Compensation Schedule for Rostered Ministers, Pastoral Supply, and Interim Pastors 2020-2021

The terms of the employment relationships between rostered ministers and their employers shall be detailed using an ELCIC Employment Agreement. http://www.elcic.ca/Leadership/EmploymentAgreementsandLettersofCall.cfm

Compensation for rostered employees has several components which are described in this document. The following information outlines the expectations of the ELCIC for compensation in each of those areas and provides guidance for the committee or council.

PART 1 Salary and Housing Schedule for Rostered Ministers

Minimum base salary

When computing a rostered minister’s salary, the mutual ministry committee or congregational council begins by reviewing the minimum salary schedule as set by the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Note that time periods spent officially On Leave from Call will not count towards calculation of years after ordination/consecration. Rostered Ministers’ Minimum Base Salary is reviewed and determined annually by the Eastern Synod Council based on the recommendation of the Professional Leadership Committee.

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Guide: Hymnals At Home

Dear friends, 

As congregations continue their preparations for an eventual return to gathering physically together, the Eastern Synod’s Task Force for the Resumption of In-Person Worship is pleased to share a new Worship Resource. This resource includes a number of liturgical suggestions, as well as a timely reflection about the proposed changes to communion which can be used as a devotional tool or included in your upcoming newsletters and/or other communications.

We pray that these resources will further support congregations and congregational leaders during this time of transition.  

We are exceedingly grateful to all who have given generously of their time and talents in support of this resource: Rev. Ed Bastian, Rev. Susan Climo, Trevor Hicks, Rev. Allen Jorgenson, Rev. Hilla Lahtinen, Debbie-Lou Ludolph, Rev. Rick Pryce, Rev. Elina Salonen and the Production Team from Trillium Lutheran Church, Waterloo. 

Included in this resource you will find the following:

Gathering/Sending Liturgy
Prayer of the Day
Prayers of Intercession
Sharing of the Peace: “Peace Be With You”
Thanksgiving at the Table
Benediction
Reflection: Communion in Amber
Welcome Back: A Kids and Critters’ Guide To Worship
(5 episodes available in script and video format)

In the fifth and final episode of this series, Pastor Ed talks with his critter pal about how ‘being safe’ is one way that we show love to one another.

In the third episode, Pastor Ed and his critter friends re-discover the do’s and dont’s of sitting in the pew during COVID19.