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From the Bishop’s Desk: Request for Information
Dear Friends, I am writing today to ask for your help in bringing the synod database up-to-date with your current information. This may seem like another form you are asked…
Read MoreBishop Ortiz Prepares for Sabbatical Leave & Shares Priorities
Bishop Ortiz will begin her sabbatical leave this weekend (thru December 31). Before she does, Bishop has shared what the synod council and staff’s priorities are for the next few…
Read MoreInterfaith Partners for the Chesapeake
Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake works to engage congregations in being good caretakers of our shared watershed. They envision a time when faith communities across the Chesapeake honor, care for,…
Read MoreInterfaith Power & Light
Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA) works with hundreds of congregations of many faiths across DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia to save energy, go green, and respond to climate change. IPL helps…
Read MoreFaith Alliance for Climate Solutions (FACS)
Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions unites people of faith to develop local solutions to the climate crisis. We pursue four purposes in our work: sound an ethical and spiritual call…
Read MoreLutherans Restoring Creation
A grassroots movement promoting care for creation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Creation Care resources for congregations, including worship, theology, lectionary commentaries, curricula, training opportunities, community groups, and…
Read MorePost-Election Prayer – November 13
Devotion by Pastor Elijah Mwitanti of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fairfax, VA. John said to him, “Teacher, we saw a man who was driving out demons in your name,…
Read MorePost-Election Prayer – November 12
Prayer provided by Rev. Gloria Cline-Smythe from Good Samaritan Lutheran Church in Lanham, MD With faith in God let us draw nearer to make our gratitude known to Him for…
Read MorePost-Election Prayer – November 11
Devotion provided by Rev. Dr. Martin Eldred of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Herndon, VA. “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of…
Read MorePost-Election Prayer – November 10
Devotion provided by Pastor Wendy Moen of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Alexandria, VA. We are people of faith and we engage in politics. Speech matters. In person and in…
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