Archive for June 18, 2016
Hallway passing starts relationship
Pastor Samuel Barber of the congregation Dominion Apostolic congregation uses Pastor Mitch Watney’s Good Samaritan Lutheran building for worship in Leonardtown, Md. The two pastors shared in a video discussion…
Read MoreIs your congregation’s personality more Antioch or Jerusalem?
Among biblical models of church, the Church at Antioch pushed out into the world. The Church of Jerusalem by contrast was a come-and-see-us type of church. Teaching, fellowship, breaking bread,…
Read MoreYour answers are input for ELCA future
Half of us went to lunch, half of us thoughtfully shared our input with the ELCA Churchwide Representative to our Synod Assembly, the Rev. Cherlyne Beck – then we traded.…
Read MoreJUST gRACE – a congregation’s experience
The synod’s Racial Equity Team gave its first of three presentations this morning via a video from All Saints Lutheran Church in Bowie, Md. In this powerful video, the Rev.…
Read MoreWorship first
Reflections shared from our opening Festive Eucharist. Prayers of intercession: Petitions were delivered as various readers came to the microphones around the room. They lifted up the diversity of our…
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