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January, 2008
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Dear Friends,
We want to welcome you to the
second edition of the new Virginia Lutheran e-newsletter. We hope
you are enjoying our new format and finding it to be a helpful way in
which to share news of the wide variety of ministry and mission across
our synod. If you have questions about the new Virginia
Lutheran, we invite you to read the "Frequently Asked
Questions" article in this edition.
May we also ask a favor of
you? We hope to greatly expand the number of subscribers to the
Virginia Lutheran. Please help us do so. Here's how:
1. Please encourage
your membership to subscribe by going to the Virginia Synod web site at www.vasynod.org
and clicking on the Virginia Lutheran Subscribe button.
2. Forward this e-newsletter
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We are always
amazed at the tremendous variety of ministries being conducted across our
synod. It is exciting to learn about what others are
doing to advance the cause of the Church and care for those in
need. Help us to celebrate ministries and mission outreach by
sharing the news through the new Virginia Lutheran e-newsletter.
The Editors
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Ella Bozeman, 90, dies
in Norfolk
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Ella G. Bozeman, 90, mother of the Rev. Jean Bozeman, assistant to the
bishop of Synod, died at her home in Norfolk on Dec. 24. A North
Carolina native, she and her family moved to Norfolk in 1930. At
First Lutheran, Norfolk,
she taught Sunday school and served on church council and in other
ministries. In 2002, she received the Volunteer of the Year award from
the Virginia Health Care Association for more than 15,000 hours of
volunteer service over 29 years at Lake Taylor
Transitional Care Hospital.
Also surviving are a son, David Bozeman, Stuart, Fla.,
a grandson, nieces and nephews. The funeral was at First Lutheran on Dec.
28. Burial was at Forest Lawn Cemetery,
Norfolk.
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Lutherans
in the news
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Pastor Candis
O'Meara (left), ordained
in December, has started serving at St. James, Chilhowie, St. Matthew,
Konnarock and Faith, Whitetop,
in the new Mt.
Rogers
Parish. She retired from the Air Force in 2005 after graduating from
United Theological Seminary in Dayton,
Ohio. She was affiliated
with Trinity Seminary. She completed her internship at St.
John's, Lancaster,
New York.
Joe Hoyle (right), of St. Luke, Richmond,
and associate  professor of accounting at the University
of Richmond, was named Virginia
Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support
of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching, at a Washington
luncheon. Formerly financial secretary at St. Luke, Hoyle is the first
business teacher to be selected as professor of the year. Business
Week named Hoyle one of 22 favorite undergraduate business professors
in the U.S.
Also at St. Luke, Patti Jabre has come
from Pennsylvania
to serve as director of Christian education. A former Air Force officer,
she attended Gettysburg Seminary.
Al Staggs will perform as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
at Reformation, Newport
News, on Sunday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m.
His one-person show is entitled, "A View from the Underside: The
Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer." He brings
the audience into his prison cell as he struggles with evil, injustice
and God while awaiting execution. Seating will be limited but free
tickets may be reserved by calling 757-249-0374, or email: rlc@reformationlc.org.
Ben Crawford of St. Michael, Blacksburg, has been recognized by AARP
Virginia for outstanding volunteer service on more than 100 boards,
committees and commissions. He serves on the AARP Executive Council. More
than 1 million Virginians are members of the retirement organization.
St. Peter's, Churchville, has installed a new sound system,
purchased an organ and added a steeple, The
improvements were dedicated by Dr. Cecil Bradfield on Nov. 11. A
fellowship hall, kitchen, pastor's office, restrooms and a storage area
were added in 2005.
St. Michael, Virginia Beach, is working with the City of Virginia Beach to
distribute information on current scams, especially those directed
at seniors. An alert gives information on when you are required or not
required to give your Social Security number.
Sally Johnson is leaving her post as coordinator of Christian
education and small group ministries at Trinity Ecumenical Parish in
Franklin County
to move with her husband, the Rev. Keith Johnson, a Presbyterian
minister, to Alaska
where they will serve at a small native church in a remote village.
