"You Shall Have No Other gods Before Me"

The San Francisco Conference of Lutheran Churches, ELCA has a disturbing blog detailing their involvement and participation in non-Christian religious activities.

This conference of ten ELCA parishes along with three affiliated outreach ministries celebrated “Pluralism Summer” last year. Here is how they describe it.

“As we approach the final third of our 'Pluralism Summer,' I’m reminded of how much I still have to learn. Our guests have fed us with such a rich banquet of information, personal stories and experiences: from chanted Baha’i prayers to a Wiccan guided meditation to a Sufi’s reflections on Ramadan – and more.

And there’s still good stuff to come: Sufism Reoriented, Hindu, Secular Humanism, Sikh, as well as a woman extraordinarily ordained as a Roman Catholic priest. At the end of the summer, we’ll go off on a congregational retreat to Mercy Center, where one of their specialties is a program of East/West meditation. We’ll get to spend some time with Fr. Greg Mayers, who is both  priest and Zen master.

Some people may see this venture as a slippery slope into relativism, but I would heartily disagree.” (see here)

One of the churches involved also hosted a “goddess craft sale” and "goddess Harvest Festival” last fall. Among the many activities was a workshop conducted by Mz Dionne Kohler, Drumming Priestess.  Mz Kohler writes -

“I am guided by Gaia and the rhythms of Our Mother Earth.  As the Spirit Moves
you...please join us, Nov. 16th & 17th.”

Another workshop was titled,  “Energize, Renew and Uncoil Your Divine-ness with Kundalini Yoga” (see here)


Below are the 10 parishes that are part of the The San Francisco Conference of Lutheran Churches, ELCA

Christ Church Lutheran, ELCA
Pastor Steven P. Sabin
Website:http://www.christchurchlutheran.org/

Ebenezer/herchurch Lutheran, ELCA
Pastor Stacy Boorn
Website:http://www.herchurch.org/

First United Lutheran, ELCA
Pastor Susan M. Strouse
(Dean, San Francisco Conference of Lutheran Churches)
http://www.fulc.com/index.htm
Pastor Susan’s Blog at http://progressivechurch.wordpress.com/

Grace Lutheran Church, ELCA
Website: http://www.gracesf.com

Lutheran Church of Our Savior, ELCA
Interim Pastor David Rohrer

St. Francis Lutheran Church, ELCA
Website: http://www.sflcsf.org/

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, ELCA
Pastor Elizabeth Ekdale
Website: http://www.stmarks-sf.org/

St. Mary and St. Martha Lutheran Church, ELCA
Pastor: Stacey Siebrasse
Website: http://www.smsmlutheranchurch.org

St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church of San Francisco, ELCA
Website: http://www.stmatthews-sf.org/

Saint Paulus Lutheran Church, ELCA
Pastor Dan Solberg
Website: http://www.saintpaulus.org/index.html