March Meeting

Thursday, March 3, 2011—12:00 noon

Click here to RSVP for Luncheon
or send E-mail to luncheon@LutheranLayFellowship.org

Saint Luke Lutheran Church
9100 Colesville Road at Dale Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Dr. Barbara E. Solt

"The Holy Land, Then and Now"

Barbara Solt recently completed her doctoral study at the Catholic University of America National Catholic School of Social Service after 31 years of practice in developing and managing community based mental health programs for the seriously mentally ill. For nine years she directed programs for Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area. She has also worked in volunteer management for Lehigh University and Aid Association for Lutherans (now Thrivent). She worked for the Division of Mission in North America in urban ministry strategy including conducting a national consultation on singles ministry. Her MSSW is from the Columbia University School of Social Work, and her BA is from Muhlenberg College. Since 2000 she has worked part-time for The Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research and consulted for the government and private sector. Her dissertation title is In Their Own Words: A Qualitative Study of Resilience in Adult Former Hostages.

Barbara has lived and worked in PA, NY, VA, CA and the Metro, DC area, where she is a member of Augustana Lutheran Church. In 2000 The Luther Institute designated her a "lifetime board member". She has traveled to 15 countries and visited all US states except North and South Dakota. She loves to sing.

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We invite all Lutherans and their friends to join us for this luncheon meeting of Lutheran Lay Fellowship, scheduled for the first Thursday of each month from 12:00 noon till 2:00 p.m. at Saint Luke Lutheran Church, 9100 Colesville Road at Dale Drive in Silver Spring, one mile south of the Capitol Beltway at Exit 30. Ample off-street parking is available. Interested persons can make reservations for a delicious lunch by sending their RSVP to luncheon@lutheranlayfellowship.org by contacting Vicki Porter at 301-229-9884 or no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28. The cost of the meal is $9.00, payable at the door.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

April 5, 2012 - The Rev. David Pearcy

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What is the Lutheran Lay Fellowship?

LLF is an organization for women and men, both lay and clergy, active in the Nation's Capital area. “As early as 1936, feeling there was a definite need for closer cooperation between Lutheran laity and clergy, a group of laymen in the Washington, DC. Metropolitan area, organized to hold meetings that would bring pastors and laity closer together. Due to jurisdictional differences as well as ministerial difficulties, very little success was achieved until the fall of 1941. Then the group met and decided to hold a luncheon once a month, invite their friends and bring visitors. The first luncheon was a success, and within three months every Lutheran judicatory was represented…” [From a Lutheran Directory of Metropolitan Washington, DC, published in 1999.]

Today, more than 70 years later, the Lutheran Lay Fellowship of Metropolitan Washington takes pride in knowing that every night, 365 nights each year, more than 700 low income seniors and disabled persons live in safety and friendship in four high rises owned and managed by Fellowship Square Foundation, Inc. By means of annual scholarships and grants, LLF also supports various college and seminary students; it also provides ushering services for major inter-Lutheran events. But most of all, LLF is known far and wide as a place to hear stimulating speakers on timely topics and to make friends from other Lutheran congregations—friendships that last for decades!

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