Call Process Manual

• Section 1 - Introduction
• Section 2 - Saying Goodbye
• Section 3 - Starting the Process - Council's Role
• Section 4 - The Call Committee
• Section 5 - Preparing for the Call Meeting
• Section 6 - New Beginnings
• Appendix 01a - Liturgy for Departure
• Appendix 01b - Recognition of an Interim Pastor
• Appendix 01c - Rite of Farewell and Godspeed for an Interim Pastor
• Appendix 02b - No longer in use Congregation Profile
• Appendix 03 - Guidlines for Pastors in Staff Ministries
• Appendix 04 - Guidelines Related to Interim Pastoral Ministry
• Appendix 05 - To Call A Pastor
• Appendix 06 - Some Theological Considerations
• Appendix 07 - Availability for Call Form
• Appendix 08a - Sample Letter Releasing a Candidate After Considering an Availability for Call Form
• Appendix 08b - Sample Letter Inviting a Candidate for an Interview
• Appendix 08c - Sample Expense Form for Candidates Interviewing for Call
• Appendix 08d - Sample Letter Thanking a Candidate for an Interview
• Appendix 08e - Sample Letter Releasing a Candidate After an Interview
• Appendix 09 - Call Process Evaluation Form for Call Committees
• Appendix 10 - Compensation Schedule 2009-2010 updated
• Appendix 11 - Memorandum of Compensation
• Appendix 12 - Letter of Call
• Appendix 13 - Congregational Moving Expense Policy
• Appendix 14a - Call Meeting Agenda
• Appendix 14b - Official Congregational Call Meeting
• Appendix 15 - Pulpit Supply List - November 6, 2009
• Appendix 15a-2 - Call Process Initiation Meeting - Sample Agenda
• Appendix 15B - Transitional Document Review

 

• Confidential Mobility Form for Synod Bishops [PDF]

• Anniversary of Call Review [PDF]
• End of Term Ministry Review [PDF]

• Campus Ministry Structures and Procedures
• Student Registry Form [PDF]
• Contact Ministries "Local Initiative" Grant Application [PDF]

• Global Hunger and Development Appeal Project Applications [PDF]
• New Relationship Between CLWR and the ELCIC [PDF]
• A message from Bishop Pryse - CLWR Issues Emergency Appeal For Haiti [PDF]

• It's Your Call 2009
  • Introductory Letter
  • Bulletin Announcement for January 18, 2009
  • Worship and Sermon Suggestions
  • Bishops' Letter for January 25, 2009
  • Bulletin Inserts
    • January 11, 2009
    • January 18, 2009
    • January 25, 2009
  • Nomination Form & Candidate's Profile
  • Memo to Pastors Re: Follow-up Interviews
  • Interview Form
  • What is a Call to Ministry?
• It's Your Call Youth Resources
  • Worship Service
  • "Called by Name" Skit
  • Hymn Suggestions
• Confirmation Lesson on Vocation
• Leader's Guide [PDF]
• Note to Confirmation Leaders [PDF]
• Section 3 - Worksheet [PDF]
• Section 3 - Bible Passages [PDF]
• Section 4 - Playdough Recipe [PDF]
• Section 5 - Ephesians Passage [PDF]
• Section 6 - Who Wants to be a Minister? [PDF]

• Church Extension and Capital Fund Application [PDF]

• Directory of Congregations and Roster of Ordained/Diaconal Ministers

• Copyright Info
• The Congregation Communicates [Word Document]
• Bourinot for the Baffled
• Church Ad Project
• Video Resources
• Eastern Synod Lutheran
• Policy Statement for The Eastern Synod Lutheran [HTML / PDF]
• Staff Contact

• Compensation Schedule for 2009-2010 [PDF]

Model Constitution for Congregations

• View/download [PDF]
• View/Download in MS Word format - with revisons highlighted [DOC]

Incorporation Documents for Congregations

• Model Corporate Letters Patent for Ontario Congregations [DOC / PDF]
• Model Corporate Bylaws for Ontario Congregations [DOC / PDF]

Conference

• Atlantic [PDF]
• Georgian Bay [PDF]
• Hamilton/Niagara [PDF]
• Kitchener Waterloo [PDF]
• London [PDF]
• Northern [PDF]
• Ottawa/St. Lawrence [PDF]
• Toronto [PDF]

Endowment Fund

• View/download Word file [DOC]
• View/download Word Perfect file [WPD]
• View/download Rich Text file [RTF]
• View/download Acrobat file [PDF]

• Please visit the ELCIC website for further info.

