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Upcoming Board Meetings:
44th Annual Assembly
(NEW DATES!) March 31st and April 1st, 2013, in Lake Charles
Fall Board Meeting 2014
Sept. 22-23, 2014, Lafayette
45th Annual Assembly
March 2-3, 2015, Alexandria
Fall Board Meeting 2015
Sept. 21-22, 2015, Baton Rouge
Board Meeting ARCHIVES
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The 49th Annual GPB was held on April 11th, 2013. A wonderful time of fellowship and prayer for our State and Leaders!! Keynote speaker was Coach Bobby Bowden. Worship music was provided by Pastor Ty Cook of Lafayette. A video will be available on the GPB website soon at : www.lagpb.org
The 50th Annual GPB will be held on:
March 12th, 2014
You don't want to miss it!
2015 GPB: April 15th, 2015
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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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Louisiana Interfaith Disaster Recovery Network, Inc.
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Happy
Thanksgiving! |
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
Colossians 3:15 ESV
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SAVE THE DATE!!
Juvenile Justice Conference
Baton Rouge,
February 13, 2014!
Our thanks to the John Shaw Field Foundation for once again providing a grant to help fund a Juvenile Justice Conference. The grant approved for this conference is based on efforts to reach our ‘at-risk’ youth – helping to keep them in the mainstream of society. Other aspects of the Juvenile Justice System will be incorporated into the Conference as well. |
Hope is in Working Hands,
Ours and Theirs
Program details are under development and more information will be posted soon.
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Thanks to all who joined us in West Monroe for our
Fall Board Meeting!
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on September 23rd & 24th |
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Our theme was: “Enunciating Consensus in the
Churches in the early 21st Century”
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Around 40 persons from around the state attended the Board Meeting, with many more attending the Evening Ecumenical Worship Service on Monday evening, Sept. 23, 2013
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The Keynote Speaker was the Rev. Dr. Ted Campbell, of Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, TX. Dr. Campbell has served as pastor of United Methodist congregations, and has taught at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Duke Divinity School, and Wesley Theological Seminary. He served as president of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary from 2001 through 2005, and now serves as Associate Professor of Church History at Perkins School of Theology at SMU in Dallas. He served from 1992-2002 as a member of the Faith and Order Working Group of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA.
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The Rev. Dr. Ted Campbell |
Please click here for information from the
Speaker Presentations
Our thanks to Rev. George M. Wortham, PhD and the congregation at Highland Presbyterian Church there, for hosting us for this Board Meeting and the Evening Ecumenical Worship Service. Many thanks to all of our participants, and to the Rev. Joseph Hill, current LIC President, for presiding over the meetings. Two new Judicatories were added as members to the LIC! Our thanks as well to the Rev. Dale Farley of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America-North Texas/North Louisiana Synod, for preaching the evening sermon, with others contributing to the service as well.
Please click here for more information and photos from the Board Meeting
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The 8th Annual Day of Prayer For Protection From Hurricanes was held on
June 1st, 2013 |
and prayers of thanksgiving for many answered prayers |
Even as we continue to remember those affected by previous Hurricanes, we lift up prayers for protection
from future hurricanes.
There is only One who can calm the storms in our lives!
Click here for the 2013 proclamation from the Governor
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Prayers for June 1st and beyond
God our Father, Creator of the Universe and Lord over all creation, we humbly stand before you as your children in thanksgiving for your loving care and protection. We ask that you keep us safe from all hurricanes which may threaten us in the coming season. Protect us from all fear and anxiety of storms and give us an ardent trust and hope in Your love and mercy. You alone bring peace, calm and safety. Father, we thank you in advance, for You are our only Refuge. We ask this through Jesus Christ Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
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God, Our Father, Creator and Lord of the universe, You have set the earth on its foundation and all the elements of nature obey Your command. We humbly beseech You to keep us safe from all dangers and calm the storms that threaten us. May we be secure in Your loving protection and serve You always with grateful hearts. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever. Amen.
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43rd Annual Assembly Highlights
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Held in New Orleans on March 4th & 5th,
2013, at Rayne Memorial
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Theme: “Practical Models from Business and
Education to Lift Louisianans out of Poverty”
Over 60 persons attended. The keynote speaker was Fr. Fred Kammer, SJ of the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University. Additional speakers included Dr. Igwe Udeh (College of Business), and Dr. Louise Kaltenbaugh, (College of Education), both of Southern University of New Orleans; Mr. David Waggonner of Waggonner & Ball Architects; and Elizabeth Compa of the Louisiana Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.
Please click here for more info. on the Assembly and the Evening Worship Service!
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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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