COVID-19 Resources centralized for easy access to the information you need

Please see our COVID-19 Resources page by clicking on the link below (also found in our Quick Links section on the bottom left of or home page) or select one of the links to a specific section using those links below.

https://bit.ly/SOS-COVID19

New information in the COVID-19 Resources section you need to know about:

1. New checklists relevant to congregations and members.

2.  CARES Act: Information and resources for congregations and individuals

3. CDC Cleaning and Disinfection for Community Facilities: Read this to be ready when congregations can safely meet together again.

4. Link to Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services website. This link is under the ODH CDC Who Resources and Mental Health Resources sections.

• CARES Act
• Notes from the Bishop
• SOS Resources
• ELCA Resources
• ODH CDC WHO Resources
• Worship & Study Resources (Includes links to online worship and Bible studies)
• Mental Health Resources
• Conference & Web Services
• Prayers

Did you miss our post about May 1? Here it is below. Please share with your congregation leaders. Look for an email from Bishop Dillahunt next week and an invite to the April 30 (11 am) conference call.

With May 1 only a short time away, please be thinking about what congregational life should look like, knowing that the COVID-19 virus is still here and there is no cure or vaccine. Bishop Dillahunt and her advisory team are following Governor DeWine's daily press conferences to determine best practices you and your congregation can apply as the Stay at Home Orders are lifted. It is likely that the Governor's team will have recommendations for congregations by the end of this week or early next week.

'Keeping Stewardship Strong in Uncertain Times' workshop offered again for those who missed it the first time!

In the middle of the pandemic chaos, one SOS congregation following the program outlined in this virtual workshop saw over $500k in leadership gifts for their capital campaign. Find out how your congregation can encourage giving even during uncertainty. April 23 at 11 am EDT.

Beware scams during this time of COVID-19: Please share these resources with your congregation and family

'Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.' Matthew 10:16

Video of Pr. Mike Ward's online stewardship workshop available now

Pr. Mike Ward's 'Keeping Stewardship Strong' workshop has been so in demand, that not only are we offering the workshop again on April 23, Pr. Ward has made available a recording of the workshop for you to share with your leadership team.

Bishop Eaton's Earth Day message

As Christians we are guided by the promise expressed in our social statement that we are empowered "to be loving servants to creation." It is our duty to care for God's earth.

MIF and ELCA Credit Union is here to assist customers during this COVID-19 crisis

Both the Mission Investment Fund and the ELCA Federal Credit Union have expressed the willingness and capacity to offer assistance to our investors and borrowers who are facing hardship during the COVID-19 crisis.

ELCA Worship News for April 2020

When our hearts are wintry, grieving, or in pain your touch can call us back to life again, fields of our hearts that dead and bare have been; love is come again like wheat arising green. (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 379)

SOS Lutheran Men in Mission starting weekly Bible Study

Connect with Dave Drumm to get on the email list and begin connecting spiritually with others in our synod during this time of isolation.