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Upcoming Board Meetings:
49th Annual Assembly
March 11-12, 2019, Lafayette
Fall Board Meeting 2019
Sept. 23-24, 2019, Monroe
Board Meeting ARCHIVES
Get the scoop on all of the recent Board Meetings! |
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The 55th Annual GPB is scheduled for:
Wednesday,
April 10, 2019
Email info@lagpb.org for more info. or go to:
www.lagpb.org to reserve a table or order Individual tickets for the upcoming GPB.
More info at : www.lagpb.org
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"For He is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall..."
EPHESIANS 2:14
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Held annually on
October 1st:
We hope that you will hold a special observance in your home/church area! |
Louisiana Interfaith Disaster Recovery Network, Inc.
Find out more about LIC response to Recent Disasters and find some helfpful links
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Immaculata Center
1408 Carmel Ave., Lafayette, LA |
49th Annual Assembly
March 11-12, 2019,
Lafayette
Thanks to all who attended! |
**We'll be posting pictures and more info. here soon. Please check back on our website soon for more info. from the meeting.**
Theme:
“The Church--Race, Migration and Immigration”
The Public was invited to all speaker sessions and to the Monday evening worship
Monday, March 11, 2019:
The Keynote Speaker for the Assembly was he Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe, General Secretary of the General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church.
Dr. Henry-Crowe has served as the social justice agency’s top executive since 2014, after serving 22 years at Emory University. For 16 years, she served as a member of the United Methodist Judicial Council, the denomination’s “Supreme Court.” She was the first woman elected president of the Judicial Council, serving in that role from 2008-2012. |
The Rev. Dr. Susan
Henry-Crowe |
The Monday Evening Worship was held in the
Immaculata Center Chapel
The Rev. Dr.
Tim Jones |
The Rev. Dr. Timothy R. Jones, Sr., President of the Louisiana Missionary Baptist State Convention gave the homily, with other clergy and lay leaders participating in the service as well. The service will include installation of new and re-elected officers including the incoming LIC President, the Rev. Dr. Timothy R. Jones.
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The Immaculata Center Chapel is located behind the main building |
Tuesday Speakers - March 12, 2019:
On Tuesday, 3/12/19, Susan M. Weishar, Ph.D. was the first speaker, followed by a presentation from Mr. Dauda Sesay, a refugee from Sierra Leone.
Dr. Weishar has over thirty years of experience in education and human services to JSRI, including fourteen years as Director of Immigration and Refugee Services with Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans. Earlier, she worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Samoa and as a teacher in Guatemala. |
Dr. Susan Mary Weishar
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Again, we'll be posting more info. soon.
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Children's Anti-Poverty Initiative
Your church or organization can be involved - often at no cost to you! We need you - join the campaign!
...What man is there of you, whom if
his son ask bread, will he give him
a stone? Matthew 7:9
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Louisiana Interchurch Conference |
Mission Statement:
“To live the faith we hold in common”
LIC—What is its Purpose? Recognizing that Jesus calls all people to be one, the Louisiana Interchurch Conference, representing diverse communions, strives to proclaim in word and deed to the people, churches and institutions of Louisiana that faith which we hold in common, in the hope that by our common witness we will grow toward greater unity in Christ Jesus.
Click here for more information
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