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A
Network of Christ-Centered, Outwardly-Focused, Faith-Growing
Communities for the Sake of the World
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Weekly
News & Announcements
February 17,
2025
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The Gulf Coast Synod, a
community of 100 congregations, camp, and other organizations,
seeks a part-time Disaster Ministry Coordinator,
to cultivate relationships and lead preparedness among leaders,
ministry sites, and neighbors in our Gulf Coast Synod, prior to
disasters, and response following disasters. The hours are
flexible, with fewer hours during times of preparation, and more hours
following disasters. Experience with disaster response or VOAD
preferred. For more information or to apply, send a resume to synod@gulfcoastsynod.org.
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Gethsemane
Lutheran Church Ashes to Go!
This year,
Gethsemane Lutheran Church (2825 Paris Rd., Chalmette) is taking
Ash Wednesday to the streets! We are having ASHES TO GO, a
drive thru (or walk up as the case may be) for people to receive
ashes and communion on Ash Wednesday, March 5 from 11am to 6pm!
We’re offering ashes on the street corner today because that
reminder of need, humility, and healing shouldn’t be confined to a
church building. We probably need it more when we are in the middle
of our daily business! The ashes we receive here are to remind us
throughout the day of our need for God, and of God’s call to us.
There is much more to the beginning of Lent than ashes alone, and
we encourage you to make time for worship with a community of
faith, for the support of others and of the great traditions of
faith in our work of repentance and renewal. But God meets us not
just in worship, but in the midst of life, and we offer the
opportunity to remember our faith to those whose schedules make it
hard to stop and pray with others today.
Come and receive ashes and communion! ALL are welcome! For
more information, please call 504-271-4254 or email gethsemaneinchalmette@gmail.com.
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LAST
CALL for LSM 2025!
Enrollment
for this summer is over 80% full, but there’s still time for young
musicians to apply, and for you to nominate students. Lutheran Summer
Music is the nation’s premier faith-based music academy for high
school musicians. Students come together from around the country
for a joyful summer of music-making through large ensembles (band,
choir, orchestra), chamber music, private lessons, elective classes
(conducting, composition, jazz, musical theatre, handbells, pipe
organ) and use their musical gifts in performance, and in worship.
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Join us at Da Gama on April 3 at 6pm for some amazing cocktails,
delicious food, and the power of community as we work to raise
$7,500 to fund a solar power initiative for Hope Academy in
Guatemala in parternship with the Engineering Collaboratory
at Messiah University in Pennsylvania. Purchase tickets. See you there!
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Join
LEAD at Camp Lutherhill on February 28-March 1 with
your church council or board for an in-person retreat led by Deacon Peggy Hahn of LEAD!
We will be focused on collaborative ministry and key
conversations that build trust and inspire team action. We
encourage you to make this an essential part of your leadership
development this year. Schedule is here. Register by
February 21 at this link.
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For
councils and boards that want to lead with a commitment to the
priesthood of all believers. Join LEAD on March 8 for an online retreat focused on
collaborative ministry and key conversations that build trust and
inspire action. We encourage you to make this an essential part
of your leadership development this year. Register here by March
5.
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It’s
that time of year again! Clergy reports can be found HERE.
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Early
bird registration for the 2025 Synod Assembly ends
February 28!
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LEAD: Living Every Day As Disciples
LEAD is a Christian leadership
development organization that is nurtured by this synod to be a
gift to the whole church.
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Lutherans Restoring Creation
For more information on LRC, contact the Lisa Brenskelle. The team is
seeking additional members.
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Live On
Live On is the endowment fund
of the Gulf Coast Synod. Together with the synod, we are
developing Lutheran leadership through a culture of generosity.
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