10/08/2014

Southern Ohio Synod E-bulletin for the Week of October 8, 2014

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SAVE THE DATE! 2015 SOS Assembly

June 5-6, 2015 Southern Ohio Synod Assembly at Capital University in Columbus. Assembly plenary sessions will take place on Friday and Saturday, June 5 & 6. Most congregations may send two voting members, plus their rostered leaders.

Please begin identifying your voting members now and plan to attend.

 

Synod News

UPDATE! New Date Added for Regional Listening Posts for SOS Visioning Process Dates Set--Please Mark Your Calendars and Plan to Attend

All lay people of the Southern Ohio Synod are invited to attend one of the Visioning Process Listening Posts in your area during October and November 2014. Please spread the word in your congregation and gather as many people as possible to attend. Your part in the visioning process of the Southern Ohio Synod is crucial. Please note that these listening posts are geared toward lay people, but rostered leaders are also welcome to attend. 

Reminder! Congregations Invited to Send New Mission Interpreters to Information/Training Session on Sat Oct 25 at Synod Office

We invite you to send one person from your congregation to our Mission Interpreter Training Session on Saturday, October 25th at the synod office. This is the second year we have invited congregations that do not yet have a Mission Interpreter to send an interested person to this training. It is our goal in the Southern Ohio Synod to have at least one Mission Interpreter in every congregation. 

Save the Date! Congregational Hunger Leaders' Day at Mid-Ohio Food Bank, Feb 28 2015

In 2015, hunger leaders will gather at the Mid-Ohio Food Bank's warehouse and distribution facility in Grove City where we'll hear from our own Bishop Suzanne Dillahunt, as well as have an opportunity to tour the Mid-Ohio Food Bank facility, meet other like-minded Lutherans, learn how to: effectively promote and maintain a hunger ministry, successfully apply for an ELCA World Hunger Grant, where and how to advocate for hunger issues, and how to get a hunger ministry off the ground if you're just starting out. There's somehthing to learn and apply for everyone! 

New Malaria Videos to Keep Your Fundraising Efforts Going Until We Meet & Surpass Our Goal!

We are thrilled to announce some new ELCA Malaria Campaign materials—three short videos that help to demonstrate the impact of your gifts in Uganda and Burundi. We encourage you to share these videos widely—with your family, congregation and friends. 

Correction to 2015 Compensation Guidelines for Ordained Ministers

An error was identified and has now been corrected between the document approved at the 2014 Synod Assembly and what was posted to the synod website for the 2015 Compensation Guidelines for Ordained Ministers. 

SOS Constitution Task Force Timeline for Revisions--Preparing for Presentation at Assembly

The following letter was submitted to Bishop Dillahunt by the Southern Ohio Synod Constitution Task Force. The letter includes a timeline for revisions, which was presented to and approved by the Southern Ohio Synod Council on September 20, 2014. Bishop Dillahunt and the Synod Council feel the content of the letter and the timeline are important for every member of our synod to know so everyone understands the process that has and is taking place prior to the Synod Assembly voting on the adoption of the revised constitution in 2015. Please share this with your congregation. 

State of Ohio Employees Have Opportunity to Designate Payroll Funds for Lutheran Organizations in Combined Charitable Campaign--Deadline is Oct 17

Which: of the hundreds of individual choices employees may make, of any amount one-time or per pay period, these might be of interest to Lutheran employees (among others) . . . 

Reflections on Congregational Life--'Spirituality Corporate Style' Ready for Download and Sharing

The September 2014 issue of Reflections on Congregational Life addresses the role of a leader in a congregation as it relates to creating and maintaining a particular culture and climate within the congregation. 

 

ELCA News

Update! Registration for Region 6 Immigration & Refugee Consultation, Nov 21-22 at Trinity Seminary is now open

You are invited to attend a special ELCA Region 6 event on Friday, November 21 and Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Seminary. The event is titled 'Immigration and Refugee Consultation' and features representatives from U.S. State Department, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, ELCA, and Lutheran Social Services. 

'Audition to be our next MC' Invitation to Youth to Going to the ELCA Youth Gathering in Detroit

Young people, are you ready to live your faith out-loud? Can you be a witness for Jesus? Imagine welcoming 40,000 high school students, just like you, to the ELCA Youth Gathering in Detroit’s amazing Ford Field! 

ELCA Presiding Bishop Offers Prayer for Africans Impacted by Ebola

The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), offered prayers and a continued commitment to stand alongside people impacted by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. In a Sept. 29 letter to Lutheran leaders there, Eaton expressed her concern for them and the communities in which they serve.

Zimbabwe: Building the Church; News from ELCA Global Missions

n the second largest city in Zimbabwe, an exciting outreach initiative has begun in a downtown location, led by visionary young leaders like Arnold Moyo. 

Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton's October 2014 Article for The Lutheran--'See each other as brother, sister'

In her October column for The Lutheran, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton says the church can model respectful dialogue. When on the giving or receiving end of less-than-graceful communication, she suggests reciting Luther’s explanation of the Eighth Commandment. By doing this, congregational meetings might actually be fun! 

ELCA Members Advocate for Action on Climate Change

Hundreds of members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) were among the more than 400,000 participants in the People’s Climate March in New York City on Sept. 21. The Lutheran delegation joined the People’s Climate Interfaith Contingent, one of the largest groups in the march. 

