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Year of St. Paul – 2,000th Birthday:
An Important Opportunity for Renewal and Unity by The
Rev. Donald McCoid, Executive Ecumenical and Inter-Religious
Relations at the ELCA.
A
Pastoral
Letter to our Member Churches and Institutions in
Celebration of the "Pauline Year": 28 June 2008 - 29 June
2009 by Ishmael Noko, General Secretary of the Lutheran
World Federation.
See The
Lutheran Magazine article: Why Paul matters now
A feature article by Karl P. Donfried
about the Pauline Year observance. Ecumenical dimensions are
the focus of this celebration, he says.
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 What
can you do to address conflict and reconciliation in your community?
A reflection on the benefits of ecumenical
relationships
and networking in dealing with issues associated with conflict and
reconciliation by Pastor Susan M. Lang, consultant in leadership and
congregational support and owner of
RevWriter Resources, LLC.
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 ELCA
Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations Interns Say Why
it Matters! Ecumenical and Inter-Religious
Relations at the ELCA churchwide office has been
blessed with incredible interns throughout the
years.
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Peace Not
Walls: Making a Difference in the Holy Land
The
NEW DVD, "Peace
Not Walls: Making a Difference in the Holy Land," offers
a dynamic introduction to the ELCA inter-religious work and
the Peace Not Walls campaign dedicated to peace with
justice in Israel-Palestine.
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 ELCA
Presiding Bishop Washes Feet of HIV-Positive Women
Engaging in an act of
"humility and repentance," the Rev. Mark S. Hanson,
presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America (ELCA), Chicago, and president of the Lutheran World
Federation, Geneva, began an Aug. 1 presentation [in Mexico
City] by washing the feet of two HIV-positive women.
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Reflect on God's Mission in the World
Lutherans gathered for the
2008 Global Mission Event in Lacrosse, Wisconsin reconciled
with the past while looking toward the future.
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 Exciting
news to share! Dr. Michael
Reid Trice will be presented with the 2008
GOLD Award from his alma mater, Bethany
College. This award is presented to a
graduate of the last two decades,
recognizing their outstanding achievement
and service to society. Michael was selected
based on many nominations from alumni and
friends. He will accept this award the
weekend of October 10th, 2008.
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 NEW
– ELCA has launched a new website
FIND YOUR WAY
Scroll down and find "Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Page".
Having trouble finding a Web
page? Try replacing the "www"
in the URL with the word
"archive,"
archive.elca.org/ecumenical
Learn more in
Site Help. |
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A Proposal for Full Communion
between
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and
The United Methodist Church
This
proposed agreement for full communion between
The United
Methodist Church and the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America is noteworthy among such ecumenical
statements.
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 CWS
Missiological Convocation
October
20-21, 2008
South
Bend, IN
CWS will hold its first
missiological convocation in the new quadrennium 2008-2011
to engage in serious reflection about missiology and
ecumenical cooperation. Invited speakers and leaders will
include prominent persons from the US and global ecumenical
community. CWS Board members, members of committees; members
of forums; youth and young adults as recommended by their
communions are invited to attend.
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 JustFaith
(Ecumenical)
JustFaith
(Ecumenical) is a thirty-week justice education/formation
process with a focus on the intersection of faith,
spirituality and social responsibility in a world wounded by
poverty. The program is offered in partnership with Bread
for the World, the largest Christian anti-hunger advocacy
organization in the United States.
Read more...
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 Faithful
Democracy
Faithful Democracy
is a living Web-based project that aims to inspire people of
faith to participate thoughtfully in the 2008 electoral
cycle. It strives to be an interactive experience, providing
resources on our role as people of faith…to get involved in
the electoral process at all levels.
Read
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 Lutheran
World Federation 2009 J-Term Experience: The Ecumenical
Church in a Globalized World
Are you a graduate
theology student looking to expand your horizons this
winter? Journey with us to Geneva, one of the Ecumenical
centers of the world, to discover what it means to be
members of a global communion of churches and the
implications this globalization for ministry within North
America. We travel to the Lutheran World Federation, the
United Nations offices, as well as many ecumenical venues in
and around Switzerland.
Read more...
Forthcoming!
Lutheran
Koinonia/Voice in a Global Context:
August 27-September 7, 2009.
Book-end,
end-of-summer formation event for continuing education for
clergy and lay-rostered leaders in the North American region
of the LWF.
Enrollment to
begin in mid-October 2008.
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 Ecumenical
Institute of Bossey
The Ecumenical
Institute at Bossey is the international centre for
encounter and formation of the World Council of Churches.
The Institute brings
together people from diverse churches, and backgrounds
for ecumenical learning, academic and personal exchange.
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American Academy of Ecumenists Annual Meeting
On September
26 - 28th, the Academy will hold its annual meeting at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel St. Louis—Clayton. The theme is
Ecumenical Ecclesiology: One Church of Christ for the Sake
of the World. Michael Kinnamon, Peter Bouteneff, David
Daniels and Jeffrey Gros will be among the distinguished
speakers. The Academy includes ecumenically active clergy
and laity as well as professors and students. Members have a
shared concern for theological reflection, scholarship, and
hospitality and conversation. For more information and to
register online visit
www.naae.net.
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 "Christian
Unity," an Interfaith Religion Special on CBS
CHRISTIAN UNITY, an interfaith religion special, will broadcast
Sunday, Sept. 21 on the CBS Television Network. Check your local station
for exact time.
