Rev. Bocko of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America visits Salem on May 4, 2014 to discuss our African National
ministries.
Pastor Bonnie serves Holy Communion during a Service of Farewell as she
retires and leaves Salem on Sunday, April 26, 2015,
33 new members affirm their faith on February 28, 2016. Here they
receive Holy Communion. Rev. Ruben Duran from the ELCA was among the
guests attending.
These girls from Rwanda/Congo help Upendo Mmari reorganize the Clothing Bank
on July 18, 2015. Donations of gently used items are
welcome.
Friends and members of Salem from Zimbabwe sing in their native Shona
language on Reformation Sunday, October 26, 2014.
The Passion Story from the gospel of Matthew is read in English by
Pastor Capers and in Swahili by Joseph Njuguna Muniu on Palm/Passion
Sunday, April 9, 2017.
The Sunday Church School makes valentine cards. This is their first for
two children who arrived from the Central African Repulbic. February 12,
2017.
The 2018 congregation council meets on Sunday, January 14, 2018.
The Raders are present on Skype from Arizona.
Rachel is experiencing her first Christmas in this country. She
hangs a Crismon ornament on the Salem tree on December 20, 2015.
The choir sings our mission statement during
Salem's 175th Anniversary worship with Bishop Bill Gafkjen on October
15, 2011.
Goat was on the grill while a neighbor's chicken
was getting this view of the Families Together picnic in Salem Park on
Sunday, July 26, 2015..
Helping our students start the school year. On July 31, 2016, they
received free back packs from Shalom Health Care Center. .
Son and father, Kalamo and Adolphe, rake leaves during the fall workday
on the Salem campus on November 18, 2015. They came to Indiana from the
Congo.
Two Joe's grab a plate at the buffet of African and Mexican dishes
during the annual International Harvest Festival in Salem Park on
October 8, 2016.
Free adult English classes
ESL (English as a Second Language) Classes meet every Tuesday and Thursday in the Fellowship Hall
building. The
evening class meets 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Register at the
classes. The morning
class is on an extended break.
Pastor James Capers is
our Interim Pastor. Sister Barbara Collins is serving our Swahili
language speakers with Shalom International Ministry,
a parallel mission start of the ELCA and Indiana-Kentucky Synod.
Joseph Muniu is a translator.
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Worship with us Sunday morning
at
10:30. Picnic at 12:30 on May 27.
Salem is a caring
community of believers who offer an open invitation to join us in
serving, communing, and growing in Jesus Christ. Use the links on the
yellow banner above to learn about SHALOM and our other ministries for
African immigrants and refugees.
Harambe, A Time For Music. Asante
sana (thank you) to all who helped us experience the Holy Spirit at work
during our Vigil
of Pentecost on Saturday
evening, May 19. We will continue to post video and images at
Facebook.com/Salem175.
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