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Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington's Annual Spring Gala will be a celebration of life and achievement. This year's gala will recongnize the success of the Next Step Program and honor the life and minsitry of the late Right Reverend Jane Homles Dixon.  David "Dixie" Dixon was delighted that Samaritan Ministry chose to honor his wife in this way.

The Rev. David B. Wolf, Esq. will be the new Executive Director of Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington (SMGW) beginning August 20, 2012. For the past 11 years, David has served as the Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Paterson, NJ, and as President-CEO of St. Paul’s Community Development Corp., a non-profit working to alleviate hunger, homelessness, unemployment, poverty, and illiteracy in Paterson, one of the poorest small cities in America. 

Samaritan Ministry now offers a series of pre-GED courses to those participants hoping to pursue their GEDs or to refresh their existing knowledge. 

Irene Shelton, the volunteer instructor of the sessions, is currently retired, but has taught GED classes for 13 years and continues to do so part-time. She is excited to be teaching reading comprehension and basic math skills and says, “I enjoy teaching adults because when adults come back to school they come with a purpose, motivated to learn.” 

David Downes, Executive Director of Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington and its Next Step Program for the past 10+ years, has announced that he will be leaving his position this spring to take his own “next step.” In describing the move, he says, “I’m not calling it retirement, just taking some time to decide what I want to do when I grow up – or if I even want to grow up at all!”