Dear St. Patrick's,

Grace and peace. This is an exciting week at St. Patrick's. On Monday, the Rev. Dr. Janet Zimmerman joined the clergy staff. She will serve the Parish as the Day School Chaplain. Janet brings many different gifts and talents to St. Patrick's including experience in education, pastoral care, and youth work. I hope that you will take some time to get to know her and extend a warm welcome.

We were able to order enough chairs to replace half of the current ones. Thank you for your support of this worthy project that will usher in the second 100 years at St. Patrick's (list of donors listed below). The first set of chairs will arrive in early October. Please consider dedicating a chair if you haven't already (Online Dedication Form ).

If you or someone important to you is interested in being baptized, please note the upcoming baptismal dates at St. Patrick's: Sunday, September 4, Sunday, November 6, and Sunday, January 8. If you are interested, please let me know (kurt@stpatrickschurchdc.org ).

Both Andrea and I are enjoying the July weekly Bible study on the Genesis story that is part of the Sunday lectionary. If you have time either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, please join us.

If you have a moment, please write a review of St. Patrick's on Yelp . If you have more time, search for St. Patrick's Episcopal Church using a search engine and make comments on the various "business" pages. This is an easy way to spread the news about our parish.

Faithfully,

Read or listen to last Sunday's sermon titled, "The Burden of  Blessing."   

Sunday School in July     

Nursery School through 2nd Grade

Begins at 9:45 am each Sunday. 

Children return to church in time to receive communion with their families.

It's not too early to register your child for Sunday School.  Registering this summer helps us know how many teachers and classrooms to schedule and materials to buy, so that we can create a welcoming and exciting Sunday School experience.    

Visit our on-line registration site:  Register Now for Fall Sunday School

This week for our Offertory music we have a sweet contemporary song, "Thy Word," made popular by Amy Grant a few years back.  Lesley Riddle and Nancy Tait are here to sing it.  Don't forget -- We will have a Youth Music Series on Sunday mornings in August and hope you will consider sharing some of your music with us.  Just let us know when you will be in town and what you have ready to play and we'll schedule you for a music slot during our worship service.

~Adele Lynch, Director of Music 

Teach Sunday School this Fall, &

Help Grow Faith, Hope, & Love 

Would you consider teaching Sunday School this fall? 

Short-term opportunities exist.  To learn more about how you can help, visit: TEACHSUNDAYSCHOOL