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2015 Northeastern
Minnesota Men’s Retreat
February 27 –28
FEATURING Rev. John Sippola & Rev. Noah Johnson
Jonathan Rundman
Musician, songwriter, Per-former, Recording Artist
2012 Northeastern Minnesota Men’s Retreat
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Saturday, February 28th
7:30 am Breakfast/Devotion
8:45 John Sippola/Noah Johnson “Risk Healing Connections”
10:00 Break
10:15 Break Out Session 1
11:30 Lunch
1:00 pm John Sippola/Noah Johnson
“Risk Healing Connections”
2:15 Break Out Session 2
3:15 Open Concert for the Com-munity “Jonathan Rudmand
Friday, February 27th
4:30 pm Registration
6:00 Supper
7:00 Welcome and Worship
7:30 Jonathan Rundman
9:00 Sharing Time
10:00 Free Time
Whitecap Custom Rods will be featured during the retreat. www.whitecaprods.com
“LMM SALSA” - ALL THE INGREDIENTS OF LMM PRO-
GRAMMING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEN TODAY WRAPPED UP INTO ONE GREAT SALSA. COME AND EAT SOME GREAT SALSA AND HEAR ABOUT PROGRAM OPPORTU-
NITES FOR LUTHERAN MEN IN MISSION! - DAVE HOLTZ
MAKING A CUSTOM FISHING ROD—JOHN STEBLEY
CURLING—THE FINE ART OF SPORT WITH ROCKS
SIMPLE MEN’S BREAKFAST COOKING—THE START OF A
GREAT MEN’S MINISTRY PROGRAM”
MANY OTHER SESSIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED
Bring your guitar, harmonica, or other musical
instruments.
Please bring a snack to share!
First Lutheran Church Registration Form
Rev. John Sippola, M.Div.
LTC, Chaplain – ret., has
served as a parish pastor for 20 years and as
a hospital chaplain for 15 years. A LTC
Retired from the Minnesota Army National
Guard, John served as the Family
Assistance Center chaplain in Duluth, MN
during the first Persian Gulf War. During
that time, he helped facilitate a support
group for spouses and parents, and co-led a
support group for the children of deployed
service members.
As a hospital chaplain, he worked
extensively with veterans in chemical
dependency and mental health settings.
From 1997-2000 John served as the
Family Assistance Chaplain for the
State of Minnesota. In 2009, he co-
authored 'Welcome Them Home, Help
Them Heal', which won the Benjamin
Franklin award.
John is convinced that churches have a
strategic role in promoting relational and
spiritual wellbeing of returning veterans
and their families. John is currently pastor
of Elim Lutheran Church of Blackhoof in
Barnum, Minnesota.
REV. JOHN SIPPOLA (USA RETIRED)
First Lutheran Church
First Lutheran is located at 424 S. 8th
Street, Brainerd Minnesota.
REGISTER EARLY FOR A CHANCE TO WIN!
To register, fill out the form below and mail it to:
NE LMM
4791 Lancer Pl Baxter, MN 56425
You can also register by email: Bob Nelson
$40 for repeat attendees (includes registration and meals)
$30 for first time attendees (includes registration and meals)
$65 for attendees who need lodging
(includes double occupancy, registrations and meals)
Name
Address
City State Zip
Phone
Congregation
Register by: February 25th.
Email: [email protected]
REGISTER BEFORE FEBRUARY 15TH AND YOU ARE ENTERED TO WIN A WHITECAP
CUSTOM FISHING ROD!
Featured Speaker
Born and raised in
the isolated Finnish-
American communi-
ties of Michigan’s
Upper Peninsula.
Jonathan Rundman
has been writing
songs and perform-
ing across the country since he was 18 years
old. He emerged on the national music scene
as a Chicago-based touring artist, generating
rave reviews in Billboard. The New York
Times, Performing Songwriter, Paste, and
countless regional publications. Now living in
Minneapolis, he continues to tour and record.
Jonathan’s songs can be heard on radio sta-
tions across America, in Scandinavia and
Finland, and have been featured on televisions
Ellen Degeneres Show and CBS This Morning.
He has performed live on NPR’s Mountain
Stage Radio Show, and on Iowa Public Televi-
sion.
In January 13th, 2015, Jonathan Rundman
will release a new album titled “Look Up.” It
marks a mature new phase in Jonathan’s criti-
cally acclaimed discography. These ten songs
explore themes of technology, linear time and
optimism, and draw from Rundman’s diverse
musical influences including Americana, Nor-
dic fold music, and ‘80’s New Wave pop.
Risk Healing Connections Overview
Whether your congregation is large or small, rural or urban, Risk helps the congregation build on their unique legacy of care to sup-port veterans as they engage in the vulnerable work of the soul. Phase 1: Orientation for Discerning Risk (2014 / 2015) Is there a fit with the vision of Risk and the vision for mission of our congregation? What people, groups or ministries in my congregation might benefit from Risk? What is the role of the pastor, the camp director, the parish nurse, youth director, oth-ers? Who in my congregation might help implement Risk? What are the costs for the pastor? for the congregation? Phase 2 Risk Training for Congregation Care Team (Winter 2016) Pastors of congregations who elect to participate in Phase 2 invite one or two leaders to join them to receive training as the nucleus of a Congregation Care Team (CCT). Congregation Care Teams commit to prepare for training by initiating a personal for-giveness practice for a period of eight weeks. Materials are similar to those used by veterans and will be provided. CCT are trained in four core practices of Risk:
Risk Forgiveness Practices: The Use of the Means of Grace for Forgiveness of Moral Injury, Reconciliation and Restoration to Community.
Risk Forgiveness Circles with Contemplative Listening Risk Safety and Trust: Extreme Hospitality needed for Veterans Wrestling with
Moral Injury plus Post-traumatic Stress. Risk Suicide Awareness, Intervention and Prevention.
Phase 3: Risk Implementation in the Congregation (Fall 2016 / Winter 2017) CCT teams commit to:
Orient the congregation to the four core practices of Risk. Initiate one Risk Forgiveness Circle. Assist in the introduction of Risk into an already existing ministry. Craft a written description of Risk ministry suitable for website, newsletter, etc.
Well-written descriptions create and reinforce individual and public perceptions of safety and trust. They address common concerns, encourage questions, reduce anxiety and set the table for invitation to participate. Well-written descriptions help normalize and institutionalize ministry. They encourage everyone in the congregation to risk healing connections without feeling singled out.
Phase 4: Risk Implementation Nationwide (2016 / 17) Risk spreads to other ELCA Synods, Ecumenical Partners, Outdoor Ministries, Camps and Retreat Centers. Risk Healing Connections is sponsored by Welcome Them Home – Help Them Heal in cooperation with the Northeastern Minnesota Synod, Voyageur Lutheran Ministries and the ELCA Bureau for Federal Chaplaincy Ministries. For more information contact: Rev. John Sippola: [email protected]