Synod Snapshots from this Week! |
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Bishop Megan Rohrer preached and presided at the Transgender Day of Remembrance Vesper Service held at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in San Francisco, CA this past Saturday. |
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Catherine Slabaugh joined St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Fairfield, CA for their "Blessing of the Greens" worship service, as the congregation prepared the sanctuary for the Advent season! |
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Pastor Manda Truchinski worshipped with Christ Lutheran Church in Aptos, CA this past Sunday. The congregation gifted Pastor Manda a homemade reusable bag from their stewardship of creation team. What a gift! |
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Pastor Tita Valeriano joined Grace Lao Lutheran Mission in Richmond, CA for their monthly youth service, where church is held in english as a way to bridge the newer and older generations! |
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Bishop Megan and the Bishop's kids worshipped with Epiphany Lutheran & Episcopal Church in Marina, CA this past Sunday. To learn more about this congregation, check out their website here.
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Catherine visited Community Lutheran Church in West Sacramento, CA to learn about the incredible outreach and ministry these folk are doing with 11 other interfaith partners in the city. They've started the Mercy Coalition, learn more here!
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Synod Vice President Gail Kiyomura was on vacation in Maui and Kauai and of course had to stop by a few ELCA Lutheran congregations! Here she's pictured with Pastor JP Paxton, an alumni of PLTS and former Synod Council representative in our Synod! |
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Our First Call Theological Education (FCTE) gathered at Mt. Cross Ministries last week! Blessings to all our Rostered Leaders in their first calls. |
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Bishop Megan and their kids also worshipped with St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Monterey, CA this past Sunday! Thank you for the warm welcome, St. Timothy. |
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Upcoming Synod Wide Events/Livestreams |
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Check out our upcoming Synod-Wide Events here.
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ELCA Youth Gathering
Zoom Conversation
Tuesday, November 30th 4:00pm PT
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ELCA Mission Funding Livestream
Tuesday, November 30th 6:00pm PT
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Advent Vesper Services
Hosted by the Bridges Conference
Wednesday, December 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd at 7:00pm PT
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Sustaining Spirit: Practicing Self-Care Cohort
Advent - Lent on Thursday Evenings
6:00-7:30pm PT via Zoom
Sign up to participate here.
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Congregational Officers Meeting
Saturday, January 22nd 10:30am PT
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Conference Assembly
Sunday, January 30th 3:00pm PT
Mt. Diable Conference
Sunday, February 6th 2:00pm PT
Bridges Conference
Sunday, February 27th 2:00pm PT
Central San Joaquin
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Updates & Stories from the Synod |
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Synod Office Holiday Closure
The Synod Office will be closed this Thursday, November 25th and Friday, November 26th for Thanksgiving. We hope you have a joyful week and look forward to connecting with you after the holiday.
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Stories from the Synod
Our Synod website features a Blog where different members of staff share stories about their travels to congregations, resources that may benefit others and other public statements. We encourage you to read our blog posts from this week:
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Holiday Gift Drive with Lutheran Social Services (LSS)
LSS of Northern California, one of our wonderful ministry partners, invites us to make the December holiday season brighter for 4,000 formerly homeless and at-risk children, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, teenagers and other vulnerable adults in your Northern California community!
Join LSS for for their annual Holiday Gift Drive! Here's how you can contribute:
1) Adopting one of the supportive housing programs (30-60 people).
2) Ordering from the online Amazon and Target participant Wish Lists.
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Updates and Resources from ELCA Churchwide |
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A Pastoral Message on the Rittenhouse Acquittal
Presiding Bishop of the ELCA Elizabeth Eaton shared this Pastoral message following the acquittal of the Rittenhouse trial, this past week. Read Presiding Bishop Eaton's message here.
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Study Guide: Faith, Sexism & Justice
"A study guide is now available for the ELCA’s newest social statement, Faith, Sexism, and Justice: A Call to Action. The guide features six flexible sessions that can be customized for in-person gatherings or virtual meetings. Each session incorporates prayers, videos, engaging activities, Scripture study and invitations to live out the call to gender justice in the world. Find it here!
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ELCA Fund for Leaders: Scholarship Applications Open!
"Applications are now open for ELCA Fund for Leaders scholarships! Each year the Fund for Leaders provides over 40 full-tuition scholarships to future ELCA pastors and deacons who attend ELCA seminaries. In spring 2022, the Fund for Leaders will once again offer scholarships to seminary students. Find out more and apply here."
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Bishop's Wednesday Live Prayer
Every Wednesday, Bishop Megan (or a member of the Synod Staff) goes live on Facebook and YouTube for a time of prayer as a community.
We invite you to join us for prayer every Wednesday at 6:00pm! Public prayers can be lifted up in the comments, and private prayers can be messaged directly to Bishop Megan.
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Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer
Bishop
Sierra Pacific Synod
Rev. Hazel Salazar-Davidson
Assistant to the Bishop for Authentic Diversity, Inclusive Community & Service
Diana Barrios
Director of Finance, Systems and Administration
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Rev. Manda Truchinski
Assistant to the Bishop for Leadership & Strategic Organization
Rev. Tita Valeriano
Director for Evangelical Mission and Assistant to the Bishop
Catherine Slabaugh
Communications & Connections Coordinator
Rev. Bill Wong
Call Process Assistant
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The Sierra Pacific Synod Office resides on the unceded land of the Ramaytush Ohlone People.
To learn more about their tribal history, we encourage you to click here.
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