Sunday, June 6 – Synod-wide Celebration of God’s Word Service
All are invited to a "Synod-wide Celebration of God’s Word Service" that will premiere at 10:00 am on Sunday, June 6 on YouTube and Facebook. The Rev. Yehiel Curry, Bishop of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod, will be preaching. We invite...
Gifts of Hope has a New Look & Website!
Gifts of Hope, the alternative gift-giving ministry of the Metro D.C. Synod, has gotten a makeover! Gifts of Hope worked with Evoke Engagement Experts on a rebrand and improved communications to make it easier for you to participate in our alternative giving...
Pastoral Supply List Available Here
As vaccines roll-out and temperatures warm many of our rostered ministers have started thinking about taking much needed time off. The Synod Directory contains the most up-to-date Supply List. You can find it at the top of the Synod website or through...
Sabbath Mini-Grants Available Once Again for Rostered Ministers
The New and Renewing Missions Table has allotted funding for more sabbath mini grants! Any rostered minister of the Metro D.C. Synod is invited to submit a Sabbath mini-grant application for a $500 grant to support personal rest and renewal....
LYO Applications Now Being Accepted
The application process for our high school leadership development program, the Lutheran Youth Organization, is now open! If you know of a youth who will be in grades 9-12 next year and shows gifts for leadership, please invite them to...
Peace Lutheran in Alexandria Goes Green with Solar Roof
Peace Lutheran in Alexandria recently completed their John Clark Solar Project by working with Ipsun Solar to install 189 solar panels on their roof and helping to ensure a bright future for the next generation. “It’s about saying to the...
Synod Assembly Update from Bishop Ortiz
https://youtu.be/JtGGuLJQjik Grace and Peace from our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ. It’s that time of year. It’s preparing for synod assembly time of year. And this one will be like nothing we’ve done before. This assembly will be completely...
Keeping Climate Change in View by Pastor Sarah Scherschligt
Hello everyone. I’m Sarah Scherschligt, the pastor of Peace Lutheran in Alexandria. As an environmentalist, I have been encouraged by the Synod’s response to the coronavirus. We took the threat seriously and valued human health and well-being. We proclaimed the...
A Statement on the Verdict on the Derek Chauvin Trial
From the Metro D.C. Synod Racial Equity Team We can stand with the jury and say that they got it right in holding Derek Chauvin accountable for a death delivering act of violence. May this verdict of guilty be part of...
Letter from Deacon Julie Stecker Regarding Youth + Family Ministries
To the young people and the adults who support them in the Metro D.C. and Delaware-Maryland Synods, This past year has been…well, there are a lot of words you could fill in there. For me, that list would include stressful,...