The 2009 Salary Guidelines for Rostered People are
available online as a PDF here.
Registration Open for the 2009
ELCA Youth Gathering
from November-December
Seeds for the Parish
The excitement has begun! Online
registration for the 2009 ELCA
Youth Gathering in New Orleans
opened September 15th and will
close on January 15, 2009,
unless the maximum of 36,000
participants is reached earlier.
The
2009 gathering will be a
different experience than
previous gatherings. Based on
Philippians 2:1-8, the 2009 ELCA
Youth gathering will look and
feel more like a servant school.
The focus of the program is
God’s call to servanthood and a
deepening understanding of basic
Christian practices related to
servanthood.
The daily programming for the
Gathering will feature
intentional preparation, action,
reflection and celebration. The
program will also include
worship, music, speakers, Bible
study, community service,
recreation, learning
opportunities, the Interaction
Center and a lot more.
To register, prepare for or
learn more about the 2009 ELCA
Youth Gathering,
visit the Web site.
The Gathering staff and its
planners have been closely
monitoring the hurricane
conditions in New Orleans and
the Gulf Coast. While some areas
have been hit hard, the impact
of this season’s hurricanes in
the Gulf Coast region has not
diminished the ability and
commitment of the city of New
Orleans and the ELCA to safely
host the 2009 ELCA Youth
Gathering.
More
than half of the 66 bishops of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
(ELCA), and five bishops of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) are
visiting the Middle East, Jan. 6-13, 2009.
Bishop Wayne N. Miller and his wife, Pam,
are among the participants. Bishop
Miller has started a blog about the trip
that is available at
http://www.crosstheborders.blogspot.com/.
More information about the conference is
available online
here.
Related Links
Blog
-- Follow the participants for the
latest updates from the Bishops' Academy
in the Holy Land.
Peace Not Walls --
A campaign of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America to learn, pray
and
act for peace with justice in
the Holy Land.
Bishop Wayne N.
Miller discusses the mission of the Church.
Photograph courtesy of Ms. Jan Boden, director,
communications and marketing, LSTC
The synod held this year's final
All-synod Worship Service and education event on
November 30, 2008, at the Lutheran School of Theology at
Chicago, 1100 E. 55th St., Chicago, IL 60615.
Photographs of the event are available
here.
Participants at the
Antiracism Town Hall Event and Worship service.
Photograph courtesy of Ms. Kristin Holm, seminarian,
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
On Sunday, November 2,
2008, at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
(1100 E. 55th St., Chicago, IL 60615) more than 100
people gathered for a candid conversation, facilitated
by the synod's Antiracism Team, regarding the state of
race. The conversation was followed by a worship service
of healing and reconciliation. Photographs are
available
here. For more information about
antiracism efforts in the synod, visit the synod's
antiracism Web page.
The IRS has issued Revenue Procedure
2008-72 announcing the 2009 standard mileage rates. The
optional standard mileage rate for business miles will
be 55 cents per mile beginning January 1, 2009.
More
than half of the 66 bishops of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
(ELCA), and five bishops of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) are
visiting the Middle East, Jan. 6-13, 2009.
Bishop Wayne N. Miller and his wife, Pam,
are among the participants. Bishop
Miller has started a blog about the trip
that is available at
http://www.crosstheborders.blogspot.com/.
mcselca.org.