forward the newsletter to members of your church. They can subscribe by clicking on the
"Sign up for our emails"
link at the bottom. Thanks for spreading the word!
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Please share your congregation's or school's unique ministries with the rest of the District. Send pictures and stories for consideration to
Holly Scheer
by Wednesday, 12:00 pm ET. We want to see how YOUR congregation or school is showing the love of God to those around you.
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If you'd like to share our emails, please forward
using your email's forwarding option.
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