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Official news releases of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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Lutherans Work to Meet the Needs of People in Myanmar
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- International Disaster Response of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) provided $100,000
as an initial response to help meet the basic needs of survivors
in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis battered the Southeast Asian
country May 3.
"The Myanmar government reported that nearly 22,500 people
died and close to 41,000 are missing," said Dr. Belletech
Deressa, director for international development and disaster
response, ELCA Global Mission. These fig...
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August Wenzel, Former Lutheran Bishop, Seminary Educator, Dies
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. August E. Wenzel, a pastor of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), former Lutheran
bishop and seminary educator, died May 5 of cancer at home in San
Antonio. He was 72.
A funeral service will be held May 10 at Faith Lutheran
Church, Seguin, Texas.
"Augie Wenzel was a rare gift to the church -- part
theologian, part administrator, part visionary for what the
church needs to become and to be," said the Rev. Roger W. Fjeld,
Estes Pa...
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Lutherans Assess Damage in Arkansas from Tornadoes, Spring Storms
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) is
assessing damage left behind by tornadoes and severe storms that
swept across Arkansas May 5. Seven people died and more than
400 homes, businesses, hospitals, schools and churches were
damaged or destroyed in the most recent storms.
"This spring numerous communities in many states have been
impacted by severe storms. Arkansas has been particularly
affected by storms including devastating tornadoes. We pray for
the fami...
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Lutherans are Hearing Wellness Voices
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- For the past decade the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Board of Pensions has
supported the pursuit of wellness and health promotion
initiatives within the ELCA. The initiatives support the
personal wellness journeys of those who serve the church,
including a "wholeness wheel," a working relationship with
the Mayo Clinic and an array of resources dealing with
everything from financial to spiritual health. There are
also voices -- wellness voices.
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World Food Emergency Prompts Special ELCA Assistance
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- With the price of food rising,
especially in the world's poorest regions, members of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will
send an initial $100,000 to companion churches and
partner relief agencies to provide food to vulnerable
people and to strengthen development work in rural
communities. ELCA International Disaster Response
allocated $50,000 and the other half of the amount
will come from money the ELCA World Hunger Appeal
received in additio...
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Sales of Worship Resources to Impact ELCA Publisher in 2008
MINNEAPOLIS (ELCA) -- Sales of the pew edition of
"Evangelical Lutheran Worship" (ELW) for the first quarter of
2008 were slightly more than half what was projected by Augsburg
Fortress, the publishing ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America (ELCA). The ELCA publisher expects this trend
to continue for the remainder of the year and revised its pew
edition sales forecast to about $3.4 million for 2008, down from
the $5.5 million in sales it originally projected, said ...
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