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he ELCA Malaria Cam- paign has reached the $11 million mark, with a
remaining $4 million left to be raised before the five-year cam- paign ends in January 2016. Meanwhile, the funds are
already being used to prevent and treat malaria. A recent ELCA grant helped
Juma Sumahil launch a malaria- fighting enterprise in his coun- try. Sumahil, a participant in the ELCA-funded Lutheran Malaria Program in Mozam- bique, used the grant to buy a kick wheel and build a kiln in his backyard. Now he supports his household by making and selling water jugs (with a cover
REBECCA DUERST/ELCA MALARIA CAMPAIGN
Support wavers Just after the state of Ohio executed a man for murder, a poll released by Barna Group shows that younger Christians aren’t as supportive of the death penalty as older members of their faith. When asked if they agreed that “the government should have the option to execute the worst crimi-
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Juma Sumahil displays one of the water jugs he made to help prevent the spread of malaria.
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www.thelutheran.org
One question keeps repeating itself: as my assault rifle killed so many people, does that
mean that I, Mikhail Kalashnikov … an Orthodox Christian, am responsible for people’s deaths, even if they were enemies?
AK-47 creator Mikhail Kalashnikov, in a letter to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, before his death on Dec. 23 at age 94. He was quoted by Reuters.
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so mosquitoes can’t lay eggs in the water) and ceramic water filters that protect his neighbors from waterborne diseases. To give, send checks (payable
to “ELCA Malaria Campaign”) to ELCA Malaria Campaign, P.O. Box 71764, Chicago, IL 60694-1764; visit
www.elca.org/malaria; or call 800-638-3522.
within a 180-year-old building was no small feat,” said Michael Cooper- White, seminary president. The museum’s energy-efficient features include a geothermal heating and cooling system, and water and storm water conversion systems.
Methodist ‘caravan’ Eleven of the United Methodist Church’s 13 seminaries began hit- ting the road this past January in a “Seminary Caravan” intended to intrigue college students and others (
www.explorecalling.org). Work- ing together to make site visits to regional colleges and universities, the seminaries hope to start conversa- tions with people they might other- wise miss. Caravan leaders discuss such topics as God’s call to ordained ministry, the church’s ministry with young adults and seminary debt reduction.
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