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Episcopal Church in #ArlingtonMA where people of all ages, races, identities, and backgrounds are respected and welcomed as people of God

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Join us Jan 11th for a game day!
December 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Delighted to have Bishop Julia Whitworth (@rtrevrdhd.bsky.social) as Celebrant and Preacher today, with a special blessing for our 150th Anniversary
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December 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Join us on Wednesday November 19 for a Thanksgiving evening prayer service and meal!
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Prayer for those impacted by the Government Shutdown

”We lift before you the workers and families facing lost income and employment, and those who depend on public services for health, safety, and justice. Grant wisdom and humility to leaders and guide them toward compromise for the common good."
Public Policy and Witness Weekly Prayers – October 3
We invite you to join with us as we offer the following prayers. We will share new prayers each week, and we will pray for the vulnerable among us who in this moment face particular challenges, fears,...
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October 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Tonight's concert in #ArlingtonMA, benefitting National Bail Fund Network and World Central Kitchen, is part of our 150th Anniversary celebration
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Join us October 25th for our next anniversary event!
October 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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"Resistance is Faithful"
Large crowd facing a stage, with many holding signs, including "The Episcopal Church. Resistance is Faithful"
October 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Family Dance Party starting in #ArlingtonMA in 15 minutes 🕺💃
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Join us September 27th as we kick off our series of anniversary events with a family dance party!
September 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Join us October 25th for our next anniversary event!
September 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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From Episcopal City Mission:
"Our collective presence sends a powerful message: we will not stay silent in the face of injustice."

Join tomorrow (Sept 16) at 7am in Burlington:
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Poster: In August, over 300 community and faith leaders gathered to support Blanca, a courageous community organizer with ECCO, as she faced ICE detention. Now, Blanca has been ordered to return to the ICE detention center in Burlington — and we must show up for her again. This time, we’re calling on our community to double our presence and stand even stronger. 📅 Tuesday, September 16th at 7 AM 📍 ICE Detention Center, Burlington, MA
September 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Prayer for the Gift of Medical Research

"God of world-changing gifts, you have given us the grace to learn from your creation and to develop knowledge that brings healing and hope. Through the work of medical research, we glimpse your desire for wholeness and life abundant. Amid threatened cuts..."
Public Policy and Witness Weekly Prayers – August 1
We invite you to join with us as we offer the following prayers. We will share new prayers each week, and we will pray for the vulnerable among us who in this moment face particular challenges, fears,...
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September 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Come celebrate our 150th Anniversary! The Family Dance Party is our 1st celebration event.
St. John's Episcopal Church, Arlington, MA will be celebrating its 150th anniversary from Sept 2025 - May 2026. The first event is a family dance party on Sept 27th, Saturday, 4:30 - 6:30 pm at the church, located on 74 Pleasant Street, Arlington, MA. The dance features live music by Stanley and the Under Covers. Ten dollars per family, individual or couple. Pizza, snacks and beverages will be served. Come dance, and have family fun.
August 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Join us September 27th as we kick off our series of anniversary events with a family dance party!
August 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Joining with Episcopal City Mission, ECCO, interfaith partners, and people of goodwill to support a member of our diocese at her ICE hearing

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B: "I am relying on divine mercy and the humanity of this country"
URGENT! Support Needed at ICE Hearing! ECM is reaching out because there is a member of one of our Episcopal churches who has an appointment with ICE on Friday, and her parish's Priest is calling for wide community support because we believe she is at high risk of deportation. Her appointment is at 8 am and we want a strong showing as she enters the ICE office in Burlington. Please attend if you can, and share with your group if you have a way to do so before Friday. B. is from Honduras and has been in Massachusetts since 2015. She applied for asylum but after losing her case in front of a judge with a very low approval rate, she received a "stay of removal" from ICE, allowing her to continue her life here. She is a polio survivor with disabilities and her current medical needs make ICE detention an extremely dangerous place for her to be. She has been called into the Burlington ICE office for an appointment, and her lawyer believes she is likely to be detained for deportation. She has chosen to go to the appointment but has asked for us to be there outside to support her. All Clergy are encouraged to wear collars or other markers of their role in the faith community. Join us Friday (8/15) outside of the ICE Office at 1000 District Ave, Burlington MA, 01803, starting at 7:30 AM. For parking, please use the nearby Macy's overflow lot (75 Burlington Mall Road), as parking is no longer allowed in ICE's own lot. Let ECM Lead Organizer Hannah Hafter (hannah@ecmteam.us) know if you'll be able to join the group. We hope to have a strong show of support there! Hundreds of people standing outside the Burlington MA ICE Field Office, many holding signs "Stop the Kidnapping of Our Immigrant Neighbors" "Welcome the Stranger" "Crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea"
August 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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"Because U.S. policy plays an outsized role in this conflict, we Episcopalians in the United States have a particular responsibility"

