{"id":41,"date":"2014-05-15T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T16:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/?p=41"},"modified":"2015-10-04T08:24:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T14:24:59","slug":"2014-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/2014-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Index of the May 2014 Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Issue 34 of Administration Matters<\/p>\n<p><strong>Campaign for the ELCA<\/strong><br \/>\nAlways Being Made New: The Campaign for the ELCA, is the first-ever comprehensive campaign for our church, approved by the 2013 Churchwide Assembly in response to God\u2019s call to love and serve our neighbors, to boldly respond to the needs of the world with a living, daring confidence in God\u2019s grace. It seeks to raise $198 million in support of new and expanded churchwide ministries above and beyond those supported by regular weekly offerings. &gt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/campaign\" target=\"_blank\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethics Policy for Congregations<\/strong><br \/>\nAdopting an ethics policy is the best practice to help clarify fiduciary duties and address conflicts of interest or appearance of conflicts. &gt;<a href=\"http:\/\/download.elca.org\/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository\/Business_Ethics_Information.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips for web managers \u2013 copyright<\/strong><br \/>\nCopyright and trademark laws apply to online publishing. In order to use someone else\u2019s work on your website you must get permission from the author or creator of the work. &gt;<a href=\"http:\/\/download.elca.org\/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository\/Tips_For_Web_Managers_Copyright.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">more<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELCA Group Ruling Tax Exemption<\/strong><br \/>\nAn ELCA IRS ruling certification letter can be used when you apply for bulk mailing permit, state sales tax exemption, to receive grant or matching funds, estate settlement or simply for proof of tax exempt status. &gt;<a href=\"http:\/\/download.elca.org\/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository\/Tax_Information_for_Congregations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Information Security Awareness<\/strong><br \/>\nSecurity breaches and stolen personal information are in the headlines too often these days. To prevent your congregation from losing members data, review this updated guide to information security. &gt;<a href=\"http:\/\/download.elca.org\/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository\/Information_Security_Awareness.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reducing risk \u2013 cell phones while driving<\/strong><br \/>\nCongregations should consider creating a \u201cno cell phone use while driving\u201d policy for all employees and volunteers that is more expansive than what state and local laws may already require.\u00a0 &gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchmutual.com\/index.cfm?pid=2257&amp;pageTitle=Risk-Alerts&amp;riskalertid=67\" target=\"_blank\">more<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue 34 of Administration Matters Campaign for the ELCA Always Being Made New: The Campaign for the ELCA, is the first-ever comprehensive campaign for our church, approved by the 2013 Churchwide Assembly in response to God\u2019s call to love and serve our neighbors, to boldly respond to the needs of the world with a living, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14019],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issue"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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