bishop elizabeth eden came out of the ohio area and has been serving for four years. we have been very blessed by her leadership and we have been blessed by a number of leaders. i know you are connected with her because of work on the church council. because of the work you have done. thank you for that. >> you are welcome. >> we are wondering how we can make connections. not just in the united states with the elca but globally. we have the -- the sierra pacific has three companion synods. one is in el salvador, rwanda and taiwan. i have active connections with congregations and leaders in each of those churches. the elca is hoping at this point in time to be a part of a worldwide commemoration of the 500th anniversary that began in 1517 -- win95 questions were posted on a church door and said, let's talk. that movement has spread now to a worldwide expression of christianity. and has a helpful relevant word to share along with other christian witnesses. we talked about god's grace quite a bit. i remember the first definition about grace was from my confirmation pasto