Over the centuries Christians
have split into many groups, not always on friendly terms. Christian
Unity is an ongoing attempt to bring Roman Catholics, Protestants,
Evangelicals, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox into further dialogue and
cooperation. This year The Annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
celebrates its 100th anniversary in this country. The special is
produced with the cooperation of The National Council of Churches, The
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, The Islamic Society of
North American, the Union for Reform Judaism and The New York Board of
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 Your
Guide to Inter-Religious Life in the ELCA
This guide will help you and your congregation gain a
hands--on appreciation of the inter-religious relations in
the life of the church. Navigate the waters of
inter-religious relations, and take opportunities to learn
more about how you can be part of an important journey.
Download as PDF file 
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 RFP-USA: Educational Resources Now Available
We are pleased to announce the launch of Religions for Peace-USA's
Educational Resources Project. These resources are now available on
their
website. Since this is an ongoing project, they welcome you to
submit additional resources. Please send submissions, comments, or
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 ELCA The "Fourth Expression"
– Partner/Related Organizations
We share a strong, growing relationship with pan-Lutheran and
ecumenical partner ministries, such as Lutheran World Federation (LWF),
Lutheran Services in America (LSA), Lutheran Immigration and Refugee
Service (LIRS), Lutheran World Relief (LWR) and many more.
Learn why
our partners are so critical to this church’s mission.
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 lnter-Religious
Resource
Windows for Understanding: Jewish, Muslim, Lutheran
Relationss
This resource offers
opportunities to learn more and become better informed. You
are invited to explore Windows and grow in your
faith. We encourage you to send us your comments and
suggestions by filling out the Evaluation Form on back of
Windows.
Additional
Inter-Religious Links:
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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 ecumenical and inter-religious activity 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 Office. These representatives assist in meeting
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 global, ecumenical and
interfaith relationships."
LERNing Newsletter
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September 2008 Issue
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Interactive Faith: The Essential Interreligious
Community-Building Handbook
Religions for Peace USA debuts an indispensable
interreligious resource to bring different communities of
faith together.
This practical guide to the key methods
and resources of the interfaith movement will help you
effectively engage people of other faith traditions in order
to increase understanding and acceptance in your community
and beyond.
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 Christian
Worship Worldwide: Expanding Horizons, Deeping
Practices
Revelation 21
is often assumed to be a representation of heaven. It is of
course, a representation of the Church. "Come", says the
guiding angel, " and I will show you the bride, the wife of
the Lamb."
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Occupied with Nonviolence
by Jean Zaru
Zaru vividly
paints the complex realities faced by all parties in
Palestine — Jews and Muslims and Christians, Israelis and
Palestinians, women and men. Yet even as Zaru eloquently
names the common misunderstandings of the history, present
situation, and current policies of the parties there, she
vividly articulates an alternative: a religiously motivated
nonviolent path to peace and justice in the world's most
troubled region.
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 In
God's Name: Wisdom from the World's Great Spiritual Leaders
Who is God? What
is death? What is worth dying for? How do you explain
fanaticism and violence waged in the name of God? Candid
responses by the world's great spiritual leaders are
accompanied by never-before-published images of these
leaders as well as ordinary people engaged in religious
practices around the world.
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The Way of Peace: Christian Life in Face
of Discord by James M. Childs, Jr.
Theologian and
ethicist James M. Childs Jr. argues that, for Christians,
peace poses particular problems because of the permanence of
conflict and violence amid the assurance that God and Christ
are at work creating peace. Uncertainty, ambiguity,
struggle, debate, and tragedy are not avoidable. Christian
discipleship and peacemaking, Childs argues, are to be lived
in and not despite these realities.
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NEW –
Covenantal Conversations
In this useful
volume both Christian and Jewish thinkers explore the shared
theological framework, special historical relationship,
post-Holocaust developments and current trouble spots that
situate the Jewish-Christian relationship today.
Read more....
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NEW –
Ecumenism Today: the Universal Church in
the 21st Century
What is Ecumenism?
Is Christian unity a legitimate hope or just a pious
illusion? The aim of this book is to analyze the real
obstacles that stand in the path to unity and to propose
solutions, where these are possible.
Distinguished
authors from the main Christian denominations offer a unique
insight into the problem of Christian divisions and the
relationships between Christian communities. This work is
not a politically correct exercise in diplomacy; rather, it
informs the reader about the actual state of the ecumenical
dialogue.
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more...
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NEW –
One Flock, One Shepherd: Lutheran-Moravian Relations
This
summary, One Flock, One Shepherd: Lutheran-Moravian
Relations, promotes further conversation and relations
between Lutherans and Moravians.
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 A
Force More Powerful
Filmmakers
Steve
York and
Miriam Zimmerman and nonviolent conflict experts
Peter Ackerman
Jack DuVall, make up the creative team behind
A Force More Powerful and
Bringing Down A Dictator. They
began collaborating on projects concerning nonviolent
action in 1996. The tremendous response to their work
revealed a great, worldwide need for further education
on strategic nonviolent conflict. To meet this need,
Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall founded the
International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
which works to encourage the use of nonviolent
civilian-based strategies for defending and extending
democratic self-rule and human rights throughout the
world.
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The Lutheran Magazine
ELCA & Episcopal Church issue join statement on Sudan (July
2008)
ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson and Episcopal Bishop
Katharine Jefferts Schori issued a joint statement on June
4, resolving to work for the passage of the 2005 peace
agreement and the donation of monies to provide emergency
care for some 120,000 displaced people.
Read more....
 Black
& white in the ELCA (August 2008)
An email conversation about race.
Read more...
Where peace is in their hands (September 2008)
Palestinian children learn to resolve
conflicts among their peers.
Read more...
Pinwheels for peace (September 2008)
New York school advocates for nonviolence.
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