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Service of Lamentation and Repentance
St. Margaret’s will gather for a special Service of Lamentation and Repentance in response to the racial harms that have shaped our parish’s life—from our founding with wealth derived from enslaved labor through eras of silence, exclusion, and complicity. This service is offered as an act of worship, so that we may turn together toward healing, repair, and new life in Christ.
This service grows out of the work of the Racial Justice Task Force, the publication of Unveiling Our Truth: A Racial History of St. Margaret’s, the Sacred Ground program, and the Diocese of Washington’s call for congregations to reckon honestly with their histories. Together, we will name and grieve the ways racism, enslavement, segregation, and complacency have shaped our common life—both through actions taken and opportunities missed.
This will be a service of prayer, scripture, music, silence, and reflection. We will remember what has been broken, acknowledge what cannot be undone, and turn together toward God’s work of healing and repair.
All are invited to come with open hearts—to lament, to listen, and to discern how God may be calling St. Margaret’s to deeper faithfulness as we seek to become a more just and beloved community. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us.
Zoom Meeting ID: 935 9524 6192
Passcode: 596538
