Category: The Church
2018 Salary Survey Results Released
The Network is releasing the results of the 2018 Salary Survey. 415 people professionals and volunteers took the survey over 30 days from mid August to September. Overall, salaries have increased since the last time a full-survey was completed in 2015. Full time professionals who are not on the ELCA rosters saw their salaries increase ...
Stephanie Joy Coltvet Erdmann
I just don’t have words today. Stephanie Joy Coltvet Erdmann died last night from complications following heart surgery. Stephanie loved her husband Paul completely Stephanie was completely dedicated to her 3 beautiful children Stephanie was an amazing and gifted pastor Stephanie cared about all people, and had a special heart for those who were disenfranchised ...
Please Help with the Salary Survey!
People who are in the Network tell us that one of the most valuable tools that the Network produces is the annual Network Salary Survey. The survey takes the data provided by Network members and slices and dices it, so that you can look up salary information in a bunch of different ways: By ...
With Deep Sorrow…
Dear friends, It is with deep sorrow that I write to let you know about the death of one of our network members, and a friend and colleague to many. Rachel Coen-Tuff died on Saturday while with her family at their cabin. The family has communicated that it was the result of a pulmonary embolism. ...
3 Words on the Youth Gathering
Wow. Just wow. There are only 3 thoughts I can share right now. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you: Gifted, talented and beloved. For your time and energy, we are grateful. On behalf of all of us, thank you. Thanks be to God. Jesus changes everything. Peace, Todd
We Are the Lord’s
“We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be ...
In Memory of Debbie Zaic
If you’ve attended the Extravaganza in the last…probably ten years, there is a pretty good chance that you were welcomed and greeted at the registration table by Debbie Zaic. Debbie and I worked together at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Maple Grove. She was hired there in 2001, and provided administrative support and served ...
Our Hearts Break for Houston
Every time an image of the flooding comes across my newsfeed, or my TV screen, my heart breaks a little bit. The images of the interstates completely submerged…of homes deep in water…and of people awaiting rescue takes my breath away. And like many of you, my mind turns immediately to friends who live and work ...
Why the ELCA Youth Gathering is Worth the Cost
Ok, I’m just going to put it out there and say it: I think every ELCA congregation should participate in the ELCA Youth Gathering. Every three years, the conversation kicks back up: “How can we justify spending (pick a number here…$1000…$1300…even $1600) to send kids to stay in a hotel for a week? What if ...
That One Time When Your Kid Met Your Friends
Six days ago, our 14 year old son, Samuel, climbed aboard a 12-passenger van with other members of the youth group from our congregation, Trinity Lutheran Church in Owatonna, Minnesota and the group began its journey to Detroit, Michigan. The groups is spending the week working with Living Waters Ministries, one of the ELCA‘s amazing ...
Network is a Verb 