The Arkive: Ark and Dove's Newsletter
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Celebrate the Reign of Christ
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,
I hope this week was a time of gratitude and thanksgiving for you and your family.
This coming Sunday we will welcome Margaret McGillivray as our new Music Director at 9:30 am. Margaret is incredibly talented and quite fun to be around. You will see both on Sunday morning. At each of the services, we will say a pray for both Margaret and Patrick Sise as they begin their music ministry at Ark and Dove. Also on Sunday at 9:30, we will baptize Callie Tisdale. Worship at both services will be full of joy.
This coming week marks the end of the church year. On the last Sunday of the church year, we celebrate the reign of Christ. In worship, we praise God for the ways Christ guides us here and now and anticipate the day when the ways of Christ are experienced in full. On the following week, we begin the Advent season.
Peace,
Jon
jgnelson1985@gmail.com
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Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
-Revelation 1:4-5
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God in Christ: grant me the mind of Christ, that I might be understanding. Give me the heart of Christ, that I might be more loving. Grant me the will of Christ, that I might live with intention. Give me the passion of Christ, that I might be more compassionate. Today and in my days to come, let Christ rule in my life. Amen.
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This Sunday would be my last Sunday serving as the interim Music Director at Ark and Dove. I have had such a fun time working with the choir. I hope this is not the end. I am very much looking forward to more performing opportunities under our new Music Director, Margaret McGillvray’s leadership. Margaret and I will both be at the service this Sunday to bring you some wonderful music. For our anthem, the choir will be singing “
O Holy City, Seen of John”, arranged by Roger Price. Come and meet our new Music Director! Welcome, Margaret!
Joyfully,
Dorene
Interim Music Director
doreneschen@gmail.com
I'm very excited to join you in worship this Sunday! I'll be performing my own arrangement of John Wyeth's
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
for horn and piano, assisted by the wonderful Dorene Chen. I want to thank Dorene for choosing and preparing the other music for the service and for her gracious leadership and help with transitions over the past month. I'd also like to thank Pastors Tim and Jon for their warm welcome to the Ark & Dove family and I'm looking forward to what lies ahead. Pat and I are hatching plans!
Peace,
Margaret
Music Director
margaret.mcgillivray@gmail.com
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As we move closer to Advent season, the time is upon us to share our Advent Celebration, which will take place Sunday, December 9th, from 4-6pm in the Sanctuary. Christmas cookie decorating will take place during the celebration along with holiday music. Come join us on December 9th with your family to get into the Christmas spirit by sharing joy with our community.
God bless!
Pat
Director of Contemporary Music
psise11@gmail.com
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You are invited to our annual Grief and the Holidays session on
Tuesday, November 27th at 7pm in the Ark and Dove Room. Whether you are new to grief or grieving anew during the holidays, this is an opportunity to process and prepare, while being comforted by your church family and faith. Pastor Tim Stern, timsstern@gmail.com, and Linnie Girdner, girdnerlinda@gmail.com, will be facilitating.
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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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Christmas Holiday Sharing!
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Ark & Dove is participating again in the Christmas Holiday Sharing Program organized by the Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services. Through this partnership, we share some of our blessings and provide Christmas gifts to families in our community. The Holiday Sharing office matched us with 21 families (80 children) in Odenton and Severn. We will purchase a clothing item and another gift for each child and then deliver to the families after the 11:00 service on December 16. Sign-ups for gift-giving and delivery will begin in the lobby after worship services on November 25. For more information, or to sign up between Sundays, contact Greg Makar (301-483-8255, GLMakar@juno.com).
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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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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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Is the Bible really relevant to us? Can it speak to the complicated issues of our time? Join us as we read the Bible with Jonathan L. Walton, an acclaimed professor and preacher at Harvard and author of
A Lens of Love: Reading the Bible in Its World for Our World. Come as you are, Sundays after worship for a bagged lunch discussion through
November 25th. Contact Kim Champagne (kim.champagne@gmail.com) or Pastor Jon (jgnelson1985@gmail.com) with any questions.
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The Ark and Dove flower team takes donations not only for Easter and Christmas, but year-round. You may add to the Sunday worship anytime with flowers. You may bring your own (made by yourself or a florist) or donate for the flower team to purchase flowers and create an arrangement in your name/cause. These donations could be for a graduation, birthday, anniversary or maybe just an arrangement to say
I love you. Also, if you like to do arrangements (or just like flowers) the flower team can always use new ideas and contributions. Please contact Paula Griggs at 443-510-6687 or paulagriggs32@gmail.com or feel free to fill out the flower contribution form on the bulletin board.
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Please keep the following people in your prayers this week:
PRAYERS OF HEALING AND SUPPORT for Adell Gaurin; Joan Berry’s son, Bryan Flom; James Franklin’s father, Homer; Jay Olson; Darius; 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; Diane Makar’s friend, Barbara Hadden; Annetta Fenstermacher’s sister, Margaret; Dorene Chen’s grandfather, Tian Tao Li; 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; Mike and Charlotte Davie’s friend, Dave Page; Matthew Hagemann’s friend, Michael Prosperi; and Matthew Fellows.
Please pray for the guests and churches involved with Winter Relief this week: Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, Eastport UMC, Riva Trace Baptist Church.
Prayers of love and support go out to the Beale Family upon the death of Sheila Ann Beale.
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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