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- 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly
Minneapolis, MN
Monday, August 17 at 5:30am - 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering
New Orleans, LA
Wednesday, July 22 at 8:00am - ELCA Video Contest
http://www.elca.org/videocontest/
Monday, June 15 at 12:00am
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America It’s no surprise that, upon return, veterans are delighted to see their loved ones ... What is surprising to many of them and their families is just how difficult this adjustment can be. http://bit.ly/2CUbmQ
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Providing hope to recently returned veterans
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Special podcast from Café (Women of the ELCA's online publication for young women): Three women return home from military service. Listen to what they have said about their transition. http://bit.ly/1tmvnT
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As part of our exploration of the issues facing those who are returning home from service, we interviewed military personnel, returning from their deployment.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Where do you hear God calling you? Read Clint Mack's story, just published to Imagine Yourself on ELCA.org. Visit http://bit.ly/3faTxF
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Clint Mack heard God’s call for him at a most unexpected time in his life: during one of two deployments in Iraq with the Minnesota Army National Guard.He was listening to a sermon by an ELCA chaplain, the Rev. ...
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Today we commemorate Soren Aabye Kierkegaard, teacher, 1855: "Love is a revolution, the most profound of all but the most blessed." ("Works of Love," Part Two, Ch. 4; trans. Howard & Edna Hong)
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Prayer by Col. Michael Lembke, III Corps Chaplain, 11/10/09 Fort Hood memorial service: "Lord God almighty, bless and keep us. Comfort those who mourn. Sustain those who are weary. Encourage those who are in despair. May the strong sense of community that we now feel grow within us a confidence to meet the demands and ...challenges of these difficult days, and may we all be renewed in mind, body and spirit. Grant this, Lord, unto us all." http://bit.ly/2nioMfRead More
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COL. MICHAEL LEMBKE, III CORPS CHAPLAIN: Do you not know, have you not heard these words from Isaiah call our spirits to attention and focus us in our grief on the importance of getting wisdom and listening?
Christian respectfully salutes all veterans today, including and especially military chaplains. "They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore." — Isaiah 2:4 & Micah 4:3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Today we give thanks for the work of ELCA chaplains who serve in the U.S. armed forces, Veterans Affairs Administration, and other federal agencies and institution. http://bit.ly/2x0Md9
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The Bureau for Federal Chaplaincy Ministries finds its origin in the ELCA Constitution, Bylaws, and Continuing Resolutions, where the responsibilities of the presiding bishop are listed. It reads:
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America "He was there for all of us." Soldiers share what it meant to have ELCA chaplain Corey Bjertness with them during their deployment in Iraq. http://bit.ly/EzAiz
Standing between the Chaos of War and the Soldiers in his Care - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Amer
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» Our Faith in Action » Stories of Faith in Action » Public Church » Standing between the Chaos of War and the Soldiers in his Care
Hank Baron
One of our goals and mission is to salvage, restore and reinforce the 1st Amendment Rights when it comes to religion. Divorce is a disaster upon a family. Courts further extend it.
As an ELCA member, I helped found this organization to become interventional before the damage is done.Intervention can prevent parents fro...m leaving when divorce falls upon them. Intervention will keep children in Sunday School and preserve congregational growth!Divorce has weakened faith because divorcing people tend to run from those that can support them best. Their place of worship!
Join us in our mission to change laws that will support our right to do so! it's in the First Amendment! Anyone interested in more information, write to contact@equalparentingparty.org
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As an ELCA member, I helped found this organization to become interventional before the damage is done.Intervention can prevent parents fro...m leaving when divorce falls upon them. Intervention will keep children in Sunday School and preserve congregational growth!Divorce has weakened faith because divorcing people tend to run from those that can support them best. Their place of worship!
Join us in our mission to change laws that will support our right to do so! it's in the First Amendment! Anyone interested in more information, write to contact@equalparentingparty.org
We are a not for profit corp. http://equalparentingparty.orgRead More
Mark Werner Celebrating Luther's birthday this evening at catechism. We are not putting candles on the cake. 526 candles would be a fire hazzard. chuckle.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Many congregations are not sure how to reach out to returning vets and their families. A thoughtful resource from the ELCA helps pastors and members respond with sensitivity and understanding. Learn more at http://bit.ly/2hC7cc.
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"Care for Returning Veterans" is a daylong workshop developed by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for use in congregations, synods and other ministry sites.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America "Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace ... and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be ...." (ELW pg. 77)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America And the walls came tumbling down...Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. ELCA missionary in Berlin, Margit Coltvet, writes about it at: http://bit.ly/3lngp3
Hand in Hand Global Mission Support Blog Digest » Blog Archive » Nov 9: Stand up for the fall - Evan
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Margit Coltvet (ELCA missionary, Germany) writes:“This weekend is the big celebration the 20th anniversary of thefall of theBerlin Wall. Largeplastic-foam ‘wall pieces’ painted by ...
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America "Thine the glory in the night no more dying only light" from thy hymn "Thine the Amen," p. 826 ELW. In memory of The Rev. Herbert F. Brokering, pastor, hymn writer, poet, and popular speaker, 1926-2009.
