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Seven Last Words: Strange Fruit Speaks
This Holy Week the Racial Equity Team invites you to engage in a new way of experiencing the cross. Modeled after the “Seven Last Words of Jesus” traditionally preached on…
Read MoreReflections from the Holy Land-An Invitation
Many moons ago, while living in Puerto Rico and serving as youth director in my church, I was a liturgical dancer and choreographer. There it is; one of the least…
Read MoreReflections from the Holy Land-Week 5
We woke up early one morning and walked over to the Sea of Galilee… This sacred place where Jesus and Peter walked on water, where Jesus preached the Sermon on…
Read MoreReflections from the Holy Land-Week 4
Visiting the Lutheran Schools of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land was an experience I will not soon forget. Every presentation at each school was led…
Read MoreParticipate in a Study on Civic Life & Faith
The ELCA is in the process of developing a social statement on Church, State, and Civic Participation. The Task Force on Studies for Civic Life and Faith recently released a…
Read MoreReflections from the Holy Land-Week 3
Before we were to witness history in the making during the ordination of the first Palestinian woman ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, now…
Read MoreReflections from the Holy Land-Week 2
A Lenten Reflection from Bishop Leila’s trip to the Holy Land for the second week of Lent. Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb is a Palestinian Christian theologian, author, and Lutheran pastor…
Read MoreEnd Hunger in Calvert County- Stories of the Spirit
Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon. Isaiah 58:10…
Read MoreReflections from the Holy Land by Bishop Leila
On the last day of our trip to the Holy Land, we (Seventeen ELCA Bishops and churchwide staff) were invited to The Al Husseiniya Palace to meet with Prince Ghazi…
Read MoreSixth Meeting of Salvadoran Sister Churches-Stories of the Spirit
Several delegates from the Metro D.C. Synod participated in the Sixth Meeting of Salvadoran Sister Churches in El Salvador from November 7-10, 2022 On November 7, 2022, Acting Bishop Pastor…
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