2. 9th Triennial Convention and Gathering

9th Triennial Gathering: Friday, July 25

Ninth Triennial Gathering | July 24-27 2014 | Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, N.C.
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Pastor Anita Hill, regional director of Reconciling Works: Lutherans for Full Participation, welcomes triennial participants at the Reconciling Works display. EH.
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Pastor Anita Hill, regional director of Reconciling Works: Lutherans for Full Participation, welcomes triennial participants at the Reconciling Works display. EH.

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  • Pincushions were much in use in the quilting area of the Dor (Hebrew for 'generations), the Women of the ELCA Triennial exhibit space. EH.
  • Visual artist Stephanie Burke's paint-splattered fingers were a good illustration of "God's Work. Our Hands." EH.
  • Pastor Anita Hill, regional director of Reconciling Works: Lutherans for Full Participation, tacks on more love for all of God's children at the Reconciling Works display. EH.
  • Pastor Anita Hill, regional director of Reconciling Works: Lutherans for Full Participation, welcomes triennial participants at the Reconciling Works display. EH.
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  • Beading project in the Thrivent display area. EH.
  • Beading project in the Thrivent display area. EH.
  • On a board in the "Stop Human Trafficking" exhibit, participants shared their prayers for those who are trafficking women and children in the U.S. and around the globe to stop and "change their ways." EH.
  • In the "Stop Human Trafficking" exhibit, participants learn about Lily Pad Haven, an organization that provides housing and transitional services for women who have survived human trafficking, a form of modern-day slavery. EIghty percent of human trafficking involves sexual exploitation. EH.
  • In the "Stop Human Trafficking" exhibit, participants learn about Lily Pad Haven, an organization that provides housing and transitional services for women who have survived human trafficking, a form of modern-day slavery. EIghty percent of human trafficking involves sexual exploitation. EH.
  • In the exhibit area, Surekha Nelavala, pastor at Global Peace Lutheran Church, Frederick, Md., (left) talks with Mary Streufert, director, justice for women, and Judith Roberts, director, racial justice ministries, about issues of justice for women. EH.
  • Judy Wagner St. Pierre (Newport News, Va.), Stephanie Hamilton Muwunganirwa and Victoria Hamilton, pastor at St. John Lutheran Church, Jacksonville, Fla., spend time catching up at the triennial gathering. Stephanie is Victoria's daughter. EH.
  • In the exhibit area, participants hear the stories of ELCA missionaries and how congregations can support their work and ministry with companions around the globe. EH.
  • Graciela Ortiz, Delavan, Minn., made this paper doll based on the story of someone who benefits from the ELCA World Hunger program efforts. It hangs with other paper dolls on a fence behind the ELCA World Hunger and ELCA Malaria Campaign exhibit at the 2014 Triennial Gathering. EH.
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