Getting downtown these days

Have you heard of “Safetrack?” Activity on local Metrorail lines impacts everyone traveling in the metro D.C. area. Safetrack is a plan to address safety recommendations and rehabilitate the Metrorail…

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Digital directions

by Karen Krueger Looking pretty good, Metro D.C. Synod! Here is a Digital Directory* of what you are doing online and some observations I collected in the process of compiling…

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Prayer for Christian unity

Hearts are touched as Christians come together to pray for their unity during the traditional Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, observed between January 18-25. The theme for 2017: “Reconciliation…

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World Aids Day and beyond

“We are called as people of faith actively to eliminate stigma and discrimination within our own faith communities and especially that which affects marginalized vulnerable and key populations (lesbian, gay,…

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Tangible hope

Gifts of Hope is a year-round, alternative gift-giving program of the synod. Winter boots for a low-income client family through Community Family Life Services, medication copay support for a senior…

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Kits and finances helpful relief tools

The Lutheran World Federation, a Lutheran World Relief (LWR) partner, has already distributed LWR Project Promise Personal Care and Baby Care Kits to people located in the hardest hit southern…

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