Exit 9, a team of singer/songwriters Clay Arthur and Gloria
Goeres, presented a concert at St. Paul,
Strasburg, in December, the first of a series of musical programs
marking the 120th anniversary of Lutheran Family Services. The
team brings music, ministry and a message of possibility and joy,
engaging audiences with stories, questions, reflection and humor in
celebration of a shared commitment to change lives.
Splash Ministry is conducted by a team of Muhlenberg, Harrisonburg members
who are committed to being a part of the faith formation of their
youngest members-pre-birth to 3 years old. In the mentoring program,
parents and parents-to-be have contact with another adult, serving as a
resource in the child's faith formation.
Jon Coughlin has left the post of director of student ministry at Bethel, Winchester,
to work in a mission field in Los
Angeles. Also, a Global Missions auction
at Bethel raised a total of $30,000 for
the benefit of the congregation's mission
partners in Tanzania, India and the Philippines.
Members of Ascension, Danville, are
"symbolically walking to Jerusalem"
with their pastor, the Rev. Meredith Williams, who will visit the Holy Land this month. The goal is to collectively
walk over 12,000 miles, round-trip from Danville
to Jerusalem.
Half of that distance was reached in December.
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Wisconsin
prisoners support Virginia Tech ministry
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Many letters and gifts of support have poured into Luther
Memorial and Lutheran  Campus
Ministry at Blacksburg
since the
tragic April shootings but
none is more unusual than a letter and
a check from Prisoners of Hope Lutheran Church in Appleton, Wis.
"The gift was enormous because it represented thousands of hours of
work by the inmates to accumulate $250. It is an outstanding expression
of stewardship as they remember us," said Pastor Joanna Stallings of
Luther Memorial.
The gift from men in a state prison reminded Stallings of the hymn, We
All Are One in Mission.
"The gift reminds us that the community of faith reaches us from
improbable sources. The support that we have received from Prisoners of
Hope Lutheran Church is a modern-day example of service by a gift of
immeasurable generosity," she said.
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Learning to listen in
Slovakia
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by Mark Molter
(Mark
Molter of St. Peter, Stafford, a Radford
University graduate, writes from Vrbovce,
Slovakia, where he is serving for a year in the ELCA Young Adults
in Global Mission
(YAGM) program. A life-long Lutheran, Molter
is the son of a government contractor and former Marine. His mother is a
teacher.)
Why Slovakia? Because that is
where God called me. The YAGM program has many different locations and
through a discernment process you are asked to interview with one or two
countries based on your preferences and your gifts. When I first applied,
I told myself I had every intention of going to someplace in Mexico or South
America. I interviewed for Slovakia
and the United Kingdom.
Obviously, I'm on the other side of the ocean from where I was intending
to go. The process is very much a spiritual journey through which we
learn to understand and submit ourselves to God's will. When I first
applied, told myself wherever I get placed to go, I would go. I'm
learning that God's will is not so much a matter of geography but a
matter of listening. If we truly believe God is Lord of the universe,
then where we serve him is only secondary to listening to God and sharing
the gospel where we are.
The other reason I wanted to spend a year of service in Slovakia was to allow time
for me to listen to where God was asking me to go next. I have had an
interest in seminary and possibly ordained ministry for a while. I felt I
needed time to be immersed in sharing the gospel in a context other than
what I have been used to. I am still sorting through the process but I
know God is teaching and guiding me for whatever my future holds.
I am here in Slovakia,
not to change the people around me but to let Christ change me so that
his love may be shown to those for whom I am called to witness.
I am starting to become familiar with the people and customs. I feel like
I have a place in the village. Here is a small list of things I enjoy
about living in Vrbovce:
· Seeing many of the same faces all the time
· Music and announcements over the village loudspeaker
system three or four times a day
· Whenever you are invited anywhere you will have slivovica (plum brandy)
· Delivering lunches to old ladies in an old car most
every day
· The made-up language, a mixture of Slovak, German and
English, I have with the other volunteers
As I struggle with
learning the language, one word that I keep hearing and repeating in
my head is
"pomaly," or
"slowly/gently." That word has made me think a lot about how I
think about and do things. We all have a tendency to want things fast. I
am enjoying the slower pace of life and learning how to enjoy the small
moments and experiences.
