Upcoming Synod-Wide Events


Wondering what to add in your upcoming newsletter or bulletin? Curious what events and programs the Synod has planned coming up soon? This page is updated weekly to include the most up-to-date items for you!

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Submit an event for the Synod to help share here.

August Events/Programs
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School Supply Drive with LSS

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It’s Back to School season, and the 150 children that Lutheran Social Services of Northern California serves are in desperate need of school supplies to start their next year of learning. Education is a primary way to guide individuals out of homelessness and poverty into stability, and LSS requests your assistance to give the children we serve opportunity to make powerful lives for themselves.

 

To view LSS's Wish List of school supplies, click here.

 

Items may be shipped directly to LSS of Northern California, 1465 Civic Ct Ste 810, Concord, CA 94521, or collected at your parish, and LSS will arrange a pick-up. Questions? Email development@lssnorcal.org.

September Events/Programs
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Sierra Pacific Synod Hunger Network Zoom Education Event

Thursday, September 1st at 7:00pm via Zoom

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Join the Sierra Pacific Synod Hunger Network for an educational event featuring Ryan P. Cumming, Program Director for Hunger Education with ELCA World Hunger.

 

In a world faced with increasing hunger we are called to meet the challenge! Ending hunger isn’t just about food. It’s about access, it’s about justice, it’s about caring for creation and each other. It’s about hope for the world we want to live in. Ending hunger means recognizing the ways God is at work in farming communities and the ways God is calling all of us, together, to be part of the solution. Join us to learn how your congregation can be a part of this important ministry!

 

Email thelotts@gmail.com with your name, city and congregation to register and get the Zoom link. 

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Fall Conference Gatherings

Throughout September, October, November

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Save-the-Date: Fall Conference Gatherings with Interim Bishop Claire S. Burkat, Synod Vice President Simon Wong, and your Conference Dean! Bishop Claire and VP Simon are hitting the road this fall to gather with each of our synod's 9 conferences. Each Conference Dean is planning a weekend gathering for rostered and lay folk throughout the synod to gather for a time of fellowship and conversation with new synodical leadership.

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Be on the lookout for more details regarding times and locations - and remember that ALL are welcome to join! We would love to see parishioners, church council members, pastors, deacons, youth, and so many others present at each gathering.

Conference 1: Redwood Mountain - Sept. 30 - Oct. 2

Conference 2: Bridges - October 9

Conference 3: Capitol Valley - September 24

Conference 4: Sierra Nevada Foothills - October 29 - 30

Conference 5: San Francisco Peninsula - October 8

Conference 6: El Camino Real - November 12

Conference 7: Mt. Diablo - September 25

Conference 8: Sierra Central Valley November 5

Conference 9: Central San Joaquin November 6

Past Events/Programs Recorded
Bishop's Book Club: After Trauma by Ali W. Rothrock
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Bishop's Book Club: After Trauma by Ali W. Rothrock

Welcome to May's Bishop's Book Club livestream! Today, Bishop Megan Rohrer sits down with Author Ali W. Rothrock to discuss her new book, "After Trauma: Lessons on Overcoming from a First Responder Turned Crisis Counselor". "From a young age, Ali Rothrock fell head over heels in love with firefighting. But when she entered the fire service, she was ostracized by those who weren’t willing to accept a girl into their ranks. The trauma of her experiences eventually resulted in a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, and that diagnosis was a first step towards healing. After Trauma: Lessons on Overcoming from a First Responder Turned Crisis Counselor is a story of adversity, grit, defiance, choice, and hope. Each chapter offers a lesson to help readers overcome their own trauma, including concrete and actionable advice on how to re-story a life after adversity. We all have the audacity to re-define ourselves, to feel hope about what lies ahead, and to choose our way forward. On her journey of recovery, Rothrock, has collected other people’s stories of resilience. After Trauma explores the fallout from trauma, the ripples those experiences have our own lives, and finally, a path toward healing." You can purchase the book here: www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506480633/After-Trauma Want to support more conversation like this? Consider donating to the Sierra Pacific Synod through Paypal: www.tinyurl.com/spsdonation
Bishop's Book Club: Body Becoming by Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza
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Bishop's Book Club: Body Becoming by Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza

Welcome to March's Bishop's Book Club livestream! Today, Bishop Megan Rohrer sits down with Author Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza to discuss their new book, "Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation". "Combining that deep listening and living with their work in activism, Body Becoming offers us a way of understanding the body beyond constructions--political or medical-industrial-complex defined--toward cultivating the body as important in our endeavors to build a more inclusive vision for democracy. Mixing memoir and faith, somatics theory and body practice, Henderson-Espinoza steers us through territory both familiar and difficult--as we discover embodiment as the primary place of deep wisdom, where culture shifts originate and materialize--and a better world becomes, as we too become." Learn more about Dr. Robyn here: https://drrobynhendersonespinoza.com/ You can purchase their book here: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781506473574 Want to support more conversation like this? Consider donating to the Sierra Pacific Synod through Paypal: https://tinyurl.com/spsdonation