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Peggy and Barrett Everhard, members of Holy Trinity, Leesburg, Va., are attending their first synod assembly as voting members. After attending the first day of the assembly, the parts that…

Kristin Glass is the ELCA representative to the synod assembly, and as such, she is the “ambassador” from the Churchwide expression of the ELCA and from the ELCA’s Presiding Bishop,…

Friday night’s Festive Eucharist, the main worship service of the assembly, was a mixture of traditional and post-modern. Some familiar words dressed in new clothes, some old stuff with a…

What does institutional memory look like? Take a look at Shirley Gibbs. Among the voting members whom Bishop Graham recognized before adjourning the assembly for dinner were first-timers and those…

The Rev. Amy Thompson Sevimli, Assistant to the Bishop, delivered a report on her work with young adult ministries during the first plenary session on Friday afternoon.   For some…

I’m excited that the resolution on energy stewardship passed and has great support.  Now the work of improving our energy use begins.  Many people have already asked our team how…

Richard Ahlberg, chair of the synod’s finance committee, presented the synod’s Mission Spending Plan (budget) on Friday afternoon. Most churchgoers understand that a church is operated with the money that…

The assembly opened with worship at 1:00 Friday afternoon. Before the official opening, the Rev. Doug Jones and Richard Ahlberg led an orientation session for new voting members. Pr. Jones…

Great help is good to find! A recent visitor to the synod office has been recruited as guest blogger during our Synod Assembly this year, reporting his observations “From the…

“Giving to God” is the theme for the Fall Session of the 2009 Metro D.C. Synod Assembly — and that means stewardship of our whole lives, including our environment. You’ll…