The Latest Events and Opportunities

ORGAN RECITAL
The Rev. Christopher S. Ahlman, Assistant Pastor at King of Kings Lutheran Church of Round Rock, TX, will present an organ recital at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church of Austin, TX (at the intersection of 15th and Rio Grande) on Fri., Dec. 4 at 7:00 pm. Works by Araújo, Sweelinck, Froberger, Tunder, Bach, Franck, and Reger will be performed. The recital is in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The University of Texas at Austin, where Rev. Ahlman is pursuing doctoral studies in organ performance. Admission is free.

PRE-LENTEN WORKSHOP
Be part of the Pre-Lenten workshop sponsored by Circuit 18 on January 18-19, 2010. Click here for info.

SENIOR FEST 2010
You are invited to the Senior Fest, January 30th, 2010 to be hosted by Triumphant Love Lutheran Church, 9508 Great Hills Trail, Austin, TX 78759. Registration begins at 8:45-9:15 a.m. Cost will be $25 until Jan. 18th, thereafter the cost will be $30.

The main speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Peter Marty, pastor of a 3200 member congregation in Davenport, IA. He is a nationally known speaker, published author, also recognized from the national radio broadcast, Grace Matters. Pastor Marty's presentation will be "Finding Purpose in Our Later Years without Manipulating the Will of God."

The eight workshops will be: 1. Financial Update by George Tivera 2. Simple Living/Downsizing by Merle Franke 3. Finishing Strong by Darrel Gilbertson 4. Late in Life Challenges by Nancy Wessum 5. Senior Resources by Kathy Johanns 6. Prayer by Barbara Schutz 7. Senior Nutrition by Hilary Ross 8. Bible Study by Hugh Beck

To register and see further information, click here.

MULTI-ETHNIC SYMPOSIUM
The Multi-Ethnic Symposium is being held February 1-2, 2010, at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri. Registration forms may be duplicated or downloaded from www.csl.edu.

LUTHERAN SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2010
LSM 2010 DATES ARE JUNE 20 to JULY 18, 2010. Visit http://www.lutheransummermusic.org/ for more information.

PASTORAL RECRUITMENT RESOURCES
Check out resources for pastoral recruitment at the www.WhataWay.org Website.

SKI TRIP RETREAT
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church of Ruidoso, N.M. located 15 miles from Ski Apache, invites your retreat group to stay at the Church for your ski retreat to the Ruidoso area.

Sleeping accommodations are available, together with kitchen and shower facilities. Cost per person per night, depending on the size of the group. Discount rental rates for ski's/snowboards, boots, and poles are available upon request, as well as discount lift tickets. Inner-tubing and snowmobile tours also make a great retreat at nearby Cloudcroft, N.M.

If staying till Sunday, join us for worship at 10:30a.m. Additional information will be posted on our website www.shlcruidoso,org. For more information contact Pastor Kevin Krohn @ 575-258-4191 or shlc@windstream.net.


LUTHERANS FOR LIFE SUNDAY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
An excellent teaching tool-–Teaching for Life-—looks like great material. Take a look at www.lutheransforlife.org.

MISSIONAL DEVOTIONS
Grow through Witness empowering devotions – Ablaze Fuel daily devotions at
http://ablazefuel.com/