Evpatoria, Crimea
A conference for pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of European Russia was held on September 27 to the 30th. It was dedicated to questions of family values and the Biblical image of the family as well as the image of the Church and congregation as family in Scripture. Pastors and preachers in the Church came with their families to a beautiful corner of the Crimean peninsula for work, rest and fellowship.
The vice chair of the Committee for State Committee for Inter-ethnic Relations, Yuri Gempel, attended the event. He greeted participants of the conference and expressed his willingness to support Lutheran congregations in Crimea.
As part of the pastors' conference there also was a special meeting of the ELCER synod assembly. At this meeting delegates for the church-wide assembly were elected and Ekaterina Kreimer (Samara) was named the coordinator of Children's Ministry in the ELCER, while lay minister Artis Petersons (Moscow) was named the coordinator for diaconal ministry in the ELCER. These two coordinators were installed at the final worship service by Archbishop Brauer.
At the end of the conference representatives of the church administration visited the congregation in Evpatoria and the “Ludwigsburg” German Cultural Center. The ELCER supports the congregations of Crimea which, at the same time, remain in contact with the German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ukraine. Lutherans move across political borders and pray together for peace.
From the ELCER site, http://www.peter-paul.ru/
The following people gave papers at the conference: the Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia Dietrich Brauer, Pastor Stephanie Fendler of the Evangelical Church in Germnay, Elizabeth Hintz (who is responsible for women's ministry in the city of Wilstedt, Germany), Pastor Bradn Buerkle head of the “Equipping for Service project, Pastor Norbert Hintz, the vice-Bishop, and Dean of the Central Deanery Elena Bondarenko.
The vice chair of the Committee for State Committee for Inter-ethnic Relations, Yuri Gempel, attended the event. He greeted participants of the conference and expressed his willingness to support Lutheran congregations in Crimea.
As part of the pastors' conference there also was a special meeting of the ELCER synod assembly. At this meeting delegates for the church-wide assembly were elected and Ekaterina Kreimer (Samara) was named the coordinator of Children's Ministry in the ELCER, while lay minister Artis Petersons (Moscow) was named the coordinator for diaconal ministry in the ELCER. These two coordinators were installed at the final worship service by Archbishop Brauer. At the end of the conference representatives of the church administration visited the congregation in Evpatoria and the “Ludwigsburg” German Cultural Center. The ELCER supports the congregations of Crimea which, at the same time, remain in contact with the German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ukraine. Lutherans move across political borders and pray together for peace.
From the ELCER site, http://www.peter-paul.ru/
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