The Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the ELCA will preach at the convention's closing worship service. Stacy Kitahata, dean of community for the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, will lead Bible study during the convention. A Women of Color Gathering will precede the convention July 5-7 in St. Louis. Women of color share heritages and hopes. They share joys and pain.
Women of color learn to lift up the voice of the voiceless.
The 1999 Women of Color Gathering aspires to raise up women who will please and serve God through and within Women of the ELCA and the church at large. The pictures and symbols will be attached to the wall. D.C. Johnson, a member of the ELCA's Association of Lutherans of Arab and Middle Eastern Heritage, is from Beirut, Lebanon.