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Global Mission Network |
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Building global awareness by working in partnership
with our companion synods, learning what local congregations are doing
globally, and networking with local congregations that provide mission. |
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The Northeastern Iowa Synod hosted a Glocal Mission Gathering
July 22-23, 2011, at Decorah Lutheran, Decorah, Iowa, with the
theme Immigration and Migration. The event
included networking, workshops, speakers, worship, music and
guided discussions over meals from other cultures.
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Global Mission Links
Engage in Global Mission
Congregational Resources
Hand in Hand
Newsletter & Blog
Follow Fred and Gloria Strickert's blog from Jerusalem where they serve
as ELCA Global Mission personnel. Fred is pastor of the English speaking
congregation at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in the heart of the
Old City and also as special assistant to Bishop Munib Younan of the
ELCJHL.
walkinjerusalem.blogspot.com
Adventures of a YAGM in Jerusalem and the West Bank
Newsletters
from Alma Gast
Sept-Oct
2011 
November 2011
Board Web Page:
ELCA Division for Global Mission
View photos from the 2010 Mission Trip to Guatemala:
Global Mission Festival
Nov. 8, 2009
Lutheran outreach around the world showcased at Global Mission Festival
From Postville to China to the island of Madagascar, mission outreach projects from around the world were featured at the Global Mission Festival Nov. 8 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls.
Sponsored by the Global Mission Workgroup of the Northeastern Iowa Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), festival featured presentations from ELCA missionaries and volunteers, displays hosted by area mission organizations, worship and music, and games for children. The day concluded with a global dinner. Keynote speaker was Rev. Rafael Padilla, executive director for the ELCA Division for Global Mission.
Programs:
ELCA Peace Not Walls
The campaign of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to learn,
pray and act for peace with justice in the Holy Land. The 2005 ELCA
Churchwide Assembly adopted this strategy to promote a peaceful solution
of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to call for a halt to
construction of the separation barrier and its removal from Palestinian
land.
www.elca.org/peacenotwalls
Lutheran World Relief
Lutheran World Relief works with partners in 50 countries to help
people grow food, improve health, strengthen communities, end conflict,
build livelihoods and recover from disasters.
www.lwr.org
Lutheran World Federation
(LWF) is a global communion of Christian churches in the Lutheran
tradition. Founded in 1947, the LWF now has 136 member churches in 76
countries representing 61.7 million of the world’s 65.4 million
Lutherans. The LWF acts on behalf of its member churches in areas of
common interest such as ecumenical relations, theology, humanitarian
assistance, human rights, communication, and the various aspects of
mission and development work.
www.Lutheranworld.org
Bread for the World
Bread for the World is a nationwide Christian citizen’s movement
seeking justice for the world’s hungry people by lobbying our nation’s
decision makers. Bread for the World seeks justice for hungry people by
engaging in research and education on policies related to hunger and
development.
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