Synod-wide
Cultivating the Art of the Ask
The Metro D.C. Synod Stewardship and Mission Support team is excited to offer Cultivating the Art of the Ask, a series designed to equip and empower rostered ministers and church leaders with the craft of asking donors for financial support to cultivate generosity for missions and ministry. In these interactive sessions, participants will practice skills…
Virtual Discernment Event
In the resurrection spirit of doing new things, PLTS is excited to partner with the six other seminaries of the ELCA in offering a collaborative ELCA Seminaries virtual discernment event. If you know someone who is discerning a call to ministry and might like to hear from all the ELCA seminaries in one space, please…
Synod Women’s Organization Annual Meeting
What’s the buzz? Tell us what’s happening! Gather on Zoom with others from the Synod Women’s Organization on May 7 from 9:00 AM - Noon to learn and discuss what’s happening in the Metro D.C. Synod, from people in the Synod! Bishop Ortiz will join us to discuss what it means to be Rooted in…
2022 Synod Assembly
College Park Marriott 3501 University Blvd E, Hyattsville, MD, United StatesThe 2022 Synod Assembly is being held in-person on June 10 – 11, 2022! We will gather at the College Park Marriott for a time to explore what it means to be Rooted in Jesus and to what we are being called to as congregations of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod. We are excited to plan…
Participate in the DC Pride Parade
It has been almost three years since congregations from across the Metro D.C. Synod came together to participate in the DC Pride Parade in Festival. We are very excited to coordinate efforts to participate as a group in the 2022 DC Pride Parade being held on June 11. To be part of this event, please…
Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & March on Washington | June 18
Join other Lutherans in-person or online for the Mass Poor People's and Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington this Saturday, June 18 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Led by poor and low wealth people from all across the US, you will be energized by great music and a commitment to address the systemic,…
Sacred Ground Series on Race & Faith
Registration is now open for a second installment of “Sacred Ground,” a zoom discussion series on race and faith. This series is welcome to congregations in small groups and to all rostered leaders. Sacred Ground is a 12-session spiritual journey, grounded in the example of Jesus Christ and the power of scripture, prayer, God’s grace,…
Faith in Action: Racial Equity Network First Virtual Meeting
ZoomYou are invited to the Metro D.C. Synod’s first Faith in Action Racial Equity Network virtual meeting on Thursday, July 21 at 7:00 - 8:30 PM on Zoom! Come to hear from congregations around the synod and what they are doing to promote racial equity and how you too can start a racial equity team…
Fall 2022 Discernment Cohort Begins September 15!
ZoomThe candidacy committee of the Metro D.C. Synod invites anyone who is feeling a call to ministry or is looking for a space to actively discern their call to join our September 2022 discernment group. This fall, we are excited to partner with the Virginia Synod to offer this space for holy listening, discernment and…
Ecumenical Connections Webinar | September 22
ZoomRight now, the World Council of Churches (WCC), an international ecumenical body that the ELCA is a member of, is hosting its international assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany. This assembly is the most diverse Christian gathering of its size in the world with over 4,000 participants. To learn more about the WCC, the actions taken during the…