November contents NOVEMBER 2014 VOLUME 27 NUMBER 11 48 Service learning 30 Write your obit
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Retirements to change face of ELCA Lutheran Features
12 Food pantries strained 1 in 7 Americans rely on hunger program help
33 We have something way better to say
34 No veteran dies alone That’s the goal for one ELCA chaplain and volunteers in New Mexico
Cover story
18 Get set for clergy retirement wave Age, perspectives will change the face of the ELCA
25 Study guide COVER: CHART FROM ELCA RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.
26 Welcoming retired pastors
Higher ed. 36 Staying alive
Seminaries embrace ecumenical, Lutheran future
40 Has the Spirit forgotten how to call young people?
42 Missoula campus ministry offers Lutheran life at a secular school
46 Concordia College partners with LWR Gaining a global worldview
50 Higher education briefs Departments
3 Challenging conversations 4 Editor notes 8 News
16 Deeper understandings 28 Reflection 58 Two months out 59 Faces 60 Best this month 61 Deaths 62 Classifieds 63 Light side 63 Crossword 64 Letters 65 Picture this 66 Presiding bishop
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