by Frank Imhoff, ELCA News Service
Women of the ELCA, the women's organization of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a trip April 16-30 to Germany. Guided tours of Berlin, Wittenberg, Torgau, Leipzig, Dresden, Eisleben, Erfurt and Eisenach will focus on the lives of Katharina von Bora Luther and other women of the Reformation. Women of the ELCA developed the "Bold Women of the Reformation" trip in partnership with the ELCA Wittenberg Center.
As of Jan. 2 the Women of the ELCA Web site -- http://www.womenoftheELCA.org/ -- said 65 people have met a Jan. 16 deadline to register for the trip. They will visit Wittenberg, the city where Martin Luther lived and taught for 36 years. They'll see the ruins of Kloster Nimbschen, the convent where Katharina von Bora was a nun prior to marrying Martin Luther. The 14-day itinerary includes a walking tour of Leipzig with stops at St. Thomas Church, where Johann Sebastian Bach served as music director, and St. Nikolas Church, which spearheaded the "Peaceful Revolution" of 1989.
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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.
For information contact:
Candice Hill Buchbinder
Public Relations Manager
Candice.HillBuchbinder@ELCA.org
