The Church in DC

Tonight! ... and from now through July 16 ...

Saturday, June 6th 9am - 4pm Join The JUSTICE CONFERENCE   in Washington, DC! This year's DC simulcast host is The Table Church , meeting at 1020 H St. NE (Douglas Memorial UMC). It will feature simulcast of video from this year's conference in Chicago and a group of local leaders speaking to justice in your own neighborhood in DC. Drawing together a diverse group of voices, the JUSTICE CONFERENCE has emerged as a premier gathering for Justice practitioners, students, and learners from all over the world. We hope this year's DC gathering is only the beginning of the conversation about justice in Washington, DC!  Each year The JUSTICE CONFERENCE hosts world-renowned visionaries, thought leaders, justice practitioners, faith leaders, worship leaders, and local justice voices. This year you'll hear from leaders like Cornell West, Bob Goff, Gabriel Salguero, Rend Collective, and many more!  If you care about seeing justice in our wo...

You are invited to CHGM 's   May Community Night  TONIGHT Join us as we take a look at how homelessness' impacts the youth in our area. There will be displays created by the local Capitol Hill Day School and a presentation by Sasha Bruce Youthwork .  Capitol Hill United Methodist Church ,  421 Seward Sq SE Tuesday, 5/12 6:00pm - 7:30pm  Contact Emily Powers for more information at powers@chgm.net -- via Capitol Hill Group Ministry

All are invited to pray to our all-powerful and faithful God for the city and the nations on October 19. The multi-church night of prayer , is the 19th at National Community Church's Barracks Row Theater location, 535 8th St. SE, 7pm. Sponsoring churches include NCC , Christ our Shepherd , Faith Tabernacle , Church of the Resurrection , and St. Brendan's . Childcare is provided, so bring the young ones!

From... Black Georgetown Remembered: A History of Its Black Community from the Founding of "The Town of George" in 1751 to the Present Day,  by Kathleen M. Lesko, Valerie Babb & Carroll R. Gibbs. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1991. p. 138 "Black Churches in Georgetown "Georgetown today has five black churches clustered in the eastern area of town formerly known as "Herring Hill." These churches represent a time when Georgetown was home to a thriving black community. Their congregations have decreased by nearly fifty percent since the black exodus from the neighborhood during the 1940s and 1950s. Today they survive primarily as commuter churches and symbols of a continuing black presence in Georgetown. Mount Zion United Methodist Church " Mount Zion United Methodist Church , located at 1334 29th Street, is the oldest black congregation in the District of Columbia. Its origins can be traced to the Montgomery Street...

For many, the DC area is a transitory place. Whether people in your congregational family are moving down the block or across the world, changing jobs or doing home improvements, helping people through transitions is a frequent ministry in most of our communities. In addition to many personal helping hands, some have email listserves, and a handful of local congregations have public online classifieds to facilitate the process. Please leave a comment if there are any others not included. Church Classifieds Website Church Location Grace DC   DC-Chinatown, Columbia Heights, Brentwood Immanuel Bible Church Springfield, VA McLean Presbyterian Church McLean, VA Church of the Resurrection DC-Capitol Hill National Community Church Regional -- John Marienau Turpin TCDC

Watch (and read) the stories here :  Alpha is an opportunity to explore the meaning of life in an informal, fun and friendly environment. The Alpha course consists of a series of talks, looking at topics including 'Who is Jesus?' and 'Why and how do I pray?', with the option of a weekend away. We meet each week for a meal, and each talk is followed by discussion in small groups. Meetings begin Wednesday October 8 and run through November 19. Attendance is free and can be weekly or one-time. Email alpha@htchurch.us  with questions or sign up for free online at HTChurch.us . 

