Synod Admin Network Schedule Announced!
Based on your input the Metro D.C. Synod Admin Network will begin meeting virtually on Thursdays 10-11:30am this fall. Our first meeting will be September 23rd and then we will meet monthly on the 1st Thursday beginning October 7th. The...
Metro D.C. Synod Listening Session on Church, State, and Civic Engagement
Would you like to contribute your voice to the drafting of the statement? The ELCA is engaged in a multi-year process of developing a social statement on Church, State, and Civic Participation. The completed social statement will have many uses, including...
Support Relief Efforts after Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida made landfall near New Orleans on Aug. 29 – exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina. As a strong Category 4 storm, Hurricane Ida’s 150 mph winds, torrential rain and strong storm surge caused widespread flooding and wind damage...
Celebration of the Ordination of Pastor Ray Ranker, Lutheran Campus Ministry
The staff, students, and members of the directing committee of Lutheran Campus Ministry at the University of Maryland invite you and your congregation to join the celebration of Pastor Ray Ranker’s 10th anniversary of Ordination and his ministry as Lutheran...
Youth Events will be Held Safely In-Person!
After much discernment and planning, our Youth + Family Ministry team is pleased to announce that we will be hosting in-person events this coming year. We are working closely with medical professionals and our event venues to ensure that these...
Registration Open for Mandatory Boundaries & Inclusion Training Through September 8
In 2021, the synods of Region 9 ELCA developed Racial Justice Boundaries Education for all rostered ministers in the six synods of Region 9 and in Metro D.C. Synod. Annual Boundaries Education is required of all rostered ministers and candidates...
Creating a Narrative Budgets & Telling its Story
Whether you call it a budget or mission spending plan, a mission spending plan can be a powerful ministry tool - it can tell the story of God’s work in your congregation and community. Narrative mission spending plans can actually...
Request for Proposal Regarding Racial Equity Assessment & Healing
The Synod Council of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod of the ELCA seeks a consultant to engage with synod leaders to (i) review internal systems for bias and inequitable outcomes, (ii) propose changes that are more likely to yield equitable...
Commemoration of Emanuel 9 Massacre | June 17
https://youtu.be/anxpY7Vhuw8 The Metro D.C. Synod Racial Equity Team invites you to pause on June 17, 2021, at 7:00 PM (EST) as we commemorate the 6th anniversary of the massacre of the Emanuel 9 with a communal Bible study. Mindful of...
A Plan for Racial Justice in the Metro D.C. Synod of the ELCA
Preamble The Metro DC Synod Council issued a letter on October 7, 2020, that called on the synod and its congregations to dismantle white supremacy within the church and society-at-large. Moreover, the letter called on the synod to more fully...