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Invitation to read “My Grandmother’s Hands” Together During Black History Month

During Black History month (February), all are invited to engage with Resmaa Menakem’s “My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies”. We have set up a proposed reading plan including scriptural and devotional suggestions...
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From the Bishop’s Desk: Recommendations for Inauguration Week

This week, I met with various groups of leaders throughout our church. Many shared that they were feeling a heightened sense of emotions including increased fear, uncertainty, rage, deep sadness, and borderline despair. In these conversations and connections, it was...
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From the Bishop’s Desk: Addressing the Events of January 6, 2021

https://youtu.be/L9DsFI_e_gA Dear Friends in Christ,This morning, clergy from Delaware-Maryland and Metropolitan Washington D.C. Synods gathered in prayer as protest at Luther Place Memorial Church in Washington D.C. What began as a solemn, peaceful witness, was interrupted by self-identified Trump supporters...
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A Prophetic Call to the Church on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 17 and 18, 20214:00 PM on Facebook & YouTube On Good Friday, April 12, 1963, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham, AL after violating an anti-protest injunction and was kept in solitary confinement. During this...
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Epiphany Worship Service led by the 2019 Cohort of Bishops

The thirteen Bishops of the class of 2019, including our own Bishop Leila Ortiz, will be leading a joint synodical service in celebration of the Epiphany of Our Lord. Join in as we confess, lament, lean into the light of God shining...
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From the Bishop’s Desk: Recent Events at Luther Place

Dear Friends and Colleagues in Christ, This past weekend sinful and racist events occured at Luther Place Memorial Church in DC and in neighboring historic Black churches, The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church and Asbury United Methodist Church. These houses...
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Advent Panel Discussion with ELCA Young Adults – December 16

All are welcome to participate in a live panel discussion with our friends from ELCA Young Adults on Wednesday, December 16 at 9:30 AM on the Metro D.C. Synod Facebook and YouTube pages.   The panel discussion will be moderated by Bishop Ortiz and includes...
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12 Days of Christmas Devotionals

Starting Christmas Day, you are invited to engage in the 12 days of Christmas Devotional! Various leaders from across the Metro D.C. Synod, including a few of our seminarians, have provided daily devotions, prayers and questions to ponder during the...
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Changes to Synod Office Location & Mailing Address

Please be aware that the mailing address for the Metro D.C. Synod office has changed to:  4005 Wisconsin Ave NWP.O. Box 39015 Washington, DC 20016-9997 Please be sure to update your records and share this information with your office administrators,...
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Notification of Synod Constitution Changes

Pursuant to S18.13.b. of the Constitution, Bylaws, and Continuing Resolutions of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, notice is hereby given that the Synod Council has approved a series of proposed amendments to these...
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