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Bishop's Report Bishop Michael L. Burk Bishop’s Bishop’s Report Report Bishop Michael L. Burk I am very grateful for the many people who attended one of the “Evenings With the Bishop” in the fall of 2010. It was an opportunity for open and constructive conversation about the challenges facing the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, this synod, and the many places where we live out our Christian vocation. I learned a lot in these encounters and in the many congregational visits that dominated my calendar. I hope the learning was mutual. The economic pressures facing this synod have been significant, demanding periodic adjustments to the synod spending plan. While the broader economy has contributed to the pressures, the challenge has been intensified by responses to the 2009 decisions regarding ministry policies. There are signs that we, as a synod, have worked constructively toward the goal of making sure that the mission of Christ’s church overshadows attention to “differences” among us. When synods suffer economically and mission support The Landscape has Changed…and is Changing is diminished, our churchwide partners usually suffer more deeply. The ELCA churchwide organization has I remember leaving the 2010 Synod Assembly implemented a sweeping structural change in light of uplifted and feeling more hopeful than in the weeks current economic realities and for the sake of being leading up to it. I was persuaded that the people who best positioned to provide the ministry and services attended – representing so many others “back home” that are best carried out in concert with this whole – took delight in rediscovering the many ways that church. Among the most hopeful signs of this new we are connected. Those connections are rooted in structure is the renewed commitment to the Directors our baptism and come to the richest expression when for Evangelical Mission (DEM). DEMs, like our own we are witnessing to the Good News of Jesus Christ, Pastor Gloria Dovre, are deployed to the synods as aware that our witness is part of a shared mission. part as a tangible sign of our churchwide partnership, in order to facilitate the development of new and This year has been about rediscovering and renewing renewing congregations. the relationships that give shape to that mission. We have bid farewell to three congregations since I took particular delight in not traveling very much the 2010 synod assembly. Unity Lutheran Church outside the Southeastern Iowa Synod this past (Des Moines), First Lutheran Church (Ottumwa), year. That is not to diminish our churchwide and and Highland Park Lutheran Church (Des Moines), global relationships. In so many ways, they have each completed the process required to terminate been strengthened in the last twelve months. But their relationship with the ELCA. In each instance, tending to those relationships in the context of their pastors supported the efforts and joined them in local congregations, agencies and institutions has the departure. This is a loss that causes sadness, even contributed to my growing hopefulness for the future as we bid these communities of faith farewell and of this whole church. Godspeed. In addition to the ongoing For the sake of the whole church, I serve as a member Bishop’s conversations with individuals of the “ready bench” of bishops committed to Report and groups who are looking for a advocacy on matters related to hunger and domestic deeper understanding of the ELCA issues that affect people living in poverty. I also chair and the aspects of our life that bind us the group of liaison bishops to the ELCA Church together, I have participated in so many Council (one bishop from each region meets with and events that bolster my confidence for the future. advises the Church Council). Seven ordinations, engagement with a healthy and varied group of candidates for rostered ministry, days LIFT (Living Into the Future Together) is an effort of renewal, fall theological conference, worship in leading to recommendations that will come to the 2011 congregations, and one-to-one conversations with Churchwide Assembly with a report that intends to many leaders throughout the synod. In every instance, position us better as a whole church to make disciples whether discussing opportunities or challenges, and serve the neighbor in Jesus’ name. Two Iowans triumphs or troubles, it is clear that almost everyone have served as part of the diverse and gifted LIFT I encounter wants the best for this church and for our task force: our own, Erik Ullestad (Windsor Heights ministry together. After a year of living with “eyes Lutheran Church) and President Rick Torgerson of fixed on Jesus” (2010 assembly theme), it is evident Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. that the people of the Southeastern Iowa Synod want to keep their eyes focused on the One who saves us. The Southeastern Iowa Synod Council continues to work faithfully in demanding times. We have All of what has gone right in this synod has been had helpful conversations about what it means helped – as have I - by a remarkable synod staff. I to be Christ’s church today. I have been blessed continue to be indebted to the gifted colleagues who by the leadership of Martha Bonte (Synod Vice serve so faithfully on our behalf. I hope you will take President), Jim Ellefson (Treasurer), and Cheryl every opportunity to express your appreciation to Hollich (Secretary). Each have given significant Pastor Julie Higgs, Pastor Paul Ostrem, Pastor Eric time, while bringing their best gifts to leadership. Carlson, Pastor Gloria Dovre, Kathy Smith, Lorraine Among the small group conversations taken up by Jordan, Janelle Bidne and Paula Casper. They are council members this year was one involving mission faithful and humble servants. support (financial support for synod and churchwide ministries). When wrestling with the question of I continue to serve on the Boards of Grand View how to foster greater mutual support, there was one University, Lutheran Services in Iowa, Iowa Health recurring theme – “Give a face to the synod…and help Systems-Des Moines, and Luther College. In each people understand what their support provides for.” It instance, my own ministry is enriched. was tempting for some to conclude that meant making sure more people get to know the bishop. But most of This synod is one of twelve synods in Region 5, which these leaders began to understand and describe how includes synods in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. In important it is to help members throughout the synod September, we hosted a gathering of the bishops of understand that we are all the synod, and we are all the our region at the Southeastern Iowa Synod Center for ELCA, together. Ministry (which some people refer to as the “synod office” but in fact, is your center for synod ministries). On a personal note, I had very successful eye surgeries this past year (cataracts removed and replaced with I am blessed to be a part of the ELCA Conference of implants). It was a nuisance at times, but it reinforced Bishops, which meets three times a year and relies the theme of fixing our eyes on Jesus. I am grateful for heavily on frequent electronic communication for the prayers of many on my behalf, not only in light of mutual support and counsel. Though the bishops of these medical procedures but also for the ministry I this church reflect the varied perspectives you would have been called to do. find in and around the many congregations of the ELCA, the trust among us is exceptionally high as we As I write this I am looking forward to the 2011 strive to navigate what can seem like tumultuous seas. Assembly of the Southeastern Iowa Synod. I am very grateful that Bishop Charles Mjema and his wife, Pastor Nahana Mjema of the Pare Diocese will be Bishop’s with us to remind us of the breadth and depth of our Report relationships. Pastor Rafael Malpica-Padilla, ELCA Executive Director for Global Mission will be our churchwide representative. He has been instrumental in tending to our international relationships, including and especially with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. I am grateful that he will have some dedicated time here with Bishop Mjema. Even as we finish preparing for the upcoming synod assembly, our voting members who will attend the 2011 Churchwide Assembly in August have already begun their work. I am excited that our group will serve as one of five synod groups that will be piloting a project that will lead to “paperless assemblies.” Each voting member from Southeastern Iowa will be issued the necessary “technology” to alleviate the need for hundreds of pages of documentation. It promises to be “interesting.” More immediately I am looking forward to Holy Week and Easter. It is still Lent when pre-assembly materials are assembled. And I’m thinking about the Monday of Holy Week when all rostered leaders of this synod are invited to a common worship service that includes Holy Communion and an affirmation of the vows we made at ordination, consecration, or commissioning. It immediately precedes a day that I spend in seclusion praying for all of you by praying for rostered leaders, congregations, agencies and institutions (specialized ministries) by name. It is an important reminder that even as we tend to the relationships that give shape to our shared mission, the relationship that is the ground of our being and the source of our hope is our relationship with God, who loves us in and through Jesus Christ. It is because of God’s faithfulness in tending to us that we can be at peace in and excited about a landscape that has changed...and is changing.
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