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Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Contact vocation_education@elca.org or 800-638-3522, ext. 2870; for prices and ordering, contact www.augsburgfortress.org or call 800-328-4648.

• Called By God: Responding With a Life of Service
  A booklet that discusses call and gifts for ministry and provides a brief overview of rostered ministries in the ELCA. Available from Augsburg Fortress (6-0001-1111-8).
   
• Exploring Your Sense of Call
  A devotional journal for reflection and discernment. Free from the ELCA Vocation and Education unit.
   
• Theological and Biblical Perspectives on the Laity
  A booklet by Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. that examines the idea of “the laity.” Free from the ELCA Vocation and Education unit. Download PDF 44KB
   
• Together for Ministry: Final Report and Recommendations Task Force on The Study of Ministry, 1988–1993
  For an explanation of the ELCA’s understanding of ministry, read this report. Free from the ELCA Vocation and Education unit. Download PDF 545KB
   
• Sense of Wonder
  Posters. Free from the ELCA Vocation and Education unit. Bulletin Inserts. Order from Augsburg Fortress (6-0001-6863-2).
   
• What Shall I Say? Discerning God’s Call To Ministry 
  A book to help you think theologically about vocational gifts and discernment. Order from Augsburg Fortress (0-9636630-1-1)