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History of
Faith Church
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Moravian Church was established as a congregation on May
26, 1985. Over twenty years ago, Sis. Maxine Garrett, saw
the need for a Moravian congregation in the Washington,
D.C. area, and after initial contacts, brought together a
group of people coming from many different islands and
within the United States, meeting with one common bond of
the Moravian heritage.
Her vision for this congregation further developed with an
early Christmas Love Feast celebration held on December
11, 1982. This service took place at St. Stephen¡¯s
Episcopal Church in Northwest Washington, with Rev. Dr.
George L. Lloyd (deceased) then pastor of United Moravian
Church of New York, acting as celebrant. In order for this
service to take place, we were pleased to have the
cooperation of Rev. Dr. Gordon L. Sommers, then President
of the Eastern District Board; Bro. Ted Wilde; Rev. Robert
E. Sawyer, then pastor of St. Paul¡¯s Moravian Church; the
congregation; participants from Trinity Moravian Church of
New Carrollton; and many other persons who, if not
members, are still considered to be Friends of Faith. The
service was a success, and that led to everyone wanting to
continue this new found fellowship.
A committee of the Rev. Ted Wilde, Robert Sawyer, Hazel
Blandford, Douglas and Margaret Robertson, Marco and
Dorothy Zamora, Donald Morant, and Maxine Garrett was
formed to organize the Fellowship. Donald Morant was
elected Chairman; Douglas Robertson, Vice Chairman;
Margaret Robertson, Treasurer; and Dorothy Zamora,
Secretary.
The steering committee decided that services would be held
once per month, at 4:00pm at St. Stephen¡¯s Episcopal. Bro.
Glen Harke agreed to be the organist. After a few months
of meetings, scheduling became a problem, and changes had
to be made.
As a result of interest shown at these services,
permission was given to formulate a fellowship, and thus
the Washington Fellowship was born. It met in homes and
various other places, but marks as an important date in
the Fellowship¡¯s life, its first Palm Sunday/Easter
Service, held during a terrible ice storm on February 16,
1983, at the All Soul¡¯s Church on 16th Street, N.W. with
the Rev. Steadman A. Bent, then pastor of New York First
Church as celebrant.
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PASTORS WHO
SERVED
- Rev. Edward L. Turner (Current)
- Rev. Dr. Clarence G. Newsome
- Re. Dr. Jerry A. Moore (Interim)
- Rev. Dr. Gordon L. Sommers (Interim)
- Rev. Leslie G. McKoy
- Rt. Rev. C. Hopeton Clennon
- Rev. Steadman A. Bent
- Rev. Dr. Walter V. Eversley
- The Rt. Rev. Dr. Stanley Thomas (Mission Developer)
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