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A Community Outreach publication of North Chevy Chase A Community Outreach publication of North Chevy Chase A Community Outreach publication of North Chevy Chase A Community Outreach publication of North Chevy Chase
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Volume 18, Issue 4— MARCH 2014
THE SEASON OF LENT Beginning Ash Wednesday, March 5, we enter the liturgical season of Lent. Lent is the Christian season of preparation before Easter. In Western Christianity, Ash Wednes-day marks the first day, or the start of the season of Lent, which begins 40 days prior to Easter (Sundays are not included in the count). Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fast-
ing, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. The purpose is to set aside time for reflection on Jesus Christ - his suffering and his sacrifice, his life, death, burial and resurrection. As we begin this period of prayer and reflection, you are invited to pick up a copy of this year’s Lenten devotional booklet, “Fellowship of Prayer” (one copy per family, please). These devotionals, written by Julie Richardson Brown offer us a daily opportunity to “make the connections between the everyday ordinary things of our lives and the extraordinary moments of grace, when we are reminded that we do not live this life in a vacuum, but as part of a story so much bigger than us.”
We are excited to announce that NC4 will be hosting an “Acoustics with Danish” Worship on Sunday, March 30th at 11:00AM in Harlow Hall. The focus of our time together is to talk about updates to our NC4 Future Story strategic plan. But we'll also have a guest classical guitarist with us, as well as an interactive mission project to work on as we pack snack bags for our homeless brothers and sisters. Our January Jazz & Gospel Brunch Worship in Harlow Hall was a great success, and we are looking for-ward to more fun, fellowship, and conversation around tables in March. In contrast to our January Brunch Worship, however, we will just have coffee, croissants, fruit, and Danishes for folks to nibble on.
We'll have the food out on tables at 10:45 AM, and we'll start
worship and conversation at 11AM.
See you there!
NC4 plans “Acoustics with Danish” Worship on March 30th!
SET YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD ONE
HOUR before going to bed on
Saturday, March 8, so you won’t
be late for Church on March 9!
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SUNDAYS IN MARCH SUNDAY, MARCH 2
10-10:30 a.m. DISCIPLESHIP Class for Children And Youth (Youth Rm upstairs) 11:00 a.m. Worship 12:45 p.m. “Revelation” Bible Study Introduction (Memorial Chapel, Rev. Jon Goeringer teaching)
SUNDAY, MARCH 9 11:00 a.m. Worship in the Style of Taize; guest cellist 12:30 p.m. BOARD meeting (lunch will be provided (NO Bible Study this week)
SUNDAY, MARCH 16 10:00 a.m. DISCIPLESHIP Class for Children & Youth (Youth Rm upstairs) 11:00 a.m. JAZZ WORSHIP Celebration of Vision Team work and Recognition of Implementation Team appointment 12:45 p.m. “Revelation” Bible Study (Memorial Chapel)
SUNDAY, MARCH 23 11:00 a.m. Worship 12:15 p.m. “Faces of the Homeless” Program (see article page 3) (NO Bible Study this Sunday)
SUNDAY, MARCH 30 11:00 a.m. “Acoustics and Danish” WORSHIP IN HARLOW HALL; Guest Classical Gui tarist; 5th Sunday Hands-On Service project 12:30 p.m. Family Life Ministries mtg. 12:45 p.m. “Revelation” Bible Study (Memorial Chapel)
CHANCEL FLOWER UPDATE On of the most lovely ways to com-memorate an anniversary or spe-cial occasion, or to remember a loved one, is to provide flowers for our Chancel on Sundays. BUT, as with everything else these days, the prices have increased in this new year. In order for us to purchase a reasonable bouquet of flowers, the cost is $50 for the flowers plus a $14 delivery fee, for a total of $64 per arrange-ment. If you wish to provide flowers for the Sanctuary, but do not wish to pay the delivery fee, your family will need to make arrangements to pick up your flowers on FRIDAY and bring them by the church between 9am-3pm, or bring them with you when you come to the church on Sunday.
We always appreciate the beauty of the flowers provided!
The Book of Revelation Breaking the Code— Understanding the Book of Revelation
Six Sessions— Sundays in March-May
The book of Revelation contains passages of great beauty and
comfort, as well as passages that strike the casual reader as bizarre, bewildering, and sometimes frightening! SO what does it all mean? Beginning with an introductory session on Sunday, March 2, 12:45 in the Memorial Chapel, Rev. Jon Goeringer will take you through the seven churches, the seven seals and other “mysterious” and symbolic language from John’s vision. If you are interested in this class, but haven’t yet signed up, please call the church office so we can make sure we have enough materials for everyone.
