This year our older youth led an outreach event where we sold Christmas trees to give a percentage of the sales to the Ecumenical Community Housing Organization (ECHO).

In celebration of the Feast Day of St. Francis, many churches around the Diocese offered their communities an opportunity to participate in a pet blessing.

This was my first opportunity to attend the provincial assembly. I was privileged to serve as a delegate and as a subdeacon in the opening Eucharist.

Enjoy photos of Pentecost services and celebrations around the Diocese!

One of the unique aspects of going to church in the DC area, is that the Christian world here is a small one. Contrary to what one might think about the area, it’s not unusual to find oneself worshiping next to someone from across the aisle politically.

For Corpus Christi Anglican, it has been a year of growth and change: we have had three worship locations in one year, we have a new bishop, we had staff transition, we said goodbye to people moving away, and we welcomed in new members.

Back in mid-2022, Corpus Christi Anglican (Franconia, VA) outgrew our old space in the chapel of the Springfield UMC, which prompted a search that resulted in us moving into the preschool at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in January 2023. Our church continued to grow and we quickly outgrew the preschool indoor play room!

My time at Corpus Christi was a phenomenal time of learning, growing, and experiencing all the great things God had in store for me this summer.

The chalice and paten feature prominently in our logo because the Sacraments are a primary means of grace and the hope of glory.

Pentecost Around the Diocese

“The world will see a community of faith that is willing to make lasting lifestyle changes in response to what it cares about, and that will speak more powerfully than any post or placard.”

On Feb. 26, Corpus Christi Anglican welcomed Bp. Chris for his first church visit as Bishop of the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic.

Come and be trained to lead Catechesis of the Good Shepherd!

The Rev. Morgan Reed announced a few weeks ago that beginning on January 22, 2023, Corpus Christi will begin meeting for weekly worship at Prince of Peace Lutheran School. He shares a bit more detail about how they came to find their new space, what they are excited about in this new space, a timeline for the move, and how you have the opportunity to help them get there.

As a new Mission, we rely on a network of people beyond our core team who faithfully pray for us and give financially to support the work of this Mission. It is exciting to see what God does with the gifts people give!

It has been an amazing year as God continues to form Corpus Christi Anglican Church. Read the Corpus Christi annual report to see all God has done and plans to do!

Christ has secured this for us in the cross, pronounced even our weakest efforts to give thanks to God as worthy by triumphing over death, and receives our thanksgiving and praise as he sits enthroned at the right hand of God. This is our confidence to approach the Father and give Him our thanks.

With a deep desire to support the work of God's kingdom, Rev. Woodson and Fr. Morgan are excited to announce that we have hammered out the final details for sharing space that we have been prayerfully working on for the last several months. This will allow Corpus Christi Anglican Church to worship in the chapel at the Springfield United Methodist Church.

My earliest memory is of Anglican liturgy. As a five-year-old, I was captivated by the way people closed their eyes with their hands lifted as they prayed “Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts,” how they raised their voices in agreement with lectionary readings, how their heads bowed in confession, and how they knelt humbly during the Lord’s Prayer.

It has been so encouraging to hear stories from people in the congregation about how God has worked in them through something they heard, or the experience of partaking of Christ in the Eucharist (even those who would not yet consider themselves Anglican!).