From: Saint Georges DC
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Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2021 5:01 PM
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The Dragon
e-Newsletter Weekly
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St. George's Episcopal Church
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Seventh Sunday of Easter ~ May 16, 2021
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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!
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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
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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.
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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.
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Sunday
Schedule
The
Next Sunday Service in Church will be determined by Public Health
Indicators and implemented in a phased approach
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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This
Sunday's Worship
St.
George's ~ St. Luke's ~ Calvary
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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
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Outreach:
Serving the Community
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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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St.Georges DC160 U Street NWWashington, DC 20001
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