CONGREGATIONAL MEETING RESOURCES
Below are resources for the topics to be covered during this meeting. You may wish to review these in advance or access them during the meeting.
Results of the Welcome Journey Survey
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Welcome Journey Conversations survey.
We received 296 responses and are deeply grateful for the thought and discernment each person shared. After reviewing the results and perspectives, the Church Council recommends moving forward this Sunday, October 26, 2025 with a congregational vote on the two survey questions.
To help you prepare, we are sharing the full survey results and responses. As you read through them, you may agree with some and disagree with others. We invite you to approach them with respect, not to make another person’s opinion make sense to you, but to understand why it makes sense to them.
We received 296 responses and are deeply grateful for the thought and discernment each person shared. After reviewing the results and perspectives, the Church Council recommends moving forward this Sunday, October 26, 2025 with a congregational vote on the two survey questions.
To help you prepare, we are sharing the full survey results and responses. As you read through them, you may agree with some and disagree with others. We invite you to approach them with respect, not to make another person’s opinion make sense to you, but to understand why it makes sense to them.
Vote Regarding Proposed Changes to Atonement's Welcome Statement
The congregation will vote by paper ballot on proposed changes to Atonement's Welcome Statement. You may view the proposed changes to the Welcome Statement using the button below.
Motion to Amend Continuing Resolution [C8.01.A13] Statement of Welcome and
Affirmation of the Atonement Lutheran Church Constitution
Recommended for congregational action:
To adopt that the Constitution of Atonement Lutheran Church, with Bylaws and
Continuing Resolutions, be amended in Continuing Resolution [C8.01.A13] Statement
of Welcome and Affirmation by the four changes presented to the congregation in the
Welcome Journey Conversations updating the language for gender identity and
expression, physical and mental ability, and committing to racial equity, justice, and
peace.
Affirmation of the Atonement Lutheran Church Constitution
Recommended for congregational action:
To adopt that the Constitution of Atonement Lutheran Church, with Bylaws and
Continuing Resolutions, be amended in Continuing Resolution [C8.01.A13] Statement
of Welcome and Affirmation by the four changes presented to the congregation in the
Welcome Journey Conversations updating the language for gender identity and
expression, physical and mental ability, and committing to racial equity, justice, and
peace.
Vote Regarding Reconciling in Christ
The congregation will vote by paper ballot on whether Atonement Lutheran Church should become a Reconciling in Christ congregation. You may learn more about Reconciling Works using the button below.
Motion to Become a Reconciling in Christ Congregation
Recommended for congregation action:
Provided the amendment to Continuing Resolution [C8.01.A13] Statement of Welcome
and Affirmation of the Constitution of Atonement Lutheran Church is adopted, to further
provide clarity on the public commitment to living as a welcoming faith community, to
adopt that Atonement Lutheran Church become a Reconciling in Christ congregation.
Recommended for congregation action:
Provided the amendment to Continuing Resolution [C8.01.A13] Statement of Welcome
and Affirmation of the Constitution of Atonement Lutheran Church is adopted, to further
provide clarity on the public commitment to living as a welcoming faith community, to
adopt that Atonement Lutheran Church become a Reconciling in Christ congregation.
Updates Regarding Horizons Stewardship and Strategic Planning
The congregation will receive brief updates on our partnership with Horizons.
Update on Upcoming November Congregational Meeting
Hear a brief overview of the purpose and topics to be covered at our
upcoming November Congregational Meeting.
upcoming November Congregational Meeting.