• Directory of Congregations and Roster of Ordained/Diaconal Ministers

• Synod Record of Expense Form [PDF]
• Treasurer's Remittance to Synod Report [PDF / XLS]

• Taking it Home Material
• Renewed Vision for Mission Statement
• Renewed Vision for Mission Video [Low Bandwidth / High Bandwidth]

• LPG Resources

• Mutual Ministry Manual [PDF]

• Guidance for Faith-based Groups from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Pandemic Emergency Plan for the Eastern Synod of the ELCIC [PDF]
• Guidelines for the Celebration of Holy Communion During a Pandemic [PDF]
• Recommendations for Synod Office and Conferences Regarding a Pandemic [PDF]

Eastern Synod

• Campus Ministry Structures and Procedures
• Sexual Abuse or Harassment Policy [PDF]
• Continuing Education Plan - Please visit ELCIC website for further information
• Ethical Guidelines for Pastors not under Call to a Congregation [PDF]
• Grounds for Discipline of Ordained Ministers [PDF]
• Harassment of Clergy, Employees and Volunteer Leaders and Congregational Members [PDF]
• Policy Statement for The Eastern Synod Lutheran [HTML / PDF]
• Privacy Policy Information Brochure [PDF]
• Privacy Policy to Protect Personal Information [PDF]
• Privacy Compliance Practices [PDF]
• Sabbatical Guidelines for Rostered Persons of the Eastern Synod [PDF]
• Transfer of Congregational Records

ELCIC National Church

• Discipline Manual [PDF]
• Guidelines related to On Leave from Call status [PDF]
• Guidelines for Initial Calls [PDF]
• Guidelines for non-Stipendiary Calls [PDF]
• Joint Anglican Lutheran Commission Clergy Guidelines [PDF]
• Joint Anglican Lutheran Commission Worship Guidelines [PDF]
• Guidelines for Religous Ceremonies Involving More than One Faith Tradition [PDF]

• An Introduction
• Policy
• Policy Form

• Bishop Pryse's Letter to Chuck Strahl re: Rights of Indigenous Children and Youth
• Bishop Pryse's Pastoral Letter [PDF]
• Bishop Pryse's Letter to Dalton McGuinty and Michael Gravelle re: The Mining Act [PDF]
  • Attachment: Finding Fairness and Responsibility [PDF]
• Bishop Pryse's Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Premiers re: Climate Change [PDF]
• Bishop Pryse's Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper re: National Poverty Reduction Strategy [PDF]
• Bishop Pryse's Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper re: The Adoption of a Canadian Mental Health Strategy [PDF]
• Bishop Pryse's Letter to Prime Minister Harper re: Canada adopting the "UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous People" [PDF]

• Pulpit Supply List [PDF]

• 2010-2011 Scholarship Details
• 2010-2011 Scholarship Application Form

• A Bibliography and Reviews of print resources of the serving church
• Community Ministry Initiatives - Overview [PDF]
• Community Ministry Initiatives - With Index [PDF]
• Compassion And Service Survey Results – September, 2009
• Service Resources Bibliography [PDF]
• Eastern Synod Justice, Compassion And Service [PDF]

Links:

