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News Releases from Thursday, August 14

ELCA Assembly to Consider Three Candidates for Vice President
   Three candidates have advanced following the third ballot in the process of electing a vice president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Mary Froehlig, Southwest California Synod; Carlos Pena, Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod; and Glenndy Sculley, Minneapolis Area Synod will be placed on the fourth ballot to be voted upon Aug. 14.
   The churchwide assembly, the chief legislative authority of the ELCA, is meeting here Aug. 11-17 at the Midwest Airlines Center. There are about 2,100 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 Assembly Hears Presiding Bishop's Report on Global Connections
   The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), emphasized the importance of global, ecumenical and interfaith connections in the third part of his report to the 2003 Churchwide Assembly. The assembly also received greetings from leaders of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the National Council of Churches of Christ U.S.A. (NCC).
   The churchwide assembly, the chief legislative authority of the ELCA, is meeting here Aug. 11-17 at the Midwest Airlines Center. There are about 2,100 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 Assembly Hears National Council Of Churches President
• ELCA Assembly Affirms Ministries in the Middle East
• ELCA Assembly Hears Mission Investment Fund Report
• ELCA Assembly Receives Youth Convocation Report

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