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The Capital Area Regional Office is in the process of moving to the facilities in the North Chevy Chase Christian Church. The Office is closed from 5:00 pm on Friday, October 16 and will reopen on Wednesday October 28 (due to issues in transferring telephone service).



Please note that our new address is:

Christian Church Capital Area
8814 Kensington Parkway, Suite 208
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6743

Help us remember!

Interfaith Service of Remembrance and Hope
for Health Care for All

Tuesday, October 20th - 12:00 noon

National City Christian Church in Washington, DC

On the October 20th National Day of Remembrance and Hope, people of faith all over the country will wrap their hearts around the unnecessary suffering and deaths that occur every year due to lack of needed health care. Set to coincide with activities planned on the same date by many other organizations, this Day of Remembrance will demonstrate the faith community's effort to say, "We won't forget!" It will be our opportunity to commit to continuing our work in hopeful expectation for comprehensive and compassionate health care reform.

The Interfaith Service of Remembrance and Hope at National City Christian Church will include the stories of those who have died and will feature music, prayer, liturgical dance and candlelighting in their memory. Attendees will enter the service with the mournful sound of bagpipes, and will be graced with the music of one of the district's finest organs before and after the service.

Please RSVP to assist with our planning! And then, share this invitation with your friends, family, and colleagues. It is our participation in events such as this that will demonstrate our collective moral witness for health care reform. It will be one more affirmation that we seek a health care future grounded in the sacred bonds of our common humanity, compassion, shared responsibility, concern for those who are most vulnerable, and faithful stewardship in the midst of abundance.

For more information about the National Day of Remembrance and Hope of which this Interfaith Service is a part, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

"Joash was seven years old when he began to reign and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem....And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord." "All the money.... which a man’s heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord,...let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered." (2 Chr. 24.1-2, 2Kings 12.4-5) RSV

Unless one is an Old Testament scholar, I could probably get good odds that you do not remember who Joash was! And even if you do remember a Joash, you probably cannot account for the seven people in the Bible who are named Joash! The Joash to whom I refer is one of the five kings of Israel who were judged to have been good kings.

Joash was king in the last half of the 9th century BCE. Two hundred years earlier, David and Solomon had built Israel into a great community. But the faith had dwindled by the time of Joash. Some sought the new Baal worship. Yet the call of Joash for a special offering during his 40 years led Israel to a great restoration.

To read more, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Please send your generous contribution to:

Christian Church Capital Area
11501 Georgia Avenue, Suite 400
Wheaton, MD 20902

Labor Day is a holiday honoring the labor union movement and its many contributions to society, especially the improved economic conditions for working women and men, and the higher quality of life for all working families. It began as a parade organized by the Knights of Labor on September 5, 1882, and was made a national holiday by President Grover Cleveland in 1887.

This Labor Day, honor working families in the United States by supporting health care reform. Call the White House today and urge them to keep fighting for health care reform: 1-888-797-8717 (toll-free). Also, please sign the Faith-Inspired Vision for Health Care statement by clicking HERE.

To learn more about efforts to reform the U.S. health care system, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

To read a resolution on health care from the 1999 General Assembly, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Call the White House today and urge them to continue the fight for

health care reform: 1-888-797-8717 (toll-free).

END TORTURE: SIGN a statement of conscience HERE.
Call for a Commission of Inquiry by clicking HERE.

WHAT: September Peace Meal:
"Understanding Peace in the Cuban Context"

WHO: Minister Counselor of Cuba Dr. Alberto Prieto

WHEN: 1 PM on Saturday September 5, 2009

WHERE: 4209 East West Hwy, Chevy Chase, MD

ORGANIZATION: Global Coalition for Peace

DETAILS:

Mr. Prieto is Minister Counselor of the Cuban Interests Section in
Washington D.C, with responsibility for bilateral Cuban-US relations. His
special areas of work are with the US Congress, in the areas of Solidarity
and Religion, in which capacity he has served since 1991. He will soon
return to Cuba, so don't miss this opportunity!

All welcome, including children. Program starts with interfaith prayers and songs, followed by blessing of the food ceremony, then the speaker's address along with a hot vegetarian lunch.

Elderly, disabled, and pregnant persons welcome to park at 4209. Mothers with young children welcome to park at 4217 East West. All other guests, please park by Bethesda Chevy Chase High School. Metro Accessible: Red-line Bethesda stop. By bus: J2, Edgevale stop. There is no charge for this monthly event.

Please RSVP to: shantiyoga2@earthlink.net.

"Welcoming The Other, Welcoming Change"

Keynoter: The Rev. Stephanie Spellers

Stephanie is the author of Radical Welcome: Embracing God, The Other and the Spirit of Transformation. She is also priest and lead organizer for The Crossing at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in Boston. The Crossing is a new worship community shaped by the voices and expressions of emerging generations and cultures, www.thecrossingboston.org.

Date: Saturday, September 26

Place: The Church of the Epiphany

1317 G St, NW, Washington, DC; 202-347-2635, Metro Center Station

Workshop Schedule

9:00a Registration

9:30a Gathering

10:00a Morning Program

12:00a Lunch

12:30p Afternoon Program

2:45p Sending Forth

All are welcome; congregational teams are encouraged.

Bring a congregational team, including lay and clergy leaders and non-parishioner neighbors. We need to hear the voices of both committed members and curious visitors.

Registration

Workshop participants are requested to register through our diocesan website. There is a $10 workshop fee and Stephanie’s book may be ordered for another $10. Lunch is free. We are limited to 100 participants, so register early. Go here to register: http://www.edow.org/news/calendar/events.html

Plus a Sunday evening special!

"Experiencing Emergence: A Worship-Learning Event with The Crossing Community"

Leaders: The Rev. Stephanie Spellers and members of The Crossing

The Rev. Stephanie Spellers and leaders from The Crossing -- the emergent worship community at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in Boston -- will lead worship and share emergent principles every church can take home and use.

Date: Sunday, September 27

Place: The Church of the Epiphany

1317 G St, NW, Washington, DC; 202-347-2635; Metro Center Station

Parking is free on Sundays in the PMI Garage next door with a validated ticket.

Workshop Schedule

4:00p Program

5:00p Worship

6:00p Reflection

6:45p Sending Forth

All are welcome; congregational teams are encouraged.

All are welcome; registration through the diocesan website is requested.

Go here to register: http://www.edow.org/news/calendar/events.html

All are welcome; Sunday is totally free.

For more info, contact Randolph Charles at 202-347-2635 or rcharles@epiphanydc.org

To register:

http://www.edow.org/news/calendar/events.html