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Welcome to the Internet home of the Northeastern Ohio Synod (NEOS) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America!

 

These pages contain information about and links to ELCA congregations and ministries in Northeast Ohio. Our web site offers a friendly roadmap of our synod for those seeking a church home, for congregations looking for assistance, for clergy and lay people involved in NEOS ministries, or for those just visiting.

 

We hope that you will find our web site informative and useful. We welcome your feedback and comments.
 

 

 

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One of six synods in Region 6

7 conferences

202 congregations

80,758 baptized members

289 ordained pastors

22 associates in ministry

4 Deaconess

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Book of Faith is an Initiative of the ELCA

 

These are the responses from your sister congregations at the Dusting Off the Bible events held in April 2008.  They are divided into two categories:

 

Ways to Encourage Bible Reading

 

Effective Bible Studies

 

For more information contact Karen Kaufman, 330-929-9020 / rc@neos-elca.org

To sign up for the Book of Faith Initiative visit www.elca.org/bookoffaith

 

Dusting Off the Bible Event Information

Dates

Locations # Congregations # Participants
4/3/08 Trinity, Ashland 13 45
4/8/08 Emmanuel, Warren 20 85
4/10/08 St Jacob, Canton 18 90
4/22/08 Bethel, Middleburg Hts 27 100

 

 Ways to Encourage Bible Reading

Advent and Lenten devotionals

Bible in 90 Days Reading Guide

Books of the Bible Monthly Reading Club

Daily lectionary reading with dialogue sermon at mid-week Lenten service.

Daily scripture reading with reflection guide during Lent for Year A.

Dramatization of the book of Esther by youth group with audience participation

Faith by Hearing scripture reading

Mount Carmel Ministries: Daily Text

Picture, Ponder, Promise from Boy Scout's God & Church Unit

Quarterly devotionals

Read the Bible in One Year reading guide

Shrove Tuesday activities feature Bible trivia games, crossword puzzles & skits

Walk Through the Bible

Weekly dramatization of women of the Bible with supporting sermon

 

Effective Bible Studies (recommended by sister congregations)

Acts (The Kerygma Program)

Augsburg Quarterly Study

The Bethel Series

Crossways

Daily Discipleship (online Bible study)

Ecumenical study

Mayberry RFD (EcuFilm - An Ecumenical Media Distribution Ministry)

In the Shadow of the Cross (Lenten study)

Lutheran Woman Today

Master Builders Bible (Lutheran Men in Mission [LMM] Bible with study helps)

No Experience Necessary

Parables of Jesus

(on) People of the Bible

Search Bible study (out-of-print)

Short –term (six week) Bible studies

Study of 2 Esdras

TheTeaching Company resources

Witnesses to the Word – Mission 90 Series (out-of-print)

(on) Women in the Bible


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