15 Feb Monday

Meetings with LWF, WCC, WA for Ref Churches.

Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary, World Council of Churches, right, speaks with ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Mark Hanson Feb. 15 in Geneva.

Deborah Chenoweth, Hood River, Ore., ELCA Church Council member, listens during discussion Feb. 15 with WCC officials in Geneva.

Bishop Michael Burke, ELCA Southeastern Iowa Synod, asks a qustions during a Feb. 15 meeting of the ELCA delegation and WCC officials in Geneva.
Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary, World Council of Churches, met with the ELCA delegation Feb. 15 in Geneva.

Three of the participants in discussions with the ELCA delegation Feb. 15 in Geneva were, from left, ELCA Presiding Bishop and Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Mark Hanson; the Rev. Ishamel Noko, LWF general secretary; and the Rev. Steven Loy, Las Cruces, N.M., ELCA Church Council member.

The Rev. Steven Loy, Las Cruces, N.M., listens to dicussion Feb. 15 in Geneva.

Dr. Rocky Piro, Seattle, president, Lutheran Ecuemnical Representatives Network, asks a question Feb. 15 in Geneva.

Bishop Claire Burkat, ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod, asks a question during discussion Feb. 15 in Geneva.

The Rev. Ishamel Noko, LWF general secretary, answers a qustion for the ELCA delegation Feb. 15 in Geneva.