Deep appreciation to Larry Arganbright for volunteering to be the new treasurer/registrar for our ELCA Senior Pastors conference. Larry & Sharon are already...
Thanks to Pastor Bruce Wilder for passing on these helpful reports... I am forwarding several things. The ELCA information comes from ELCA office for...
We are in the process of developing some new position descriptions for music staff. If you have any position descriptions for music staff, particularly in the...
Rev. Paul Olson
polson@...
Oct 29, 2003 10:25 pm
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Greetings all! I'm one who likes to learn from others experience. (Now, some folks call that "stealing ideas", but I don't think we have to be that crass ...
David Schulte
dschulte@...
Nov 4, 2003 8:33 pm
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We are looking to add a 5th (that should sound appealing to most Lutherans! I'll be curious to hear what others have done too. We decided in the spring of...
Glenn Zorb
glennz@...
Nov 5, 2003 3:03 pm
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Was sent this email from a church that worships 640 souls weekly. Maybe you know someone... ... ...
1. We will have world expert (noted speaker & author) Dr Justo Gonzalez on developing world opportunities for ministry. 2. You will have unique opportunity to...
"Large" Sisters and Brothers, Have you looked at the January issue of "The Lutheran" and read the article about the state of the church? Kenn Inskeep, director...
David Hoffman
dhoffman@...
Jan 6, 2004 9:13 pm
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Here is the reply I received from Kenn Inskeep. ... From: Kenneth Inskeep [mailto:KINSKEEP@...] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:02 AM To:...
David Hoffman
dhoffman@...
Jan 6, 2004 9:14 pm
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1. Thanks to conference chair Bill White for flying down to Dorado, Puerto Rico this week to make final arrangements for our May conference. It's a tough job,...
We are creating a Wedding Co-ordinator position job discription and a new wedding guidlines booklet to give to couples who want to be married here at All...
Glenn Zorb
glennz@...
Jan 20, 2004 9:37 pm
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We are in same process. Same request. Thanks! Dave Schulte Zion Lutheran of Helotes ... From: Glenn Zorb [mailto:glennz@...] Sent: Tuesday,...
David Schulte
dschulte@...
Jan 21, 2004 3:11 pm
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Hey Folks: Our wedding booklet, fee schedules, and other stuff is at http://www.stmatthewlutheran.org/wedding.htm I haven't been to a wedding rehearsal for 15...
Good evening, I'm soliciting the mutual wisdom of this group. I am planning for my sabbatical leave this May through July. Following the Senior Pastor...
Pastor Dave Peterson
pastordave@...
Jan 24, 2004 5:07 am
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Dear Dave: Blessings on your sabbatical! I, too, will be enjoying my own sabbatical from June to August. I have incorporated some D.Min. coursework at Fuller,...
Pastor Bruce Wilder
faithwbw@...
Jan 24, 2004 5:19 pm
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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Ministry: You are busy...so I will make this as brief as possible. Here at Faith, we have the SPCBC (Staff Policy, Compensation,...
Pastor Bruce Wilder
faithwbw@...
Jan 27, 2004 3:16 pm
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Friends in Christ: This just in from one of our members who is CEO of a local business.... ...
Pastor Bruce Wilder
faithwbw@...
Jan 27, 2004 3:21 pm
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 Just wanted to see what the rest of you are doing about expenditures throughout the year that are not a part of the approved budget. Right now, according...
Scott Suskovic
suskovic@...
Jan 27, 2004 3:41 pm
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Dear Scott: Any extra-budgetary spending must be approved by the Church Council. We place no dollar or % limit on the amount. The only "limits" placed on ...
Pastor Bruce Wilder
faithwbw@...
Jan 27, 2004 3:48 pm
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Our raises each year are determined by evaluations of each employee done by the supervisor and one person on the Personnel Committee. We then secure a "pool"...
Scott Suskovic
suskovic@...
Jan 27, 2004 4:41 pm
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Hi, Our congregation just amended from a set dollar amount to a percentage of the budget last year. With a budget our size, we thought 3% was plenty... LH ......
Len Halvorson
len.halvorson@...
Jan 27, 2004 6:23 pm
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There were recent requests for sample wedding booklets. We use a large Publisher file; but I have reduced it to small Word file without graphics. Contact me if...
1. Wanted to mention that our message board does have a virus filter. Same service already caught two viruses sent to me today (see below). Another good...
Since you are busy talking about financial things - I was wondering if anyone has a credit card that pays cash back? We use a card for our church, but we...
Scott et al, You asked for good site for airline deals.... There are a number of links and travel details at our conference webiste http://www.LargerChurch.com...
Bethel is currently building a bigger sanctuary, and we will likely need a substantial number of LBWs and WOVs. Is anyone out there just storing a bunch of...
Norm Wahl
wahl@...
Jan 28, 2004 2:20 pm
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Scott, I watched Orbitz, Cheap Tickets, etc. for six weeks. Best up to now was Cheap Tickets, $447 per person from Charleston. . . you can probably do better...
whoopa1@...
Jan 28, 2004 4:14 pm
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Dear Pastors, I've found a 62 foot catamaran about 45 minutes from our hotel that can take 50 people out on an all day sailing, snorkeling, and sunset cruise...
Scott Suskovic
suskovic@...
Jan 28, 2004 9:03 pm
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Too many messages??? The message board has grown in the past few weeks to include the great majority of the 250 ELCA churches that qualify for the annual...
I realize that we are all over the page on different issues regarding the church. But perhaps someone shares this passion. I am concerned about the future of...
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