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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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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:53:13 -0500
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Subject: ELCA  Launches 'Brand Campaign' on National Cable, Local
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Title: ELCA Launches 'Brand Campaign' on N ational Cable, Local Television
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

March 31,  2009 

ELCA Launches 'Brand Campaign' on National Cable, Local T elevision
09-075-JB

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Luthe ran Church in America
(ELCA) will launched a national television "bran d campaign" March
30 on national cable channels and in selected televi sion markets.
A second campaign will follow beginning May 11.
"Th e purpose of the ELCA brand campaign is to grow awareness
of the Evang elical Lutheran Church in America and inspire members
to invite others  to a worship service," said Kristi S. Bangert,
executive director, EL CA Communication Services. "After two years
of research, testing and t weaking, the ads are ready for prime
time."
Through April 19 two  ELCA television spots featuring the tag
line "God's work, our hands,"  will air on the Cable News Network
(CNN), Headline News (HLN), the Fox  News channel, Home & Garden
Television (HGTV) and the Do It Yourself  (DIY) Network.
One spot, "Dignity," features Trinity Lutheran Church, 
Bismarck, N.D., in its outreach to people who are homeless and
h ungry. The other spot, "Hope," features a Lutheran mission in
Senegal  that teaches business skills to women. The spots can be
viewed at http ://www.ELCA.org/ads/tv on the ELCA Web site.
The spots also will be br oadcast locally in Fargo-Valley
City, N.D.; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn .; Minot-Bismarck-
Dickinson, N.D.; Rochester, Minn.-Mason City, Iowa- Austin Minn.;
and Sioux Falls, S.D. Bangert said these markets were ch osen
because many Lutherans reside in these areas, and congregations 
are experiencing significant growth in ELCA baptized membership.
 
ELCA Communication Services staff worked with Tom, Dick &
Harry Adv ertising, Chicago, to arrange the advertising schedule.
The television  ads are supported with print, outdoor and
online advertising artwork  that can be used by congregations,
Bangert said. These materials will  be available at
http://www.ELCA.org/ads on the ELCA Web site.
Con gregations can also help spread awareness of the
campaign, she said. A  congregational marketing kit, featuring
bulletin inserts, postcards,  posters and an outdoor banner
supporting the campaign will be availabl e online. Components
will be posted throughout April at http://www.ELC A.org/ads/kit on
the ELCA Web site.
The brand campaign is timely  given the uncertain economic
outlook, Bangert said. "This church wants  people to know that we
are out there offering hope and care -- doing  God's work with our
hands," she said.
"By putting this comprehens ive plan into action, we hope to
spread the word about what God is doi ng in and through the ELCA,"
Bangert said.

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

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Date:  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:44:20 +0200
From: "WCC Media" 
Subject: Re:  WCC NEWS: NATO urged to move towards a
nuclear-weapon-free world
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World Council of Churc hes - News Release
Contact: +41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc- coe.org
For immediate release - 31/03/2009

MOVE TOWARDS A N UCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE WORLD, CHURCHES TELL NATO

[Issued jointly by  the World Council of Churches and the
Conference of European Churches] 

A world without nuclear weapons is not only possible but more 
secure, leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
 
have been told by a coalition of national, regional and global
coun cils of churches. 

In a 30 March letter, four councils of church es urged the NATO
leadership to "reinforce the vision of a world witho ut nuclear
weapons", consigning to history the notion that nuclear wea pons
preserve peace and instead recognizing that they make security
 
more precarious. 

An immediate step towards that goal, the ch urches' letter
suggests, would be to update the alliance's strategic c oncept and
security doctrine. The alliance should also show willingnes s to
remove hundreds of US tactical nuclear weapons still placed in
 
European countries. 

The letter, signed by the general secret aries of the World
Council of Churches, the Conference of European Chu rches, the
National Council of Churches of Christ USA and the Canadian 
Council of Churches, comes ahead of the NATO summit of heads of
 State and Government to be held on 3-4 April in Baden-Baden and
Kehl,  Germany, and in Strasbourg, France. 

"We believe security must b e sought through constructive
engagement with neighbors and that authe ntic security is found in
affirming and enhancing human interdependenc e within God?s one
creation," the letter states. 

