Join Rev. Eugene Cho or Bread for the World, Lutheran advocates and friends at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chandler, Arizona for the third annual LAMA Summit on Saturday, November 5, 2022 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm to learn and to share, as we voice our common needs in the public square, activating our faith in love.
Hear from the Rev. Eugene Cho, president and CEO of Bread for the World, meet congregational LAMA liaisons, meet your LAMA policy council, and meet other Lutherans across Arizona who share a common belief that we are called through our baptismal covenant “…to strive for justice and peace in all the earth.”
Agenda
9:00 Welcome
9:05 Devotions - Rev. Deborah K. Hutterer, Bishop, Grand Canyon Synod of the ELCA
9:15 LAMA Introduction and Policy Priorities
9:30 Keynote address - Rev. Eugene Eugene Cho, president/CEO, Bread for the World
10:00 Small group, response to what you learned
10:15 Break
10:30 Q & A for Rev. Cho and Discussion
11:00 Update and Hierarchy of Voting
11:10 Introduction of LAMA-supported legislation
11:15 Practical demonstration of advocacy
11:30 Advocacy activity
11:50 Closing remarks
About Rev. Eugene Cho
Keynote speaker is Rev. Eugene Cho, President/CEO of Bread for the World, a collective Christian voice including individuals, churches, non-profits, and other partners, who work together to urge our nation’s decision makers to end hunger at home and around the world by changing the policies and programs that allow hunger to persist.
Eugene’s passions involve leadership, justice, the intersection of faith and public life, and the pursuit of God’s Kingdom here on this earth. He travels throughout the world to encourage churches, non-profits, pastors, leaders, missionaries, and justice workers.
Before coming to Bread for the World in 2020, Eugene founded and for 18 years served as senior pastor of Quest Church, an urban, multi-cultural and multi-generational church in Seattle, Washington. Eugene is also the founder and visionary of One Day’s Wages (ODW) — a grassroots movement of people, stories, and actions to alleviate extreme global poverty. The vision of ODW is to create a collaborative movement that promotes awareness, invites simple giving (one day’s wages), and supports sustainable relief through partnerships, especially with small organizations in developing regions.
Eugene and Minhee have been married for nearly 25 years and have three children. Together, they live in Seattle, Washington and will be making a move to the Washington, DC area.