Darlene H. Kalfahs

Resource Director

Darlene "Dolly" Bilstad

Associate Director

Feel free to contact us by E-Mail

or Phone: (920) 734-3797

 

Ellen Mai & Ellen Gast

Volunteers

The Resource Center has been very fortunate to have several loyal volunteers throughout the years. We have appreciate each and every one of them.  Today we have two wonderful volunteers who use their many gifts to help the center run efficiently.  Coincidentally, they both are active members of Zion Lutheran Church in Appleton.

Ellen Mai began as a volunteer in 1995 when the Resource Center began.  The Resource Center is blessed to have her continuing to use her gifts, time and care to make this ministry meaningful today.  She volunteers two mornings a week, helping to keep the center organized, making sure orders are shipped on time, helping with many special projects and keeping our Open Files organized with copies available for you.

Ellen Gast began volunteering in 2003 and is busy using her Educational Gifts to keep our roations Sunday School Lessons organized, computerized and available for you. she continuously is searching for creative ideas to help our Sunday Schools stay energized and is hoping to design some Rotation Lessons for you in the future.  Ellen works one morning a week.

We are blessed to have both Ellen Mai and Ellen Gast a part of the Resource Center Team!

The Resource Center welcomes Sherry Wilberscheid as a new volunteer to our Resource Center Team!

Sherry is a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in New Holstein. She retired in June from 37 1/2 years of teaching in the elementary grades and a brings a multitude of gifts to the center. Sherry heads up Gloria Dei's Rotation Sunday School.  She also worked in a library from seventh grade through graduate school and loved writing curriculum as a teacher...so volunteering in the resource center seemed a perfect match for her.   She is really looking forward to working on the Rotation Sunday School materials and will team up with Ellen Gast to be our Rotation Sunday School "Experts"

ECSW - Resource Center - General Procedures

Materials can be accessed either by visiting our Center or by viewing our Resources on the Internet.  If you view the Resources on the Internet and wish to check out materials, please use e-mail to let us know what you wish to have.  We will make them available to you based on how you qualify for services.   We will expect that you will follow the General Procedures as follows.

 

To access the Internet Resource Catalog with your mouse click Here.

1. Materials from the Resource Center may be checked out to any congregational member of the East Central Synod of Wisconsin or to subscribing synods and/or denominations through the staff of the Resource Center.

2. Materials lost or damaged en route to a patron will be replaced by the Resource Center.

3. Patrons are responsible for all materials lost or damaged while in their possession and en route to the Resource Center and will be responsible for the cost of replacement.

4. Materials are to be returned in person, by mail, or UPS at user's expense.

5. The Resource Center is operated in compliance with Federal Copyright Laws.  Likewise, persons using materials from the Resource Center are expected to comply with these laws.

6. The loan period will be determined by the material type and at the discretion of the Resource Center Director.

The Resource Center Director Reserves The Right
To Make Exceptions To The Above Procedures.

 Resource Center - Membership and Fees

1. East Central Synod of Wisconsin Congregations:

• Congregations of the ELCA in the East Central Synod of Wisconsin shall receive the services of the Resource Center FREE of charge.

• When materials are mailed to congregations, the expense shall be paid from the budget of the Resource Center.

• When congregations return materials, they will pay the postage if they are returning by mail.  They may, however, return materials in person without charge.

2. Associate Members:

• Other synods of the ELCA, or such governing bodies of other denominations, may subscribe to the services of the Resource Center for an annual fee of $ .50 per baptized/attending members.

• Associate members are entitled to receive all the services and publications of the Resource Center.

3. Individual Congregations

• Individual Congregations belonging to a synod or denomination that does not hold such an associate membership may subscribe to the services of the Resource Center for an annual fee of $ .50 per baptized/attending members.

• Individual congregations are entitled to receive all the services and publications of the Resource Center

• Congregations or individuals who do not otherwise subscribe to the services of the Resource Center may come in to the Resource Center to borrow a resource for $5 or Call and request a resource be sent for $10 (+ postage). Open/vertical files for $5 (+ postage) per request.  There will be a $15.00 (+ postage) for all Rotation Sunday School Lessons copied and sent.  If you are willing to share lessons, we can also do an even exchange (i.e. send us 3 lessons & pick 3 of your choice at no charge)
• If you are not a member of the ECSW and you have a Resource Center in your own synod or denomination I ask that you first contact your own Resource Center who will contact our Resource Center on your behalf.  If you are not affiliated with a Resource Center contact us at 920/734-3797 or e-mail Darlene or Dolly for borrowing procedures. Such users must return the video by mail at their own expense or in person without further charge.