• Action by Churches Together (ACT) International - A global alliance of churches and related agencies working to save lives and support communities in emergencies worldwide.
• Bread for the World offers resources on food and justice, as well as hunger basics. www.bread.org/howtohelp/index.html
• Canadian Lutheran World Relief www.clwr.org
• Canadian Foodgrains Bank www.foodgrainsbank.ca
• Canadian Association of Food Banks www.cafb-acba.ca
• Citizens for Public Justice - A nonprofit research, education and advocacy organization which responds to God's call for love, justice and stewardship in Canada's public life.
• Development and Peace - The international development agency of the Canadian Roman Catholic Church (similar to GHDA).
• ELCIC Stewardship of Creation - Church wide website for Creation Stewardship, the Greening of Congregations, Communities and the planet
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – World Hunger www.elca.org/hunger
• Evangelicals for Social Action
• Feeding Minds. Fighting Hunger. A site developed and maintained by youth whose goal is a world free from hunger. www.feedingminds.org
• Greening Suggestions for Congregations
• Housing Again - A site dedicated to putting affordable housing back on the public agenda.
• Hunger Theme Page is a set of links reviewed and selected by K-12 educators in BC, on a website called Community Learning Network, Open School BC. www.cln.org/themes/hunger.html
• KAIROS - The ELCIC is a member of KAIROS. Canadian churches working together for justice and peace; KAIROS. Faithful action for justice and peace.
• Online Voice of Sojourners Magazine
• Project Ploughshares - A public grantmaking foundation that supports initiatives for stopping the spread of weapons of war, from nuclear arms to landmines.
• Make Poverty History - Committed to, in 14 words... more and better aid, trade, justice, cancel the debt, end child poverty in Canada.
• The Church Council on Justice and Corrections - CCJC is a national coalition of faith-based individuals and churches who act as a shining light for a more humane way of doing criminal justice.
• The Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition - ISARC was born out of the hope that together a coalition of faith groups could contribute to new public policies based upon greater justice and dignity for Ontarians marginalised by poverty. ISARC is a provincial network of faith groups working together for greater social justice.
• The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance - A broad ecumenical network for international cooperation in advocacy on global trade and HIV and AIDS.
• The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund - The Canadian Anglican response for emergency relief, refugees, development, and justice (similar to GHDA).
• World Hunger Year (WHY) attacks the root causes of hunger and poverty by promoting effective and innovative community-based solutions that create self-reliance, economic justice and food security. The site offers answers to many questions relating to local situations of hunger. www.worldhungeryear.org
• United Nations World Food Program www.wfp.org
• United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization www.fao.org

• ELCIC Stewardship of Creation
• Greening Suggestions for Congregations [PDF]
• Introduction to the Service of Repentance
• Service of Repentance
• KAIROS - Lenten Carbon Fast

• Click here to visit the Synod archives website

• Compensation Schedule 2009 - 2010 [PDF]
• Treasurer's Handbook [PDF]
• 2010 ELCIC Letter to Treasurers [PDF]
• Remittance to Synod Report [PDF / XLS]

• Video Catalogue

• Service Interest Indicator [PDF]

• Waterloo Lutheran Seminary

• Tackle Box
• Tackle Box II
• Tackle Box III
• Tackle Box IV

• A Pastoral Letter to Congregations (from Synod Youth) [PDF]
• BTRU2U Youth & Young Adults Funding Application
• ELCIC Youth Website (Deeper)
• Get your Lutheran Youth Movement gear. Click here to order!
• Youth Ministry Resources [PDF]

• Alberta and the Territories Synod
• British Columbia Synod
• Camp Lutherlyn Golden Lake, Ontario
• Camp Mush-a-Mush Middle Cornwall, Nova Scotia
• Edgewood Camp and Conference Centre Eden Mills, Ontario
• Global Hunger and Development Appeal The standing appeal of the ELCIC
• ISARC The Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition
• KAIROS The ELCIC is a member of KAIROS, Canadian churches working together
• Luther Hostel
• LWF Regional Office for North America Regional LWF Office in North America
• Manitoba - Northern Ontario Synod
• Saskatchewan Synod
• The Anglican Church of Canada Our Full Communion partner
• The Canadian Council of Churches The ELCIC is a member
• The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Our sister church in the USA
• The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Our National Church
• The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guyana Our international Companion Synod
• The Lutheran World Federation The international federation of Lutheran Churches
• The World Council of Churches The ELCIC is a member
• Waterloo Lutheran Seminary