After today's 11:15 a.m. service, our Director of Music Ministries — Stanley Thurston — hosted a talk in the Foundry Sanctuary, sharing an inside look at Foundry's music programs. To learn more about how your gifts have supported our music, and how we will use them in 2022 and beyond, watch a video of the conversation with Stanley.
Join us online and in person on November 11 at 6:30 p.m. for our second annual Kirk Symposium lecture featuring Dr. Chris Myers Asch and Dr. George Derek Musgrove. Drs. Asch and Musgrove will be discussing their book "Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital," followed by a book signing in our Community Commons. Learn more and register here. Registration for this event is encouraged, but not required.
As we prepare to celebrate All Saints Sunday on Nov. 7, we invite you to email JPEG or PDF pictures of loved ones you are remembering this year to allsaints@foundryumc.org for inclusion in our great cloud of witnesses worship display. Please send in your photos by Nov. 2. For more information, please contact Pastor Will at will@foundryumc.org.
Foundry is once again providing you a virtual opportunity to support social and racial justice — and buy some great Christmas gifts — by purchasing fairly traded coffee, chocolate, and more. Foundry members Chris Matthews and Margie McKelvey will take your orders through November 18, and will deliver your purchases by early December. Visit foundryumc.org/fair-trade to learn more.
This Holy Season, help add beauty to the Foundry Sanctuary by purchasing Advent greenery or poinsettias. Purchases may be made in honor or in memory of a loved one. Poinsettias will be available for you to pick up for your homes following our 8 p.m. Christmas Eve Celebration. Learn more and purchase your greenery or poinsettias here.
Parking passes for the Colonial Parking Garage — located on P Street between 16th and 17th Streets NW — are now available for purchase. The Colonial Parking Garage is open on Sundays only from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Foundry continues to work with Colonial Parking to identify a mutually beneficial and long-term solution that would include Wednesday evenings.
Foundry needs a volunteer to act as our ESL program coordinator. It's rewarding work with no experience necessary. If you’d like to help, email Pastor Ben Roberts at ben@foundryumc.org or Jackie Wright at jackie@foundryumc.org.