Nominating Committee Announces Nominees for Synod Seats
The report of the Nominating Committee has been posted to the synod website. Click here for the list of nominees for synod officers, members of the synod council and voting members to the 13th Biennial Churchwide Assembly of the ELCA. Additional nominations may be submitted on opening day of the synod assembly, using a form that will be available that day. |
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Reports, Three Resolutions Now Online
Begin reading now for the 2012 Annual Assembly of the New England Synod. Online you'll find reports from Bishop Margaret G. Payne and other synod leaders, as well as the agenda, assembly rules, synod constitution, financial reports and the 2013 compensation guidelines. There also are three resolutions for your consideration on ELCA World Hunger (12-01), the ELCA Malaria Campaign (12-02) and support for the prevention of and treatment for depression in rostered leaders (12-03). Please note that NO printed copies of these reports will be produced. Voting members are asked to print their own material for synod assembly. |
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Sherry McKay,
Grace, Auburn, Maine |
Mission Trip to Honduras Is Hard Work, but Rewarding
From April 16-23, two dozen people from 12 congregations (including 10 synod congregations) traveled to Honduras for a week-long mission trip organized by the Global Mission Team of the New England Synod. It was not what you'd call a typical "spring break." In Yuscarán, the group continued construction of a new worship space , which began in 2005. It was hard work, but a rewarding experience, nevertheless. Read more to learn how deeply this experience affected these Lutherans serving as God's hands, doing God's work in Honduras. |
Love and Prayer = Healing at Gloria Dei
 Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Providence, R.I., is an urban congregation fighting poverty and injustice in a city which has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, especially among those who are Hispanic. This week, on the synod website, we continue our series on the ministry of urban congregations with the story of Michael and his Gloria Dei family, navigating together through times of desperate illness in the power of prayer and the Holy Spirit. Read the story. And don't forget to check out Gloria Dei's new website to see the fruits of its ministry and to learn ways to support it. |
