World’s shortest sermon: one word love from Lake Orion pastor
The Rev. John Albrecht of St. Mary’s in the Hills preached the world’s shortest sermon at 11:25 a.m. Sunday, a one word message: Love. It capped the church’s 25th anniversary publicity stunt and drew 127 in attendance amid a downpour.
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Kathryn Fredgren
John Calvin Presbyterian Church
Annandale
Detroit
John Albrecht
St. Mary’s-in-the-Hills Episcopal Church
Lake Orion
Mich
Albrecht
Father Albrecht
Guinness Book of World Records
Startling Statistics
England
Rita Kimber
Ordination of Jan Otte Murphy Makes History in AELC
The Pacific Regional Synod of the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches authorized Jan Otte Murphy to be ordained as the first woman clergy in the AELC. She will serve as associate pastor at University Lutheran Chapel Berkeley and as counselor at Kairos Home for Girls Oakland. The call followed strong synod support and broad member endorsement. Murphy, native of Clarinda Iowa, had taught at St. Louis Lutheran High School South and married Rev. Bruce Murphy in 1976. The Pacific Synod's action positions the AELC as the third largest Lutheran body in the U.S. to ordain women.
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Kathryn Fredgren
Pat Close
John Calvin Church
Fredgren
Arlington
Washington Area
Robert Hovda
Liturgical Conference
UPI
Janith Otte-Murphy
Church Council of the Pacific Regional Synod
Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
AELC
San Francisco
Synod
University Lutheran Chapel
Berkeley
Cal
Kairos Home For Girls
Oakland
St. Louis Lutheran High School
Bruce Murphy
Murphy
Kairos
William Kohn
Milwaukee
Pacific Regional Synod
Jan Otte-Murphy
Pacific Synod
Council
U.S
Clarinda
Iowa
Valparaiso Ind University
Concordia Seminary
ERA support reaffirmed by United Methodist Board
The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries reaffirmed Equal Rights Amendment support and condemned apartheid era South Africa. It backed Panama Canal treaties and refused to reconsider its plea for normalization of relations with the People's Republic of China. The ABLC Lutheran group, formed by dissidents from the Missouri Synod, now has 103,000 baptized members in 222 congregations.
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Atlanta, Ga
UMC
South Africa
People’s Republic of China
United Methodist Board of Global Ministries
ABLC
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
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