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Bishop
Rev. Dr. Lawrence R. Wohlrabe
Email: wohlrabe@cord.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Call Process, Candidacy, Congregational Conflict, Ministry
in Daily Life, Missions/Global Mission & Ecumenism, Planned Giving, Rural Life Issues,
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Assistant
to the Bishop
Pr. Steve Peterson
Email:
speterso@cord.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Focus on new and renewing ministries, including
stewardship (shared staff with the ELCA churchwide), new
congregation/ministry development, redevelopment/transformation of
existing congregations/ministries, multi-cultural outreach, Healthy
Congregations training, conflict/reconciliation ministries (including
Bridge Builders), church in society (including LSS of MN and Lutheran
Coalition for Public Policy in Minnesota), and ecumenical relationships
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Assistant
to the Bishop
Pr. Laurie Natwick
Email:
natwick@cord.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Focus on servant leaders for a missional
church, including discernment of gifts for ministry, the candidacy
process (including Theological Education for Emerging Ministries or
TEEM), the call process, campus ministries, relationships with colleges
of the ELCA, Synodically Authorized Ministries (SAMs), support and
lifelong learning for rostered leaders/spouses, professional ethics in
ministry (including discipline processes, with the bishop), and women’s
ministries (including WELCA).
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Assistant to the Bishop
Erin Anderson
Email:
eranders@cord.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Focus on
discipleship in life-giving congregations, including congregational life
and witness, youth and family ministries, men’s ministries, lay school
of theology, the ELCA Book of Faith initiative, faith practices, outdoor
ministries, world hunger, disaster response, global ministries,
companion synod relationships.
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Secretary
to the Bishop/Administrator 148A
Shirleen WylandEmail:
wyland@cord.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Support staff to Bishop, Synod Call Committee
office coordinator, 148A Compliance Administrator, Coordinate interim
ministry and pulpit supply list, Transfers/Reports of
Ordination/Installations/Certificates of Ordination, ELCA
"Lists" notebook, Secretary to Reference and Counsel
Committee, Annual Reports to the Bishop/clergy ID cards, Files on
congregations and pastors, Statistician, Volunteer Coordinator Synod
Assembly |
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Office
Coordinator/Assembly Manager/Secretary to the Assistants
Marsha Hendrickson
Email: mhendric@cord.edu
Areas of Responsibility: Office manager, Maintain roster/ congregations/committee
databases, Synod Assembly Manager, record keeping, Candidacy
Committee support staff, Roster report to the Office of the Secretary,
support to GIFTS Program. |
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Receptionist, Resource Librarian, Youth and Family Ministry Secretary
Linnae Grabner-Hegg
Email:
hegg@cord.edu
Areas of responsibility: Office receptionist, maintain resource library,
assist with youth gatherings and provide general assistance to the
director of youth and family ministry. |
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Communications
Director
Michael Stein
Email: stein@cord.edu
Areas of responsibility: Communications
planning; Synod newsletter and other publications, Synod web site.
Weekly email digest, Monthly congregational newsletter/bulletin
insert. |
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Bookkeeper
Robert Larson
Email:
rlarson@cord.edu
Areas of responsibility: Accounts
payable, receivable and other areas of synod finance; Assembly
registrar. |
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