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#dcsynod Advent devotions via phone
Join Advent Devotions via phone when the synod staff gathers on Tuesdays for our staff meeting. With the clanging of so much holiday noise around us, perhaps this Advent centering…
Read MoreFrom the Bishop’s desk: Joy to the world
Jesus says, “Many will come in my name and say, ‘I am he’ and, ‘The time is near!’ Do not go after them.” ~ Luke 21:8 All over the world…
Read MoreMarking Veterans Day in our faith communities
by the Rev. Mark W. Olsen Our 2016 Metro D.C. Synod Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution entitled “Gratitude and Support for Military Service Members and Veterans.” Combined with similar resolutions…
Read MoreI was a stranger
A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP I was a stranger and you welcomed me …. (Matthew 25:35) Today there are more than 60 million displaced people in the…
Read More499th anniversary of Reformation
Red leaves shimmered outside in seeming reflection of red clothing and liturgical-red stoles inside when members and friends of the ELCA Metro D.C. Synod congregated with visitors to the Washington…
Read MoreBig look at Small Catechism
A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP Several years ago my husband’s bishop tried initiating a diocese-wide call to the catechumenate to engage those preparing for confirmation in a…
Read MoreChurch intern without a tabbed collar
A chat about summer plans between Roanoke College student Jamie Donahue and the Rev. Jeff Wilson of her home congregation, Bethel Lutheran Church in Manassas, Virginia, shaped into a creative…
Read MoreELCA resource and local expert guide criminal justice study
Contributed by the Rev. Carmelo Santos “We have put a lot of people in prison who need other services and not cages,” said an instructor of a study series for…
Read MoreHow will people know?
A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOPA MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP On Wednesday, Aug. 10, the voting members of the 2016 ELCA Churchwide Assembly received the…
Read MoreActive local woman becomes YAGM
Service is not new to Rachel Carle. She used her voice to highlight a youth perspective on the Metro D.C. Synod Council (2010-2012), and now she’s taken an opportunity to…
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