Is your congregation interested in making your church and community safer places for families by ending domestic violence?
You are invited to apply for a three-day "Lutheran Advocates for Safe Families" training session. Choose from one of two dates:
Monday, September 13 through Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Thursday, October 7 through Saturday, October 9, 2010
The locations are forthcoming. Applications are available online. Applications are due June 15, 2010, to Susan Hayes at the Lutheran Community Foundation.
Domestic violence has long been a concern for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) as a church body. Several years ago, the Lutheran Community Foundation heard from its donors that domestic violence was a top concern in their communities. Since then, the Lutheran Community Foundation has contracted with Faith Trust Institute, a leader in faith-based domestic violence resources and training, to provide education and materials to Lutheran congregational leaders like you.
The Lutheran Community Foundation is making the training session and materials available at no cost, and they also are able to provide some financial assistance for travel and lodging, upon acceptance to the training via the application.
The ELCA Justice for Women program has collaborated with and supported the work by connecting the Lutheran Community Foundation with ELCA congregations and providing Lutheran-specific resources to accompany the faith-based training materials.
If you have questions, please contact Susan at Susan.Hayes@thelcf.org or Mikka McCracken with the ELCA Justice for Women program at Mikka.McCracken@elca.org.
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ANNOUNCING…. SING BOLDLY! A new event to observe the Reformation
Please reserve SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 for an evening of individual congregation music groups and a combined choir presentation
Please encourage a choir (adult, youth, and/or children) or ensemble from your congregation to participate
We are in the initial planning stages and are anticipating the event to be at Emanuel Lutheran in Napoleon at 6:00PM. (Choirs may arrive earlier to rehearse combined number and the entrance and exit patterns)
Additional information will be available soon, so start SINGING!
Refreshments will follow the event click for details
