Tuesday, January 15, 2008

 

Regional Event Honoring Dr. King

WHAT: The Christian Church Capital Area will hold its annual event remembering and honoring the life, dream, legacy, and continuing challenge of DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

WHERE: Henson Valley Christian Church
Fort Washington, MD.

WHEN: 10:30 am to 4 pm
Saturday, January 19th, 2008

There will be worship, workshops, and opportunities to learn about and support diverse ministries of social justice and mission outreach in our region.

Guest preacher: The Rev. Dr. Cheryl Sanders
Senior Pastor, Third Street Church of God
Professor of Christian Ethics, Howard Divinity School.

SPECIAL MUSIC by the Harmonizing Kings of Annapolis and also the Rev. Judy Bowles of Pilgrimage Christian Church.

LUNCH will be served: Suggested donation = $5.

Two SPECIAL OFFERINGS will be taken: one for the social ministries of the Capital Area and one to thank and honor Pat Comedy for his years of ministry and service at the Bradley Center.

For more information, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

To register for the event, PLEASE CLICK HERE. (Registration not required, but suggested in order to help us prepare enough food).

Please plan to join us there.
We hope to see you and at least 4 other people from your congregation.

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

 

'OUR BISHOP' ON SABBATICAL

Our beloved regional minister, the Rev. Lari Grubbs, is currently on a much-deserved sabbatical that began January 1st (New Year's Day) and will continue until April 1st. During that time, he will be relaxing, studying, and taking time to research programs, structures, and best practices in other regions. Let us join together in prayer for his continued health and the success of his research, and also pray that God might return him to us spiritually renewed, physically reinvigorated, and ready to lead us forward in our common work as disciples of Christ in the Capital Area.

While Lari is on Sabbatical, we are blessed to have as our Acting Regional Minister the Rev. Dr. Marshall Dunn. As many of you know, Marshall recently served as Temporary Associate General Minister and Vice-President of our denomination, and before that served for 31 years as the Senior Pastor of University Christian Church in Hyattsville, Maryland. According to Rev. Dunn, "I want to do my very best for the regional church I love. It has done so much for me through the years and it's my privilege now to give something back."

To read Rev. Dunn's message to the region, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

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Sunday, January 06, 2008

 

Have a Blessed Epiphany!

The DISCIPLES ADVOCACY and WITNESS NETWORK (DAWN) of the Christian Church Capital Area hopes you had a very merry Christmas and, if you celebrated it, a wonderful and enriching Kwanzaa.

On this holy Feast of the Epiphany, we wish you a blessed new year and pray that you will have many opportunities to share and receive gifts--especially the gifts of God's compassion, justice and peace.

The icon, "The Holy Epiphany," is the work of Lewis Williams. This and other icons can be found at Bridge Building Images.

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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

 

Happy New Year!


The DISCIPLES ADVOCACY and WITNESS NETWORK (DAWN) of the Christian Church Capital Area wishes you, your family, and all your loved ones a happy and blessed new year.

As we enter a new year, please keep in your prayers the ministries of DAWN and its many partners in mission.

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