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Powered with Light at Reformation Lutheran

Solar panels gleem on the roof of this Capitol Hill building on the campus of Reformation Lutheran

New solar panels installed on the roof of Lutheran Church of the Reformation's St. John Building on Capitol Hill...
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Bethlehem & local worshippers may share simulcast Christmas experience

photo from elca.org of worship at Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem

A thrilling opportunity to worship WITH brothers and sisters in Bethlehem through modern technology will take place on Saturday, December 18 – locally at 10...
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“Our Task” Familiar to Holy Trinity

Giving young adults and youth a forum for serious assessment and action facing the future they will inherit is the role of Our Task.

photo by Astri Wee, shared by permission

The network was seeded by a member...
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Local Clergy are “Rev’d Up for a Cure”

"Rev'd Up for a Cure" is a team including two local pastors who are walking in the Komen 3-Day for the Cure in memory and honor of people they have known in life and ministry. "Too many people we know...
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In the news: St. Matthew’s part of emerging SW

In Sunday's Washington Post, the "multibillion-dollar transformation over the next 10 to 15 years" in Southwest Washington was described in an article by Derek Kravitz ("The Emerging Southwest: Transformation Underway," 9/26/10). Plans for St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, with property on...
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Best Financial Stewardship Practices for Congregations

Notes from a workshop by The Rev. Phil Hirsch NOTE: Observers were not present in all workshops.   Christians in the U.S. face always thinking they will like something else more (the consumer mentality - and Christians have it as well)....
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Keynote presentation: Who are young adults?

 The Rev. Amy Thompson Sevimli, Assistant to the Bishop, introduced the day’s keynote speaker by reminding the assembly that it is still the “Year of the Young Adult” – the synod’s theme. She reported that many young adult small groups...
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Settin’ in a Stream

Neal Fisher, Upstate New York Synod

When you look up "patience" in the dictionary, you see a photo of this man. Neal Fisher, communications coordinator from the ELCA Upstate New York Synod, is helping us set...
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Chaplain’s Landmark Leadership

The Rev. Elizabeth A. Platz was ordained in 1970 at the University of Maryland's Memorial Chapel, where she serves today.

As the new academic year begins, the Rev. Elizabeth Platz is welcoming students at the University...
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Staffer Writes for Faith & Leadership Blog

"… I know I’m not the only one wondering why the mainline struggles so mightily with this while others have young adults streaming in their doors," writes the Rev. Amy Thompson Sevimli, Assistant to the Bishop, ELCA Metro D.C. Synod,...
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