2. 9th Triennial Convention and Gathering

9th Triennial Gathering: Saturday, July 26

Ninth Triennial Gathering | July 24-27 2014 | Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, N.C.
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Ninth Triennial Gathering | Val Starr, director of discipleship for Women of the ELCA, chats with Elaine Scheer of Hawley, Minn., and Carol Fossum of Puyallup, Wash. Both women's synods sponsored an international guest.
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Ninth Triennial Gathering | Val Starr, director of discipleship for Women of the ELCA, chats with Elaine Scheer of Hawley, Minn., and Carol Fossum of Puyallup, Wash. Both women's synods sponsored an international guest.

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  • Norma, left, and Emily Colman, a mother and daughter creative team.
  • Marilyn Dyer, left, of St. Timothy-Troy Lutheran Church, Renselaer, N.Y., looks at a scarf at Studio Three 17, owned by Norma Colman, Berryville, Va. Norma designs, paints and prints the scarves. JV
  • My Haley, widow of Alex Haley, author of Roots, is telling the story of "shared breath" with her grandmother. Haley led the workshop, Generations: the quilt of our lives, which helped women connect their past to their future by telling stories that are the patchwork quilts of their lives.
  • Participants listen to My Haley tell the story of "shared breath" with her grandmother. Haley led the workshop, Generations: the quilt of our lives, which helped women connect their past to their future by telling stories that are the patchwork quilts of their lives.
  • Zac Baker, communications intern with ReconcilingWorks, led a workshop with Anita Hill about how to extend hospitality to people of all sexual orientations. Reconciling in Christ Program of ReconcilingWorks helps build inclusive churches.
  • Alyssa Huenniger of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lilburn, Ga., talks with Ardys Ann Horner of First Lutheran Church, Detroit Lakes, Minn., ReconcilingWorks workshop.
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  • Ninth Triennial Gathering | International guests gathered for a reception Saturday evening, July 26, at the Ninth Triennial Gathering. From left are the Rev. Esther Ngomuo from Tanzania and serving Nashville's Christ Lutheran Church; and Mary Laiser and Sara Lomayani from Tanzania, North Central Diocese.
  • Ninth Triennial Gathering | Ninth Triennial Gathering | International guests gathered for a reception Saturday evening, July 26, at the Ninth Triennial Gathering. From left are the Rev. Esther Ngomuo from Tanzania and serving Nashville's Christ Lutheran Church; and Mary Laiser and Sara Lomayani from Tanzania, North Central Diocese.
  • Ninth Triennial Gathering | Patricia Msseemmaa [this is correct] of LaSalle, Ill., hugs Mary Laiser from the Evangelical Lutheran church in Tanzania. Patricia's husband was from Tanzania.
  • Ninth Triennial Gathering | Val Starr, left, director of discipleship for Women of the ELCA, and Veronica Angela Sathuri of Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, India
  • Ninth Triennial Gathering | Val Starr, left, director of discipleship for Women of the ELCA, shows Veronica Angela Sathuri of Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, India, a photo on her iPhone.
  • Ninth Triennial Gathering | Patti Austin, center, newly elected president of the Women of the ELCA executive board, chats with Val Starr, left, director of discipleship for Women of the ELCA, and Esther Ngomuo of Tanzania.
  • Ninth Triennial Gathering | Glocal Musicians of the ELCA assisted with worship during the Ninth Triennial Gathering and were invited to sing and dance with the international guests.
  • Ninth Triennial Gathering | Ely Smith, treasurer for Women of the ELCA's churchwide boarrd, and Charleen Walker-Horton, outgoing board member, chat during the international guest reception.
  • Ninth Triennial Gathering | Val Starr, director of discipleship for Women of the ELCA, chats with Elaine Scheer of Hawley, Minn., and Carol Fossum of Puyallup, Wash. Both women's synods sponsored an international guest.
  • Ninth Triennial Gathering | Val Starr, director of discipleship for Women of the ELCA, chats with Elaine Scheer of Hawley, Minn., and Carol Fossum of Puyallup, Wash. Both women's synods sponsored an international guest.
  • Ninth Triennial Gathering | Sara Lomayani from Tanzania, North Central Diocese, begins to feel the music at the international guest reception at the Ninth Triennial Gathering in Charlotte, N.C., July 26.
  • Ninth Triennial Gathering | Sara Lomayani from Tanzania, North Central Diocese, begins to feel the music at the international guest reception at the Ninth Triennial Gathering in Charlotte, N.C., July 26.
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