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,...
ELCA's Summer 2005 Mosaic Television On Tsunami Response
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The response to survivors of the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami by International Disaster Response of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ECLA) in partnership with the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India (UELCI) is the subject of "Beyond Tsunami: Lutherans Respond," the Summer 2005 Mosaic Television release....
ELCA Pastor Featured In June 19 CBS-TV Special
CHICAGO (ELCA) - The Rev. Heidi B. Neumark, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) congregation in New York, is among several church leaders who will appear in the "Sacred Spaces: More than Steel and Stone." CBS-TV stations will broadcast the program June 19 as...
Lutherans Key Leaders At Interfaith Convocation On Hunger
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ELCA) -- More than 40 leaders of religious groups including Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist traditions, participated June 6 in an interfaith convocation at the National Cathedral here. They declared their commitment to work together to influence U.S. political leaders to make reducing hunger in the United States...
James Mauney Re-Elected Bishop of ELCA Virginia Synod
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. James F. Mauney, 52, was re- elected on the first ballot to a six-year term as bishop of the Virginia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on June 3. He received 318 of 400 votes at the synod's assembly at Roanoke College,...
President Of ELCA's St. Olaf College To Leave In 2006
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Christopher M. Thomforde will leave as president of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., at the end of the 2005-2006 academic year, the college announced. St. Olaf is one of 28 colleges and universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Thomforde, 58, served as...
ELCA Bishops Address Middle East Hopes, Concerns
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) thanked U.S. President George W. Bush for his recent public statements supporting the "Road Map" to Middle East peace and said Bush's May 26 meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was "an encouraging sign" of the...
Thousands Of Lutherans To Celebrate Global Mission In Fargo
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Cass County, North Dakota, is "one of the largest refugee resettlement sites in the United States in the past 10 years." To celebrate that diversity and learn more about building global relationships, members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will gather at the ELCA Global...
Skrenes Re-Elected Bishop of ELCA Northern Great Lakes Synod
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Thomas A. Skrenes, 50, was re- elected May 23 to a six-year term as bishop of the Northern Great Lakes Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Skrenes was re-elected on the second ballot for bishop at the synod assembly in Marquette, Mich....
David Miller, Editor, The Lutheran, Resigns, Accepts New Role
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. David L. Miller resigned effective June 30 as editor of The Lutheran, the magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), to accept a five- year term as Dean of the Chapel and the first Floy L. and Paul F. Cornelsen Director of Spiritual...
