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Rachel Kurtz; Bible study; and wor- ship. Sponsored by the Grand Can- yon Synod and Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center, one of the event goals is to encourage older adults to follow God’s calling in their lives. Register at
www.rallyinthevalleyaz.org.
Gathered in the grass DEAN MICKELSON PHOTOGRAPHY
Faster pastors Thirty hours, 56 minutes, 33.2 seconds. That’s how long it took 12 rostered leaders
from the Rocky Mountain Synod to complete the Ragnar Race. The 192-mile relay race was divided into 36 shorter and longer legs, with each of the 12 leaders responsible for running three legs (between 9 and 22 miles total). They raised more than $8,000 for the ELCA Malaria Campaign (
www.elca.org/malaria).
Travel With Pastor Douglas Gunkelman & Other Lutherans!
Best of Ireland Tour
12 Days from $1698* Departs Thursday, June 26, 2014
Start in historic Dublin with a city tour including the Bank of Ireland and St. Patrick’s Cathedral (the largest church in Ireland). Travel to Cork, stopping at the Rock of Cashel and Cobh along the way. Then visit Blarney Castle, Woollen Mill and Muckross House & Gardens en route to Killarney. Drive the “Ring of Kerry” offering spectacular scenery, tour Bunratty Castle & Folk Park, built in 1425. Visit the Cliffs of Moher, Galway, the Connemara region, Kylemore Abbey and the Bundoran area. Enjoy a guided tour of Belleek Pottery, visit Ulster American Folk Park, & explore “The Giant’s Causeway.” Finally take a sightseeing tour of Belfast that includes the impressive Parliament buildings plus you will visit the newly opened “Titanic Belfast.” Tour includes 16 meals. Pastor Douglas Gunkelman is Pastor of Divinity Lutheran Church in Parma Heights, OH.
*Price per person/double occupancy. Airfare is extra. For reservations & details call 7 days a week: 1-800-736-7300 12 The Lutheran •
www.thelutheran.org
More than 100 women theologians were among 15,000 participants gathered Aug. 27-Sept. 1 in Antsir- abe, Madagascar, for the National Women’s Gathering of the Malagasy Lutheran Church. The theologians, who continue to bring attention to the issue of women’s ordination, led Bible studies. The Malagasy Lutheran Church doesn’t ordain women. With no church building large enough to hold the gather- ing, women sat each day in a grassy field. Elaine Neuenfeldt, from the Lutheran World Federation’s Women in Church and Society desk, said the gathering was “powerful” and brought to mind “the biblical image of a multitude following Jesus and sitting on the grass.”
Muslims welcomed The same day the Winona [Minn.] Islamic Center was destroyed by fire, founder Ahmed El-Afandi sat at a table in Central Lutheran Church dis- cussing the welcome his community of faith had received. “[It’s] beyond description,” he told the Winona Daily News of Central’s decision to offer its worship space after the cen- ter was destroyed by fire Sept. 13. “It’s very big of them.” Central and First Congregational Church both offered space before the flames had even died down. “Let’s make [this] an opening-up for better relation- ships with our neighbors,” El-Afandi said.
For more news, see
www.thelutheran. org/feature/november.
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