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For more than 240 years, this extraordinary Episcopal parish continues its devotion to spiritual nourishment, shelter, guidance, and hope.

Alexandria, Virginia
Joined January 2012
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Are you looking for a way to help refugees fleeing violence in Ukraine? Please make a contribution at the link below. Your urgent support will help @EpiscopalRelief, working with @ACTAlliance, to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian refugees. support.episcopalrelief.org/…
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Episcopal Relief & Development is mobilizing in order to provide humanitarian assistance to people fleeing the violence in Ukraine by working through the Action by Churches Together Alliance (@ACTAlliance). More information is linked below ↓ episcopalrelief.org/press-re…
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One thing Dean Randy Hollerith has learned about relationships is that what we choose to say or not say can either destroy or strengthen the relationship. Do you use your words to hurt or heal? #MorningPrayer #NationalCathedral youtu.be/_wPsvqQJwmw
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As we watch the situation in Afghanistan unfold, the Cathedral prays for the people of Afghanistan, refugees, those deployed, and all others affected by the violence in Afghanistan.
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.@ALIVE4AlexVA was also able to partner more efficiently with several other local agencies, including @law_lsnv, @NVAHA1, and @HistoricCC Lazarus Ministry to help those at high-risk of eviction. In the past few months, ALIVE! has fielded more than 110 calls for assistance.
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For the next 13 days leading up to #Inauguration2021, @WNCathedral will offer brief (5 minute) prayers every day at 5 pm, joined by ecumenical and interfaith partners. Join us via cathedral.org
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Join me today at 5p EST for the start of this live prayer vigil, hosted by @TheEPPN. We’ll add our prayers to those around the country and across the world as election polls close across the United States. Follow here to be notified when the event begins: facebook.com/events/34328150…
As polls close across the nation, all are invited to join us for a non-partisan Facebook Live prayer vigil. We will hold space for prayer & reflection throughout the night and into the morning. Tune in 5pmET 11/3 to 9amET 11/4 on The EPPN Facebook page. #VoteFaithfully #Vote
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Our prayers are with you. 🙏 Keep them, good Lord, under the shadow of your mercy in this time of uncertainty and distress.
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Today is the 40th anniversary of Bishop Susan Goff's ordination to the diaconate. Please join Presiding Bishop Curry in giving thanks for her devoted ministry. #DioVa #episcopal
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Christ Church retweeted
See statement from @PB_Curry in this thread
This evening, the President of the United States stood in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church, lifted up a bible, and had pictures of himself taken. In so doing, he used a church building and the Holy Bible for partisan political purposes.
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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry Op/Ed As a black man, I understand the anger in our streets. But we must still choose love. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Bishop Goff: COVID-19 has taken the lives of brown and black persons in numbers disproportionate to the population.This reality lays bear the inequities in our social and political structures as surely as the recent killings of unarmed black men has done.We grieve our brokenness.
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Bishop Goff on National Day of Mourning: The more than 100,000 people confirmed to have died in the US in this pandemic are our siblings, our parents and grandparents, our children and friends. We mourn them....We grieve together for each life lost. bit.ly/BishopDayOfMourning #DioVA
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Bishop Goff on Easter Week 2: ... I offer this meditation for healing. It weaves together phrases from notes I have received since my cancer diagnosis. I pray that these words, written to me and now returned to you, will give you healing grace. bit.ly/EasterWeek2messageBpG… #DioVa
Today on #WorldHealthDay we celebrate the brave #healthcareheroes around the world who are working hard to save lives during the #coronavirus pandemic. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU! #WorldHealthDay2020
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Bishop Susan Goff Holy Week message: “The heart of God was torn when Jesus died and the sky turned black. God grieved. God grieves still in the face of suffering of God’s sons and daughters and children.” bit.ly/BpGoffHolyWeek #DioVa
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Your generous support of the ACT Now COVID-19 Response Fund has provided grants to @ALIVE4AlexVA to purchase food, @CampagnaCenter to support families, Lazarus Ministry at @HistoricCC for emergency financial assistance & Senior Services of Alexandria to support Meals on Wheels!
We're pretty sure that's what they mean by Bully Pulpit. Go @Nationals! #FINISHTHEFIGHT #Natitude #Teddy
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