General Messages

Messages from ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson

2012

• ELCA responds to Hurricane Sandy  (November 1, 2012)
• Conference of Bishops Sermon  (October 7, 2012)
• Installation of Bishop James Gonia  (September 23, 2012)
• ELCA's 25th Anniversary (August 10, 2012)
• Celebration of Ecumenical Ministry  (July 28, 2012)
• Reconciling Works Keynote Address  (July 7, 2012)
• Southwestern Texas Synod Assembly Sermon  (May 19, 2012)
• Gustavus Adolphus College Association of Congregations Keynote Address  (April 21, 2012)
• Second Week of Easter Sermon with the ELCA Church Council  (April 15, 2012)
• Message on Racial Justice in the wake of Trayvon Martin's death (March 27, 2012)

2011

• Installation of Kathryn Lohre as President of the National Council of Churches in Christ  (November 9, 2011)
• International Year for People of African Descent (September 7, 2011)
• Churchwide Assembly - Report of the Presiding Bishop Part 2  (August 16, 2011)
• Churchwide Assembly - Sermon of the Presiding Bishop  (August 15, 2011)
• Join your church in action (August 5, 2011)
• Churchwide Assembly - Report of the Presiding Bishop Part 1  (July 1, 2011)
• A pastoral letter from ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson (June 2, 2011)
• A invitation from ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson  (May 24, 2011)
• Trinity Lutheran Seminary Commencement  (May 21, 2011)
• Comment on President Obama’s Middle East speech (May 20, 2011)
• On the death of Osama bin Laden (May 2, 2011)
• Installation of Stan Olson as President of Wartburg Theological Seminary  (April 2, 2011)
• Statement on United States veto of resolution on Israeli settlements (February 18, 2011)
• Unrest in Egypt (January 31, 2011)
• Resurrection Lutheran Church (Chicago) Sermon  (January 2, 2011)

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2010

• Installation of William "Bill" Gafkjen as Bishop of the Indiana-Kentucky Synod   (September 11, 2010)
• World AIDS Day Message (November 22, 2010)
• You Are a Beloved Child of God  (October 28, 2010) 
• Zion Chaplain Conference, How Firm a Foundation: Theological Challenges of Pastoral Care in Specialized Ministries   (October 22, 2010)
• Update regarding the ELCA churchwide reorganization (October 15, 2010)
• Installation of Wolfgang Herz-Lane as Bishop of the Delaware-Maryland Synod (September 19, 2010) 
• Remarks to the EOCM All-Staff Gathering  (Delivered April 28, 2010; posted June 16, 2010)
• Statement Regarding the Israeli Military Interception of Gaza Flotilla (June 1, 2010)
• Sowing Seeds of Hope, Northwest Synod of Wisconsin East-Central Synod of Wisconsin Joint Synod Assembly Sermon  (May 21, 2010)
• Ascension Day, Northwestern Ohio Synod Assembly Sermon  (May 13, 2010)
• Together in Christ, Pacifica Synod Assembly Sermon  (May 8, 2010)
• Joint Program Committee Address  (February 26, 2010)
• Building on the One Foundation: Seminex at 35  (Delivered June 25, 2009: posted May 27, 2010)
• Statement on the Resignation of Bishop Margot Kaessmann (February 24, 2010)
• Greetings to the Pope (February 10, 2010)
• Greetings to the Ecumenical Patriarch (February 8, 2010)
• Greetings to the Archbishop of Canterbury (February 4, 2010)
• UPDATE: ELCA at work in Haiti (January 29, 2010)
• Letter to the Secretary of State regarding the proposed homosexuality law in Uganda (January 8, 2010)
• A Statement on the 2010 National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS (January 7, 2010)

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 2009

• Statement in Response to Kairos Palestine Document (Dec. 11, 2009)
• Open Letter to ELCA Members from Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson (Posted Nov. 19, 2009) Versión en español
• All Saints Day Sermon (Delivered November 1, 2009; posted Nov. 18, 2009)
• Pastoral letter from Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson (September 23, 2009)
• Remarks to the Eleventh Churchwide Assembly (Delivered August 21, 2009; posted September 1, 2009)
• Report of the Presiding Bishop from the 2009 Churchwide Assembly (August 18, 2009)
• Presiding Bishop's Sermon at the Eleventh Churchwide Assembly  (August 17, 2009)
• Video Message for 2009 Synod Assemblies from the Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson
• Invitation to 50 Days of Prayer (April 27, 2009)
• Report and Reflections from the Bishops' Academy Visit to the Holy Land (January 21, 2009)

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2008

• Presiding Bishop's Statement on Gaza Violence and Bishops' Visit to Middle East (December 31, 2008)
• Tribute to the Reverend Dr. Robert J. Marshall (December 22, 2008)
• Presiding Bishop’s Statement on 2008 Presidential Election (November 5, 2008)
  
• Pastoral letter to the ELCA on the U.S. Presidential Election (October 16, 2008)
  
• Statement on Hurricanes (September 12, 2008)
  
• Joint Statement on Sudan (June 4, 2008)
  
• Melting Snow on Mt. Kilimanjaro: A Witness of a Suffering Creation  (June 2008)
  
• Joint Statement on Resettlement and Migration  (January 30, 2008)
  
• Statement on Kenya (January 3, 2008)