ELCA NEWS SERVICE May 6, 2004 ELCA Seminaries Plan 2004 Commencements 04-091-FI CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The seminaries and extension centers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) prepare candidates for lay and ordained ministry in the church. Commencement exercises close their 2003-2004 academic year. The date, school, keynote speaker and site of the exercises are given: May 14 Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (LSTG), Pa. The Rev. Michael Cooper-White, LSTG president Church of the Abiding Presence (LTSG Chapel) May 14 Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (LTSS), Columbia, S.C. The Rev. H. George Anderson, former presiding bishop of the ELCA, former president of Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, and former president of LTSS, now visiting professor, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Conn. Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Columbia May 15 Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS), Berkeley, Calif. Dr. Martha Ellen Stortz, professor of historical theology and ethics, PLTS Chapel of the Cross (PLTS Chapel) May 16 Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago The Rev. Marsha Foster Boyd, director for accreditation and leadership education, The Association of Theological Schools, Pittsburgh Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago May 16 Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa Dr. Marva J. Dawn, theologian, Christians Equipped for Ministry of Vancouver, Wash., and teaching fellow in spiritual theology, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, Dubuque May 18 Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest (LSPS), Austin, Texas The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, New York St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Austin LSPS is an extension of Wartburg Theological Seminary and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and is located on the campus of the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest (ETSS). Commencement activities are conducted jointly with ETSS. May 23 Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Bradbury H. (Brad) Anderson, chief executive officer, Best Buy Co., Inc., Richfield, Minn. Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis May 23 Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the ELCA, Chicago Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lansdale, Pa. June 5 Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio The Rev. James K. Echols, president, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Mees Hall, Capital University, Columbus Lutheran Theological Center in Atlanta (LTCA) LTCA, located on the campus of the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC), is an extension of theological education programs of the eight seminaries of the ELCA. LTCA students graduate from the seminaries. -- -- -- The ELCA Division for Ministry makes information about the seminaries and extension centers available at http://www.elca.org/dm/te/seminaries.html on the Web. For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news