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    LWF Youth Pre-Assembly at the Heja Game Lodge. Photo: LWF/JC Valeriano

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    10 May 2017, Windhoek, Namibia: Delegates respond to the opening session of the Twelfth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

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    Messages from the Pre-Assemblies take up the theme of the Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Jotham Lee

    The Assembly theme, One Body, One Spirit, One Hope, reminds us that in a fragmented world, we are called to unity in the one body of Christ. The theme is drawn from Ephesians 4:4 (NRSV)

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    Thirteenth Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation, Krakow, Poland, 13-19 September 2023, at the ICE center

    The Assembly program comprises a rich array of events: from the opening ceremony, worship, prayers, Bible study and visits, to plenary sessions and the business of the Assembly.

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Delegates gather for Evening Prayer, at the LWF Thirteenth Assembly, in Kraków, Poland, 13-19 September, under the theme of “One Body, One Spirit, One Hope.” Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

Delegates gather for Evening Prayer, at the LWF Thirteenth Assembly, in Kraków, Poland, 13-19 September, under the theme of “One Body, One Spirit, One Hope.” Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

The choir: spirit of the LWF Assembly

The LWF Assembly choir lifts up the spirit of the journeys in the main auditorium of the ICE Congress Centre in Kraków, Poland. The choir and the musicians are a global composition from all continents, all regions and many languages.

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19 Sep 2023
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Stewards from around the LWF member churches pictured together with Rebecca Sangeetha Daniel, Stewards Program Coordinator and Savanna Sullivan, LWF Program Executive for Youth. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

Stewards from around the LWF member churches pictured together with Rebecca Sangeetha Daniel, Stewards Program Coordinator and Savanna Sullivan, LWF Program Executive for Youth. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

Stewards: growing young leaders

Young leaders share their gifts with the global communion through participation in the LWF Assembly Stewards program. Throughout the Assembly, stewards are engaged in many different aspects of the meeting.

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19 Sep 2023
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LWF leaders with the ecumenical guests taking part in a panel discussion on the closing day of the LWF Thirteenth Assembly in Krakow, Poland. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

LWF leaders with the ecumenical guests taking part in a panel discussion on the closing day of the LWF Thirteenth Assembly in Krakow, Poland. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

New perspectives for the ecumenical journey

Ecumenical leaders meet together in Krakow, as Lutherans and Catholics present a joint statement looking forward to the 500th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession which sought “to maintain the unity of the church.”

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20 Sep 2023
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Stewards speak to the plenary at the LWF Eleventh Assembly in Germany. Photo: LWF/Erick Coll.

Stewards speak to the plenary at the LWF Eleventh Assembly in Germany. Photo: LWF/Erick Coll

Assembly: Stewards prepare to share their gifts

Since their first meeting, Assembly stewards have reached important milestones. Savanna Sullivan, LWF Program Executive for Youth, talks about thematic roles and sharing their gifts.

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25 Jul 2023
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Rev. Danielle Dokman from Suriname who will preach at opening worship for the Krakow Assembly. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Rev. Danielle Dokman from Suriname who will preach at opening worship for the Krakow Assembly.

Suriname pastor to give Assembly’s opening sermon

Embodying unity is vital in a world that wants to tear us apart and keep us separated, says Rev. Danielle Dokman as she looks forward to preaching at the opening worship service in Krakow in September.

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03 May 2023
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Journalists interview LWF staff at the official launch of ’Waking the Giant’ in Colombia. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Journalists interview LWF staff at the official launch of ’Waking the Giant’ in Colombia. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF invites media to Krakow Assembly

LWF invites media to report from the Thirteenth LWF Assembly in Krakow, Poland. Accreditation is now open, the deadline for journalists who wish to attend in-person is June 10.

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20 Apr 2023
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Professor Tomáš Halík will be the keynote speak at LWF’s Thirteenth Assembly in Krakow. Photo: LWF

Professor Tomáš Halík will be the keynote speak at LWF’s Thirteenth Assembly in Krakow. Photo: LWF

Czech priest Tomáš Halík announced as LWF Assembly keynote speaker

Ordained in secret during the communist era, Halík is a renowned professor, writer and public speaker calling for dialogue and closer cooperation between people of all faiths and none.

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13 Apr 2023
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Participants prepare a video interview during the lead-up to the Twelfth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Participants prepare a video interview during the lead-up to the Twelfth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF calls for communicators for Krakow assembly

LWF is looking for experienced communicators to support the global communication team at the LWF assembly in Krakow, and to share the life of the assembly with LWF member churches and partner organizations. Deadline 10 May 2023.

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05 Apr 2023
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Delegates at the European Pre-Assembly in Oxford, England discuss the theme of the Thirteenth Assembly ‘One Body, One Spirit, One Hope’. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

Delegates at the European Pre-Assembly in Oxford, England discuss the theme of the Thirteenth Assembly ‘One Body, One Spirit, One Hope’. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

Invitation to Krakow: Launch of Assembly Study Guide

Join us on an adventure leading up to the Thirteenth LWF Assembly in Krakow in September: that’s the invitation from the authors and editors of a new study guide which explores the Assembly theme ‘One Body, One Spirit, One Hope’

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31 Mar 2023
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Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

LWF publishes Thirteenth Assembly Study Guide

LWF has published a Study Guide to equip participants at the Thirteenth Assembly and Pre-Assemblies with material for reflection on the assembly theme “One Body, One Spirit, One Hope.”

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20 Mar 2023

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“There is one body, one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called” – Ephesians 4:4