Lent I: Week of March 10, 2019
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Annual Report for 2018 Available Online
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Christ Church's 2018 Annual Report, distributed at the Annual Meeting last Sunday, is available online
Click here to download Annual Report 2018 in PDF format.
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***Reminder*** - Daylight Savings Starts on Sunday Morning!
Be sure to turn your clocks ahead one hour on Saturday night!
Need ideas for Lenten Reflection?
See the list of Lenten opportunities following the announcements!
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Episcopal Relief and Development This 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.
Please welcome our guest preacher at 8AM and 10AM, the Rev. Dr. Ruthanna B. Hooke
, Associate Dean of Chapel and Associate Professor of Homiletics at Virginia Theological Seminary. Ruthanna directs Deep Calls to Deep, a continuing ed. program for preachers. She is also the author of Transforming Preaching, which is about freeing the voice for proclaiming God's Word, and was the Rev. Emily Guthrie's roommate at Yale Divinity School!
Sunday School
- Lenten Children’s Chapel (10AM): Barbara Ferry, Cindy Winder and Ann Enkiri co- lead the children in giving thanks for this season of Lent, which refers to the springtime lengthening of days. We will pay special attention to the ways we can come closer to God, especially through praying The Lord’s Prayer. As we learn this prayer, we will remember, experience and know that God is there for us—full of compassion and mercy. Each child will receive special Lord’s Prayer beads at Chapel and will decorate a box for these beads which we will keep at church throughout Lent.
- Lenten Sunday School (after the 10AM Service): In Godly Play, Andrea Dorf and Ann Enkiri will present Old and New Testament stories showing that we can trust God to be with us always. Stephanie Feller and Ann Enkiri will take turns working with Grades 1-3 to explore The Lord’s Prayer and to connect the Sunday scriptures to this powerful prayer. Liz Quinn and John Ward will alternate working with Grades 4 & 5 to express The Lord’s Prayer in language that is personally meaningful and will pay special attention to Luke’s telling of Jesus’ life from the beginning of his public ministry through the events of Holy Week.
Youth Group
This week's youth group is split. We're learning about courageous women...
- The Gathering: Join Kitty in the Children & Youth Library to talk about Joan of Arc!
- The Loft: Join Madi upstairs to learn about Esther!
Bible Study Today at 4PM in the Library
All are welcome! No prior preparation is necessary and feel free to drop in any week. Questions? Please contact Lee Puricelli (
leepuricelli@yahoo.com
)
Busy-ness getting you down? Need a mid-week break?
The evening service every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. combining Evening Prayer with Holy Eucharist Rite II just might be the answer. A Prayer Book service, it combines the end-of-the day liturgy, including familiar canticles, a brief homily with a time for personal meditation, and the Communion service using varying Eucharistic Prayers. We look forward to your joining us!
Notes from the Library
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 (
psbartram@verizon.net
) or Annabel Kaufman (
awkaufman@verizon.net
) to let them know!
Bethesda Cares has asked us if we would collect water year round.
Even in the cold months, clients get dehydrated due to the cold and wind. The Outreach Committee has placed a basket in the vestibule to collect 8 oz. (small) water bottles for Bethesda Cares. Thank you for making a difference!
LOOKING AHEAD
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 (
charlesmbriggs@aol.com
), Doug Leavens (
Dleavens07@verizon.net
), or Lew Price (
lewprice@verizon.net
) with questions or to register.
There will be a “2nd Offering” on Sunday, March 17 and each Sunday during the Lenten season.
Donations made during the 2nd offerings will be used to bridge the gap between our expected income and our known expenses for the year. This “Bridge-the-Gap” offering will be one of several initiatives throughout the year to address the $27,000 deficit in our 2019 budget. Anything you give will be greatly appreciated and go towards strengthening our financial foundation. (Special “Bridge-the-Gap” offering envelopes will be provided in the pews. If giving by check, please write Bridge the Gap on the memo line.) Thanks, in advance, for your generosity!
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:
- - Footwashing for Young Children: Maundy Thursday, April 18th, 6:30 PM
- - 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!
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR LENTEN REFLECTION
This Lent we will focus on how to see Christ in others by being Jesus to all! As you participate in any of Lenten activity, we encourage you to see how you can use them to put this into practice. Some of the activities we recommend are:
“Most know who Jesus was, but who was Christ? Is the word simply Jesus’ last name? Too often, Rohr writes, our understandings have been limited by culture, religious squabbling, and the human tendency to put ourselves at the center. Drawing on scripture, history, and spiritual practice, Rohr articulates a transformative view of Jesus Christ as a portrait of God’s constant, unfolding work in the world. “God loves things by becoming them,” he writes, and Jesus’ life was meant to declare that humanity has never been separate from God—except by its own negative choice. When we recover this fundamental truth, faith becomes less about proving Jesus was God and more about learning to recognize the Creator’s presence all around us and in everyone we meet”
We hope you can join us this Lent for an interesting, enlightening, and transformative read and discussion! Please read chapters 1 and 2 for this Sunday, March 10, if possible. If you are interested or for more info, please contact Lee Puricelli at:
leepuricelli@yahoo.com
Medic Against Bomb: A Doctor's Poetry of War
On March 17 at the Adult Forum in the undercroft, Dr Fredrick Foote will share some of his poems and reflections on his experiences in the Gulf War. These poems and what Dr. Foote has to share demonstrate how you can see Christ in other by being Jesus. This will be a revelatory presentation.
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. Each day brings a reflection from a different location.
It's time to...
Stop, Pray, Work, Play & Love
Monastic wisdom for everyday
The Society of St. John the Evangelist is an Episcopal monastery in Cambridge, MA. They have a number of resources on their website, and a special six-week Lenten practice they are calling “Stop, Pray, Work, Play & Love” You can subscribe to receive in your inbox or find them on their website.
https://www.ssje.org/time/
“So much of our stress and anxiety derives from our pollution of Time. God has given us the gift of time, and called it holy, yet we often experience time as a curse. Recapture time as a gift and discover how to experience the joy of the present moment.”
The Way of Love
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Sunday's Bulletins for Download
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Christ Episcopal Church Kensington
4001 Franklin St.
Kensington, MD 20895
Sunday Services: 8am, 10am, 5pm
Wednesdays: 6:30pm
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
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