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 Theme of this issue:
"Transforma el Mundo" -
God
in your Grace, Transform the World.
Reflection on the WCC 9th General Assembly by Rev. Rafael
Malpica Padilla, Executive Director for ELCA Global Mission.
Reflección
de la Novena Asamblea de
Consejo Mundial de Iglesias por el Pastor Rafael Malpica
Padilla, Director Ejecutivo de IELA para Misión Global.
WCC 9th General Assembly HIGHLIGHTS:
View the
newspaper,
documents,
videos,
Keeping
the Faith,
youth page, the
Decade to Overcome Violence ( DOV) and
site map!
Called to be the One Church - The World Council of
Churches gives priority to spirituality, ecumenical formation,
global justice and prophetic witness. Agreeing on a new text,
“Called to be the One Church,” the 9th Assembly urged the WCC
and its member churches to give priority to the questions of
unity, catholicity, baptism and prayer.
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"Religions and Cultures: the
Courage of Dialogue" is the theme for the International
Prayer for Peace in Washington D.C on April 26-27, 2006.
Sponsors include the Archdiocese of
Washington and Georgetown University, held for the first time in the United States.
Planned topics include -- Interreligious Dialogue, Prayers as a Source of
Peace, Religions facing Terrorism in the Post 9/11 World, the
Middle East, Islam in America and more. Click here to
view the topics, check the tentative agenda and
register online!
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 2006
National Workshop on Christian Unity, San José, California
- Register now for the NWCU from May 8-11, 2006! Sessions for the
workshops include Unity in Church and Mission, Human
Sexuality and Ecclesiology, Interreligious Dialogue: A
Pastoral Perspective, and the WCC Porto Alegre Assembly.
Read more about the NWCU, download the 2006 brochure and
registration!
If you wish to attend luncheons at the NWCU, please fill
out the form and send it to our office by March 13,
2006. ECCO-EDEIO-LERN form
and LARC form
2006 Ecumenical Seminary Essay Contest
Winning Essay: Mr. Paul Bailie, a seminary student from the
Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago has been chosen as
the winner of this contest. He will be presenting his essay
"Sitting at the Table together: Ecumenism and the Future
of Christian
Togetherness" at the National
Workshop on Christian Unity in San Jose, California. |
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 Joint
ELCA-UMC Resource - Confessing Our Faith Together: A
Discussion and Study Guide is designed so that the ELCA and UMC
congregations will meet and trace the joyful journey of
discovery that is at the heart of seeking Full Communion
between our churches. Download the study guide: Color
PDF | Black and White
PDF
Read more about the ELCA's bilateral dialogues with
other churches!
ELCA Synods and UMC Conferences engage in
Interim Eucharistic Sharing:
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The Southeastern, Northeastern and Western Iowa Synods and
the Iowa Conference of The United Methodist Church are
planning a day of worship, fellowship and study on May 11 at Bethesda Lutheran
Church in Ames, IA. Please, contact the
Southeastern Iowa Synod
for more information.
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United Methodists, Lutherans
to celebrate Eucharist together. Members of both
denominations celebrated the Eucharist together in
Indiana. Click here to read more about
Indiana- Kentucky Synod.
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Reformed Church
in America -"Companions
in your ways" A guide for elders as they tend to the
spiritual needs of people exploring or rediscovering the
Christian faith |
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Moravian
Theological Seminary together with their Office of
Continuing Education are offering a series of programs
for the spring of 2006. Click
here to know more about one day lectures and short
courses.
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College-Age
Lutherans Head to U.S. Gulf Coast for Spring Break CHICAGO (ELCA) --
Some Lutheran college students will spend
spring break in the U.S. Gulf Coast cleaning out
homes, tearing down drywall and bleaching moldy walls in an
effort to rebuild homes damaged during the 2005 hurricane
season. Read
more
and visit LDR.org !
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- Seeking Unity and Understanding
 "The
Little Church that could" is the name of the article in
the March issue of The Lutheran that tells us
how Concordia Lutheran Church, with less than 200
members, has transformed a Roman Catholic school into a
$12.5 million campus opening this fall!
Read more. |
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Come
to the Feast! - The
Ecumenical Young Adult Ministry Team of the National Council
of Churches of Christ in the USA is sponsoring
Come to the Feast,
a biennial gathering of young adults to seek, connect, empower and strengthen young adult
ministries beyond denominational lines. The conference is
divided into two parts (Part I, May 24-26, and Part II, May
26-29) and will focus on four areas of interest: Mobilizing,
Renewing, Building Community and Expressing Faith.
Registration forms are available online.
Click here
for CTTF scholarships! |
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 Lutheran
heroine's story told in award winning new film - Zeitgeist
Films presents
Sophie Scholl: the Final Days, the dramatic story of
Germany's famous anti-Nazi heroine. Sophie, her brother
Hans, and Christopher
Probst were a part of the underground group of college
students known as the "White
Rose" when they were arrested by the Gestapo. Facing
death, Sophie's belief in God gave her the strength to resist
the Nazis. This is a great film for congregations to see
and discuss together! For show dates and locations click
here.
