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Update From the Office of the Bishop Staff

Assistant to the Bishop, The Rev. Kevin Vandiver, will be leaving the MNYS Office of the Bishop to pursue a new Call to the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Washington, D.C.

2024 Minimum Expectations for Clergy Compensation

COMPENSATION GUIDELINES: A SHORT HISTORY The Clergy Compensation Task Force was appointed by our synod’s Executive Committee in 2016 and was charged with the task of reviewing the guidelines. They began by reviewing compensation guidelines from other synods (many of which were similar in demographics or geography), such as those used by the Atlantic District—LCMS and the Episcopal Diocese of New York.

MNYS Vaccination Clinic | Fall 2022

According to the CDC, vaccine and booster doses are lowest among Black and Hispanic Americans. In an effort to continue to care for our most vulnerable communities, MNYS will host a vaccination clinic every Sunday throughout the month of November.

2022 Bishop's Retreat | Highlights

Thank you to all who attended our retreat, and we invite you to view the highlights from our 2022 Bishop’s Retreat!

A Message from Our Presiding Bishop: We are Woven Together

“Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his” (Romans 6:3-5).

Highlights from the 2022 ELCA "Becoming Conference"

From August 21 to August 28, the ELCA Service and Justice Home Area, celebrated the Becoming Conference, an event aiming to strategize and prioritize their work around five core justice foci: Migration Justice, Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Gender Justice, and Environmental Justice.

2022 Churchwide Assembly Highlights and Elections

This year's triennial gathering of the 2022 Churchwide Assembly hosted more than 900 voting members serving on behalf of the 3.3 million members of the ELCA, representing each of our 65 synods. Representatives – lay and clergy alike – met under the theme “Embody the Word,” participating in worship and plenary discussions to do the work and fulfill God's plan for this Church. Here's what you need to know:

2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly | EMBODY THE WORD

Jul 19, 2022

Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will gather for the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly on August 8-12 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Meeting under the theme “Embody the Word,” the assembly will participate in plenary discussions to make decisions about the work of this church.

Eaton_Speaking_HEROpng — ELCA Presiding Bishop Eaton

BISHOP EATON ISSUES PASTORAL MESSAGE ON SCOTUS RULING REGARDING ROE V. WADE/ OBISPA PRESIDENTA ELIZABETH EATON EMITE UN MENSAJE PASTORAL SOBRE EL FALLO DE SCOTUS CON RESPECTO A ROE V. WADE

Whatever personal perspective one might take on the June 24 abortion ruling from the Supreme Court, it is the legal framework in which we now minister, and I wish to speak a pastoral word at this time./ Sin importar la perspectiva personal que uno desee tomar sobre la decisión del acceso al aborto del 24 de junio de la Corte Suprema, esta es la estructura legal en la que ahora ministramos, por lo cual deseo expresar una palabra pastoral en este momento.

Bishop Eaton participates in Emanuel Nine commemoration event

Jun 17, 2022

Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton joined faith and government leaders on June 17 to mark the seventh anniversary of the racially motivated shootings at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. The leaders will participate in a commemorative Bible study event that will kick off a yearlong Bible study across the country.