ELCA NEWS SERVICE
July 31, 2007
ELCA Churchwide Assembly to Worship, Hear Bible Studies
07-136- LL*
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Under the theme "Living in God's Amazing
Grace: Thanks be to God!" the voting members and guests of the
2007 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide
Assembly will have the opportunity to participate in daily
worship and Bible study. The assembly is Aug. 6-11 here at Navy
Pier.
On Aug. 6 the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, ELCA presiding bishop and
president of the Lutheran World Federation, will preside at
worship and preach.
The Aug. 7 worship will feature the Rev. Melissa G. Pohlman,
Christ English Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, as the presiding
minister, and the Rev. Claire S. Burkat, bishop of the ELCA
Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod, Norristown, Pa., will preach.
Bible study will open each afternoon plenary beginning Aug.
7. Each will focus on Paul's letter to the Galatians and Martin
Luther's "Freedom of a Christian." They will include
presentations and small group discussions. The Rev. David Rhoads,
professor of the New Testament, Lutheran School of Theology at
Chicago, will lead the first Bible study.
On Aug. 8 the Rev. Neris Diaz-Cabello, manager of chaplaincy
services, Sherman Hospital, East Dundee, Ill., will preside at
worship, with the Rev. Lowell G. Almen, ELCA secretary, to
preach. The Rev. David L. Tiede, professor, Augsburg College,
Minneapolis, will lead Bible studies on Aug. 8 and 9.
The Rev. Said R. Ailabouni, Grace Lutheran Church, La
Grange, Ill., will preside at worship on Aug. 9, and the Rev. F.
Javier Goitia Padilla, San Juan, Puerto Rico, will preach.
The Rev. Michael L. Burk, executive, ELCA Worship and
Liturgical Resources, will preside at worship Aug. 10, and the
Rev. M. Wyvetta Bullock, executive assistant to the ELCA
presiding bishop, will preach. The Bible study will be led by
the Rev. Timothy J. Wengert, professor, Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Philadelphia (LTSP).
The final worship service on Aug. 11 will feature Hanson as
presiding minister. The Rev. Susan R. Briehl, Spokane, Wash.,
and project associate, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind.,
will deliver the sermon. Bible study will be led by Dr. Marit
Trelstad, associate professor of religion, Pacific Lutheran
University, Tacoma, Wash.
Augsburg College and Pacific Lutheran University are two of
the ELCA's 28 colleges and universities. LSTC and LTSP are two
of the ELCA's eight seminaries.
The LWF is a global communion of Christian churches in the
Lutheran tradition. Founded in 1947 in Lund, Sweden, the LWF now
has 140 member churches in 78 countries.
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Information about the 2007 Churchwide Assembly is found at:
http://www.ELCA.org/assembly on the ELCA Web site.
* Lauren A. Lamb is a senior public relations and speech
communication major at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
This summer she is an intern with the ELCA News Service.
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John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask]
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