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St. George's Episcopal Church Dragon e-newsletter: Fourth Sunday of Easter -- Sunday worship via Zoom

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The Dragon e-Newsletter Weekly




St. George's Episcopal Church



Fourth Sunday of Easter ~ May 3, 2020



160 U Street Washington DC 20001

This Parish of the Episcopal / Anglican Church was founded in 1930 as an Episcopal Church for African Americans. St. George's witnesses to the Gospel of Jesus Christ as expressed through the Anglican Tradition. We serve as a guiding light for our parishioners as well as the larger community.  We bid you welcome in the name of the Lord! 


Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Marilyn Jenkins

Sunday Schedule
Next Sunday Service in Church will be May 17th
7:30 a.m.      
Holy Eucharist RITE I with Sermon -- The Rev. Marilyn Jenkins

8:30 a.m.
Hospitality Hour

9:00 a.m.      
Parish Choir Rehearsal        
       
9:00 a.m. - Conf. Room     
Bible Study with The Rev. Marilyn Jenkins

10:00 a.m.  
Choral Holy Eucharist RITE II with Sermon -- The Rev. Marilyn Jenkins
             
11:00 a.m.
Hospitality Hour 







This Sunday's Worship
St. George's ~ St. Luke's ~ Calvary



This Sunday, May 3, 2020 we will worship via zoom joining St. Luke's and Calvary live. St. Luke's and Calvary have been worshiping together since our closure began. They have invited us to join them which will be a nice change from our videos on YouTube.

Sunday Worship:

Date: May 3, 2020
Time: 9:45 a.m.
Meeting ID number: 362-627-1076. If asked for password -- 001891

If you are calling in by cellphone, we ask you to use this number: 301-715-8592, meeting ID: 362-627-1076. 

If you must use landline to call in, use 1-877 -853-5247, meeting ID: 362-627-1076. Password is 001891 (this is toll-free, but it costs us)











Ways to Connect

Bible Study

Weekly Bible Study in Eastertide –  Bible Study continues via the online platform Zoom. Please join us on Sundays at 9:00 am as we explore and deepen our understanding of scriptures based on the Lectionary lessons. You don't have to know anything about the Bible - just bring your heart. We will meet virtually.

This Sunday we will study: John 14:1-14

Topic: Sunday Bible Study
May 3, 2020 09:00 AM
Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 517 266 657
Password: 185984








Outreach: Serving the Community




Kwanzaa Kitchen: Janis has been able to come up with a unique way in which we will continue to feed the hungry in this important ministry. It involves fewer than 6 people and we will pack the food to go and place it outside on tables for people to take their breakfast with them. We will continue this way until we are able to gather groups together again.



















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some action at Bloomingdale's two former Hofgard houses to be developed into workforce housing: 160 Adams St NW and 36 Channing St NW

These two properties have lots of history.

You can Google against the blog here if you want to get caught up.  

Quick summary: Bloomingdale has two former Hofgard houses which were acquired by DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) as part of its Vacant-to-Vibrant program.  The two addresses are 160 Adams Street NW and 36 Channing Street NW.  

DC DHCD put out a bid for developers.  The winner bidders were announced back in July 2019.  

The winning developer for 160 Adams Street NW was North Star Properties LLC.
The winning developer for 36 Channing Street NW was Space to Grow LLC.

As far as I can tell, these two properties have not yet been sold to the winning bidders.  Maybe the property sales will show up soon. 

These properties are intended to be developed as workforce housing. 

It is not clear if the projects are intended to deliver rental units or ownership units. 

For now, let me share this current news.

DCRA's Civic Insight advises that about a permit for 160 Adams Street NW.

An opening question: All of the existing permits for 160 Adams St NW have expired.  Does the existing third-story pop-up "convey?"




Here is what DCRA's Civic Insight has for Bloomingdale's other former Hofgard house, 36 Channing Street NW:




Nice to see some action on these two properties.  

Washington Post article on Bowser striking deal on new Howard University Hospital

Click on the link to read the entire Washington Post article:


Bowser strikes deals for new Howard hospital and new Southeast D.C. hospital

April 29, 2020 at 11:15 p.m. EDT
                               
The District has reached long elusive agreements for hospitals to replace the troubled United Medical Center and Howard University facilities, city officials said Thursday, a move that would transform health-care access in heavily African American parts of the city.

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Young also said the District would offer nearly $300 million to help Howard University build a new hospital campus, a culmination of a long search for a new facility for the nation’s longtime training ground for black doctors.

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