Stewardship Practices – Common and Best
In the fall of 2011, the Stewardship and Mission Table of the Metro D.C. Synod sent out an online survey to each pastor of the synod, asking them to give us a glimpse of their congregation’s stewardship practices. I want...
Sorting through discord: Update from Jerusalem
A YAGM group explores their surroundings, here at a cave in Petra, Jordan.
In the news: Contemporarizing phased in for church building
Any outdated features in your church building? Renovations to churches were highlighted in Construction Executive magazine, including a project at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in McLean, Virginia. Front and center in the piece was an inviting picture of the church's glowing entry on...
In the news: Taking ashes to the bus stop
About 20 members of Christ Lutheran Church and Zion Baptist Church met near 16th Street and Colorado Avenue NW to offer prayers and ashes to commuters waiting at bus stops on the morning of Ash Wednesday. Using ashes as a sign...
Placing ourselves in Street Sense to face HIV/AIDS crisis
Want another reason to hand $1 to a Street Sense vendor this month? Helping our community overcome the HIV/AIDS epidemic is pledged in “An Open Pastoral Letter to the Residents of Washington, DC from Your Lutheran Neighbors” published in the...
In the News: Neighborhood diversity reflected in Alexandria congregation
"Every Sunday, the corridors of Peace Lutheran Church become an international hub of spirituality," opens the article by Hamil R. Harris in Saturday's The Washington Post (1/28/12). The hallways referred to are of Peace Lutheran Church in Alexandria. "I see...
Enjoy the Life That Is Around You: Update from Jerusalem
Marhaba min il-Quds, friends and family, w-qul sane w-intu salmin! Greetings from Jerusalem*, and wishes for health and happiness this year and beyond! Now, over four months into my year as...
Author afloat in Dead Sea
Hope and purpose stands in 2012
Take the ELCA 2012 National Advocacy Priorities Survey
2011 Christmas Greeting from Bishop Graham
There may be a few pops and pings, but this brief video message from Bishop Graham encourges us to receive and share the Christmas promise. Merry Christmas and blessings for the New Year from all of us who work in the synod office!
In the news: Crave confidence & contentment?
If there are greatest hits among psalms, the 23rd’s probably on top of the list. Why this psalm’s message calls to us – at funerals and in grocery aisles – are thoughts shared by the Rev. Tom Knoll of First Trinity...