 

Partners and Affiliates 

Congregational Employers Must Make Their Portico Benefits Selection by Oct 17--Act Now!

During Employer Selection Sept. 15 – Oct. 17, your organization needs to select an ELCA-Primary health benefit option to offer your sponsored plan members for 2015. 

New Preaching Resource from Augsburg Publishing

Sundays and Seasons is the indispensable companion for worship planning that follows the church year and three-year Revised Common Lectionary. Easy to use and rich in content, Sundays and Seasons will enrich every aspect of worship preparation. 

Trinity's Midweek Blast for October 8, 2014

Making All Things New in Theological Education

LOMO Bulletin Insert for October 2014--Professional Leaders Retreats and Holiday Meals

Please share the bulletin insert in your newsletter, bulletin or on a bulletin board so your congregational members know what's happening at our Lutheran Outdoor Ministries in Ohio (LOMO) camps this fall. 

Katharine Hayhoe: Climate Change Evangelist to Speak at Ohio's Earthkeeping Summit 2014 in October

Don't miss this opportunity! Register for Ohio's Earthkeeping Summit 2014 on October 12 and 13th. 

Northwest Ohio Synod Invites SOS Members to Two Upcoming Events in October

Sustaining Disciples in Worship
Saturday, 18 October 2014
Emanuel Lutheran Church Marion, OH 

Can this Church Live?: The Miracle of Life in Forming New Christians 
Monday, 20 October 2014 10:00 am to 1:00 pm 
St. John Lutheran (Windfall) Cardington, OH

Coming This Fall to Wittenberg University--Kenneth H. Sauer Luther Symposium & Festival Choral Eucharist for Reformation 

Please mark your calendars and gather up your family and friends to attend the Wittenberg Series events on October 14 and 26. Guest presenters/preachers are The Rev. Dr. Cheryl Meese Peterson and Bishop Suzanne Dillahunt. 

 

Prayers    

• The Rev. Walter May, Assistant to the Presiding Bishop and Executive for Conference of Bishops
• Pr. Doug Campbell as he receives treatment and recovers from a heart attack 
• Amy, Jeff Davis' daughter, as she undergoes surgery to mend her elbow
• Mrs. Joyce Van Orman and Mrs. Kim Milliam regarding health issues
  

 

Employment Opportunities 

Director of Communications
South Carolina Synod, ELCA

Registrar
Lutheran Outdoor Ministries in Ohio

Praise Worship Director Part-Time
Epiphany Lutheran Church, Dayton

Organist
Zion Lutheran Church, West Jefferson

If your ELCA-affiliated organization or congregation has an open position you'd like to advertise, please send the position description, contact person information and a deadline for submitting applications to sbarton-nonno@southernohiosynod.org.

 

Upcoming Events in Our Synod

 

October 9-11, 2014
ELCA Region 6 Networks for Mission Event
Zoar Lutheran Church, Perrysburg, Ohio

October 9, 2014 10:00AM-12:00PM
Cincinnati Conference Rostered Leaders Event
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Kenwood

October 10-11, 2014
EVENT CANCELED--4G Networking: Word, Witness, Application Intensive
St. John's Lutheran Church, 116 N. 7th St. Zanesville, OH

October 10-11, 2014
Confirmation Discipleship Refined
Camp Mowana Mansfield, Ohio

October 12, 2014 11:00AM-4:00PM
Apple Butter Festival and Silent Auction
Lutheran Memorial Camp Fulton, Ohio

October 14, 2014 10:00-11:30AM
Rostered Leaders New to Synod Meeting
Synod Office, 300 S. 2nd St., Columbus

October 14, 2014 6:00PM
SOS Global Mission Task Force Meeting
Synod Office, 300 S. 2nd Street, Columbus, OH

October 14, 2014 7:30PM
Wittenberg Series: Kenneth H. Sauer Luther Symposium
Bayley Auditorium, Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center, Wittenberg University

October 15, 2014
2015 Youth Gathering Hard Registration Opens

October 15, 2014 11:30AM-1:00PM
Springfield Cluster Meeting
Shouvlin Hall, Wittenberg University

October 16, 2014 9:45-11:30AM
Northwest Columbus Clergy Cluster Gathering--Pr. Ralph Wolfe, host
Clinton Heights Lutheran Church, Columbus

October 17-19, 2014
Creation Celebration Retreat Grades 4th-6th
Camp Mowana Mansfield, Ohio

October 21, 2014 10:00AM
5.5 Columbus Cluster Meeting
David Lutheran Church, Canal Winchester, Ohio

October 21, 2014 7:30PM
SOS Visioning Process Listening Post
St. Jacob Lutheran Church, 101 W. Main St., Anna, Ohio

October 23-24, 2014
2014 ELCA Ohio Women Clergy Retreat
Camp Mowana, Fleming Falls Retreat Center, 2276 Fleming Falls Rd, Mansfield, Ohio

October 26, 2014
Lutheran World Federation Sunday

October 26, 2014 7:30PM
Wittenberg Series: Festival Choral Eucharist for Reformation
Weaver Chapel, Wittenberg University

 

To see all events on the synod website calendar click HERE.