Posted publicly on FB. Posted in its entirety. ANO FAREWELL MISSOURI by Rev. Richard Anton Bolland The first thing I'd like to address to the Missouri Synod before I leave her is my sincere gratitude. What I mean by that is my deep gratitude for the last 60 years of my life having been grounded... Continue Reading →
LCC 2022 Convention Streaming on YouTube – June 12, 2022
The LCC Convention is ongoing with their live-stream on their YT channel here. Session 5 is in progress now. I'm live-tweeting here and simul-posting to FB here.
LCC 2022 Convention Streaming on YouTube
The LCC Convention is ongoing with their live-stream on their YT channel here. I'm live-tweeting here and simul-posting to FB here.
LCC 2022 Convention Will Be Streaming on YouTube in 40 min…
The convention stream starts here in 40 min and I'll be live-tweeting @ https://twitter.com/ANO_LW. Anyone that wants to see a 400+ member committee of the whole in action can watch LCC Synod's YouTube stream of their 2022 Synod in Convention here. There's plenty of time to get your popcorn ready. Or your favorite Lutheran lemonade.... Continue Reading →
LCC 2022 Convention Will Be Streaming on YouTube – Correction
The original post had a link to a virtual choir, not the convention. I've updated that post and I'm re-posting it with the correct link to the convention stream. Anyone that wants to see a 400+ member committee of the whole in action can watch LCC Synod's YouTube stream of their 2022 Synod in Convention... Continue Reading →
LCC 2022 Convention Will Be Streaming on YouTube
Anyone that wants to see a 400+ member committee of the whole in action can watch LCC Synod's YouTube stream of their 2022 Synod in Convention here. As of this posting the stream premiers in 11 hrs so there's plenty of time to get your popcorn ready. Or your favorite Lutheran lemonade. Or have a... Continue Reading →
LCC 2022 Convention: Commission on Adjudication Hasn’t Met Since 2017 Convention
Reading the convention workbook has turned up some interesting tidbits - but I never anticipated finding this report. "Due to an oversight as a result of the restructuring of our Synod at the last convention, current provisions in the 2017 Handbook for the number of memebers on the Commission on Adjudication do not meet the... Continue Reading →
CEF/DIL: Refuting the Unofficial Party Line
When the whole ABC District debacle debuted in Jan 2105, depositors that'd trusted the Lutheran Church with their funds were treated rather shabbily - good information wasn't forthcoming, District officials misrepresented what had actually happened, District struck a Task Force to investigate what happened and when the task force issued its first report, disbanded the... Continue Reading →
Shepherds Village Ministries – Winding Up Order May 16, 2022
Every CCAA liquidation has a process - an application is made to the courts, the courts appoint a liquidator to be the courts eyes and ears, the liquidator works under the courts to sell assets, restructure the company, and possibly create a new company from the remains of the old company. When the liquidator's job... Continue Reading →
Shepherds Village Ministries Final Update – Apr 26, 2022 (Addendum)
In the original article I wrote that Shepherd Valley Ministry (SVM) was worth $12M at best. A sharp-eyed reader noted that the actual funds advanced to SVM was more along the lines of $17M and that $12M was what the CEF Board forgave SVM. Checking my prior archives (which I should've done in the first... Continue Reading →