The Arkive: Ark and Dove's Newsletter
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Celebrate God's gifts this Sunday
at both the 9:30 (choir led) and 11:00 (band led) services!
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Dear Friends and Members of Ark and Dove,
It seems that God is doing something new. Can you feel it? There is a sense that we are at a new beginning. It is an odd sensation, as I look out my office window to see not budding leaves, but browning leaves breaking from their branches.
And yet, there is the incessant pounding of the hammer around our building reminding me that our church is getting a new shell. There are two new music directors ready to sing a new song with us. ACT's steering committee met for the first time since it's launch, energized with a fresh spirit of justice for our county. New members are joining the church. We are exploring a novel approach to stewardship in our congregation. God is doing something new.
In just a few short weeks, we will begin another church year, as Advent begins on December 2nd. This year we are focusing on some of the famous songs of the Bible, the songs that anticipate the coming of Christ. On December 9th at 4 pm, mark your calendars because we are having an Advent party. We invite you to come and decorate Christmas cookies and ornaments while musicians play and then lead us in some Christmas tunes.
Even as the leaves fall and the calendar year comes to an end, we are at a beginning. Come and join us in all that is new here at Ark and Dove. Bring friends and be generous as we enter a new season. My prayer is that you too experience a new beginning with God here at the end of this year.
Peace,
Jon
jgnelson1985@gmail.com
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Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.
-Psalm 127:1
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We are grateful, O God, for our church building and for the many gifts that support it and make it new. You have gathered us into this building and you have built us up as your people. Strengthen the bond of our community and remind us that you are our foundation. As we have raised up walls and secured roofing, we know that your are our true shelter. As we have invested in the structure of our house, we know that we must invest in the fabric of our community. Encourage us to be a people always welcoming others into our sacred space. Empower us to be a people willing to serve others who have no safe place. Amen.
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Wendy Wellington will be singing a solo piece called “Grace” as our prelude. We will also have a beautiful arrangement of Richard Nance’s “Set Me As a Seal” as our anthem. Brian Boudreau will be playing the French horn with the choir. You won’t want to miss these opportunities to rejoice in God’s gifts!
Joyfully,
Dorene
Interim Music Director
doreneschen@gmail.com
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I am so thrilled and humbled to chosen as the Director of Contemporary Music at Ark and Dove. Thank you so much for your support, and to the members who served on the selection committee. Lots of time was devoted to the search process. I have always felt so welcome at Ark and Dove after leading worship as a band member, and now I am so honored and blessed to be the director of such a wonderful group and congregation. I look forward, very much, to learning from Pastor Tim and Pastor Jon to improve my abilities, working with our new Director of Music, and continue adding to our welcoming community. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have interest in joining the band, music ministries, song ideas for service, music lessons, and anything else you might like to discuss together! Thank you!
God bless!
Pat
Director of Contemporary Music
psise11@gmail.com
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DONATE
ONLINE
!
Peace and Global Witness Offering for ACT: Anne Arundel Connecting Together
,
Pledged Giving
,
Capital Savings Fund
and more!
Many opportunities
await you!
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Renewing our Annual Stewardship through a Consensus Building Process
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The small dialogue groups are meeting this week, and if you haven't had a chance to participate there are groups meeting tonight (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday):
Friday, 11/9, 7:30 pm
The Doughty home
1520 Fenway Rd
Crofton, MD 21114
Saturday, 11/10, 4:00-5:00 pm
The Kirby home
805 Hedge Hopper Lane
Gambrills, MD 20154
We also encourage you to fill out a brief survey which can be found
here
.
The deadline for completing the survey is November 18.
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Join your Ark and Dove friends and family to celebrate the season of Advent on Sunday,
December 9 from 4-6 pm. Enjoy music and carols by our musicians and new music directors, cookie and ornament decorating, snacks and a few surprises. Wear your most unique (ugly) Christmas sweater and enter our Unique Sweater Contest to win prizes. Child care provided. If you would like to help with planning or crafts, please contact Donna Anderson at donna.anderson30@aol.com.
Get ready to bring in the joy! Sign up
NOW
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The Voyagers: Men's Breakfast
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The Voyagers, our church's men's group, will meet for breakfast at the church on
November 17 at 8:00 a.m
. Lewis Shorter will share some of his experiences. He has some fascinating stories about serving in an integrated military in the 1950's against a backdrop of segregation in the country as a whole, and how Equal Opportunity affected his career in federal service. Please tell Paul Doughty (
padough@verizon.net
) if you can make it so we know how many to cook for.
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New Habitat Build Opportunity!
