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NACBA Check Request

NACBA Mileage Log

National Conference Scholarship Application Form

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Church people frequently need to track down members in hospital. To facilitate your search, you may download a comprehensive list of all Twin Cities Area Hospitals here.

People who do not use Microsoft's Office suite of programs are frequently frustrated that documents written in one of these products arrive from time to time. Microsoft allows users to download free "viewers" for Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc., by clicking in the appropriate place below.

Microsoft Office 2003-to-2007 Compatibility Pack. This product allows Office 2003 to read Office 2007 formats.
Microsoft Word Viewer allows customers without Microsoft Word to view and print Word documents.
Microsoft Excel Viewer allows customers without Microsoft Excel to view and print Excel spreadsheets.
Microsoft Power Point Viewer allows customers without Microsoft Power Point to view, display, and print Power Point shows.

Adobe Acrobat Reader. Similarly, Adobe offers their "reader", allowing people without Adobe Acrobat to read, display, and print PDF (portable document file) files.

A Summary of Minnesota Statute 317a Governing Nonprofits

15-Passenger Vans Everyone is, of course, concerned about the abysmal safety record of 15-passenger vans. However, for those churches that own them, there is a retro-fit that can be done on them that greatly reduces the liklihood of a rollover accident. Information is available from a group called “Van Angels”. Find out more at
www.vanangels.org.

Minnesota OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) is THE resource to answer questions about safety issues. Be sure to check out their web site at www.dli.mn.gov/mnosha.asp.

To download current copies of IRS documents, such as 1099s, w2s, etc. go to
www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html.

To get forms from the Minnesota Department of Revenue, go to
www.taxes.state.mn.us/current_forms.shtml.

The Minnesota New-Hire Reporting agency is accessible at newhire-reporting.com/MN-Newhire/default.aspx.

Minnesota state employment posters are available free of charge from the Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry at www.dli.mn.gov/LS/Posters.asp.

Federal employment posters are available at
www.dol.gov/osbp/sbrefa/poster/main.htm.

Immigration & Naturalization Service has the I-9 forms available for downloading at
uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/i-9.htm.

Christian Ministry Resources, Matthews, NC. This fine organization has materials on risk management and church law. www.churchlawtoday.com/

All kinds of helpful publications are available from the NACBA national organization at
www.nacbadata.com/source/library/ordershome.cfm?section=orders.

Luther Seminary offers Daily Devotions, as well as Stewardship Ideas by e-mail. Sign up at
www.luthersem.edu/email/email.asp.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has great pages offering advice on records retention. Check 'em out at
Business Records, or Programmatic Records.