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Dear Friends, Neighbors and Members of St. Cyprian's, 

This morning I learned through a friend that Gordon Cosby, co-founder of the ecumenical Church of the Savior, had died. Soon, I discovered some beautiful online tributes to Gordon's profound and influential ministry in Washington, DC. You can read these here, here, and here. This afternoon my brother, who is now serving four churches in rural West Virginia and spent a year serving the communities around the Church of the Savior, shared this remembrance:

 

The first time he welcomed us to DC, he called himself a "miserable failure" because poverty, crime, and addiction were still rampant in the city. I will always remember: "Welcome to this community of miserable failures seeking to follow Jesus. We hope you will journey with us."

 

During seminary, I spent my first year of field education at the Church of the Savior and, for years afterward, stayed connected to the community, like many who were touched by this unique, always adapting community of serious Jesus freaks (I use this term affectionately). When I started my first parish job out of seminary in the affluent suburbs of DC, I would often invite speakers from my Church of the Savior spiritual support group to teach Bible study and give testimony. The hardest part of moving across the country for me, aside from being far from many family and friends, was saying goodbye to this influential part of my life.  

 

As for Gordon and his community of miserable failures, I can only say "thank you" for letting me in, and inviting me to do my best to be one too. I will also, whenever I think of Gordon-which actually is quite often-remember the many women (there were some men, too) that swirled around Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle, running numerous ministries loosely under the umbrella of the Church of the Savior. Each and every ministry was committed to serving vulnerable populations. They probably won't appreciate me mentioning them, and I'll likely leave out some important ones, but to me, Gordon's life was most like Jesus in that he didn't do everything.   In fact, at times he seemed to do very little. After all, by the time I met Gordon, he was well into his eighties. Like Jesus, the Church of the Savior was encircled and propelled forward by intelligent, hardworking, devoted, and persistent women making really important things happen, and these remarkable women always had Gordon's ear. I think particularly of Carol Dunbar, Terry Flood, Kayla McClurg, Barbara Moore, and Becca Stelle.

 

See you soon at Turk & Lyon!

 

Peace,

Will

 

St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church

415-987-3029

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Are you a long lost St. Cyprian's friend or member? Are you in touch with former members who have moved away or are no longer able to attend services? We want to send them a special invitation to our 90th celebration, please send your contact list to [email protected] or call the church. 415-567-1855
 
Save the Date - Sunday, April 7thStCyprian
St. Cyprian's
 90th Anniversary Celebration

The Right Rev. Marc Handley Andrus

Bishop of California  

The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Dean of Grace Cathedral

and the people of St. Cyprian's 

 

Request the pleasure of your company at  

Festal Evensong

with The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori

Presiding Bishop and Primate of  

The Episcopal Church

Sunday, April 7th at 4:15 p.m. at 

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

The celebration will begin with an optional tour of  various locations where St. Cyprian's members have gathered through the years for worship, prayer, service and fellowship.  

 

Dinner will follow at St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church hosted by the ECW and honoring longtime congregation members,  

especially Lee Dora Rigmaiden.  

    
Space is limited,
RSVP by April 2nd  
by emailing [email protected]  
or calling 415.567.1855  

Lent at Turk & Lyon 
   
Throughout the season of Lent on Wednesday nights
St. Cyprian's Episcopal & First United Lutheran will share a simple meal and discuss Marcus Borg's Speaking Christian: Why Christian Words Have Lost Their Meaning and Power -- And How They Can Be Restored. Our next gathering will be Wednesday, March 27th at 7 p.m.
 
Holy Week & Easter at Turk & Lyon 
 

St. Cyprian's & First United invite you to join us for this sacred season of transformation.

 

Palm Sunday 

Sunday, March 24
10:10 a.m. (St. Cyprian's) & 5 p.m. (First United Lutheran)
A unique service enacting Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem on a donkey

 

Maundy Thursday 

Thursday, March 28
7 pm
Share in an agape/love feast as we remember Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples.
St. Cyprian's & First United will be joined for this gathering by our neighbors at New Liberation Presbyterian Church
Please RSVP to: [email protected]

 

Good Friday 

Friday, March 29
7 pm
A service of deep reflection and contemplation on the event and the meaning of Jesus' death

 

Easter Sunday - Feast of the Resurrection 
Sunday, March 31 
10:10 am 

A celebration of Christ's victory over the powers of evil and death.

 
 

  

   

March at Turk & Lyon... 

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Art classes, concerts, free dinners, public speaking workshops,  

Holy Week & Easter.  

 

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