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Nov 21, 2008 - 04:44 AM |
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 Topic: Church NewsThe new items published under this topic are as follows.
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Located in the office is a copy of the 2005 Pre-Assembly Report to Congregations. Drop by and take a gander.
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Baltimore, August 10, 2005—Lutheran World Relief is scaling up its response to the Niger food crisis, as the implementing partner of an appeal through Action by Churches Together (ACT) International, a global coalition of churches and faith-based agencies working in relief and development.
“With a 30-year history in Niger and established relationships with our local partner agencies, LWR was a natural choice to implement the ACT appeal,” said LWR president Kathryn Wolford. “By working on behalf of our partners in ACT, we will be able to nearly double the reach that we would have on our own.”
As the implementing agency of the ACT appeal, LWR is seeking $763,185 to expand its existing programs in Maradi, Tillaberi and Tahoua, which are among the areas worst affected by the food crisis. LWR and partners will provide supplemental food rations, purchased from local markets in Niger and neighboring markets in Nigeria , to approximately 93,000 people. These food rations will meet the most immediate needs and bridge the gap until the World Food Program food distribution pipelines reach these communities.
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The Rev. David G. Mullen, Bishop
Sierra Pacific Synod, ELCA
Oakland, CA
August 12, 2005
By a vote of 490 to 503 the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Orlando, Florida, voted down a recommendation that the church find a way to include openly gay and lesbian leaders on the roster of the church.
The vote is disappointing to many Lutherans in the Sierra Pacific Synod who had hoped to see at least some movement forward toward the acceptance of gay and lesbians persons as rostered leaders in the church. For others in the synod, as for many others throughout the ELCA, the vote was a positive affirmation of traditional understandings of scripture, tradition, and current church policy and practice.
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Did you know that each time a newsletter arrives at your house it costs the church approximately 42 cents? Would you like to save the church money? In August we are going netwise. If you have internet capabilities you will have the option to have the newsletter delivered to your computer. A postcard has been sent to you with three options:
1)Accept the newsletter in net form (in which case you should write your email address in the space provided)
2) Continue having it delivered postal
3) Not to receive it at all
In order to continue receiving the newsletter you must respond. If you didn’t get a postcard in the mail, please contact Jim at the church office.
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