Northern Texas - Northern Louisiana Mission Area of the ELCA


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		TABLE TALK WITH SHERRY SURRATT Past Director of the Leadership Network's Radical Future InnovationLabs, helping congregations overcome the obstacles to innovative thinking and problem solving in ministry. Thursday, May 17, beginning at 10 a.m. -- broadcast from Briarwood. TO WATCH THE WEBINAR ON NTNL.ORG, CLICK HERE Or, if you prefer, use the Ustream link: CLICK HERE (www.ustream.tv/channel/disciplelife-mission#events)
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This Month's Featured Ministry ASSEMBLY HIGHLIGHTS Bishop Kevin S. Kanouse Re-Elected DiscipleLife Alive! Tops $1.5 Million Assembly Supports Malaria Initiative Participants Experience Global Mission Gathering for the 25th Annual Assembly on April 27-29, the congregations and leaders of the NT-NL Mission Area were in a mood to CELEBRATE. *_______________________________________________________________* Have a look at some of the assembly action Read a Summary of Assembly Actions See the Assembly Scrapbook Jubliee Singers: "We are one in Christ" View the ELCA's Hay Lift Video Assembly Facebook Page: Conversation & Pictures Assembly YouTube Videos: LYO & Congregations Blog: Discussions and Comments		UPCOMING EVENTS see full calendar See the new web site for the Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone • May 1 Pr. Kate Warn Speaking - Our Redeemer, Grand Prairie May 3 National Day of Prayer Luncheon - Martin Marty, speaking - Dallas May 4 Briarwood Golf Tourney - Fossil Creek May 5 Nelson Children's Ministries Benefit - Dallas May 17 Table Talk with Sherry Surrat - Briarwood May 27 - June 1 Spanish Language & Hispanic Ministry Intensive - LSPS • June 7-9 Baptized and Set Free - SWT Synod Worship Conference June 17 Briarwood Summer Camping Season begins • July 18-22 National Youth Gathering - New Orleans July 25-26 Portico Retirement Seminar - Georgetown • August 30 Table Talk with Nadia Bolz-Weber - Briarwood • September 26-28 Mission Council - Briarwood September 28-29 Churches Starting Churches Event

DiscipleLife in the NT-NL Today
*The ELCA Malaria Campaign* 2012 NT-NL Assembly Pledges $160,000 by 2015 View the ELCA Malaria Video Access Malaria Campaign Resources Read the 2012 NT-NL Assembly Resolution ___________________________________________________________________________
DiscipleLife Alive! $ 1,530,475 Pledged to date (4/28/12) - Thank You! Read about our plans and vision Table Talks this Spring and Summer Have a look at Briarwood's Master Site Plan Download our 2012 descriptive brochure ___________________________________________________________________________
Giving Public Witness The NT-NL's Public Witness Goal Team has a new web site to showcase their work and to bring attention to issues of peace and justice. NT-NL's Public Witness Web Site Interested in Environmental Stewardship? Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ___________________________________________________________________________
Leadership Formation for Mission Educational Opportunities this Winter-Spring Stewardship Academy Congregational Leadership Academy Parish Lay Mission Academy