Worship with us this Sunday

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Join fellow parishioners, nursery school parents and our wider community at the 3rd Annual Halloween Monster Mash Costume and Dance Party October 29, 3-5pm in the Courtyard. We do need some families to help make all the activities, snacks and candy happen. And don't forget, we'll make the 3rd annual award of the Golden Boot to the family with the best costumes! Sign up here to help with an activity or bring a bag of candy to church to put in the purple boot in the Common. Questions? Reach out to Lindsay Pomponi.

In conversations about how we can serve the migrant ministries, a request has been received for a one-time effort to sort clothing that has been donated to the Luther House due to a lack of labor to complete the sorting. We are looking for 8 volunteers for roughly 3-4 hours to complete the work on Tuesday, November 1st. The storage unit is located on NY Avenue in northeast DC. Our plan would be to meet at church at 9:30, and carpool to the location on NY Avenue in northeast DC, finishing around 2:00pm.

If you can volunteer for this effort, please contact John Nolan by email (nolan.johnm@gmail.com). Questions can be directed to him by phone (202-262-5355) or email. This is a good way for our congregation to support the good work going on in the city on this issue. Please volunteer if you can.

At our All Saints’ Day services on Sunday, November 6, we will offer a collective prayer for those we love but see no longer. To have a loved one remembered, complete a card that will be available in the back of the Nave or at the Welcome desk beginning October 30 and place it in the basket in each location. Alternatively, you may complete this form. Contact Michele Prince at mprince@columba.org if you have questions.

Sticks in Stitches is a ministry of fellowship and outreach for all who do, or want to do, any form of needlework - some kind of stick in some kind of stitch. Bring your own project or work on a group project. Projects have included hats and scarves for the Water and Samaritan Ministries, and leftover yarn has been used to make a shawl, lap blanket, or afghan to be distributed through the pastoral care office. The group meets the 2nd Saturday of the month 10-noon, and newcomers or returnees are always welcome. Contact Ann Talty avtalty@comcast.net for details.

 Members of the group will be at the community supper on November 2nd to answer any questions and to show samples of some of the group's outreach crafting.

Participant preference will determine whether the group will meet in person or by Zoom. Register here and note your preferred meeting format. 

The facilitators are Sarah Laughlin and Susan DeWitt, and Michele Prince, Pastoral Care Coordinator, is the staff contact. Email Michele at mprince@columba.org if you have questions or need help registering.

St Columba's Benedictine Cell meets in hybrid format. We gather on the first and third Wednesday of the month from 6 pm to 7:00 pm to read and discuss a verse of the Rule. (We have been meeting since the early 1990s!) We are just now starting anew at the beginning of the Rule, so it is very timely to think of joining us. All are very welcome to come and try out this marvelous contemplative experience - no commitment required. Please contact Marjorie Swett (email at mbswett@hotmail.com or call at (301) 656-3148) for details.

Every Wednesday through December 14th, we will gather in the Great Hall for a Community Supper. Come join fellow St. Columbans, neighbors and friends for a simple meal, fellowship and connection. Dinner will be available from 5-7 pm. Cost for an adult is $15, child $10 and a family cap of $45. Registration and tickets are available now on our website.

Plus - Would you like to Pay it Forward and buy a meal for a neighbor? Our suppers are a chance to break bread together, enjoy fellowship and conversation. They are open to all people in our community. Some of our treasured guests are unable to pay, so if you are called to donate here is your opportunity. Thank you for making these suppers truly accessible and welcoming to all!

All parishioners, especially youth grade 6 and up and their families, are encouraged to sign up for this fun intergenerational activity. No experience necessary. All proceeds will support our Youth programs. Sign up here for slots to bake together in our church kitchen.

Striving to be an antiracist church invites self-reflection, individually and collectively. In Quaker practice, Friends employ queries to engage in self-examination and remind themselves of the ideals they seek to attain. In the words of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, queries serve “as a framework within which we assess our convictions and examine, clarify, and consider prayerfully the direction of our lives and the life of the community.”

In our quest to become an antiracist church, we will be using queries during the 2022-2023 church year in our own way, posing a new query each month and offering several ways adults, youth and children can engage with it during the month (including silent reflection during worship and opportunities for discussion). Find more information here.

It's time for this year's parish elections! The candidate slate is found below. We encourage you to look through the election brochure here which includes photographs and short statements from each candidate, as well as information on the nomination and election process.

Come join your fellow parishioners at the Samaritan Ministry Gala 2022! Enjoy heavy hors d'oeuvres, silent & live auction, partner baskets, and great fellowship! Cheer us on as St. Columba's will be receiving Samaritan's "Outstanding Partner Award." All to help our neighbors improve their lives, one step at a time. Register at: https://Samaritanministry.org/Gala

About our services: The liturgy we are using until Advent is an experimental liturgy at the very beginning of its development, used by only a handful of churches. At the heart of it is an interest to use Scripture to name, celebrate, and be convicted by the many descriptions and purposes of God that have often been neglected in Christian worship—especially in naming and worshiping the divine feminine (as it is found in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament), in emphasizing the importance and role of women in biblical texts, and in reorienting worship around its more natural environs (think: more interest in the ancient, Middle Eastern storytelling around financial, social-political, spiritual liberation; and less centrism around imperial, Western, capitalistic themes).

Our pastoral team is here to help with everything: emergencies, spiritual guidance and direction, and conversation. Visit this page or contact the Pastoral Team for more information.

Sunday Morning Bible Study - weekly at 10:15am in room 212 and on Zoom. Contact David Griswold for call-in instructions.

Wednesday Morning Bible Study - weekly at

10 am via Zoom. Contact David Griswold for call-in instructions.

Thursday Morning Bible Study - weekly at

9 am via Zoom. Contact Jon McBride for call-in instructions.