Luther Place Memorial Church, Washington, D.C.
Posted by Ben McDonald Coltvet on Monday, May 28, 2012 3:52 PM
Luther Place Memorial Church, Washington, D.C., is one of eight congregations participating in the Biblical Preaching Project within Luther Seminary's Vibrant Congregations Project grant.
According to the congregation's profile, Luther Memorial is a downtown church in a major city. It is a metropolitan congregation with people coming from Maryland, Virginia and D.C. The neighborhood is in a process of gentrification.
Here's an excerpt from their profile:
Current Practice #2: Experiential and participatory
We have been aware of trying to connect people to the biblical story as well as the events of the world. So for example, one of our congregation members who is a former member of the military lifted up to us that New Year's Day we mark the official end of the war in Iraq. He said his boots still had dust form Iraq on them, so we asked to use the boots in worship as part of the sermon. Another practice has been to write things down and hold or share them. This writing is either on a paper or a smart phone as a text.
Download Luther_Memorial_profile.pdf
