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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

April 6, 1999

ELCA SEMINARIES PLAN 1999 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
99-13-076-FI

     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The eight seminaries and Texas extension campus
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are planning
commencement exercises for degree recipients at the close the 1998-1999
academic year.

MAY
14   Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa.
     Speaker: The Rev. Darold H. Beekmann, LTSG President
     Place: Church of the Abiding Presence (LTSG Chapel)

14   Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, S.C.
     Speaker: The Rev. Charles Park Sigel, Professor of New Testament,
     Emeritus, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
     Place: Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Columbia

16   Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
     Speaker: Addie J. Butler, ELCA Vice President, Philadelphia
     Place: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lansdale, Pa.

16   Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, Calif.
     Speaker: The Rev. Kelly Denton-Borhaug, Associate Dean for
     Religious Life, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
     Place: Chapel of the Cross (PLTS Chapel)

16   Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa
     Speaker: The Rev. H. George Anderson, ELCA Presiding Bishop
     Place: St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, Dubuque

18   Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest, Austin, Texas
     Speaker: The Rev. Dena Harrison, Rector, St. James Episcopal
     Church, Conroe, Texas
     Place: Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Austin

     LSPS is an extension of Wartburg Theological Seminary and the
     Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and is located on the
     campus of the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest
     (ETSS).  Commencement activities are conducted jointly with ETSS.

23   Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.
     Speaker: Dr. Martha Ellen Stortz, Professor of Historical Theology
     and Ethics, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
     Place: Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis

JUNE
5    Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio
     Speaker: Dr. Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro, General Secretary, World YWCA,
     Geneva, Switzerland
     Place: Mees Auditorium, Capital University, Columbus

6    Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
     Speaker: Dr. Rudolph R. Featherstone, Professor of Theology and
     Ministry, Coordinator for Cross-Cultural Studies, Trinity Lutheran
     Seminary
     Place: St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Chicago

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