Catch the

Spirit!

The theme

of the gathering suggests midwinter contagion, and indeed

the upcoming weekend of workshops and speakers in

Peachtree City is designed to spread inspiration among

participants from the Southeastern Synod of the

Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.

The Rev.

John Weber, senior pastor at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran

Church in Peachtree City where the event will take place,

is one of the synod's Evangelism Partners who developed

the Help for Ministry conference.

Sessions

are scheduled to begin Friday evening Feb. 4 and run

through Saturday afternoon. They will comprise the fifth

Catch the Spirit! event, the first one convenient to

Atlanta area southside Lutherans. Previous conferences

have taken place in Marietta and Rincon, Ga.

Keynote

speaker for the weekend is the Rev. Dr. Tony Everett of

the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary at Columbia,

S.C. Bible Study Leader is the Rev. Dr. W. Arthur Lewis,

director of the Lutheran Theological Center in Atlanta.

An expected

250 or more participants will attend a total of 32

workshops of church concern stewardship, evangelism,

prayer and social ministry, and multicultural issues.

Local pastors and church leaders who will guide

discussions include the Rev. Justin Kollmeyer and Pam

Blaesing of Prince of Peace in Fayetteville, and Weber,

Linda Lake, Neva Warren and David Beecher of Christ Our

Shepherd. Other lay and clerical leaders will come from

parishes throughout Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi,

Tennessee and South Carolina.

"We

are blessed to have some really good people coming,"

Weber said.

Further

information about Catch the Spirit! may be found at

https://htelc.america.net or by calling 770-971-4600 or

770-487-8717.

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