The seventh annual celebration of Evolution Weekend took place February 10-12, 2012.  It wasn’t an event for a bunch of God-denying atheists.  It was an event organized specifically for Christian congregations.   Congregations and/or pastors who evidently do not believe God’s account of creation.  The Clergy Letter Project, which organizes this annual event, listed over 500 congregations including 50+ ELCA congregations who signed up to participate in Evolution Weekend 2012.  The Clergy Letter Project states that  “all participating congregations will address the relationship between religion and science, many will focus their attention on the theme selected for this year: an interfaith discussion of religion and science . . . Religious people from many diverse faith traditions and locations around the world understand that evolution is quite simply sound science.”  (read here)  The Clergy Letter Project is an evolution-supporting, Biblical creation denying group which gathered the signatures of over 1500 ELCA pastors who are in support of evolution.  (see here)

The 53 ELCA congregations listed as participants in Evolution Weekend are:  

Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church
Bellflower, CA
The Rev. Mary Todd Pendergast

University Lutheran Chapel (ELCA)
Berkeley, CA
The Rev. Jeff R. Johnson

Peace Lutheran Church
Corona, CA
Pastor Mark Allert

Lutheran Church of the Incarnation
Davis, CA
The Rev. Daniel R. Smith

St. Timothy Lutheran Church
Monterey, CA
Pastor Clark Brown

Advent Lutheran Church
Morgan Hill, CA
The Rev. Anita R. Warner

First United Lutheran Church
San Francisco, CA
The Rev. Dr. Susan M. Strouse

Living Faith Lutheran Church
Santa Clarita, CA
The Rev. Pamela Challis, Senior Pastor

California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA
The Rev. Paul W. Egertson
Dr. Jarvis Streeter

Messiah Community Church ELCA
Denver, CO
The Rev. Wolfgang Stahlberg

Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Denver, CO
The Rev. Paul Carlson

Emanuel Lutheran Church
Manchester, CT
The Rev. Dr. G. Scott Cady

Lamb of God Church (A Federated Lutheran and Episcopal Congregation)
Fort Meyers, FL
The Rev. Walter Fohs, Senior Pastor

Peace Lutheran Church
Fort Myers, FL
The Rev. Walter C. Still
(see all that Peace Lutheran had scheduled for Evolution Weekend here)

St. Stephen Lutheran Church
Tallahassee, FL
The Rev. Russell L. Meyer
Executive Director of the Florida Council of Churches

The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
Tampa, FL
The Rev. Jon Keiser

Nativity Lutheran Church
Weeki Wachee, FL
The Rev. Phil Schroeder

Peace Lutheran Church, ELCA
Steeleville, IL
The Rev. S. Blake Duncan

St Paul Lutheran Church
Villa Park, IL
Stephen H. Swanson, Pastor

Grace Unlimited
Indianapolis Lutheran-Episcopal Campus Ministry
Indianapolis, IN
The Rev. Dr. Charles W. Allen, Chaplain

Redeemer Lutheran Church
Jasper, IN
The Rev. Jennifer Owen

St. John Lutheran Church
Carroll, IA
Pastor David A. Bergstrom

St Paul Lutheran Church
Davenport, IA
Pastor Dan Kuckuck

St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Derwood, MD
The Rev. Sarah Withers Lewis

Hope Lutheran Church
Farmington Hills, MI
Pastor Brad Gee

Shalom Lutheran Church
Alexandria, MN
The Rev. Rollen Halvorson

Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Bird Island, MN
The Rev. Cynthia M. Hopp

St. John Lutheran Church
Montgomery, MN
Pastor Bob Kaul

Augustana Lutheran Church
Omaha, NE
Charles Austerberry

Emanuel Lutheran Church
New Brunswick, NJ
Jeffrey C. Eaton, Pastor

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Brooklyn, NY
The Rev. David Rommereim

Grace & St. Paul's Church
New York, NY
The Rev. Martin Hauser, Pastor

Lutheran Care Center
Poughkeepsie, NY
Pastor John Heller

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Brevard, NC
The Rev. J. Edward Barrett

Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
Greensboro, NC
The Rev. Raymond A. Petrea

Good Shepard Lutheran Church
Dayton, OH
Pastor Glen Bengson

Hope Lutheran Church
Dayton, OH
Pastor John Johansen

St. Matthews Lutheran Church
Ithaca, OH
The Rev. Joene Herr, Pastor

First Immanuel Lutheran Church
Portland, OR
The Rev. Dr. Melinda J. Wagner

Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Beaver Falls, PA
Pastor Kimberly A. Rapczak

Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village
Lewisburg, PA
The Rev. Theodore L. Cockley

St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Pen Argyl, PA
The Rev. C. Frank Terhune

Trinity Lutheran Church
Pottsville, PA
The Rev. Harold Hand

Bethany Lutheran Church
Reading, PA
Pastor Michael L. Reist

St. Mark Lutheran Church
Charlottesville, VA
The Rev. Sandy Wisco

Redeemer Lutheran Church
Fircrest, WA
The Rev. Dr. Gary Petersen

The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd (ELCA)
Olympia, WA
The Rev. John P. Rosenberg, Lead Pastor

Advent Lutheran Church
Cedarburg, WI
The Rev. Dr. Janis Kinens

Our Savior Lutheran Church
Neenah, WI
The Rev. Catherine A. K. Mode

Cross Lutheran Church
Roberts, WI
The Rev. Dean Simpson

Trinity Lutheran Church
South Milwaukee, WI
Pastor Bill Mains

Bay Shore Lutheran Church
Whitefish Bay, WI
Pastor Norene Smith

Grace Lutheran Church
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
The Rev. Kent Raddatz

 


Comments

Janet Muldoon
02/23/2012 8:55am

Another example made to discredit the Holy Word. Darwin's theory of evolution in my opinion supports racism and supremacy according to intelligence and the color of ones skin. Unbelievable!!!

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