pam March 4th, 2009
Spring’s around the corner…
As has become a tradition, we’ll be selling good quality shredded hardwood mulch in 2 cubic foot bags again this year.
Saturday, March 21 & Saturday, April 4
8 a.m. until it’s gone…
Pre-orders of 15 bags or more will be delivered in the immediate area.
Call the church office at 301-864-4328 to order.
We’ll need all the strong arms and backs we can get on those two Saturdays — join us!
kim March 4th, 2009
During Lent, our focus is on hunger — both physical and spiritual. With economic stresses touching so many, the needs of those who are hungry are even more pressing and immediate. As we seek ways to be of help in our own communities, we may also recognize our own longings for the things that make us whole. We hunger for God and for fuller communion with each other. How can we discover genuine fullness?
Join in the Take Three Challenge, which invites the choice of three Lenten commitments. Here’s a list from which you may choose, or you might want to add an option related to hungering of your own:
Over the next six weeks, choose at least 3 of the following and do them
- Eat a meal particularly slowly, seeking to be mindful of all that lies behind it: the earth, those who tended, harvested, transported, and sold crops, those who shopped and prepared it .
You may want to sing or say the prayer:
Back of the bread is the flour,
And back of the flour is the mill,
And back of the mill are the sun and the rain
And God’s good will.
- Read one of the gospels and stop to explore questions that arise for you by reflecting, consulting commentaries, talking about the text with someone, or journaling.
- Go with a small group from our congregation to volunteer at the Capital Area Food Bank (645 Taylor St. D.C.) — date to be determined based on interest (sign up at the back of the sanctuary on Sunday)
- At a set time, pray daily for others you know (intercession)
- Join in serving a meal at the Washington City Soup Kitchen on one of our regular serving days (March 3 or April 7, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.)
- Consider trying one of the complementary practices we’ve been introduced to in adult education (passage meditation, tai chi (available free in our building at 8 a.m. on Saturdays), yoga, contemplation, reiki, or others)
- Use the Global Women’s Project Lenten Devotional Calendar, saving your collection to turn in at the end of Lent (calendars available on the back shelf in the sanctuary)
- Commit to two sessions of group spiritual direction, which will include individual sharing and feedback from others in the group (sign up on Sunday morning at the back of the sanctuary)
- Read anything you see in the newspaper about local needs during the economic crisis, taking note of ways people are responding. Share these with a Church Board member.