The African Educare Mission Group is hosting its Annual Mini Global Health Conference, Oct. 2-4, at Montgomery Hills Baptist Church , 9727 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Md. 20910. The theme is:   "Health, Education and Development within the Context of Mission in Sub-Saharan Africa."  Speakers include: Rev. Dr. Johnathan Weaver, Pastor of Greater Mt. Nebo AME Church & President of the Pan-African Collective ; Dr. J. Davies Cole, Chief Epidemiologist for DC & Professor at GWU; Dr. Marion Criddle, pastor of Rivers of Joy Bible Fellowship Church in District Heights, Md.; and Dr. Robert Cochran, Associate Executive Director of DCBC.  The program is free of charge. Donations will be accepted to support the Health Promotion Programs for women and children in Kinshasa, DR Congo. -- via dcbaptist.org

Peter and Liz Anderson will share a bit about their ministry through a workshop   "Art and Mission: Prophetic Storytelling: How creativity can break through walls, bring hope, and build the Kingdom of  God."   Wednesday, September 24, 7:30-9:00pm at Washington Community Fellowship, 907 Maryland Ave. NE.  Feel free to invite friends! Peter and Liz Anderson are a Jesus-following, Kingdom-minded, neo-Anabaptist, art-and-creativity fueled couple with a passion for youth, community, justice, and peacemaking. They work with InnerCHANGE, a Jesus-centered, ecumenical order that sends missional teams to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly in poor and marginalized urban communities around the world.  ( http://www.innerchange.org/ ) They live in the East End of London, an incredibly diverse urban area, divided by issues of race, class, education and wealth. In their team’s local community of Shadwell, two-thirds are Banglade...

The longtime civil rights leader, activist, Mississippian, founder of Christian Community Development Association and thought provoking Christian John Perkins will preach at The District Church on Sunday, August 31. Times: 9:30 & 11 AM at 3101 16th St. NW and 5 PM at 601 15th St. NE. -- via The District Church

The annual Johenning Baptist Center Open House/Community Day/Pediatric Health Fair will be held on Saturday, July 26 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Johenning Center, 4025 9th Street SE, Washington, D.C.  Volunteers and exhibitors are welcome.  Please contact Rev. Michael Sharp at revoldway@aol.com or Dr. Robert Cochran at robert.cochran@dcbaptist.org or 202-265-1526. -- via DCBaptist.org

On July 7, 1878,  Francis was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. He would spend over fifty years in the pulpit, most of it at Washington's 15th Street Presbyterian Church. He was noted as one of the most articulate opponents of racism: "Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down." ... When Henry Grimké died in 1852, his will freed Francis and placed him under the guardianship of his white half-brother, Montague. Eight years later, when Montague threatened to enslave Francis, who was now ten years old, he fled and served as valet to a Confederate officer. When Grimké visited Charleston some months later, Montague seized and imprisoned him. Francis became ill and would have died had his mother not been allowed to nurse him. Before he was completely well again, his brother Montague sold him to another officer. But at the end of the war, Francis was emancipated with other African-Americans. See  http://www.christianity.com/church/church-histo...

Metropolitan Baptist Church was begun by 10 freed slaves 150 years ago in 1864. Rev. Hicks has been pastor since 1977, and announced his retirement to the congregation on February 2nd. Rev. Hicks will remain involved in the transition process and will aid the church, but is retiring on account of a diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease. We are grateful to God for the service he has rendered to God's people and to the people of the DC area, and our prayers are with him and his family for his health. The AFRO-American reports , “He’s a world class preacher, and a universal spirit,” said Robert (Brother Ah) Northern, who has been a member of Metropolitan for 15 years. “He can reach his people—and I mean African American people—he can reach their intellect through emotions and he can reach their emotions through intellect. He has been very connected to the people.” 
 
 The Washington Post reports , “There are some things that are more difficult for me to do...

