COP meeting highlights

The Conference of Presidents (COP) met last week and discussed a wide range of issues. Its key decisions impact the new Congregational and Ministry Support Group (CMSG), reconfigured from the former area of ministry known as Parish Services and now refocused on supporting congregations by helping to better equip called workers.
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WELS offers aid for Haiti earthquake relief
The WELS Committee on Relief (COR) has authorized the release of $25,000 to the international relief agency CARE for immediate disaster relief supplies for Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake. The...
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New missionary calls authorized
The World Mission Board meeting at Redeemer Lutheran in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 14-16, authorized the immediate calling of a missionary for Latin America and a friendly counselor for India. The calls...
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Thanks for congregations' gifts
The Ministry of Christian Giving is thanking congregations for their financial support of the synod during a particularly challenging year economically. "The end of the calendar year gives us all...
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Frey accepts call to be MLS president
On Sun., Jan. 17, Rev. Aaron Frey accepted the call to be president of Michigan Lutheran Seminary (MLS), Saginaw, Mich. MLS is one of two WELS preparatory high schools dedicated to preparing future...
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International Youth Rally postponed to 2012
The Commission on Youth Discipleship has announced that it is postponing the next International Youth Rally. Rather than holding the rally in the summer of 2011 as planned, the next rally will be...
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Plans for Walking Together 2010
WELS Ministry of Christian Giving has announced plans for 2010 Walking Together, the annual celebration of the work we accomplish, by God's grace, as a synod. Congregations are being encouraged to...
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