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News
Releases from Saturday, August 16
- ELCA
Assembly Elects Carlos Pena Vice President
The 2003
Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America (ELCA) has elected Carlos Pena, Galveston, Texas, to
serve a six-year term as vice president, the highest elected lay
position in the church. "I have been called and I look
forward to serving the church," said Pena. "I humbly
accept the challenge...."
Pena, 50, received 627 votes, 64.4 percent, on the
fifth ballot Aug. 16. Mary Froehlig, 43, Southwest California
Synod, who was also on the ballot, received 346 votes, 35.6
percent.
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- ELCA Assembly
Reaffirms Work Against Racism
The 2003 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Aug. 16 reaffirmed the
church's efforts to work against racism.
By a vote of 916 to 53, the assembly adopted a
recommendation from the memorials committee to reaffirm the
values and goals in the ELCA's 1993 social statement "Freed
in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture." That
statement, in the words of the memorials committee, calls on the
ELCA to "confront racism, give public leadership and
witness of racial-justice issues, and persevere in our mission
and ministry in a multicultural society."
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Saturday,
August 16
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.
Hospitality Café open until 11:45 A.M.
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8:30
AM
to
11:00
AM |
PLENARY
SESSION TEN 
| Morning
Prayer |
| Report:
Credentials Committee |
| Report
of the Presiding Bishop |
| Fifth
Ballot for Vice President |
| Election
Report: Fifth Ballot for Vice
President |
| Ecumenical
Greetings : Full Communion
Partner Churches
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| Bible
Study |
| Report:
Reference and Counsel
Committee |
| Greetings:
Federal Chaplains |
| Election
Report: First Common Ballot |
| Elections:
Second Common Ballot |
| Report:
Young Adult Convocation |
| Announcements |
| Preparation
for Worship |
| Hymn
and Prayer |
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| 11:30
AM 12:30
PM
|
Holy
Communion
Choir
Rehearsal until 1:15 P.M.
Hospitality Café open until 3:15 P.M.
Lunch
(with young adult convocation)
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2:00
PM
to
5:30
PM |
PLENARY
SESSION ELEVEN
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| 5:30
PM |
Dinner
on your own
| 6:30
P.M.
Deadline:
Submission to the Secretary of
the second common ballot. |
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This
Preliminary Schedule is subject to change by the
Assembly.
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Enjoy
This Video Postcard from the ELCA Churchwide Assembly
