DENVER (ELCA) -- The Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) met here Aug. 15 and named 14 people to serve on four committees of the church. Two of the appointments were to fill unexpired terms.
ELCA Commission for Multicultural Ministries, steering committee: John Prabhakar, Faith Lutheran Church, Rochelle, Ill. Patricia M. Robinson, Reformation Lutheran Church, Philadelphia *Saitong Urramporn, Thai Community Church of Chicago, Forest Park, Ill.
ELCA Commission for Women, steering committee: Sara E. Calderon, Iglesia Luterana Nuestro Salvador, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Sarah H. Meckler, First Lutheran Church, Plains, Mont. The Rev. Nitza Rosario-Rodriguez, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (Brooklyn), New York Timothy Seitz, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Longview, Wash.
ELCA Department for Communication, advisory committee: Jack Cafferty, First Lutheran Church, Montclair, N.J. The Rev. Nancy M. Curtis, St. James Lutheran Church, New Haven, Ind. Mary Harp-Jirschele, Christ the King Lutheran Church, Combined Lakes, Wis.
The Lutheran, magazine of the ELCA, advisory committee: Lori Lee Brocker, St. Luke Lutheran Church, Portland, Ore. Gregory Favre, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Sacramento, Calif. Linda S. Lockhart, Gethsemane Lutheran Church, St. Louis *The Rev. John R. Spangler Jr., Christ the King Lutheran Church, Nashua, N.H.
*All will serve six-year terms, except Spangler and Urramporn who fill two years of unexpired terms.
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John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or NEWS@ELCA.ORG
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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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