The Dodoma Lutheran Partnership Gateway

The ELCA churches of Northwestern Ohio are linked in a companionship or partnership relationship with the Dodoma Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania

This is a page with some photos and links to other interesting postings
related to these relationships offered for your information

Purpose: To facilitate information-sharing among people interested in the mission of the Church and the people of the Dodoma region and our relationships with them. This is an unofficial site.
It is under active construction. Contributions encouraged.


Urafiki - A newsletter of Northwestern Ohio Synod partnership with Dodoma Dioces parishes
Issue 1    Issue 2 (News, hunger in Dodoma) is in the works

Visiting: Visitors are enthusiastically welcome to come. Group trips are planned for June and October 2005. Preparation is required to make this the great experience it can be. It is hard, it is inspiring, You won't forget it.

Stories of trips and information on trip plans may be found in Urafiki. Some pictures:


group waiting at Kidoka L: Group of Christians at Kidoka, October 2002


Pat Hirschfeld and friends
Up: In memory of Pat "Big Mama" Hirschfeld (L)
here with Dodoma Diocese friends. A true friend.


 
Pastor Etta
Pastor Etta, Dodoma Diocese


Links

These are supplied to be helpful information. If you wish to suggest others, please feel free.
 
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
Lutheran World Relief - For fair trade coffee including Tanzania Jubilee
  Companion Synod Program of the ELCA
An overview of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania - from the ELCA, with various links

Northwestern Ohio Synod - ELCA

NWOS Global Mission Various resources, activities and information
The NWOS Women's Organization site includes impressions of visits to Dodoma from Northwest Ohio
Page author's impressions of a visit in 1999. Visit reflection from 2002 forthcoming. See also Urafiki.


Online Kiswahili-language dictionary
Digital National Atlas of Tanzania by Michael Shand, University of Glasgow, Scotland

Dodoma region development activity summary page

Affiliation and editorial content: Photos are copyright 2002-2005 by the author or original photographers, all rights reserved. This page is presented for the Glory of God and to be informative. It is not an official web site of of the Northwestern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the ELCA, or the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) or the Dodoma Diocese. Facts stated are as understood by the author at the time this page was drafted, and opinions expressed are entirely his own. Comments and correction welcome (stusmith at udata.com).
Last revised 18 November 2005.

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Last modified on Thursday, December 29 2005