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Work Trip to El Salvador

There is a deficit of nearly 400,000 homes in El Salvador due to poverty, natural disasters and difficulty obtaining land.*

Wahlig on volcano in El Salvador in 2010

A team of local volunteers is answering the call...
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Bishop’s Meditation: Trust ourselves to a baby?

View the Bethlehem Simulcast Service, including Bishop Graham's meditation, through on-demand video posted on the National Cathedral Web site.

It is the most remarkable thing, that when the Lord Jesus was born, there was no place...
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Compassionate Immigration Reform Urged by Lutheran Leaders

Lutheran leaders gathered in D.C. December 8 and 9, including Bishop Richard Graham of the ELCA Metro D.C. Synod, for the Lutheran Immigration Leadership Summit hosted by Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS). [caption id="attachment_4739" align="alignright" width="250" caption="(left to right) Bishop Graham; Northern Virginia Rep. Jim...
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Colorful Discussion on LivingLutheran.com

More than words and music draw us into a worship experience... look around you in a sanctuary, and purposeful color may drape your surroundings and direct your mood.

The Rev. Chris Duckworth blogs for livinglutheran.org

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ELCA, Other Religious Leaders Make Commitment to HIV and AIDS Action

"For three decades now, HIV has continued to spread across all levels of our societies. Stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV continues to fuel ignorance, injustice, denial and hate. At this critical point in the epidemic, I need...
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In The News: Our Bermuda Branch

The Rev. Karsten Decker (left) is installed at Peace, Bermuda. (photo courtesy of Bishop Graham, center)

The installation of the Rev. Karsten Decker at Peace Lutheran Church in Bermuda, a congregation of the ELCA Metro D.C....
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“Fit for Freedom” Message on Reformation Sunday

photo from 2010 Reformation Service courtesy of Roanoke College Choir, guest musicians

Listen In to the sermon preached by the Rev. Michael Cooper-White, president, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, during the annual Reformation Service sponsored by...
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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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