Lutherans For Life Position

LUTHERANS FOR LIFE POSITION DESCRIPTION
TITLE: Renewal For Life Director
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POSITION SUMMARY
Provides leadership and oversight of all aspects of Renewal For Life to the end of
fulfilling its mission to equip Lutheran congregations to be Gospel-motivated voices For
Life. The Renewal For Life Director is directly responsible to the National Director of
Lutherans For Life.
ESSENTIAL CORE VALUES
1. Express a zeal and passion for dealing with the life issues that flows from the love of
Jesus Christ
2. A servant’s heart based in the servanthood of Jesus Christ.
3. A member in good standing of a Lutheran congregation.
4. A commitment to the Biblical view of marriage and family (As instituted in Genesis
2:24).
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
1. Provide leadership for Renewal For Life (RFL).
2. Develops efficient business processes for all aspects of RFL.
3. Oversee the recruitment, training, and equipping of the RFL staff including Regional
Directors and support staff.
4. In cooperation with the Director of Communications, develop and coordinate
publications and media related to RFL. This would include brochures, displays, web
site, presentations, etc.
5. Partner with State Affiliates, Chapters, Life Ministry Coordinators, Life Team Leaders
and Life Teams to work in unity to carry out RFL’s mission.
6. Assist in fundraising projects as well as cultivate donors and prospects whenever
possible.
7. Provide leadership for the Assistant RFL Director in developing reports and other
information from Donor Perfect, Access databases and other data sources. This
information may be provided to the National Director, Board of Directors, Regional
Directors and others.
8. Set forth RFL annual operating plan in order to stay on track with Lutherans For Life
(LFL) Strategic Plan
MARGINAL FUNCTIONS
1. Marketing of RFL resources
2. Leads or provides for staff meetings and devotions in the National Director’s
absence.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Knowledge of
Lutheran doctrine and practice among all Lutheran bodies.
Life issues, including biological, scientific, social, and political dimensions.
Lutherans For Life and its mission and vision.
Skilled in
Project management
Leading, motivating, and mentoring a team of professionals to share the For Life
message in their respective geographic areas
Communicating the vision of RFL to Regional Directors, RFL and LFL staff, Pastors,
and congregational representatives
Able to
Implement the RFL portion of the LFL strategic plan and annual operation plan
Work with the many people resources of LFL, both staff and volunteers, so as to
foster serving together toward the common goal of accomplishing RFL’s mission and
vision. 
Relate well to people gaining their trust and support
Travel up to 25%
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Communication, Marketing, or a related
field.
EXPERIENCE
5 years of progressively responsible work experience.  Supervision of others working
locally and remotely.  Prefer experience in nonprofit organization.
Lutherans For Life
1120 South G Avenue
Nevada, IA 50201-2774
888.364.LIFE
Fax 515.382.2077
info@lutheransforlife.org

St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone

The Piece Sewers (Peace Sewers) at St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone meet on Thursdays from January through April. This year 84 quilts were completed.The quilts were donated to Lutheran World Relief, the seminary, the Camp IO-DIS-E-CA quilt auction, and some local shelters. Contact Alice Junge (319.442.3634) or Eleanor Roquest (319.442.3526) for more information about this wonderful work.

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Trinity Lutheran Church in Vinton

On May 20^th, Pastor Clarke Frederick retired, and the church held a reception for Pastor and Zoanne following church service. The parish hall was filled to overflowing with well-wishers who wanted to say goodbye. A short slide program retraced Pastor Frederick’s 22 years at Trinity. A number of people reminisced of times with Pastor and the elders presented the Fredericks with a beautiful engraved clock from the church. The Fredericks have settled into their new home in Mason City, IA.

 Summer has been very busy for Trinity. The evangelism board  built a float for the local parade with Sunday School children and parents riding. The church played on the parade theme “A Community of Heroes” with banners proclaiming “Jesus isn’t just a hero, He’s our Savior!” and “Our God is an Awesome God!” and playing Christian music throughout the route.  The float was very well received by the parade goers and 600 Christian bracelets were handed out to young people along the route.

