Yikes! 148 pages. What is this, a congressional bill? Rev. Kurt Hering Layton, Utah ____________________________________________________________ Instant Debt...
No a major restructuring of the LCMS corporate that has not been done in a long time. I have not read it yet, but I plan too. There has got to be a better way...
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Pastor Kurt Hering ... Perhaps. Except that these legislators (us delegates) will read it. At least a good number of us will....
Well since they will have to cover their own travel maybe not very many. Sterle ... From: subcutaneous1580 To: LCMS-ISSUES@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,...
Travel & lodging are being covered by the Districts (with assessments getting sent out to the circuits/congregations, just like w/the conventions themselves)....
Personally I just do not think it works well. But that is a personal opinion. Do I know what the fix is? No I don't, but then again like Justice Potter, I will...
... From: Dave Speers ... The unbiblical discipline process of ecclesisastical supervision and dispute resolution. But that wouldn't change, would it? Rev....
i rather doubt it...how about the tendency in the church to believe it is actually serving the mission of the church by doing the work of preparing harvesters...
To understand why I do not think it works well, you must know me. I was a Reserve Chaplain for 11 years and do like the military model. Both for supervision...
I learned today that Thrivent is changing the way it makes funds available to local churches. The people I heard it from did not know any details. If you...
They are doing away with care in congregations whereby congregations got funds from Thrivent for different projects etc. What will happen next Spring. (This...
What has been stated by the Thrivent general agent in our area: individual members will be given "gift dollars". They no longer have to do matching funds to...
That does make sense and I would hope it works out that way, but when I see print outs of our chapter members many of them are unassigned meaning they have no...
"Pastor Sterle" said: "What has been stated by the Thrivent general agent in our area: individual members will be given "gift dollars". They no longer have to...
My husband really wants to bring what he learns in Detroit back to our congregation & get their input on all of it. We are hoping that our pastor can be a...
My husband was the alternate lay delegate for the English District, Curcuit 20. He just got a call that he is now the delegate going to Convention next year....
Whoa! This in not the case for English District. Where did you get that information? Alisa ... From: Rev. Roger D. Sterle To: LCMS-ISSUES@yahoogroups.com ...
Don't expect to learn much. I went to one a couple of weeks ago and they couldn't tell us much. As someone else has said, "they are still working that out."...
It would seem that there are a few assumptions made here that need to be addressed. First, not every delegate at the convention is a pastor. In fact, only...
Not even close, it hasn't hit the 1000 page mark. Just remember, like my Senators and Congressman, they just vote on the bills, they don't even read them! ...
Yes, it certainly is!! At least it's better than (most of) the alternatives. ... From: Don Whitbeck <don1720@...> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:20...
... From: Don Whitbeck ... Gracias. You make the point. Pastor Hering ____________________________________________________________ Instant Medical Insurance ...
Beloved composer, organist, and Lutheran church musician Dr. Paul Manz died on Wednesday evening October 28 after several weeks of hospice care. You can read a...
Oh Yes Vicar, I agree we have a wonderful government. No doubt in my mind. However, millions of people don't have the faith in government or in religion...
Two Kingdom theology is such a comfort. What makes our gov. great is the individual's right to have a private contract in whatever form (individualism) and the...
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Amen Mark, amen. Vicar Rick VanBriggle Genesis Center, A Ministry of St. Thomas Lutheran Church Eastpointe, MI ... From: Mark Sell, Friends of Mercy...
Hi, I am just a layperson but I have a question I was hoping some on here can answer. I recently met someone who goes to a AFLC Church. I looked at the...