Northwestern Ohio Synod

NWOS Disability Accessibility Award

administrator — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:25:21 +0000

The NWOS Disability Awareness Taskforce is inviting your congregation to apply for the NWOS Disability Accessibility Award. This award will be in the form of a $100 grant.

Please click below to read more.

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Continuing Education Events

administrator — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:48:51 +0000

Rev. Dr. Martin E. Marty in Northwest Ohio

The Reverend Dr. Martin E. Marty will be a guest speaker at Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio.

“The American Church of the past speaks to the American Church of the Future”

Thursday, February 16, 7:00 PM Campus Center, Wickham Great Hall. (Handicap Accessible) Parking Available in Lot D where Hedges St. and Rebekah St. intersect by Rock Creek.

310 E. Market St., Tiffin, OH 44883.

Questions: Campus Minister Paul Sittason Stark at 419.448.2066 or pstark@heidelberg.edu

As a professor at the University of Chicago, Martin Marty taught in the Divinity School, the Department of History, and the Committee on the History of Culture from 1963-1998. He focused chiefly on late eighteenth and twentieth century American religious history in the context of “Atlantic Culture.” An ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Professor Marty put considerable effort into the Master of Divinity Program at the Divinity School. Today the Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion honors Mr. Marty and his work to support dialogue between religious life and public life.

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Dr. Rolf Jacobson in Toledo

Dr. Rolf Jacobson will be presenting on the theme “The Greatest Story Never Told: Rethinking the Role of Biblical Fluency in Mature Christian Faith” at an event for rostered leaders on Thursday, March 8th at Providence Lutheran Church in Holland.

Dr. Jacobson is a professor at Luther Seminary, author of several Augsburg Fortress books, and a frequent contributor to the Working Preacher podcast.

If your registration is postmarked by February 18th, the cost is only $25 and includes your lunch. To download the registration form and view more information, please visit:

https://sites.google.com/site/toledolutherancolleagues/

The Toledo Conference is also hosting Bishop Lohrmann for a three consecutive presentations (March 15, 22, 29) on Tending the Gospel in various areas of our lives and preaching…watch for details!

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An Adventure in Differentiation: Bowen, Friedman, Congregations & Clergy

Friday, March 9, 2012

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Wesley Seminary – Meeting Room KG-01
4500 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016

Registration for the conference is $90 [$100 check or cash only at the door]. Full refund (less $3 handling cost) if canceled by March 1; $45 refund after March 1. Register and read more at www.clergyvoyagers.org . Click on the Adventures in Differentiation Conference link at the top of that page

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Benefit Dinner at St. Mark, Toledo

administrator — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:43:26 +0000

The St. Mark church family is holding a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner to benefit two families who have recently experienced difficulties; please join this fundraiser on their behalf!

WHERE: St. Mark Lutheran Church, 611 Woodville Road, Toledo, OH 43605, (419) 691-3597

WHEN: Tuesday, February 21, 2012

TIME: 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Take-outs available

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By Design: Mom’s Group

administrator — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:36:39 +0000

Join the Mom’s Group at First St. John Lutheran Church and Dayschool, 2471 Seaman St., Toledo, Ohio 43605

Share in breakfast, adult interaction, fun and laughter!

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:30 – 11:30 am

By Design is for Moms with children from newborn to 12 years. Childcare is provided!

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St. John, Bellevue 3rd Silent Film Event

administrator — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:12:47 +0000

On Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 7:00 pm, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Bellevue is hosting its third silent film event. This year’s selection is the 1925 Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney, Sr. This film event is free and open to the public.
At the console of our four manual 53 rank organ will be Mr. Clark Wilson. Considered by many to be the premier theater organist in the United States today, Clark will be making his third appearance at St. John’s Lutheran Bellevue.
Find attached a flyer that you can post in your church, newsletter, or bulletin.
Please announce to your membership this thrilling silent film opportunity.
Where: St. John’s Lutheran Church…209 Southwest St…Bellevue, Ohio 44811
When: Sunday, March 18, 2012 @ 7:00 pm
Admission: Free and open to the public
Contact Person: Paul A. Lieber (419-483-5358) home (419-483-5442) church or plieber08@gmail.com

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Amendments to Model Constitution for Congregations

administrator — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:17:02 +0000

The link below provides the most current amendments to the Model Constitution for Congregations. Please attend to these revisions of your congregation’s constitution as soon as possible. All required amendments automatically become a part of the constitution, suggested but not required amendments must be voted upon at your next congregational meeting. Any questions, contact Sherry Krieger at 419.423.3664.

