FIRE SAFETY & EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN
Introduction
It is the responsibility of each employee to know and understand the Eastern Synod’s Emergency Evacuation Plan developed for the synod office building.

Each employee is responsible to be familiar with the locations of all fire alarm pull stations, portable fire extinguishers, exits and telephones.

It is the responsibility of each employee to know if anyone in the synod office is temporarily disabled and would require assistance in an emergency evacuation.

The Health and Safety Representative is responsible to check each floor – or to assign a person to check – to ensure that every person has safely evacuated the building.

In Case of Fire

• Activate the fire alarm by pulling the nearest pull station. The fire alarm is monitored by Counterforce Security System. Counterforce monitors the fire alarm system and batteries every 3 minutes.
• If possible, extinguish the fire using a fire extinguisher.
• Leave the fire area.
• Close, but do not lock all doors behind you.
• Use exits to leave the building immediately.
• Do not return until it is declared safe to do so by Fire Officials.
• Using designated crosswalks, meet other evacuees across Weber Street adjacentto the sign for the St. Louis Adult Learning Centre.

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Policy for Disbursement of Congregational Assets

The Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (the “Eastern Synod”) Constitution provides that those congregations that are viable and sustainable have the authority to control their own income, expenses and assets. This assumes, of course, that these congregations satisfy applicable regulations and legal requirements (e.g. CRA1 , trust law2, etc.) as well as other congregational and synodical constitutional and policy requirements.

Questions frequently arise about the disbursement of any remaining assets, including land and buildings, when a congregation is no longer viable and approaching (or has reached) the end of its life. At times these assets can be quite significant in size. In response, the Eastern Synod enacts this policy to address those questions and to provide direction to congregations within the Eastern Synod.

Congregations That Have Disbanded

Assuming that Article 5, Section 4 from the model constitution is included in the congregation’s constitution, in the case of a congregation that has disbanded, the congregation has determined that all assets vest with the Eastern Synod:

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http://www.elcic.ca/Documents/EcumenicalSharedMinistriesHandbook-Final2019.pdf

2020 Ministry Story

POLICY FOR CONGREGATIONAL COUNCIL E-MEETINGS

The purpose of this policy is to outline the procedure the Congregational Council would follow to hold a telephonic/electronic meeting (cf Congregational Bylaws Part VII Section 12).

Scope:

This policy applies to the Congregational Council.

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Talking Points

from the Eastern Synod Council meeting April 23, 2020 / E-Meeting Wendell Caron Grahlman, Secretary

The Eastern Synod Council met by video-conferencing software for its spring meeting, occurring during the COVID-19 Pandemic state of emergency.

Outcomes from the meeting included:

• Confirmation of a $10,000 Eastern Synod donation to the COVID-19 Appeal from our partner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.

• The Synod Council policy for holding E- Votes was revised and updated

• Approval of a template for a Policy for Congregation Council E-Meetings, for Congregational Councils to use with respect to the Model Constitution and Bylaws, Part VII Section 12.

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