Feeding Neighbors: King of Kings, Fairfax, VA
Recently, the Synod offered Feeding Our Neighbors Together mini-grants for congregations to feed neighbors in need. We asked congregations to get creative and to share their story with us so that we could disseminate it to the wider synod. When...
Filling Hungry Stomachs and Hope-Hungry Spirits
God did amazing things through a New and Renewing Mission Table partnership grant that two churches obtained from the synod. On November 1, 2025, Lutheran Church of the Covenant (LCOC) in Dale City, VA partnered with St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Woodbridge,...
MLK Day 2026
Bishop Hirsch's speech at the Rally that preceded the 21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade on January 19, 2026 When I was a child growing up in the Lutheran Church in the 1960’s and 70’s, there...
Paintings at Christ the Servant
Christ the Servant Lutheran Church in Reston, VA celebrated 50 years of ministry with several (beautiful!) paintings that reflect the people in their church and community. Marcus Beauregard, Artist and member of CTS The...
Feeding Neighbors: St. Michael’s Truth, Mitchellville, MD
Recently, the Synod offered Feeding Our Neighbors Together mini-grants for congregations to feed neighbors in need. We asked congregations to get creative and to share their story with us so that we could disseminate it to the wider synod. When...
Feeding Neighbors: Mar-Lu-Ridge
Recently, the Synod offered Feeding Our Neighbors Together mini-grants for congregations to feed neighbors in need. We asked congregations to get creative and to share their story with us so that we could disseminate it to the wider synod. When...
We Are 2025 Okay
In my first 90 days, I met with 90 pastors, deacons, chaplains and lay leaders of our congregations, camps, campus ministries and social ministries and this is what I learned: 1. Most said they were some version of being...
You Are Not Alone
A Christmas Message from Bishop Hirsch “He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to...
Feeding Neighbors: Good Shepherd, Alexandria, VA
Recently, the Synod offered Feeding Our Neighbors Together mini-grants for congregations to feed neighbors in need. We asked congregations to get creative and to share their story with us so that we could disseminate it to the wider synod. When...
Feeding Neighbors: Saint Luke, Silver Spring, MD
Recently, the Synod offered Feeding Our Neighbors Together mini-grants for congregations to feed neighbors in need. We asked congregations to get creative and to share their story with us so that we could disseminate it to the wider synod. When...