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Participants can hardly feel unwelcome at the Eighth Triennial Gathering where they are in Spokane to Renew, Respond, Rejoice! <br /> EMc
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Participants can hardly feel unwelcome at the Eighth Triennial Gathering where they are in Spokane to Renew, Respond, Rejoice!
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From Thursday, July 14, 2011

  • Multigenerational prayer partner exchange at Camp Cafe in the exhibit hall.
  • Participants decorate prayer journals.
  • Registration is open!
  • Barbara O'Keefe, Alexandria, Va., has a long line of prayer shawls behind her. In her lifetime, she's knitted more than 100. "I've given them to speakers at our [synodical] women's gatherings, to people who are sick and to people celebrating happy occasions," O'Keefe said at the shawl display at Camp Dianoigo. "The pattern I use is a Trinity of stitches. Three stitches you knit; three stitches you purl. I tell people to use it in times of happiness and sadness." O'Keefe contributed some of these shawls, which will be distributed to ministries and communities in the Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod. EH
  • Ada Junge, Roswell, GA, and Mary Lou Fish, Marietta, GA, admire the crocheted edge on some of the prayer shawls in the exhibit area. Hundreds of shawls made by Women of the ELCA participants will be distributed to ministries and communities in the ELCA's Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod. EH
  • Participants walked the prayer labyrinth.
  • Sisters Angela and Sarai Nieves-Miranda unpack prayer shawls, many of which were sent to the gathering by Women of the ELCA participants unable to attend the 2011 triennial.
  • One of a kind fair-trade gifts, books, DVDs, conversations and more brought Women of the ELCA participants to the bookstore. EH
  • Some participants had an opportunity to refresh their hula hoop skills. EH
  • Women in the quilting cottage getting started.
  • Participants can hardly feel unwelcome at the Eighth Triennial Gathering where they are in Spokane to Renew, Respond, Rejoice! <br /> EMc
  • A local band serenades Gathering participants as they munch sandwiches, drink lemonade and meet ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson during the opening Triennial Gathering reception. TL
  • ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson poses with a group of loyal Lutherans during the opening reception, Thursday, July 14, 2011, at the Eighth Triennial Gathering of the Women of the ELCA in Spokane, Wash. <br /> JB
  • The Rev. Angela K. Khabeb and Leymah Gbowee hug.
  • Chocolate lounge participants help themselves to treats.
  • Women pose during the International guest reception on Thursday evening at the Triennial Gathering. TB
  • Renew, Respond, Rejoice... Zumba! Angela Nieves-Miranda, Carolina Jimenez, Andrea Jimenez and Sarai Nieves-Miranda do it all on the Camp Dianoigo athletic field. EH
  • Chocolate Lounge participants enjoy good conversation.
  • A box supper, a band, and a blue hue add to the festivities during the opening reception at the Eighth Triennial Gathering in Spokane. TL
  • Mary Carton Lull, (l-r) Patricia Lull (author of Gather's 2011-12 Bible study on Mark), and Phyllis Nelson enjoy the beautiful Spokane weather during the opening reception of the Eighth Triennial Gathering. TL
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