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Vision 2020 and Capital Campaign Midpoint Update Report
May 24, 2019
Compiled by Linda Young, Vice Moderator,
with input from Council & Trustees
We are well on our way to reaching our goals, both in pledges collected from the 2017 Capital Campaign, and in completing original 2020 planned projects. Council wishes the congregation to see current progress at this point. The council has learned about some unforeseen expenses that need immediate attention and is working on prioritizing. More information will come soon. Click the link below to read the full update report.
Important Opportunities to Give
The Council, 2020 Planning Committee, Capital Campaign Committee, and Board of Building and Grounds trustees have all worked hard to provide good stewardship of our building and grounds, and are deeply grateful for the generosity of the Congregation during the Capital Campaign 2017, as well as for generous estate bequests and gifts, Endowment Trustees, and our Treasurer's management of funds.
- If you made a "one-time donation" to the 2020 Capital Campaign and intended to add another, this is a good time.
- Perhaps you have still not pledged or contributed to the Capital Campaign and would like to make a pledge.
If you wish to write a check, write it payable to ACC with Capital Campaign in the left bottom corner. You may put it in the offering plate, or mail to Elena Caruthers 234 Williamette Ave, Kensington, CA 94708
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From "
Who was I, that I could hinder God?
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Rev. Nate Klug's sermon on Acts 11:1-18.
And so finally Peter is inside Cornelius' house.
And he's talking with these Gentiles, eating their food, accepting their hospitality.
And they're getting to know each other.
And then the Gentiles ask Peter to speak a message to them:
"Tell us about Jesus, so we may be saved."
And Peter has come a long way already.
And still, still, when they ask him to preach the Good News to them...Peter hesitates.
I'm not cut out for this, God.
Why do you have to put me in these situations?
Why can't you just keep me with the people I know and am comfortable with?
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Saturday, May 25, 7-10 PM
Ramadan Community Iftar Dinner
Hosted by the Pacifica Institute, 979 San Pablo Ave in Albany
The Pacifica Institute is a national non-profit that promotes religious dialogue and understanding. The Pacifica Institute regularly hosts Interfaith Iftar Dialogue Dinners, to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan with the community. These dinners are welcoming, entertaining, delicious, and great way to demonstrate support for our neighbors in these fraught times. We have a small group from ACC who is going, and all are welcome, families included. Let Nate know if you're interested in attending, and he can help you register online (space is limited).
Thursday May 30 @ 10:30 AM
SOUPER Center Lunch
ACC teams make sandwiches and serve lunch at the GRIP Souper Center in Richmond every 3rd Tuesday and 5th Thursday of the month. If you'd like to participate sometime, email Linda Young at [email protected].
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June Everyone's Fellowship
Are You Recycling Wrong?
June 6, 2019
6:00 p.m. for dinner, 7:15 for program
Should you put the plastic clamshell container that held berries into the recycling bin? Can you recycle juice boxes? How about plastic bags?
Greg Christie, Manager of Bay View Refuse and Recycling, will address our recycling questions at the First Thursday Potluck on June 6. Bring something to share for the meal, bring a friend, and maybe bring an example of one of your recycling questions.
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Person of the Plane Film Series:
Paris to Pittsburgh
Join us for a FREE screening of Paris to Pittsburgh, a new film from National Geographic. From coastal cities to America's heartland, Americans are demanding and developing real solutions in the face of climate change. And as the weather grows more deadly and destructive, they aren't waiting on Washington to act. Learn about their incredible stories in Paris to Pittsburgh, and be inspired to create change in your own community!
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Nate's Installation:
A Celebration of our Covenant!
Sunday June 30 @ 2:00 PM
All are welcome, as we gather in the sanctuary to celebrate the covenant between Arlington Community Church and Nate! We'll have a short worship celebration with lots of music and some surprise guests, and then we'll gather for delicious food in the Social Hall. All churches from the Bay Association of the United Church of Christ will be invited, so come and connect with the wider church community.
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New Meditation Class
Monday, June 3 @ 6:30 pm (continuing students @ 7 pm)
Join this Kundalini Meditation Class, taught by Acharya Amrita Devi (aka Kensington resident Ellen Jefferds). First-time attendees need to sign up for an Introductory Presentation, Mondays at 6:30 pm - by appointment: [email protected] or call 510-917-2349. These sessions will help you discover the ever-present fullness that's within us all. Ongoing class is 7-8 pm, and includes a guided meditation, shakti transmission (a spiritual force that awakens kundalini), and discussion. $15 per class, students/seniors $10. Amrita is a teacher with Heart of Consciousness, a non-profit organization based in Berkeley. This event is open to the public.
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Summer Sermon Series:
"It's Complicated!"
Rev. Nate is preaching a summer sermon series that explores the different blessings that exist in our lives -- and the way that blessings can also complicate and obstruct us in our journeys. Sermon topics will include tradition, wealth, family, white privilege, and marriage/divorce. Do you have a complicated blessing in your life that you'd like to hear more about, in the context of Scripture and theology? Write to Nate at
[email protected]
to make a suggestion for a topic! The series will begin in June, so get your thoughts in now.
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