Title: LUTHERANS PLAN GLOBAL MISSION EVENTS CHICAGO (ELCA) -- #Born Anew to a Living Hope# will be the theme this summer when the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America gathers mission-minded participants at three Global Mission Events. They will be: June 27-30 at Whitworth College, Spokane, Wash.; July 18-21 at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D.; and July 25-28 at Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa. In 1995 the global festivals drew more than 3,000 people. Speakers will include the Rev. H. George Anderson, bishop of the ELCA; Musimbi Kanyoro, secretary for Women in Church and Society, Lutheran World Federation, Geneva; Marva Dawn, Christians Equipped for Ministry, Vancouver, Wash.; the Rev. Barbara R. Rossing, New Testament professor, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; and the Rev. Mitri Raheb, a Palestianian pastor from Bethlehem#s Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church. Missionary staff of the ELCA will come from many countries to take part along with international guests from partner churches around the world. Music to be performed comes from Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America and Europe. Preachers will be the Rev. Yutaka Kishino, mission director of the ELCA#s Pacifica and Southern California (West) Synods, and Ana Villanueva, Department for Mission and Development, Lutheran World Federation. Youth and children will participate in special global programs and activities designed for them. Contact: ELCA News and Information 8765 W. Higgins Road Chicago, IL 60631 312/280-2963 Ann E. Hafften (dir), Frank Imhoff, Lia Christiansen, Brenda Williams