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Recent Synod Update
View the latest Synod Update in its entirety: Jan. 31, 2012 or Synod-Update-Jan.31
CORRECTION TO JAN. 31 UPDATE
(View previous updates below)
SYNOD UPDATE LINKS
Below is a list of links that were mentioned in recent Synod Updates….
- Certificate in Theology and Congregational Leadership, from Wartburg Theological Seminary (WTS)
- E-News from Wis. Council of Churches
- Ecumenical Women’s Retreat – BOLD FAITH, April 13-15
- Lent Discussion Group on the Middle East — See FLYER and BULLETIN INSERT
- From Chick Lane – “The Pastor and Stewardship” and “Watch Your Pronouns”
- Lutefisk Supper, Our Savior’s, Westby – Feb. 4
- ELCA Mission Support for 2010 (or same info as black and white copy HERE)
- COUPLES’ RETREAT at Sugar Creek Bible Camp, Feb. 10-12
- LSTC (Lutheran School of Theology-Chicago) Re-Structuring Plan
- Endowment Board article
- December Insert to The Lutheran from our synod
- Warming Center Brochure
- Background for the organization of Journey Lutheran Church
- Central America Flooding – bulletin insert
- Pr. Dana’s October newsletter from Peru
- ELCA Awards – Fund for Leaders Full Scholarship, BULLETIN INSERT
- ELCA Awards – Fund for Leaders Full Scholarship, FLYER
- WCC (Wis. Council of Churches) – Concealed/Carry Memo to congregations regarding new Wis. law
- First Call Theological Education (FCTE) event brochure
- NAAC (North American Assoc. for the Catechumenate) Regional Training Institutes in 2012; see letter of introduction and brochure, one event held in Minneapolis
- Hurricane Irene – Send aid to ELCA Disaster Response and find worship resources here
- Legislative Updates from the 2011 ELCA Churchwide Assembly
- Liberia needs your old LBWs! flyer- shipping instructions
- Info Regarding the “Concealed/Carry” Law coming out in Wisconsin
- Horn-of-Africa-Drought-2011-PowerPoint
- Go to ELCA website for bulletin insert, to make a donation, etc.
- White House Partnerships Gathering with faith-based and neighborhood grops
- Severe Drought in Ethiopia and Kenya
- LSS (Lutheran Social Services) Request for Donations
- Endowment Fund Board Seminarian Scholarship – bulletin insert
- LSS (Luth. Social Services) Ambassadors for Adoption program for children ages 9-15 from the Phillipines – see letter and bulletin insert
- A Spirituality of Fundraising, by Pr. Libby Howe
- How to Get Young People to Church – link shared by Campus Minister Paul Petersen
- Wis. ELCA Bishops Policy Letter
- ELCA Policy Statement on Workers’ Rights
- Bishop Rogness, St. Paul Area Synod, “Government is not the enemy”
- Luther College Grace Institute for Spiritual Formation Program VI
- ELCJHL bulletin insert (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land)
- I Am Grateful – by Jerry Hoffman
- Flexible Spending Acct Info
- Generations-of-Generosity article
- LSS Adoption-Foster Care News – LSS-Adoption-Foster-Care-News
- Fellowship-Recovering-Luth-Clergy
- Seminarian-Scholarship-Challenge
- Group Spiritual Direction for Pastors
- LWR in Pakistan
- From sermon, “Give in Proportion to What God has Given You”
- LSS Financial Counseling
- Pros and Cons of Social Networking article
