Our monthly Eucharist will be held at the Lutheran Center on Wednesday, December 11 at 11:30 a.m.

All are invited to join in this 30 minute worship.

Are you between the ages of 18 and 30? If so, get ready to register for the  ELCA Young Adults  Discernment Retreat in Georgia! This will be an opportunity to reflect on your gifts and passions and how you can boldly and faithfully live out this call. — with   ELCA Outdoor Ministries - Camps & Retreat Centers   and  ELCA Young Adults   at  Lutheranch Camp .

Service! Simplicity! Intentional Community! Spirituality!



At Urban Servant Corps, we believe that doing a year of service will not only impact those you serve, but it will change who you are and how you show up in the world. This experience will offer concrete direct service skills, the opportunity to explore and live out your faith, and leave you with an understanding of what life might look like for marginalized and vulnerable populations in our country. This all happens as you build community with a group of like-minded people! Are you dedicated to social justice and a simpler way of life? Do you hope to explore your faith? Do you want to gain experience in the non-profit/service field? Join us!

For more info and to apply, go to: http://urbanservantcorps.org/volunteer/apply.html

Christmas ornaments are available from the ELCA that include the beloved expression “You Belong” in four different languages, in braille, in sign language, and accompanied by the LGBTQ symbol. Your purchase supports grants being paid to congregations and synods as they work toward greater engagement of members living with disabilities. Visit our online store to order the star or round ornament .

We're excited to share that the ELCA has established a new vendor relationship with AudioEye for purposes of making more accessible ELCA resources available online as well as for navigating our websites, Living Lutheran and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America now have tools to assist visitors with low or partial vision. Readers needing large print will soon have simple ways to improve their access to ELCA information online!

Whether you can benefit from larger print, better color contrast, audio access or even the ability to connect to a device for braille conversion, AudioEye guides you through an accessible, easy-to-use icon and menu. Look for the man in the blue bubble on the lower-right section of a webpage to activate the features of AudioEye. As we phase in this new service, we anticipate full accessibility being available by early February 2020. Read about the new accessibility certification here - https://www.livinglutheran.org/accessibility-statement/ . We will track user activity to assess whether such improvements can be made on a longer-term basis in late 2020.

The ELCA is committed to learning how to better engage our members and their families living with visual impairments so that you can speak to the needs and interests of the church from your own unique perspectives. We thank the ELCA donors and development staff for their wonderful work in raising funds that make this service possible while we work toward developing our own methods of enhancing accessibility to our websites over the coming year. Meanwhile, we have also added a new resource on our webpage ( https://elca.org/disability ) on the resource tab for Visual Impairment. ELCA members can find selected ELCA worship prayers and cultural rites important to ministry across the ELCA. Email Carol at [email protected] for the protected password code for free access by members with low, no or partial vision.

Every year the ELCA's Young Adults in Global Missions (YAGM) program sends out dozens of young adults, ages 21-29, into a year-long journey of international service. This experience of global service invites young adults to serve as Jesus’ hands and feet in the world, as they form global friendships, provide critical support to communities in need, and reflect on how their identity connects with God’s work in the world.

For the next few months the Rocky Mountain Synod Global Mission Committee will be highlighting one of the eight current YAGM's hailing from the Rocky Mountain Synod with the hope that you as individuals and congregations will consider supporting them through prayer, communication and financial support.

This week's featured YAGM is Michelle Roby, who is currently serving in Mexico. Michelle’s home congregations are Grace Lutheran, Boulder, Lutheran Campus Ministry at CU Boulder and Our Saviour's Lutheran in Ft. Collins, CO. If you would like to support Michelle this year, please go here .

Over the years, Young Adults in Global Mission has proven to be one of the great pipelines for developing faith-filled leaders, both inside and outside of the church. If you would like to support or learn more about this exciting ministry, visit: https://www.elca.org/Our-Work/Global-Mission/Young-Adults-in-Global-Mission

Applications for the ELCA’s Young Adults in Global Mission (YAGM) program are now open, and you can invite young adults on this yearlong journey abroad.

If you know young adults age 21 to 29, this is the time to reach out. Encourage them to apply for YAGM by the priority deadline of Jan. 15, 2020. Talk to them personally about what this opportunity will mean for their faith, identity, career and understanding of God’s work in the world. You can also print out  this poster  to display in your congregation or ministry space.

