[m-m-online] M-M ONLINE UPDATE, August 4, 2006

[Minister to Minister online]

IN OUR PRAYERS . . . 

DUANE AND MARY LEE FLORSCHUETZ  (Emeritus, Georgetown) as Duane recovers
from quadruple bypass surgery that he had last Friday in Oklahoma City.  He
was working on a Laborers for Christ project in Ponca City, OK and had to be
airlifted to the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City.  He initially had
some bleeding following the surgery and received some transfusions.  He has
been released from the hospital and Duane and Mary Lee, with the help of
their son, plan to return to Texas today.

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PASTORS

ACCEPTED

Chad Miller, Candidate to Spirit of Life Community Church, Houston

COMMISSIONED MINISTERS

ACCEPTED

Deborah Beisert, St. John Lincoln to St. Paul Serbin, Giddings

Allison Brown, Trinity-Klein Colloquy

Jennifer Sauders, Trinity-Klein Colloquy

DESIGNATED - ACCEPTED

Stephanie DeHaven, Concordia Seward NE to Lutheran High North, Houston

Stephanie Hillyer, Concordia St. Paul MN to St. Mark, Houston

Rebecca Sawhill, Concordia Seward NE to Immanuel, Houston

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CAMPUS MINISTRY SURVEY CARD ONLINE!

The campus ministry survey card is on line in a PDF format that can be
completed directly in the opened window.  There are four forms to each
8.5x11.5 sheet just as there have been on the hard copy form from previous
years.  When typing the information into the form, the information appears
as typed.  When you get to the section that asks what year the student is
in, you must tap the space bar in the appropriate check box and an "x" will
appear.  If you need to remove it, just tap the space bar again and it will
be removed.  

Once you have completed the form, you must print the form before proceeding
any further.  Once the form is closed the information is gone.  The form
cannot be saved for future reference.  This is the way this program works
and we cannot change it.  Once you have printed the form, click on the
"clear form" button/bar and begin a new set of information.  Copy and paste
this link into your web browser for accessing the form. 

 http://www.txdistlcms.org/forms/CampusSurvey.pdf.  

If you would prefer to receive the form as a word document attachment that
can be used as a form, that once completed can be saved and emailed back to
Carole Stevenson, please contact her through her email address: 

 cms121 at txdistlcms.org 

College is a critical time for students and early and personal contact is
critical for campus ministry effectiveness.  Campus ministers want to extend
and continue your ministry to your students as they come to their
universities and colleges - to offer them a community of their peers who
share their faith tradition.

Reminders:

* Only report students leaving the home area who will not be able to attend
their home church while away at school. 
*  Include the city location and the full name of the school the student
will be attending. 
* Home addresses and phone numbers are very important so that campus
ministry leaders can contact students right away.  Cell phone numbers are
even better if they are easy for you to get.  If not please include the home
phone number. 

Mail completed forms to the District Office:  Attn:  Carole Stevenson, 7900
E. Highway 290, Austin, TX   78724.  If you have any questions please call
Carole at (800) 951-3478.

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Texas District Centennial DVD and Sun Catcher Available

 A DVD depicting the 100 year history of the Texas District and a sun
catcher with a colorful image of the Anniversary logo were introduced at the
District Convention and are now available for purchase.  The DVD is $11.00
and the sun catcher is $6.00.  These prices include shipping. Please make
checks payable to the Texas District. Send payment to John Goeke, 1013
Deepwater Rd., Brownwood, TX 76801.  For more information contact John Goeke
at jagdeepwater at yahoo.com or call him at 325-784-7870.
 
Podcasting a Convention
All four podcasts from the 57th Texas District Convention now online!
The Texas District's podcasts of the Centennial Convention in Houston held
June 22 - 25, 2006 are now all available online. Links for each podcast may
be found by clicking here.

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CONCORDIA SEMINARY REPRESENTATIVE IN TEXAS 

A representative from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, will be in Texas IN
September at the meeting sites listed below.

Prospective Seminary students of all ages and their families are invited to
meet with him on the following dates and locations: 

Monday, September 11, 3:00 - 8:00 p.m., Concordia University-Austin, 3400
Interstate 34 N,  Austin, TX  78705-2799, (512) 486-2000  

Tuesday, September 12, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Concordia University-Austin,
3400 Interstate 34  N, Austin, TX  78705-2799, (512) 486-2000  

Tuesday, September 12, 4:30 - 7:00 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, 300 N.
Grimes, Giddings, TX 78942, (979) 542-2918  

Wednesday, September 13, 5:00 - 7:30 p.m., Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2306
Appleby Sand Road, Nacogdoches, TX 75965, (936) 564-6729  

Printed materials will be distributed.  Meetings are individual and
confidential. While no appointment is necessary, those wishing to designate
a specific meeting time may do so by calling the individual meeting sites
listed above. 

If you are unable to meet with the Seminary representative but would like
more information, contact the Admissions Office, Concordia Seminary, 801
Seminary Place., St. Louis, MO 63105; 1-800-822-9545; admissions at csl.edu.


Claudetta Theiss
Office of President Jim Linderman
7900 E. Highway 290
Austin, TX 78724
1/800/951-3478
1/512/926-4272 
1/512/926-1006(Fax)