Take a look at this article over on Shellfish. Clam has information on an event that was held at Ebenezer/herchurch.org that makes me glad that I am leaving the ELCA. What is really interesting are the comments from a participant in that event, so make sure that you take a look at the comments. What stunned me was her claim that women staffers from churchwide took part. Wow.
Here is a sample:
Wisdom’s Urgent Cry
A Faith and Feminism
Womanist/Mujerista Conference
hosted by Ebenezer/herchurch Lutheran
and co-sponsored by San Francisco ELCA Conference
A gathering for feminist (men and women) faith seekers, church leaders, Interfaith leaders to experience and discuss the urgent implications of God/dess imagery and gender issues which transform the church, the world and our daily lives so that together we seek and speak justice.
And some of the presenters:
Mara Lynn Keller, ritualist of the Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone
Judith Lavender Dancer, dancer, healer and movement educator. Her work incorporates teachings from both Western and Eastern modalities, including Feldenkrais, Chi Qong, clowning, Bioenergetics, belly dancing, improvisation, meditation, and stilt dancing.
Arisika Razak, educator in the field of Women's Studies/Women's Spirituality. Arisika's work integrates the disciplines of Women's Studies/ Women's Spirituality, and Women's Health and Spiritual Dance, through the incorporation of the teachings of earth based spiritual traditions, women's spirituality, and women's health into the language of movement and dance.
I guess I am just inflexible or old fashioned or something, but you just cannot tell me these folks have not abandoned the faith passed down to us from the apostles.
---Katie
3 comments:
One way bishops get around all this is to tell people in other areas of the country that we "really don't know what is going on there" even if they put their stuff in black and white. The long and short of it is that the ELCA has gone the way of the ECUSA and the UCC. Sad. Our bishop (Rick Foss) simply tells people to ignore it all. Very sad...and he is considered orthodox. This should tell everyone the state of orthodoxy in the ELCA.
Glad I'm gone with two of my congregations in 60 days and counting.
Peace in the Lord Jesus Christ!
Rob Buechler, Pastor
Trinity-Bergen/Lakeview Lutheran churches.
P.S. I got a call from a three point parish in Western North Dakota Katie. They want to hear from myself and my parish leadership, and get out too. I think people are starting to wake up.
I hope the transition goes well for you! Did the third congregation decide to hang in there?
I hope it is not too late for people to turn things around in the ELCA, but I am afraid that it is...but as my associate pastor likes to say, God is still on the throne!
We have not changed our membership yet, but we are enjoying a local LCMS church.
The third congregation, the smallest, decided not to vote at all. However, they did vote to keep the pastor, which means they will be sending a message to the Synod that they are prepared to call a Lutheran clergyman who is not on the ELCA roster. The bishop will not like it, but as someone at that church said, "I don't care if the bishop likes it or not."
So all three are leaving in some form or another.
Peace in the Lord!
Rob Buechler
P.S. The Lord is indeed still on the throne. He has kept us safe.
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