The Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the ELS Historical Society will convene on the campus of Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, MN, on Saturday, June 16, 2012.
Theme: ELS Involvement in Mission Work in China Featuring the Career of the Rev. George O. Lillegard and His Wife Bernice
Scheduled Speakers:
- The Rev. David Theodore Lillegard, ELS pastor and foreign missionary emeritus, son of George and Bernice Lillegard
- Deborah Lynn (Lillegard) Blumer, daughter of David Lillegard, publisher of Called According to His Purpose: Missionary Letters from China (a collection of letters, documents, and pictures



