Synod Notes

A Mailing from Bishop's Office Intended for Church Leaders

Synod Notes is sent by mail to all clergy and members of Synod Committees and Working Groups. Take a look at what is included in Synod Notes and ask your Pastor or parish administrator for a copy of items that are of interest to you. The pages below are all published using Adobe's Acrobat format.

March / April 2008

• Cover Page
• Index
• Pulpit Supply List
• "Remember the Sabbath" Bulletin Inserts
• Lutherhostel Information Sheet
• "God's Fiesta" Global Worship Event Information Flyer
• Order and Chaos - National Worship Conference Flyer
• Keep In Touch Listing

January / February 2008

• Cover Page
• Index
• Pulpit Supply List

"The Tender Heart: Forgiven and Forgiving" - Lay Spiritual Retreat - April 4-6, 2008

• Invitation Letter
• Flyer
• Registration Form

Eastern Synod Assembly 2008 -- Delegate Registration Fee Details

Eastern Synod Scholarship Fund & Spencer-Barche Education Trust Fund

• Information
• Application Form

Transfer of Congregational Records Policy

Eastern Synod Reunion Youth Worship Service: (February 24, 2008 - Lent 3)

Bishop Pryse' Letter to Prime Minister Harper re Canadian Corporations

Bishop Pryse' Letter to Prime Minister Harper re Poverty

Attention Photographers!

"Time's a-wastin'!" - Bulletin Inserts

November/December 2007

• Cover Page
• Index
• Pulpit Supply List

Additional Synod Scholarship Funds Available!

• Pages 1-2
• Pages 3-6
  

"Life Today: Paul, Romans, You and Me" -- Bishop's Spiritual Retreat for Clergy -- February 17-20, 2008

• Invitation Letter
• Registration
• Agenda
  

"See You Next Week" Book Flyer

Leadership Awards Nomination Form

Eastern Synod Assembly 2008 "Lay Delegate Credential Form

Late Additions

• Eastern Synod Assembly 2008 Registration Fees
• Annual Diaries/Appointment Books

Spetember/October 2007

• Cover Page
• Index
• Pulpit Supply List

In Mission for Others: Taking It Home Event Reminder

Another World is Possible - Challenge for Change Event November 2/3, 2007

• Flyer
• Brochure Inside
• Brochure Outside

A Celebration of Our Partnership in Ministry with National Bishop Susan Johnson - October 17, 2007

A Pandemic-Emergency Plan for the Eastern Synod

• Cover Letter
• Emergency Plan
• Guidelines for the Celebration of Holy Communion During a Pandemic

ELCIC Policy for Protection of Children, Youth and Other Vulnerable People (PPCYOVP)

• Cover Letter
• Protection Policy Commitments

Attention Lutheran Youth Groups and Confirmation Classes

• Confirmation Events Cover Letter
• Confirmation Events Flyer
• Poster - October 20, 2007 Youth Event
• Poster - February 9, 2008 Youth Event
• Poster - April 26, 2008 Youth Event

The Wheat Ridge Fund - Request for Applications

July/August 2007

• Cover Page
• Index
• Pulpit Supply List

New ELCIC Mobility Documents

• Cover Letter
• Availability for Call Letter (Sample)
• Availability for Call Form
• Congregational Mission Profile
• Confidential Mobility Form for Synod Bishops

In Mission for Others: Taking It Home Renewal Events 2007

• Information Page
• Registration Form

Are You a Student Welcoming Church?

A Very Grand Celebration

Project Reunion

Music and Worship at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary

Bishop's Study Conference for Church Workers - October 15-17, 2007

• Flyer
• Registration Form
• Agenda

Worship Conference 2008

• Brochure
• Advertisement

Lutheran Student House - Waterloo

Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance - Trade for People, Not People for Trade Campaign

May/June 2007

• Cover Page
• Index
• Pulpit Supply List

Greening Suggestions for Congegations

Preparing Your Congregation for Disaster

ELCIC Volunteers in Mission

CLWR International Volunteer Service

See It: Feel It: Believe It: Live It

Celebrating Hymn Heritages

March/April 2007

• Cover Page
• Index
• Pulpit Supply List

Government Relations (Ontario)

• Update
• Accessability Letter

Luke, Liturgy and Life

Connecting Worship, Experience, and Sacrament

Benny Retires

Mission and Ministry in the ELCIC: What's at Stake?

