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Minister to Minister
Friday, July 30, 2010
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In our prayers:

Rev. Arnulfo Dominguez, father of Rev. Ruben Dominguez (El Buen Pastor, 
McAllen), who had surgery on Thursday after falling and breaking his hip.

Rev. & Mrs. Kevin (Kathleen) Tiaden (St. Paul, Wichita Falls) and 
daughter Tricia, whose skull surgery has been rescheduled for Tuesday, 
August 3.

Rev. Leo Vigil (Em., Harlingen) in Valley Baptist Hospital in Harlingen.

Missionaries

Rev. Seungwoong Ok, Hilltop Lutheran Church of Houston, LINC
Rev. Patrick Miller, Waters Edge, Frisco
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Ministry Calls Ordained:

Accepted

Rev. James Kretzmann to Mt. Calvary, Raymondville

Declined

Rev. James Kretzmann to Sangre de Cristo and Christ Our Savior, Angel 
Fire, NM

Undecided
Rev. Joseph Adams, Woodburn, IN to Beautiful Savior, Houston
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Attention all Professional Church Workers and their spouses!

As servants of Christ and His Church, it’s all about the Word of God—we 
depend on it; we teach it; we serve with it. We also benefit from 
concentrated times away to feed on it. That’s what the Texas District’s 
“Retreat on Prayer and Spirituality” is all about.

Of course, for us as Lutherans, even a prayer retreat is really all 
about the Word of God—receiving it and responding to it. That’s why 
Luther set up the Catechism that way: Word of God in Law and Gospel, and 
then responding in Word-of-God-guided prayer.

The annual prayer retreat, this year is October 4-6, at the Canyon of 
the Eagles Resort (www.canyonoftheeagles.com)
It is the perfect time and place to live in (or get into) that rhythm of 
Word of God and prayer (1 Tim 4:5). I go every year now and my only 
regret is that I waited so long before trying it out! So I strongly 
encourage you to go to the Texas District website at www.txdistlcms.org, 
and then click on the link to “Retreat on Prayer and Spirituality.”

You can choose from three different tracks:

* Track I (101) - Introduction and foundation to Prayer & Spirituality 
Formation
* Track II (Alumni) - Going deeper, less structure, more time for prayer 
solitude
* Track III (Self-led) - No structure, self-directed free time

All tracks provide a way to get away for a couple of days with nothing 
else to do except spend time in the Word of God and prayer. You’ll be 
glad you did; you’ll be blessed by God through His Word; and the people 
you serve will also be blessed by God at work through you.

Rev. Ernie Bernet, St. Mark Lutheran Church, Mineral Wells, TX; member 
of the Texas District Commission of Prayer and Spiritual Formation; 
co-facilitator of Track I at the prayer retreat; and doctoral student in 
Lutheran Spirituality.
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