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Faith United Lutheran Parish

What do we as members of the ELCA believe about social issues?


Faithful participation in society is integral and vital to the mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). As individual members and as a corporate body this church lives out the Christian faith in encounter with the concerns that shape life in God’s creation. Social statements, messages, social policy resolutions, and studies of social issues are important means by which this church carries out its participation in society.

The ELCA has 10 Social Statements: Abortion/Church in Society/Death Penalty/Economic Life/Education/
Environment/Health and Healthcare/Peace/Race, Ethnicity, and Culture/Sexuality

And 11 Social Messages: AIDS/Changing Europe/Commercial Sexual Exploitation/Community Violence/
End of Life Decisions/Homelessness/Immigration/Israel-Palestinian Conflict/
Sexuality/Suicide Prevention/Terrorism

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    • St. John's Franklin
    • Our History >
      • Pastor Naomi Sease Carriker
    • Social Issues
  • Newsletters
  • Pastor
    • Vicar Micki Kautz - AiM
    • Pastor Roy's Sermons
  • Outreach
    • Blood Drives
    • Habitat For Humanity
    • Heifer International
    • Malaria Campaign
    • New Hope Ministries
  • Ministries
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    • CommunityAid Clothing Bin
    • Youth Confirmation
    • Lower Susquehanna Synod >
      • 2009 Churchwide Assembly Highlights
      • 2013 Synod Assembly Highlights
      • 2014 Synod Assembly Highlights
      • 2015 Synod Assembly
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      • 2017 Synod Assembly Highlights
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    • Snapping Turtle Captions - 2011
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      • 2011 Mother/Daughter Banquet
      • 2012 Mother/Daughter Banquet
      • 2013 Mother/Daughter Banquet
      • 2016 Women's Night Out Banquet
    • Vacation Bible School (VBS)
    • Youth Lock-In - 2013
    • Pink Flamingo Youth Fundraiser
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