ELCA NEWS SERVICE May 20, 2010 ELCA Worshiping Communities Intent about being Welcoming 10-142-MRC CHICAGO (ELCA) -- A group of Lutherans in Galena, Ill., worships at a local hotel. Another group in Elk River, Minn., worships at an elementary school. Although in separate locations, both groups have something in common -- they left their primary congregations to start new congregations in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). More http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4528 For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews