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Staff Changes at the Synod Office
This summer has seen some changes to our Eastern Synod office team. Sue Heimpel, who has been the Synod’s Accounting Assistant for almost nine years, is retiring. Sue has been a great support and delight to work with over these past years and we will be sad to see her...Read More -
Best Practices for the Safe Resumption of In-Person Worship
Dear Colleagues, Grace and peace be with you! Attached, please find a document outlining my office’s recommended Best Practices for the Safe Resumption of In-Person Worship. We have created this document in response to the many inquiries we have received these past few weeks from rostered ministers and congregational leaders who...Read More -
COVID-19 Update (Ontario)
Dear Siblings in Ministry, As anticipated, Premier Ford and the Medical Officer of Health have announced revised gathering limits for Places of Worship in Step Three of Ontario's Roadmap to Reopen. Effective Friday, July 16 at 12:01am, Places of Worship in the province of Ontario will be permitted to gather...Read More -
A COVID-19 Update (July 6, 2021)
Dear colleagues, In some ways, these early days of July have left me feeling the same as I felt last summer. Once again, many of our congregations are in the process of discerning how, when and if they should plan to resume in-person worship; and what exactly such a resumption...Read More -
The Praxis of Holy Communion in a Hybrid Model
Our "OK...What's Next" conversation continues on July 8 @ 6:30pm EDT. We will be joined by Rev. Dr. Kimberlynn McNabb and Rev. Dr. Allen Jorgenson to talk about "The Praxis of Holy Communion in a Hybrid Model". Register Now: bit.ly/OKWhatsNext This event is co-presented by the Eastern Synod Task Force...Read More -
Pride Greeting from Bishop Pryse
Bishop Michael brings greetings for a blessed and very celebratory Pride month! Bishop Michael's Pride Month Greeting may also be downloaded for inclusion in your mediated worship. Click HERE Pride Month Greeting - Text VersionDownload https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh17bluxUxk&t=4sRead More -
All About Relationship
For most of my time in ordained ministry, I have been privileged to participate in efforts to build and nurture our Full Communion relationship with the Anglican Church of Canada. Through this work I have been blessed beyond measure! During my term as co-chair of the Anglican Lutheran International Coordinating...Read More -
Rev. Dr. Mark Harris to serve as a Congregational Redevelopment Advisor
Photo by Mirko Petricevic, Martin Luther University College Dear Friends, I am delighted to inform you that the Eastern Synod welcomes the Rev. Dr. Mark Harris to serve as a Congregational Redevelopment Advisor starting on July 1, 2021. Congregational Redevelopment Services is one of the ways the Eastern Synod supports...Read More -
A Renewed Call To Reconciliation
Content warning: abuse, trauma, tragic loss of children, genocide A Renewed Call To Reconciliation - 2021Download https://youtu.be/syRKJAZ-Hxo DOWNLOAD VIDEO We encourage you to use this prayer in your mediated worship, congregational mailings and across your social media channels.Read More -
National Indigenous People’s Day 2021
Dear Friends in Christ, National Indigenous People's Day Resources - 2021Download As we approach the 2021 National Indigenous People’s Day, we offer gratitude to the Creator for the gift of Mother Earth, and to the First Peoples of this land for the wisdom they offer us as we walk together...Read More
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