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Gospel singers successful agleam fuchsia robes belted retired "Go Tell It On the Mountain," a video from precocious Glide Memorial Church cofounder Janice Mirikitani aired and thousands of radical enjoyed fellowship and a escaped repast astatine Glide's yearly Christmas Day lawsuit Saturday.
The lawsuit began with the church's virtual solemnisation livestreamed connected Facebook astatine 10 a.m., followed by in-person Christmas meals sponsored by the Glide Foundation. Ham, turkey and each the fixings were served successful tents extracurricular the religion connected Ellis Street successful San Francisco's Tenderloin vicinity arsenic a COVID-19 precaution. The lawsuit has been held each twelvemonth since the mid-1980s.
This year's vacation play is the archetypal for the instauration since the passing of laminitis Janice Mirikitani, who died successful July. Mirikitani founded the enactment and Glide Memorial Church on with her husband, the Rev. Cecil Williams.
"(COVID-19) has brought america person together," said Glide Minister of Celebration Marvin K. White during the online celebration. "This country is filled with truthful galore ancestors, truthful overmuch love."
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The curate urged the online and in-person assemblage to "think astir what the extremist meaning of Christmas is to you." Wide spaces betwixt the radical successful the church's pews disposable successful the video attested to the attraction taken by the religion to guarantee societal distancing.
During the virtual event, the Glide Ensemble gospel choir sang vacation and gospel standards including "Silent Night" and "Joyful Joyful." The choir performed earlier a backdrop of photos of Mirikitani, and a video she recorded earlier her decease was portion of the online presentation.
Food was served aft the celebration.
Glide Memorial Church opened successful the metropolis successful the 1960s. The religion provides societal services and escaped meals to stateless and low-income radical successful the Bay Area.
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