document.writeln( '<h2>Headlines</h2><ul>' );
document.writeln( '<li><B>Welcome to our new Web Site Location</B> on the Eastern Synod Web space.  This is the same content as before but with a new look.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li><B>Spring Conference Meeting </B>– May 1, 2010, Peace, Pickering.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li><B>Eastern Synod Assembly 2010 </b> The Local Arrangements Committee has begun planning for the Assembly. Watch for regular updates beginning in January with information on how congregations and individuals can participate. <a href="news/Update1.pdf">More information</a></li>' );
document.writeln( '<li><B>The following dates have been set for Toronto Conference events. </B>Setting these dates should help congregations in their planning to avoid date conflicts.<BR>Conference Council Meetings - future meetings will be the fourth Wednesday each month. <BR>Spring Conference Meetings - future Spring meetings will be the first Saturday in May.<BR>Fall Conference Meetings – future fall meetings will be the first Saturday in October.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>VBS Help Wanted : St. Ansgar Lutheran Church in North Toronto seeks a Vacation Bible School coordinator for the Summer 2010 program. The job includes planning, organizing and executing a one-week program. Please send your resumé by March 30, 2010. Fax 416 783 1751 or admin@stansgar.ca. See our website for the detailed job description. www.stansgar.ca.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li><B>Swedish Choir Available to Sing in Local Churches</B> A Swedish church choir with 18 persons will visit Toronto April 1-11. They can give a concert or sing in a worship service (no charge). They can sing English, Latin and Swedish songs. If anyone is interested, please contact Pastor Mikael Sjodin at mikael.sjodin@svenskakyrkan.se or 416-486-0466.</li>' );
document.writeln( '</ul>' );
document.writeln( '<h2>Events</h2><ul>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Members of Faith, Oshawa, will discuss the book the Shack by William P. Young at its first book club night on March 8.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>The Book Club at Faith, Oshawa, will discuss The Shack on March 8.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>The Book Club at Faith, Oshawa, will discuss The Shack by William P. Young at their March 8 meeting.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Members of Martin Luther, Toronto, will observe a Shabbat service at a synagogue in Mississauga on March 13. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>The ELW of Epiphany, Toronto, will hold a Strawberry Social with an Easter Craft Table on March 27. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>The male voice choir Harfentoene will give a concert at Martin Luther, Toronto, on Palm Sunday. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>The Outreach Committee at St. Philip’s, Toronto, will participate in providing a community meal at Evangel Hall, a downtown shelter, on March 28. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>The FunStrummers will entertain at Epiphany, Toronto, on May 1, 2010.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>The women at Augsburg, Brampton, are making plans to attend a Ladies Wellness Retreat April 9-11, 2010.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Christ the King, Whitby, will hold a “Guess who’s coming to dinner” evening on April 10. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>The ELW at Epiphany, Toronto, will host the Toronto Co-ELW Spring Conference on April 17. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Bethesda, Unionville, will hold a Book, Bake and Luncheon sale on April 24 to raise funds for their roof. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Lorne Smith, Bethesda, Unionville, and Rev. Dr. Timothy Hegedus of Waterloo Lutheran Seminary will lead a Holy Land Tour and Oberammergau Passion Play in May 2010.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Pastor Doug Kramer, St. Philip’s, Toronto, will escort a tour of Italy and Switzerland, including a performance of the Oberammergau Passion Play in June 2010.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Agricola, Toronto, is planning a Children’s Camp from July 3-9 entitled “Baobab Blast”.</li>' );
document.writeln( '</ul>' );
document.writeln( '<h2>News</h2><ul>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Senior youth at St. Philip’s, Toronto, provided the lunch which followed the Sunday School Christmas pageant in December. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Four youth from Zion, Maple, attended Seminary Youth Day on February 4. Deborah McCracken led one of the workshops during the day. Other congregations whose youth attended the Youth day are St. Philip’s, Toronto, and Faith, Oshawa.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Youth at St. Ansgar, Toronto, led a Youth Service on February 14.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>To celebrate Valentine’s Day, members of First Lutheran, Toronto, held a worship service especially for (married) couples to have a chance to renew their commitment to each other and to bless their marriage. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>On February 21, St. Andrew’s Latvian, Toronto, will hold a benefit concert for Haiti featuring Amy Sky, Marc Jordan and other extraordinary musicians. Tickets are still available.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Mercedes Hughes from the Alzheimer’s Society presented The Seven A’s of Dementia to St. Philip’s, Toronto, at its Lunch ‘n Learn Seminar on January 10. