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- The consecration of the elements at the assembly worship on Wednesday, Aug. 14.
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- Sweet hospitality — the Women of the ELCA in the ELCA Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod baked approximately 25,740 cookies to share with those attending the assembly.
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- Cynthia Osbourne, chair of the task force for the ELCA social statement on criminal justice, is on stage with, from left, Roger Willer, ELCA director for theological ethics; David Frederickson, a member of the task force; and Jack Munday, a member of the ELCA Church Council and liaison to the task force.
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- David Swartling, left, the current secretary of the ELCA, enjoys a moment with Denis Madden, auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Bishop Madden received a standing ovation after he extended greetings to the assembly on Aug. 13.
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- Elizabeth A. Eaton, bishop of the ELCA Northeastern Ohio Synod, awaits news of the election for presiding bishop with voting members from her synod. Bishop Eaton won the election on the fifth ballot.
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- ELCA Southeastern Iowa Synod voting members, following instructions from Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson, share with each other one person whose witness has had a strong influence on their faith life and one person to whom they are now witnessing.
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- Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson receives the Servus Dei Medal, which honors officers of the ELCA at the completion of their terms and continues a tradition begun in our predecessor church bodies.
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- Wm. Chris Boerger and his wife, Dede, embrace after the announcement of his election as the secretary of the ELCA.
With the election of a new ELCA presiding bishop and secretary, a celebration of this church’s 25th anniversary and the approval of the ELCA’s first major fundraising campaign, the 2013 Churchwide Assembly did indeed deliver on its theme — “Deeply rooted and always being made new.” Here is but a small pictorial sampling of the events that took place in Pittsburgh Aug. 12-17.
