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What Would Jesus Do?
Laura Stall January 19, 2019 was the third annual Women’s March in Washington, D.C. The Women’s March is a women-led movement whose goal is to “harness the political power of…
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News post for the Metro D.C. synod will show here on the site. Stay tuned for more!
Read MoreBuilding Puentes en Conjunto August 8-10
August 8-10 the Metro D.C. Synod staff along with Bishop Bill Gohl of the Delaware-Maryland Synod ELCA and Pastor Carmelo Santos of Hope Lutheran Church Annandale, VA Hope, Annandale are traveling to Puerto Rico to host Building Puentes…
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A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP During a recent chapel service at the Lutheran Center, Rafael Malpica Padilla, executive director for Global Mission, shared his favorite Bible verse…
Read MoreGuiding the effort toward multiethnic congregations
by Mary Oliver* The development of multiethnic congregations is not an attempt to take part in any trends toward multiculturalism or a knee-jerk reaction to congregational decline but is, instead,…
Read MoreLocal hope and assistance through ELCA Hunger Grants
by Dorothy Sorrell The ELCA Domestic Hunger Program has awarded grants to five congregations and organizations in the ELCA Metro D.C. Synod. Gracing Spaces Ministry of Lord of Life Lutheran…
Read MoreApril fools
MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP It all started with such promise: The angel announcing to Mary that the child she would bear would be called Son of the…
Read MoreFor healing of the trauma
Let us share “prayers for healing of the trauma that has hit the whole community near Great Mills High and particularly for the healing of the injured Senior and the…
Read MoreCloser to God’s vision
“Along the way I want to be the kind of person that God set free.” From this gathering song lyric through other centering, listening, and reflecting opportunities, rostered ministers of…
Read MoreUnshakeable resolve for peace
While announcements in our area alert us to anticipated traffic snarls and advise preordering Metro SmarTrip cards in advance of the March 24, 2018 March for Our Lives demanding that…
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