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Mission Effectiveness

The Purpose

To support the mission and values of The Good Samaritan Society by;

  1. Strengthening the spiritual and religiuos aspects of holistic care;
  2. Cultivating and supporting and ethical culture; and
  3. Building relationships with the Lutheran community and community-at-large.

Guiding Principles

The guiding principles of Mission Effectiveness are grace, vocation and inclusiveness. All three contribute significantly to “what it means to be Lutheran” and thus shape the purpose of Mission Effectiveness in the context of a Lutheran social service organization.

Grace-Vocation-Inclusiveness

Those Served

  • Internal Community
    The internal community consists mainly of staff and volunteers and also includes families and residents.
     
  • External Community
    The external community consists of Lutheran congregations: the Synod of Alberta and Territories of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCiC) and the BC Synod (ELCiC) and their bishops, and the Alberta-British Columbia District of the Lutheran Church-Canada (LC-C) and its president and all other Lutheran churches in the two provinces.

    The present membership of The Good Samaritan Society consists of approximately 800 Lutheran and non-Lutheran members.

Goals

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Publications

Living The Parable Devotion Book

2009 Spring Devotion Booklet

In Touch Newsletter 

March/April 2010

June 2010

Pastoral Care Brochure 

Resources

Good Samaritan Sunday

Congregational Liaison Representative Program

Ethics Resources

Chaplains' List

Events

Annual Spirituality and Wholeness Workshops