I am learning to spend time with people, to
listen even if I don't understand very much and take things as they come
instead of trying to stick to a schedule. I can see Christ reflected in
the small things.
The more time I spend in Slovakia,
the more I see the similarities. I can drive down a road in the Slovak hillside
and see cows in a field and it looks very similar to many fields I have
seen in my home state of Virginia.
I can teach and play with kids and realize they act the same way in any
culture or language setting. It is a blessing to realize that God's in
control. Despite the fact that I'm in a different culture and far away
from home, God is in the details. He is in a laugh that sounds the same
whether it is in the U.S.
or in the green grass of Slovakia
that looks so much like a hillside somewhere in Virginia.
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Virginia Estep leaves $4
million to two churches
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Christmas came early for Trinity, Stephens City,
and Reformation, New Market, when they received notice of a bequest
totaling $4 million from the estate of Mary Virginia Stickley
Estep, who died in 2006 at the age of 100.Estep was "a great witness
in her faith and faithfulness," said her pastor, the Rev. Elizabeth
Yates of Trinity. The estate left $2.6 million to Trinity and $1.4
million to Reformation.
The gifts came from the sale of her family farm of about 120 acres,
located on both sides of Interstate 81, near a Stephens City
interchange. The property was sold to Lowe's home improvement company for
future development.
Estep, a native of Stephens
City and a former school
teacher, moved to New Market with her late husband, Harold Estep, who
operated a service station. When her husband died in 1981, she returned
to her family farm. The Esteps had no children
and she was the last member of her immediate family. She lived alone,
assisted by members of Trinity and friends.
She attended Marion College for two years and later attended
evening classes to earn a degree at State
Teachers College (now James Madison University).
"Aunt Virginia loved teaching and
she loved her students," said Robert Bushong
of Midlothian, a nephew. Some of her
students kept in touch with her and one said "she would give her
lunch to a student who didn't have any."
Estep was baptized, confirmed and married at Trinity. After her marriage,
she taught Sunday School, served on the altar guild, building and finance
committees and was a life member of the ULCW at Reformation."She
remained a loyal supporter to both churches," Bushong
said. She also was a member of a garden club and the Women's Memorial
Society at New Market.
Pastor George Sims, Synod director of planned giving, said Estep was
"extremely faithful, a grand supporter of ministries of the
congregation." Sims, former pastor at Reformation, knew her for 20
years.
Both congregations are in the process of formulating a gift policy to
handle bequests. Pastor Jeff Sonafelt of
Reformation said her gift will "benefit her congregation and around
the world."
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Why go to seminary?
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By Scott Kuhagen
(Another in a series of articles about seminarians' service in the
church.)
What are the factors and opinions that shape
someone's decision to attend a particular seminary or divinity school?
Discussions with current and future seminary students show that they care
about strong academic preparation for a life in ministry, as well as a
desire to live in close-knit communities.
As far as events or experiences that shape
their decisions, some participate in campus ministry groups while at college,
while others sense or solidify their call while participating in programs
like Project Connect or the Lutheran Volunteer Corps.
Kate Proctor of St. John,
Abingdon, who participated in campus ministry at the College of William
and Mary, was a camp counselor at Caroline Furnace and volunteered at
other Virginia Synod events, recently started her first year of seminary.
When she was looking at different seminaries, she wanted "a school
that had a strong community with worship at the center of life."
In an email she wrote that she was also looking for
"a place that was working to uphold the voices of the oppressed,"
and a place that would "strive toward the radical justice that is
called for in the gospel." She found that place at Philadelphia
Seminary, which impressed her with its "strong
academic reputation and good professors," as well as its urban location.
She says she wanted a different experience than living in small towns,
where she had spent most of her life before starting seminary this fall.
Proctor participated in the Project Connect program
that allows prospective seminary students to have "immersions"
with congregations that help them develop their sense of call. She said
the experience was pivotal, because it "put into practice the skills
for ministry that I thought I might have."
