Bishop Barbins is delighted to announce that Pastor Mitch Phillips will be joining your Synod Staff as the Assistant to the Bishop for Leadership. You will be able to greet him at Synod Assembly; his first official day is June 21st. Pastor Phillips grew up in Columbus, Ohio – but...
Have you registered for this year’s Education Day and Synod Assembly, yet? If not, what are you waiting for?
The 2021 Northeastern Ohio Synod Education Day and Assembly (June 11 and 12) – is fast-approaching! Registration closes on May 30, 2021. Pre-Assembly Materials (general information, business items, and reports) are now posted on the Assembly webpage.
The Northeastern Ohio Synod’s Disabled Children’s Assistance Fund was established in 1988 for the care and assistance of disabled children to provide them with monetary help, medical help, food, clothing, and recreation. Children are defined as those who are under 18. The ADA defines a person with a disability as...
Beginning April 21, your congregation is invited to apply for an Open Doors grant. Open Doors is a new initiative to support ELCA congregations interested in meeting new people during this time of re-gathering in physical spaces. Together as the ELCA, we share a ministry goal of connecting with a million new people and...
From ELCA World Hunger, two new grant opportunities… First, a new round of Daily Bread Matching Grants launches soon! ELCA congregations interested in raising funds for their feeding ministry through ELCA World Hunger’s online platform, matched with a $500 grant, can register and apply in ELCA GrantMaker starting Monday, April...
It is with decidedly mixed feelings that we announce Pastor Karl Biermann, Assistant to the Bishop, has taken a new call with the ELCA Foundation. You can read Pastor Biermann’s letter here. We will miss Pastor Biermann’s dedication and passion for ministry in the Northeastern Ohio Synod, but wish him...
At its March 20,2021 meeting, NEO Synod Council unanimously endorsed the anti-racism statements of the ELCA Presiding Bishop and Conference of Bishops. Both of these statements condemn the surge of anti-Asian sentiment and the acts of violence again Asian descent peoples in the past year. Along with these statements, your...
On her 101st day in the office, Bishop Barbins live-streamed a “State of the Synod” address. You can watch that here.
We received information from Pr. Amy Reumann of ELCA Advocacy regarding applications for the Paycheck Protection Program. The next two weeks are set aside only for applications from businesses and nonprofits with fewer than 20 staff (i.e., most churches!), because these entities have been disadvantaged in the application process in...