Lutheran Spanish-Language Resource Catalog

SPANISH-LANGUAGE RESOURCE CATALOG

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Lutheran
Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran
Church (WELS) have developed a 57-page catalog listing
Spanish-language resources for use in congregations.  ?The catalog
provides the only comprehensive list of Spanish-language resources
available from the three church bodies,? said Evelyn B. Soto, ELCA
director for multilingual and culture-specific programs.  Published
annually, the ?Spanish-Language Resources Catalog? provides a bilingual
description of books, videocassettes and curricula in the fields of
Christian education, evangelism, worship and more.  All of the products
are available in Spanish or Spanish/English text and can be ordered
directly from the organization that offers it.  Of the 11,000 ELCA
congregations in the United States and Caribbean, Soto said she knows
of 200 congregations that have at least one worship service in Spanish.
?Congregations are eager to receive these resources for their ministry,?
she said.  The catalog is a result of the Cooperative Parish Projects
Committee, a group of ELCA, LCMS and WELS congregational ministry
leaders.  CPPC is made possible by a grant from Aid Association for
Lutherans, a fraternal benefit organization based in Appleton, Wis.  The
catalog was prepared by the ELCA Division for Congregational Ministries
and Augsburg Fortress Publishers, the publishing house for the ELCA.

For information contact: Ann Hafften, Dir., ELCA News Service, (312)
380-2958 or AHAFFTEN@ELCA.ORG; Frank Imhoff, Assoc. Dir., (312)
380-2955 or FRANKI@ELCA.ORG; Melissa Ramirez, Assist. Dir., (312)
380-2956 or MRAMIREZ@ELCA.ORG