Full text  of the councils of churches' letter to the NATO member
states and sec retary general 
http://www.oikoumene.org/?id=6723

NATO's  60th anniversary summit 
http://www.nato.int/docu/comm/2009/0904-summi t/index.html

Additional information: Juan Michel +41 22 791 6153  +41 79 507
6363 media@wcc-coe.org

The World Council of Chu rches promotes Christian unity in faith,
witness and service for a jus t and peaceful world. An ecumenical
fellowship of churches founded in  1948, today the WCC brings
together 349 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican  and other churches
representing more than 560 million Christians in o ver 110
countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic
 
Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, from
the  Methodist Church in Kenya. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 31 Mar  2009 15:52:48 -0400
From: Worldwide Faith News 
Subject: Voluntee r Group Rebuilding New Orleans Lakefront homes
To: wfn-editors@wfn.org 
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Church World Service
475 Riverside Drive
 
New York, New York 10115

New national volunteer group to rebu ild homes in 
neglected New Orleans lakefront community

*** EDITORS, PRODUCERS: A media day is planned for May 13 at conclusion
of  the final home in this project. Executive Director of Church World
Se rvice and other notables will attend. Final media alert will be issued
 
prior to May 13.

NEW ORLEANS, March 31, 2009--One of the stil l-neglected tragedies of
Hurricane Katrina, the historic lakefront com munity of Little Woods in
New Orleans' Ninth Ward, will get a rebuildi ng boost starting in April,
thanks to a first-of-its-kind network of n ational volunteers spearheaded
by humanitarian agency Church World Ser vice.

With a one-neighborhood-at-a-time focus, the ???Neighborho od: New
Orleans??? project will repair or rebuild an initial 12 homes  on
property owned by current or displaced Little Woods residents durin g a
four-week effort beginning Sunday, April 19, and ending Saturday,  May
16.

More than 500 volunteers representing ten different  Christian
denominations from across the United States have signed up  so far to
help rebuild the one-time bustling "fishing camp" lakefront  community.

"Many Christian denominations and other faith groups  have individually
helped survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita sinc e 2005," said Bonnie
Vollmering, Church World Service Associate Direct or for Domestic
Emergency Response. ???This project is truly an effort  with
denominational groups collaboratingthe first such post-Katrina 
ecumenical rebuild effort on a national level.???

Global a gency CWS will work in partnership with the local New Orleans
long-ter m recovery organization, the Crescent Alliance Recovery Effort
(CARE),  and with volunteer teams coordinated by Church World Service
member d enominations and partners who are providing the labor.

Virtually  decimated by Katrina and, before it, significantly damaged by
Hurrica ne George in 1998, Little Woods faces the east bank of Lake
Ponchartra in. The formerly vibrant, working class community, and its
lakefront l ined with fishing camps, restaurants and music clubs, had
been nominat ed by the New Orleans Landmarks Commission in 1999 as an
historic land mark.*

But nearly four years after Katrina, lot after lot still  lies untouched
and unrecovered.

In New Orleans, Crescent Al liance Recovery Effort director Ellenor
Simmons points out that since  Katrina, most of the rebuilding attention
by outside sources has focus ed on the city's Lower 9th Ward.

???Like the Lower 9th Ward, Lit tle Woods flooded heavily in Katrina but
it wasn???t an area where any  organization decided to concentrate its
rebuilding efforts,??? Simmon s said.

The Crescent Alliance Recovery Effort, Church World Serv ice and
participating national faith groups are hoping this initial re build
project will be the spark that brings the long-time lake communi ty back
together, and that ignites other groups to help continue with  Little
Woods' recovery.

Church World Service, which provide s emergency and recovery assistance
following disasters in the U.S. an d internationally, domestically
specializes in helping faith-based and  other community groups establish
long-term recovery organizations tha t serve disaster survivors whose
needs aren't met through other means. 

Church World Service is supported by public donations and grant s and by
some 35 U.S. Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox denominations,  which
contributes to the rebuilding project???s unique ecumenical dri ve.

"No matter their denominational background, the Little Woods  volunteers
will be working together, mixed in weekly teams, to help r estore and
rebuild homes for some of the people of Little Woods who co uldn't afford
to rebuild themselves and who haven't been helped by the  system,"
Vollmering said.

Vollmering noted that the casewo rk has already been completed for the
houses targeted for the project. 

"We're encouraging othe
r groups not to forget but instead  to reinvest
funding, materials, volunteer time and consciousness to h elp now in
rebuilding the forgotten communities of New Orleans, one ne ighborhood at
a time,??? Vollmering said.

Church World Serv ice has established a specific website for the
project, http://www.nei ghborhoodneworleans.net/.

Some materials for the rebuild effort  have been donated by Habitat for
Humanity.
National denomination  groups coordinating the Little Woods volunteer
teams include: American  Baptist Churches USA, the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ), Chr istian Reformed World Relief Committee, Church
of the Brethren Disaste r Ministries, Lutheran Disaster Response,
Mennonite Disaster Service,  the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Reformed
Church in America Global M ission, the United Church of Christ, and
United Methodist Committee on  Relief.

