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Hartman Elementary Field Day

The Country Club Christian Church-Hartman Elementary Partnership invites you to sign up to volunteer for Hartman Field Day on Tues., May 22. Volunteers are needed from 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. or from 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.  Individuals signing up for a full day session from 9:00 a.m. – 2:05 p.m. Read More...

2018-05-08T15:02:57-05:00May 3, 2018|Categories: Metro Service, Serve|

Meditation

Meditation is offered in our George Gordon Prayer Room on Wednesdays at noon. Everyone is welcome. The session begins with a brief introduction to meditation, followed by 20 minutes of meditating and five minutes of sharing the experience. Those who are able may choose to spend a few more minutes on reflection.

2018-05-03T13:27:42-05:00May 3, 2018|Categories: Connect|

Collection Connection

In May, our Collection Connection is gathering small/children’s gardening hand tools for the summer educational programs at Grace United Community Ministries (GUCM). GUCM’s summer camps educate kids in the art and joy of community gardening: planting, caring for the gardens with weeding, watering and fertilizing of the raised beds and fruit orchard Read More...

2018-05-03T14:18:21-05:00May 3, 2018|Categories: Give, Metro Service, Serve, Serve Our Church|

Hope and Love

“The doctor says I have a couple of swollen lymph nodes” my husband told me after his annual physical. “Probably due to a sinus infection but he wants to see me again if they don’t go away.”  So we waited.  And they didn’t go away.  So more tests. And more waiting. And more tests.  And waiting. 

2018-05-02T13:53:05-05:00May 2, 2018|Categories: Articles, Carla Aday, Senior Minister Blog|Tags: |

Sad Is Important, Too

Recently, one of my favorite writers, Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Peña, published an op-ed in Time, “Why We Shouldn’t Shield Children From Darkness.” He related an experience where his daughter saw his wife cry. “I couldn’t help thinking,” he wrote, “a fraction of her innocence had been lost that day.

Thankful

On Jan. 7, I was leaving the 10:00 a.m. Chapel service, having participated by playing for Kevin Briggs’ offertory solo. I was feeling quite good that morning. It had snowed, but everything had been taken care of by the facilities crew. I was walking on what seemed like a perfectly cleaned brick walkway. As I walked away from the chapel, I was singing along with the Doxology while thinking about rehearsal with the Chancel Choir. In a split second I became aware that I was airborne

2018-04-19T15:33:47-05:00April 19, 2018|Categories: Adult Music, Articles, Staff Messages|

“And” Is the Key Word

As many of you know, my title at the church is Scholar in Residence and Minister of Spiritual Formation, a title with “and” in there. But that’s not the “and” I mean to reference in the title of this article. When I think about spiritual formation, I think naturally about how persons mature in their faith, which for me implies “and” in the process. Specifically: learning and doing.

2018-04-19T14:03:33-05:00April 19, 2018|Categories: Adult-ministry, Articles, Metro Service, Mike Graves, Serve|

Sunday School Guest Speaker

Join us on Sun., May 6 at 10:00 a.m. in the Solarium (Rm. 309), for a program presented by Blanca Puma, Executive Director of FEDICE, a Global Ministries partner in Ecuador. FEDICE, an organization working to empower indigenous and marginalized communities, is being considered as a mission trip destination for our congregation.

2018-04-19T13:45:19-05:00April 19, 2018|Categories: Adult-ministry, Connect|
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