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Portico Benefits Decisions
Health Care, Pension, Life Insurance
Deadline
Selecting the health benefits you will provide as a congregation for your Rostered Leaders and staff must happen by Oct. 14, 2013.
Use the Employer Link
at Portico Benefits to make your selection and learn more.
ELCA Churchwide and the Alaska Synod recommend offering the Gold+ option, as this most nearly parallels the benefits offered by Portico in the past.
The process can be complicated, and we are here to help.
Call the Service Center at Portico 800.352.2876
or the Synod Office (907)272-8899 for guidance.
Click here for a
Benefit Costs Calculator on the Portico Website to help determine the specific cost of providing benefits to each individual.
Click Here
for links to many Portico pages and Frequently Asked Questions.
Once in a Lifetime Life Insurance:
This period of Open Enrollment (Fall 2013) is the only time that an individual will not have to provide Evidence Of Insurability in order to qualify for Supplemental Life Insurance with Portico. Portico is offering, for the first time ever, Supplemental Term Life Insurance that is available at an extremely affordable group rate. This is an optional supplement to the Life Insurance that will be replacing the "Survivor Benefits" members are familiar with from the past.
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Mission Trip to your town? Helping Hands!
The synod office received an inquiry from University Lutheran Church, Clemson, SC. They are exploring mission trip ideas for the summer of 2014 and their group of 6-8 high school students is interested in coming to Alaska. If you have an idea of how to put them to work, please email Pastor Danielle at
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"Jesus Christ, Defendant"
with Professor Mark Osler
Friday Oct 11- Sunday Oct 13
St. Mary's Episcopal Church presents
The Caroline Penniman Wohlforth Lecture Series. The weekend features Professor Mark Osler speaking on "Jesus Christ, Defendant" Friday 7pm, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish ( map).
Saturday, at St. Mary's Episcopal ( map) , Professor Osler will present his latest book from 11-noon as well as teaching a workshop on the same theme,
Effective Social Advocacy, from 1-2:30pm. The full itinerary for the Lecture series is available here.
Mark Osler is a Professor of Law as well as the head of the Association of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools. His preaching and teaching often present the intersection of law and faith.
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Leadership Learning Event
Dr. Diana Butler Bass
Friday Oct 18, 12:30-5pm; Saturday Oct 19 9am-4pm & 7pm
FREE Public Lecture Saturday, 7pm.
St. John United Methodist Church (1801 O'Malley Rd (map))
The Alaska United Methodist Conference brings Dr. Diana Butler Bass to Anchorage to teach about religion and spirituality in today's world. Dr. Bass has authored 8 books, including her most recent: Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening.
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Prophetic Voice
Providence Alaska Medical Center is offering two presentations on October 21 for Pastoral Care Week.
These presentations are for clergy and committed or official lay ministers. They include Dr. Estrada Bernard speaking on "Prophetic Voice in Neuroscience" and Rev. Dr. Patricia William-Cone speaking on "Prophetic Voice in Compassion."
The event is free but reservations are required by Oct 14.
For the full schedule and reservation information click here
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Growing a Generous Congregation
"Generosity is the outward expression of the grace-filled life and is a mark of the growing Christian." The Presbytery of the Yukon presents a seminar on Christian giving and biblical practices for financial management. In this seminar, speakers will address the spiritual and practical aspects of giving for the individual and the congregation.
Thursday Oct 10 7-9pm and Friday Oct 11 7-9pm
Jewel Lake Parish
3833 Strawberry Road, Anchorage
call 907-276-0914
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Barnabas Foundation Sponsors Webinar on Innovative Church Stewardship Programs
Where does stewardship fit in your church and in the lives of your members? Or does it? What if you discovered a way to "make it happen"? In this webinar, you will learn about several different programs to grow good stewards in your church. The date is Thursday, November 14, Noon - 1 p.m. Eastern Time. Learn more and register by visiting
this link or by calling the Barnabas Foundation at
888-448-3040.
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