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The Rev. Gladys Moore will lead the Gathering in Gather magazine’s summer Bible study, “Just love,” written by Rev. Moore and the Rev. Christa Compton. This three-session study invites participants to consider: What does “Just love” look like?  How is this kind of love more than a sentimental or sanitized emotion? How can love be put into action and seek to dismantle the various systems of sin that damage God’s creation and harm God’s people? We’ll examine how love can power justice in our families, in our communities and in world.

The Rev. Elizabeth Eaton was elected as the ELCA’s fourth presiding bishop and the first woman presiding bishop at the 2013 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. She was elected to a second term at the 2019 assembly.

She earned a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School and a Bachelor of Music Education from the College of Wooster.

Ordained in 1981, Eaton served three congregations in Ohio before being elected bishop of the ELCA Northeastern Ohio Synod in 2006 and re-elected in May 2013.

Eaton’s four emphases for the ELCA are: We are church. We are Lutheran. We are church together. We are church for the sake of the world.

Kelly Glow is a rapper with a unique style that fuses jazz, rock and hip hop.

Dr. Kelly Deanna Williams was born in Los Angeles, California.  During her early years, she lived in Compton. There she witnessed and experienced the typical challenges facing low income families in metro urban neighborhoods including: lack of resources, drugs, violence and gang activity. 

Her 2015 album, Back to my Future, won a Gospel Choice Award for Best Holy Hip Hop Artist.

She received a master of science degree from Troy University and her doctorate of education from the University of West Georgia. Her album, Glow with Grace commemorates the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.

She has appeared at three ELCA National Youth Gatherings.