A Letter from the Eastern Synod Communication Advisory Committee

Keep in Touch

January/February 2007

• Cover Page
• Index
• Pulpit Supply List

Waving Palms of Hope - Lay Spiritual Retreat

• Invitation Letter
• Flyer
• Registration Form

Pilgrimage of Solidarity to the Holy Land: The People, the Land and the Book

• Invitation Letter
• Registry Form
• Itinerary

Eastern Synod Scholarship & Spencer-Barche Education Trust Fund

• Information Pages
• Application Form

See It, Feel It, Believe It, Live It - ELCIC Young Adult Conference

• Information Page
• Registration Sheet

Reunion - A Project to Assist with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bolivia's Youth Gathering

• Information Letter
• Worship Outline

Summer Ministry Position

Our Budget... Is it a Faith Statement?

November/December 2006

"Our Going Out and Coming In" - Bishop's Spiritual Retreat for Clergy

• Invitation Letter
• Registration Form
• Agenda

Sexual Abuse or Harassment Policy of the ELCIC

• Reminder Note
• ELCIC Policy Document

International Travel Seminar to Mexico

• Information Poster
• Brochure

Refugee Resettlement

• Memo from the Eastern Synod Public Policy Advisory Committee
• CLWR Information Page
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada Application Form

Christmas Wish List provided by the Eastern Synod Stewardship Committee

September-October 2006 Index

• September-October 2006 Cover Page
• Pulpit Supply List
• Evangelical Lutheran Worship - For individual conference posters and registration forms, click here.
• The Wheat Ridge Fund - Request for Applications
• Building a Restorative Community (use of restorative practices within faith communities) - October 28, 2006 - Information Flyer

July-August 2006 Index

• Pulpit Supply List
• Challenge for Change 2006 - October 27 and 28, 2006
  • "The Price of Peace" - Challenge for Change 2006 Flyer  
    
• "The Price of Peace" - Challenge for Change 2006 Brochure (inside)
  
• "The Price of Peace" - Challenge for Change 2006 Brochure (outside)
• Village People Golf Tournament - August 22, 2006 - Information/Registration Brochure
• HIV and Aids Letter, Invitation and Resource Page
• Campus Ministry and Student Recognition Sunday - September 17, 2006
  
  • Campus Ministry 2006 Poster  
    
  • Campus Ministry 2006 Bulletin Inserts  
  • Campus Ministry 2006 Student Registry Form
• LARC Day of Renewal - "Hidden for All to See: Reflections on Saints and Souls" - November 2, 2006
  • LARC Day of Renewal 2006 Information Flyer and Directions
  • LARC Day of Renewal 2006 Registration Form
• Bishop's Study Conference for Church Workers - October 16 to 18, 2006
  • Information Flyer
  • Registration Form 
  • Agenda

May/June 2006 Index

• Pulpit Supply List
• New ELCIC Policy Documents
• Covering Memo from Bishop Pryse
• Sexual Abuse or Harrassment
• Honourary Assistant Pastors
• "Explore Youth Ministry - Go Deeper!"
• "Sent! By God's Grace for the Sake of the World" - ELCA Global Mission Event - July 27-30, 2006 - Information Flyer
• "The Gifts You Have Are the Gifts You Need" - Potentials Conference - June 8, 2006 - Information Flyer
• "Digging Around the Roots" - Rural Ministry Symposium - October 23-25, 2006 - Information Flyer

March/April 2006 Index

• Pulpit Supply List
• "Faith in Action" - Ecumenical Aids Pre-Conference - August 10-12, 2006
  • Information Flyer
  • Registration Form  
• "Digging Around the Roots" - Rural Ministry Symposium - October 23-25, 2006
  • Information Flyer
• "Making All Things New" - ELCIC/ACC National Worship Conference - July 12-15, 2006
  • Information Flyer  
• "Deadlines for Removal or Upgrade of Ontario's Fuel Oil Storage Tanks"
  • Details and Deadline Dates  
    
• "Sent! By God's Grace for the Sake of the World" - ELCA Global Mission Event - July 27-30, 2006
  • Information Flyer
    
