SYNOD NEWS
SYNODSYNOPSIS A N N O U N C I N G
the 100th Annual Convention
the 61st Annual Meeting
the 2nd Annual Meeting
of the
of
of the
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Bethany Lutheran College Inc.
Lutheran Schools of America, Inc.
“Proclaim the Wonders God Has Done: Sola Scriptura, Sola Gratia, Sola Fide” JUNE 18-22, 2017 MANKATO, MINNESOTA * Due to the special nature of the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, the convention essays will be presented on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
SYNOD SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017
3:00 – Synod Sunday Service 4:30 – Supper MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2017
9:00 – Opening Convention Service 10:30 – Convention Essay 1:00 – Death’s Noted: Loretta Behrens (1918–2016) Doris Schmugge (1921–2016) E. C. F. Stubenvoll Sr. (1925–2016) TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017
10:30 – Convention Essay 7:00 – Reformation Hymn Festival
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XAVIER UNIVERSITY
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2017
10:30 – Convention Essay 3:30 – Anniversaries Observed: Herbert Huhnerkoch 40 years Charles Keeler 40 years Nile Merseth 40 years Steven Petersen 40 years Kenneth Schmidt 40 years David Meyer 25 years Alex Ring 25 years Mark Rogers 25 years 7:30 – Communion Service THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017
8:30 – Unfinished Business
CINCINNATI OHIO
ELS HISTORICAL SOCIETY 21ST ANNUAL MEETING
5:00 – Registration: Ylvisaker Fine Arts Center (YFAC) 6:00 – Program: Lee Theater From Austin to Aberdeen A Re-enactment of the Austin Agreement of December 1916, and the meeting of the minority at the June 1917 at the Aberdeen Hotel in St. Paul leading to the Re-organization of the Norwegian Synod (ELS) in 1918.
7:30 – Historical Society Business meeting followed by refreshment and social time
JULY 27-30
REGISTRATION: $250, (THROUGH MAY 1) FIRST-TIME REGISTRANTS: $200 • A visit to Answers in Genesis’ Ark Encounter, making connection to 1 Peter 3:20 and Baptism. • First time registrants (youth & chaperones) pay only $200 for registration. They will pay the regular fee ($250) and then recieve a $50 refund after first-time registration is verified. • 6 occasions to gather in corporate worship! • Registrants can pick 3 of 10 different sectionals, all of which offer a confessional Lutheran worldview. • Opportunities to get to know and worship with fellow ELS members from throughout the nation. • For the sports-minded: opportunities to take tours of the stadiums where the Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bengals play. Also, our dance on the final night will take place in the Cintas Center, home of the Xavier Musketeers basketball teams. • Check out the promotional video and “registration packet” on the LYA page of our synod website. els.org/lya17
7 5 TH A N N I V E R S A R Y N E W H A M P T O N , I O WA On Sunday, November 6, Redeemer Lutheran Church in New Hampton, Iowa, celebrated 75 years of proclaiming God’s grace. Rev. Daniel Faugstad, vacancy pastor, served as the liturgist. Rev. Nate Abrahamson, who spent much of his childhood in the congregation, preached the sermon. The theme for the service was based on John 12:23-24 and was titled “A Bigger Deal Than You Might Think!” Former pastors Rev. E.C.C. Stubenvoll IV and Rev. Harvey Abrahamson were also in attendance. MAR–APR 2017
THE LUTHERAN SENTINEL
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