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ECUMENICAL CONTACTS
Locally
Lord of Mercy participates in joint Thanksgiving and Good Friday services in the city of Sparks.
Lord of Mercy supports and participates in Metro Ministry (an interfaith cooperative in Reno-Sparks), and as
a corporate sponsor of Campus Christian Association at UNR.
Nationally
On January 1, 2001, an agreement became effective between
the ELCA and the Episcopal Church in the USA. This agreement announces our full
communion, including the ability to call each other's clergy under certain circumstances.
Lord of Mercy will be looking for an appropriate way to celebrate this agreement
locally.
Globally
On October 31, 1999, representatives of the Vatican and of the Lutheran
World Federation (representing 62.5 million Lutherans--or 92% of the world's Lutherans),
signed, "A Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification." Finding a
good way to say the same thing about how our relationship to God is restored was a primary
difficulty of the Reformation of the 16th century. It has also been a recent topic
of hard work and discussion among Catholics and Lutherans. This Declaration says
that we now understand each other far better, have substantial agreement in how to talk
about this matter, and no longer apply the mutual condemnations of nearly 500 years
ago. There are many other issues to discuss, but this is a promising and blessed
beginning.
3400 Pyramid Way
Sparks Nevada
(775) 358-7863
2 blocks north of McCarran Blvd.
Contact Pastor Mary Lou Petitjean
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Lutheran Church. All rights reserved.
Lord of Mercy Lutheran Church is pleased to be part of over 5 million
people and over 11,000 Congregations in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
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