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• Referred to its Malaria Initiative Team a resolution calling on the ELCA to insist upon discontinuation of the use of antibiotic protocols that promote rapid development of resis- tant strains of malaria.


Allegheny, June 7-9, Altoona, Pa. • Empowered its council and com- mittees to commit to “a budgetary process, which does not start from previous budgets” but focuses on mission and ministry; sought guide- lines for congregations to implement this mission-minded approach to budgeting.


Northern Illinois, June 15-16, Rock Island, Ill. • Encouraged congregations to participate in the ELCA Malaria Campaign. • Memorialized the 2013 Churchwide Assembly to review and


possibly revise the ELCA’s guiding documents concerning admission to communion.


Upstate New York, June 8-9, Rochester, N.Y. • Welcomed Bishop Stephen Dube; his wife, Effina Dube; and General Secretary M.M. Dube from its companion synod, the Evangeli- cal Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe. Stephen Dube thanked the assembly for its assistance in combating HIV/ AIDS and malaria.


South Dakota, June 8-9, Sioux Falls, S.D. • Met under the theme “Wrapped in Christ’s Love,” celebrating minis- tries that live this out day to day with quilts, baptismal blankets and prayer shawls. • Passed two resolutions to change the process of electing a bishop for the synod.


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Virginia, June 8-10, Salem, Va. • Opposed asking the ELCA Churchwide Assembly to make constitutional changes to allow a “new category of congregation membership for those members who disagree by faith or conscience with decisions of the churchwide organization.” • Defeated a resolution asking its bishop to send a letter of encour- agement to the Roman Catholic dioceses of Arlington and Richmond regarding the Affordable Care Act.


Southern Ohio, June 9, Cincinnati, Ohio • Voted to ask the ELCA presid- ing bishop and Church Council to contact President Barack Obama and Congress, urging the U.S. and its allies to work with the leaders of Iran for a peaceful resolution to the conflict over nuclear proliferation.


Southwestern Pennsylvania, June 14-15, Greenville, Pa. • Recognized and encouraged membership in the Lutheran Association of Christian Educators. • Urged its congrega- tions, administrative offices, out- door ministry facility, members and affiliates to offer a public witness of stewardship by reducing their energy consumption.


Upper Susquehanna, June 15-16, Selins- grove, Pa. • Voted to create a task force to discuss the justice issues surrounding the natural gas industry and to make available resources to address the complexities of horizon- tal slickwater hydraulic fracturing; memorialized the 2013 Churchwide Assembly to create its own task force on this subject.


Northeastern Pennsylvania, June 15-16, Reading, Pa. • Announced that Hope Lutheran Church, Reading, will be the setting of a Christmas special pro- duced by Odyssey Networks, which will air Christmas Eve on CBS. 


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