Audrey Assad in Concert at Truro Anglican Church , January 25 (Sat) at 7:30pm 10520 Main St. Fairfax, VA - Tickets Audrey Assad is an independent singer, musician, and songwriter whose musical influences range from Paul Simon and the Carpenters to Feist and Jack White. Her new album Fortunate Fall  was released on August 13, 2013. Fortunate Fall  was funded through Kickstarter in the Spring of 2013. The album is full of songs for liturgy, personal prayer, and corporate worship and the title is taken from the Exsultet (Easter Proclamation) – "O truly necessary sin of Adam, destroyed completely by the Death of Christ! O happy fault that earned so great, so glorious a Redeemer!"   Tickets are $15.00 and may be ordered online here .  More information is available here  and you can learn more about Audrey at her website  here . -- via Anglican Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic

On January 11, 7:00pm at the Church at Clarendon (immediately adjacent to the Leland Center) The John Leland Center for Theological Studies will honor Dr. Bill O'Brien for his many years of outstanding teaching and leadership in a Symposium on Globalization, Ministry, and Mission.  The Symposium guest speaker will be the internationally recognized Urban Missiologist, Ray Bakke. Ray will speak and then these two venerable servants of God will reflect together on their respective journeys in ministry and posit their hopes for the future. Everyone is invited to attend this wonderful celebration of Bill's ministry. A reception will follow immediately after the Symposium.   -- TheChurchinDC

On Nov. 3, First Baptist Church of Silver Spring (MD) will host a Homecoming Celebration and say farewell to its current church building on the corner of Wayne and Fenton Streets in Silver Spring. The church will be moving to a location nearby but must vacate the building by December 1. A light reception of cake and punch (a Baptist tradition) will be held after the morning worship service at 11 a.m. All are welcome to attend. Visit www.fbcss.org for more information. via  www.dcbaptist.org

Time To Fly Foundation  is devoted to helping abused women and their children regain their God given worth, break the generational cycle and strengthen the family unit with the unconditional love and transforming power of Jesus Christ! It is hosting FREE Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention Workshops  on Dec. 3 (Tues, 6:45-9pm), Dec. 10 (Tues, 6:45-9pm), and Dec. 14 (Sat, 9:45am-12pm). For more info, visit  http://live.timetofly.org/contact-us-2/need-help / or call 877-570-9488. The intervention workshops, hosted in the DC area, will notify participants of the location within three days of the beginning of the workshop.

Jewish Rocker-turned-Pastor  Launches Arlington Church by Ethan Rothstein | October 30, 2013 at 1:15 pm It’s not every day that a new church starts in Arlington, but musician-turned-pastor Scott Maurer of newly formed West City Fellowship has a background even more unique. Maurer, 46, was raised Jewish, played in a rock band for five years in the mid-Atlantic region and worked in the D.C. tech industry for 10 years before deciding to join the ministry.  West City Fellowship , which is a nondenominational Christian church, held its first official service Sunday morning in a lecture hall at Wakefield High School, where it will continue to hold weekly services at 10:30 a.m. Raised in Alexandria, Maurer’s father was a “very religious Jew,” but his mother wasn’t observant, so when they divorced, Maurer said he was drifting spiritually. As he grew up, he had a natural curiosity; studying Eastern philosophy and several other Western religions, but shu...

STILL TIME TO REGISTER ! EVENT IS FREE - 12:30 to 5:00 WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER TRACKS: 1 - Fostering & Adopting 2 - Mentoring 3 - Support 4 - Advocacy & Mobilization To learn more about adoption and foster care, see: National Council For Adoption District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency -- John Marienau Turpin TheChurchinDC

Explore the meaning of life and the insights of life oriented toward Jesus! Holy Trinity Church is hosting two Alpha Courses, introducing people to the Christian faith in a non-threatening environment that encourages questions. All - believers, skeptics, inquirers - are welcome, and welcome to bring a friend. September 26 information session open to all. Attendance at the information session not required to attend subsequent meetings. Downtown DC - 12-1pm Tuesdays, October 1 - November 12 at Shakespeare Theatre's Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW, DC. Mclean, VA - 7:15-8:15pm Thursdays, October 3 - November 21 at Holy Trinity Church, 850 Balls Hill Road, Mclean. -- John Marienau Turpin TheChurchinDC