Accessibility Equipment

To learn general information about this equipment, visit the Accessibility Equipment Manufacturers' Association Site.
http://www.aema.com/index.html

A variety of options from Bruno Independent Living Aids:
http://www.bruno.com/

Tri State Lift offers many products for barrier-free environments:
http://www.tri-state-lift.com/
 

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Parliamentary Procedure

Parliamentary Procedure / Robert's Rules of Order
http://parliamentarians.org/procedure.php

Parliamentary Procedures Instructional Materials
http://www.parlipro.org/

Robert's Rules of Order
http://www.robertsrules.org/

Robert's Rules of Order (public domain material)
http://www.bartleby.com/176/

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Background Checks in the State of Wisconsin

Downloading Requests for Criminal Records from WI Depart. of Justice

Caregiver Background and Criminal History Checks
(includes access to forms and regulations)
 
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Board of Pensions (ELCA)

ELCA Board of Pensions Home Page

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Building Loans

These companies offer loans to congregations for building construction
and re-modeling:

THRIVENT FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR LUTHERANS:
http://www.thrivent.com/churchloans

ELCA: Mission Investment Fund:
http://www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/Our-Three-Expressions/
Churchwide-Organization/Mission-Investment-Fund-of-the-ELCA.aspx

 
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Building Upkeep

Glenn Haege: America's Master Handyman:
http://www.masterhandyman.com/

DoItYourself.com:
http://doityourself.com/
 

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Build a Web Site

American Bible Societies Free Web Sites

Joe Burn's HTML Goodies: 
www.htmlgoodies.com

From Microsoft:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/images/default.asp

Animation Factory:
http://www.animationfactory.com/

Religious Resources on the Net:
http://www.aphids.com//relres

Award Winning Congregational Website: St. Johns Lutheran in
Brookfield, Wisconsin.
http://www.makedisciples.com

Animated Alphabets:
http://www.animationlibrary.com/a-1/?n=subcat.php3&id=1&title=Alphabets

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Bus and Van Drivers

Licensing Standards for Church Bus and Van Drivers
http://www.brotherhoodmutual.com/safetycentral/articles/navart34.htm

Bus Ministry
http://kncsb.org/resources/legal/Bus_Ministry.pdf

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Call Process

Greater Milwaukee Synod Call Process manual
(Access it by clicking on their Resources button)
http://milwaukeesynod.org/

Congregational Mission Profile - ELCA Link
http://archive.elca.org/synods/missionprofile.html

Calling a Pastor - Eastern North Dakota Synod Manual
http://www.eandsynod.org/resource-center/topic/calling-a-pastor/

Clip Art

(see Graphics)
 
Congregational Council

Seeds for the Parish/ELCA journal
http://www.elca.org/seeds/

Resources for Church Leaders
http://www.eandsynod.org/resource-center/recommended/
resources-for-church-leaders/

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Congregational Resources

Congregational Resources
http://www.congregationalresources.org

Family Systems and Healthy Congregations
http://www.eandsynod.org/resource-center/recommended/family-
systems-and-healthy-congregations/

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Constitution (ELCA model)
http://www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/Our-Three-Expressions/Churchwide-
Organization/Office-of-the-Secretary/Congregation-Administration/
Model-Constitution-for-Congregations.aspx

Copyright Permission

Using videos in church for education or Bible study or VBS or worship? Get a
copyright license
for that at http://www.mplc.com/

LicenSing for Church Music:
http://www.licensingonline.org/

Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) for Church Music:
http://www.ccli.com/UnitedStates.cfm

Copyright Law and Information from the U.S. Copyright Office:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

Copyright Permission from Augsburg Fortress press:
http://www.augsburgfortress.org/copyrights/

Copyright Permission from GIA Publications, Inc.:
http://www.giamusic.com

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Demographic Information

From the U.S. Census Bureau:
http://www.census.gov/

ELCA Department of Research and Evaluation:
http://archive.elca.org/research/

ELCA Reports organized by Zip Codes:
http://archive.elca.org/research/zipnet.html

From the WI Department of Health & Family Services Reports & Statistics:
http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/stats/index.htm

George Barna's Group:
http://www.barna.org/

You Are Where You Live
http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata/a/claritas.htm

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Disability Services

Social Security Administration:
http://www.ssa.gov/

ELCA Board of Pensions:
https://www.elcabop.org/

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development:
Disability and Social Security Benefits in Wisconsin

Americans with Disabilities Act Home Page from U.S. Dept. of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

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Endowment Funds

How to Create a Mission Endowment Fund: A Guide for Congregations:
http://archive.elca.org/fo/guidelines.html

ELCA Endowment Fund Pooled Trust: 
http://www.elca.org/fo/endowmentfund/invest.html

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Equipment 

LCD Projectors: NOT SURE IF THE URL WORKS... Laging
http://presentingsolutions.com/projectors.html

Camera Supplies from Porters: 
www.porters.com

Audio and Video Options from Fowler Inc.:
www.fowlerinc.com

Boxlight Presentation Tools such as LCD Projectors, Overheads, Screens...: http://www.BOXLIGHT.com
 
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For Lutherans Only

Lutherans Online Greeting Cards: 
http://www.lutheransonline.com/ecards

Old Lutherans -The Center for Lutheran Pride - but not too proud:
http://www.oldlutheran.com/
 
Family Leave Policy

What employers are covered by the Act?
http://www.dol.gov/dol/allcfr/ESA/Title_29/Part_825/29CFR825.104.htm

Which employees are "eligible" to take leave under FMLA?
http://www.dol.gov/dol/allcfr/ESA/Title_29/Part_825/29CFR825.110.htm

How much leave may an employee take?
http://www.dol.gov/dol/allcfr/ESA/Title_29/Part_825/29CFR825.200.htm

elaws - Family and Medical Leave Act Advisor
http://www.dol.gov/elaws/fmla.htm

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For Parish Secretaries

ELCA - Pericope Partners: Bulletin inserts on the lessons.
http://archive.elca.org/pericope/

How long to keep parish records? Click here:
http://archive.elca.org/archives/guide.html

For answers on keeping up your parish records, click here:
http://www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/Our-Three-Expressions/Churchwide-
Organization/Office-of-the-Secretary/Congregation-Administration/
Records-Management.aspx

A variety of computer and spiritual resources from Ministry Computing
Resources:  http://www.gospelcom.net/mcr

Copyright permission:  see above.

