Places of Worship in the Washington DC area

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DC area places of worship from DC Registry

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Area meditation groups; lots of Buddhist temples are included on this list, but you'll find other traditions, too.

Virginia Theological Seminary has a beautiful campus in Alexandria and a large library of religious texts.

Wesley Theological Seminary

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Open to the public for tours:

National Cathedral (Episcopal)

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic)

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ideas for congregations:

Hold a pet food drive; some folks are struggling to keep their pets with the economic downturn. Programs like the Humane Society of Fairfax County Ani-Meals program assist with pet food to those that need it. Imagine how much pet food an entire congregation could donate to a program like this! Many pet supply stores have a drop off box for food, if your municipality doesn't have a program.

Have a vegetable gardening program. It can be hard the first time someone plants a veggie garden. But seeing it done, trying it out a little bit, and asking questions helps a lot. Your congregation could have a garden for people to work in to learn. Kids will love it. Raised bed gardens (like "square foot gardening") are good for older folks that don't like to bend over or kneel down.

Have a shoe drive; Soles4Souls can provide materials.

green news: Unity of Fairfax is putting in a green roof on their building.

Sojourners is a DC based group of Christians focused on justice and peace.

Congregations can arrange a showing of the movie The Great Warming narrated by Alanis Morissette and Keanu Reeves.

Environmental resources for congregations:

EPA's Energy Star Congregations Network offers a free 100 page guidebook, "Putting Energy into Stewardship".

Greater Washington DC Interfaith Power & Light can help you make your congregation's building more energy efficient. They offer members discounts on compact fluorescent lights, etc.

Stewardship Mini-Poster (PDF file) from the EPA

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"Exude peace and goodness; because that is the nature of the image of God within you - your true nature."

Paramahansa Yogananda

sacred sounds:

Angelic Calling by Jonathan Goldman

Khwaja Mere Khwaja by Slumdog Millionarie composer A. R. Rahman

Celtic Kirtan

National Cathedral

Online inspiration:

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