by Melissa Ramirez Cooper, ELCA News Service
Online registration opened March 8 for the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America's (ELCA) 2007 Global Mission Event (GME) July
19-22 at The Ohio State University in Columbus, said Sunitha
Mortha, associate director for global events and mission
interpretation, ELCA Global Mission.
The theme for this year's GME is "New Heaven and New Earth."
Participants will interact with ELCA mission personnel,
international church leaders and members from throughout the ELCA
in plenary and workshop sessions known as Global University. The
Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the ELCA, Vitor
Westhelle, professor of systematic theology, Lutheran School of
Theology at Chicago, and Immaculee Ilibagiza, a survivor of the
Rwandan genocide who helps others learn to forgive and heal from
the long-term effects of genocide and war, will deliver keynote
presentations.
Through special programming children, junior and senior high
school students, and other young participants will learn how they
can live as faithful Christians in a global culture.
LINKS:
Online registration
http://tinyurl.com/yu4ubc
Global Mission Event
http://www.ELCA.org/gme
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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
