State Senate ID bill would harm the needy

Making its way through the Senate since last spring, S.B. 9 requires the submission of government-issued ID as a condition of receiving a wide variety of public benefits.

In a state where 1.4 million people live in poverty, there is a $4.6 billion shortfall in adequate funding for K-12 public education and nearly 800,000 people dont have health care insurance. So why is a bill that would accomplish little or nothing a top priority?

State Senate ID bill would harm the needy –  themorningcall.com

ELCA ad campaign shows results

Denver motorists saw billboards in September 2007 that displayed tools in the shape of a cross and conveyed a fact — “8,400 homes repaired after Hurricane Katrina” — and a message — “God’s Work. Our Hands.” The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Rocky Mountain Synod took the lead in a pilot advertising campaign about the ELCA and what Lutherans are about in the world.

Read in Church Executive Magazine

Milestones and Myopia

Lois Kadel, coordinator for much of our synod’s volunteer work along the Gulf, sends this reflection on the anniversaries of Sept. 11, 2001 and Hurricane Katrinia:

I awoke this morning to another milestone morning in America. The cable news outlets and the national media I watch as I channel hop each morning are all focused on yet another anniversary date of a national tragedy.

Hello, synod!

Welcome to the weblog of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. This blog complements our main website, www.ministrylink.org. Here we’ll post announcements, ministry stories, observations and resources to keep you in touch with the synod organization and with your partners in ministry across our territory — and beyond.

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Bob Fisher

Communications