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Monthly Prayer Petition | March 2026

The synod's Racial Equity Team offers this prayer petition for congregations to use:   Holy one, We pray for situations in cities and surrounding areas, where immigrants are suffering at the hands of ICE agents. We are heartbroken by the...
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Feeding Neighbors: Lord of Life, Fairfax, VA

Recently, the synod offered Feeding Our Neighbors Together mini-grants for congregations to feed neighbors in need. We asked congregations to get creative and to share their story with us so that we could disseminate it to the wider synod. When...
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Feeding Neighbors: Living Faith, Rockville, MD

In autumn 2025, the Metro D.C. Synod began offering Feeding Our Neighbors Together mini-grants for congregations to feed neighbors in need. We asked congregations to get creative and to share their story with us so that we could disseminate it...
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Faith in Action

On Jan. 29, 2026, pastors, deacons, candidates for rostered ministry, and others from the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) gathered in the basement of Lutheran Church of the Reformation, a community of faith...
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Feeding Neighbors: King of Kings, Fairfax, VA

Recently, the Synod offered Feeding Our Neighbors Together mini-grants for congregations to feed neighbors in need. We asked congregations to get creative and to share their story with us so that we could disseminate it to the wider synod. When...
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Filling Hungry Stomachs and Hope-Hungry Spirits

God did amazing things through a New and Renewing Mission Table partnership grant that two churches obtained from the synod. On November 1, 2025, Lutheran Church of the Covenant (LCOC) in Dale City, VA partnered with St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Woodbridge,...
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MLK Day 2026

  Bishop Hirsch's speech at the Rally that preceded the 21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade on January 19, 2026   When I was a child growing up in the Lutheran Church in the 1960’s and 70’s, there...
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Paintings at Christ the Servant

Christ the Servant Lutheran Church in Reston, VA celebrated 50 years of ministry with several (beautiful!) paintings that reflect the people in their church and community.     Marcus Beauregard, Artist and member of CTS   The...
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Feeding Neighbors: St. Michael’s Truth, Mitchellville, MD

Recently, the Synod offered Feeding Our Neighbors Together mini-grants for congregations to feed neighbors in need. We asked congregations to get creative and to share their story with us so that we could disseminate it to the wider synod. When...
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Feeding Neighbors: Mar-Lu-Ridge

Recently, the Synod offered Feeding Our Neighbors Together mini-grants for congregations to feed neighbors in need. We asked congregations to get creative and to share their story with us so that we could disseminate it to the wider synod. When...
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