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Gracias! Lots of Notes of Thanks that We Should Share ...
| Thanks to Mike Holloway and Jonh Gunn for hosting coffee time last Sunday.
We are coming to the end of the line on the sign ups, and we need a host for this Sunday's coffee time. Please let me know if you can host.
(Coffee time hosts are posted on the CPC web calendar.)
Big thanks to everyone who participated and made the Easter morning worship so powerful. Shout outs to Amber, Andrea, Gillian, Karen, Mike and Walter for great liturgical leadership, and to Cheryl and Ron for welcoming. (Yes, it takes two to stand in for Sam!)
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Coming soon to the wee kirk:
Wii Kirk, Friday, April 13, 6:30 p.m.
Garden day! Saturday, April 14, 9:00 a.m.
Session meets, Sunday, April 15, 11:45 a.m.
AFAC grocery bagging, Monday, April 16, 7:00 p.m.
Bible Study and Evensong, Wednesday, April 18, 7:00 p.m.
Rebuilding Together! Saturday, April 28. |
Celebrations &
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Birthday celebrations: Suzanne Matula (April 5) and Cheryl Lederle (April 10). Happy Birthdays!!!
We hold Mike Holloway and John Gunn in the light as they grieve the death of Mike's father. Please hold Mike's extended family in your prayers this week.
We hold Amy Williams in the light as she faces surgery the week after Easter.
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Music and Pizza and Gardens, oh my!
Progressive ... Inclusive ... Diverse
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April 2012
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Greetings!
Just a brief note this week about several upcoming opportunities to express your faith and enjoy the company of friends at Clarendon: - Friday evening at 6:30 we hold the last Wii Kirk pizza night of the season. In addition to the usual delicious pizza, games and good conversation, tomorrow evening's gathering is a "red-carpet affair" featuring the world premiere of Martin Lederle-Ensign's short film, "Crooked." You won't want to miss it!
- Saturday morning, beginning at 9:00, we build and plant our Plot Against Hunger raised beds veggie garden. All hands wanted and needed.
- Sunday morning we celebrate Music & the Spoken Word in worship. Come and make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all you peoples! And ... if we want to enjoy a nice coffee time following worship someone needs to fill that gap. Please let me know if you can.
- Monday evening at 7:00 we bag groceries for AFAC. As usual, the crew is invited over to the Lederle-Ensign home for a simple meal after the work is done. It would be great to know you're coming, so an RSVP would be appreciated.
Looking ahead just a bit: there will be many opportunities to lead worship during each of the Sundays through the season of Easter. In particular we are looking for liturgists (to lead litanies, read scripture, lead prayers) for Sunday, April 22. Please let me know if you'd like to participate in worship leadership that Sunday. Easter Sunday I noted that the stone has been rolled away ... and now the work of the people of God begins. Our work is joyous! Share in it. peace, David PS: In case you skimmed the note above, please double-check it for RSVP requests and opportunities to lead that you may be able to fill. (Yes, research does show that people are more likely to read the PS than the actual letter above it!) |
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Eating Just for Fun
The community that breaks bread together is a healthy one! Toward that end, we'd like to have a round of "Dinners for Six or Eight" during the season after Easter. Would you be willing to host one dinner gathering at your home some time between Easter (April 8) and Pentecost (May 27)? If so, please contact Ron Bookbinder about setting a date for your party. Thanks for considering. David. |
Easter Season Bible Study and Worship Opportunity
 At the congregational meetings in October and January CPC members expressed a desire to have opportunities to study the Bible and to have additional worship opportunities. In response, during the season of Easter this spring, David will lead a 3-part Bible study looking comparatively at the four gospel accounts of Easter. What do these stories tell us? How are they similar? How are they different from one another? What is important in the differences, and in the similarities? We'll meet at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays (April 18, May 9, May 23) in the chancel area of the sanctuary. We'll spend about an hour with the text, and close with a 20-minute Evensong worship. Please let me know if you plan to join us for these evenings. |
Staff Design Group Articulates Principles
CPC's staff design group continues its work this month according to the principles laid out fully in the attached document.
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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