Premiering June 5, 2021
When you hear “All Will Be Well”, what comes to mind?
We are inviting our synod members, young and old to participate through creative expression to our theme for this Synod Wide Worship. We are looking for groups/individuals to submit creative liturgical expressions of hope (this could be photography, poetry, art, dance, music, etc.) and submit pictures and video that are related to the theme of hope and “All Will Be Well”!
Learn more about how you can be involved and sign-up on the worship page at:
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Vital Congregations Re-boot Camp |
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This is an invitation to existing congregations leaders interested in tools and ideas for revitalizing our ministries together. Teams of 3, 4 or more are invited to come with their pastor to reignite mission. This course will offer best practices and strong foundations for congregations who have historically been identified as being in the important times of redevelopment, transformation, and renewal. This is an opportunity to discern, kickstart efforts, or begin to reimagine in the hopes of growth in vitality, sustainability, and reaching new people. (This revisit many of the topics in the 2020 Vital Congregations cohort and is therefore not for those participants, but it is for a new cohort of rostered leaders who would be joined by their teams of lay leaders from their ministry sites.)
The first online webinar will begin on May 27th at 12:30-2:00 CST. This is a four-part training. Additional Dates are June 10, June 24, and July 8th at 12:30-2:00 CST. This series is also free of charge for congregations and leaders.
Please register by May 24th using the link below. For more information please contact our SCSW Director for Evangelical Mission Rev. Walter Baires at [email protected] or contact Neil Bullock at [email protected] (773) 380-2884 or Rev. Anna-Kari Johnson (773) 990-0814 [email protected] at the ELCA Churchwide Office.
All courses will be led by Rev Nancy Nyland, Rev CeCee Mills and Rev Jason Adams in partnership with the ELCA Christian Community and Leadership Congregational Vitality Team.
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Change Makers Camp at Bethel Horizons
Sponsored by our SCSW Racial Equity Team
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Join us for a week long summer camp for high school youth to build capacity to fight against racism and other forms of oppression. Workshops on trust & community, racism, sexism, LGBTQ+, and strategies. Outdoor recreation activities including, ropes course, environment education, canoeing, campfires and more. This is a partnership between Bethel Horizons, UBUNTU Research & Evaluation, and the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin.
July 25 -30, 2021
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- Diane Luginbuhl, Board Member, East Koshkonong (Cambridge)
- Lawanna Schieldt, Board Member, Central (Edgerton)
- Rev. Bryan Lagerstam, Pastor & Members of St. John's (Beaver Dam)
- Rev. Matthew Poock & Kristofer Rhude. Pastor, Intern & Members of St. John's (Evansville)
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Bishop S. John Roth, the Staff, and Congregations of the Central/Southern Illinois Synod
Churchwide Partners:
- The Rev. Y. Franklin Ishida, Area Desk Director - Asia/Pacific Desk, Global Mission
- The Rev. Chandran P. Martin, Regional Representative - Asia/Pacific Desk, Global Mission
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May these leaders continue to be blessed for service! |
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Congregations In Transition |
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As always we would love for you to continue to share your news. If you have something you would like considered for publication in What Matters, send it to us via email at [email protected]. The deadline for consideration of inclusion in the current weeks e-newsletter is 12:00 p.m. (CT) on Wednesday.
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