Praise the Lord! Update your constitution!
From Beth Helgen 
Thanks to all of you who have undertaken the hard and sometimes thankless work of updating your congregation's constitution! At the 2013 Churchwide Assembly that concluded in August, a number of mandatory amendments to the Model Constitution for Congregations were adopted. The amendments need to be added to your congregation's constitution as soon as possible and approved by your congregation at an annual meeting or other legally called meeting. Amendments adopted by the churchwide assembly do not need presentation at a prior meeting, (See 17.04 in your congregation's constitution for direction about the process.) so if you get busy right now, many of you could have your constitutions ready for approval at your annual meeting! The amendments are available in a Word document: 2013 Amendments to the Model Constitution for Congregations (DOC). Those marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory and must be included in your constitution as they are written and with the identical numbering. If you have questions, please contact Beth Helgen in the synod office. |
RSVP for the Retired Church Workers Luncheon
Sept. 10, 2013, 12:00 noon
Bethlehem, Minneapolis. Retired clergy, Diaconal Ministers, Associates in Ministry, church workers and spouses of the Minneapolis Area and Saint Paul Area Synods are invited to the College of Retired Church Workers Luncheon. Featuring speaker Bob Hulteen, editor and executive director of the Metro Lutheran. He will be focusing on the topic of the 2013 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. Cost is $12.00, payable at the door.
Reservations required. RSVP by NOON on Thursday, Sept. 5 by calling the Saint Paul Area Synod office at 651.224.4313 or emailing cyndi.berg@spas-elca.org.
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Attention Youth Leaders!
Engage your youth groups and congregation in a transformational service-learning project. Saint Paul Partners (a Bega Kwa Bega affiliate) in collaboration with local non-profit H2O for Life provides educational curriculum and activities that inspire youth to take action that will change the lives for students in a partner school in Tanzania (this school can be a primary or secondary school in your part nered village if you are a part of BKB). Learn how you can bring clean water to a partner school.
Join us today by contacting Saint Paul Partners at 612.889.9329 and/or visit www.h2oforlifeschools.org and www.stpaulpartners.org.
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Office closed for Labor Day
The synod office is closed today September 2, 2013, for Labor Day. Regular office hours (M-F 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) will resume tomorrow.
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