Our church also joined 6 other churches in our circuit to have a booth at the Benton County Fair. Families walking by could pick up wooden crosses, pencils, bookmarks and fans. In addition, the churches went together to purchase 300 DVD’s  - “ Road to Emmaus” to give out to interested families for free. Our Thrivent Chapter  helped pay for these DVD’s.

Summer Sunday School ran from June through July. During the summer Hailey Twaites and Emma Voyles achieved their Growing in Christ Pin Awards for learning who Christ was, what He did during His ministry, and the Easter Story from the entrance into Jerusalem through the last supper, trial, death and resurrection.

VBS was held at the end of July. The children took an Amazing Desert Journey and learned that God forgives our sins, provides for our needs, gives us strength to avoid temptation and sent His Son so that we could be forgiven and have eternal life with Him in heaven. Lessons were interwoven with action songs, puppets and crafts. A big hit was that each child got to color their own t-shirt. Vacancy Pastor David Lingard led openings and taught the children about the sanctuary furnishing and liturgy.

On August 5^th, Stephen Preus was ordained and installed as our new Pastor. We are very happy to welcome him and his wife, Margaret to our Trinity family.

St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone

It was a very special day here at St. John - Keystone on Sunday, July 22nd when we witnessed a number of baptisms and confirmations all in one day! Baptized were Crisstian Davidson, Charles Davidson Jr., Amber Davidson, Mikaela Hickle, and Desiree Brunssen. Confirmed were Blake Mather, Amber Davidson, Mikaela Hickle, Clayton Kahle, and Desiree Brunssen. Following worship that morning, Kobe and Marina Sindt were baptized privately. The Reverend Richard Osslund (not pictured) officiated at these confirmations and baptisms.

Pictured are right to left: Clayton Kahle, Mikaela Hickle, Blake Mather, Desiree Brunssen, Amber Davidson, Crisstian Davidson, and Charles Davidson Jr.

Higher Things

Over the course of four weeks in June and July, more than 45 youth and adults from the IDE participated in TWELVE, the 2012 Higher Things conferences. Higher Things is an RSO of the LCMS and has been putting on conferences, publishing a magazine and daring youth to be Lutheran for 12 years.

Last summer's conferences were held in Winston-Salem, NC at Wake Forest University; Maryville, MO at Northwest Missouri State University; Irvine, CA at Concordia University; and St. Catharines, ON at Brock University/St. Catharines Seminary. Over 1900 people worshipped, worked and played together while learning about the church here and triumphant. The Lord does twelves, or so we heard. Twelve tribes of Israel; twelve apostles; and twelve by twelve by a thousand in Revelation. When the Lord does twelve, the Lord saves.

We also worshipped four times a day with the historic church in the services of Matins, Vespers, Evening Prayer and Compline. As if that couldn't get better, we communed with the church triumphant during a Divine Service to both open and close the conference.

All of the work we did earned us a little free time to play. There were bouncy houses, comedians, scavenger hunts, square dances, trips to the Pacific Ocean and Niagara Falls, and more. No one knows how to have a good time better than Lutheran youth!

The conferences for 2013 will be under the theme of From Above. They will be in Scranton, PA at the University of Scranton; West Lafayette, IN at Purdue University; and Tacoma, WA at Pacific Lutheran University. Check out fromabove2013.org for more information. Registration opens November 1st!

Crysten Sanchez
Director of Family Life Ministry
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Mount Vernon, Iowa
319-895-8772
Cell - 319-389-0105

Immanuel Lutheran Church in Fairfield

Immanuel Lutheran Church's Weekday classes, along with Jefferson County Right to Life (JCRTL) organization, erected crosses representing the 135 lives lost to abortion every hour in the United States. After placing the crosses, JCRTL served walking tacos to the 38 helpers. The confirmation class and adults then heard a speaker from Heartland Pregnancy Center in Ottumwa tell of the work they do to assist in crisis pregnancies. The crosses will be up until November 4th to give witness to the value of each life to our Lord.