Posts tagged with ‘Shooting’

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ELCA Presiding Bishop – Response to Florida Shooting

by Melissa VanTassell

    Feb. 16, 2018 A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled because they are no more (Matthew 2:18). As we live into these first days and weeks of Lent, we do so riveted by the news of another tragic mass shooting, this time […]

    ELCA presiding bishop responds to shootings in Baton Rouge and St. Paul

    by Melissa VanTassell

      7/7/2016 9:25:00 PM CHICAGO (ELCA) – In a July 7 video message responding to the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., and Philando Castile in suburban St. Paul, Minn., the Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), urged members to “be present in our communities.” […]

      ELCA presiding bishop issues letter in response to Orlando shooting

      by Melissa VanTassell

        6/13/2016 7:00:00 PM CHICAGO (ELCA) – The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has issued a letter in response to the June 12 shooting that claimed the lives of 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla. This is the deadliest mass shooting in U. S. history. […]

        Memorial service to honor victims of Charleston shootings

        by Melissa VanTassell

          A memorial service will be held Dec. 5 at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (LTSS) in Columbia, S.C., in honor of the nine victims of the June 17 shootings at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. Two of the victims – the Rev. Clementa Pinckney and the Rev. Daniel Simmons – were graduates […]