Join us for a day
at Pine Lake Camp, Waupaca, WI
SUNDAY, JULY 1 OR MONDAY, JULY 2
Grace will carpool both Sunday & Monday
Register at Church Office (715-453-4066),$40 each day (team discount)
Fee includes lunch, supper, and registration
SUNDAY, July 1st
9:30 KEYNOTE: Brian Konkol “Mission as Accompaniment: Conversion, Connections, and Conversations”
10:30 Small Group Bible Study: each group facilitated by a South African and International Church leader
SUNDAY WORKSHOPS 1:30 & 3:00
- You, the ELCA, Are Doing Global Mission, Rafael Malpica Padilla, Director of ELCA Global Mission.
- Accompaniment or Christian Tourism? Brian Konkol, just returned from S. Africa
- South Africa’s Youth League, youth and young adults from South Africa
- The Madikwe Circuit, Hear why and how 78 S. Africans came to Wisconsin.
- Companion Synod Relationships, How La Crosse and Metro Chicago Synods are practicing accompaniment
- Lutherans from Around the World, International Seminarians tell us about themselves and their church.
- Music and Movement to Praise God, A time to share songs and learn to move while singing.
4:15 SOUTH AFRICAN LED WORSHIP AND COMMUNION
7:00 SONG FESTIVAL – Solos, duets, or small group song performances – Come sing and/or listen!
Monday, July 2nd
9:30 KEYNOTE: Charles Zang “Congregations At Work in the World Through Lutheran World Relief Efforts”
10:30 Small Group Bible Study: each group facilitated by a South African and International Church leader
MONDAY WORKSHOPS 1:30 & 3:00
- Transforming Mission with LWR, Charles Zang, LWR Congregation Engagement Manager.
- Fair Trade and Faith, Chandler Carriker, LWR Congregational Resources.
- LSS Disaster Response, When local disasters happen your Lutheran Church is there.
- Kits, Quilts and Comfort, Hear stories about relief and development work from Tanzania to Peru .
- LWR Growing Projects, Hear about 250 Growing Projects all over the USA, 3 here in WI.
- Calling Youth to Live Out Mission, Hear stories of youth doing God’s work at home, school and beyond.
- LSS + You = Our Baptismal Call to Ministry, Paul Brinkman, LSS living out “God’s Work, Our Hands”.
- Liturgical Dance, See how the youth at Grace in Iola, WI move while worshipping God!
4:15 PANEL DISCUSSION Led by Rafael Malpica Padilla with Bishops Jim Justman, Jim Arends & Wayne Miller, plus Brian Konkel, and LWR leaders
7:00 RESOURCE FESTIVAL – Over 20 tables & activities
Sponsored by the Companion Synod/ Global Mission
Task Force of the East Central Synod of Wisconsin, ELCA and by Crossways Camping Ministries.