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A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOPA MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP On Wednesday, Aug. 10, the voting members of the 2016 ELCA Churchwide Assembly received the…

Service is not new to Rachel Carle. She used her voice to highlight a youth perspective on the Metro D.C. Synod Council (2010-2012), and now she’s taken an opportunity to…

Sketch the embodiment of the ELCA at the recent ELCA Churchwide Assembly (CWA), and you’ll see several members of the Metro D.C. Synod (designated “8G” in the region) in the…

by the Rev. Gordon Lathrop and Gail Ramshaw This bird’s eye view of meaningful business and evocative worship during the 2016 ELCA Churchwide Assembly was shared by members of Resurrection…

A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject…

“We are killing ourselves. All are created in God’s image. We are LGBTQ. We are Muslims whose faith has been cooped by hate. God have mercy,” tweeted the Rev. Elizabeth…

by the Rev. James Phillips In advance of the 2016 Metro D.C. Synod Assembly, “For the Healing of the Nations,” this stimulating sermon preached by Pr. Phillips to leaders gathered…

A MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM THE ELCA PRESIDING BISHOP For many months now people have been asking for some kind of statement about the persecution of Christians around the world. It…

Storm, a two-year-old, 60-pound black Labrador, has made herself at home with The Village at Rockville – A National Lutheran Community (TVAR) in Rockville, Md.* Her first week was spent…