Source: Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La., Nov 21, 1999.  Author: Lynne
Jensen, Staff writer, Page B1:3.

How to help 
Contributions to support Church World Service emergency response and 
recovery efforts may be made online, by phone (800.297.1516), or sent  to
Church World Service, P.O. Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46515.

 Media Contacts:
Lesley Crosson, 212-870-2676 lcrosson@churchworldservi ce.org
Jan Dragin, 24/7, 781-925-1526 jdragin@gis.net

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Pray in sec ret 

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

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

And when you are prayin g, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose t hat they will be heard for their many words. So do not be like them; for yo ur Father knows what you need before you ask Him. ESR KOTI REDDY, GRACE MIN ISTRIES.. GUNTUR-522009 PERECHERLA- POST,PLS MY WEB:www.graceministriesinte rnational.in,,,www.emmvjuniorcollege.org 

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Today's Topic s:

1. (LWI 03-21-2009) LutheranerInnen aus aller Welt sind ErbIn nen
der Reformation ( Dirk-Michael Gr?tzsch )
2. New national vol unteer group to rebuild homes in neglected
New Orleans lakefront commu nity (Lesley Crosson)

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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2 009 17:16:30 +0200
From: " Dirk-Michael Gr?tzsch " 
Subject: (LWI  03-21-2009) LutheranerInnen aus aller Welt sind ErbInnen
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To: " Dirk-Michael Gr?tzsch " 
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LWI online unter: www.lutheranworld.org/News/Welcome.DE.html 

LUTHERISCHE WELT-INFORMATION
Postfach 2100, CH-1211 Genf 2 , Schweiz
Deutsche Redaktion: Dirk-Michael Groetzsch
Tel.: +41-22 -791-6352
Fax: +41-22-791-6630 
E-Mail: dmg@lutheranworld.org
 

LutheranerInnen aus aller Welt sind ErbInnen der Reformation
 
Neue Einsichten fuer besseres Zusammenwachsen der lutherischen
K irchen weltweit

Augsburg (Deutschland)/Genf, 31. Maerz 2009 (LWI ) ? ?Wir sind
wahrlich Erben und Erbinnen der Reformation, nicht nur w egen des
Inhalts der theologischen Formulierungen, sondern vor allem w egen
des mutigen Geistes, der von der Bewegung ausgeht?, resuemierte 
Prof. Dr. Vitor Westhelle von der Lutheran School of Theology in
 
Chicago (USA) am 31. Maerz in Augsburg (Deutschland). In einer
zusa mmenfassenden Stellungnahme zum Abschluss der internationalen
Konsulta tion ?Theologie im Leben lutherischer Kirchen ?
Perspektiven und Wege  zur Verwandlung der Kirchen heute? vom 25.
bis 31. Maerz in Augsburg b etonte der Theologe, dass innerhalb
dieser reformatorischen Bewegung d as Sprechen als Kirche und das
Sprechen zu der Kirche zu einer Schnitt stelle geworden sei und
sie ?die Gemeinschaft des Kreuzes in ihrer sch wachen, instabilen
und unsicheren (Re)Formation? darstelle. 

 
Es sei die Reformation selbst, die weiter existiere, solange
mutige r Geist Leben in die Kirche einhauche, betonte der
Theologieprofessor  vor den rund 120 Teilnehmenden der
Konsultation, die von der Abteilung  fuer Theologie und Studien
(ATS) des Lutherischen Weltbundes (LWB) in  Zusammenarbeit mit dem
Institut fuer Evangelische Theologie der Unive rsitaet Augsburg
veranstaltet wurde.

Mit Blick auf die Tagu ng erlaeuterte Westhelle: ?Dieser Geist
wurde beschrieben als die span nungsreiche Verbindung zwischen der
Stimme, die als Kirche spricht, un d der, die zu der Kirche und
fuer die Menschen, die die Gemeinschaft b eleben, spricht?. Die
kirchliche Gemeinschaft finde auf dem unsicheren  Boden zwischen
Kirche und den Herausforderungen ihres Auftrags statt.  Die Kirche
muesse gleichzeitig eine lehrende Kirche, die verbindlich 
spricht, als auch eine lernende Kirche sein, im Sinne einer
Kirc he, die angesprochen und dadurch korrigiert werde,
unterstrich der The ologe. 

