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Thursday, May 13, 2021

Seventh Sunday of Easter at St. George's Episcopal Church -- Sunday, 05-16-2021

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St. George's Episcopal Church

 

Seventh Sunday of Easter ~ May 16, 2021

 


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

Associate Priest: The Rev Yolanda Rolle

 

Ascension Day

Today

May 13, 2021

 

The Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, also known as Ascension Thursday or Ascension Day, commemorates the bodily ascension of Jesus into heaven. It is one of the seven major Anglican observances, and is one of the ecumenical feasts universally commemorated by almost all Christian churches. Ascension Day is traditionally celebrated on a Thursday, the fortieth day of Easter (from the account in Acts 1:3), though some churches move it to the following Sunday (7th Sunday of Easter). 

 

The observance of this feast is an ancient tradition. At the beginning of the 5th century, St. Augustine says that it is of Apostolic origin and he speaks of it in such a way as to indicate that it was a universal observation of the church long before his time. Commemoration of this feast reminds us that before Jesus ascended into heaven, he reassured the disciples that this is necessary, and he leaves them, and us, with the promise of the Holy Spirit. 

 

The three days before Ascension Thursday are sometimes referred to as Rogation days, meaning that they are days of prayer and fasting. 

 

A Collect for the Feast of the Ascension

O Lord, when your Son ascended into heaven he sent down upon the Apostles the Holy Spirit, as he had promised, that they might comprehend the mysteries of the kingdom. Distribute among us also, we pray, the gifts of the selfsame Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen

 


Diocesan Confirmation

Congratulations to Anika Allen who was received into the Episcopal Church. Congratulations also to Constance Allen, Juanita Williams, and Lula Raye who confirmed or reaffirmed their baptismal vows May 1, 2021 at the Cathedral Amphitheater with the Rt. Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde.

 

St. George's Oral History Project

 

We are excited to announce that our Congregational Leadership Initiative (CLI) through the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF) - St. George's Oral History - has received a $7,000 grant from the DC Humanities Council. We will be working hard over the next five months to conduct an oral history that is done right and done well in order to preserve our history contributing to our legacy.

Sunday Schedule

The Next Sunday Service in Church will be determined by Public Health Indicators and implemented in a phased approach

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 

 

Coming Up

 

May 15 - 9:00 a.m. Kwanzaa Kitchen

 

May 16 - 9:00 a.m. Bible



May 16 - 9:45 a.m.

Zoom Worship

https://zoom.us/j/3626271076

 

May 20 - 7:00 pm Vestry Meeting and Parish By-Laws Listening Session

 

May 21 - Requiem for Florence Crawford

 

Join us in praying



Prayers for healing and wholeness have been asked for...click here for the names of those who need our prayers.

Add a name here.

 

Please help to maintain our prayer list by requesting those who have recovered and are no longer in need of special prayers for healing to be removed from the list.

 

 

Funeral for

Florence Victoria Crawford

 

Florence Crawford's funeral will be on Friday, May 21, 2020 at 11:00. It will be at Saint George's with family only attending. We will have it on zoom for the Parish family.

 

Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86772643779?pwd=dWMrZWM0dllnY0Z5NE50YmUwd1NsZz09

 

Meeting ID: 867 7264 3779

Passcode: 160953

 

 

Regathering News

 

Outdoor 7:30 Service: On Sunday, June 6, 2021 we will begin to hold an outdoor Eucharist. We will continue to wear masks and maintain social distancing. All are welcome.

 

Indoor Regathering: We are working with St. Luke's and Calvary to provide a date when we will regather in person. As you know we have grown into a shared community and we are prayerfully discerning how we continue in together in community even as we plan in the near future to worship in our own spaces.

 

 

Remembering Mott School

 

Do you remember the Mott School in LeDroit Park? Our group (from New Community Church in Shaw) would like to collect oral histories about the school -- people who went to the school, taught at the school, or who simply remember the Mott School's place in the neighborhood (maybe you have a parent who went there and have memories of what they told you about going there?). The stories of LeDroit Park and its history of segregation is so important for us to remember--please help us to record these stories for future generations! Please contact Aiyana Adams at MottOralHistory@gmail.com. (Funded by HumanitiesDC and supported by the DC Oral History Collaborative.)


 

This Sunday's Worship

St. George's ~ St. Luke's ~ Calvary

 

This Sunday, May 9, 2021 we will again worship via zoom joining St. Luke's and Calvary live. Please join us on Zoom if you can. Or you may join us on St. George's Facebook page as we will stream the Zoom worship live onto Facebook and on St. George's YouTube Channel.

 

Sunday Worship:

Date: May 16, 2021

Time: 9:45 a.m.

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/3626271076

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)

 

St. George's Facebook Page Livestream Here

 

St. George's YouTube Channel Livestream Here



 

 

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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