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It's Your Call	It's Your Call
In January of 2012 our church will be holding another It’s Your Call emphasis. It’s Your Call is a recruitment programme aimed at encouraging members of our church to consider a vocation as an ordained or diaconal minister. In the process, It’s Your Call encourages us all to consider or reconsider our vocations as we live out our baptismal call to ministry. For this emphasis to continue to bear fruit we need your help. It’s Your Call is designed as a congregational program, and we are encouraging all congregations of the church to designate Sunday January 22, 2012 as It’s Your Call Sunday. You will find with this letter materials that will help you carry out an It’s Your Call Sunday emphasis. Here is a step by step outline for conducting an It’s Your Call emphasis: Step One: Publicize It’s Your Call Sunday in advance. Use the Sample Bulletin Announcements and Newsletter Articles. Step Two: On Sunday January 22, 2012 join other congregations across the MNO Synod in celebrating It’s Your Call Sunday. Read the letter from the Synod Bishop to the congregation. Lift up the call to ministry in hymn and prayer and sermon. Distribute the bulletin inserts Candidate’s Profile and Nomination Form. Collect the completed nomination forms in the offering. Step Three: Interview nominees and complete the Interview Form. If candidates from other congregations have been nominated, send their nomination form to their resident rostered minister. Step Four: With permission of those nominated, send completed Interview Forms to your synod office. Individuals who are nominated will be contacted and followed up. If nominees aren’t sure about the difference between ordained and diaconal ministry, refer to the enclosed document What is a Call to Ministry? Thank you in advance for participating in this very important emphasis. Let us continue to pray and work together to identify, recruit and nurture candidates for ordained and lay diaconal ministry. Bishop Elaine Sauer, MNO Synod

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