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In the News: Road trip!

Kirsten Petersen, a student at the University of Maryland in the Lutheran Student Association, wrote an article published in The Lutheran magazine this month. "Road trip!" tells the story of a student group's journey that "included a mix of vocational discernment, volunteer work and...
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Meet Our Neighbors

Click image to view video of the work of CFLS. Claudia Thorne (pictured here), CFLS Executive Director, has been very helpful as the synod makes this transition.

Side-by-side doorbells will buzz the new synod office or Community...
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Looking Ahead to BRAC and Congregations

Putting out the welcome mat for our returning veterans and their families is important around the country. Our area’s awareness is heightened, because BRAC* means 31,000 jobs are migrating to and around the metro D.C. area. Military chaplain leaders from...
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“No Condemnation” – Reflection on Romans 8

"SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST" declares this sign outside of the church where the 2011 synod-sponsored Reformation Service was held.

From his vantage point as a juror in a murder trial, Bishop Richard H. Graham had...
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El Salvador & Region Face Historic Rains

A road outside of San Salvador isturned to mud by torrential rains and has become impassible. Credit: ACT/Thomas Ekelund

Heavy rains across Central America have swollen rivers, flooded towns and farmland, and brought death for nearly...
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In the News: Energy Partnership Idea

"Utility bills of faith institutions, even those with smaller memberships of fewer than 200, can easily run into the thousands of dollars each month." The Rev. Tom Knoll wrote it, but First Trinity Lutheran in D.C. isn't the only one to experience it....
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New Policy Is Not Amnesty, LIRS Warns

"While Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) applauds the Administration’s recent enforcement and deportation policy announcement, we are concerned that unscrupulous individuals may try to use the new policy to defraud immigrants. Scams may not only result in wasted money, but...
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Video shares vitality of Companion Synod ties

"[Two] communities invested in each other that makes both of our communities stronger and rooted in each other's vitality," is how a Companion Synod relationship with the Salvadoran Lutheran Synod (SLS) was described by the Rev. Keith Olstad, one of...
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Gifting graduates

We buzz around them with joy and excitement as our graduates and their supporters celebrate academic accomplishment. In these sweet days and the weeks ahead, here are some ideas to encourage them "as they follow Jesus wherever life will take them...
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ELCA Video Contest

Find contest details (after May 3) at livlinglutheran.com/contest.

How do we "live Lutheran" in today's world? Share your faith story on video through the 2011 ELCA video contest. ELCA members are everyday evangelists who bring the gospel...
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