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The Rev. Susan BriehlPresider, Opening Thankoffering Service
Friday, July 15, 2011, 9 a.m.
Susan R. Briehl is a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She has served as executive director of Holden Village, a Lutheran center for renewal in the North Cascade Mountains in Washington State. More |
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The Rev. Dr. Wyvetta BullockPreacher, Opening Thankoffering Service
Friday, July 15, 2011, 9 a.m.
Wyvetta Bullock has served on the churchwide staff of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America since 1988. She currently serves as executive for administration in the Office of the Presiding Bishop. More |
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Nora GallagherKeynote Speaker
Friday, July 15, 2011, 9 a.m.
Nora Gallagher has turned rejection into renewal many times in her life. After numerous New York publishers turned down her book proposal on families in Prague and she was fired by her agent, she wrote Things Seen and Unseen: A Year Lived in Faith, an account of
her spiritual life. More |
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Dr. Jane RedmontEvening Prayer Service
Friday, July 15, 2011, 5 p.m.
Jane Redmont is the author of When in Doubt, Sing: Prayer in Daily Life, a book about prayer and a whole lot more. She is a professor of religious studies at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C. More |
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Leymah GboweeKeynote Speaker, with Response Panel
Saturday, July 16, 2011, 9 a.m.
Leymah Gbowee’s response to life has kept her focused on peacebuilding and social work for more than 15 years. She brought peace to Liberia after more than a decade of civil war and is the central figure in the documentary “Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” which chronicles the interfaith, female-led journey for Liberian peace. More |
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The Rev. Mary Louise FrenchmanPresider, Closing Worship Service
Saturday, July 16, 2011, 7 p.m.
Mary Louise Frenchman is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe and was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. She worked at St. Paulus Lutheran Church in San Francisco throughout the 1990s as an outreach coordinator. More |
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The Rev. Megan TorgersonPreacher, Closing Worship Service
Saturday, July 16, 2011, 7 p.m.
Megan Torgerson is a 2002 graduate of Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.) and 2006 graduate of Luther Seminary (St. Paul, Minn.). She spent 2007 studying in Rome at the Angelicum, a Pontifical University, as the recipient of a graduate preaching fellowship. More |