The immersion "gave me the ability to test out
the waters of ministry in a safe and
yet still
challenging [environment], and gave me the courage to explore what it
meant to have a call to ordained ministry." However, Proctor
asserted that "the most important aspect in my decision to go to
seminary was having others tell me that they saw gifts for ministry in
me."
Leslie Scanlon of First, Norfolk,
a current William and Mary student, is excited about a career in ordained
ministry because she wants "to be part of people's lives not only
every day, but especially in times of celebration and sadness." She
will most likely enter seminary in fall of 2008, and is looking for a
school that has "strong academics" and "a strong sense of
community." Like Proctor, the crucial events in her discernment
process were involvement in Virginia Synod youth events, Caroline
Furnace, and Project Connect: "They provided unique experiences that
I wouldn't have been able to get anywhere else."
When asked about the church to which they will be devoting their careers,
Scanlon spoke of the ELCA's need to retain
youth and young adults, citing a continued need for focused programs on
all sorts of discernment. "Not many Lutheran churches in my
experience do a very good job of providing for the needs of them,"
she said. "Part of this ongoing process will be to increase early
education about discernment, not just for ordained ministry, but for all
vocations."
Proctor seems to agree, writing: "I believe that the dialog
surrounding vocation should be done in the context of every congregation!
The understanding that God is central to our work, no matter what kind of
work that is, is central to our understanding of how God is active in our
lives." Proctor expressed optimism about the future for the ELCA,
saying, "I think the Lutheran Church
is making good strides." She believes that "the church has the
unique tools to take up hard issues in love rather than judgment, and to
embrace the debates with the understanding that we are all created by the
same loving God."
Mindful of how pastors can burn out without
adequate social support, Proctor said she was concerned about "the
loneliness that seems to follow the title of pastor." Overall she is
excited, like Scanlon, to eventually have "the gift of walking with
others in life, providing the word of God as comfort to them when they
suffer, [as] joy when they celebrate, and [as] challenge when they are
too comfortable."
Scanlon and Proctor will be preparing to work in a church that clearly
needs them, as the ELCA requires more ordained pastors to fill vacant
pulpits. Project Connect, a project of the three Lutheran seminaries on
the East Coast that seeks to help Lutheran young adults discern a call to
ordained ministry, says that about 25% of all ELCA congregations are
without called pastors.
The overall vacancy rate for moderate
denominations, which includes the ELCA, is around 10%, which means that a
congregation does not have either a called or an interim pastoral leader,
according to a research report from Duke Divinity
School's Pulpit and
Pew Project.
Scott
Kuhagen, a 2006 graduate of the College of
William and Mary, lived in Baltimore as a member of the Lutheran
Volunteer Corps from August 2006 until August 2007. He now lives in
Philadelphia.
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VICPP Day for People of
Faith to be on Jan. 15
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 Gov. Tim Kaine has agreed to join the annual Day for All
People of Faith, sponsored by the Virginia
Interfaith Center
for Public Policy, in the opening days of the General Assembly session in
Richmond
on Tuesday, Jan. 15. Virginia Lutherans will join other religious and
community leaders at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The advocacy program will focus on payday lending, restoration of rights
and housing. The Interfaith
Center has
circulated a "Faithful Pledge" calling on legislators to reform
payday lending and reduce interest rates on loans. The VICPP said this is
the time "to end abuses of predatory payday lenders..tell your legislators that 36 percent
interest is enough (and) show that compassionate voices matter and can
outweigh the money and influence of scores of lobbyists."
As in past years, the VICC will offer three tracks for beginners,
intermediates and experts on the legislative process. Guided tours of the
newly renovated State Capitol will be available throughout the day. A
special tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King is planned for the lunch hour.
Free parking, with shuttle service to and from St.
Paul's, will be available at St. John's United
Church of Christ at
503 Stuart Circle.
Information on the advocacy day is available at www.dayforallpeople.org or telephone 804-643-2474.
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Virginia Tech group
plans German service trip
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A group of 10 from the Lutheran Campus
Ministry at Virginia Tech will combine service and sightseeing on a
spring break trip to Eisleben, Germany,
on Feb. 29-March 9. Led by Pastor Bill King, Virginia Tech campus minister, the group will
consist of three Tech students, two alumni and five from Luther Memorial,
Blacksburg.
