Building Puentes
Building Puentes Congregational Resources Now Available!
Bishop Ortiz and Bishop Gohl are requesting that a special offering be taken by congregations and worshipping communities for Building Puentes on Reformation Sunday, October 30, 2022. To help you share this…
Read MoreMake a Gift to the Building Puentes Fund by October 30
It’s not easy watching family and friends back home get hit by yet, another devastating hurricane. It is encouraging however, to know that while we grieve with them, we can…
Read MoreBuilding Puentes Clergy Couples Retreat
February 19-21, 2020 The Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Sinodo del Caribe – Caribbean Synod requested a Clergy Couples Retreat as part of our Building Puentes Initiative and the Metro DC Synod was happy…
Read MoreBishop’s Convo 2019
Advance planning and interest from our rostered ministers is making it possible to hold the 2019 Bishop’s Convo in a location rebuilding from the impact of Hurricane Maria hitting the…
Read MoreBuilding 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…
Read MoreBuilding Puentes with Carribean Synod
Building Puentes means building bridges – and is the name of a commitment between the ELCA Caribbean Synod and Metro D.C. Synod. Every congregation in Puerto Rico and the Virgin…
Read MoreVisual stories from the Caribbean
This video was shared before Epiphany Sunday 2018 to give a better sense of what the Building Puentes appeal is and who our siblings on the Caribbean islands are. The…
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