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10/26/2016

SOS Reformation 500 website launching Monday Oct 31!

All members of the ELCA are invited and encouraged to participate and host activities over the next year in observance of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Our SOS Reformation website is a central source for events, articles, and other resources to assist you in your participation efforts.

Look for a special SOS Reformation 500 e-bulletin on Monday, October 31 that will contain a link to our Reformation 500 website. Check out the website and the host of information about events in our synod, including those sponsored by congregations like yours, worship resources, articles and more. 

If you have an event or events planned in observance of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, make sure to click on the 'Add Congregation Event to Calendar' link on the website or between now and October 31, send your information to Susan Barton-Nonno, Director of Communications, at sbarton-nonno@southernohiosynod.org.

In the meantime, make sure to mark your calendars for the following events coming up soon!

October 31, 2016 8-9 pm ET: The unique and noteworthy beginning of the Year of Commemoration will take place on Monday, Reformation Day, October 31, 2016 in historic Lund, Sweden.  Pope Francis will travel from Rome. Martin Junge, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation will be coming from Geneva. Together they will leading a Service of Common Prayer. SOS pastors and lay persons are encouraged to gather in groups to live-stream the service. For details, go to www.lutheranworld.org/lund2016 and click on the button at the bottom of the page marked: “Joint Commemoration Live-Stream.”

November 1, 2016 7 pm: Pastor Hans Kasch, occupying both the LWF and ELCA office in Wittenberg, will respond to the above question and many others as he speaks at Epiphany Lutheran Church in Dayton on Tuesday, November 1, at 7:00 p.m.  Pastor Kasch is in charge of all arrangements involving the Reformation commemoration events taking place in Wittenberg, birthplace of the Reformation.  The engaging Pastor Kasch is well-known in the SOS as the co-founder of our Mecklenburg-SOS partnership.  All are invited, no RSVP is needed.

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