CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Planned locations for two of three Global Mission Events for 1999 have changed since initially announced. The Division for Global Mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) sponsors the events each year.
"Walking Together into the Next Century" is the theme for the 1999 Global Mission Events.
The first event was to be held at the University of Evansville in Evansville, Ind., July 15-18. It will be held at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.
The second was to be held at the Grenelefe Gold and Tennis Resort near Orlando, Fla. It will be held at the Marriott World Center in Orlando. Instead of beginning on July 22, it will begin on July 23 and continue through July 25.
"These changes are due to the recent notifications we received from the initial facilities that they could not have us on the dates we had negotiated," said the Rev. Margarita Martinez, ELCA associate director for global events.
Plans for the third event, July 29-Aug. 1 at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Neb., are unchanged.
Speakers for the events will include the Rev. David M. Beckmann, a pastor of the ELCA and president of Bread for the World; the Rev. Ruben Duran, executive for congregational outreach services in the ELCA Division for Outreach; Pauline Nygard of Minot, N.D., who grew up as a "missionary kid" in Senegal in western Africa; and Mercy Oduyoye of the Institute of Women in Religion and Culture, Trinity Theological College, Accra, Ghana.
A variety of courses are offered in several "global university" sessions. Cultures of the world are experienced through worship and food.
For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or NEWS@ELCA.ORG
http://www.elca.org/co/news/current.html
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
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