The Mission Office is moving!
As of January 20th, the address for the new DiscipleLife Center for Mission will be:
680 Copper Canyon Rd.
Argyle, Texas 76226
Please make sure your records are updated. We will be discontinuing the use of the P.O. Box, as we will no longer need it. All mail must be sent to the address above!
For the moment, the office phone number will remain the same. We hope to be settled in the new building in January, but will keep you updated if our moving date… moves!
Please be patient with us through the last weeks of December and first weeks of the new year as we make this major transition to our new home.
Annual Reports
Electronic filing for 2014 parochial reports will open January 7, 2015. The reports will be at www.elca.org/congregationreport – you will need the user name and password given to you by the ELCA.
Clergy and lay leader reports will be available in January.
Links and downloads for all annual reports can be found at ntnl.org/annualreports.
2015 Prayer Partners
Download the PDF 2015 Prayer Partners list here | View the list at ntnl.org/2015prayerpartners
2015 Mission Support Pledge and Remittance Forms
Please complete the 2015 Statement of Intent form—download PDF versions below, or look for hard copies in the mail.
- 2015 Statement Of Intent Mission Support Folder
- 2015 Mission Support Pledge Form
- 2015 Mission Support Remittance Form Word | PDF
The Internal Revenue Service has announced the 2015 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for ministry, business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.
The ministry/business rate is increasing from the 2014 rate, while the medical and moving mileage rates are decreasing from last year. The charitable rate is remaining the same. View 2015 Mileage Rates
Stephanie Burke, the artist who created our beautiful assembly backdrop at the 2013 Mission Assembly in Temple, will be in the DFW Metroplex area over Easter, if you would like to invite her to perform for your congregation.
sburke@artandsoul.pro | 704-293-9436 | www.artandsoul.pro
Financial Seminars from Portico
November 2, 2015: Portico Pre-Retirement Seminar
November 3, 2015: Early/Mid-Career Financial Wellness Seminar
Affordable Clergy Sabbaticals
Pastors2Go
Since January 2010, Living Waters Lutheran, an ELCA congregation in North Port, Florida, has provided rent-free housing to pastors willing to preach once or twice a month and lead a Bible study. Participants in this unique program stay at the congregation’s 2-bedroom condominium in a gated, golf course community, just a short drive to sandy beaches on the Gulf of Mexico.
This program is designed for pastors and seminary professors planning a sabbatical, newly retired pastors, and interim pastors between interim assignments.
Christian Home Exchange
After their year-long ministry exchange with a Norwegian pastor and his family, Dell and Diane Shiell began to encourage other Christians to do home exchanges for affordable sabbaticals and family vacations.
What is a home exchange? Two parties swap homes. The concept is, “You stay in my home, while I stay in yours.”
For more information, visit pastors2go.com and ChristianHomeExchange.com or contact Pastor Dell Shiell at pastor@livingwaterslutheran.com
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Jesus said to her: “Give me to drink.”
January 18-25, 2015
For more information, download the 2015 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity brochure or visit their website.