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Lane called the move “unexpected,” adding that she was “honored and thankful to be called to serve.”
Bishop involved Heather Elizabeth Cook, the No. 2 Episcopal bishop in the Diocese of Maryland, was placed on adminis- trative leave after she allegedly was involved in a December car crash that killed bicyclist Thomas Palermo, 41, the father of two children and a com- puter specialist who ran a bike shop out of his garage. Cook apparently left the scene and later returned as police were investigating. At presstime, a criminal investigation was underway but charges had not been filed.
A perfect record
Lorraine Olson never called in sick during her more than 4,000 Sunday mornings of work. As organist for Grace Lutheran Church, Luverne, Minn., she put in 63 years, playing for more than 1,000 funerals and an equal number of weddings. But at the end of December, she retired and cut back on her piano teaching sched- ule. In 1951, Olson (then Lorraine Hoime) was asked to play at Grace for the first time. She went on to work with 14 pastors and 17 choir direc- tors, and played for more than 10,000 worship services. She chose “When in Our Music God is Glorified” as her final piece. “ ‘God is Glorified,’ that is a difficult one but I can do it,” she told the Sioux Falls [S.D.] Argus Leader. “That is a fitting one.”
Hospital paid
The Lutheran World Federation’s Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusa- lem avoided a financial crisis when it received a November 2014 payment from the Palestinian Authority for outstanding patient medical bills. Ear- lier in 2014, ELCA Presiding Bishop 10
The pope & peace prize winner T
he Religion Newswriters Association, headquartered at the University of Mis-
souri School of Journalism in Columbia, released a similar list to Religion News Service’s annual review of stories (page 8). For the second year, it named Pope Fran- cis the top “Religion Newsmaker of the Year.” Among other newsmak-
ers in contention were Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani Muslim schoolgirl who survived a Taliban shooting and shared this year’s
Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy of girls’ education with Hindu chil- dren’s advocate Kailash Satyarthi of India. The Ebola health-care workers,
many of whom are faith-based and stayed in West Africa, were also in the running. More than 300 journalists vote
for the newsmaker of the year. RNA, founded in 1949, is the only worldwide association dedicated to helping journalists write about religion with balance, accuracy and insight.
Honoring a love for music When Tiffany Abner, 28, was killed in a car accident before Christmas in 2013, Redeemer
Lutheran Church, Bryant, Ind., needed a way to channel its grief. Not only was Abner wife to its pastor, Robert Abner, she often played her violin at worship. To honor the woman who loved music and Christmas, the congregation began Tiffany’s Trees, which provides trees, lights and stands to those in need. Members also decorated a tree in her memory for the Jay County Historical Society’s Christmas tree exhibit. Ornaments are made from sheet music, and Abner’s violin rests in the center of the tree. It was reportedly the most popular of the 11 trees donated by area churches.
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