Advocacy

Urge Congress to fund vital international programs now! This week, church and community leaders from the ELCA and The Episcopal Church will gather in Washington, DC for the 2015 Advocacy Convening. The convening will be a time to reflect upon the role of faith in finding common ground and values […]

Join Christian Leaders in advocating for a just budget

09/24/2015 in God's Work. Our Hands. tagged Advocacy by John Page

Join us in asking for program funding that honors our call to love our neighbor! Visit the ELCA Advocacy Action Center to contact Congress now! Congress’ deadline to designate funding for government programs that safeguard children and families is the end of the month. With thousands of children forcibly displaced […]

ELCA Advocacy Action Alert

09/15/2015 in God's Work. Our Hands. tagged Advocacy by John Page

September 10, 2015 Urge your elected officials to call upon the Israeli government to halt separation wall/barrier construction and home demolitions at the ELCA Action Center! In recent weeks the Israeli government has taken two related series of actions on Palestinian land and against Palestinian property that make prospects for […]

Peace Not Walls Action Alert

09/11/2015 in God's Work. Our Hands. tagged Advocacy by John Page

Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, I hope you will join me and William B. Horne II, a member of the ELCA Church Council, for our live webcast conversation titled “Confronting Racism” Aug. 6 at 8 p.m. CDT. Together we will talk about the complexity and implications of racism and […]

ELCA Webcast series: Confronting Racism

08/05/2015 in Church News / God's Work. Our Hands. / Special Events tagged Advocacy / ELCA News by John Page

Remember to join Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and William B. Horne II, member of the ELCA Church Council, for a live webcast on the complexity and implications of racism Aug. 6 at 8 p.m. CDT (9 p.m. EDT). Through its social statement – “Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture” […]

Confronting Racism Webcast

08/02/2015 in Church News / God's Work. Our Hands. / Special Events tagged Advocacy / ELCA News by John Page

Town Hall Meeting with Sen. Cory Booker

07/31/2015 in Church News / God's Work. Our Hands. / Special Events tagged Advocacy by John Page

Mark your calendars and join Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and William B. Horne II, member of the ELCA Church Council, for a live webcast on the complexity and implications of racism Aug. 6 at 8 p.m. CDT (9 p.m. EDT). Through its social statement – “Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, […]

Confronting Racism

07/25/2015 in Church News / God's Work. Our Hands. / Special Events tagged Advocacy / ELCA News by John Page

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

07/14/2015 in Church News / God's Work. Our Hands. tagged Advocacy by John Page

I urge all of us to spend a day in repentance and mourning. And then we need to get to work. Each of us and all of us need to examine ourselves, our church and our communities. We need to be honest about the reality of racism within us and […]

Presiding Bishop Eaton’s Statement on Racism and the Church

06/19/2015 in Church News / God's Work. Our Hands. tagged Advocacy / ELCA News by John Page

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rahway NJ

Love God. Love your neighbor. Tell the world.