BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Colonial Village -- Bishop's House (1640 Portal Dr NW) -- Christmas Lights

DC -- Colonial Village -- Bishop's House (1640 Portal Dr NW) -- Christmas Lights:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. PORTAL_121230_157.JPG: It's weird to me that a religious leader's Christmas displays would be generic like "Seasons Greetings" instead of "Merry Christmas".
2. PORTAL_121230_242.JPG: I tend to think any church that puts a picture of its head guy's face in a star at the uppermost part of the display is suffering from some ego issues. I'm not religious but I suspect the dude who's picture should be honored in a Christian church is that of JC.
Description of Subject Matter: "The Bishop's House" of the United House of Prayer for All People in Northwest Washington offers an outrageous Christmas light display. In addition to life-size reindeer and a Nativity scene, there are 24 Christmas trees, representing states where the United House of Prayer has churches. The display is at North Portal Drive, west of 16th Street NW.

There's a stop on the Shaw Heritage Trail that describes the church that's connected with this house:
Stop #13: "Sweet Daddy" Grace:
Sixth and M Streets, NW
Along this block is the world headquarters of the United House of Prayer for All People. Founded in 1919 in Massachusetts by Charles M. “Sweet Daddy” Grace, the church moved its headquarters to Washington in 1926. Soon after, it purchased a mansion where the church is today. The mansion had housed Frelinghuysen University, a night school headed by noted African American educator Anna J. Cooper.
Bishop Grace’s mass baptisms were legendary. One year he baptized 208 people in front of 15,000 onlookers here on M Street, with water provided by local fire fighters. At the time of the flamboyant, charismatic evangelist’s death in 1960, his church claimed three million members in 14 states and the District. Bishop Grace was succeeded by Bishop Walter McCollough, who expanded the church’s political influence. Under McCollough, the church purchased and built hundreds of units of affordable housing in Shaw and Southeast, as well as in North Carolina and Connecticut. The church is also known for its Saints Paradise Cafeteria, music, community service, and outreach to the poor.
Over time nearly two dozen religious congregations have settled in Shaw. Congregations often traded spaces as their numbers grew or shrank, or they followed their membership to the suburbs. As you walk the trail you will see current and former houses of worship for A.M.E. Zion, Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Christian Evangelical, Greek Orthodox, Islamic, Jewish, and other faiths.
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