07/18/2014

Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton Asks Congregations to Read Letter on Sunday Regarding conflict between the State of Israel and the Palestinian People

Today Israel began a ground offensive in Gaza. ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has been in contact with Munib Younan, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) who asks for our prayers.

Bishop Eaton has written a letter to Bishop Younan and requests that the letter be read in congregations on Sunday. She is asking that congregations throughout the ELCA observe a time of silence this Sunday to pray for our brothers and sisters in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), that peace might come to Palestine and Israel.

Thank you for sharing this letter and for your prayers for peace.

Letter to Bishop Younan July 2014 from Bishop Eaton (PDF)