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Christ Episcopal Church Kensington
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*** One Service This Sunday at 10AM ***
Come for worship as one congregation, and stay for the
Annual Meeting and Community Potluck!
Please join us and
please remember to bring your favorite dish to share!
We will elect new vestry members, AND in lieu of oral reports,
will have round table discussions to make the most of
being together in one place and celebrating Christ Church!
Child care and children's activities will be provided
during the meeting, and lunch will follow.
Youth will be part of the meeting/discussion.
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Children's Ministry Activities for Sunday, March 3rd: Bless, Love, Serve
Children will follow the Star when we take up the bread and wine, celebrating the Last Sunday of Epiphany. At Chapel we will have heard how Jesus showed himself as the Light of the World. We love following Christ's light as we try to bless, love, and serve God and others.
Instead of Sunday School, we are calling all children (PreK - Grade 5) to meet in the Grade 1-3 classroom (Lower Level) immediately following the 10 AM Service.
We are going to be blessings to others as the older children help the younger ones pack breakfast bags for hungry neighbors served by Bethesda Cares. We will also share our joy with others as we decorate cardboard lunchboxes for Senior Volunteers at Seabury Senior Services. When the Annual Meeting concludes, the children will join the meeting assembly and lead us all in Grace before our potluck luncheon.
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on March 5, 6:00-8:00pm!
Come share food and fellowship, and join us for a traditional pancake supper to celebrate Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday the eve of the first day of the Lenten season and support the upcoming youth mission trip. If you are interested in cooking pancakes, setting up/cleaning up, or otherwise lending a hand, please contact John Ward or Lance Kilpatrick.
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Ash Wednesday services will be held at 12 Noon and 7:00 PM on March 6.
There will also be a special children's chapel for Ash Wednesday beginning at 6:30pm.
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The Prime Timers will meet on Thursday, March 7 at 11:30
in the church undercroft for social time, lunch and to enjoy Dr. Joanne Allen, Professor of Art History at American University present "Depicting the Divine in the Three Abrahamic Faiths,"
which will investigate the moral, artistic and cultural contexts of divine imagery in Judaism, Christianity and Islam from ancient times to the present day. She will explore images ranging from a simple black square to a Chinese Virgin Mary, controversial portraits of the prophet Muhammad, and how Jesus became a white man
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Please RSVP to Nora Buckley at
[email protected]
or 301-564-0689 by Monday, March 4 to let her know you are coming and if you wish to order a lunch. Come one and all!
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New Craft and Cake Group
Starting Thursday March 7th at 7:30pm.
Pease join us every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month for fellowship, "Crafting & Cake." Bring a craft... join some friends....have some cake. Open to all members who "enjoy the art of making" 7:30-9:30 in the Gathering Room, located on the lower level of the Education Wing. Contacts: Pam Prindle ([email protected] or Emily Barry([email protected])
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Youth Group is cancelled this week.
Please join the rest of the congregation after the 10 AM service for our Annual Meeting!
No Bible Study Today
-come next week at 4:00pm in the library. All are welcome! No prior preparation is necessary and feel free to drop in any week. Questions? Please contact Lee Puricelli (
[email protected]
)
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Lenten Mediation Booklets from Episcopal Relief and Development
are available in the back of the church for you to take home. Please pick one up, or sign up (www.episcopalrelief.org/church-in-action/church-campaigns/lent) to have the meditations sent to you by email daily during Lent.
Lenten Book Group Join us during Lent for a book group to read and discuss, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe, by Fr. Richard Rohr. If you are interested or for more information, please contact Lee Puricelli at: [email protected]
Notes from the Library
Lent starts on Wednesday! The Library's Lenten books are on display on the table in the Library/Parlor. You can check them out to read during Lent! Questions? Please email our librarians, Sharon Bartram (
[email protected]
) or Annabel Kaufman (
[email protected]
) to let them know!
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LOOKING AHEAD
Episcopal Relief and Development Sunday
The first Sunday of Lent, March 10 this year, has been designated Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) Sunday throughout the Episcopal Church. Our generosity makes us an important part of ERD's work in strengthening communities and our bonds with one another. Each year, more than three million people in nearly 40 countries participate in innovative, locally led programs that boost harvests while protecting the environment, prevent diseases by mobilizing local volunteers and empower people to build livelihoods through financial and skills training. ERD also supports disaster preparedness and response efforts, internationally and throughout the United States. Learn more about ERD's programs by visiting www.episcopalrelief.org. Please mark your check with ERD in the memo line and use the special ERD outreach envelope in the pews. Episcopal Relieve and Development - Healing a hurting world.
Children's Ministry Lenten Activities: Pray and Share
- Throughout the six Sundays of Lent, we will learn The Lord's Prayer through a variety of multi-sensory activities,including making Lord's Prayer Beads, signing the prayer, singing the prayers, and using water color, clay and bread-baking to express what each line of this Jesus-given prayer means. All are welcome to join us for this Lenten series of lessons: PreK-K in Godly Play; Grades 1-3, and Grades 4 & 5. Come help us identify our many blessings and help us find ways to share with others in our community.
- Share in the solemnity and beauty of our Lenten Liturgies:
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Special Children's Chapel, Ash Wednesday
, March 6th, 6:30 PM
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Footwashing for Young Children: Maundy Thursday
, April 18th, 6:30 PM
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Holy Week Activities: Good Friday Morning,
April 19, 9 AM - 12 PM
- Join in the Easter Festivities by attending our annual Easter Egg Hunt: Easter Sunday, April 21, after the 10 AM Holy Eucharist!
Samaritan Ministry 2019 Next Step Breakfast on Thursday, March 14
This will be from 7:30 to 9:00 AM at the National Press Club (529 14th St NW, DC). This is a high-energy, inspired gathering with Lisa Desjardins, PBS NewsHour correspondent, Next Step Program participants & volunteer testimonials. Samaritan Ministry is a faith-based community partnership - bringing together our neighbors who face poverty, homelessness or other debilitating challenges - with partner leaders, donors, volunteers and staff. It is a shared ministry improves the lives of all throughout the Washington area, one next step and neighbor at a time. Please contact Charlie Briggs (
[email protected]
), Doug Leavens (
[email protected]
), or Lew Price (
[email protected]
) with questions or to register.
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Sunday's Bulletins for Download
(including this Sunday's Readings and Prayer List)
(Joint Service for the Annual Meeting)
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Christ Episcopal Church Kensington
4001 Franklin St.
Kensington, MD 20895
Sunday Services: 8am, 10am, 5pm
Wednesdays: 6:30pm
Office Hours: Mon-Friday, 9am-5pm
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