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September 2010 |
| A sweet summer treat |
| Lauren Cordts, a member of Messiah Lutheran Church, Amherst, N.H., sells cotton candy at the city's July 4th celebration.
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September 2010 |
| Voting continues |
| ELCA Secretary David D. Swartling reported that as of Aug. 3, his office had been informed that 504 congregations had taken first votes to leave the denomination.
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September 2010 |
| Church attendance up |
| A Gallup Poll found that Americans' self-reported church attendance has increased slightly since 2008. When asked "How often do you attend church, synagogue or mosque?" 43.1 percent o
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September 2010 |
| A place of her own |
| Leischen Moore (as Becky) and the cast of Dear Edwina rehearse for the one-act musical staged by Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash., in July.
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September 2010 |
| Better than apples for teachers |
| Members of Our Saviour Lutheran , West Columbia, S.C., present gift bags to teachers in their congregation to begin the school year.
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September 2010 |
| 3 killed in plane crash |
| Lonnie Hardin, 55; Joseph Provenzano, 53; and Richard Shimer, 64, members of Fellowship Lutheran Church, Tulsa, Okla., died in a plane crash July 11 near Gundy's Airport in Owasso, Okla.
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September 2010 |
| Lutheran link to 'Get Low' |
| Imagine showing up with 10,000 others to your own funeral. Family stories of Elizabeth C. Birkholz, a pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Marietta, Ga., formed the basis of Get Low, starring Robe
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Erin Ash |
September 2010 |
| Lutherans rethink stewardship |
| Organizers of "Rethinking Stewardship," held July 19-21 at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., expected about 150 clergy and lay leaders, but registration closed at 400, said Ed Kruse, ELCA d
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Sandra D. Guy |
September 2010 |
| Holding banks accountable |
| Pastor, congregation join in activism for financial reform |
| One ELCA pastor finds empowerment for her congregation and the community by urging people of faith to hold banks accountable in simple yet powerful ways, particularly in light of the nation's
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Clint Schnekloth |
September 2010 |
| Living, Lutheran stones |
| Inmates, rejected by society, are loved by God |
| When a mission director asked Eric Wangen-Hoch in 2005 what he might do to help redevelop a congregation in a neighboring synod, he immediately responded, "Start a prison congregation.&quo
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