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ELCA Congregations that Close Find Creative Ways to Benefit Others
From <[email protected]>Date Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:27:37 -0600
Title: ELCA Congregations that Close Find Creative Ways to Benefit Others ELCA NEWS SERVICE >November 17, 2010 ELCA Congregations that Close Find Creative Ways to Benefit Others 10-289-JB CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Closing a congregation can be a difficult process. There is property to dispose of, legal matters to attend to and members to help through the transition. But some congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), using ingenuity and creativity, have come up with exceptional ways to help their communities and the wider church as they closed their doors. >More: >http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4677 For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [email protected] http://www.elca.org/news Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/elcanews Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews