Nebraska ELCA Congregation Recipient Of Accessibility Award
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Sheridan Lutheran Church, Lincoln, Neb., is the recipient of the 2004 Accessibility Award given annually to a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) that demonstrates care and concern for people who are physically and mentally disabled. The award is given to one congregation with...
Lutherans Work To Make Ending World Hunger A Priority
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ELCA) -- More than 140 leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) who are actively committed to making the eradication of hunger a major priority in the United States and around the world met June 19-22 for the 2004 ELCA World Hunger Synod Leadership Gathering at...
Sue Rothmeyer Named To ELCA Leadership Post With DHES
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), announced the appointment of Sue E. Rothmeyer as interim executive director of the ELCA Division for Higher Education and Schools (DHES), effective July 19. Rothmeyer, 44, is currently director for campus ministry...
Wollersheim Re-Elected ELCA Northern Illinois Synod Bishop
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Gary M. Wollersheim was elected to a second six-year term as bishop of the Northern Illinois Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at the synod assembly June 18-19 at Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill. Augustana is one of 28 ELCA colleges and...
Peter Marty To Become Host For Lutheran Vespers In 2005
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Peter W. Marty, senior pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa, will assume the role of host of Lutheran Vespers, the radio ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), in 2005, said the Rev. Eric C. Shafer, director of the ELCA Department...
ELCA Hosts Multicultural Gathering July 9-11 In Orlando
CHICAGO (ELCA) – The Commission for Multicultural Ministries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will host "Lift Every Voice: A Multicultural Gathering" July 9-11 at the Sheraton World Resort, Orlando, Fla. Participants at the gathering will observe the different ways congregations of the ELCA worship within a multicultural...
Lutherans Respond To Humanitarian Crisis In Sudan
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have sent $75,000 to support humanitarian efforts in Sudan, where fighting and militia attacks have led to a massive displacement of people in various regions of the African country. The situation in Sudan is being described as one...
Walt Wangerin To Leave Lutheran Vespers As Speaker In 2005
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Walt Wangerin Jr., speaker for Lutheran Vespers (LV), the radio ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), will leave the program in early 2005, said the Rev. Eric C. Shafer, director of the ELCA Department for Communication. Wangerin's final program as Lutheran Vespers...
ELCA Presiding Bishop Joins Call To G-8 For Debt Cancellation
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Saying that debt has become "a new form of slavery for the most impoverished nations of the world," more than 250 U.S. and international religious leaders called on the leaders of the G-8 countries to cancel debts carried by the world's most indebted poor countries fully. The...
Lutherans Continue Cleanup In Nebraska
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Lutheran Disaster Response, a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), continues to organize recovery work in Nebraska after a series of tornadoes and hail storms struck the state May 22-23. Dana College, Blair, Neb., sustained more than $1...
Lutherans Support Relief Efforts On Hispaniola
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have sent $25,000 to support recovery efforts on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, after floods and landslides struck Haiti and the Dominican Republic there May 24. "As many as 2,000 people are feared dead and thousands of homes...
Feltman Named Director For Lutheran Disaster Response
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Heather L. Feltman has been named director of Lutheran Disaster Response, a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), and director for ELCA Domestic Disaster Response, effective July 1. "Our ELCA Domestic Disaster ministry is an intricate piece for...
Kathryn Sime Named Director For ELCA World Hunger Appeal
CHICAGO (ELCA) – Kathryn Sime has been appointed director of the World Hunger and Disaster Appeal of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) effective July 12. "I'm honored to be joining the World Hunger team as we celebrate 30 years of ministry around the world. I look forward to...
ELCA Rural Ministry Conference at Newberry College June 24-26
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- "Celebrating Rural Life" is the theme of the first annual meeting of the Small Town and Rural (STaR) Ministry Alliance of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The meeting will bring together a variety of people who share common concerns related to small town and rural...
ELCA Office Joins Opposition To Federal Marriage Amendment
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs (LOGA), Washington D.C., the federal public policy office of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), joined 25 other religious organizations June 3 to urge members of the U.S. Congress to reject the proposed "Federal Marriage Amendment." The religious organizations said...
Colin Powell Meets ELCA Presiding Bishop, Others On Mideast
Colin Powell Meets ELCA Presiding Bishop, Others On Mideast 04-114-JB CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and more than 30 other prominent religious leaders met with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell June 1, urging immediate U.S. government...
ELCA Global Mission Events In Montana, Wisconsin
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are committed to deepening and extending their global relationships. To celebrate that commitment and learn more about the church's work in the world, Lutherans will gather at two Global Mission Events (GME) this summer. GMEs are scheduled July...
Lutheran Vespers To Air in Cleveland Beginning June 6
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Lutheran Vespers, the radio ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), will debut June 6 on two stations in Cleveland, the nation's 25th-largest media market, said Barbara J. Andrews, associate director for marketing, ELCA Department for Communication. WCCD 1000 AM and WHK 1220 AM --...
ELCA Presiding Bishop Signs Statement on Overcoming Poverty
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), joined more than 40 religious leaders in signing a "Unity Statement on Overcoming Poverty." The leaders agreed that in this presidential election year they will pray and work together for social policies...
ELCA Task Force on Education Organizes Study Materials
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- A task force developing a social statement on "a Lutheran vision of education for our time" for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) continued work on a draft study document and discussed the content of such supporting materials as the church's Web site. The ELCA Task...
