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Monday, April 2, 2018

Preparing for EWAID Synod Assembly 2018

Rosanna and I are joining Pastor Dana at EWAIS Synod Assembly in Yakima, Washington, April 27 - 29.

Two of my favorite parts of attending Assembly are (1) the Sunday Bits and (2) the Workshops!  If you want to see descriptions of all of the topics, please go to:  2018 EWAID SYNOD ASSEMBLY WORKSHOPS.  Some of the topics include:
  • Church Growth Guaranteed:  Holy Spirit Dependent
  • Feeding God's Children:  ELCA World Hunger
  • Our Homeless Friends:  Providing Shelter and Building Relationships
  • ELCA Walk for Wagter
  • Visual Arts in church Growth:  "Inside the box--outside the box"
  • Lutheran Camps on Steroids!
  • Youth--Meeting them where they are.
  • Camarata Club Choir
  • The Rocky Road to Latino Ministry
  • Nurturing a Prayerful Culture
  • Praying Life through the Liturgy Part I
  • Praying Life through the Liturgy Part II
  • Praying Life through the Liturgy Part III
  • Worship and Prayer through music
  • Proposed ELCA Social Statement on Women and Justice
  • "E" is for Evangelical:  Sharing the gospel in a graceful, loving, and non-scary way
  • Growth through Coaching
  • Technology & Your Church:  Leveraging Technology for Effective Communications & Collaboration
  • Keynote with Ron Gulsenkamp
  • Statement on Inter-Religious Commitments
  • Faith Action Network of WA
  • Constitution
  • Budget Hearings
If you see a topic and description which you believe would be helpful for Genesee Lutheran Parish, please add your comment to this post so that we can ensure that one of us attends the workshop!  

Thank you!
Verna

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for posting these, Verna! I'd love to know what our church folks want to hear about!

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