Churchwide Assembly Oregon-ized
Churchwide Assembly Oregon-ized
The Evangelcial Luthearn Church in America meets in national assembly once every other year. August 15-19, 2011 the Assembly will meet in Orlando, FL, under the theme of "Freed in Christ to Serve." Those of us who are going from the Oregon Synod wish to share our impressions and experiences with you 'live and in person.' Please check daily to see what is happening!
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Day 1 of Churchwide Assembly It is now 7 pm and I need to return to the plenary hall for the last meeting of the day. Having begun at 8:30 this am, you know this is a long... 2 replies |
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Tuesday--Your daddy's church no more The one message I got from today’s proceedings is that the church is striving not to be your daddy’s Lutheran church. It may become... 4 replies |
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2013 Churchwide Assembly FYI: The next ELCA Churchwide Assembly will be held August 12-18, 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The assembly will meet at the David L... |
den2pdx 1 year 39 weeks ago |
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Home and Hopeful Ah, to be home again. Churchwide Assembly was awesome and exhausting. As I shared in worship at Peace-Pendleton about the CWA and some of the things... |
Pr Dorthy Nielsen 1 year 39 weeks ago |
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Friday—Go in Peace, Serve the Lord The final day of the Assembly started ten minutes earlier than scheduled to complete the work left to do, which included motions and memorials.... 1 replies |
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Thursday--I'll be making motions in my sleep We had a busy day as a legislative body. I appreciate the debates we had, for I believe that the Holy Spirit is present and works through... 1 replies |
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Thurday: Tired Don't know what to say about today. LOTS of great stuff, but I'm too tired to tell you all about it right now. (Sorry) We passed the budget,... |
Dave Brauer-Rieke 1 year 40 weeks ago |
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Wednesday's Reflections I really appreciate, as I heard this in this morning’s plenary session, that we are a reformation church of the 21st century. There are... 1 replies |
alisonlissie 1 year 40 weeks ago |
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Wednesday--Pomp my Bishop Today was dress-up day for the bishops: they wore their collars and bishop bling-bling (big crosses with gold chains). Bishop Dave looked quite... 1 replies |
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Dave Brauer-Rieke: Safe travel for the 1000+ members of our assembly. May God allow our efforts to bear fruit.1 year 39 weeks ago
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Pr Dorthy Nielsen: Prayers for Bishop Jessica & family at the death of her mother. May the resurrection support those who grieve with hope.1 year 40 weeks ago
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Dave Brauer-Rieke: 8/15/2011 Bp. Jessica Crist of the Montana Synod left the assembly today due to a critical health concern with her mother. Prayers for for the whole family.1 year 40 weeks ago
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