Updated 05/18/2010
Annual Appalachian Assembly -
Leaders from the 16 Appalachian
ELCA Synods gather at varying locations in the region to direct the work of
ELCMA, share successes and concerns, to lend insights and support to each other
and to learn how ministry is done in that part of Appalachia.
Contact the ELCMA office for dates and additional information.
Costs vary from year to year.
Appalbytes
– Periodic in-house update on ELCMA activities and news.
Contact ELCMA office. No
charge.
Elcmanews List serve - News of a more immediate nature comes to folks from our List
serve called Elcmanews. Subscribers are able to read news or submit their own
news. It will be sent to all
subscribers. Sign up at
www.elcma.org on the home page. No charge
ELCMA display - contact the ELCMA office.
Cost - shipping only
Appalachian Heritage Sunday Packets
- A packet, available from our office, offers suggestions and models for an
Appalachian Heritage Sunday celebration.
We can also identify guest speakers for your event, should you desire
one. Cost - printing and shipping
only
Handbook for Small Churches - A book of ideas on everything from administration to
stewardship in small congregations.
Written by experts in the congregations, this resource is the tried and proven
Astuff@.
A must for every small congregation!
FREE DOWNLOADS OF THIS AT www.elcma.org
Sunday School Curriculum
– this material is designed for Sunday schools with small numbers and
limited teachers and other limited resources, and for intergenerational groups.
Various units have numerous building blocks in it.
The leader chooses blocks based on her/his time and talents and resources
for teaching the lesson. The lessons
can be completed in about 40 minutes or go as long as 90 minutes, or perhaps, be
used for several Sundays in succession.
Additionally there will be a Teachers’ Handbook available at the website.
It covers such things as setting up a holy space to the physical
capacities of the various age groups.
Both are FREE to download because of the generous gifts of individuals
and the contribution of the work of the writers.
Go to www.elcma.org
Guest Speakers for your special events are available by contacting the ELCMA
office. These folks usually receive
an honorarium to cover their mileage costs.
Bulletin inserts and impact reports describing the ministries of ELCMA are copy
ready and available from the ELCMA office.
No charge.
Prayer Invitation brochures are available for use by individuals and
congregations. No charge.
Grant Writing Seminar - basic grant writing instruction offered in areas where there
is enough interest and someone willing to be trained to reproduce this workshop
in your area. Resources are
available anytime. Cost varies.
Advocacy Training Seminar - Is there an issue that really concerns me?
But, why should I get involved?
What good does my letter do anyway?
Is writing letters all there is to advocacy?
A workshop that explores the options open to us when change needs to
occur. Offered where there is
interest by contacting the ELCMA office.
Resources are available anytime.
Cost varies.
ELCMA, PO Box 338, Indiana, PA
15701-0338
Phone/Fax: 724/463-8422
dory@elcma.org
www.elcma.org
Updated 05/18/2010