See our Facebook page for photos of Giraffe's visits. Listed below are the sites he's visited so far. Did you see him?
New Amazing Grace Day Camps and Giraffe photos posted to Facebook. Click HERE to see them.
June 5-6, 2015 Southern Ohio Synod Assembly at Capital University in Columbus. Assembly plenary sessions will take place on Friday and Saturday, June 5 & 6. Please begin planning now to attend.
Check out the article on our Swahili-speaking congregation in Columbus, Ibada ya Kiswahili. This congregation and their pastor, Ipanya Mwakabonga, were welcomed into the Southern Ohio Synod, officially, by Bishop Suzanne Dillahunt at the 2014 Southern Ohio Synod Assembly.
The Southern Ohio Synod has given over $180,000 to the ELCA Malaria Campaign as of September 1, 2014.
"Be Disaster Aware, Take Action to Prepare"
Do you want to learn more about the ministries of the ELCA and how you and your congregation can get involved Register for the ELCA Region 6 Networks for Mission Event.
October 9-11, 2014, Zoar Lutheran Church, Perrysburg, Ohio
Special Guest Speaker, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton
In an effort to highlight Lutheran advocacy actions happening throughout the country, we present the ELCA Advocacy Update for the month of September! There's also an update from Nick Bates regarding Moral Movement Week at the Ohio Statehouse in August.
he course is “Christian Ethics: Theology, Method and Practice” promises to be an interesting and meaningful learning experience. It is geared for the person-in-the-pew and also for people in positions of lay worship leadership in the congregation.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Kenwood, Ohio established an endowment fund in 1996. Its Articles of Operation allow income from the fund to be dispersed in the form of grants for:
• Projects or programs by Christian organizations that advance the gospel; or
• Projects or programs by secular organizations whose mission and proposed use of funds is in keeping with the Christian gospel; or
• Help to individuals dealing with severe hardships. (Requests for this grant must have a Good Shepherd member sponsor the applicant and complete the application.)
The Southern Ohio Synod Mental Wellness and Recovery Task Force has teamed up with The Castle, a ‘safe haven for adults with mental disorders,’ located in Centerville, Ohio, to offer two programs featuring Amy Simpson, award-winning author of Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission and Anxious: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry.
There are three volunteer opportunities. Read on to learn more about each category of service. The application fee is $75.
Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! I’m writing about an important conversation that I need your help to facilitate across our church. The question we have been invited to consider is: Who is welcome and invited to receive Holy Communion in ELCA congregations?
Sixty-three young adults from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have begun a year-long journey in which they will “live and learn and serve” with ELCA companion churches and partner organizations around the world. The young adults are participants in the ELCA’s Young Adults in Global Mission program – an international mission opportunity for young people from the ages of 21 to 29.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is celebrating the first six months of its five-year, comprehensive campaign, Always Being Made New: The Campaign for the ELCA, with nearly $25 million raised.
September is National Disaster Preparedness Month, and what better way for us to celebrate than to announce our new Congregational Disaster Preparedness Guidebook!
In her September column for The Lutheran, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton reflects on the foolishness of the cross.
Sign up today to attend the 2014 ELCA Ohio Women Clergy Retreat at Camp Mowana, Fleming Falls Retreat Center, October 23-24.
Sponsoring employers and sponsored plan members, this fall as you look ahead to a new year of worship, witness, and learning, you'll also be asked to select ELCA benefits to help you live well in the year ahead.
The toolkit is now available at www.ELCA.org/resources/globalchurch, along with stories, posters, a bulletin insert and other resources.
Stories of Faith in Action is a free resource, sharing dynamic stories of how regular congregational offering, shared with the synod and the churchwide organization is changing lives. It gives witness that together we can accomplish more than we could do alone.
As a Young Adult in Global Mission, Abby Henderson mentored teen girls and encouraged them to stay in school. Inspire your congregation with her story!
"I'm curious where the Holy Spirit is leading me." "Lately, I've been feeling a sense of call to serve the church in a new way." "I'm intrigued by becoming a leader in the ELCA."
If you identify with any of the statements above, please plan to attend the ELCA Region 6 Discernment Retreat on September 19-20, 2014 at Lutherwald in Howe, Indiana.
You are invited to send a pastor to the 11th seminar which will take place in Wittenberg from February 28th until March 14th, 2015 and will be led by Prof. Dr. Timothy Wengert, USA, and Prof. Dr. Paulus Ndamanomhata, Namibia. The theme of the seminar will be: "Holy Scripture, proclamation, doctrine."
Don't miss this opportunity! Register for Ohio's Earthkeeping Summit 2014 on October 12 and 13th.
Are you discerning where God might be calling you? Is seminary a part of that discernment process? Trinity Lutheran Seminary would like to invite you to our campus to explore your faith, your passion, your purpose, and your calling. Discover surprising places where God is working in our world today.
Sustaining Disciples in Worship
Saturday, 18 October 2014
Emanuel Lutheran Church Marion, OH
Can this Church Live?: The Miracle of Life in Forming New Christians
Monday, 20 October 2014 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
St. John Lutheran (Windfall) Cardington, OH
Please mark your calendars and gather up your family and friends to attend the Wittenberg Series events on October 14 and 26. Guest presenters/preachers are The Rev. Dr. Cheryl Meese Peterson and Bishop Suzanne Dillahunt.
Don't let the end-of-summer blues set in. Round up your family and friends and head to one of the Lutheran Outdoor Ministries in Ohio (LOMO) camps in September and October for fall fun and fellowship!
Case Manager
OPEN M, Cleveland
Organist
Zion Lutheran Church, West Jefferson
Director of Music
Lord of Life Lutheran Church, West Chester
If your ELCA-affiliated organization or congregation has an open position you'd like to advertise, please send the position description, contact person information and a deadline for submitting applications to sbarton-nonno@southernohiosynod.org.
September 15, 2014
2015 Youth Gathering Soft Registration Opens
September 16, 2014 7:00-8:30PM
Fall 2015 Youth Gathering Informational Meeting
Zion, Tipp City
September 17, 2014 11:30AM-1:00PM
Vision Team Youth Ministry Listening Post
Young's Dairy, Yellow Springs
September 17, 2014 11:30AM-1:15PM
Springfield Cluster Meeting, hosted by Pr. Leslie Fox, Guest Pr. Ed Williams
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Springfield
September 18, 2014 8:15-9:50AM
Northwest Columbus Clergy Cluster Gathering--Prs Jim Wilson & Elizabeth Clothier
Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 2480 W. Dublin-Granville Rd, Worthington
September 18, 2014 10:30AM-12:00PM
Vision Team Youth Ministry Listening Post
Christ, Bexley
September 20-21, 2014
Leadership Institute: Leader as Spiritual
September 20, 2014 9:15AM-3:00PM
Synod Council Meeting
Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus
September 21, 2014
International Day of Peace
September 21, 2014 12:30-5:30PM
Fall Festival and Benefit Auction
Camp Mowana Mansfield, Ohio
September 25-26, 2014
Trinity Days
Global Pentecostalism
Trinity Lutheran Seminary, 2199 East Main St, Columbus
September 27, 2014 9:00AM-12:00PM
SOS Hunger Task Force Meeting
Synod Office, 300 S. 2nd St., Columbus, OH
September 27, 2014 1:00PM
SOS Public Policy Task Force Meeting
Synod Office, 300 S. 2nd Street, Columbus
To see all events on the synod website calendar click HERE.