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“Faces of the Homeless” - Sunday, March 23 in
Harlow Hall following worship
Congregation Shirat HaNefesh, and Rabbi Gerry Serrota are inviting us to participate with them in the ancient traditions of Passover, by sharing a Seder meal with them on Monday, April 14 in Harlow Hall. The Seder tradition encourages children of all ages to participate and Rabbi Gerry works hard to make sure it is accessible and meaningful to them. The word "seder" literally means "order" in Hebrew. The name comes from the fact that there are 15 parts of the ritual service, all re-volving around the upcoming Passover dinner. Food is an important symbolic element of Passover. The liturgy is an ancient tradition that begins with about an hour and a half of liturgy before the meal and prayers following. The cost per adult will be $30 for adults, which includes the 5-course meal, including matzo ball soup, ge-filte fish, cabbage, roasted potatoes and much more! RSVP’s will be needed no later than APRIL 1! To make reservations, please respond to:
As we approach Lent and Holy Week starting on March 5th (Ash Wednesday), NC4 invites you to contemplate the Last Supper by taking in some art that portray the events of that fateful night over 2,000 years ago. Leonardo DaVinci's Last Supper hangs in the kitchens and dinning rooms of many houses, and you'll see some variations on his famous interpretation hanging in our art gallery too. Plus, we have a reproduction of an old photo of the Cane Ridge meetinghouse that birthed the Disciples of Christ movement over 200 years ago. The original Cane Ridge revival in 1801 was really one big Communion Service so the Last Supper is particularly meaningful for the Disciples. Some prints of the Holy Land round out our presentation. So stop by while you are coming or going from worship. The art will be displayed starting on March 5th for Ash Wednes-day until after Easter. If you have any pieces you'd like to loan us bring them in, we still have a few spots free!
Contemplate the Last Supper in our Art Gallery Hallway
Homelessness is a hard, degrading life and the reasons for how individuals and families become home-less is often misunderstood. Along with unpredictable housing comes hunger in which adults have to sacri-
fice their own nutrition to provide for their children.
North Chevy Chase Christian Church and Shirat HaNefesh invite you to a special program, “Faces of Homelessness”, sponsored by the National Coalition for the Homeless, on Sunday, March 23rd at 12:15PM in Harlow Hall, NC4. Sandwiches, beverages and dessert will be served.
This program is free to the public and will feature two extraordinary people who are committed to sharing their personal and powerful experiences of homelessness with us. The program will include a multi-media slide show or video about homelessness in America, a moderator to present facts about homelessness and two speakers who are or have been homeless. Join us and learn what you can do to support local, lasting solutions to the problem of homelessness.
An Invitation to a Communal Passover Seder Monday, April 14 in Harlow Hall
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Worship Leadership ~ MARCH 2014 Remember that if you are unable to serve on the assigned Sunday, you are to contact a substitute and alert the Church Office of the change. Thank you!
WORSHIP LEADERS: Jewel Barlow ELDERS Richard Sherman and Andrea Sherman DIACONATE—COORDINATOR: NANCY SOLOMON Preparing: March 2 Alice Kessler March 9 Wilsonia Cherry March 16 Alice Kessler March 23 Diane Barlow March 30 TBA Serving: March 2 Alice Kessler & TBA March 9 Wilsonia Cherry & TBA March 16 Rose Bisengo & Alice Kessler March 23 Diane Barlow & Carrie Lee
SUNDAY DUTIES March 2 Joan Sidell March 9 Joan Sidell March16 Joan Sidell March 23 Diane Barlow
We need deacons to sign-up as we prepare
for the 2nd quarter of our new year: April/
May/June. The signup sheet is on the
bulletin board in the Glassway. Coordina-
tor for this quarter is Wilsonia Cherry…
so if you have any questions, please contact
Wilsonia.
DIACONATE NEEDED FOR PREPARING AND
SERVING IN APRIL/MAY/JUNE
Report from the BoardReport from the BoardReport from the BoardReport from the Board
Congregational officers and other church leaders met on January 12, 2014, in a short retreat and planning session in which they focused on the first six months of the year. Among the positive developments noted in the meeting were (1) the involvement and contributions of newer members to ministries such as Sunday School, the diaconate, and services to the bereaved; (2) the Treasurer’s Report noted that the 2013 ended with the church budget in black ink, and (3) the church is moving into the implementation stage of the Future Story planning process. A Leadership Development and Organizational Structure task force was approved by the Board at the meeting. There is a high level of willingness among members to assist the church; however, willingness to undertake high-level leadership responsibilities is lacking. The charge to the task force is to identify problems that make church members reluctant to assume top-level congregational leadership and suggest ways to address the problem; identify programs for congregational leadership development, and consider other ap-proaches to congregational governance that may be more effective at NC4 at the present time. Jewel Barlow, Jennifer Butler, Judith McManus-Murray, and Nancy Solomon are members of the task force. The task force will report to the Board in September 2014.
