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Bishop Steven Ullestad Sept 29, 2016

Congratulations to Pastor Ron & Amity Mathews of St. Peter, Denver on the birth of their son, Riordan Mark, born Sept. 23.

In this Issue:

This Week's Blog
Flood Relief
YAGM Blogs
Around the Synod
ELCA Webinar
Prayers
Save the Date
Coming Up
Synod Publications

This Week's Blog:

Synod Congregations Use Social Media to Rally Response to Floods

Northeastern Iowa folk have always come together in time of need. Social media makes it easier to get the word out, network and respond in even faster and more efficient ways.

Northeastern Iowa Flood Disaster Relief

LSI and the three Iowa Synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have organized a Statewide Lutheran Disaster Response Team to respond to unme t needs resulting from the flooding in Northeast Iowa.

Please consider donating to the relief effort to help our Iowa friends and neighbors as they work to restore their homes and communities.

Lutheran Services in Iowa

Attn: 2016 Iowa Flood Relief

106 16th Street SW

PO Box 848

Waverly, IA 50677

You can also give online.

Use the drop down option to designate to 2016 Iowa Flood Relief.

Pastor Jeff Ungs, Western Iowa Synod Director for Evangelical Mission, hands a check for $5000 for Iowa Flood Relief to Pastor Mark Anderson. He also brought 77 flood buckets assembled by congregations in the Western Iowa Synod.

YAGM Blogs

Please read and leave a supportive comment!

Until We meet Again - Elaina Johnson
On the Red Island - Ellen Friedrich
The Road Not Taken - Erik Bay
Forward in Faith: Grace Expectations - Miriam Bohlman-Kunz
My Hungarian Adventure - Rebekah Swygert
Miles Goes to Hungary - Miles Tyler
Mumblings from Mada - Morghen Philippi
Shannon's Hungary - Shannon Brice
Expedition Hungary - Dennis Brink
On the Road to Emmaus - Elizabeth Zimmermann

God's Work. Our Hands. Around the Synod

ELCA Webinar: New Overtime Rules
October 18, 12 Noon CDT

Cost: Free

Registration deadline: October 14

The U.S. Department of Labor has adopted new overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which go into effect on December 1, 2016. Among other changes, these regulations increase the minimum salary for exempt employees from $23,000 to $47,476.

Many congregations, synods, and other ministries of the church have questions about how this impacts their employees and ministries. Does it apply to churches? What about pastors? Youth workers? Sextons? How about schools? Or camps? Join us for a free webinar on how the new regulations will affect religious institutions, and try to answer many of these questions.

Prayers

Commit your way to the Lord; put your trust | in the Lord, and see what God will do.

Psalm 37:5

You are invited to join the synod staff in praying for these leaders, congregations and ministries of the Synod this week:

Rev. Charles D. Ager, Strawberry Point; Rev. Paul C. Nelson, Waverly; Rev. Dawn L. Pederson, Belmond; Rev. Dr. Ralph W. Quere, Dubuque; Faith, Mitchell; Rev. Vincent C. Fricke, Waverly; Susan A. Garbes, Nashua; St. Paul, Monona; Rev. James H. Carpenter, Waverly; Rev. Kathryn H. Wicks, Castalia .