ELCIC National Bishop Susan Johnson signs a book of condolences in Jerusalem Jan. 12 in memory of His Holiness Alexei II, Russian Orthodox Patriarch.
Lutheran bishops pray Jan. 13 at the Jerusalem grave site of Yitzhak Rabin, former prime minister of Israel.
Bishop Marie Jerge, ELCA Upstate New York Synod, preached at the Bishops' Academy concluding worship Jan. 13 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Beit Jala, West Bank.