For me, this begins with grace: the promise that


when we fail to love others as we should, we are not hopelessly unloving (or unlovable). Sometimes it’s simply a miscommunication of love


languages: sin causing us to trip over our assumptions and expectations in the love we give and the love we receive. That insight also nudges us to extend grace to others in our lives from whom we sought love and felt disappointment. When might others have been trying to show us love


in ways we simply didn’t notice, focused as we were on looking for love in the places we wanted and expected it to be? The gospel says God loves humankind in all our


complexity. Fully known and fully loved, we are free to love boldly: seeking to know and to love our neighbor as she is. And even when we fail, the love of God in Christ will find us in the language of our hearts.


To learn more about “The Five Love Languages,” visit 5lovelanguages.com.


Meghan Johnston Aelabouni is an ELCA pastor studying full time for her doctorate. She and her family live in Fort Collins, Colo.


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First International Choir Festival Leipzig from July 14 till 16, 2017


A Trip Created for you by Saxony‘s Reformation expert Program of the festival: Friday 7/14/2017


from 10:00 a.m. Guided city tour from 12:00 a.m. Flashmob from 05:00 p.m. Opening event from 07:00 p.m. Barbecue party


Saturday 7/15/2017 10:00 - 02:00 p.m. Contest „Coming together to sing“ 03:00 - 06:00 p.m. Rehearsal and workshops 07:00 - 09:00 p.m. Big gala concert


„Since the first day I visited Leipzig, I have loved this city for its music tradition and its international significance for artistic program- ming. For this reason I am excited to serve with the First International Choir Festival. Come to Leipzig and experience the joy and the pathos of music, and enjoy Leipzig‘s hospitality!“


Your Rev. Dr. Robert G. Moore - Jurymember Sunday 7/16/2017 from 09:30 a.m. church services from 12:00 a.m. Singing together


Departure or travel to Frankfurt, Berlin, Dresden, Weimar, Halle, Meis- sen, Prague, Vienna


Concert venues: St. Thomas Church, St. Nicholas Church, Provostry Leip- zig and the Meissen Cathedral. The Choir contest will take place in the famous Museum Mendelssohn-Haus Leipzig.


• International Choir Festival 2017 (LICF) from July 14 till 16, 2017 for a price of 195€. • In the footsteps of poets and thinkers, price 555€ p.P. • In the footsteps of Johann Sebastian Bach, price 1.235€ p.P.


• Reformation and World Cultural Heritage sites, price 1.120€ p.P. Prices quoted are based on a choir size of 40 persons. We also charge a participation fee of 250€ per choir.


*Guided city tours, visit of the Zoo, extra concert, visits to the Porsche or BMW factories are available for optional booking


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From July 14 till 16, 2017, choirs from Sweden, Italy, China, Ame- rica, Germany, Russia, Poland and many other countries will be sin- ging together in Leipzig, the city of music, for a better world. More details about workshops, judges, prizes and travels for choirs are available on www.licf.de. We are looking forward to welcoming you.


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