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Congregation TidingsJanuary 2019We’ve gathered all the congregation news that’s fit to print!Congregation Tidings is published on the fifteenth of each month. Contact the editors with content or email addressinformation at [email protected].
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From our VicarDear Congregation Family,
Happy New Year beloveds! I haveso much to be grateful for this yearand have exciting ministry news toshare. Before I delve into mypersonal ministry announcements,I think it is critical that we pray(and pray without ceasing) forthose affected by the governmentshutdown. The realities are settlingin and it is terrifying for thoseliving paycheck to paycheck. Tothis end, Rob Strassburger, whoshepherds our ThanksgivingBasket ministry, asked that thesurplus funds raised last year be given to feed furloughedgovernment workers. Our Canon Missioner, Leonard Hamlin,then found the perfect partner to distribute our $8000 gift—whichtranslates into groceries for 400 families. God is good! (Please seebelow for more details.)
Now on to other thrilling news. We’re going to have a Mardi Grasfundraiser and celebration on March 5 to raise money for ourPride Parade float! While the Cathedral has long had a delegationmarching in the Pride Parade behind a prominent WNC banner, Ithought after the parade last year that we definitely needed a floatof epic proportions! Our cathedral looms large over the Districtskyline, so naturally we should have a more prominent role in theparade, especially following our Matthew Shepherd memorialservice last fall.
Our LGBTQIA Alliance issponsoring the Mardi Gras
Our Life in PhotosChristmas
Carols by Candlelight
Family Christmas Pageant Service
fundraiser on Shrove Tuesday atthe Dew Drop Inn in Brookland.Your $100 ticket includes acrawfish boil with all the fixins,open bar (beer, wine, our signaturecocktail and rail liquor), andfantastic entertainment. What’s more, since each paraderegistration is limited to 100 marchers, the first 100 people to buytickets will get to march with our contingent on June 8.
Finally, I hope to have a seminarian this summer from YaleDivinity School for eight weeks. This gentleman needs housingfrom May 22 to July 17, 2019. If any of you have an extra roomor accommodation ideas, please let me know as soon as possible.
God bless you all. Please pray that our president and governmentleaders find in their hearts to do God’s will and reopen ourgovernment. People are hurting.
Faithfully,
The Rev. Canon Dana Colley Corsello
Neighbors in NeedFeed My SheepIn response to those most affectedby the government shutdown, theCathedral is donating 400 basketsof groceries to federal employeesthrough the Share Food Network.These available funds werecollected at the close of ourThanksgiving Baskets drive. Readthe announcement on Facebook.
Read Bishop Budde’s post on the shutdown.
Inclement weather can further reduce access to meals for thevulnerable. Martha’s Table feeds our neighbors every day. Weprovide specified sandwiches, fruit and munchie mix servings onthe third Sunday of each month. This Sunday— with a “wintrymix” forecast —please drop off your contributions at HearstCircle by National Cathedral School. Learn more »
Hypothermia AlertOur outreach partners atFriendship Place remind us to lookout for our neighbors on the street.“As a result of the current coldweather, the District has issued anextended Cold Weather Alert forall individuals experiencing homelessness. If you see or know ofsomeone who may be in need of shelter from the cold, contact theDC Shelter Hotline at 202-399-7093, or by dialing 311 within theDistrict. The Hotline provides information about andtransportation to shelters at night and warming centers during theday, and distributes blankets and other cold-weather gear, aswell.” Learn more »
A New Ambulance for St. Luke’sWith the Bethlehem Service stillfresh on our hearts, our CanonMissioner has exciting news toshare. Established over 100 yearsago, St. Luke’s Hospital is ageneral 60-bed hospital located inNablus, West Bank. It is the onlycharitable hospital in the regionand is a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. St.Luke’s risked losing its hospital accreditation when its onlyambulance could no longer function. You can learn more aboutSt. Luke’s need for an ambulance here. The Cathedral donated$10,000 to help fund a new ambulance to ensure that the medicalteams could continue to offer their life-changing service. As wecelebrated Christmas with our friends in Bethlehem at thesimulcast, we remembered our other friends in the West Bank aswell.