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Habitat of the Chesapeake is having a build on
Saturday, December 15
, at 123 Clay Street! Ark and Dove would like to send four volunteers to help with this exciting build. Please contact Ellen Makar (eemakar@aol.com) or Cheryl Schafer (csscas@verizon.net) for more information.
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Welcome our new Mission co-worker for
CEDPCA
,
Rev. Eliane Menezes
.
Eliane’s
call to mission work is to serve in collaboration with
CEDPECA
, in order to care for those in need by empowering them. She is serving with
CEDPCA
in Guatemala, facilitating intercultural encounters between people from different countries and cultures, while offering opportunities for mutual learning experiences.
Eliane
says, “This is an opportunity to engage people in conversation, learn about the issues that are making life difficult for them, and to offer them hope that can empower and strengthen their lives”
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Featured item for November is
CANNED VEGETABLES
(sweet potatoes, pumpkin, tomatoes, etc.). Please drop off food items in the Mission Zone bin. Thank you for your donations!
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Is the Bible really relevant to us?
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Racism and sexism continue to plague our society. After the 11 am service, we are talking about race and sex in the Bible. Kim Champagne (
kim.champagne@gmail.com
) and Pastor Jon (
jgnelson1985@gmail.com
) will lead the discussion and offer some ways we can confront these issues as we read Scripture. We are following Jonathan L. Walton's "A Lens of Love," which is a helpful primer for reading the Bible. Come as you are.
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GenOn Ministries: Discipline with Love
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Please keep the following people in your prayers this week:
PRAYERS OF HEALING AND SUPPORT for Joan Berry’s son, Bryan Flom; James Franklin’s father, Homer; Helen Wilkens; Jay Olson; Kameron and Kamarii Miller; Karen Dodson; Cliff Wellington’s father, Roy; Cheryl Walcutt’s sister, Judy Walsh; Amanda Wehage’s family; Jon Nelson’s aunt, Linda, and grandmother, Peggy; Chip Burnett; Laura Doughty's aunt, Marie; Ylonda Fauntleroy's aunt, Bernice Taylor and Ylonda Fauntleroy’s and Michelle Schoonmaker’s aunt, Alice Turner; Diane Johnson's aunt; Brooks Emrick and her sister, Susan; Vaughn Brown and his sister, Kathie, and brother, Jim; Ann Hirschy; Carol and Dick Baily; Christy Yeager's father, Leon Jordan; Donna Anderson's brother-in-law, Tom; Frances Keyes; Dot Forloines; Helene Marchand-Stancil; Laura Willoughby's father, Norman; Julia Kirby's mother, Margaret Floyd; Amy Carskadon's nephew; Erika Sealing's son, Trip, and grandmother, Margaret Schade; Sue Hanburger's grandson, Enzo; Laura Rockwell's friend, Adam Hurst; Edie and Richard Budd; Dotty Kaufmann's grandson, Nathan; Amy Benson's family; Lisa Mezaache’s friend, Pearl McNamara; Greg and Diane Makar’s aunt, Adeline; Annetta Fenstermacher’s sister, Margaret; Dorene Chen’s grandfather, Tian Tao Li; Declan Steward's mother, Cynny; Christy Hipchen’s cousin, Corey; David Michels; Dakota Miller; Clarence Scott; Marlene and Doug DeHaven; Mike Stefanick; Jerri Webb’s friend, Mary Van Orten; Rob Yeager’s co-worker Wayne Sweet; Jordan Sun’s mother, Amy Han; Sheila Beale; Karen Neale’s granddaughter, Teaghan; Mike and Charlotte Davie’s friend, Dave Page; Matthew Hagemann’s friend, Michael Prosperi; and Matthew Fellows.
PRAYERS OF LOVE AND SUPPORT for the guests and churches involved with Winter Relief this week: Severna Park UMC and Linthicum Heights UMC.
PRAYERS OF SUPPORT AND HEALING for a woman suffering from addiction and her family who is in crisis.
THE LOVE AND PRAYERS OF THE CONGREGATION go out to the Anthis family on the death of Nick’s father, Pete.
THE LOVE AND PRAYERS OF THE CONGREGATION
go out to Awasom family upon the death of Leslie's uncle in Cameroon.
If you have prayer concerns or blessings that you would like to share, please contact Deacon Patriceo Green at patriceobgreen@gmail.com and he will add your concern to the prayer partners email chain.
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Ark and Dove Presbyterian Church | 410-674-6400 | admin@arkanddove.org |
www.arkanddove.org
| 8424 Piney Orchard Pkwy. Odenton, MD 21113
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