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Lenten Pericope Study – January 31, 2012

administrator — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:19:44 +0000

The Northwestern Ohio Synod of the ELCA presents A Lenten Pericope Study For Preachers of the Word led by Pastor Melissa Micham from Glenwood Lutheran Church, Toledo, OH

Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 9 am – 12 noon at Trinity Lutheran Church, 935 W. Bigelow Ave., Findlay, OH

Cost is $10, Checks payable to NW Ohio Synod, ELCA

Please e-mail RSVP to Trinity Lutheran Church @ office@trinityfindlay.org or call 419-422-2641 by Friday, January 27, 2012

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2012 NWOS ASSEMBLY: Elections Info and VITA Form

administrator — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:29:01 +0000

Nominations are open for NWOS Synod Council, 2013 Churchwide Assembly and the Nominations Committee. Below are links to the list of positions available (listed by event and Conference designation) and the VITA form (nomination form) that must be submitted to the Nominations Committee at the Synod Office by February 1, 2012. We ask that you prayerfully consider serving God through this important ministry in God’s church that is the Northwestern Ohio Synod, ELCA.

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2012 GLOBAL MISSION MONTH

administrator — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:53:10 +0000

2012 NWOS Global Mission Board Youth Gathering Project

Dear Pastors and Congregation Presidents,

During the month of January, the Northwestern Ohio Synod Global Mission Board asks you to celebrate Global Mission and our companionships with the Dodoma Diocese of Tanzania and the Slovak Lutheran Church in Serbia. We are reaching out and being reached by our brothers and sisters throughout the world, sharing the love of Christ and making disciples of all nations.

This year, your Global Mission Board would like to bring two young people from Tanzania and two from Serbia to the United States to attend the 2012 Youth Gathering in New Orleans. The cost of this project is $14,000.

Please find an insert suitable for your Sunday worship bulletins and newsletters included with this material. We are prayerfully asking for financial contributions from your congregation as a whole or from individual members of your congregation. The Synod Remittance form for individual contributions may be found at the bottom of the bulletin insert. If the decision is made to send a single contribution as a church, please use the enclosed separate Synod Remittance form.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The members of your Global Mission Board are always available to provide temple talks, guest speakers, mission travel presentations, and committee meeting guests. Please feel free to contact Roger Gundlach, GMB chair at roger@gsmwi.com or contact the NWOS for more information.

Thank you for your continued support of Global Mission.

Click here for all Global Mission Month documents

A New Year’s Eve Event at Grace, Toledo

administrator — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:54:16 +0000

Grace Global Mission invites you to celebrate an evening with us at church for wonderful music, fellowship, food, and refreshments. Violin Master Aaron Jacobs and International Pianist Tatiana Shustova have offered their time and talent to help us promote the 2012 Tumaini Medical Mission.

A meet and greet “mocktail” mixer will begin at 6:30 with the performance to start at 7:00. We welcome everyone to a dessert reception in Fellowship Hall following the performance, with more music, sing a longs, refreshments, festivities, and fellowship as we usher in the New Year.

A freewill offering will be accepted during the performance intermission to help cover the mission costs for members of Grace who will be part of the medical mission teams.

An optional Prime Rib Dinner will be served at 5:00 pm. Dinner Tickets are $35 per person in advance and include the performance and reception. The menu will consist of Betty’s Salad, dinner rolls and butter, slow roasted prime rib, glazed carrots, and au gratin potatoes. Dinner seating will be limited, please purchase your tickets early. Please call Grace Church Office at 419-474-6304, or Ron Hiatt at 419-944-5177 for reservations or more information.

Everyone is welcome!!!

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