The Parable of the Sower
On April 14th, 2019, Bishop Graham provided the sermon for the service and ordination of Pastor John Mbatta at the Swahili Lutheran Church in Rockville, Maryland. The sermon was on the reading of Matthew 13:1-20. For those who might be...
What Would Jesus Do?
Laura Stall Photo by Laura Stall January 19, 2019 was the third annual Women’s March in Washington, D.C. The Women’s March is a women-led movement whose goal is to “harness the political power of diverse women and their communities to...
News Post
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Building Puentes en Conjunto August 8-10
August 8-10 the Metro D.C. Synod staff along with Bishop Bill Gohl of the Delaware-Maryland Synod ELCA and Pastor Carmelo Santos of Hope Lutheran Church Annandale, VA Hope, Annandale are traveling to Puerto Rico to host Building Puentes en Conjunto, an event of rest and renewal for the Iglesia...
God loves
A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP During a recent chapel service at the Lutheran Center, Rafael Malpica Padilla, executive director for Global Mission, shared his favorite Bible verse with us: “Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus...
Guiding the effort toward multiethnic congregations
by Mary Oliver* The development of multiethnic congregations is not an attempt to take part in any trends toward multiculturalism or a knee-jerk reaction to congregational decline but is, instead, a response to the Gospel call for all to become...
Local hope and assistance through ELCA Hunger Grants
by Dorothy Sorrell The ELCA Domestic Hunger Program has awarded grants to five congregations and organizations in the ELCA Metro D.C. Synod. Gracing Spaces Ministry of Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Virginia was able to provide furniture, household items,...
April fools
MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP It all started with such promise: The angel announcing to Mary that the child she would bear would be called Son of the Most High; Mary’s conviction that this child was the embodiment...
For healing of the trauma
Let us share “prayers for healing of the trauma that has hit the whole community near Great Mills High and particularly for the healing of the injured Senior and the rest of [the school community],” asks Christy Hartigan, member of...
Closer to God’s vision
“Along the way I want to be the kind of person that God set free.” From this gathering song lyric through other centering, listening, and reflecting opportunities, rostered ministers of the Metro D.C. Synod used a day in Lent on...