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Title: Presiding Bishop Details ELCA Response to Haiti Earthquake
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

>January 13, 2010  

Presiding Bishop Details ELCA Response to Haiti Earthquake
10-013-JB

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
is responding to the earthquake in Haiti through the Lutheran World
Federation (LWF), wrote the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, ELCA presiding bishop,
in a Jan. 13 letter to members.  Hanson, who is also president of the
LWF, noted that the ELCA has committed substantial funds to support
relief efforts, and encouraged members to share information and provide
financial gifts.

>More:
>http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4392

For information contact:

John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org
http://www.elca.org/news