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The 12th annual Ecumenical Advocacy Days (March 21-24, 2014) will see hundreds of Christians coming together in “Resisting Violence, Building Peace.” Guided by the image of Jesus weeping over a capital city that turned from the true way of peace (Luke 19:41-42), Advocacy Days events expose the violence that pervades our culture and world. Registration brochures may be found on the shelf in the Glass way. REGISTRATION = $210 All events are held at the Double Tree Crystal City 300 Army-Navy Drive Arlington, VA
For more information:
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REMEMBERING IN PRAYER CLINT BROWN, JANET LUKEN
Those Confined to Home: Jean Akers, Maude Covington, Kitty Burke, Alline Crossfield, Grant Howard, Anna Krag-
nes, Betty Roth, Mabel Smith; the Hawkins family. Our Friends and Families: Tony Fominaya (friend of Diane Barlow); Robert Buskirk (Glenn Zuber’s grandfather); Da-vid Butler (Jennifer Butler’s dad); Kathleen Currie (friend of the Wydros); Anne Huang, Amy Howell, Beverly McNamara, (friends of Ann McClure ); Ernestine Wilson, Beverly Harris, Delores McIntosh (Sherman & Angie Davis’ aunt & moms); Mary McClure Carter (Dorothy Brown’s family); Sarah, Amber Hutton, Karl Smith and Ian & Jeanine Alves, Billie Gray (the Shermans’ friends); Antoune Youssef’s family in Cairo; Victoria Ringo (Dolly Youssef’s daughter); Doug & David Shawver (Jan Yatsko’s sons); Conrad Mauchmar (Alice Kessler’s family); Sue and Ron Blick, Ji Hi Chai Tan (Sidell family friends); Don Denney and family and Dustin Tatham (Tatham friends & family); Families served on Youth & Adult Mission Trips. Capital Area Regional Churches: Christian Temple, Balti-more, MD; Rev. Dr. Robert Perry, Interim Regional Minis-ter; Regional Staff and Board; Regional Minister Search Committee Military/Civilian Overseas Personnel: Jason Whetzel-Iraq (husband of Rachel Bisengo); Joshua—Afghanistan (friend of the McGees); Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Killed/Wounded and their families, Active Duty Troops and their families, Military Health Care Workers, Humanitarian Workers Overseas, Media Correspondents Overseas. Nations and Leaders around the World
News from the Pews Joan Sidell Celebrates her 90th! We helped celebrate Joan Sidell's 90th Birthday on February 9th during a special coffee hour with a big birthday cake and sandwiches. In the photo with Joan is her family: Mark Sidell and wife Beth, grandson, Doug Glynn and girlfriend, Sandy Tan. We wish Joan all the best this year!
Sympathy of the Congrega-tion is expressed to the family of Renate Bever, who died January 31, 2014. Services were held Saturday, Feb. 8, in the Sanctuary; Sympathy
also to the Kate & Bruce Epperly family in in the death of Kate’s mom, Maxine Gould, on Friday, February 21 in Cape Cod, Massachu-setts. CONGRATULATIONS to Jenny & Michael Brush of Dayton, OH, in the birth of their daughter, Ava, on February 20th, weighing 5 lbs. 2 ozs. Proud grandparents are Dan & Nancy Longo.
MARCHMARCHMARCHMARCH———— Happy Birthday to…Happy Birthday to…Happy Birthday to…Happy Birthday to…
2 Allie Morris
7 Katheryne Burke
11 Glenn Zuber
15 Laura Peery
16 Jean Lowder
21 Miriam Norment
22 Roland Lippoldt
26 Anna Kragnes
27 Karen Barnard
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North Chevy Chase Christian Church
SUNDAYS: 9:30: Choir Rehearsal (CR); 9:45: Adult Sunday School (MC/WL); 10:15: Childcare available; 11:00: Worship;
11:15: Children/Youth Sunday School; 12:15: Coffee Fellowship (HH); 1:00: Rwandan Worship
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AA: Alcoholics Anonymous HSC: Heritage Signature Chorale NCCV: North Chevy Chase Village
CMC: Catlin’s Music Class IVE: Instrumental/Voice Ensemble RWC: Rwandan Choir
GM: Gerrymanders LTD: Love to Dance RWYA: Ramadan Young Adult
GS: Girl Scouts NC: Needle Chasers SBW: Suburban Women
SHN: Shirat HaNefesh Congregation
SUNMONTUEWEDTHURFRISAT
1 8:30A: SHN (CR) (SANC/WL/HH) 1-5P: RWC (CR)
2 10AM-DISCIPLESHIP CLASS 12:45: “REVELATION” BIBLE STUDY (MC) 1:00P: CMC
3 8:30A: LTD (HH) 8:15P: AA (HH)
4 8:30A: LTD (HH) 10:30A: TPG (LIB) 3:30P: GS 6398 (CR) 7:30P: AA (HH)
5 ASH WEDNESDAY 5:30P: CMC (WL) 6P: GM (HH) 7P: SHN (CR) 7:30P—ENSEMBLE REHEARSALS
6 8:30A: LTD (HH)
7 6P: SHN (CR) 6:30: HSC (HH) 7P: RWC (MC) )
8 8:30A: LTD (HH) 8:30A: SHN (CR) 1-5P: RWC (CR)
9 12: 30P: BD. MTG/ (HH) 1:00P: CMC (WL)
10 8:30A: LTD (HH) 3:30P: GS 2835 (CR) 7:30P: SHN (CR) 8:15P: AA (HH)
11 8:30A: LTD (HH) 7:30P: AA (HH)
12 5:30P: CMC (WL) 6P: GM (HH) 6:45P: SHN (CR/CLRM) .