A parish at Eisleben, host for the service
trip, is responsible for renovating historic buildings, which will be
repaired. As they learn about their Lutheran heritage, the campus group
will visit the Wartburg Castle at Eisenach,
where Martin Luther hid after his "Here I stand," and Wittenberg. Student
scholarships were made possible by a major endowment gift.
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Tour will follow Paul's
missionary journeys
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Pastor Jean Bozeman, assistant
to the bishop, will
lead a 10-day tour following Paul's Second and Third
Missionary Journeys in Greece
and Turkey
on Nov. 5-19.
The guided tour will feature lectures on "What Paul Believed,"
by Bishop Will Willimon of the North Alabama
Conference of the United Methodist Church
and former dean of the chapel at Duke University.
His lectures will be on Paul's letters to the Philippians and Ephesians
and "The Revelation as a Revolutionary Vision." Two continuing
education units will be available.
The tour will begin in Athens
and follow Paul's journeys by bus and cruise ship. Registration may be
completed on line at www.eo.travelwithus.com.
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Muhlenberg,
Harrisonburg, builds gathering area
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Muhlenberg, Harrisonburg,
held a groundbreaking service on All Saints Sunday for a $2.2 million
Gathering Area, three classrooms, nursery and an elevator to all levels
of the church. The addition, to be east of the nave, will have a
clerestory allowing light through the stained glass windows.
The Gathering Area will provide space for fellowship by worshipers at the
three services and make the entrance more accessible and inviting, said
Mark Byerly, Building Committee chair.
The church presently has a small narthex and a narrow entrance. The
construction is expected to be completed in a year.
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Kingdom Stompers record again
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The Kingdom Stompers, a popular Shenandoah Valley musical group, have released
their third CD, "I Hear You Calling," featuring 14 songs. They
include two new songs written by Pastor Jeff Marble, four from the new
ELCA Worship Book, six traditional gospel tunes, one instrumental and one
a cappella, "Down to the River to Pray."
The group is made up of Pastor Terry Edwards of Martin Luther, Bergton, Pastor Jeff Marble of Morning Star, Luray,
and Pastor Jim Baseler, St. Matthew and Stephen, Mt. Olive.
To order the CD, contact Baseler
at 2167 Brook Creek Road,
Toms Brook, VA 22660 or at kingdomstompers@bigfoot.com. Cost of the CD is
$12.
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Grace & Glory plans
its first building
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Six years after its first service was held,
Grace & Glory of Fluvanna County is  well on its
way toward reaching a capital campaign target of
$500,000 for construction of an approximate 8,500-square-foot worship
space-fellowship hall-Sunday
School rooms. The
congregation, led by Pastor Ken Albright, has paid for a 10-acre site on
Rt. 53.
On a recent commitment Sunday, the congregation pledged almost $420,000
from planned giving, assets and income, according to Joe Shaver, appeal
director. Under the advice of the Kairos
fund-raising organization, the congregation is seeking to raise one-third
of the estimated $1.5-million building cost in order to obtain a
mortgage, Shaver said.
A sanctuary is projected for a second phase of construction. "We are
going to keep rolling," Shaver said. More than half of the members of
the community around Lake Monticello east of Charlottesville, are retired. The
congregation, now meeting in a middle school cafeteria, has an average
attendance of 75 to 90 for Sunday worship. Services were held in an
aerobics room of a fitness facility in the beginning.
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Grow in Christ with an
ACTS course this spring
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By Bill Roberts,  ACTS
Steering Committee
Get caught in the ACTS! Catch the Spirit with a growing
community of lay people who want
to learn more about God's truths to
enrich their faith, witness, and
leadership.
Registration for the Virginia Synod's ACTS
(Ambassadors Community for Theological Study) course on
"Christian Life," to be led by Dr. Robert Benne, Jordan-Trexler professor of religion emeritus and director
of the Center for Religion and Society at Roanoke College, is
now underway.
As part of our call as disciples and
ambassadors of Christ Jesus, those interested might want to
consider this powerful course, "Christian Life" (two
Saturday large-group lecture sessions, March 15 and April 26, and five
small-group discussion sessions). Over 120 people from around the Synod
participated this past spring and fall
in the ACTS program courses.