• "Dealing with Differences in the Family of Faith" - Conciliation Services Canada Workshop - June 13-16, 2006
  • Information/Registration Flyer
    

January/February 2006 Index

• Pulpit Supply List
• "Fools for Christ" - Lay Spiritual Retreat - March 31- April 2, 2006
  • Letter
  • Flyer
  • Registration Form
• "God Shaped Hole" - Southern Ontario Youth Retreat - February 24-26, 2006
• "Get a Lyfe" - Anglican Youth Fellowship Events
• "Mission Possible" - National Youth Project
  • Letter
  • Worship Outline
• "Canadian Churches' Racial Justice Week"
  • Poster and Information Page
• "The Final Declaration, Lutheran World Federation Consultation on Illegitimate Debt"
  
• "The Magnetic Church"
  • Information Sheets
  • Registration Flyer
• Personal Health Information Protection Act and Spiritual/Religious Care Legislative Update
• From Membership to Discipleship

November/December 2005 Index

• Pulpit Supply List
• Bishop's Spiritual Retreat for Clergy - February 19-22, 2006
  "Edges of Faith-Edges of Doubt: Questions Along the Way"
  • Letter
  • Agenda
  • Registration Form
• It's Your Call Sunday
• ELA Bus Trip to "FULL SERVE" LYM - August 13-22, 2006
  • Registration Information
  • Registration Form
• 2006 Leadership Award Nomination Form

September/October 2005 Index

• Pulpit Supply List
• Challenge for Change - October 21-22, 2005
  • Brochure
  • Flyer
  • Registration Form
• In Mission for Others
• Mission Possible: Building Hope - 2004-2006 National Youth Project
  • Donation Flyer
  • Fundraising Flyer
• Press Release - Televised Reformation Sunday Service - St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kitchener, ON
• KAIROS - Human Rights Program Coordinator Vacancy
• ELA Bus Trip

July/August 2005 Index

• Pulpit Supply List
• Come Away With Me and Pray: A day of prayer with Icons
  • Flyer
  • Registration Form
• Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - October 2005
• Campus Ministry and Student Recognition Sunday
  • Student Registry Form
  • Poster
  • Church Bulletin Inserts
• Congregational Record Keeping
• CLWR Executive Director Vacancy
• The Wheat Ridge Fund - Request for Applications
• Bishop's Study Conference for Church Workers - October 2005
  • Flyer
  • Registration Form
  • Agenda

May/June 2005 Index

• Pulpit Supply List - May 2005
• Hey Youth Leaders
• Keep in Touch
• WLU News Release
• Daily Discipleship
• Jazz Vesper Service

March/April 2005 Index

• Pulpit Supply List - April 2005
• Same Sex Blessings
• Attention: Youth Workers!
• Affirmation of Ordination Vows
• Return to Sender
• Good News from Edgewood Camp and Conference Centre
• Procession
• Good Idea!

January/February 2005 Index

• Pulpit Supply List - January 2005
• Ontario Water Regulations and Rural Churches
• Opening The Bible - 2005 Lay Spiritual Retreat Registration Form
• Opening The Bible - 2005 Lay Spiritual Retreat Letter of Invitation
• Opening The Bible - 2005 Lay Spiritual Retreat Flyer
• Eastern Synod Scholarship Fund and Spencer-Barche Education Trust Fund These documents are not available on the website
  Please contact your Pastor for the Current Application Package.
• Congregation Constitutional Addition
• National Convention - Lay Delegate Information Sheet
• National Convention - Lay Delegate List
• National Convention - Lay Delegate Memo
• How Your Congregation Can Act on its Gifts
• Synod Notes Now Online Announcement

November/December 2004 Index

• Spiritual Retreat for Clergy - Letter
• Spiritual Retreat for Clergy - Agenda
• Spiritual Retreat for Clergy - Poster
• Walking Wet - Poster
• LARC Common Baptism - Letter
• LARC Common Baptism - Bishops' Letter
• LARC Common Baptism - Worship Resources
• Lutheran Health Care Assoc of Canada (LHCAC) brochure
• 2005 Synod Youth Gathering registration forms and info
• Edgewood Camp and Conference Centre Incorporation
• SACEM Brochure - The Church in Mission

September/October 2004 index