Each spring, Seabury co-sponsors a service honoring the contributions of older adults to their congregations and the community. Episcopal and UCC congregations and programs are invited to select as their honoree an older adult who has made a significant impact through service and leadership. The Seabury Celebration of Service 2018 will be held on April 24, 2018, at Washington National Cathedral. Read about some of this year's honorees below! Rene H. Griffith, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Norwood Rene, a Washington, DC native, has been a faithful member of St. John's for more than 30 years, joining the church in 1988. Rene became a St. John's parishioner through her initial work at St. John'
Are you using technology to include older adults in parish life? Or have you concluded that older adults and tech “don’t mix?” If you fall into the latter category, you really should reconsider. A congregation in central Montgomery County is successfully engaging elders online. St. Mary Magdalene initially adopted Zoom, an online platform that allows people to join conference calls through either a video link or a regular phone line, for formations. As a multicultural parish with a wide catchment area, the logistics of Baptism, confirmation, and wedding preparations were radically simplified by the shift to Zoom. But when clergy tried a phone-in Evening Prayer service for Advent, they discov
It’s time to stuff the shed! Seabury Age-In-Place® provides volunteer yard work and house cleaning services for adults 60 years and older in DC’s wards 4, 5, & 6. During our annual Stuff the Shed, Seabury Age-In-Place® collects yard work and house cleaning supplies, as well as financial gifts, to support our service to local older adults. You can drop off donations at Annie’s Ace Hardware (1240 Upshur St. NW & 3405 8th St. NE), Seabury Age-In-Place® (2501 18th St. NE), Seabury Ward 5 (2900 Newton St. NE), or Seabury Administration (6031 Kansas Ave. NW). You can also make an online gift safely and securely on Seabury’s website. If you are interested in becoming a donation drop-off site, pleas
Two congregants walk into a church. Does their age matter? During the 2018 NEXT Church Conference, Liz Perraud, Executive Director of GenOn Ministries, presented on the future of intergenerational ministry. Churches have historically been multi-generational by accident, she argued. Now, however, we are called to create intergenerational ministries for the sake of institutional survival. But what’s the difference? Above, Billy Kluttz, Seabury's New Media Coordinator, attends the 2018 NEXT Church Conference in Baltimore, MD. Multigenerational ministry is accidental. Generations coexist within a congregation because of shared geography or family structures, not because of a shared mission or me
Seabury was recently awarded the Platinum Seal of Transparency by Guidestar. We’re proud to use GuideStar Platinum to share our full and complete story with the world. To reach the Platinum level, we added extensive information to our Nonprofit Profile: basic contact and organizational information; in-depth financial information; quantitative information about goals, strategies, and progress toward our mission. We’re proud to have been recognized for the highest level of transparency. We know that Guidestar is a useful tool for donors and we will continue to update the profile to make sure it is representative of the work we do. Check out our profile here! About GuideStar Nonprofit Profiles
