Dear Rostered Leader,
As we enter a new year, there are several items that require your urgent attention:
1. Confidential Reports to the Bishop: The constitutionally required Annual Confidential Reports to the Bishop are now available. Please set aside time to complete and return your report to Bishop Burkat. Deadline is Feb. 15, 2014. Reports can be downloaded from the ELCA website at http://tinyurl.com/reportstothebishop . You can download the form you need by clicking the Synod tab in the window. You are welcome to email your responses to each question to [email protected]. You can also complete, print and mail the report to:
Bishop Claire Burkat
Southeasten Pennsylvania Synod
Weidemann Center
7241 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19119
2. Parochial reports: If you are called by a congregation, the constitutionally required yearly parochial reports were mailed to your church from the ELCA mid-December 2013 and must be completed. You can complete them online at http://tinyurl.com/formAandC or mail them to:
Ms. Cynta Outterbridge
Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod
Wiedemann Center
7241 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19119
If you need a report or password contact Cynta at [email protected] or 267-323-3742. The deadline is February 15, 2014.
3. Year-end close: Please share with your treasurer/financial officers that the Synod's books for 2013 close January 31. Any Mission Support or other contributions that you wish credited to 2013 must be in the Synod office on or before Jan. 31, 2014.
4. Mission Support intents: Our Synod's fiscal management depends on receiving timely statements of your intent for 2014 Mission Support. Please use the form available at http://ministrylink.org/equipping/resources/2014-statement-of-congregational-intent/ to share your congregation's intent as soon as possible. Intents should be submitted to the Synod in care of the Finance Office or you may email your completed 2014 Mission Support Intent Form to me at [email protected].
5. 2014 Remittance Form: May be downloaded from our website. Please use this form when submitting your Partnership Support and other donations to the synod. The form is available at http://ministrylink.org/equipping/resources/2014-remittance-form/
Mark your calendar, our next Synod Assembly will be held at the Franconia Mennonite Meetinghouse, Friday, May 2 to Saturday, May 3, 2014. Blessings for a wonderful year and beyond.
Sincerely,
Yvonne F. Curtis, M. S.
Director of Operations and Executive Assistant to the Bishop
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