Bulletin of Reports Thirty-second Annual Northern Illinois Synod Assembly June 14-15, 2019 Augustana College, Rock Island Table of Contents All contents can be downloaded from the synod website - http://assembly.nisynod.org. Official Notice ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Proposed Rules for the Thirty-Second Annual Northern Illinois Synod Assembly ............................ 5 Assembly Agenda .............................................................................................................................. 10 Letter from ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton .......................................................................... 14 Report of Northern Illinois Synod Bishop Jeffrey Clements .............................................................. 15 Anniversaries of Rostered Ministers .......................................................................................................... 18 Rostered Ministers Who Have Retired in the Past Year ............................................................................. 18 Report of the Synod Vice President ................................................................................................... 19 Report of the Secretary ....................................................................................................................... 19 Minutes of the 2018 NIS Assembly .............................................................................................................. 20 Report of the Synod Council ........................................................................................................................ 31 Report of the Treasurer ........................................................................................................................ 34 Consolidated Balance Sheet ........................................................................................................................ 35 2020 Proposed Budget Pie Chart ................................................................................................................. 36 2020 Proposed Budget ................................................................................................................................. 37 Explanation of Budgeted Income and Expenses ........................................................................................ 38 Policy Statement .......................................................................................................................................... 41 Report of the Director for Evangelical Mission .................................................................................. 45 Report of Committees and Subcommittees ..................................................................................... 46 Congregational Life Committee .................................................................................................................. 46 Youth Subcommittee ............................................................................................................................... 46 Stewardship Subcommittee .................................................................................................................... 47 Global Mission Committee .......................................................................................................................... 47 Ministry Support Committee ....................................................................................................................... 47 Candidacy Subcommittee ....................................................................................................................... 48 Outreach Committee .................................................................................................................................... 49 Social Ministry Committee .......................................................................................................................... 50 World Hunger Subcommittee ................................................................................................................. 51 Rostered Ministers Continuing Education Team ........................................................................................ 51 The Nursing Project - Tanzania Task Force ................................................................................................ 52 Report of Conferences ........................................................................................................................ 54 Central Conference ....................................................................................................................................... 54 East Conference ............................................................................................................................................ 54 North Conference ......................................................................................................................................... 54 Northeast Conference .................................................................................................................................. 55 Northwest Conference ................................................................................................................................. 56 South Conference ......................................................................................................................................... 56 Southwest Conference.................................................................................................................................. 56 West Conference .......................................................................................................................................... 57 Report of Colleges, Seminaries, and Campus Ministry .................................................................... 58 Augustana College - Rock Island, IL ............................................................................................................. 58 Carthage College - Kenosha, Wisconsin ....................................................................................................... 59 Grace Place at Northern Illinois University ................................................................................................ 59 Grand View University - Des Moines, Iowa ................................................................................................. 61 Lutheran Campus Ministry Illinois ............................................................................................................. 62 Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago and Wartburg Seminary .............................................................. 63 Wartburg College - Waverly, Iowa .............................................................................................................. 65 Report of Agencies, Institutions, and Organizations ........................................................................ 67 diakonia™ ..................................................................................................................................................... 67 ELCA Fund for Leaders ................................................................................................................................ 68 ELCA Mission Investment Fund .................................................................................................................. 68 Jenny Lind Chapel ........................................................................................................................................ 69 Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Center - Oregon, Illinois .............................................................................. 70 Lutheran Social Services of Illinois ............................................................................................................. 73 Lutherdale - Elkhorn, Wisconsin ................................................................................................................. 74 Mosaic ........................................................................................................................................................... 76 Portico ........................................................................................................................................................... 77 Region 5, ELCA .............................................................................................................................................. 78 Rockford Area Lutheran Ministries ............................................................................................................ 79 Synodical Women’s Organization - Women of the ELCA ........................................................................... 80 UnityPoint Health - Rock Island, Illinois ..................................................................................................... 80 Report of the Nominating Committee ............................................................................................... 85 Present Membership and 2019 Nominations .............................................................................................. 85 Synod Council ......................................................................................................................................... 85 Congregational Life Committee