Canadian Artists’ Expression of ‘For the Healing of the World’
GENEVA, 11 March 2002 (LWI) - In sixteen-months time, over 430 delegates from the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches will gather in Winnipeg, Canada, for the LWF Tenth Assembly, hosted by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC).
Assemblies, considered milestones for, and manifestations of the whole Federation take place every six or seven years. They hold highest authority over LWF policy and activity.
A theme is chosen for each Assembly. ‘For the Healing of the World’ is the theme for the 21-31 July 2003 Assembly.
ELCIC National Bishop Raymond Schultz says the Assembly will be an opportunity for the host Lutheran church members’ to experience what it means to be part of a global communion of churches. Canada’s largest Lutheran church, the ELCIC has 189,000 baptized members represented in 627 congregations. Its five synods, each served by a bishop, range in membership from 15,000 to 73,000.
Canada, a nation of 31 million inhabitants, is built on the contribution of immigrants and Aboriginal peoples. ‘For the Healing of the World’ in the local context “means integrating all these people into one society,” Schultz told Lutheran World Information (LWI) during a February visit to the LWF Geneva Secretariat.
The Tenth Assembly Logo
The logo for the LWF Tenth Assembly invites curiosity and comment. It shows a broken landscape—white cracks in earth or mountains—set against a cross on the left and an olive branch with three leaves on the right. The Assembly theme, “For the Healing of the World,” cradles it. The cross implies movement. One of the leaves is leaning over the earth while the others are reaching toward the sky as a sign of creation and healing.
The logo was designed by two artists from the Canadian city of Regina, Saskatchewan. Erik Norbraten is an art director and graphic artist. Richard Nostbakken is a teacher and works as an independent artist. Both ELCIC members, their artwork for national church events is well known.
For information on use of the logo, please contact:
The Lutheran World Federation
Office for Communication Services
P.O. Box 2100
CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
E-mail: info@lutheranworld.org,
You are invited to respond to the following questions via E-mail, fax or by post:
What does the logo suggest to you, in the context of your country, local community and church?
What does it say about the Assembly theme in relation to your context?
Which insights and questions does it evoke?
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