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Montgomery County Approves Incentives to Convert Vacant Offices into Affordable Housing - The MoCo Show Montgomery County government has approved legislation and zoning changes to expedite and incentivize the conversion of highly vacant office buildings into housing, including a 20-year tax abatement…

Montgomery County Approves Incentives to Convert Vacant Offices into Affordable Housing

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#SignalBoost City of Gaithersburg
📢 Reminder! Our Shred & Electronics Recycling Event is Sat, 4/12, 9 AM–Noon at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park!

♻️ Bring:
✅ Docs for shredding (paper clips/staples OK)
✅ Electronics
✅ Non-perishable food for Gaithersburg HELP 💚
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Trans & Gender-Expansive Identities — Q Christian Fellowship Q Christian’s second Affirmation Guide features Taj Smith. This guide is designed to counter the idea that transgender and gender-expansive people cannot be Christians. This guide is also meant to…

#SignalBoost Q Christian Fellowship
"Beloved, you deserve love and fullness of heart. You deserve a chance to thrive, to be seen, and to have your voice heard. You deserve to take up space."
Read their Affirmation Guide for Trans & Gender-Expansive Identities.

#SignalBoost Manna Food Center
📅 Mark your calendars!! Food Waste Prevention Week is just around the corner 🍅🍌🥦
DMV Food Waste Prevention Week events will take place from April 6 through April 13. Check out the highlights and visit dmvfoodrecoveryweek.org for a full list of events!

Lent — Living Compass Outfitting individuals, families, congregations, and organizations with tools and training for the journey toward wellness and wholeness.

Joy is an abiding sense of well-being based on the experience of a conscious relationship with God. It is the sign of liberation from the false self and the growing awareness of the true self...
—Thomas Keating

Join us in reflecting on the meaning of joy this #Lent season at buff.ly/mGlf7tW

I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my heart.
—George William Cooke, I’ve Got the Joy

Join us as we reflect today and throughout the #Lent season on the joy within us and our connection with God's peace and love at buff.ly/mUpCGXs

It's the last day of the first round of #LentMadness match-ups, and we're celebrating with Zita of Tuscany and Nicolaus Zizendorf!

Join us as we learn about these saints, and then head over to cast your vote at buff.ly/K4bLFvn!

Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy.
—1 Peter 1:8

Join us as we continue reflecting upon joyful encounters today and throughout the #Lent season at buff.ly/53Dqi9n

Today's #LentMadness match-up celebrates two of the Martyr Saints of China canonized by Roma John Paul II: Agatha Lin Zhao and Lucy Yi Zhenmei.

Join us as we discover more about these two saints, then head over to www.lentmadness.org and vote for your favorite!

Morning Prayer | 3.25.25 "For nothing will be impossible with God.” Join The Rev. Canon Leonard L. Hamlin Sr. for this prayer and reflection of Luke 1:26-38. #nationalcathedral #morn...

"For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Join The Rev. Canon Leonard L. Hamlin Sr. for this prayer and reflection of Luke 1:26-38. #nationalcathedral #morningprayer
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Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
—Henri Nouwen

Join us as we reflect on "unexpected experiences of joy" buff.ly/UhdmXPb

Starting the week off strong with a match-up between Katharina Zell and Zenaida.

Join us as we learn more about these two saints, then don't forget to head to www.lentmadness.org to cast your vote for the winner!

Cultivating joy is a gradual process, built through small, meaningful actions.
—Randy Callender

This week of the #Lent season, join us as we reflect on "cultivating the fruit of joy in our lives" at buff.ly/VCQauOk

Morning Prayer | 3.24.25 "Let him come to me, that he may learn that there is a prophet in Israel."Join The Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope for this prayer and reflection of 2 Kings 5:1-1...

"Let him come to me, that he may learn that there is a prophet in Israel."

Join The Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope for this prayer and reflection of 2 Kings 5:1-19. #nationalcathedral #morningprayer
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Morning Prayer | 3.23.25 " 'Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans?' 'No, I tell you, but unless you repent, ...

"Unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did.”

Join The Rev. Spencer Brown for this prayer and reflection of Luke 13:1-9. #nationalcathedral #morningprayer
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📢 Maryland State & Local Government Career Fair – Wednesday, April 16, 2025 | 10am-2pm Silver Spring Civic Building, Veterans Plaza, Silver Spring, MD

Registration required: buff.ly/ufqFOI9

Networking, Coaching, Resume review; meet local, state, and private sector employers.

A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, “See here!...
—Luke 13:6–9

Join us as we reflect on this and other parables throughout Lent at buff.ly/xgykRP2

Morning Prayer | 3.22.25 "Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life...

"Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found."
Join The Rev. Jo Nygard Owens for this prayer & reflection.
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Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. The question is....
-Thích Nhất Hạnh

Join us as we continue through our #Lent devotionals at buff.ly/kPY2l7c

The final #LentMadness match-up of the week brings us to Yvette of Huy vs. Zechariah!

Join us as we learn more about these two saints, then head over to buff.ly/z8T2gC4 and vote!

Peace is the pervasive sense of contentment that comes from being rooted in God while being fully aware of one's own nothingness. It is a state that endures beyond the ups and downs of life, beyond the emotions of joy and sorrow...
Join us as we reflect throughout the #Lent season at buff.ly/nF0eCEL

Morning Prayer | 3.21.25 "‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes."Join The Very Rev. Randy Holleri...

"‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes."

Join The Very Rev. Randy Hollerith for this prayer and reflection of Matthew 21:33-43. #nationalcathedral #morningprayer
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This Thursday brings us the #LentMadness battle between Francis Xavier and Wenceslaus.

Join us in learning more about these saints, and then don't forget to head over to www.lentmadness.org to vote for your favorite!

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Peace work begins within tension and can cause more tension as peace is created. In order to be a part of peace, we have to lean toward each other and the common goal of working together to restore community. -Abi Moon

Peace work begins within tension and can cause more tension as peace is created. In order to be a part of peace, we have to lean toward each other and the common goal of working together to restore community.
-Abi Moon

Join as as we reflect this #Lent season at www.livingcompass.org/lent

Morning Prayer | 3.20.25 "Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here...

"Remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here."
Join The Rev. Canon Dana Corsello for this prayer & reflection of Luke 16:19-31 #nationalcathedral #morningprayer
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Be Climate Smart. Montgomery County, MD

#SignalBoost MoCo MD Gov.
Take the Pledge for a Greener Future! 🌿

Our new Climate Smart Webpage is live! Join us by taking the Climate Smart Pledge and commit to reducing your carbon footprint. From transportation to food waste, every action counts!

Take the pledge today: ow.ly/sfNK50V9W5u

Today's #LentMadness match-up brings us Verena of Zurzach vs. Ursula, patron saint of Cologne.

Join us as we discover more about the lives of these saints, then choose your favorite and vote at www.lentmadness.org

You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
- Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)

Join us as we reflect throughout the #Lent season at www.livingcompass.org/lent

Morning Prayer | 3.19.25 "After three days they found Jesus in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed ...

"They found Jesus in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions."

Join The Rev. Patrick Keyser for this prayer and reflection of Luke 2:41-52. #nationalcathedral #morningprayer
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