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GLC Calendar of Events

As the Easter Season enters, we're sure many of you are making final plans for the upcoming Holy Festival and Rejoicing in knowing that "He is Risen!"

But don't let the Holy season go by too fast! Take time out for yourselves to reflect and remember those who are ill or need a prayer of support. GLC offers the following activities for you and the Georgetown community to enjoy this time of year.

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ENSEMBLE ULYSSE RETURNS! - March 16
Members of the Foggy Bottom/Georgetown community, the Ensemble are eager to bring music to our neighbors, and so they oversaw the creation of a chamber music group, the Ensemble Ulysse. This group stems forth from the desire to perform chamber music written for varied instrumentation, and includes musicians from around the globe, brought together by a deep personal commitment to music-making and a common perspective on the present state and future direction of our art. As a goal we seek to create gripping, meaningful, and yet approachable performances outside of the limitations of a group such as a string quartet. This season, the Ensemble and GLC are indeed fortunate to have the Ensemble in-residence at Georgetown Lutheran Church, which offers a great location, nice acoustics, and an overall warm and welcoming atmosphere for our group.

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

March 16 -- Palm Sunday
8:30am – Service of Praise (1/2 hour)
10:00am --Procession of Palms Service
5:00pm – Evening Prayer

March 18 – Georgetown University 7:00pm -- Joint Protestant service of
the “Seven Last Words of Christ” at the Chapel of St. Williams.

March 20 – Maundy Thursday Service – 7:30pm

March 21 – Good Friday Services:
12:00-1:30pm “Seven Last Words of Christ”; Christ Church, 31st & O Street
7:30pm “Tenebrae” Service at GLC

March 23 – Easter Sunday
8:30am -- Contemporary Service
9:45am – Easter Egg Hunt
11:00am – Full liturgical service with special music
Note: No 5:00pm Easter Day Evening Service (Please attend the 11am service.)

Reminder - We have a NURSERY!
Yes, GLC now has a church service nursery and child care service, so you can attend our Holy services with confidence and know that your child is safe and watched over in our Nursery. The room is brightly painted and furnished to provide a nutruing and caring place so you and your family may worship with peace of mind and assurance for the care of your children. Please stop in and have a look around or call and ask for additional details.

KITCHEN REMODELLED!
The end of an era came to GLC. Our old kitchen was demolished and replaced with a brand new kitchen and stove in time for the Thanksgiving Eve Dinner on November 21. And there are a few minor things that still need finished, so contributions to the kitchen fund are still very much appreciated. To make a contribution, send your check, made out to Georgetown Lutheran Building Fund, to 1556 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007.

ALTAR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Altar Guild is looking for a "few good friends" to sign up for volunteer opportunities for upcoming services. If you are available and willing to serve, you may respond to Cindy DeGrood Morrison.

COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WE NEED YOUR HELP! - Are you a local student, or a student studying locally? GLC is looking for your help, and want you to feel welcome in a "home away from home." We have plenty of volunteer opportunities for upcoming services, or if you are interested we sponsor many vounteer community and church oriented activities. If you are a musician, then we despirately would enjoy your addition to our services. So come and join us at any of our church services, and mention your interest to help to Pastor Gaines. We'd like to say hello and welcome you to the GLC family.

Have you heard some of the neighborhood gossip about GLC? - Fortunately, it's all good! If you hear something or a piece of trivia, please share it with Pastor Gaines. Or, if you are someone who is interested in GLC from the neighborhood, we invite you to stop into GLC to meet with Pastor Gaines during normal office hours - or better yet, come to one of our services on Sunday Morning. (Oh, btw, our dress code is very relaxed - because if you're not comfortable, neither are we.) And we appreciate our local neighbors, and hope that we serve as a place of community pride, as well as a respected place of worship in your community.

Our current issue of "A Month of Sundays" congregational newsletter containing quarterly congregational news (in .pdf file format) is available for everyone to read, by [clicking here, Winter 2006-07 issue.] Also online are the past issues of the newsletters for: May '05, June '05 , Sept/Oct 05 and March 06.

To learn more about our Music Ministry, [Click Here]

If your computer can play mp3 audio files, you can listen to a sample of the range of music typically included with our regular Sunday Church Services. This piece is a wonderful duet by our own Music Director, Pat Henry on our church organ and by GLC member, Rick Melrose on flute... please [Click Here] and enjoy. (File size is approximately 1.7 Megabytes.)

DIRECTIONS: Georgetown Lutheran is located at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Volta Place, in the heart of the community of Georgetown, in the District of Washington, DC.

From Virginia:  Cross the Key Bridge, turning right onto M Street at the traffic light at the end of the bridge. And then make left on 33rd Street. After approximately five blocks, make a right on Volta Street. GLC will be on your left at the end of the block on the corner next to Wisconsin Ave.   

From Maryland: Take Wisconsin Avenue (highway 355) south from the I-495 Beltway. Georgetown Lutheran is approximately one mile south of the Washington National Cathedral.

From the District of Columbia: Take Wisconsin Avenue (highway 355) North from M street in downtown Georgetown. Georgetown Lutheran is approximately 5 blocks North and on your left.

Street parking is available in front of the Church on Wisconsin avenue and on neighborhood streets near the church. 

Georgetown Lutheran Church is a Reconciling in Christ Congregation. All are welcome regardless of their religious affiliation, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or identity.

Thank you for visiting! Please contact our webmaster if you have suggestions or difficulties in accessing or reading the GLC website. Our goal is to meet the needs of the GLC congregation, prospective members, visitors and the Georgetown local community.

Church Council:

Chris Traugott, President

Taylor Armstrong, Vice President

John Juilfs, Treasurer

Ted Chase, Finacial Secretary

Jan Engert, Recording Secretary

with Durrah Bagley-Armstrong, Connie Baker, Jody Carlson, Janet Sharp, Judy Vesely and Wallace Whitworth.

The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts "The Conservatory has been successfully training actors since 1975 for careers in theatre, television and film. As the only accredited, professional actor's training studio in the Washington Metro area - our motto is "Acting, more than a job…a life!"

SMYAL Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) - a Washington, DC metro area service organization operating out of a Youth Center located at 410 7th Street SE in Washington DC (near the Eastern Market Metro station). They are dedicated to promote and support self-confident, healthy, productive lives for youth, as they journey from adolescence into adulthood. Founded in 1984, SMYAL is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization.

Georgetown Lutheran Church is a member of the Metropolitan Washington, DC Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).