LWF Consultations in 2009
| DMD | Department for Mission & Development |
| DTS | Department for Theology & Studies |
| DWS | Department for World Service |
| OCS | Office for Communication Services |
| OEA | Office for Ecumenical Affairs |
| OFA | Office for Finance and Administration |
| OGS | Office of the General Secretary |
| OIAHR | Office for International Affairs & Human Rights |
January
Date |
Unit |
Place |
Title |
7 – 21 |
DTS |
Geneva, Switzerland |
International Theological Course: “The Ecumenical Church in a Globalized World” |
28 – 30 |
DWS |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR) Peer Review Visit to Geneva |
February
Date |
Unit |
Place |
Title |
9 – 10 |
DMD |
Geneva, Switzerland |
LWF Strategy Group Meeting on HIV and AIDS |
11 – 13 |
DMD |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Internship Retreat |
19 – 24 |
DMD |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Preparatory Meeting: LWF 2010 Pre-Assembly Youth Conference |
20 – 22 |
OGS |
Geneva, Switzerland |
LWF Executive Committee Meeting |
24 – 26 |
DMD |
Geneva, Switzerland |
LWF/DMD Core Group Meeting on Diakonia |
March
Date |
Unit |
Place |
Title |
2 – 5 |
OGS |
Sigtuna, Sweden |
LWF Renewal Committee Meeting |
2 – 6 |
DMD |
Pematang Siantar, Indonesia |
Consultation: Enhancing Cooperation among Indonesian LWF Member Churches |
5 – 6 |
DTS/OEA/OFA |
Strasbourg, France |
Board Meeting: Lutheran Foundation for Interconfessional Research |
9 – 13 |
OGS |
Stuttgart, Germany |
Meeting: International Planning Group for LWF Eleventh Assembly Worship |
10 – 13 |
DMD |
Lae, Papua New Guinea |
Capacity Building Workshop |
21– 24 |
OIAHR/OGS |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Global Ecumenical Conference on Justice for Dalits |
25 – 31 |
DTS |
Augsburg, Germany |
Consultation: “Theology in the Life of Lutheran Churches - Transformative Perspectives and Practices Today.” |
April
Date |
Unit |
Place |
Title |
1 – 4 |
DMD |
Monrovia, Liberia |
Lutheran Church in Liberia Consultation on Strategic Planning |
1 – 5 |
DMD |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Asia Lutheran News Workshop |
1 – 8 |
DMD |
Managua, Nicaragua |
ENGAGE: LWF Global Training for Young Leaders, The Americas Regional Meeting |
15 – 20 |
DTS |
Puri, India |
Consultation: “Bearing Witness through the Communion to Climate Change” |
17 – 19 |
OEA |
Strasbourg, France |
Drafting Meeting for the Lutheran-Reformed Joint Commission |
20 – 27 |
OEA |
Alingsås, Sweden |
Anglican-Lutheran Joint Commission Meeting |
21 – 24 |
DMD |
Montreux, Switzerland |
DMD Project Committee Meeting |
27 – 28 |
OFA |
Geneva, Switzerland |
LWF Endowment Fund Board Meeting |
May
Date |
Unit |
Place |
Title |
4 – 6 |
OGS |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Assembly PlanningCommittee Meeting |
4 – 6 |
DWS |
Montreux, Switzerland |
DWS Annual Forum |
4 – 9 |
OEA |
Reykjavik, Iceland |
Preparatory Meeting for the 15th Lutheran-Orthodox Joint Commission |
7 – 8 |
DWS |
Montreux, Switzerland |
Standing Committee for World Service Meeting |
7 – 11 |
DMD |
Geneva, Switzerland |
LWF Youth Consultation on Innovative Approaches to Youth Participation |
9 – 16 |
DMD |
Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Mekong Mission Forum (MMF) Meeting & Mekong Mission Partners’ Consultation |
11 – 15 |
DMD |
Lima, Peru |
Regional Leadership Conference for LWF Member Churches in Latin America |
To be determined |
OIAHR |
New York, USA |
North American Region Indigenous Consultation & Meeting of the LWF Adhoc Advisory Group on Indigenous Issues |
June
Date |
Unit |
Place |
Title |
08 – 12 |
DWS |
Tanzania (To be determined) |
DWS Regional Consultation for Eastern Africa |
15 – 19 |
DMD |
Garoua Boulaï, Cameroon |
Capacity Building Workshop for LWF Member Churches in Cameroon & Central African Republic |
15 – 22 |
DTS |
Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
Dialogue Meeting: “Freedom & Responsibility: Joint Theological Explorations by Christians and Muslims” |
17 – 21 |
OCS |
Erlangen, Germany |
International Consultation: Communication as Mission and Ministry of the Church |
17 – 24 |
DMD |
Moscow, Russian Federation |
ENGAGE - LWF Global Training for Young Leaders, European Region Meeting |
26 – 29 |
DMD |
Budapest, Hungary |
Workshop on Church and State in Societies in Transition |
To be determined |
DMD |
Asia (To be determined) |
Consultation on Gender and Power |
July
Date |
Unit |
Place |
Title |
To be determined |
OEA |
Germany (To be determined) |
First Meeting of the New Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission |
August
Date |
Unit |
Place |
Title |
3 – 7 |
OGS |
To be determined |
LWF Renewal Committee Meeting |
September
Date |
Unit |
Place |
Title |
6 – 12 |
DMD |
Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Consultation on Interreligious Diapraxis |
7 – 11 |
DWS |
Mbabane, Swaziland |
DWS Regional Consultation for Southern Africa |
28.09 – 02.10 |
OGS |
Stuttgart, Germany |
Meeting: International Planning Group for LWF Eleventh Assembly Worship |
October
Date |
Unit |
Place |
Title |
4 – 8 |
DWS |
Jerusalem |
Standing Committee for World Service Meeting |
4 – 11 |
DMD |
Nairobi, Kenya (to be confirmed) |
Meeting of the Lutheran Council in Africa & Follow-Up on LWF Program on Poverty and the Mission of the Church in Africa |
19 – 21 |
DMD |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Pre-Council Youth Workshop |
21 |
OGS |
Geneva, Switzerland |
LWF Executive Committee Meeting |
22 – 27 |
OGS |
Geneva, Switzerland |
LWF Council Meeting |
28 – 31 |
DMD |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Women’s Pre-Assembly Consultation |
30 – 31 |
OEA |
Augsburg, Germany |
Tenth Anniversary Celebrations for the Signing of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification |
November
Date |
Unit |
Place |
Title |
11 – 14 |
OEA |
Canterbury, United Kingdom |
Plenary: Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions |
16 – 20 |
DWS |
To be determined |
DWS Field Directors Meeting |
December
Date |
Unit |
Place |
Title |
4 – 5 |
DMD |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Lutheran Council in Asia Meeting |
6 – 10 |
DMD |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Asia Pre-Assembly Consultation & Asia Church Leadership Conference |
Undetermined
Date |
Unit |
Place |
Title |
To be determined |
DTS/DMD |
Central America |
Consultation: “Bearing Witness through the Communion to Climate Change” |
To be determined |
DTS |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Consultation: “Holding Governments Accountable” |
