ELCA chaplains meet
Looking to deepen connections between the ELCA chaplaincy min- istry and congregations, synods, and churchwide colleagues and agen- cies, 70 ELCA chaplains gathered July 26-30 in Chicago for the annual Chaplain Education and Training Event. “Our chaplains bring word and sacrament ministries into iso- lated and restricted places—whether deployed or afloat with military per- sonnel, at VA hospitals or in federal prisons,” said Eric Wester, assistant to the presiding bishop for federal chaplaincy ministry. “This gospel
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ministry extends the witness of con- gregations and all expressions of the ELCA.” The event also focused on recruiting the next generation of chaplains.
Arendt, 92, dies
Niels Henrik Arendt, former bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark, died Aug. 24 at the age of 64. Arendt, who chaired the Lutheran World Federation Com- mittee for Mission and Development and served on the Council and the Meeting of Officers, was bishop of the Haderslev Diocese of the Denmark denomination from 1999 to 2013. Martin Junge, LWF general secretary, said Arendt’s devotion to the church will be missed: “His serenity, wis- dom, warm smile, deep commitment and passion to serve the church made a great difference in the ministries to which he was called.”
Organist retires at 92
Eleanor Crane turned 92 on July 19 and decided that would also be a good time to retire as an organist. Crane started playing organ at 16 when the churches on Long Beach Island, N.J., met in a VFW hall. She was organist for 75 years at Holy Trinity (Brant Beach) and Zion (Barnegat Light) Lutheran churches, only taking time off to have three children. Her son, Charles Crane, said his mother prob-
ably wouldn’t have retired but needed to due to a scheduled surgery this fall. He said he hopes others “would take comfort and spiritual pride in the devotion that a fellow Lutheran like my mother exhibited all these years. … Life stories like this one don’t occur all that often, or at all, with the way the world … is changing. Possibilities of a similar story lessen dramatically.”
Reader call
The new year is a time for resolutions and f r e sh s t arts. For the January cover story, we’d like to know what things your congregation needs to clean out of the closet—literally and figuratively. Old hymnals or old atti- tudes? Felt boards or outdated pro- grams? What should stay or go in the new year? Our homes and churches can both benefit from pitching what we may be hoarding. Send your opinions, insight and stories (in 300 words or less, by Oct. 16) to julie.
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