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News and Media

• Assembly News Releases
• News Releases from Pre-Assembly Consultations
  - Youth, 12-18 July 2003 in Guelph
  - Latin America & Caribbean, 6-9 April 2003 in San Salvador
  - Africa, 23-26 March 2003 in Nairobi
  - Asia, 2-6 March 2003 in Medan
  - Europe, 23-26 February 2003 in Vienna
  - North America, 23-26 January 2003 in Denver
  - Women, 14-17 November 2002 in Montreux
• LWI Features on the Assembly Theme
• Assembly Newspaper "The Source"
• Photo Library
  - To order photos to be used in publication
  - Photos of the newly-elected LWF president, Mark S. Hanson
• Audio News
• Video News
• Assembly Updates

Before the Assembly

• Welcome from the Host Church National Bishop
• Welcome from the LWF General Secretary
• Welcome from the LWF President
• Regional Pre-Assembly Consultations
• Women's Pre-Assembly Gathering
• Pre-Assembly Youth Conference 
• Pre- and Post-Assembly Visitation Program
• Study Book
  - To order a copy of the Assembly Study Book
• Six Year Report - "From Hong Kong to Winnipeg 1997-2003"  
  - To order a copy of the Six Year Report

At the Assembly

• Letter to the member churches (pdf)
• LWF Tenth Assembly Message (pdf)
• Resolutions and Statements adopted by the Tenth Assembly (pdf)
• Daily Highlights
• Daily News Releases
• Daily Photo Library
• President's Address  
• General Secretary's Address  
• Treasurer's Report  
• Keynote Address 
  - Keynote Speaker Bishop Dr Margot Kässmann
• Assembly Schedule
• Daily Emphases and Bible Studies 
• Village Groups  (issues for discussion)
• Nominations and Elections at the Tenth Assembly
  - Election of the LWF President
  - Election of the LWF Council
• Worship
  - Interview with Assembly Worship Coordinator Rev. Dr Päivi Jussila
  - Host Church Bishop R. Schultz Talks about Local Preparations
  - Communities Preparing Morning Eucharists
  - Opening Eucharist at St. Boniface Cathedral
• Songbook
  - Preface by the LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko
  - Song - May Your Breath of Love
  - Comments from and information on Maggie Hamilton
  - To order a copy of the Assembly Songbook
• Gifts from the Communion
  - A Gift from the Mount of Olives
  - Bangladeshi Women Bring Rainbow Colors to the Assembly
  - Host Church Lauds "Enthusiastic, Energetic and Faithful Sharing of Gifts"
  - On-line with Support from Lutherans in the USA
  - Marking Your Presence with an Inuit Structure
  - A Good Idea "Made in Italy"
  - Refugees Share Their Skills with the Lutheran Communion
  - Slovenian Women Light Up Assembly Worship with Their Handicraft
  - A Special Contribution from the Regions--Crying Out for Healing
  - Wear an LWF Assembly Logo Pin, Support Zimbabwean Women's Handiwork
  - Multicolored Wooden Cross will be a Feature of Worship
• Women at the Assembly
• Youth at the Assembly
• Assembly Locations

Practical Information

• Assembly Documents
• Assembly Office
• How to Participate (categories of Assembly participants)
• Who are the Delegates?
  - Bavarian Pastor Julia Helmke: "In Hong Kong Everything was New and Exciting"
  - Papua New Guinea Bishop Kigasung: "The Assembly Was Very Special to Me"
• Assembly Resources (Assembly publications and promotional materials; documents from the Assembly)
• About Winnipeg and Canada
• Pre- and Post-Assembly Visitation Program
• Visitors
• Accommodation (information for Visitors)
• Meals
• Volunteers

Our Hosts

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC)
• Thank You ELCIC
• Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Bishop Schultz - Local Preparations
• Welcome from Bishop Schultz

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