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Pray in secret 

When you pray, you are not to be lik e the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on  the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, the y have their reward in full. 

But you, when you pray, go into yo ur inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, an d your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 

 And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles  do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. So do n ot be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. ES R KOTI REDDY, GRACE MINISTRIES.. GUNTUR-522009 PERECHERLA- POST,PLS MY WEB: www.graceministriesinternational.in,,,www.emmvjuniorcollege.org 

 
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Today's Topics:

1. ELCA School, College Remain Closed D ue to Red River Flooding
(NEWS@ELCA.ORG)
2. [ELD] Presiding Bisho p's Easter message for 2009 / In East
Asia and the Pacific, Anglicans  commit to action on climate
change (Matthew Davies)
3. Madagascar  crisis: CWM and WARC make solidarity visit
(Franziska Surber)
4.  LWI 2009-027 Internship with the Lutheran World Federation
Can Change  a Life (LWFNews)
5. (LWI 03-20-2009) Afrikanische Theologie der nachh altigen
Entwicklung nimmt Stimmen aus dem Volk erns ( Dirk-Michael Gr? tzsch )

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Title: ELCA School, College Remain Closed Due to Red River Floo ding
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

March 30, 2009 

ELCA Scho ol, College Remain Closed Due to Red River Flooding
09-074-MRC
 
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Oak Grove Lutheran School, Fargo, N.D.,
cancel ed classes and activities March 30-April 3 as the school
community con tinues to deal with flooding, snow and cold
temperatures.
Oak Gro ve is a school of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America (ELCA). I t serves students from prekindergarten to
grade 12.
"The school i s located along the Red River, near where a
levee broke. It is expecte d that the campus is flooded, but
the extent is not yet known," accord ing to Donna Braband,
director for schools, ELCA Vocation and Educatio n.
According to the school's Web site a breach in a
permanent dik e, located on the north side of campus, caused
water from the river to  flow into Benson Hall and Jackson Hall
March 29. With the help of Arm y Corps of Engineers, the
National Guard, Oak Grove staff and the comm unity, water was
pumped out of the center of campus in an effort to st abilize
the situation.
Classes are scheduled to resume April 6 at  Concordia
College, Moorhead, Minn. College officials are monitoring 
flood conditions and will alert students and faculty to any
chan ges. The college canceled classes starting March 24 to
allow students,  staff and others to participate in sandbagging
and other flood contro l efforts. Concordia is one of 28
colleges and universities of the ELC A.
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Information about Oak Grove Lutheran School is at
h ttp://www.oakgrovelutheran.com and Concordia College at
http://www.cor d.edu on the Internet.

For information contact:
John Brooks , Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org
http://www.elca.org/news
 
ELCA News Blog: http://www.elca.org/news/blog

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Episcopal Life Daily
March 30, 2009

Episc opal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.
 

Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Pr esiding Bishop's Easter message for 2009
* TOP STORY - In East Asia an d the Pacific, Anglicans commit to action
on climate change
* DIO CESAN DIGEST - PENNSYLVANIA: Presiding Bishop engages in
conversation  with laity
* WORLD REPORT - BRITAIN: G20 leaders must not forget promi ses to the
poor, religious leaders say
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND:  Outspoken Rochester bishop says he will leave his
post
* PEOPLE -  Katherine Ragsdale named president and dean of Episcopal
Divinity Sch ool
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Pan Adams-McCaslin on the 2010-2012 budget 
* DAYBOOK - March 30, 2009: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
 * CATALYST - A Church of Her Own: What Happens When A Woman Takes the Pulpi t

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TOP STORIES

Presid ing Bishop's Easter message for 2009

[Episcopal News Service] Th e Presiding Bishop's Easter message for
2009 follows in English and in  Spanish and is available online at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/799 01_106562_ENG_HTM.htm. (A French
translation will be posted shortly.) 

An Easter Message

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts S chori
Presiding Bishop
The Episcopal Church

The light  returns and the days lengthen, even if it remains
startlingly dark as  we rise these days -- daylight savings time is not
always a blessing s o early in the year! Christians, however, look for
light even in the m idst of darkness, for we know that darkness will
not overcome it. The  rising of the Son brings light into lives filled
with grief, agony, an d despair. Are you searching for the light of new
life?

Eas ter recollects us and reorients us toward God's eternal light of
truth  and peace and love. The resurrection is the ultimate
proclamation tha t nothing can separate us from that light, not despair
or destruction  or death. We see hints of that resurrection all around
us once our eye s have learned to look, and we continue to hope for its
fullness, for  the blessing of a light so encompassing that there can
be no darkness  or separation. Lent has been a willingness to
experience the darkness  of our current separation and tune our
yearning for that light. Carry  that yearning into Eastertide, and
beyond, that we and the world aroun d us may know the blessing of the
light of Christ.

Easter 2 009

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Mensaje Pascual 2009

S. E. R vma. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Obispa Presidenta de la Iglesia Episcop al

La luz va aumentando y los d?as se van alargando, aunque cuan do nos
levantamos todav?a contin?a bastante oscuro: la hora de verano  no trae
tantas bendiciones tan temprano en el a?o. Sin embargo, los cr istianos
buscan la luz aun en medio de la oscuridad, porque sabemos qu e las
tinieblas no prevalecer?n contra ella. La resurrecci?n del Hijo  trae
luz a las vidas llenas de dolores, agonia, y desesperaci?n. ?Est? 
buscando la luz de la vida nueva?

La Pascua nos hace medit ar y nos reorienta hacia la luz eterna de
Dios, luz de verdad y paz y  amor. La resurrecci?n es la proclamaci?n
superlativa de que nada puede  separarnos de esta luz: ni el
desesperaci?n ni la destrucci?n ni la m uerte. Veremos se?ales de esta
resurrecci?n alrededor de nosotros desp u?s que nuestros ojos han
aprendido a ver, y continuamos esperando has ta su plenitud, por la
bendici?n de una luz tan plena que no hay lugar  para la oscuridad o
separaci?n. La Cuaresma ha sido la disposici?n de  experimentar la
oscuridad de nuestra actual separaci?n y sintonizar e ste deseo hacia
esta luz. Contin?e con este deseo durante la estaci?n  pascual y a?n
m?s all?, para que el mundo que nos rodea pueda conocer  la bendici?n
de la luz de.

Pascua, 2009

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In East Asia and the Pacific, Anglicans commit to action on cl imate change

By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Servic e] With a pledge to work together in addressing
pressing environmental  concerns in East Asia and the Pacific,
representatives from several A nglican provinces and mission agencies
met March 23-26 in Hong Kong fo r a consultation on climate change,
co-sponsored by Episcopal Relief a nd Development, the Episcopal Church
and the Anglican Province of Hong  Kong Sheng Kung Hui.

The consultation was inspired by several c onversations in 2008 with
Episcopal Church partners and church leaders  primarily from East Asia
and the Pacific Rim, said Kirsten Muth, ERD' s senior director of Asia,
Pacific and New Initiatives, who noted that  the purpose of the
gathering was to focus on "climate change as it re lates to poverty,
and identifying how we can work together more effect ively in areas of
sustainable development."

Around 30 parti cipants attended the gathering from Australia, China,
Hong Kong, Japan , Korea, Philippines, Polynesia, Solomon Islands, the
U.K., the U.S. a nd Vanuatu.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_106 572_ENG_HTM.htm

More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org /elife

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