ACTS courses, like this one on "Christian
Life," are designed specifically to educate lay people and equip
them with the tools for discipleship, leadership and
service in their congregations and communities. The ACTS program
has strongly impacted my journey of faith and the deeper understanding
that God's gift of grace in giving of his Son Jesus to death for the sins
of the world is actually also a call--- a call to better use the
spiritual gifts which the Holy Spirit has graciously given.
For those interested in the spring ACTS course on
"Christian Life," the registration forms can be found online
at www.GetintheACTS.org.
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Synod youth have full
schedule in 2008
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Winter Celebration, the synodical faith
formation retreat for youth in grades 9-12, will be offered again on two
weekends-Jan. 25-27 and Feb. 1-3. More than 700 youth and adults gather
each year at Eagle Eyrie Conference Center
near Lynchburg
for these weekends of worship, fellowship and small group discussions.
A new synodical Youth to Youth project for 2008
will be announced at Winter Celebration. Pastor Nathan Gragg of First, Norfolk,
will be the chaplain for both events and Pastor Stephen Bohannon and Kelly Strunk of
Christ the King, Richmond,
will be Planning Group advisers. Youth on the Planning Group are Mark
Beyer of First, Norfolk; Andrew Cox, Christ, Staunton; Cassie Elverum, First, Norfolk; Caroline Heltzel,
First English, Richmond; Gretchen Houser, Reformation, New Market; Will Kinton, Epiphany, Richmond, and Meghan Stone, St.
Peter, Stafford.
Seventh Day, an annual overnight retreat for youth in 5th and
6th grades, will be offered on March 1-3. This event involves
a great number of youth and adults from all over the Synod in planning
around a key biblical story. It runs from noon on Saturday to early
Sunday afternoon at Eagle Eyrie.
Registration forms for Kairos, a week-long
faith formation event for rising 9th-12th graders,
will be available at the Synod's website, www.vasynod.org, starting at noon Monday, Feb. 4 and also will be
mailed with the February Update packet to all congregations and rostered leaders. This popular event usually fills up
in March.
Congregation leaders also should be making plans to select two youth -one
from grades 7-9 and one from grades 10-12-to attend the annual Youth
Assembly at Roanoke
College, at the
same time as the Synod Assembly, June 6-8. Registration materials for
that event will be mailed to congregations with material for the assembly
in February or early March.
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Frequently Asked
Questions about the new Virginia Lutheran
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Q. Is there a paper copy version of the newsletter
available?
A. Yes. You can request a paper copy from the Synod
office to be posted to you. You only need to make this request one
time and you will be put on the mailing list to receive a paper copy each
month. Contact Heather at the Synod office (heather@vasynod.org; 540-389-1000.
Q. If I am currently receiving a paper copy, will
I continue to receive it?
A. Yes. If you have been receiving a paper copy
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version of the new Virginia Lutheran.
Q. If I no longer wish to receive a paper copy, how
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there is no print friendly option in the electronic edition you
receive. When you print from the electronic copy, some photos may
be split at the bottom and top of the pages. Be aware that most
editions of The Virginia Lutheran are 12-17 pages in length when
printed. A double-sided print copy is available from the Synod
office by posted mail (see above).
Q. We
like to make printed copies available to our congregation. Can we
still make copies locally for distribution?
A.
Yes. Please note the answer to the question directly above. If
you would like to make copies locally, we suggest you order one printed
copy from the Synod office and use that to make your copies. It is also
possible to paste the entire edition into MSWord, repaginate as needed
and print or create a .pdf file.
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A. Not at this time. The previous format was a .pdf file that could be downloaded. The new
version is a web based e-newsletter. However, we are considering
making a .pdf version of the newsletter
available in the future if there is sufficient demand.
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For
other questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dwayne Westermann, Layout Editor for The Virginia
Lutheran: dwestermann3@cox.net.
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THE VIRGINIA LUTHERAN
A MONTHLY NEWS PUBLICATION
OF THE VIRGINIA SYNOD, ELCA
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