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Confidential Reports, Contact Info, and Parochial Reports Due Soon
The Annual Confidential Reports to the Bishop are now available. Please set aside time to complete and return your report to the Bishop. Reports can be downloaded from the ELCA Website at http://tinyurl.com/rosterreport You are welcome to email your responses to each question to bishop@sepa.org. You can also complete and mail the report to:
Bishop Claire Burkat
Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod
Weidemann Center
7241 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19119
In addition to filing your Annual Confidential Report to the Bishop, please download and complete the Roster Leader Personal Contact Form. The Bishop would like to have emergency contact information for all leaders. Your attention to this matter is most appreciated. The Contact Form can be mailed or email to the Bishop at the addresses mentioned above.
If you are called by a congregation, yearly parochial reports were mailed to your church from the ELCA mid-December 2011 and must be completed. You can complete them online or mail them to:
Ms. Cynta Outterbridge
Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod
Wiedemann Center #107
7241 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19119
If you need a report contact Cynta at coutterbridge@sepa.org or 267-323-3742. The deadline for the reports and Contact Form is February 29, 2012.
Mark your calendar, our next Synod Assembly will be held at the Franconia Mennonite Meetinghouse, Friday, May 5 to Saturday, May 6, 2012. Blessings in this New Year and beyond.
Sincerely,
Yvonne Curtis
Director of Operations and
Executive Assistant to the Bishop
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Congregational Audits
Janet Huber Neff, Treasurer of the Southeastern PA Synod, wants to remind your congregation that your reviews or audits are due for 2011 by June 30, 2012. If you are in need of the audit guidelines, please contact the office and we will mail one to you. If you have any questions, please send them to Janet at jneff@sepa.org. |
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2012 Annual Report Cover
The 2012 Annual Report Cover is now available online at the ELCA Website. When our e-store was upgraded this past year, standing orders were not automatically transferred. We sent notification to congregational leaders in advance, but we have recently received a significant number of inquiries. I thought it might be helpful to share some details with you just in case you're experiencing the same types of questions.
Product details
2012 Annual Report Cover ($5.50/pack of 50 copies)
Order online
Order by phone
Feel free to direct phone orders to 800-638-3522
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Lutheran-Anglican-Episcopal Meeting a Sign of Hope for the Church
Lutheran, Anglican and Episcopal leaders from the United States and Canada met in December to explore new possibilities for working together and to deepen their sense of unity for doing God's work in the world. "There was truly a spirit of Advent expectant hope as we met to pray and plan for greater cooperation in ministry and mission," said ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson of the meeting. This was the second annual meeting with the following leaders the Rev. Susan Johnson, national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada; the Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church U.S.A.; and the Rev. Fred Hiltz, archbishop of the Anglican Church of Canada. The group will meet again in 2012, and staff of the four churches >will be invited to provide updates on collaborative work.
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ELCA Health Assessment Open
The confidential 2012 Mayo Clinic Health Assessment is now open. If you have ELCA-primary health benefits, please take 30 minutes by April 30 to complete the assessment. Do it to:
- take stock of your health
- earn a $150 credit to your personal wellness account (eligible spouses who take it earn the credit too)
- help each congregation and organization in our synod earn a 2% discount on 2012 ELCA health contributions.
All congregations and organizations in our synod will receive this discount retroactive to January 1 if 65% of the eligible ELCA-primary plan members and spouses in our synod complete the assessment by April 30.
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Interested in Greening Your Congregation?
Please pass this on to members of your congregation that might be interested.
The ELCA and Lutherans Restoring Creation have partnered to help congregations make the stewardship of creation a focus across congregational life. A local LRC team is forming, led by Kathy Schmick (Reformation, Media) and Debbie Neves (Trinity, Lansdale), who have been trained by LRC to help local congregation teams develop creation care implementation plans.
Kathy and Debbie are offering a 4-hour training for interested congregation members. The workshops are planned for the following dates andlocations:
- Jan, 21, 8:30-12:30 @ Trinity, Lansdale
- Feb 12, 1-5 @ Reformation, Media
- Mar 10, 8:30-12:30 @ Reformation, Media
- Mar 18, 1-5 @ Trinity, Lansdale
- Apr 21, TBA (if needed)
To get more information or to receive an invitation to the training, please contact Debbie Neves by email.
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Seasons Hospce & Palliative Care Seeks Full-Time Hospice Chaplain
We serve hospice patients and families in the five counties surrounding Philadelphia. Our patients and families are served in their homes, long-term care facilities, and hospitals. Our highly compassionate team consists of physicians, chaplains, nurses, social workers, hospice aides, music therapists, and volunteers..CONTACT: Carlise Cartwright, Director of Business Operations at ccartwright@seasons.org
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