St. Thomas’ Parish at Dupont Circle
Capital Pride
Are You Church Curious?
Jun 10th
What’s summer without a little shopping? You can start at the St. Thomas’ Store at Cafe Press –for Gifts or T-Shirts (for you or your four-legged friend) or Notecards or a Calendar.
If you’d like something more serious and lots of fun at the same time, why not order a Gene Robinson DVD?
Located at 18th and Church Streets NW, St. Thomas’ Parish, one of Washington’s most historic Episcopal churches, has long been a landmark in the Dupont Circle neighborhood since the laying of its cornerstone in 1894. Today, the church serves a diverse congregation representative of the eclectic demographics in the Greater Washington area.
That’s one of the reasons we’re proud to be an active supporter of Capital Pride each year– including our favorite part — THE PARADE!
Come see us and learn about our welcoming, diverse, and flourishing congregation offering God’s all-inclusive hospitality. St. Thomas’ offers you numerous opportunities for worship, service and spiritual enrichment including outreach to young adults, ongoing servant ministry and social activities.
Are you shopping for something money just doesn’t seem to buy? Are You Church Curious? We hope you’ll join us sometime at St. Thomas — a place to find, and be found by, God. Come just as you are. But plan to leave changed. Love does that to us all.
Capital Pride Week Interfaith Service
Jun 9th
“History, Vision, Legacy” is the theme for this year’s Pride Week Interfaith Service. It will be held on Tuesday, June 10th at 7:30 pm in the sanctuary of the Foundry United Methodist Church at 1500 16th Street NW (at P St.) That’s just across the street from the DC JCC.
The featured speaker will be Reverend Archene Turner. St. Thomas’ Rector, The Rev. Dr. Nancy Lee Jose, also will be participating. Music will be provided by the Jubilee Singers, a choral group from All Souls Unitarian Church.
The Celebration of The Spirit Coalition and its predecessor organization WAGLIA have been convening this service for more than 20 years. Bet Mishpachah, Dignity, Al Fatiha, and the DC Radical Faeries are among the founding member organizations. A few years ago it was recognized as an “official” event of the Pride Celebration. This brought an awareness to the wider GLBTQ community that the faith traditions are an integral part of the gay community. In addition, it demonstrated to the rest of the world that those so called “religious-right” organizations do not have monopoly on faith and traditions. The proceeds of the collection at this year’s service will be used to continue and extend the awareness of these two points.
