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We are a small, diverse, informal, lively urban congregation 1/2 mile south of the National Air & Space Museum. The 1965 church building of this 1853 congregation in an area undergoing significant redevelopment, has a labyrinth in the sanctuary's ceramic tile floor, moveable chairs (no pews), new HVAC system, and a parking lot.
A progressive congregation, we continually seek new understandings of how God wants us to live - together and individually. We chose the first woman member of National Capital Presbytery as our pastor (since retired). In 1983 we became the first church in our Presbytery to openly minister to the gay and Lesbian community. We established Food & Friends (which outgrew our kitchen, so moved) to deliver meals to homebound persons with AIDS (now others as well).  We are the site of widely-known Blue Monday Blues and Jazz Night - where on on both nights hundreds of neighbors and others from around the metropolitan area gather to eat (optional) and listen to an ever-changing ensemble of local musicians. Blue Monday Blues and Jazz Night are programs of the co-located Southwest Renaissance Development Corporation, the non-profit entity we established to serve the community in new ways.
Valuing inclusion, we welcome you - and vow to respect your
religious beliefs, and your ideas for service and spiritual growth.
Reformed and always reforming 400 I Street SW 202-484-7700