The Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synodical Women's Organization (SWO) is made up of the Women of the ELCA - WELCA of the churches within the Metro D.C. Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). We are women from Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Washington, DC, who come together to share our service, friendship, and fellowship with our communities within our Synod.

 

We elect our WELCA officers and board members at our annual Spring Convention that is held at various ELCA churches in our Synod. We established an endowed scholarship fund at Roanoke College in Roanoke, VA, the second oldest Lutheran college in the US. This scholarship provides awards to needy Lutheran students who are members of the Metro D.C. Synod or of a companion synod in Slovakia, Namibia, or El Salvador, with the first preference be given to needy female applicants who are pursuing a church vocations career path from one of these synods.

 

We also choose other projects each year to support financially and sometimes with in-kind gifts, such as local Lutheran Campus Ministries, local Lutheran Outdoor Ministries, Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area,  Lutheran World Relief, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, local food banks, and other local youth non-profit organizations.

 For information on joining us, contact SWO President Laura Stall at  lastall3@icloud.com