The Lutheran World Federation

Calendar 2009

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”

 

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