Conference GatheringsFeb. and Mar. 2014

Video

Four Marks of the Church One, holy, catholic, apostolic

• Koinonia - Community• Kerygma - Proclamation - Word and Deed• Didakai - Formation - • Diakonia - Service

Healthy congregations do all four.

God is forming us as people of faith and communities of Christ followers.

Didakai

Formation

Diakonia - Serving Meet Bp. Eaton April 25 Calvary, Willmar

Sept. 7,2014God’s Work

Our Hands

Candidates for assignment

and CandidacyCommittee

Koinonia

Justice and Women Social Statement

River of Hope - Hutch

2014 Montrose

Kerygma

2014 Synod Assembly - GlocalGlobal and Local

Mission

Laundry List

• Health Assessment• Campaign

o Churchwide / Synod

• Abuse Prevention - Sarah

• Audit - Exchange Members

• Synod Assemblyo Offering of Plans

• Revitalize leaders, congregations, conferences, synod

Can you see your congregation or conference in the context of our Synod?

SIZE OF CONGREGATIONS

Congregational Participation

Conference Size and Ethnicity

Facebook - Southwestern Minnesota Synod, ELCA

Jon Anderson - New Ulm, Mn

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