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Social Statements | Education
A Social Statement on Education The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is preparing a social statement on education. Work on the social statement began in 2003. The 2007 Churchwide Assembly, it is anticipated, will consider the proposed social statement. You are invited to help shape the social statement. This is the place to come to learn about its development and how you can participate. New! First Draft of the Social Statement "Our Calling in Education: A First Draft of a Social Statement " is now available: You and your congregation are invited to study and to comment on this first draft. Your responses will help the ELCA Task Force on Education shape the proposed social statement. Please respond before October 15, 2006. you may respond online:
"Our Calling in Education" will be sent to congregations and others
in the March-April Action Packet. You may order additional
copies of the first draft by calling Augsburg Fortress (800/328-4648).
The cost is $0.25 per copy, plus postage. Please provide the ISBN
number (6-0002-0890-1) when you call. Get Involved! Hearings on the First Draft You are invited to participate in synod-sponsored hearings on "Our Calling in Education" that will be held in a number of synods throughout the ELCA. In these hearings a representative of the task force will be present to listen to your concerns and ideas. A continually updated schedule of hearings is online: If your synod has not yet scheduled a hearing, please contact your synod office to see what plans it has for holding a hearing.
You are also invited to take part in an online discussion of "Our Calling in Education" from September 5 to October 15, 2006. Beginning August 1 you may sign up for this online meeting on this Web site.
The Education Task Force has recently completed its seventh meeting in Chicago. You can find the minutes from this and other past meetings at this link.
What does it mean to be developing a social statement on education? Why is the ELCA focusing on education? Browse information related to the task force and the actions taken by the ELCA regarding this process. |
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