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Welcome!
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Love Changes Everything
Resources for congregational conversation on Immigration Reform
Our nation faces a broken system when twelve million
people live in the shadows and are vulnerable to injustice and mistreatment.
The resolution calls for reform that would reunite families, integrate the
marginalized, protect the rights of people at work, establish just and
humane enforcement, revitalize refugee protection and integration, and
address root causes of forced migration. The ELCA has a long history
in helping immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers settle in the United
States and supporting fair and generous immigration policies. Our
scriptures guide Lutheran commitments both to new comers and just laws that
serve the common good. Lutheran congregations can be effective in Standing for
Welcome. Every congregation is urged to use these and other resources
on Feb. 14 or some other Sunday to encourage just and wise immigration
reform. Love Changes Everything is a
congregational conversation, not a synod event. Synod leadership is
available upon request. Please contact Peggy Hahn for assistance at
peggy@gulfcoastsynod.org. You are also encouraged to bring
youth and adults to the first Synodical
Justice Network on February 27, 2010 at
Kinsmen Lutheran Church to worship, learn, connect and take action.
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