Women Of The ELCA Celebrates 35th Anniversary Of Women's Ordination
SAN ANTONIO (ELCA) -- Nearly 2,000 Lutheran women and men attended the "Great Banquet" July 9, a first-time event in which they heard inspirational speakers and music, and observed the 35th anniversary of the ordination of the first Lutheran woman pastor in North America, the Rev. Elizabeth Platz. Platz is...
Women Of The ELCA Dared To 'Dream Big'
SAN ANTONIO (ELCA) -- The Right Rev. Vashti Murphy McKenzie inspired and dared Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to “dream big and act boldly.” McKenzie, bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church and president of the A.M.E. Council of Bishops, preached at the organization's “Thankoffering...
Women Of The ELCA Reach Out In San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO (ELCA) - - Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) took part in 15 different servant events throughout the San Antonio area. The projects took place July 7-9. Women of the ELCA's Sixth Triennial Gathering is meeting here July 5-10 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention...
Women Of The ELCA Learn And Relax At The 'Dwelling Place'
SAN ANTONIO (ELCA) -- As the San Antonio Police respond to domestic violence calls, they will now be equipped with soft, fuzzy bears to give children involved in the call. On July 8 Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) gave the police about 1,400 bears, each individually...
Women Of The ELCA Elects Officers, Adopts Budget, Addresses Issues
SAN ANTONIO (ELCA) - Delegates to the Sixth Triennial Convention of Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) elected a vice president, secretary and treasurer to three-year terms July 8. They also completed work on memorials, which are requests for organizational action on various issues from local units....
Women Of The ELCA Elects Executive Board, Adopts Resolutions
SAN ANTONIO (ELCA) - Delegates attending the Triennial Convention of Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) responded to several social issues, including restoration of a tax exemption for a Lutheran hospital in Jerusalem, and elected 17 executive board members to guide the work of the women's organization...
Ehrenreich Challenges Women of the ELCA To Address U.S. Poverty
SAN ANTONIO (ELCA) -- Barbara Ehrenreich challenged Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to help break the cycles of poverty that are built into the U.S. economic systems. The author of the 2001 best-seller, "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America," was keynote speaker July...
Lutheran Women Learn What It Takes To 'Act Boldly'
SAN ANTONIO (ELCA) -- After spending the past three years “listening to God's call,” thousands of Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are making the transition from listening to learning about what it will take to “act boldly” on their faith and life. Women of the ELCA's...
Women of the ELCA Kick Off Health Initiative
SAN ANTONIO (ELCA) - Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) hosted a “4K Run, Walk ‘n’ Roll” here July 7 to kick off a new organizational emphasis on health for women and girls. At least 263 women and men participated in the event, held early in the...
Women Of The ELCA Elects New President
SAN ANTONIO (ELCA) -- Carmen K. Richards, Hope, N.D., was elected the new president of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at a July 7 business session at the organization’s Sixth Triennial Convention. Women of the ELCA's Gathering is meeting here July 5-10 at the Henry...
Presiding Bishop Thanks Women, Comments On ‘State Of The ELCA’
SAN ANTONIO (ELCA) - The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), thanked delegates to the Women of the ELCA convention here for their faith, for the work they do in congregations and for supporting the wider church with gifts totaling $1.75 million...
Religious Leaders, Including ELCA Bishop, Hope To Influence G8
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The G8 Summit, underway this week in Scotland, "is a challenge to the world's leaders to take decisive action on behalf of those living in extreme poverty," according to a statement from a forum in London attended by more than 35 religious leaders from throughout the world...
Women Of The ELCA Share Common Interests
SAN ANTONIO (ELCA) -- From high school principals to global advocates, Lutheran women in these roles and others are sharing and learning from one another how to encourage women in their local settings to “Act Boldly” in their faith, vocation and life. To help bring together women with common interests,...
Women Of The ELCA Urged To 'Anoint' Others
SAN ANTONIO (ELCA) - Women and men should join together to "anoint" others, just as Mary anointed the feet of Jesus Christ, said the Rev. Susan L. Gamelin, in a sermon at opening worship July 6 at the Triennial Gathering of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America...
Lutherans Offer Camp Noah, Not An Ordinary Kids Summer Camp
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Among the millions of children in the United States attending camp this summer, about 2,000 of them are doing more than toasting the perfect marshmallow or successfully paddling a canoe across water. At Camp Noah children are not only engaged in summer fun, they're learning emotionally and...
ELCA Chaplain Helps Win National Award For Radio Station
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Eric W. Olsen, an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) chaplain serving in the New York Army National Guard and who was deployed to Iraq, recorded audio tapes of his experiences while in Iraq for use on WSLU-FM (North Country Public Radio [NCPR]), Canton, N.Y....
Lutheran Men in Mission Gathers July 21-24 in North Charleston
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- About 600 men from across the United States and Caribbean will converge on South Carolina to build relationships among themselves and with Jesus Christ. Lutheran Men in Mission (LMM), the men's ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), will host a business assembly July 21-22...
ELCA Mission Builders Plan Eight Building Projects In 2005
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Mission Builders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is planning eight construction projects for 2005. Thomas Chase, Montrose, Colo., the new Mission Builders director, said builders will be working on two ELCA camps and six church sites in six U.S. states. A ninth project involving...
ELCA Churchwide Assembly To Meet In Orlando, Fla., Aug. 8-14
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Voting members of the 2005 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly will act on several proposals -- including plans for restructuring and governance changes for the ELCA churchwide organization, new worship resources, interim Eucharistic sharing with the United Methodist Church, proposals emerging from the ELCA...
Lutheran Women Focus On Having Healthy Hearts
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- More than 2,000 Lutheran women from the United States and overseas plan to "act boldly" in promoting women's holistic health as they gather July 5-10 for Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) Sixth Triennial Gathering at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio,...
