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Gracias! Lots of Notes of Thanks that We Should Share
| Thanks to Gwen Wray-Samans for hosting a delicious and peeps-filled coffee time on Easter Sunday!
We look forward to the hospitality of Chuck Abbott this Sunday.
Thanks to Clark Chesser, James Fisher, Karen Kimmel and Cheryl Lederle for wonderful hospitality and delicious soup, bread and cookies prior to our Maundy Thursday service. Thanks to Martin Lederle-Ensign for yeoman's set-up work.
Coffee hour hosts are listed on the church calendar on our web site.
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Final Wii Kirk of Spring!
| Friday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m., the doors open on the final Wii Kirk night of fun and pizza!
Mr. & Ms. Pizza (aka Clark Chesser and Cheryl Lederle) will once again be churning out the best pizza in Arlington. The Wii will be on the big screen -- including the Beatles Rock Band for all you karaoke crazies -- and plenty of good food and great conversation will be shared by all.
Please bring a beverage, dessert, salad or snack to share.
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April 30: We Rebuild Together!
| Saturday, April 30, is the annual Rebuilding Together day of service. This year we will again be working with a crew from Falls Church Episcopal, and taking on the rehabilitation of a home just south of I-395 in Arlington. For details, and to volunteer, contact Tom Hull.
Boxes Needed!
In advance of the work day a CPC crew will be packing up the client's belongings for safekeeping during the painting and construction work.
We need boxes!
If you can help with finding and procuring boxes please contact Cheryl Lederle, who is organizing the pack up effort.
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Coming soon to the wee kirk:
Wii Kirk, Friday, April 29, 6:30 p.m.
Rebuilding Together, April 30, all day.
Music Sunday, May 1.
Christian Ed/Spiritual Formation discernment team, Sunday, May 1, 11:30.
A-SPAN feeding people on the streets, Tuesday, May 3, 5:45.
Peter Mika in concert at CPC, Saturday, May 7, 7:00 p.m.
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Peter Mika Brings Chamber Music to CPC
| Clarinetoist Peter Mika brings Ensemble Appassionato to CPC, Saturday, May 7, at 7:00 p.m. for an evening of chamber music.
The program will feature Beethoven's clarinet trio in B-flat major, and Brahm's clarinet trio in a minor.
Peter has graced us with his music during worship on several Sundays this year, and will be playing with the choir on Easter Sunday. He is also planning a piece to share on Sunday, May 1, as part of Music and Spoken Word Sunday.
The linked flyer details the ensemble and the program. Please share it with all of your music-loving friends.
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Come Sing O Church in Joy!
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Greetings!
 This Sunday we will continue the celebration of the Easter season in song and spoken word, and we'll sing "Jesus Christ Has Risen Today!" Music and Spoken Word Sunday is a long-standing and joyous tradition at Clarendon, so come and worship the Lord using the gifts of music and beautiful writing. The young people of the church will be sharing a song, the choir has a joyous anthem, and, rumor has it, the Grateful Dead will put in an appearance, too. (The tie-dye stole will be the liturgical "color" for the day!) We will also gather at table to celebrate the Lord's Supper. In keeping with the theme of the morning we'll use a sung liturgy for communion. So, come and worship! Come and sing! peace, David PS: Due to the untimely death of a family friend, Ron Bookbinder will be in Florida this weekend, and will not be able to serve as an elder commissioner to this Saturday's meeting of National Capital Presbytery. We are looking for a last-minute substitute for Ron. If you are willing and able to serve as an elder-commissioner this Saturday, please let me know as soon as possible. Session will act via e-mail to fill our allotted slots for this meeting. National Capital Presbytery votes Saturday on the proposed amendments to the Book of Order, including 10-A. The meeting is at Gaithersburg Presbyterian, 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
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CPC Is Taking Food to the Streets Next Week. Join Us!
 Next Tuesday, May 3, CPC is joining the Arlington Street People's Assistance Network for its evening food distribution.
This time around we are not preparing meals. Instead, we are simply handing out meals that have already been prepared.