13 8:30A: LTD (HH) 9:30A: SBW (CR)
14 6:30P: HSC (HH) 6:30P: SHN (CR) 7P:RWC (MC)
15 8:30A: LTD (HH) 8:30A: SHN (CR) 1-5P: RWC (CR)
16 JAZZ 10AM-DISCIPLESHIP CLASS 12:45: “REVELATION” BIBLE STUDY (MC) 1:00P: CMC (WL)
17 8:30A: LTD (HH) 8:15P: AA (HH)
18 8:30A: LTD (HH) 10:30: TPG (LIB)W/POT LUCK LUNCHEON 7:30P: NCCV (CR) 7:30P: AA (HH)
19 5:30P: CMC (WL) 6P: GM (HH) 7:30P: ENSEMBLE REH
20 8:30A: LTD (HH)
21 6:30P: HSC (HH) 6:30P: SHN (CR) 7P:RWC (MC)
22 8:30A: LTD (HH) 8:30A: SHN (CR) 1-5P: RWC (CR)
23
12N: FACES OF THE HOMELESS W/SHN (HH)
24 8:30A: LTD (HH) 3:30P: GS 2835 (CR) 8:15P: AA (HH)
25
8:30A: LTD (HH) TPG CANCELLED 7:30P: AA (HH)
26 9A: NC (HH) 5:30P: CMC (WL) 6P: GM (HH) 6:45P: SHN (CR/CLRM)
27 8:30A: LTD (HH)
28 6:30P: HSC (HH) 6:30P: SHN (CR) 7P:RWC (MC)
29 8:30A: LTD (HH) 8:30A: SHN (CR) 1-5P: RWC (CR)
30 12:30P: FLM MEETING (HH)12:45: “REVELATION” BIBLE STUDY (MC) 1:00P: CMC (WL)
31
8:30A: LTD (HH) 8:15P: AA (HH)
NOTES: March 1, 2014: Habitat (off site)
March 21-24, 2014: Ecumenical Advocacy Days @ DoubleTree Hotel in Bethesda
Rev. Tatham away
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North Chevy Chase Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ)
North Chevy Chase Christian Church TIME SENSITIVE PUBLICATION (Disciples of Christ) Please do not delay 8814 Kensington Parkway Address Change Service Requested Chevy Chase MD 20815
STAFF:STAFF:STAFF:STAFF: Rev. Dr. Cheryl L. Tatham, Rev. Dr. Cheryl L. Tatham, Rev. Dr. Cheryl L. Tatham, Rev. Dr. Cheryl L. Tatham, Minister Dr. Glenn Zuber, Dr. Glenn Zuber, Dr. Glenn Zuber, Dr. Glenn Zuber, Minister of Family Life Christine Schadeberg Wydro, Christine Schadeberg Wydro, Christine Schadeberg Wydro, Christine Schadeberg Wydro, Adult Choir Director Glenn Pearson, Glenn Pearson, Glenn Pearson, Glenn Pearson, Pianist/Organist Dorothy Drennen, Dorothy Drennen, Dorothy Drennen, Dorothy Drennen, Church Secretary Joan Sidell, Joan Sidell, Joan Sidell, Joan Sidell, Custodial Coordinator Eric Pernell, Eric Pernell, Eric Pernell, Eric Pernell, Custodian C. Hume McClure, C. Hume McClure, C. Hume McClure, C. Hume McClure, Building Administrator Simona EscobarSimona EscobarSimona EscobarSimona Escobar, Nursery Attendant
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Chevy Chase, MD 20815
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