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Parish Nurse Work Update

Lord of Life's Parish Nurse, Deb Bergstrom, has been hard at work visiting congregation members and promoting health throughout our congregational community. We anticipate as part of her work--and with the help of a grant that she has worked hard to receive--to see several changes in the coming months: Nice signage for the walking tour around the church 25 pedometers for people who participate in a walking campaign Breastfeeding room A monthly challenge for kids w/ prizes Books for Kids about health related topics A Carbon Monoxide Breathalizer to demonstrate the benefits of smoking cessation Offering a gym membership for 1 month for someone wanting to quit smoking Training for the public on the topic of Adverse Childhood Events We celebrate her important work among us!!!...

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Changes Contemplated To The LOL Constitution

Council President Paul Jacobsen and Pastor Steve are in the process of drafting changes to the current Lord of Life constitution. In part, this is taking place in response to changes that the ELCA has made to the model constitution that pertain to the combining of several separate lay positions into one position called “deacon". Within our denomination, when changes are made to the ELCA model constitution these changes need to be incorporated into any new edits of the a congregation's constitution. The changes made by the ELCA will not substantively change how Lord of Life operates. A second reason (and the underlying driver for this effort) is to move from a static structure of teams that are "fixed in constitutional concrete" as bylaws to a flexible structure that are described in con...

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Rally Sunday – September 17th

Rally Sunday will be held on September 17th this year. Please mark your calendars and plan to be present that day.As part of their work, each council member has taken charge of working with a portion of the groups within Lord of Life to ensure that the groups are well represented and to raise awareness of the wide varieties of ministries that exist within our congregation. Throughout the month of August, council members will be contacting leaders of all groups within the congregation and asking what presence the group would like to have. The possible answers include:(1) a dedicated table for a display, a poster/flyer put out on a central table, (2) how the group leader is or isn't able to use Church Community Builder, and (3) to spend some time thinking about what to write as the purpos...

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