from Bishop Rindy
Synod Endowment Sunday - September 25, 2011
$1,000,000!!! Milestones:
Do you remember when McDonalds displayed how many hamburgers they had sold on their signs? I remember when it changed to over one billion served. We have our own upcoming milestone in the Eastern North Dakota Synod. Thanks to a visionary leadership initiative that helps reduce the monumental debt facing our pastors, the EaND Synod Endowment Fund was created. Next year, the milestone of $1,000,000 in grants will be reached! Continue reading…
Bishop Mark Narum and the Western North Dakota Synod have established a Flood of Love Fund to help with the cleanup and rebuilding of ELCA congregations affected by flooding in Minot. Those who live in these communities have experienced the destructive powers a flood of water can bring, we invite you to be a part of helping them experience God’s healing power as the people of God respond with a powerful Flood of Love. Continue reading…
Remember Eastern North Dakota Synod’s voting members to the Churchwide Assembly in your prayers as they gather as God’s people during the week of August 15. Continue reading…
How can we specifically help the people of Minot?
When disaster strikes, sometimes all that is left to cling to is your faith! That’s why Lutheran Social Services and Lutheran Disaster Response work hard to put faith in action. With one flooded home after another all across North Dakota, the need is great and Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota is there to meet the need. Continue reading…
Char Grant (St. John, Fargo) has designed a backpack style book bag for LWR School Kits. Using upholstery fabric samples with grommets, Char offers a step-by-step tutorial for sewing the bags.
Download the pattern (download pdf file) and share it with others in your congregation.
Thanks Char! Continue reading…
ELCA members, individuals and congregations, are responding to the destructive earthquake and devastating tsunami that hit Japan and other parts of Asia last week. In addition to the country, its people and leaders, prayers are requested for the 22 ELCA global mission personnel and their families who are ministering in Japan.
Donations may be sent to ELCA Disaster Response, designated for the Pacific Earthquake & Tsunami, and will be used entirely (100%) in response to this disaster.
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Dianne Billey, chairperson for the EaND Synod Global Missions Committee, will be traveling to the Central African Republic in April and is allowed an “extra” bag. She contacted Deborah Troester, our missionary in the CAR, requesting transportable items they may need.
Any of the following items may be brought to the synod office by Monday, April 11:
- Communion cups
- Crosses, stoles and clergy shirts (used stoles & shirts are fine; any color; any size)
- Cotton quilting fabric, thread, zippers, elastic and buttons for use at the Women’s Center
If you have any questions, contact Dianne Billey at djbilley@drtel.net
» Download: Preparing For Disaster Bulletin Insert (download .pdf file)
With the updated flood forecasts, the probability of flooding in several regions of North Dakota is rising. Here are a few suggestions of what you can do to prepare to minimize your loss during a natural disaster: Continue reading…
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