A reflection from Sawyer J. Vanden Heuvel at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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A reflection from Laura Sesaki Norton at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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A reflection from Rev. Manuel Retamoza at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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A reflection from Rev. Imani Olear at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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On day three of the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, the assembly elected Imran Siddiqui, a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Atlanta, as vice president—the highest position a layperson can hold in the ELCA.
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Imran Siddiqui of St. John's Lutheran Church, Atlanta, was elected to a six-year term as vice president of the ELCA by the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
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The 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly continued Aug. 10 at the Greater Columbus (Ohio) Convention Center. Day two included the third and fourth plenary sessions and a service of Holy Communion. Read full proceedings in this post.
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The 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly officially opened Aug. 9 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, meeting through Aug. 12. Day one consisted of plenary sessions one and two, an apology to Iglesia Luterana Santa María Peregrina, Stockton, Calif., and a service of word and prayer. Read full proceedings in this post.
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In this video we celebrate 35 years of the ELCA, hearing from: Rev. Lowell Almen, first Secretary of the ELCA; Rev. April Ulring Larson, first female Lutheran bishop in North America; Ismael Danforth, ELCA Church Council member; and Keoni Newman, ELCA Church Council member.
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View the Holy Communion service on Tuesday, 8/9/2022, at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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View Plenary Session 2, held Tuesday afternoon, August 9, 2022, at the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
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View Plenary Session 1, held Tuesday morning, August 9, 2022, at the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
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We remember the legacy of William "Bill" Horne II, vice president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), in this video shown at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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View the apology to Iglesia Santa María Peregrina at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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View the full Holy Communion service at the opening of the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton preaches at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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In this post we share the 2022 Churchwide Assembly listening event for “civics and faith” social statement.
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In this post we share the 2022 Churchwide Assembly General Session on Memorials.
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The 2022 Churchwide Assembly hearings will be held by Zoom webinar during the week prior to the Churchwide Assembly. Hearings are nonlegislative sessions to hear certain proposals scheduled for assembly action or information sessions at the 2022 Churchwide Assembly.
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You’re invited to view the worship and work of the sixteenth Churchwide Assembly. Plenary sessions will be streamed live on the ELCA website, at elca.org/CWA-2022, with the full schedule in this post. At this assembly, a live stream of worship also will be provided. View PDF of schedule on ELCA.org.
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