{"id":654,"date":"2024-03-15T03:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/?p=654"},"modified":"2024-03-15T13:31:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T19:31:11","slug":"index-of-the-march-2024-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Index of the March 2024 Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Issue 92 of Administration Matters<\/h2>\n<h3>You\u2019re not late, everyone else is just early!<\/h3>\n<p>Final call for registration for the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering, MYLE, and the tAble in New Orleans! Registration will close on April 15. Thanks to a generous donor, we are able to provide a waived registration fee (which includes program, housing and food) for our pre-events, the Multicultural Youth Leadership Event and the tAble! To learn more, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elca.church\/gathering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elca.org\/Gathering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Church Mutual update<\/h3>\n<p>The churchwide organization is aware of the difficulties currently facing the entire property insurance marketplace and the direct impact of insurers\u2019 underwriting decisions. As you can imagine, Church Mutual is also directly impacted by these loss trends which influence their underwriting decisions regarding ELCA congregations and synods. &gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/download.elca.org\/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository\/Church_Mutual_Update.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to handle embezzlement<\/h3>\n<p>Anyone who is a victim of embezzlement experiences devastation on many levels. Trust has been broken and relationships are, no doubt, badly damaged. Steps must be taken to not only deal with the monetary loss but also the emotional and psychological impacts felt. &gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/download.elca.org\/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository\/Embezzlement_Procedure.pdf?_ga=2.202140305.1220401357.1710427535-1900638277.1667338939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>2023 tax guides are available through Portico<\/h3>\n<p>Two helpful tax guides are now available for church personnel. Portico Benefit Services provides ministers and congregations participating in the ELCA benefit program with access to tax guides:<br \/>\n\u2022 The Clergy Tax Return Preparation Guide by Richard R. Hammar gives special attention to tax-related topics most relevant to ministers.<br \/>\n\u2022 Federal Reporting Requirements for Churches helps congregations understand their federal tax-reporting requirements.<br \/>\nBoth tax guides are available on <a href=\"https:\/\/myportico.porticobenefits.org\/retirement-center\/tax-planning-resources?utm_source=AdminMatters&amp;utm_medium=eNews&amp;utm_campaign=March2024&amp;utm_content=myP_TaxGuide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myPortico<\/a> and the Tax Filing Information tab on <a href=\"https:\/\/employerlink.porticobenefits.org\/resources\/additional-tax-information?utm_source=AdminMatters&amp;utm_medium=eNews&amp;utm_campaign=March2024&amp;utm_content=EL_TaxGuide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EmployerLink<\/a>. If you&#8217;re not logged in to your Portico account, you&#8217;ll be prompted to do so.<\/p>\n<h3>Writing minutes like a pro<\/h3>\n<p>Minutes are a tangible record of the meeting for its participants and a source of information for future reference. Succinct minutes that capture the purpose of the meeting and its agreed outcomes are a record that can be referred back to and be used for follow-up purposes later. Good minutes are concise and to the point while including all critical information. &gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/download.elca.org\/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository\/Writing_Minutes_Like_a_Pro.pdf?_ga=2.230606367.2040031204.1708533248-1900638277.1667338939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Tax guide for churches and religious organizations<\/h3>\n<p>Congregations and other religious nonprofit organizations are governed by special sets of rules and regulations. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provides a summary of some of those laws in IRS Publication 1828 Tax Guide for Churches and Religious Organizations. The topics covered include tax exempt status issues, substantiating charitable contributions, unrelated business income tax, and special rules on clergy compensation. &gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/p1828.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue 92 of Administration Matters You\u2019re not late, everyone else is just early! Final call for registration for the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering, MYLE, and the tAble in New Orleans! Registration will close on April 15. Thanks to a generous donor, we are able to provide a waived registration fee (which includes program, housing and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Index of the March 2024 Issue - Administration Matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Index of the March 2024 Issue - Administration Matters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Issue 92 of Administration Matters You\u2019re not late, everyone else is just early! Final call for registration for the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering, MYLE, and the tAble in New Orleans! Registration will close on April 15. Thanks to a generous donor, we are able to provide a waived registration fee (which includes program, housing and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Administration Matters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-15T09:00:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-15T19:31:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alma Jarrin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alma Jarrin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alma Jarrin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/86b358f8e6cf0933077c149cf4cb8382\"},\"headline\":\"Index of the March 2024 Issue\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-15T09:00:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-15T19:31:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":412,\"articleSection\":[\"Post\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\\\/\",\"name\":\"Index of the March 2024 Issue - Administration Matters\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-15T09:00:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-15T19:31:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/86b358f8e6cf0933077c149cf4cb8382\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Index of the March 2024 Issue\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/\",\"name\":\"Administration Matters\",\"description\":\"A bimonthly e-newsletter for ELCA congregational and synodical leaders. It addresses common, practical issues including finance, governance, risk management, tax, legal concerns and topics of interest about day to day operations and management in church settings.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/86b358f8e6cf0933077c149cf4cb8382\",\"name\":\"Alma Jarrin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d1ada0514df2f372f61f61f61ecde01e12a61c0005a9c33cd09acc028a4c8c48?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d1ada0514df2f372f61f61f61ecde01e12a61c0005a9c33cd09acc028a4c8c48?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d1ada0514df2f372f61f61f61ecde01e12a61c0005a9c33cd09acc028a4c8c48?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alma Jarrin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/adminmatters\\\/author\\\/almajarrin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Index of the March 2024 Issue - Administration Matters","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Index of the March 2024 Issue - Administration Matters","og_description":"Issue 92 of Administration Matters You\u2019re not late, everyone else is just early! Final call for registration for the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering, MYLE, and the tAble in New Orleans! Registration will close on April 15. Thanks to a generous donor, we are able to provide a waived registration fee (which includes program, housing and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\/","og_site_name":"Administration Matters","article_published_time":"2024-03-15T09:00:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-15T19:31:11+00:00","author":"Alma Jarrin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alma Jarrin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\/"},"author":{"name":"Alma Jarrin","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/#\/schema\/person\/86b358f8e6cf0933077c149cf4cb8382"},"headline":"Index of the March 2024 Issue","datePublished":"2024-03-15T09:00:56+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-15T19:31:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\/"},"wordCount":412,"articleSection":["Post"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\/","name":"Index of the March 2024 Issue - Administration Matters","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-03-15T09:00:56+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-15T19:31:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/#\/schema\/person\/86b358f8e6cf0933077c149cf4cb8382"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/index-of-the-march-2024-issue\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Index of the March 2024 Issue"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/","name":"Administration Matters","description":"A bimonthly e-newsletter for ELCA congregational and synodical leaders. It addresses common, practical issues including finance, governance, risk management, tax, legal concerns and topics of interest about day to day operations and management in church settings.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/#\/schema\/person\/86b358f8e6cf0933077c149cf4cb8382","name":"Alma Jarrin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1ada0514df2f372f61f61f61ecde01e12a61c0005a9c33cd09acc028a4c8c48?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1ada0514df2f372f61f61f61ecde01e12a61c0005a9c33cd09acc028a4c8c48?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1ada0514df2f372f61f61f61ecde01e12a61c0005a9c33cd09acc028a4c8c48?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alma Jarrin"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/author\/almajarrin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":658,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions\/658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/adminmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}