SYNOD ASSEMBLY 2017 - Recognition as an Organized Congregation - Address from Pastor Carmen Retzlaff Thank you for starting a mission in Dripping Springs, Texas. New Life is YOUR mission, a mission of this synod and the ELCA. We are charged, together, as followers of Jesus, to go and spread the gospel, the good news of God’s amazing love. The ELCA plants new churches every year, and we were one of those new starts. In 2004, a small group met to discuss whether there could be

Why do we worship as a whole town-wide community once a year? Because we are committed to the healing and unity of the Body of Christ, the whole church. Once a year, we leave our beautiful New Life land and worship with most of the other churches in Dripping Springs, at the stage set up on Mercer Street for the annual town festival - Founders Days. thttp://www.cityofdrippingsprings.com/default.aspx?name=fdf.home This year, One Church worship was April 23. During the year, the