?Von Natur aus ist Gespraech, sofern es wahrhaftig ist,  immer ein
Ereignis, das in einem Defizit endet, und in diesem Defizit  liegt
der Schluessel zum Verstaendnis, ueber welche Themen noch weiter 
diskutiert werden muss?, legte Westhelle im Hinblick auf die
for tzufuehrenden theologischen Debatten dar. Wuerden diese
Defizite nicht  existieren, waere es kein wahrhaftes Gespraech.
Waehrend der Konsulta tion sei deutlich geworden, dass
theologische Fragestellungen ? wie in terreligioeser Dialog,
ethische Fragen angesichts der Finanzkrise sowi e die Diskussion
ueber menschliche Sexualitaet ? bei zukuenftigen Gesp raechsrunden
und Konsultationen vertieft werden muessten, so Westhelle .

?Die Konsultation ist eine verheissungsvolle Bereicherung, wei l
sie neue Einsichten fuer ein besseres Zusammenwachsen der
weltw eiten lutherischen Kirchen eroeffnet?, so Prof. Dr. Bernd
Oberdorfer,  Lehrstuhlinhaber fuer Evangelische Theologie an der
Universitaet Augsb urg, zum Abschluss der Tagung im Gespraech mit
der Lutherischen Welt-I nformation (LWI). Mit LutheranerInnen aus
aller Welt zusammenzukommen  und dabei zu erkennen, dass die
lutherische Tradition ueber jegliche U nterschiede hinweg
verbinde, sei eine echte Horizonterweiterung. ?Es i st ermutigend
zu erleben, dass wir in aller Vielfaeltigkeit eine gemei nsame
Sprache sprechen und mithilfe dieser an denselben Fragen
ar beiten?, unterstrich der Theologieprofessor. 

?Dieses Ereignis w ar eine historische Versammlung, um gemeinsam
auf neue Weise an der Zu kunft der lutherischen Theologie zu
arbeiten; besonders fuer die Regio nen, in denen die Kirchen
zahlenmaessig wachsen und die ihre Wuerdigun g der lutherischen
Einsichten vertiefen?, resuemierte ATS-Direktorin P farrerin Dr.
Karen Bloomquist gegenueber LWI. Die theologischen Diskus sionen
in Augsburg waren laut Bloomquist intensiv und haben viele
 
Grenzen und Differenzen durchbrochen. Fuer sie habe ein
Teilnehmer  die Tagung sehr treffend zusammengefasst, so
Bloomquist: ?Das, was uns  verbindet, ist nicht unbedingt die
Tatsache, dass wir auf aehnliche W eise denken, sondern dass wir
auch zukuenftig miteinander diskutieren  ? durch die theologischen
Netzwerke, die hier entstanden sind.? (551 W oerter)

Die Hauptreferate stehen in englischer Sprache im Format  PDF auf
der LWB-Webseite zur Verfuegung unter.
http://www.luther anworld.org/What_We_Do/DTS/TLC_Augsburg/Presentations.html

* * * 

Der Lutherische Weltbund (LWB) ist eine Gemeinschaft lutherisch er
Kirchen weltweit. 1947 in Lund (Schweden) gegruendet, zaehlt er
 
inzwischen 140 Mitgliedskirchen, denen rund 68,5 Millionen
ChristIn nen in 79 Laendern weltweit angehoeren.

Das LWB-Sekretariat befi ndet sich in Genf (Schweiz). Das
ermoeglicht eine enge Zusammenarbeit  mit dem Oekumenischen Rat
der Kirchen (OeRK) und anderen weltweiten ch ristlichen
Organisationen. Der LWB handelt als Organ seiner Mitgliedsk irchen
in Bereichen gemeinsamen Interesses, z. B. oekumenische und
 
interreligioese Beziehungen, Theologie, humanitaere Hilfe,
Menschen rechte, Kommunikation und verschiedene Aspekte von
Missions- und Entwi cklungsarbeit.

Die LUTHERISCHE WELT-INFORMATION (LWI) wird als 
Informationsdienst des Lutherischen Weltbundes (LWB)
herausgegeb en. Veroeffentlichtes Material gibt, falls dies nicht
besonders vermer kt ist, nicht die Haltung oder Meinung des LWB
oder seiner Arbeitseinh eiten wieder. Die mit ?LWI?
gekennzeichneten Beitraege koennen kostenl os mit Quellenangabe
abgedruckt werden. 

Dirk-Michael Groet zsch
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The Lutheran World Federation
Office for  Communication Services
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 Message: 2
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:00:16 -0400
From: "Lesley Cr osson" 
Subject: New national volunteer group to rebuild homes in negl ected
New Orleans lakefront community
To: "George Conklin" ,
 
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Content-Type: t ext/plain; charset=UTF-8

Church World Service
475 Riversi de Drive 
New York, New York 10115

New national volunteer g roup to rebuild homes in neglected New Orleans
lakefront community
 

***EDITORS, PRODUCERS: A media day is planned for May 13 at conclu sion
of the final home in this project. Executive Director of Church W orld
Service and other notables will attend. Final media alert will be  issued
prior to May 13.

