A Regional Event Sponsored By the Three Synods of Iowa

On August 26th 2006 rostered and congregational leaders with a desire to discover new hope for for their congregation's ministry gathered at Zion Lutheran Church, in Gowrie Iowa.

Featuring keynote speaker, Rev David Poling-Goldenne, currently serving in Henderson, Nevada. As part of his work nationally in the ELCA's Division for Congregational Ministries, he had the privilege of leading a stage-setting reserch project on congregational growth and vitality in ELCA rural and small town settings.

The results of the 3 year study were written up in the book: Discovering Hope - Building Vitality in Rural Congregations. Now available, a new follow-up on DVD, BUILDING HOPE how small town and rural congregations apply Discovering Hope's six core values to build hope and joy inside their walls and outside into their communities.

The Lutheran Resource Center had a display with several Idea File offerings... they are listed below in Newsletter style.

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Order Idea	Description	Page Length
	Spiritual Retreat On the Rural CrisisA one-day retreat to help look at the rural crisis. An agenda, opening prayer service, reconciliation service, closing prayer service, and a sermon help are included. Fill in Order Info.	9 pgs. OF40013
	“Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt” This idea was used to help middle school students better understand family budgets and the cost of living. It was a great way for the kids, who come from an affluent area, to experience stretching the value of a dollar and learning about how to bargain shop. Fill in Order Info.	2 pgs. OF40049
	“Bingo - Ice Breaker”, This is a variation on BINGO... each square on the card has a question, instead of a number. Participants of a workshop, retreat or class are asked to mingle with other participants and find answers to all the questions. Fill in Order Info.	1 pg. OF40046
	"Crisis in Rural Life" A program to help encourage women to understand and care for those people experiencing stress and loss because of conditions in rural life; to create an awareness of the church's responsibility to be in dialog with representatives in government in the midst of rural crises. Includes a short drama and discussion questions. Fill in Order Info.	4 pgs. OF40012
	"Using Ask, Thank & Tell - A Discussion/Action Guide" This discussion/action guide is intended to be used as a chapter by chapter learning tool with B6198" Ask, Thank, Tell: Improving Stewardship Ministry in Your Congregations", in this new book from Augsburg Fortress... author Charles Lane, writes about the dramatic rescue of stewardship, freeing it from any connection whatsoever to "paying the bills." When the Bible talks about stewardship it almost always talks about the intimate connection between how a person handles financial matters and that person's relationship with God. Stewardship is an intensely spiritual matter that lies close to a disciple's relationship with Jesus. The book is designed especially for use in congregational planning and study. Congregational stewardship leaders will come back to three foundational verbs — ask, thank, tell — over and over as they help individuals experience the joy of giving generously. The author makes the convincing case that there is little in life today that can help a disciple grow in relationship with Jesus more than a solid intentional biblical stewardship. Fill in Order Info.	4 pgs. OF40048
	This is a short meditation on hands... all the hands we encounter in our lives, and our own hands. How these hands have served us and others, and the imprint left on our hearts. Remember with this "Hand Meditation". Fill in Order Info.	1 pg. OF40047
	"Symbol of Our Christian Response to Our Rural American Family Farm Crisis" This is a pattern for a wooden cross structure to be constructed as a symbol to recognize the family farm crisis or as a Christian symbol at any time. Fill in Order Info.	2 pgS. OF40006

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