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! The Radical Hospitality Committee is fairly sure you won't want to miss the fun, so mark these dates on your calendar:
August 14 - Progressive Dinner
September 12 - Roundup Sunday
October 3 - Pet Blessing Sunday
November 13 - Pie Social and Auction (to benefit King's Cupboard)
- Emergency food pantry serves the 2nd and 4th Thursdays (except holidays), 3 -5 p.m.: Next distributions are 7/22 and 8/12. New hours: serving from 3 - 6 p.m and no early registration. Doors open at 2:55 p.m.
Clients may receive food once per month. USDA income guidelines apply. Clients should bring ID, evidence of address. More info.
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Sisters and brothers in Christ,
The time has come for immigration reform in the United States. Yes, the issues are complex and not easily resolved. It is understandable that people are wary of engaging this politically and emotionally charged issue. More info.
Sisters and brothers in Christ,
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is both heartbreaking and infuriating. It causes deep sorrow, both for the initial loss of human life and for the deep and lasting damage to an ecology that provides life and livelihoods for so many of God's creatures. At the same time we grieve that the natural beauty of this region, a sign of God's marvelous creativity, has been defiled. More info.
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) was named May 11 as the 2010 "Member Organization of the Year" by the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD). LDR is a collaborative ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. More info.
WASHINGTON (ELCA) -- The Feeding America network reported an increase in the number of clients who came to their emergency food program sites, according to a recent "Hunger in America 2010" study. The network is a nationwide group of food pantries, community kitchens and shelters. Sponsors of these groups are primarily faith-based or religiously-affiliated programs. More info.
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- In a Sept. 23 letter to professional leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the ELCA presiding bishop urged them to engage each other "with honesty and respect" and asked that they exercise restraint, bear each other's burdens through conversation and be patient as the denomination lives into the churchwide assembly's decisions on human sexuality. More info.
STUTTGART, Germany (ELCA) - Saying that "hunger is not God's fault, it's our fault," the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, president of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, introduced the theme of the LWF's Eleventh Assembly, "Give Us Today Our Daily Bread," at a news conference here July 19, according to an LWF news release. More info.
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Expressing regret for the deaths and injuries that resulted when Israeli military forces intercepted a ship convoy seeking to deliver humanitarian goods to Gaza, the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), called for "a full, international and independent investigation into the matter," in a June 1 public statement.More info.
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Melanie Ferraro, a senior high school student, is working to get 1,600 of her peers to care about malaria -- a preventable, treatable disease that kills more than 1 million people a year. Ferraro, a member of Lutheran Church of Hope, Broomfield, Colo., said people her age can make a "difference for positive change." More info.
We help to bring God’s comfort, healing and renewal to those affected by disasters. And when the dust settles and the headlines change, we stay to provide ongoing assistance to those in need. More info.
WASHINGTON (ELCA) -- The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), signed a Sept. 22 public letter in support of "strong U.S. leadership to achieve a negotiated sustainable resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict." More info.
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