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The Iowa District East gathered in Convention June 23-24, 2006 in Cedar Rapids.
Rev. Dr. Gary Arp was elected to his third term as District President on the first ballot. Rev. Dr. Matthew Rueger was re-elected as First Vice President and Rev. Brian Saunders was elected 2nd VP. Rev. Matthew Harrison, executive Director of LCMS Human Care and World Relief spoke on the churches role in showing mercy.
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Joint Statement regarding Immigration Concerns
Today, issues related to immigration and immigration laws are causing distress in our land. Christians equally committed to God’s Word may reasonably arrive at different conclusions on specific aspects of these issues and their resolution. Read more...
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Instant IDE TODAY - Blog You will be able to see past articles from the IDE TODAY and also to view materials which will appear in the next printed issue. In fact, more material will appear on the blog site than will fit into the printed issues.
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IDE TODAY
IDE TODAY is periodically mailed to all congregations for distribution to members of every congregation. You may now read the articles online. CLICK HERE to go to the current issue.
Professional Packet - District Worker's Packet from the District Office. Click on underlined words to see the list with the current packet.
Delivery of Your Professional Packet
Our professional packet has been sent out by email in personal document format for a while now. Now the material is sent separated by contents of the material and less time is spent downloading the material.
As you glance at the email that notifies you of the packets release, you will notice that links have been assigned to each category. You can click on an underlined section, open the document and print the specific section. The documents will be in the pdf format, so you will still need Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer to open these files. There is a link to download the full text version of the Professional Packet.
If you have a change in your email address, please send a note to Pam to make the change to the electronic packet mailing list.
Microfilming of Church Records
Disasters in our District and Synod have indicated the importance of having all congregations to have their church records microfilmed and stored off site.