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What is a
Conciliar Body? |
 National
Council of Churches of Christ (NCCC) -
Panels of Canadian and US councils of churches begin
planning a 2007 biotechnologies conference: An
international biotechnology conference is planned for
Fall 2007. The conference includes Anglican, Protestant, Roman
Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox traditions.
For more information, click
here.
And remember to check out the
March Interfaith Relations newsletter from the
NCCC! |
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Christian
Churches Together in the U.S.A. (CCT)
 Next organizing meeting is March 28-31, 2006 in Atlanta,
Georgia. Poverty in the U.S. is on the agenda as a main
topic. Click here for
CCT participants, read
more, and check out the NEW
Web site!
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World Council of Churches - "Contact" is a periodical
publication of the WCC Health and Healing Programs. The theme
of this special issue is "Children: A Shared Agenda for Human
Development." Check out pages 32-38,
"Care for Every Child" an Inter-Religious reflection on being
a child. |
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Lutheran World Federation
(LWF) - President Mark Hanson responds to the Iranian president. Emphasis
on Lutherans' Commitment to Open, Honest Relationship with
Jewish Community
more...
Anger,
Dialogue and the Church: Who sets the terms? It's the name
of this issue! Click here to read more about "thinking
it over," a series of theological reflections. |
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 The Holy Spirit and the Church -
The 40th International Ecumenical
Seminar in Strasbourg,
France, July 5-12, 2006.
This Summer Seminar will
address challenges emerging from
the world-wide growth of
Charismatic movements, from changes in
North-South relations
in a global post-missionary era and from the "new ecumenism"
that arises from those developments. Click
here for more
information and the registration form.
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 Ecumenical
Institute of Bossey
June 6-11, 2006
Registration Forms Are Here!!
Topic: "Mission as Proclamation of the Gospel -- Ecumenical
Perspectives." You can now download and print the
registration form and
apply directly to the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey. |
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 Encountering the
Other: Religious Arguments of Tolerance - Guided by
the theme of hospitality toward the other this event is a
one-day workshop April 24 at the University of Notre Dame,
Indiana. This conference principally aims at focusing
dialogue among people of the three Abrahamic faith traditions
- Judaism, Christianity and Islam - but is also open to papers
and presenters dealing with encounters with other faith
traditions.
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The 10th annual Islam in America
Conference will be held by the
Islamic Society of North
America (ISNA) April 14-16 in Chicago, IL. The following topics are featured as
special areas of focus:
Interfaith Initiatives in America, Leadership Development, Understanding Moderate and Extremist Approaches in
Islam, The Experience of Islam in American Prisons, Conflict Resolution/Peace building in Muslim
Communities, Social Service Models in America, Current Youth Trends. Running concurrent with this conference is
the 7th annual ISNA Education Forum. Check this
link for registration information for both conferences. |
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"Jewish
Mysticism: Kabbalah for the Curious" - The Metro Chicago
Synod of the ELCA and members of the American Jewish Committee
are sponsoring their 17th annual Jewish-Christian clergy
retreat from noon April 26 to noon April 27. Rabbi Dr.
Bryon L. Sherwin, an internationally renowned scholar of
Jewish mysticism and philosophy, will be the keynote speaker.
For registration information see page four of
MetroWorld, the Metro-Chicago Synod newsletter. |
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The Asia Foundation is offering a
study tour on "Religion and Society in Southwest Asia" for young Professionals from April 21 to May 6, 2006.
The program will take place in Philippines, Singapore,
Malaysia and concluding in San Francisco.
Read more about this unique program!
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Religions for Peace
announces new
Millenium Development Goals toolkit for Religious Leaders and
Communities. This multi-religious resource should be available
in Spring 2006.
The United States Institute for Peace
has released a new report entitled:
"The Diversity of Muslims in the United States: Views as
Americans". Read more in the
Religious for Peace USA March E-newsletter. |
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From the ELCA Seminaries:
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
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Two upcoming conferences:
What Our Sacred Texts Say About Others: Reading With
Sensitivity, and
Jewish Thought and Theology.
Luther Seminary -
"Jews of the Luthertown Wittenberg in the third Reich"-
Exhibit
and
The 21st Jewish-Christian Seminar
Lutheran
Theological Seminary at Philadelphia - Lecture on
March 28, 11:30 am: "The
Church of Norway: State Church, Folk Church & the
Responsibility for Education & Inclusivity"
Trinity Lutheran
Seminary - Program in World Religions and
Inter-Religious Relations lecture on March 30:
"Is Religion Inherently Violent? Sightings From the
Extremist Margin" |
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The LERN
network is a group of ELCA clergy and laypeople
appointed by their synodical bishops throughout the ELCA.
They are the eyes and ears of ecumenism in their synods. LERN reps meet annually at the
National Workshop on Christian Unity and with staff
members of the ELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religious
Relations. These representatives and the LERN Executive
Committee meet the challenge of the ELCA’s
strategic directions to authentically “step forward as a
public church, support congregations, assist synods, produce
wise and courageous leaders, and deepen and extend our...
ecumenical relationships.”
LERN News & Events:
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Read the LERNing
Newsletter!!
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2006
National Workshop on Christian Unity Registration Forms are
HERE
- May 8-11,
2006.
Read more about the
workshop. Download the
2006 Brochure
and
Registration!
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