Around the Synod

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April 8, 2009

PRAYERS

-          Middle East

-          Congregations, Members & Leaders

-          Please keep our brothers and sisters who are struggling with
flooding in the Red River valley in your prayers. 

-          Pastor Dan Zimmerman (Retired pastor) who fell.  Pastor Dan's
phone is 979/289-2302 or you can send him a note at P.O. Box 247, Burton, TX
77835

-          John DeYoung upcoming surgery.  His e-mail is ydeyoung at alltel.net

-          Thelma Kloss (Pastor Robert Sorensen's mother-in-law); visitation
is today at Kanesek Funeral Home in Bellville, TX (6-8pm); Funeral is on
April 10 at 10:00am at St. John Lutheran TX, located at 520 N. Holland,
Bellville, TX 77418.  Pastor Robert Sorensen's e-mail is rsoren1151 at cs.com 

-          Elsie daughter of Rev. Dagfinn and Jeanette Magnus (New Orleans,
LA) passed away at the age of  25 years unexpectedly.  Pastor Dagfinn's
e-mail is dagfinn at bellsouth.net 

LATE BREAKING NEWS

April 26, 2009 Festival of Hymns for the Season of Easter to Pentecost @
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church located at 4930 W. Bellfort, Houston, TX.
All Synod Choirs are invited to participate! Bishop Mike Rinehart will join
LMN (Lutheran Musicians Network) Gulf Coast Synod and area musicians (lay
and ordained), choir members, pastors, congregations, families, neighbors,
and friends in a festive event sponsored by LMN and hosted by Salem ELC,
Houston, Pr. David Roschke, Senior Pastor.

*	HymnFest on April 26 at 4:00 pm 
*	Salem ELC, 4930 W. Bellfort, Houston 
*	Rehearsals for singers and players commence at 1:30 and 2:00 pm 
*	Children's Choirs welcome 
*	Reception will follow 
*	Open to the public 

For more information or to register, please contact: Meg Flowers,
meg at salemhouston.org, or 713 723-2527

WHAT IS LMN?

The purpose of LMN is to provide opportunities for worship, performance, and
education among all musicians, lay and ordained, of the Gulf Coast Synod
ELCA and their colleagues and associates. To join the LMN ListServ for news
and upcoming events, please contact lucia at gulfcoastsynod.org  LMN Steering
Committee: Meg Flowers, John Krueger, Mark Mummert, Marsha Seale, Dorry
Shaddock, Pam Tamburello, Gay Zimmerman

April 28th -- The Texas Ramps Project ( <http://www.texasramps.org/>
www.TexasRamps.org) Community Informational Meeting at 6:00 p.m., St. Paul's
Evangelical Lutheran Church located at 305 W. Third Street, Brenham, TX
77833
The need is great and the concept is simple:  people from community
organizations come together to build  wheelchair ramps for those in our
communities who need them.  It's a job that can be  mostly completed in a
day's time.  What I am asking you to do is consider attending yourself and
identifying persons in your congregations who you can ask to attend.  Then
please let me know who is attending so that I can have a head count.  Please
contact Pastor Phil Fenton at (BooRadly37 at aol.com)

May 13-August 20 World Hunger Awareness -- three Lutheran pastors Lutheran
pastors from the WV-WMD (West Virginia) synod will put foot to pedal and
seat to saddle and travel over 13,000 miles to raise awareness (and
<http://www.tourderevs.org/tdr/Contribute.html> donations) to help eliminate
world hunger. They will be making stops in each of 65 cities, the 2009 Youth
Gathering and the ChurchWide Assembly. They will be in our synod Wednesday,
July 22 from Seguin. The revs will present in a public venue in
collaboration with the Houston Food Bank from 4:00-7:00pm. Housing is needed
for 5 (3 Rev's, I driver, and I coordinator) and a secure place for a 15
passenger van and a 12 ft trailer. Housing can be together or separate a
long as transportation to and from the venue is provided. The group will
need to leave for New Orleans by 10:00am on Thursday, July 23.

A team is needed to help organize and facilitate this event. Memorial Park
has been suggested as a venue with the Houston Bike Club and other
interested bike riders leading the "entourage" into and around the park.
Please email margie.taylor at youthmc.org or call (936) 443-8866 for more
information. This is a collaboration event of the ELCA World Hunger and the
Gulf Coast Texas Louisiana Synod. Let's see how much we can do!

Companion Synod Trips to Peru:

Jul 27 to Aug 3, 2009 - Large group from different Lutheran churches in the
Houston area going to Lima, Peru to teach VBS.  Want to go?  Contact Jim
Young ( <mailto:jyoung at common-resources.com> jyoung at common-resources.com) of
Spirit of Joy in The Woodlands.  Last year 56 people went and had a BLAST!
We have a seat for you!

Nov 16 to Nov 23, 2009 - A group from Living Word Lutheran Church is
travelling to Lima, Peru to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of Luz
Divina Lutheran Church.  Most likely we will work on building a new Sunday
school building in the hills near Marquez.  A life changing trip!  Come, we
would love to have you with us! Contact: John (Juanito - JuanKneeToe -
One-ito) Warner ( <mailto:jwwarner28 at comcast.net> jwwarner28 at comcast.net) of
Living Word Lutheran church in Katy.

Director for Student Ministry, Trinity Lutheran Church, Lansdale,
Pennsylvania

Trinity Lutheran Church, Lansdale, Pennsylvania (SE PA Synod) is seeking a
Director for Student Ministry. This individual would partner with a
multi-talented staff, dedicated volunteers and a large congregation to
minister to and with our students in Grades 5-12.  This position oversees
all student ministry groups and works in conjunction with our confirmation
ministry.  Seminary education and/or considerable staff (paid) experience in
youth ministry is a requirement.  If you're ready to think outside the box
and dream big, then we look forward to speaking with you about being part of
this exciting ministry.  While we would prefer a full-time employee, we are
willing to explore part-time options for the right candidate.  Salary range
of $35-40K, based on training and experience, position also includes full
ELCA benefits, including health and pension, paid by the church; job
description available on our website www.trinitylansdale.com
<http://www.trinitylansdale.com/>   Application deadline is May 15, 2009.
Contact Person: Mike Scharff, Director for Administration, 215-368-1710 ext.
252, mscharff at trinitylansdale.com

Free Book of Faith Webinars  Please go to
http://blogs.augsburgfortress.org/?p=169  that you may be interested in that
outlines our free Book of Faith webinars that will be offered later this
month. Beth A Lewis, President & CEO, Augsburg Fortress, 612-330-3135 or
www.augsburgfortress.org 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

April 20, 2009 - E-Connections deadline to submit articles.  Please send
info to Rinehart at shawus.com

Friday, May 1, 2009  Written scholarship requests due.  Please send info to
mandy at gulfcoastsynod.org 

Wednesday, May 6, 2009  Deadline to reserve hotel rooms at discounted rates.
For additional information, please log on to our website
www.gulfcoastsynod.org 

Tuesday, May 12, 2009  Cancellation deadline (with written notice) for full
refund. Please send information to mandy at gulfcoastsynod.org 

Friday, May 15, 2009  Display Registration Forms due. Please send form to
pastor at click2celebrate.com

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Online registration closes

Thursday, May 28-30, 2009 Synod Assembly at the Sugar Land Marriott Town

Texas Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod

12707 I-45 North Freeway, Suite 580                                        

Houston, TX  77060-1239

281/873-5665 Voice                        

281/875-4716 fax                             

www.gulfcoastsynod.org

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