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Releases from Tuesday, August 12
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ELCA
Assembly Hears First of Presiding Bishop's Reports
The Rev. Mark Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America, presented the first of the ELCA's
new strategic directions, evangelism outreach, at the 2003 ELCA
Churchwide Assembly. Each day of the assembly the presiding
bishop will focus on one of the strategic directions.
The churchwide assembly, the chief legislative
authority of the ELCA, is meeting here Aug. 11-17 at the Midwest
Airlines Center. There are about 2,500 people participating,
including 1,031 ELCA voting members. The theme for the biennial
assembly is "Making Christ Known: For the Healing of the
World."
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- ELCA Honors
Vice President Addie J. Butler
Upon completion of six years of service as vice president of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Dr. Addie J.
Butler was presented with the Servus Dei Medal at the
2003 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. The Servus Dei Medal is given to
honor retiring officers of the ELCA.
The churchwide assembly, the chief legislative
authority of the ELCA, is meeting here Aug. 11-17 at the Midwest
Airlines Center. There are about 2,500 people participating,
including 1,031 ELCA voting members. The theme for the biennial
assembly is "Making Christ Known: For the Healing of the
World."
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Tuesday,
August 12
All
times are Central Daylight Savings time (CDT)
5:30
AM
6:30
AM |
Board
of Pensions Run Walk 'n' Roll
Prayer Center Open until 8:00 P.M. |
7:00
AM
8:00
AM |
Breakfast
on your own
Registration
Desk open until 6:00 P.M.
Nominations Desk open until 6:00 P.M.
Hospitality Café open until 4:45 P.M. |
8:00
AM
to
10:00
AM |
PLENARY
SESSION TWO
|
10:30
AM
to
11:30
AM |
HEARINGS
|
| 11:45
AM
|
Assembly
Choir
Rehearsal until 12:30 P.M.
Lunch (with Youth convocation)
Synodical Lunches (assistants to
bishops, officers)
| 12:30
P.M.
Deadline:
Submission to the Secretary of
the "Notice" form
for the removal of responses
to the synodical memorials
from
en bloc status.
12:30
P.M.
Deadline: Submission to the
Secretary of the
"Notice" form for
substitute motions to
recommendations of the
Memorials committee. |
|
1:15
PM
to
2:15
PM |
HEARINGS
|
2:30
PM
to
4:30
PM
|
PLENARY
SESSION THREE
|
| 5:00
PM
|
Holy
Communion
|
| 6:30
PM
|
Dinner
on your own
|
This
Preliminary Schedule is subject to change by the
Assembly.
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Voting
Members Attend Hearings on Various Major Issues before the
Assembly
