June 4, 2020

Dear St. John's Community,

First, some good news!

We have an ordination coming up very soon that we will get to celebrate. The Rev. Savannah Ponder will be ordained a priest on Saturday, June 13th at 11am. This will be live-streamed, with Bishop Budde presiding. The service was going to be held at St. John's, but as you can imagine there is a good chance it will be elsewhere. Please save the date! More information to come. I hope you will tune in and support Savannah.

Additionally, there is no shortage of media right now about St. John's, but here are two pieces in the Washington Post that you may find worthwhile. The first is a short video illustrating the history of St. John's, which includes some footage that I had not previously seen, such as the FDR inaugural prayer service:

The other is a very nice write-up on yesterday's prayer vigil in front of the church. It is not just a summary of the events yesterday, but it puts this moment in context with the history of our parish:

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