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>St. Philip’s, Toronto’s, Health Cabinet has organized a “Gentle Exercise for Seniors” course that ran weekly January 12-February 16. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>On February 11, The 50+ Group at St. Philip’s, Toronto, was treated to a “Blue Plate Special” lunch provided by Pastor Doug Kramer and Richard Zado. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>On February 14, the Vespera Women’s Choir sang at the worship service at St. Philip’s, Toronto.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>St. David’s, Orillia, hosted a Strawberry Takeout on January 27. The strawberries were locally grown, picked and frozen last summer for this event. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>On February 14, David Hewitt was guest speaker at St. David’s, Orillia. He spoke about homelessness and hunger in Orillia as well as initiatives under-taken to address this need. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>On Wednesday evenings during Lent, members of St. David’s, Orillia, are invited to participate in Lectio Divina, an ancient and prayerful practice of reading scripture, at St. George’s Fair Valley. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Members of Augsburg, Brampton, had a draw for Prayer Partners on February 7. Those participating will pray for their partner for the next year, at which time they will identify themselves to the partner. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>During Lent, Augsburg, Brampton, is holding Faith and the Movies sessions in members’ homes to watch part of a movie and then discuss faith issues around that scene. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Deborah McCracken (from The Olive Branch) and Putiyei Nangereke were marred at Zion, Maple, on January 29.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>During Lent, Peace, Pickering, is offering weekly sessions on Wednesday evenings to explore the appointed Gospel reading set aside for each Sunday. During the Sundays of Lent, the congregation will examine Discipleship through Women of Faith.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Nancy Rahn will be a student-of-internship at Martin Luther, Toronto, from March 5-April 9. She is a theology student in Tuebingen, Germany. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Brazilian Pastor Edilson Tetzner will visit at Martin Luther, Toronto, from April 15-22. He is pastor of their partner Lutheran congregation in Sao Paulo. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>St. Paul’s, Richmond Hill, will host a soup supper and worship on Ash Wednesday. A freewill offering taken on Ash Wednesday will go to CLWR to Haiti relief efforts. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>The food prepared by the Kids Cooking Club at St. Paul’s, Richmond Hill, will go a local shelter for homeless teens. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>St. Ansgar, Toronto, will offer Evening Prayer on Wednesday evenings during Lent. They will use Holden Evening Prayer and will discuss Barbara Brown Taylor’s book of sermons called Home by Another Way. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>On February 7, a representative of Habitat for Humanity spoke at Bethesda, Unionville. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Christ the King, Whitby, will hold weekly Lenten services on Wednesday evenings. The format will include scripture reading, a dramatic reading, discussion and prayer. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Christ the King, Whitby, held a Chili Lunch on February 14 with monies collected going to the window fund. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Christ, Peterborough, will hold a Restoring Community Workshop on February 21.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Advent, Toronto, sponsored a Palestinian refugee family who recently arrived in Toronto. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Pastor Michael Mills, Advent, Toronto, and Pastor Xuandong Zhu, St. Paul’s Mandarin, are hosting a new Mandarin ministry on the second and fourth Fridays each month at Advent. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Epiphany, Toronto, will host a World Day of Prayer service on March 5.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Faith, Oshawa, will host an ecumenical Ash Wednesday service with Knox and St. Paul’s Presbyterian and Northminster United congregations invited. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Faith, Oshawa, will participate in a Lenten lunch opportunity for downtown churches to be held at Knox Presbyterian. The study called “Table Grace” will be included at the lunches. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Westside, Barrie, and St. Margaret’s Anglican are alternating holding Wednesday evening Lenten services. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>St. Ansgar, Toronto, Asbury and West United and St. Philip the Apostle Anglican will join in a Pancake Supper at St. Ansgar on February 16. Proceeds will go to Haiti relief. They will hold a joint worship service on Ash Wednesday at St. Philip the Apostle Anglican.</li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Bethesda, Unionville, is participating in the Markham Ecumenical Lenten Services under the theme of Life’s Crossroads. </li>' );
document.writeln( '<li>Members of Christ, Peterborough, are holding joint Ash Wednesday services with St. Luke’s Anglican in the morning and at Christ in the evening.</li>' );
document.writeln( '</ul>' );
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