Please scroll down for info on: In-person Worship beginning Feb. 27, Annual Meeting, Endowment Grant Applications, Heifer International, & more.

Live on Zoom (Password = Bible)

Live on Zoom

To join by phone: Dial:    +1 301-715-8592.

It will ask you for the Meeting ID: 626 256 7637, then press the # sign.

The password is: 20895

*For the link to the password-protected children's chapel on Zoom, email Ann Enkiri, sundayschool@ccpk.org

Source: The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles,

Children’s Chapel on Zoom at 9:30 AM

We will share a little bit of what we know about Ruby Bridges. Hopefully, it is hard for our children to even imagine an “enemy.” Ruby, just six years old, faced an angry crowd on her way to school every day. Ruby knew Jesus’s teaching from this Sunday’s Gospel. She loved, blessed, and prayed for her enemies. Together, we will wonder how we can love, bless, and pray for others—even those who are unkind and mean to us. Please email Ann if you need the recurring Zoom link.

Thankfully the numbers of new cases in Montgomery County and the region have come down! Beginning Sunday, February 27th, we will return to in-person worship at the 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. services! Online options will continue to be available for each service. Children's Chapel will also return to in-person and remote participation at 10:00 a.m.

Although the Indoor Mask Mandate will expire in Montgomery County on February 21, initially we will require masks in the building to accommodate the breadth of parishioner's and staff's comfort levels.

Please click here or below to read the entire letter to the Congregation.

Sunday, March 7 following the 10:00 a.m. service, join us in person or online to elect new vestry members, thank out going vestry members, honor major volunteers (well a few of them) and generally celebrate the Christ Church community and recommit to our mission to put love in action in our neighborhood and beyond. 

Christ Church has been supporting the mission of Heifer International for over 20 years. Heifer’s mission is to “Pass the Gift”. Your donations to Heifer by feeding Agnes the Lamb (see photo!) on the Outreach table, or on Realm, provides not only breeding animals, but education, seeds and even bees to families and villages.

For example, if we are able to fund a donation of a pair of lambs to a family who lives somewhere like Kenya, Guatemala and even Appalachia, a family learns to care for the lambs and raise them to become adult sheep. The sheep will produce lambs and wool. As the sheep flock grows, then the family can “Pass the Gift” of a lamb or wool to another family.

We have been able to fund ducks, chickens, cows, lambs, seeds and even bees!

Let us pray:

Bless this ever-expanding network of hope, dignity and self-reliance that reaches not only in our parish, but around the world.  Amen

The Planned Giving and Endowment Committee invites you to submit an application for a Mission & Ministry Grant for 2022. The application is linked below, and the committee will accept applications through March 25. If you have questions, please contact Tim McLellan (tfmclellan@gmail.com).

Discover and Embrace: Gather with other Episcopalians for 6 weeks to listen for God in your life and in Scripture. In “Discover”, participants will share their spiritual stories and engage with Scripture each week. This is the first of two in a series to be Led by Lee Puricelli and the Rev. Hope Christensen. The second in the series is "Embrace" (an opportunity to receive a deeper understanding of the Episcopal tradition, our liturgy, and our common life in prayer). Together, the courses can serve as preparation for confirmation or reception, however, you are welcome to participate in just one. If you have questions contact Lee at leepuricelli@yahoo.com or Hope at hope@ccpk.org.

Sessions are held on Thursday evenings from 7:00-8:30 p.m. For free registration go to: 

Discover - 2/17-3/24 https://learn.edow.org/library/discover-173560/about/

Embrace - 3/31-5/12 (no class on 4/14) https://learn.edow.org/library/embrace-173562/about/

Our Parish Directory is now housed in Realm, our church database. We want to make it as comprehensive and useful as possible, so we will be including in the directory all members for whom we have contact information in Realm.

If you do not wish to have your information included in the directory, please click on the button below to Opt Out of inclusion in the directory. If you have not opted out by February 28, your information will automatically be included.

In addition to the online directory, we will periodically make a PDF version of the directory available for those who prefer a printed copy. Note that the online directory will always have the most up to date information!

Want to know how to access the directory online? All you need to do is set up your Realm account login. If you don't have a Realm login and want to set one up, please send an email to the office, administrator@ccpk.org. or call 301-942-4673.

Join us on Zoom at 4pm on Sundays to read Paul's letters to the Colossians and Ephesians. Or are they? Were these letters written by Paul or were they not? that is the question! Come find out. No prior preparation needed. If you have questions contact Lee Puricelli at leepuricelli@yahoo.com.

Hosted by the Church Pension Group’s (CPG) People of African Descent affinity group, we will explore the panel’s experiences and thoughts around Becoming Beloved Community; examine themes around social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion; and discuss the challenges and opportunities they see in a predominantly white Church.

If you are going to be in the church building for any reason, please note that although the indoor mask mandate in Montgomery County will be lifted as of February 21, 2022, Christ Church continues to ask that masks be worn while inside the church building. Thank you for your cooperation and help in keeping our staff and community safe.

8:30 p.m. Compline - a beautiful short service to end the day

7:00 p.m. Discover (see details above)

8:30 p.m. Compline - a beautiful short service to end the day

Watch or listen 0n YouTube!

Even if you come to church in-person, giving remotely is convenient and easy! Here are several different options for you make contributions to Christ Church.