Book Drive for The TraRon CenterSundays, February 10–24
We are invited to help create alibrary for the children, youth andyoung adults who utilize theservices of The TraRon Center.Our goal is to purchase and donate100 books from a list created bythe TraRon staff. The TraRon Center was founded in 2017 byRyane Nickens, a native Washingtonian raised in Ward 8. Ryane
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Fiction Fun!Monday, January 21, 7 pmLuke Wallaceleads a discussionof Home byMarilynne Robinson. Learn more »
20s&30s PlanningMeeting and BrunchSunday, January 27, 12:45 pmJoin members ofthe 20s&30sgroup in the libraryfollowing the 11:15 am service todiscuss program, event andvolunteer ideas for the next sixmonths. Learn more »
Dealing with AddictionsSunday, January 27, 1 pmExplore the natureof addictivedisorders, theirimpacts and what can be done to
seeks to provide a sacred space for those impacted by the traumaof gun violence through non-traditional counseling services suchas individual peer counseling, art therapy and peer led groupsessions, as well as advocacy training to help empower people tochange the ills of gun violence in their respective communities. Download the bookdrive flyer »Learn about The TraRon Center »
Thoughts, Prayers and ACTION!Sunday, February 10, 2–4 pm
Our Cathedral Gun ViolencePrevention Group aims to harnessthe growing energy to help ourcommunities affected by gunviolence and to share informationacross our regional groups and coalitions. Join the GVP for aforum of local panelists that will be moderated by our CanonMissioner in Perry Auditorium. Although this event is free,RSVPs are requested as space is limited. Download the flyer »
Racial Justice Task Force (RJTF)Our Cathedral Racial Justice TaskForce is offering two Saturdaymorning double-feature tours toAnacostia to visit Cedar Hill, thehome of former and internationallyacclaimed abolitionist FrederickDouglass. Cedar Hill, located at1411 W St. SE, is now maintainedby the National Park Service.Although the government shutdown could impact this schedule, please circle these dates on yourcalendar and stay tuned! Afterwards, all participants are invited toenjoy a boxed lunch and a second docent tour nearby at theSmithsonian Anacostia Museum located at 1901 Fort Place SE.The tour option dates are February 9 and 23. Plan to meet at 10:30am at the Frederick Douglass home parking lot. Reservations areon a first come basis. To reserve your spot, [email protected]. If you need transportation andwould like to carpool, please let us know when you RSVP. Tolearn more about the RJTF, download the new leaflet.
Have you considered visiting someone inprison?Join us at coffee hour on Sunday,January 27, to learn how youmight serve inside prison,spending a weekend sharing God’s
help everyone affected. Learnmore »
A Long, Long Way FilmWeekendFebruary 1–2Join us for ascreening anddiscussion of film,race and policing through twolegendary Spike Lee films, Do theRight Thing and BlacKkKlansman.Get tickets & learn more »
Writing from the Heart ofWinter: Nature, Poetryand the Spiritual JourneySaturday, February 2, 9 amExplore thestirrings in yourspirit with amorning apart to explore therhythm of spending time in natureand turning inward to reflect on itswisdom. Register today! »
Cathedral Men’sBreakfast Social andBible StudyFebruary 9, 10 amJoin thisfellowshipopportunity for themen of the Cathedral. Learnmore »
Seeing Deeper Week onthe HorizonFebruary 11–15Pencil in St.Valentine’s weekfor Seeing Deeper2019. Experience a differentCathedral perspective: we clearthe space, you fill your mind. Findnew paths for creative expressionand spiritual freedom.
love. Prison Ministry teams arenow forming and there areopportunities for women and menthis spring. Ways to serve includegoing inside as well as serving at home. The journey is powerful.Please stop by, ask questions and see if this is a place where Godmay be calling you.
Standing with those in Crisis—reflectionson our first yearIn January, 2018, CathedralCongregation members, asfollowers of Jesus of Nazareth andHis law of love, and takingseriously the biblical mandate to“honor the immigrant in our midstas one of our own” (Lev. 19:34),established the Washington National Cathedral SanctuaryCommittee. The committee provides support and solidarity to ourimmigrant brothers and sisters who are at risk of profiling,detention, deportation and permanent separation from familymembers. Continue reading Co-chair Martin Dickinson’s reviewand discover what’s on the horizon.
CCC MinutesThe November CathedralCongregation Committee minuteswere approved at the monthlymeeting on January 9, 2019. TheDecember CCC meeting scheduledfor December 5 was canceled dueto the State Funeral of PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush. Download theNovember 2018 Minutes »
Steps on the JourneyWelcome new Christians! The following received the Sacrament of Holy Baptism on theFirst Sunday after the Epiphany, the Baptism of Our Lord JesusChrist: Imogene Alene Harvey, Nico Josephine Seamans andGeorge James Collins.
IN MEMORIUMTheodora Knox Radcliffe
May 13, 1941–January 8, 2019
With deep sadness we announce thedeath of a beloved Cathedral stalwart,Theodora “Tatie” Radcliffe. Many ofyou know Tatie from her dedicatedservice as a lector, usher and LayEucharistic Minister—roles she cherished since 1988. A memorialservice will be held at the Cathedral at a later date. Please keepher sister, Kay, in your prayers. May light perpetual shine uponher.
Pastoral newsIf you or someone you know in thecongregation would like to discuss apastoral concern or wish a hospital orhome visit or to receive Communion,please contact the Vicar, DanaCorsello, at (202) 537-5290 [email protected]. And if youhave a prayer request, please email:[email protected].
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