God's work in mission always propels us to encounter the neighbor, particularly in the stranger. Glocal Mission Gatherings equip us for God's work in today's global and local realities and their "glocal" intersections. So what is mission? Who is the neighbor? Let's answer these questions together for our migrating and immigrating world. Come, join some of the most relevant mission conversations of our time. The ELCA Glocal Mission Gathering (GMG) gathers leaders for a day and a half of worship, workshops, and sharing around global and local mission.
You are invited to gather a congregational team and register for an upcoming event. For only $35 per person and in only 1-1/2 days, your team can:
- Enhance your connections with the local and global Christians
- Gain practical skills for mission
- Learn how churches are changing how they proclaim and serve
- Lead inviting worship that includes global voices
- Serve in a way that is sustainable, respectful, and cross-culturally sensitive
- Give, receive, lead and serve in every facet of ministryA significant part of the Glocal Gatherings will be skill-building workshops so that team members can better understand how to work within a specific area of mission. Skill-building workshops include:
-Cross-Generational Engagement
-Growing a Missional Congregation
-Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
-Mission 101
-Mission Interpretation: Growing Your Mission Interpretation Ministry
-Music and Mission
-Radical Hospitality
-Short Term Mission
-Social Action
-Stewardship:Embracing the Gifts of Diversity
Please gather a team so that you are able to gain more from the event through sharing information from each of the skill-building workshops. Help us out by forwarding this information to others who may be interested in the event.
When
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 2:00 PM - Thursday, June 7, 2012 5:00 PM
Eastern Time
Where
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
7701 Kenwood Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236 USA
To register or for more information visit the SynodFest Glocal Event page on our website.