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We are members of the Greater Milwaukee Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). As part of the Companion Synod Program of the ELCA, the Greater Milwaukee Synod has been in partnership with the Iglesia Luterana Salvadoreña since June, 1988. Through the SHARE Foundation, the Greater Milwaukee Synod helped to sponsor a group of Salvadoran refugees who returned from Nicaragua and founded Comunidad Rutilio Grande in March, 1991. |
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The Greater Milwaukee Synod El Salvador Committee works with the Sister Parish office of the Salvadoran Lutheran Church, encouraging the growth of relationships between congregations and individuals in Milwaukee and El Salvador. The committee offers assistance with congregational visits in El Salvador and Salvadoran visits in the United States, and typically coordinates one or more synod delegation visits to El Salvador each year. The committee hosts educational events, provides resources and guest speakers to congregations, manages the allocation of donated funds, promotes development initiatives of the Salvadoran Lutheran Church and Comunidad Rutilio Grande, and encourages advocacy. In every aspect, the committee promotes the use of the accompaniment model as Milwaukeeans and Salvadorans work together on issues of importance to us as people of faith and advocacy.
GREATER MILWAUKEE SYNOD FEATURED RESOURCES:
Additional resources are located on the committee page and on the educational resources page.
- Greater Milwaukee Synod El Salvador Committee Brochure ~ information about our synod's Companion Synod relationship with the Salvadoran Lutheran Church and our relationship with Comunidad Rutilio Grande
- Salvodoran Lutheran Church Pastors Endowment Fund Resources
- Rutilio Grande Scholarship Program ~ information packet
- Earlier this fall, the Salvadoran Lutheran Church posted videos on YouTube of the August 6th Pilgrimage through San Salvador, in which leaders and members of the Salvadoran Lutheran Church march with the theme "For a New El Salvador: Take Up the Cross and Follow"; and of the Ordination of Five New Pastors which took place at Resurrection Lutheran Church in San Salvador.
- A Year in our Partnership ~ video presentation from Synod Assembly 2009 featuring photos which were taken between May 2008 & May 2009 and highlights this year's theme of "Fresh Expressions"
- Photos from La Fiesta! a Greater Milwaukee Synod educational event held in November 2008
- Hand to Hand ~ a video presentation from Synod Assembly 2008 which celebrates 20 years of partnership between the Greater Milwaukee Synod and the Salvadoran Lutheran Church. This presentation includes photos from throughout the history of the partnership and is an excellent historical resource.