Greetings Folks! I hope that all are well. I received this email newsletter from Pastor Alexander Gross today and added a few facts from other websites. Perhaps some of you may wish to be in contact with the ELSA or with Pastor Gross. Also, note the name of the contact in Denmark. Perhaps he belongs to the Goertzs that stayed behind in Denmark. God's Blessings to each and everyone of you! Horst Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are sending you some information. We hope to bring you joy, hope and move your hearts to thankfulness as we trust that the Lord Jesus Christ will. I very special thank you for your good words about my new duties and for your support in prayer. Please continue to remember us in your prayers! Please remember Ukraine. God is already doing this and of course you know that too. Tomorrow we will start a conference for Sunday School Teachers in the Youth Center with Bjarne Gertz Olsen from Denmark as member of ELSA (The European Lutheran Sunday School Association). God bless you; Pastor Alexander Gross About ELSA The logo of the ELSA is an open Bible surrounded by people. The Sunday School wants to introduce the children to the Bible so they can get to know the Lord by whom they were baptized through the ministry of pastors and priests. The Sunday School wants help the children grow after baptismal regeneration and teach them God's Word so that they can understand it better. The European Lutheran Sunday School Association is a network of Lutheran Sunday Schools in Europe established in Smolenice, Slovakia on November 1996 (Dr. Martin Luther's birthday) at the time of the second European Lutheran Sunday School Association. There were also conferences held in other Eastern European countries. The first conference of this kind was held in Svendborg in Denmark in 1994. These conferences came into being as the fruit of the Danish and Norwegian Sunday School movements involved in the reintroduction of Sunday Schools in Eastern Europe after 1989. At the Nordic Sunday School meeting in Norway in 1993 there were delegates also present from Estonia, Latvia and Hungary. The aim of ELSA is to create a supporting fellowship that gives genuine spiritual guidance and theological and pedagogical support mainly through conferences every third year. The conferences hold lectures and workshops and reports are given by representatives from each country. Workshops are held to teach new Sunday School materials. Reports are given about the work of the Lord in native countries. Bjarne Gertz Olsen (Denmark) Chairman Please contact the board at this address, if you have any questions about ELSA: ELSA Att. Bjarne Gertz Olsen, Nyager 12, Bredstrup, 7000 Fredericia, Denmark e-mail: [email protected]