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Gracias! Lots of Notes of Thanks that We Should Share ...
| Thanks to everyone who shared such a delicious pot luck brunch Sunday. Thanks also to all who helped clean up Wilson Hall after brunch. Special shout-outs to Don Hodgen, Cheryl Lederle, and James Fisher for personing the dish washing.
This Sunday we look forward to the hospitality of James Fisher. (Coffee time hosts are posed on the CPC web calendar.)
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Celebrations &
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Due to some printing problems the updated CPC directory has been delayed. It should be available Feb. 12.
We hold Karen Kimmel and Marty Rosensweig in the light as they grieve the death of Karen's mom, Mildred Kimmel, who died earlier this month. Mildred, who visited with us when she was in town, was 88 years old when she left the church militant for the church triumphant.
Please hold Barbara Allen in the light as she faces surgery.
Please hold in the light Andrea Haynes and her mother (and Michael and Celeste) as Andrea's mother recovers from a stay in hospital in St. Louis this week.
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Coming soon to the wee kirk:
Souper Bowl of Caring, Sunday, Feb. 5.
Worship planning, Sunday, Feb. 5, following worship.
A-SPAN feeding, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 5:45 p.m.
Wii Kirk, Feb. 10, 6:30 p.m.
Session, Sunday, Feb. 19, 11:30 a.m.
AFAC grocery bagging, Monday, Feb. 20, 7:00 p.m.
Pancake breakfast, Saturday, March 10. (Turns out Fat Tuesday was just not workable for the young pancake cookers!)
Ash Wednesday worship, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 7:00 p.m.
Nominating Committee, Sunday, Feb. 26, following worship.
Unchurch returns!, Sunday, Feb. 26, 5:30 p.m.
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From the Crooked Road
Progressive ... Inclusive ... Diverse |
February 2012
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Greetings!
I'm taking a few days off this week to travel the Crooked Road with Martin as he works on the interview and video portion of his senior project. It's certainly possible that a little mandolin or banjo or guitar shows up in worship this weekend, though probably not Ralph Stanley. On the other hand, a little southern gospel rooted in the Carter Family Fold might liven things up a bit! Diversity of worship is a hallmark of vibrant congregations, and it's something we'll be working on this weekend as the Christian Education and Worship team meets together following worship. If you put up a note during the visioning work we did last Sunday or had an idea about worship, spiritual formation, or Christian education please come and share that with the group as we think together about church, Unchurch!, and Sunday School during the upcoming season of Lent. All are welcome to this circle of ideas, and we're going to feed you some lunch, too! So bring your dreams for a more vibrant congregation, deeper spiritual development, compelling worship and your dreams for a better world, as together we take the next steps toward the future at Clarendon Presbyterian. Come and see. Come and dream. peace, David |
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Peoples Prayer Breakfast at Pilgrims Tomorrow
OccupyFaith DC is sponsoring a Peoples Prayer Breakfast tomorrow morning at Church of the Pilgrims at 7:30.
While the 1% attend the National Prayer Breakfast, the 99% will "...reflect, pray, and draw attention to the suffering and marginalization of millions of U.S. citizens languishing in economic distress, uncertainty and poverty," wrote Daniel Tutt in The Huffington Post.
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Tuesday Evening We'll Be Feeding Our Neighbors
Next Tuesday evening, Feb. 7, we'll be serving bag meals for the Arlington-Street Peoples Assistance Network. Meet up at church at 5:45 p.m. and we'll caravan to the two A-SPAN meal sites. We should be back at church by 7:00 p.m.
We have signed up for a half-dozen A-SPAN nights through the remainder of 2012:
Tuesday, February 7th (serve only)
Saturday, June 30 (serve only)
Tuesday, July 31 (serve only)
Friday, August 31 (serve only)
Wednesday, October 31 (serve only)
Sunday, December 23 (prepare & serve)
The dates are also on the church's web calendar.
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Staff Design Group Articulates Principles
CPC's staff design group continues its work, and will present an update to the congregation at Sunday's congregational meeting.
The group's work is being conducted in relationship to the broader visioning work of session and the congregation, and will proceed according to a set of broad goals and principles that emerged from the group's conversations and guidance from session.
To maintain and expand a vibrant congregation, the staff design group will ensure that staffing at Clarendon be designed to:- Ensure effective and efficient stewardship of the congregation's human, financial, and physical resources.
- Develop more diverse and interactive ministries, particularly with respect to music and Christian education.
- Facilitate better identification and harnessing of congregational time and talents.
- Complement the strengths of existing staff and lay leadership.
The group has reviewed data from National Capital Presbytery and from the broader Presbytery Church (U.S.A.) on staffing patterns of similar-size congregations, and will present those findings Sunday. Elders Travis Reindl, Karen Kimmel, and Gordon Hawthorne, and members Dave Norman and Grant Mandsager are serving on the staff design team.
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