NEW ORLEANS, March 31, 2009--One o f the still-neglected tragedies of
Hurricane Katrina, the historic lak efront community of Little Woods in
New Orleans' Ninth Ward, will get  a rebuilding boost starting in April,
thanks to a first-of-its-kind ne twork of national volunteers spearheaded
by humanitarian agency Church  World Service.

With a one-neighborhood-at-a-time focus, the ?Ne ighborhood: New
Orleans? project will repair or rebuild an initial 12  homes on
property owned by current or displaced Little Woods residents  during a
four-week effort beginning Sunday, April 19, and ending Satu rday, May
16. 

More than 500 volunteers representing ten di fferent Christian
denominations from across the United States have sig ned up so far to
help rebuild the one-time bustling "fishing camp" lak efront community.

"Many Christian denominations and other faith  groups have individually
helped survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Ri ta since 2005," said Bonnie
Vollmering, Church World Service Associate  Director for Domestic
Emergency Response. ?This project is truly an e ffort with
denominational groups collaboratingthe first such post-Katr ina
ecumenical rebuild effort on a national level.?

Global  agency CWS will work in partnership with the local New Orleans
long-te rm recovery organization, the Crescent Alliance Recovery Effort
(CARE) , and with volunteer teams coordinated by Church World Service
member  denominations and partners who are providing the labor. 

Virtual ly decimated by Katrina and, before it, significantly damaged by
Hurri cane George in 1998, Little Woods faces the east bank of Lake
Ponchart rain. The formerly vibrant, working class community, and its
lakefront  lined with fishing camps, restaurants and music clubs, had
been nomin ated by the New Orleans Landmarks Commission in 1999 as an
historic la ndmark.*

But nearly four years after Katrina, lot after lot stil l lies untouched
and unrecovered. 

In New Orleans, Crescent  Alliance Recovery Effort director Ellenor
Simmons points out that sin ce Katrina, most of the rebuilding attention
by outside sources has fo cused on the city's Lower 9th Ward. 

?Like the Lower 9th Ward, L ittle Woods flooded heavily in Katrina but
it wasn?t an area where any  organization decided to concentrate its
rebuilding efforts,? Simmons  said.

The Crescent Alliance Recovery Effort, Church World Servic e and
participating national faith groups are hoping this initial rebu ild
project will be the spark that brings the long-time lake community  back
together, and that ignites other groups to help continue with Li ttle
Woods' recovery.

Church World Service, which provides  emergency and recovery assistance
following disasters in the U.S. and  internationally, domestically
specializes in helping faith-based and o ther community groups establish
long-term recovery organizations that  serve disaster survivors whose
needs aren't met through other means. 

Church World Service is supported by public donations and grant s and by
some 35 U.S. Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox denominations,  which
contributes to the rebuilding project?s unique ecumenical drive .

"No matter their denominational background, the Little Woods v olunteers
will be working together, mixed in weekly teams, to help res tore and
rebuild homes for some of the people of Little Woods who coul dn't afford
to rebuild themselves and who haven't been helped by the s ystem,"
Vollmering said.

Vollmering noted that the casework  has already been completed for the
houses targeted for the project.  

"We're encouraging othe
r groups not to forget but instead  to reinvest
funding, materials, volunteer time and consciousness to h elp now in
rebuilding the forgotten communities of New Orleans, one ne ighborhood at
a time,? Vollmering said.

Church World Servic e has established a specific website for the
project, http://www.neigh borhoodneworleans.net/.

Some materials for the rebuild effort ha ve been donated by Habitat for
Humanity.
National denomination gr oups coordinating the Little Woods volunteer
teams include: American B aptist Churches USA, the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ), Chris tian Reformed World Relief Committee, Church
of the Brethren Disaster  Ministries, Lutheran Disaster Response,
Mennonite Disaster Service, th e Presbyterian Church (USA), the Reformed
Church in America Global Mis sion, the United Church of Christ, and
United Methodist Committee on R elief.

Source: Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La., Nov 21, 1999. A uthor: Lynne
Jensen, Staff writer, Page B1:3.

How to help 
Contributions to support Church World Service emergency response and 
recovery efforts may be made online, by phone (800.297.1516), or sent  to
Church World Service, P.O. Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46515.

 Media Contacts: 
Lesley Crosson, 212-870-2676 lcrosson@churchworldserv ice.org 
Jan Dragin, 24/7, 781-925-1526 jdragin@gis.net 

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