Rev. Art Umbach
Central Region Facilitator
Southeastern District
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

The Central Region is circuits 8-12. This area includes the Southern Maryland, The District of Columbia., Virginia and Nags Head, North Carolina.

Contact: arthuru@aol.com
phone: 804.512.0723

The Southeastern District is served by three full-time Mission and Ministry Facilitators who assist congregations and schools, professional church workers and lay leaders in the respective regions of the district. Each Mission and Ministry Facilitator brings experience and expertise as they work with congregations, circuits and schools in all areas of "outreach" and "inreach" ministry.

They build relationships with congregational leaders; networking, coordinating and brokering resources for congregations in visioning and planning; leading workshops and outreach processes, stewardship programs, Faithful Christians/Faithful Congregations, and Bridgebuilders; and working with congregations and circuits in planting new churches and ministries within the region. The Facilitator for the Central Region is Rev. Art Umbach.

Central Region Mission Update

REV. ARTHUR M. UMBACH - Brief Biographical Information

Art Umbach is the Chair of the Board of Professional Care Services. This committee provides the following resources to assist professional church workers.

Congregation Plan of Care for Professional Church Workers

Sabbatical Guidelines (PDF) Additional sabbatical resources may be found on the Wheatride site:
www.wheatridge.org/Projects/sabbatical_resources/sabbatical_intro.shtml
Are you entitled to a sabbatical? Do you have any idea how to prepare yourself and your congregation for it? A new section of Wheat Ridge Ministries' site is devoted to preparing for a ministry sabbatical. The site includes questions to help you develop your time away and a guide to help your congregation or ministry prepare for your absence. You may also join the Sabbatical Interim Newwork at the site, which matches interims with congregations or ministries that have sabbatical absences. Check out the links for sources of funding for congregation and sabbatical takers.

Our own Tim Fangmeier (tim@giftedpeople.org) played a key role in putting this site together.