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First Fall Wii Kirk
Friday, Oct. 30
6:30 p.m. at church
All are welcome; bring a friend.
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| Pastoral Notes |
Wes MacAdam is recovering from surgery following a fall last week.
We celebrate 90 years with Ditty Boaz this weekend. Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at the Lyon Village community house we'll gather with Ditty, family and friends to say "happy birthday!"
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This Week @ CPC
Progressive ... Inclusive ... Diverse
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October 2009
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Greetings!
 There is always something new happening at CPC, and this week the news itself is something new. We are beginning an experiment in congregational communication that will bring you the news you need as well as some deeper content that is designed to keep us connected and informed, and to support you in your own journey of faith and spiritual development.
Please let me know what you think, and please send suggestions, links or articles to share.
Grace and peace,
David
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 Mountaintops and Movies
When we turn on our lights in Arlington, chances are the electricity
was generated at least in part by burning coal mined from Appalachia. What
does our connection to "coal country" and its people mean for us as
Christians?
CPC joins seven other Arlington congregations in sponsoring the
premier screening of Coal Country,
a dramatic look at modern coal mining. Through this film we'll get to know
miners and activists, company executives and families who have lived in the
mountains for generations.
The film is showing tomorrow evening at the
Arlington Unitarian Universalist Church on George Mason at Rt. 50. The film
begins at 7:00 p.m., doors open at 6:30.
Kathy Selvage, a coal-miner's daughter from Wise County, VA,
will be at the screening to share her own experience of fighting mountaintop
removal mining.
Learn more about the film.
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Congregational Meeting
and potluck lunch
This Sunday we gather for some worshipful work, to think together about the future at CPC, and to elect leaders for the coming year.
Our fall congregational meeting is in the sanctuary immediately following worship. We will talk about some of the amazing ideas that came out of our open space retreat earlier in October, and we will preview the 2010 budget.
After the meeting, we'll adjourn downstairs for a potluck lunch. Bring your best to share with the community.
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Worship Week
Sunday our young people will lead us in worship with a dramatic reading of the gospel story from Mark 10:46-52. The sermon is Visions for the Blind.
If you would like to join in worship leadership, please let me know. The word "liturgy" comes from the Greek meaning "the work of the people," and we believe that worship is a community act. Every aspect of worship belongs to each of us and all of us, so if you would like to lead in any aspect, speak up.
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 Feeding Our Neighbors in Need
A dozen CPCers gathered last night at AFAC and filled 400 bags with groceries. Young and old alike pitched in as we worked to share food with hungry families in Arlington.
Tomorrow is 5% day at Whole Foods in Arlington. The store will donate 5% of net sales to AFAC.
We will return to AFAC on Monday, Nov. 16. In the meanwhile, we are collecting non-perishable food donations that will be delivered to AFAC when we bag next month. The food offering will be blessed and dedicated in worship on Sunday, Nov. 15.
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About Clarendon
All are welcome at Clarendon Presbyterian Church. We are a community that tries to
reflect the love and justice of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We invite all those
with faith and with doubts to join us as seekers of God's amazing and inclusive
grace and truth. We are at 1301 N. Jackson St. in Arlington, two blocks north of the Clarendon stop on the Orange Line.
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Saving graces
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This week we will read the story of blind Bartimaeus, and his desire to see. As you ponder this story,consider this verse from Dan Berrigan: In the house where all cry out "I see!"
and continue to do the works of darkness
there is only one classic action open to the wise:
strike yourself blind and explore that Kingdom.
Ched Myers says of Bartimaeus, "This blind beggar stands in piercing contrast to the rich man and the disciples at every point. He is poor, landless, and disabled -- a victim of the system, not its beneficiary. ... Yet Bartimaeus is willing to give up what little he has to achieve liberation; the beggar's cloak he casts off represents the tool of his panhandler's trade" (from Who Will Roll Away the Stone).
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