ATTENTION - Assembly materials

INSTRUCTIONS TO ATTENDEES

2010 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS - ROSTERED

2010 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS - CONGREGATIONS

COVER PAGE

pg i Letter to Synod Assembly Attendees

pg ii - iii Table of Contents

SECTION 1 - Assembly Information

pg 2 - 3 Agenda

pg 4 Workshops

pg 5 - 6 John S. Knight Center Floor Plans

pg 7 - 8 Maps / Directions (John S. Knight Center and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church)

pg 9 Security Procedures

pg 10 - 11 Bishop's Report, Elizabeth A. Eaton, NEOS

pg 12 - 13 Bishop's Report, Mark S. Hanson, ELCA

pg 14 - 15 Proposed Rules of Procedure

pg 16 - 33 Nomination Information

pg 34 - 36 Roster Report

pg 37 Necrology

pg 38 - 46 Synod Council Report

SECTION 2 - Financial Reports

pg 48 - 50 Budget Proposal

pg 51 - 58 Compensation Guidelines - Clergy

pg 59 - 63 Compensation Guidelines - Associates in Ministry, Diaconal Ministers & Deaconesses

pg 64 - 67 Compensation Guidelines - Non-Rostered

pg 68 - 74 Summary of Congregational Mission Support

pg 75 - 100 Audit Report

SECTION 3 - Forms

pg 103 Budget Change Request

pg 105 Record of Motion

pg 107 Record of Nomination

SECTION 4 - Reports (to be distributed at assembly)

pg 111 African Descent Outreach

pg 112 Book of Faith Initiative in Northeastern Ohio

pg 113 Capital University

pg 114 Communications Committee

pg 115 Congregational Resource Team

pg 116 ELCA Campus Ministry

pg 117 Mission Investment Fund

pg 118 ELCA Region 6

pg 119 ELCA Region 6 Archives

pg 120 The Evangelical Lutheran Coalition for Mission in Appalachia (ELCMA)

pg 121 Global Mission / Companion Synod Committee

pg 122 Lutheran Home of Mercy

pg 123 LAOS: Lutheran Agencies Organized in Service

pg 124 Lutheran Chaplaincy Service

pg 125 Lutheran Disaster Response Ohio Coordinating Committee

pg 126 Lutheran Family Services (LFS)

pg 127 Lutheran Men in Mission

pg 128 Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, Cleveland

pg 129 Lutheran Outdoor Ministry in Ohio (LOMO)

pg 130 Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio

pg 131 Ministry Committee

pg 132 Mission Strategy Table

pg 133 NE Ohio Lutheran Resource Center

pg 134 Northeastern Ohio Synodical Women of the ELCA

pg 135 NEOS Youth Workers Committee

pg 136 Oesterlen Services for Youth, Inc.

pg 137 Ohio Council of Churches

pg 138 Ohio Multi-Synodical Candidacy Committee

pg 139 OPEN M

pg 140 Outreach Committee

pg 141 Pastoral Counseling Service of Summit County

pg 142 Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Retirement Services, Inc.

pg 143 St. Luke Lutheran Community

pg 144 Stewardship / Mission Support Committee

pg 145 Thiel College

pg 146 Trinity Lutheran Seminary

pg 147 Wernle Youth and Family Treatment Center

pg 148 Wittenberg University

pg 149 Worship Subcommittee

SECTION 5 - Additions to Pre-Assembly Materials (to be distributed at assembly)

pg 153 Resolution 1 (defeated)

pg 155 Resolution 2 (defeated)

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