wfn.org | Lipp Received Luther Seminary's Race, Church and Change Award

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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

April 2, 1998

LIPP RECEIVED LUTHER SEMINARY'S RACE, CHURCH AND CHANGE AWARD
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     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Elayne B. Lipp, Messiah Lutheran Church,
Minneapolis, was recognized March 24 for being a strong advocate of cross-cultural mission.
Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., a seminary of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, presented her with its Race, Church
and Change Award.
     Lipp was honored for 15 years of leadership at Messiah Lutheran
Church, where she led efforts to establish an after-school program and a
community garden.  The congregation is committed to outreach in the
Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis, and it has sponsored refugees from
Ethiopia and immigrants from Guatemala.
     "Pastor Lipp's ministry with family and young people is an
outstanding model for congregational leaders and seminary students who seek
to be an agent of reconciliation and healing in any diverse community,"
said the Rev. Rod C. Maeker, director of cross-cultural education at Luther
Seminary.
     The seminary established the Race, Church and Change Award in 1989 as
part of its mission "to educate men and women to serve the mission of the
gospel of Jesus Christ in a world of many cultures."

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