United States Postal Service ZIP Code and Address Information: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

Ordering Office supplies online from
Staples.com

Multiple services from UPS at
www.ups.com
 
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Fraternal Organizations Supporting Lutheranism

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
http://www.thrivent.com

 
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Foundations

ELCA Foundation

Get Familiar with the Net

Mike Wendland's PC Mike: 
http://www.pcmike.com/

ELCA Graphics:
http://www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/Our-Three-Expressions/Churchwide-Organization/Communication-Services/Our-Brand/Brand-Mark.aspx

All sorts of free clipart:
www.clipart.com

Clipart Connection:
http://www.clipartconnection.com/

The Whole Internet Clip Art Collection:
http://best-of-web.com/computer/
clipart_all.shtml

http://clip-art.com/

http://www.corelmag.com/

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Grant Writing

Association of Lutheran Development Executives:
http://www.alde.org/

Wisconsin Resources for Non-profits:
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/
Memorial/grants/wiscon.htm

The Chronicle of Philanthropy Internet Resources:
http://philanthropy.com/giving/

Government Grants
http://www.grants.gov/

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Health and Wellness

ELCA Board of Pensions - Health and Wellness
www.elcawellness.org

ELCA Ministerial Health and Wellness
http://www.elca.org/Growing-In-Faith/Vocation/
Rostered-Leadership/Leadership-Support/Health.aspx

Insurance

Church Mutual
http://www.churchmutual.com

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Job Descriptions for Congregational Ministries

King of Kings, ELCA, Shellby Township, MI
In the "Filing Cabinet" link on their home page, you will find
several job descriptions, and organizational structure for their
congregation, and a multitude of other great resources.
http://www.koklc.org

Leadership Development

Dr. John Maxwell's Injoy Interactive:
http://www.injoy.com

Leadership Network:
http://www.leadnet.org/

Robert Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership:
http://www.greenleaf.org/

Peter Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management:
http://www.druckerfoundation.org/

www.transformingchurch.com
A web community connecting the ELCA and other transformational
leaders while also offering great resources.
 
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Legal Issues

Institute of Church Leadership:
http://www.churchlawtoday.com/

Church Legal, Tax & Financial Resource Book
http://www.kncsb.org/legal/Legal_Book.pdf

Copyright Law and Information from the U.S. Copyright Office:
http://www.copyright.gov/

For information on Wisconsin State laws on a variety of topics such
as divorce, injury compensation, landlord/tenant law, and real estate,
see http://www.wis-law.com/index.html

Wisconsin Equal Rights Division of the Department of Workforce
Development has a series of pamphlets about interview and
employment practices.
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/er/
 
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Library

National Lutheran Church Library Association
http://www.churchlibraries.org/

License and Insurance Issues

Licensing Standards for Church Bus and Van Drivers
http://www.brotherhoodmutual.com/safetycentral/
articles/navart34.htm

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Long Range Planning

Check out the site from The Alliance, then search the FAQ at
"strategic planning":
http://www.allianceonline.org/ 

Learn about scenario planning from the Global Business Network:
http://www.gbn.com/ServicesHomeDisplayServlet.srv

Mandatory Government Posters

http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/dwd/posters.htm

Music

Copyright permission for many songs and hymns from LicenSing:
http://www.licensingonline.org

Christian Copyright Licensing International for copyright permission
for lots of Church Music

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Retirement

ELCA Retirement Plan:
https://www.elcabop.org/UnderstandMyBenefits/Retirement.aspx

Social Security online:
http://www.ssa.gov/

Access America for Seniors: providing government services online: 
http://www.seniors.gov/

AARP:
http://www.aarp.org/
 
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Sabbatical

For a list of funding sources, sabbatical study sites, and general
information about sabbaticals, go to:
http://www.cord.edu/dept/charis
and click on Sabbatical Info and Sabbatical Suggestions.

Ministry Sabbatical Resource Center
http://www.wheatridge.org/site/c.khLSKZPDLoF/b.2144591/
k.5A1F/Ministry_Resource_Center.htm

Sabbath Keeping and Sabbatical Taking
http://www.eandsynod.org/resource-center/recommended/
sabbath-keeping-and-sabbatical-taking/

Streaming Video

http://www.faithandvalues.com

Treasurer of Congregation

Prudent money handling practices listed here:
http://archive.elca.org/stewardship/started.html

An excellent page of links to questions congregational treasurers
may have:
http://www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/Our-Three-Expressions/
Churchwide-Organization/Office-of-the-Treasurer/
Finance-for-Congregations.aspx

US Government

Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/

Virus Checks

McAfee Anti-Virus
http://www.mcafee.com/

Symantec Norton Anti-Virus
http://www.symantec.com/nav/

Wondering if the e-mail you got warning you about a virus is for
real? Check it at
http://urbanlegends.about.com/culture/
beliefs/urbanlegends/msubvir.htm

Virus Hoaxes
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
 
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Voices - ELCA Magazine of Good Ideas

http://www.elca.org/dcm/voices/

Wheel Chair Lifts 

 (see "Accessibility Equipment")
 
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