Find our contact page here: www.lutheransnw.org/about/our-team

Given the challenges of this last year, the Synod Personnel Committee invites ministry settings to consider the suggestions found in this document as a way to say thank you, provide sabbath, and offer compensation. Please be sure to share this with your Personnel or Mutual Ministry committee where possible. If a congregation has neither of these entities, please share with the Executive Committee of the congregation council.

Go here on our new website: lutheransnw.org/resources/compensation-guidelines

Please do NOT print them out and mail to the synod. Your congregation office should have received a password from churchwide in December. If you need assistance, please contact Traci in our office.

NOTE: Tracking online attendance - find guidance from the ELCA here

We give thanks for your generous financial partnership with the synod and churchwide organization. Your congregation’s Mission Support commitment helps the synod and churchwide organization plan more effectively. As your congregation makes financial plans for the coming year, please prayerfully consider your Mission Support portion of your regular offerings.

Please use this form to communicate your commitment.

Complete and email to - Traci@lutheransnw.org

The last Sunday in January is designated as Reconciling in Christ (RIC) Sunday - a time to celebrate if you have made the commitment to be a RIC Congregation by including in your worship service one or more of the materials HERE. Including:

Children's Message by Ashlei Cramer (she/her), RIC Program Coordinator: https://youtu.be/bJBtjxEnYQA 

Message by Aubrey Thonvold (she/her), Executive Director: https://youtu.be/yNgWnR_6b2c 

For additional information go to the Reconciling Works website, www.reconcilingworks.org. In addition, please consider supporting the ministry of our local partners, Open Door Ministries. 

For many children of the 1960s and 1970s, it was a familiar scene: Sunday-morning sunlight pouring in through the window as they sprawled on the living room floor. From the TV, a voice bellowed: “Oh, Da-a-a-vey.” The voice belonged to young Davey’s talking dog, Goliath, in the stop-motion animated series Davey and Goliath that premiered 60 years ago, in February 1961. Living Lutheran’s feature story “An Animated Anniversary” lifts up what the iconic series did for the church and includes a timeline of milestones and quotes from Lutherans about what the series means to them.

Read the story here, and download the study guide here.

Portico Users: Looking for the calculators to estimate the cost of benefits?

You can now find them by signing in to the newly redesigned EmployerLink website, or on myPortico. They’ve been moved behind sign-in as part of our efforts to make our sites more secure. If you need assistance accessing them, or don’t have myPortico or EmployerLink access, call the Customer Care Center (800.352.2876) or reach out to your Portico Regional Representative, Andrea Arey at aarey@PorticoBenefits.org.

This month we welcome the Rev. Phil Hirsch, ELCA Executive Director of Domestic Mission to share time with us. Look for the Zoom link in tomorrow's Rostered Minister email.

Team - check your email inbox for the Zoom link.

Join the Zoom meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89680552863

Wednesday, January 27, 1:30pm Pacific

The Most Rev. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church

The Rev. Elizabeth Eaton, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Dr. Andrew Whitehead, Assoc. Professor of Sociology at Indiana University / Purdue University

Moderator: Amanda Tyler, executive director of BJC (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty). 

Team - check your email inbox for the Zoom link.

Roland Martinson, Emeritus Professor of Luther Seminary and author of Elder’s Rising: The Promise & Peril of Aging, will share multiple aspects of spirituality as it relates to older adults. Hear about some of the material developed for ALOA's Toolkit for Older Adult Ministry (Adult Lutherans Organized for Action) Learn more and register here. Check out previous webinars & resources at aloaserves.org.

Team - check your inbox for links to the materials and the meeting.

All leaders involved in worship planning are invited to join this special meet up time (a continuation of January 12th's session). Bring your ideas (and/or questions!) for Holy Week.

Find the Zoom link in your Rostered Minister email or email Susan@lutheransnw.org to get the link!

Team - check your inbox for links to the materials and the meeting.

February 5-6, Online

The Extravaganza is the premier event for faith formation leaders in ELCA congregations. The event is hosted by the ELCA Youth Ministry Network. Extravaganza 2021 will explore God’s call to “Hold Loosely” and to trust in the one who comes to create, to redeem and to sustain. More information and registration links are available at www.elcaymnet.org/Ext21Info. Note that this year membership in the Network is not required, but we hope if you’re not a member, you’ll consider becoming one when you register.

If you have questions, contact our local leaders, Taryn & Becky, at cyflutheransnw@gmail.com.   

Cal Lutheran’s Fifty and Better program is commemorating Black History Month by hosting two lectures:

Daniel Newman-Lessler will survey the lives and music of Black composers from all over the world.

Eleanor Schrader will explore the career of Paul Williams, “Architect to the Stars.”

Register here: callutheran.edu/centers/lifelong-learning/fifty-better/lecture-series.html

Pre-registration is required by no later than Friday, February 5 in order to receive the Zoom link.

To register, please send an email requesting registration to oslc-everett@oslc-everett.org

See more details and register HERE. 

This event, led in partnership with Paths to Understanding, is open to all in the synod - and is free of charge. Please register for the Zoom event here.