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Letter from Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe on crisis in Gaza
Dear people of God in The Episcopal Church: Yesterday, Archbishop Hosam Naoum of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East gave a powerful address to the Church of England’s annual Synod ...
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August 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Tonight: Emergent Action Network's monthly gathering focuses on Affordable Housing and Rent Stabilization to address the #housing crisis in #Massachusetts

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy,
July 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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"Churches like ours, protected by the First Amendment and practiced in galvanizing people of goodwill, may be some of the last institutions capable of resisting this administration’s overreach and recklessness."

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Once the church of presidents, the Episcopal Church must now be an engine of resistance
(RNS) — The reckoning, if we are honest, is long overdue.
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July 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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"Our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger, for we were all once strangers in this land."

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Bishop Budde among the Swedes
In September, Episcopal bishop Mariann Edgar Budde will travel to her mother’s homeland at the invitation of the Stockholm...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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📣 An interfaith group Burlington Area Clergy 4 Justice holds weekly actions outside of the ICE facility in #BurlingtonMA on Wednesdays from 11 AM - 1 PM.

For more info, see attached.

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Bearing Witness @ ICE every Wednesday
We invite you to stand in solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office in Burlington every Wednesday from 11am-1pm. Together, we can show love & support for immigrants, express o...
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June 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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The Good News is, among other things, God staring into the abyss and saying,
“No.
This is not the end.
I will roll away the stone.”
July 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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July 1: St Pauli of Baltimore! Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray was a human rights activist, legal scholar, labor organizer, poet, multiracial Black, LGBTQ+ Durhamite. 1st Black person to earn a JSD from Yale Law, a founder of National Organization for Women & first Black woman ordained an Episcopal priest.
A Black woman with short hair looks over her shoulder in a black and white photo "It has taken me almost a lifetime to discover that true emancipation lies in the acceptance of the whole past, in deriving strength from all my roots, in facing up to the degradation as well as the dignity of my ancestors." An image of a Black person as a saint. A priest standing in front of the altar.
July 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Seeing photos of #PopeLeo wearing that White Sox hat reminds me of an old friend, Bishop Mark Dyer. He was the bishop of Bethlehem, PA and had been raised in Boston. A lifelong Red Sox fan, a parishioner made him (as a kind of cheeky gift) a #redsox miter.

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An older caucasian man in a blue shirt holds a navy blue and red bishop's miter with a Red Sox B logo on it, resting atop a blue padded chair. Behind him are stairs and a couple of framed paintings of landscapes, as well as some house plants
June 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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"We as people of faith are called to draw the world’s attention to the plight of refugees and immigrants and to be a voice of conscience to our country"

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San Diego bishop joins Catholic-led gathering at federal courthouse on World Refugee Day
[Episcopal News Service] San Diego Bishop Susan Brown Snook joined Catholic San Diego Bishop-designate Michael Pham and 11 other faith leaders standing in solidarity with immigrants at the city’s f…
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June 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Members of St. John's were glad to support LGBTQ+ justice and equity at the Boston Pride March.

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People with rainbow umbrellas marching on a street and carrying signs "You are so loved" "Boston Pride" "Here to Stay" News crews interviewing Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as she marches in a parade with a rainbow umbrella
June 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Bearing Witness at the Burlington ICE Office

Every Wednesday from 11am to 1pm at 1000 District Ave in Burlington MA, organized by Burlington Area Clergy 4 Justice

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Cardboard sign in front of a crowd gathered around the entrance to a federal building. Sign reads "I was a stranger and you welcomed me. Matthew 25:31-46" People holding signs: "ICE splits families" "Jeremiah 22:30 - DO not oppress the foreigner" "Immigrants build + sustain America"
June 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM