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Title: ELCA Lutherans Learn to Share Faith ELCA NEWS SERVICE - NEWSBRIEF December 4, 1997 LUTHERANS LEARN TO SHARE FAITH The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has produced two resources, "Connections: Faith and Life" and "Sharing Your Faith with Friends, Relatives and Neighbors," designed to help adults be "faith-sharing Christians" every day of the week. The resources focus on the relationship between faith and life by connecting day-to-day experiences with church ministry. Each resource contains a group leader package and participant books which can be used for small group study in a home or church setting. Sessions are designed to build a sense of support and community through personal sharing and discussion. The resources are available through Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, the publishing house of the ELCA. They were introduced at "Sharing Your Faith and Living Your Faith," a series of one-day leadership seminars sponsored by the ELCA's Division for Congregational Ministries and Division for Ministry. The seminars "combined evangelism and ministry in daily life," said the Rev. Marta Poling-Goldenne, associate director for evangelism. "Participants looked at new ways to live and share their faith with others in daily life," she said. The seminars included presentations by lay and clergy leaders in the ELCA, worship and workshop sessions. Twenty-five seminars were held this fall in the United States. For information contact: Ann Hafften, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/co/news/current.html