Through YAGM, young adults will learn what it means to serve in a spirit of accompaniment as they walk alongside global church companions. They’ll become immersed in a new community and form deep relationships. And they’ll confront issues of wealth and poverty, racial privilege, gender privilege, economic disparity and globalization, all through the lens of faith.  Learn more at ELCA.org/YAGM .

Don’t wait — spread the word now! The priority deadline is Jan. 15, 2020. Applications will be open until Feb. 15, 2020.

DECEMBER 2019

UTAH CONFERENCE

- Week of December 15 -

Our Saviour’s - Salt Lake City, UT

Brigette Weier

Prince of Peace - Logan, UT

"Razzle Dazzle Christmas" is a community awareness event for Auraria Campus Ministries . Check out this inspiring ecumenical campus ministry and their great work in supporting and developing faithful followers of Christ.

Hosted at the legendary Dazzle Jazz Club at 1512 Curtis St. ( map), and featuring the return of the Barry Sames Jazz Ensemble, we will celebrate with the students the end of semester with Christmas music, sing alongs and jazz standards. Tickets are $20 and are available on Dazzle's Website. Questions, send email to [email protected].

Christ Lutheran

8997 So. Broadway

Highlands Ranch, CO ( map )

Christ Lutheran invites you to come shop with us at our annual Fair Trade Artisan Market! There will be a variety of handmade crafts, books, jewelry, carved olive wood, and other fine goods. Proceeds from the sale benefit various charities locally & globally. This is a great opportunity to shop for Christmas gifts and benefit many great causes. Questions? Email [email protected]. See you there!

Shepherd of the Hills

801 North Sheridan

Canon City, CO ( map )

Visiting the Living Nativity has become a tradition for many viewers from Fremont County and other areas of the State. New visitors are invited to join in the tradition to help celebrate the Christmas season. The cast, consisting of church members and other volunteers from the community, includes the Holy Family, angels, shepherds, wise men and animals participating outdoors. Many others are involved as support staff behind the scenes. Donations of non-perishable food items and cash will be accepted on behalf of Loaves & Fishes Ministries of Canon City. For more information visit www.sothlutheran.com

Join Luther House for our second annual Carols & Cheer event this Sunday, December 15!

We will follow Martin Luther's tradition of gathering in pubs to enjoy local beverages at the Broken Trail Brewery Uptown Tasting Room, 6902 Menaul Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM ( map ) to share the songs of the season. A percentage of the beverage sales made will benefit the ministry and programming of Lutheran Campus Ministry!

Our musicians will again be Pauleta Hendrickson, director of music at St. Luke Lutheran Church, Albuquerque, and Clara Byom, director of music at St Tim's Lutheran Church. Come and celebrate Luther House with us!

Register for the Yoga as a Prayer retreat here or at peacelutheranelp.org.

Join a wonderful group of people for a continuing education event in Winter Park, CO. This event pairs re-creation and intentional learning. The gathering in the mornings and evenings for worship and learning. During the day the group skis at Winter Park or engages in other forms of winter re-creation. Come experience the perfect balance of life-giving things while preparing your teaching and preaching for 2020.

Contact Pastor Chad Kohlmeyer ( [email protected]) for more information. Register at theoprobe.org.

Here are this years presenters and topics:

Faith Formation and the Gospel of John - Dr. Craig Koester

Faith formation is both opportunity and challenge for ministry. This series explores how the Gospel of John deals with patterns of faith and life in the experiences of those who meet Jesus. Texts will be taken from the passages from John 3, 4, 9, and 11, which will be the focus for preaching in many congregations during Lent.

Encountering God: Stories from the Old Testament - Dr. Kathryn Schifferdecker

The Old Testament is full of stories about deeply flawed individuals who encounter God and whose lives are transformed by that encounter. This series will explore some of those stories and ask the question, 'How can we invite our congregation members into the biblical narrative so that they see their own lives as part of the larger story of God's dealings with God's people?' Texts to be explored will be drawn in part from those assigned by the Revised Common Lectionary for the coming year.

Coaching gifted pastors and laity to lead transformational change.

18 hours of coaching that includes:

For more info, go to https://www.holmescoaching.com/aal-wirth/

Here's your January 2020 "Stewardship Toolkit!" It consists of an original newsletter article and RCL-based "stewardship snippets" that they can cut and paste into your publications. It also has web resources to explore January 2020's theme, "Steward your best year ever!"