Jersey Jottings: News from around the New Jersey Synod July 15, 2015
Church News
Today, we present our ELCA Advocacy Update for the month of July. Please read below for important information on ELCA Advocacy efforts in Washington, across the country and throughout the world. Please also visit our blog for more information on advocacy efforts from our Lutheran State Advocacy offices.
ELCA Advocacy Update – July 2015
Jersey Jottings: News from around the New Jersey Synod July 8, 2015
Jersey Jottings 7/8/15
ELCA News Service July 7, 2015 ELCA receives federal charter to open credit union 15-41-MRC CHICAGO (ELCA) – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) was granted a federal charter July 7 to create the ELCA Federal Credit Union. The new credit union will provide products and services to the […]
ELCA Federal Credit Union
Jersey Jottings: News from around the New Jersey Synod July 1, 2015
Jersey Jottings 7/1/15
Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton offered a pastoral letter on June 30 to the 3.8 million members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling that same-sex couples may now exercise the right to marry. The full text of the statement follows. […]
Presiding Bishop’s letter on SCOTUS marriage ruling
Bishop Michael Curry from North Carolina Elected 27th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church The Rt. Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, was elected the 27th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church on the first ballot on June 27. Bishop Curry, 62, is […]
New Presiding Bishop for Episcopal Church
ELCA News Service June 25, 2015 ELCA presiding bishop to attend funeral in Charleston, S.C. 15-38-MRC CHICAGO (ELCA) – The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), will attend the June 26 funeral of the Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney, who was among the […]
Presiding Bishop Eaton attending funeral in Charleston
Jersey Jottings: News from around the New Jersey Synod June 24, 2015