Keep Your Lay Leaders Supported, Inspired, & Connected

Dear Ministers,
Coming to mailboxes this February will be the first-ever edition of a new quarterly publication intended to deliver stories for our leaders.

Every rostered minister and congregation will automatically receive a copy, yet this publication may be an encouragement to council members, worship leaders, youth leaders, and staff as well. Help build our lay leader mailing list by either 1) adding the names of those individuals to the form below, or 2) forwarding this email so they may add their own names.

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Sometimes in the life of the Church, it can feel as though nothing really changes. Yet, at the Synod Council meeting for July 2019, a big change was passed: Our Synod will be selling our office building on Perry Highway and looking for a new location to rent office space.

Hear more about how pursuit of our mission has prompted this move from Bishop Kurt Kusserow and Vice President Barbara Nugent:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ac05KnlN-jA

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The month of September has traditionally been a time for Assistant to the Bishop Gatherings in Conferences, and under the synod relational models used in the past, this was a chance for Rostered Ministers to gather with “their” assigned assistant for breakfast and/or lunch, to receive a list of upcoming synodical events, and to gather in fellowship and sharing.

This year, we are not scheduling these conference gatherings in the fall, but instead are looking to new ways to gather as a ministerium.

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