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The Oregon Synod Responded to the Storms that Hit Oregon and Washington Over 134 rostered leaders and guests attended this year's Bishop's Convocation. At the Wednesday night worship service an offering of $966 was collected for Lutheran Disaster Response Northwest. We Still Need Your Help
To assist in with the long-term recovery process you are encouraged to send your donations to : ELCA Disaster Response , P.O. Box 71764 , Chicago, IL 60694-1764 Make checks payable to: "ELCA Domestic Disaster Response." Please make sure to mark all donations: "For the Disaster Response in Oregon and/or Washington". More information can be found on the ELCA web site at www.elca.org/disaster. Funds can also be sent directly to:
Lutheran Disaster Response NW , 605 SE 39th Street, Portland OR 97214. 100% of donated money goes directly to service delivery to families and individuals.
For More Information Contact: Norene Goplen, Lutheran Disaster Response-Northwest
Cell: 503-502-6211 LutheranAdvocate@aol.com (preferred) Office:503-731-9519
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"After taking the health assessment online I have found it has changed my focus. I have more energy and my working style has improved. I know It will make a huge difference when I am 60 since I am making changes when I am 29." -Pastor Amanda Wilson, Ascension, Medford What is the EmbodyHealth web portal? The Board of Pensions contracts with Mayo Clinic Health Solutions to make its web portal available to ELCA plan members. This powerful and confidential web site offers you the experience, knowledge and credibility of more than 2,000 Mayo Clinic physicians and scientists. It is also interactive, presenting you with customized information, suggestions and tools on a range of subjects based on the selections you make in My Health Topics as well as the results of your health risk assessment. The more information you provide, the more customized and interactive the portal becomes for you. Find Mayo Clinic EmbodyHealth at www.elcaforwellness.org. What does EmbodyHealth have to do with wellness benefits? Take the health risk assessment and earn a $100 credit. In less than half an hour, the Mayo Clinic health risk assessment asks you a series of questions about your health and lifestyle, identifies your health risks and immediately delivers to you your own personal health report. You are then awarded a $100 credit to your personal wellness account. This confidential and secure report assesses your health strengths and risks, and suggests actions to help you become healthier or preserve your good health. Critical: You must take the health risk assessment before you can earn additional personal wellness dollars. Pursue health improvement activities and earn an additional $200 credit. When you complete the health risk assessment on EmbodyHealth, you earn 500 health improvement reward points and can begin to pursue learning and health improvement activities on the web portal. These learning activities earn you additional health improvement reward points. When your point total reaches 1,000, an additional $200 will be credited to your personal wellness account for use in 2008. Help your congregation save money. The Board of Pensions is offering a one-year-only incentive to encourage you to take the health risk assessment — and to take it as early as possible. If 75% or more of your synod's sponsored plan members and spouses receiving ELCA-primary coverage take the health risk assessment, all the congregations and organizations in your synod will receive a 2% discount on 2008 health contributions starting the month after 75% is reached. Large organizations (the Lutheran Center, seminaries, Board of Pensions) earn their 2% discount when 75% or more of the sponsored plan members and spouses receiving ELCA-primary coverage in the organization complete the health risk assessment. Help your congregation or organization save as much money as possible by taking the health risk assessment. Get computer-ready. To earn your personal wellness dollars, you'll need to be able to register and log on regularly to the Mayo Clinic EmbodyHealth web site. This requires the following:
If you don't have your own individual e-mail address, you’ll need to set up an e-mail account because Mayo Clinic EmbodyHealth requires one as part of the registration process. Using your own e-mail address allows you to log on, take the health risk assessment and earn personal wellness dollars. Critical: Members and spouses taking the health risk assessment will each need a separate e-mail account. Another option is to sign up for a free e-mail account. Yahoo! and MSN Hotmail are two common sources. When you sign up for a no-cost e-mail account, be sure to write down your access information, and use the account regularly so it remains active. Yahoo! Visit www.mail.yahoo.com and follow the instructions under Sign up for Yahoo! MSN Hotmail Visit www.hotmail.com and follow the Sign Up instructions. |
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| Request for college student contact information Do you know a student who is attending college or university this spring? If so, you can help ensure he/she is welcomed into Lutheran Campus Ministry communities by sending complete local contact information (name/address/ phone/cell-phone number/e-mail address). For those attending Oregon State University, send information to: Luther House, 211 NW 23rd St., Corvallis, OR 97330 or Lhouse@peak.org. To send student referrals electronically to other Lutheran Campus Ministries in the U.S., go to www.elca.org/campusministry/ and click “Refer a Student.” |
| Book of Faith Weekly Devotions Bishop Dave Brauer-Rieke is doing a regular devotion online. This resource is a “Bible study tickler." To read the devotions online, please visit www.oregonsynod.org/bookoffaith/. At this site you may also sign up for the devotions to be sent to your e-mail address. The subscription link can be found on the right hand column of the web site. You might check out the ELCA web site at http://www.elca.org/bookoffaith/ t o find out more about “Book of Faith.” |
| Oregon Synod Staff Working Days Starting on January 1, 2008, the Oregon Synod Office will be closed on Mondays. You are encouraged to leave a message. |
Save the Date |
SAVE THE DATE!
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| In God's Name Previously aired on CBS Television Network December 23, 2007, 9:00p.m. (ET/PT) ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson is one of 12 "of the world's most influential religious leaders" featured in a Prime time two-hour television special event on CBS, December 23 – "In God's Name" Produced by Jules and Gedeon Naudet, the diverse and powerful voices offer provocative, compelling and enlightening perspectives on myriad issues in our post-9/11 world, including the rise of terrorism, fanaticism, intolerance and war. |
Other Highlights |
Sundays in Starting in January January 13 January 17—February 21 (7-9 pm- evening courses) January 26 January 22 – March 4 Holden May Youth Weekends
February 15-17 Position Openings |
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