Serving God's People for over 130 years!

Welcome to Atonement

Welcome to the Church of the Atonement, an Episcopal church in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. For more than 130 years, Atonement has been a witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ in our Edgewater neighborhood and in the wider community. Today, we continue in that witness as an active, visionary, and inclusive congregation that serves God through daily prayer and worship, the practice of lifelong Christian learning, and ministries of outreach and justice.

Whoever you are, and wherever you are in your walk of faith, you are most welcome here. Your presence, your faith, your prayers, and your questions are wanted here. Your gifts and your energy are needed here. You are invited to come and see what God has in mind for you here.

Forum: A discussion on “For the Time Being”

Join us in the Elizabethan Room on Sunday at 10 a.m. for our parish forum. The parish forum on Sun., Jan. 12 will be a follow-up on the reading of Auden’s poem. Aron Dunlap and Barbara Newman will lead a discussion and help give a sense of the poem’s meaning for the Christmas and post-Christmas season. All are invited and urged to attend both the reading on Saturday and the forum on Sunday for a rich experience of this work.

Parish Annual Meeting

Atonement will hold its Annual Meeting on Sun., Jan. 26 following the 10 a.m. Mass. There will be a 8:00 Low Mass, and the 9:00 and 11:00 services will be combined at 10 a.m. Father Charles and the vestry will report on the status of the parish and look forward to 2025. The Nominations Committee has released the slate of candidates for warden, vestry, and diocesan convention delegates.

Learn more about the candidates