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Organizing Sites Minister to Needs
Most of you may know about these meaningful sites… but even church folk have heard what they say about assuming… Here are a few I was reminded of recently.* Please…
Read MoreRoad to Emmaus passage – sermon audio posted
Listen to “Looking and Finding,” Bishop Graham’s sermon preached at the Spring Session worship service of the 2011 Metro D.C. Synod Assembly (select “Listen In” under “Faith Resources” tab at…
Read MorePhoto album posted plus
More to be posted, BUT a photo album, election results and final copies of adopted resolutions are now online. Everyone present and praying for us helped make it a rewarding Synod…
Read MoreKeynote Speaker – Pt. 3, Path toward the technomadic
How would a technomadic look at the omnipresence of God? A technomadic doesn’t understand our agrarian ideas of who God is. So how do we speak to them? What tool…
Read MoreSome Assembly/Knitting Required
…Speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knitted together by…
Read MoreKeynote Speaker – Pt. 2, Consumption and sensibilities
Joe Myers continued his keynote address with comments building on yesterday’s introduction of socioeconomic concepts and a grouping new to many of us: technomadic. Following are some notes from this…
Read MorePre-gathering Bible Study
Participants in this morning’s Bible study, led by Diaconal Ministers Kathy Garrison and Wayne Ralston, looked at Scripture that examines the Assembly’s theme and that addresses the question: ITALICS How…
Read MoreSaturday morning happenings
Items of business Bishop Graham reported that the offering collected at last night’s worship totaled $1782.00, which will be divided evenly for disaster relief in Japan and the ELCA’s HIV/AIDS…
Read MoreKeynote Speaker – Pt. 1, Connections and belonging
In introducing the keynote speaker, Joe Myers, the Rev. Phil Hirsch said that Myers has thought about the ways people connect with community and the sense of belonging. Before he…
Read MoreBishop Graham – “We’re in this together”
The bishop referred to his written report (distributed earlier) and offered verbal remarks to the Assembly. He opened by describing a book that he picked up recently – Alice’s Adventures…
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