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Gracias! Lots of Notes of Thanks that We Should Share
| Thanks to Clark and Cheryl for an evening of grace and hospitality at Unchurch! If you missed it, round two is this Sunday evening.
Thanks to Carol DeFord for a delicious coffee time; we look forward to the hospitality of John Gunn and Mike Holloway at this Sunday's coffee time.
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Welcome New Members
| We welcome Michael and Andrea Haynes and Paula Green to membership at Clarendon. Please make sure you reach out to them in the coming days to make them feel part of the community at Clarendon.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the congregation, please send me a note. We will welcome another group of new members early in 2012. |
Milestones
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Don Hodgen asks prayers for his mother, who faces a lengthy recovery following a car accident.
Ron Bookbinder asks prayers for his Great Aunt Francie Huber. After a fall, she is recovering in a rehab facility and hopes to be able to return to her home.
Cheryl Lederle asks prayers for her colleague, Uhuru Goss, who is facing surgery and is the primary caregiver for her mother, who is being treated for cancer.
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:
Unchurch! Sunday, Nov. 13, 6:00 p.m.
Fall cleanup day, Saturday, Nov. 19, 9:30 a.m.
Peter Mika concert, Saturday, Nov. 19, 7:00 p.m.
Unchurch! Sunday, Nov. 20, 6:00 p.m.
AFAC bagging, Monday, Nov. 21, 7:00 p.m.
A-SPAN feeding, Thursday, Nov. 24, 5:45 p.m.
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A Season of Giving
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Greetings!
 Sunday morning in worship Mike Bagwell and Dave Norman shared reflections on their experience of giving to the community through our work with the Arlington Street People's Assistance Network (A-SPAN). Dave likened the line of people receiving meals to the line to the communion table, and it brought home strongly this congregation's deep commitment to hospitality, to making a place at the table for everyone. That hospitality is one of the many ways we give back from the abundance we have been given. We will continue through the month of November, the month of Thanksgiving, to lift up our own stories of giving and receiving. During the month, I also invite you to think about your gifts to CPC that make possible our continued mission of welcoming the stranger, feeding the hungry and giving voice to the voiceless. You should receive in the snail mail this week a commitment card. I invite you to consider prayerfully what you are called to contribute to our common work. I'm also happy to speak with you about this at any point. The mailing includes a return envelope that you can use to send the card to church, or bring it to worship on Sunday, November 20, when we will dedicate our pledges. "Freely you have received; freely give." grace and peace, David |
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Unchurch! Hospitality this Month
Sunday evening at 6:00 the Unchurch continues. This Sunday we focus on the Christian practice of hospitality. Clark Chesser and Cheryl Lederle will facilitate a conversation about the ways that hospitality draws us out into the world.
As you would expect in a series led by Mr. & Mrs. Pizza, the food for November Unchurch gatherings is going to be delicious, and the welcome will be warm.
Come for dinner at 6:00. Conversation begins at 6:30, and we'll close with a worshipful time of quiet reflection. The evenings will end at 7:30. All are welcome, and it's a great time to invite friends who may be "spiritual but not religious."
Unchurch will feed your body and your soul.
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November is Stewardship Season
 Every November, as we consider the annual budget for the congregation and the call of God to be good stewards of our resources I encourage you to go to the web site globalrichlist.com. That site reminds me that even if I cut my income in half I remain among the richest four percent of the world's now 7 billion people. I have been given so much, and it is truly a joy to be able to give back.
That joy reminds me that stewardship is first and foremost a spiritual practice rather than a financial one. To keep my soul balanced I need to give from what I have received. Jesus understood this clearly. As he told his followers, "where your treasure is there will be your heart also." If your treasure is going to God's work of love and justice, then your heart is going there as well, and such is the direction of a healthy heart.
This week you'll receive what should be a second mailing about stewardship that will include a commitment card and an invitation either to mail it back to church or bring it with you on Sunday, November 20, as we dedicate our commitments and ask God's blessing on them. If you do not receive these mailings, please let me know and we'll get the information to you. |
Peter Mika and Ensemble Appassionato Perform Again
Clarinetist Peter Mika and Ensemble Appassionato visit Clarendon again next month for an intimate evening of chamber music in the sanctuary, Saturday, November 19, at 7:00. This will mark the second time the ensemble has appeared at CPC. Peter has performed during worship for the congregation on numerous occasions during the past year. The November performance will include works by Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. |
CPC Puts the Giving in Thanksgiving!
Join the Clarendon crew this Thanksgiving as we feed Arlington's hungry with the Arlington Street People's Assistance Network. Meet up at church at 5:45 p.m. Thanksgiving day. We'll deliver meals in Virginia Square and Rosslyn. We should be finished handing out food by 7:00 p.m. If you can be part of this Thanksgiving Day service please let me know. |
Clearing the Rolls and Updating the Directory
At its November meeting (20th), session will review the membership rolls at CPC. In accordance with the Book of Order, session will consider moving to the inactive members list members of the congregation who have not been active in the work and worship of the church for the past year. Inactive members who have been on the inactive list for two years or longer will be removed from membership. If you believe yourself to be in either of those categories and would like talk about your situation, please call David or any session member. Directory UpdateWe're updating the CPC directory this month. There will be a copy of the current directory on the table under the nametags outside the sanctuary. Please take a moment this month to confirm (with a check mark) that your information is correct. Write in updates, or add your information if it's not there.
Also, to help us grow our capacity to celebrate, if you'd like to be celebrated we invite you to add your birthday. No year necessary!
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