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SUMMARY:Future-Focused Church
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 7\n10:00 AM – 3:00 PM \nEmmanuel Lutheran Church\n2589 Chain Bridge Rd\, Vienna\, VA 22181 \n$20 per person\nHow do you lead your church today and help it move forward in a faithful and positive way? How might your congregation better engage the new\, younger and more diverse people that live in your community? \nWe live in a time that some describe as VUCA: Volatile\, Uncertain\, Complex\, and Ambiguous. Despite these conditions\, God calls the church to be led by the Spirit and find a faithful next step or two. \nJoin congregations from around our synod for Future-Focused Church: a day anyone who has responsibility for the future of the church (church council members\, planning committees\, pastors\, and deacons). Come and learn how to lead\, plan\, and move forward together with someone who literally wrote the book on doing just that. \nCome learn\, connect\, and imagine what God may be calling your congregation to become. \nRegister to attend before the registration deadline: Friday\, October 16 at 4:00 PM Eastern Time. \n  \nLearn about our Guest Speaker: \nJake Mulder\, PhD\, is Fuller Seminary’s Assistant Chief of Leadership Formation. He oversees business administration\, coordinates new research\, develops resources and trainings\, and is a coauthor of Future-Focused Church and Growing Young. He’ll bring his passion for helping churches achieve their full potential and his expertise on congregational leadership and change. He has a wide-ranging background of business and ministry roles\, serves on the boards of Geneva Camp and Retreat Center and Baker Publishing Group\, and lives in Grand Rapids\, Michigan\, with his wife\, Lauren\, and sons Will and Theodore. \n 
URL:https://metrodcelca.org/event/future-focused-church-2026/
LOCATION:Emmanuel Lutheran Church\, Vienna\, 2589 Chain Bridge Rd.\, Vienna\, VA\, 22181\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured Event,Synod-wide
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SUMMARY:2027 ELCA Youth Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Imagine arms wrapped around you in love. Imagine a place for you at the table. Imagine a word of forgiveness shared with you. Imagine the sense of joy when you witness the unthinkable happening. Imagine a world waiting to hear your voice. Imagine more. \nThe power of God at work in us is a measure not of our own strength but of God’s limitless ability. God is the source\nof our encouragement and hope\, always surpassing our expectations. In Ephesus\, followers of Jesus faced social\nrejection\, opposition and even violence because Jesus’ message stood in direct opposition to the pagan goddess Artemis. Our own world distinctly parallels the times Paul references in his letter. He stresses God’s love\, God’s forgiveness of sins and the unity of those who believe in Christ. \nThrough the Gathering\, young people come together to experience that unity and understand their role in the community of the larger church. We recognize both the joy of community and the unique role of each participant as they return to their individual communities after this life-changing event. The apostle Paul sought to provide for the needs of the Ephesians with encouragement\, hope and confidence in God’s faithfulness. \nThe needs of faithful young people today are much the same. \nThe ministry of the Gathering seeks to remind young people that God is already at work in them for the sake of the whole world. Often there are pressures and fears that limit their sense of worth and their ability to change the world. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus and the presence of the Holy Spirit\, God invites young people to imagine more\, immeasurably more\, for their own lives\, the city of Minneapolis\, the body of Christ and the life of the world. \nLearn more and register at elca.org/gathering
URL:https://metrodcelca.org/event/2027-elca-youth-gathering/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Featured Event,Synod-wide,Youth + Family
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