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Global Mission Event - Amherst, Massachusetts
The ELCA Global Mission Event was held
July 27 - 30, 2006 at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst,
Massachusetts. At the Global Mission Event, congregations, families,
youth, and seniors - along with international guests and missionaries
discover a global community of God’s grace. Grace Matters was
present with program CDs, posters and a chance to win a free iPod. |
| Barbara Andrews,
ELCA associate director for marketing, engages with participants at Global Fest. |

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| Participants of all
ages visited the Grace Matters table at Global Fest. |

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| Global Fest
participants admire Grace Matters table, where they could
take home CDs of the program, posters for their congregations and
even sign up to win a free iPod. |

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| Barbara Andrews,
ELCA associate director for marketing, encourages one of the participants to
take along a poster of Grace Matters for her home
congregation. |

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| A former
missionary from Senegal poses with Alexandria Martin. Alexandria
(right) volunteered at
the Grace Matters booth during Global Fest. |

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| Ava Martin,
ELCA director for public media, asked attendees how grace matters in their lives. |

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| Ava Martin,
ELCA director for public media, interviews with mission personnel from Tanzania. |

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| A man from
Rwanda shares an emotional story of how grace matters to him. |

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| Associate
director for news, Melissa Ramirez Cooper (left), interviews missionaries
from South Africa. |

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| Participants
fill out an entry form to win an iPod from Grace Matters. |

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| Joan Hicks from
Ontario, Canada, wins a Grace Matters iPod at the 2006
Global Fest. |

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