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The Metro DC Synod Assembly

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As a congregation, one foundational partnership we have is with the Metro DC Synod and the 98 congregations that comprise that body.  This last weekend in Leesburg VA we met and adopted a 1.7 million dollar spending plan heard from other partnering organizations like Gettysburg Seminary and Lutheran World Federation.  We also passed a number of resolutions/Memorials to express our collective thoughts, perspectives and calls to action.  You are invited to check out the  Video Summary of Metro DC Assembly.

One notable resolution that came out of the assembly was one on racism and the events in Charleston on June 17, 2015. Perhaps you know that nine persons from the Emanuel AME Congregation meeting in bible study were killed by a visitor to their group.  This visitor was a young white man who is believed to be a member of an ELCA congregation.  These events are shocking and difficult to take in.  We had other connections to this gathering as the pastor of the congregation graduated from an ELCA Seminary.  Please take a moment to read the resolution that came from our assembly and perhaps hear Pastor Mitch’s sermon from the Sunday that followed.  We also invite our Council and members to reflect of the effects and signs of racism around and among us as well.