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Gracias! Lots of Notes of Thanks that We Should Share
| Thanks to Gwen Wray-Samans, Cheryl Lederle and James Fisher for hosting recent coffee times.
Chuck Abbott is signed up for the 31st. Paula Greene is on for August 6, and Mike Bagwell and Clark Chesser are on tap for August 14. We look forward to their hospitality.
Coffee hour hosts are listed on the church calendar on our web site. There is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board outside of the church office.
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| The Arlington Street Peoples Assistance Network has a couple of dates open for their evening meal distribution: Thursday, September 29, and Thursday, November 24 (Thanksgiving Day). CPC has committed to serving on those days. Can you join the crew that will gather at church on those dates at 5:45 p.m. and distribute food at two sites? Please let me know if you can help out.
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Summer Schedule
| AFAC update: one summer schedule change for August -- the post-bagging dinner on Monday, August 15, will be pot-luck. Bring something to share.
The CPC e-news will appear twice monthly through August. If you have dates, updates, news, milestones, or other information to share with the community, please send it along but be aware that the publication schedule will slow down for summer.
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Milestones
| Birthday Bash!
Happy Birthday to Gwen Wray-Samans who celebrates a birthday tomorrow.
Ron Bookbinder celebrates another year on August 13.
We celebrate with you!
Last time in this space we congratulated Clark Chesser and the rest of the Alexandria Harmonizers who took home a bronze medal from a major vocal competition in Kansas City earlier this summer. Tomorrow evening you can enjoy their tunes in a free show at 7:30 at Fort Ward Park in Alexandria.
Barbara Allen asks continued prayers for her mother, Mildred, who is struggling through recovery from recent surgery.
In this space we celebrate moments and milestones in the lives of members of the community. So, if you have a birthday, an anniversary, a graduation, a promotion, a retirement, or other milestone to celebrate send me a note and we'll shout it out right here.
Likewise, if you have a prayer concern that you'd like lifted up in the prayer lives of the the community, let me know and we'll list that here, as well.
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Coming soon to the wee kirk:
An Evening with Matt Black, Saturday, August 6, 7:00 p.m.
AFAC grocery bagging, Monday, August 15, 7:00 p.m.
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We're Getting MAD this Week
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Greetings!
 The end of July and beginning of August will be filled with the sound of music at CPC, and you will not want to miss it. This Sunday we'll be joined in worship by the Music, Arts and Drama group from Camp Hanover. The kids are in town for a music workshop Saturday morning at Church of the Pilgrims, and will also be meeting with staff from the Washington Office of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to learn about the church's advocacy efforts. They'll share a bit of their learning with us in worship Sunday. Hospitality Help Wanted The MAD campers (13 kids and three adult leaders) are camping out at CPC this Friday and Saturday nights. If you have an air mattress or two to lend, it will be greatly appreciated. Also, if you'd like to help out in the "care and feeding" of our guests, please let me know. We can use all the assistance you can offer.More Music on the Way Saturday, August 6, singer-songwriter Matthew Black will bring his gifts to CPC for an evening of music that starts at 7:00. Matt's music has captured the attention of some remarkably talented performers. David LaMotte says of Matt's music: "Matt Black writes about things that matter, and among the things that matter is being silly from time to time. His wit doesn't conflict with the substance in his songs, though. It balances perfectly." Matt lives in an intentional community in Chicago and from that home base he also serves on the national staff of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship. (It would be really great if you'd go to the Facebook event link and RSVP so we know how much food to put out that evening. PLEASE. If you're not on FB, please send me an e-mail. If you're not on e-mail ... how are you reading this?) grace and peace, David PS: Mark your calendars for Sunday, September 18. Something big is coming your way. |
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More Music in Our Area
As noted above, the MAD campers are in town for a music workshop at Church of the Pilgrims this Saturday. Here's a description of the event from our friend the Rev. Jeff Krehbiel, pastor at Pilgrims:
Saturday, July 30, from 9:30 to 12:30, Pilgrims will host Patrick Evans, associate professor at the Yale Institute for Sacred Music, for a special workshop:
"Now We Are the Body: Global Song in Local Worship"
Patrick previously served as Director of Music at a Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, DE, where we first became acquainted. He later spent a year as Artist in Residence at Union Seminary in New York City.
Patrick is a fun and energetic music leader, and the entire congregation is invited to participate in this special morning, which will include worship, singing, a capella, spirituals, chanting, improvisation, circle dance, and more.
Patrick is committed to the reclaiming and renewal of congregational song. He recently joined a team of church musician/teachers convened by the United Methodist Church's General Board of Global Missions, spending two weeks in Uganda, teaching and learning from church musicians and pastors from that country, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Sudan.
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Plot Against Hunger Is Now in the Ground!
 Thanks to the hard work of Gillian Burgess, James Fisher, Sam Foulke, Don Hodgen, and Yvonne Thelwell (who coordinate the akido group) Clarendon has an AFAC Plot Against Hunger.
(Thanks also to Martin and Hannah, whose parents did not get them to the plot on time, for weeding around other parts of the grounds Sunday evening.)
The good people of Sam's Farm donated quite a few mature seedlings that are now in the ground on the Jackson Street side of church.
The kids (and teachers) of the Clarendon Child Care Center have volunteered to water the garden during the week, making our Plot Against Hunger and true community project.
As with every garden, this one will need lots of work to keep down weeds and, later on, to harvest! The fresh food from our "farm" will go to AFAC to feed our neighbors in need.
If you'd like to get involved in the plot, contact Gillian.
Meanwhile, if you've got extra produce from your own garden and would like to share with the church community, please feel free to bring it in on Sundays. We have a gleaning table in the sanctuary. |
New Form of Government Takes Effect in PC(USA)
This week the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) entered a new era as the new form of government approved by last summer's General Assembly (and ratified by a majority of presbyteries in voting since the assembly) to effect. The effective date, July 10, coincided with the 501st anniversary of the birth of John Calvin. If anyone knew where his body was buried the grave could be checked for signs of rolling over or not. NFOG includes the new ordination standard (the now ratified amendment 10-A) which makes the way clear for ordaining gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons to church office. The new form of government also changes the titles of two of those offices: elders are now ruling elders and ministers of word and sacrament are now teaching elders. It remains to be seen what practical changes will result for Clarendon, but at the very least you can anticipate voting on a few clerical changes to our congregational by-laws at the October congregational meeting as we move to align those by-laws with the new numbering system in the revised denominational constitution. |
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