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The representative to the Assembly from the ELCA’s churchwide expression is Mark Burkhardt. He is the Director for Congregational Centers for Mission, which encompasses the program areas of new congregations,…

Even in its first moments, the Spring Session of the Metro D.C. Synod Assembly (the Assembly) became an action-oriented assembly – worshipping, singing, praying, gathering, walking – and seeing under…

I always count myself lucky to start staff meetings with prayer – that’s a perk of working at the synod office that not many of my friends can claim. Likewise,…

This list of “top ten things we have learned about welcoming newcomers to our congregation” struck the Rev. Phil Hirsch of the synod staff as helpful, especially as we advance…

The weather is starting to improve, the flowers are starting to bloom, and we’ve been marked with the sign of the cross on our foreheads that brings us closer to…

“I experienced worship as a ‘normal’ person,” admitted the Rev. Matt Miofsky after moving from the pulpit to the pews on a Sunday morning without a leadership role to play…

“Inspiration is not something I can plan or do,” he said. “I don’t get it. When I plan worship services, I pick hymns and practice music. They say they want…

Church employers may be eligible for health care tax credit of up to 25% according to a document published January 6, 2011, by the Church Alliance Core Lawyer Working Group’s…

We are beginning a year in the life of our synod in which we will try to pay careful attention to the impression that our Christian communities make on other…

We are preparing for the end of the year in the synod finance office. As in most congregations, we see an increase in activity; both in the number and amount…