We'll caravan from church to the distribution sites, departing CPC's parking lot at 5:45 p.m. To give ourselves time to organize car loads, please arrive at church at 5:30. The food distribution, at two sites, should take one hour, and we should be back at Clarendon shortly after 7:00 p.m.
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CPC Is Teaming With Discernment:
We Need Your Discerning Mind
Following up the input from the congregation received during small-group gatherings last fall we are in the midst of a season of discerning our congregational callings around mission, education, spiritual formation, worship, and the use of our space.
About 20 members of the congregation have participated in prayerful gatherings to talk about worship, mission, education and spiritual formation, and next month we'll hold the first gathering of a group whose focus will be how we use, decorate, arrange and care for our space, including the sanctuary.
Each of the meetings has followed a pattern of prayer, reading and discussing scripture, and actively listening for what the Spirit is saying to the church about the concerns in front of us. Every voice is important, and we need you to participate.
The Christian education and spiritual formation team meets again Sunday, May 1, following worship. The sacred space team holds its first meeting Sunday, May 15, following worship.
If you have questions and the process or purposes of these teams, please let me know.
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Presbyterian Disaster Assistance in Japan
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, working with partner churches through Church World Service, is providing relief in Japan in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that struck March 11.
The initial $100,000 from One Great Hour of Sharing funds provided to CWS has gone towards an immediate response to 5,000 households, about 25,000 individuals, now living at 100 evacuation sites in the northeastern area of Japan - the prefectures of Miyagi, Fukushima, Iwate, Ibaragi and Tochigi.
The focus of the response is on evacuation sites where basic needs of food, water, sanitation, electricity and fuel are not being met. To contribute to the relief efforts through Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, click here for a link to PDA's secure giving site.
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A-10 Update as of April 27
The presbyteries' vote on proposed amendment 10-A stands at 82 presbyteries in favor and 59 opposed as of Wednesday. This week Florida Presbytery became the 17th presbytery to move from the "no" column two years ago to the "yes" column this year. Lehigh Presbytery in Pennsylvania continued its support of equality this week as well.
It takes 87 presbyteries (a simple majority) voting in the affirmative to change the constitution. Between now and early June the remaining 35 presbyteries will cast votes on the amendment.
Celebrating a Generation of Work for Equality
Five more affirmative votes are needed to pass the amendment, and although past trends are no guarantee, it seems likely at this point that the 87th affirmative vote will be cast in mid-May.
Michael Adee, executive director of More Light Presbyterians, has a beautiful brief reflection on the long journey to equality that you can read on the MLP home page.
The Open Doors/MLP chapter of National Capital Presbytery plans a worship celebration currently scheduled Sunday, May 22, at Western Presbyterian Church. Watch this space for details.
Clarendon's session drafted one of the overtures to last summer's General Assembly that formed the basis for the present 10-A. If adopted, the amendment would remove the current language of section G-6.106b in our Book of Order and insert this wording:
Standards for ordained service reflect the church's desire to submit joyfully to the Lordship of Jesus Christ in all aspects of life (G-1.0000). The governing body responsible for ordination and/or installation (G.14.0240; G-14.0450) shall examine each candidate's calling, gifts, preparation, and suitability for the responsibilities of office. The examination shall include, but not be limited to, a determination of the candidate's ability and commitment to fulfill all requirements as expressed in the constitutional questions for ordination and installation (W-4.4003). Governing bodies shall be guided by Scripture and the confessions in applying standards to individual candidates.
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Nominating Committee Begins Its Discerning
Sunday, June 5, following worship, the nominating committee will meet to begin its discernment for a slate of three people to fill the session class of 2014. We hold the election of officers as part of the October meeting of the congregation. All members of the congregation are eligible to stand for election to the office of elder. The term of service is three years, and it begins in January, 2012. If you are interested in exploring your own sense of call to serve in this vital ministry, or if you have suggestions for the committee to consider, please contact either of the elder members of the committee: Amber Hodgen or Marit Simenson.
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