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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

SRCA News and Notes

Dear SRCA Family,

This weekend marks our first ever Family Camp. Our worship on Sunday will be 10:00 - 11:15 at the Bishop Claggett Center, near Buckeystown, Maryland. Directions follow. It will take about an hour to get there from South Riding. There will be no worship at Little River this week. PLEASE MAKE THE BEAUTIFUL DRIVE TO CLAGGETT AND JOIN US FOR WORSHIP AND BURGERS AND DOGS ON THE GRILL. In that way everyone can have some part in the camp. It will be a relaxed time of fellowship and family under the shady trees at the camp. Festivities will conclude by 12:30 so all can be on their way ho me. 

It would be helpful to have rough count of who might come - just so Bruce and I don't end up with a freezer full of burgers and dogs (the cooked variety). You are welcome whether you respond or not, but by hitting reply you can help us with the food prep. 

DIRECTIONS: Travel Time, about an hour.

?         Find your way to Route 15 north. (I cross 50 on Loudon County Parkway, turn right on Evergreen Mills, follow for about 13 miles, turn right onto Battlefield Parkway, turn left on Route 7, and then bear right onto 15 north).

?         Follow Route 15 north, crossing the Potomac. Stay on 15 north at the round-about.

?         At traffic light turn right onto Moundsville Road. Follow for a few miles.

?         After crossing railroad tracks you will come into a little town Adamstown). Look for Adamstown Road on your left. It comes in between two buildings.

?         Turn left onto Adamstown Road. Follow several miles until it T?s into Route 85.

?         Turn left onto Route 85 north.

?         Follow 85 for about a mile. Look on the right for a little white farm house that sits close to the road. There is a large sign next to the farm house (but the writing is on the other side), and then Bishop Claggett Lane.

?      &nbs p;  Turn right into Bishop Claggett Lane.

?         If you get to Route 80 on your right, you have missed the lane. Turn around and head south on 85, now looking on the left and you will see the sign, which says Bishop Claggett Center. Turn Left into Bishop Claggett Lane.

?        Come straight back the lane. The lane will make a hard right curve.

?         After the curve pass garage and house on left, then turn left onto lane and you will see a very large brick building straight ahead. Park in the spaces along this drive. 

Walk toward the large brick building, and then turn to the left. The chapel is just to the left of the large brick building.

See you there at 10!

faithfully,

--
Rev. Becki Neumann+
Rector, South Riding Anglican Church
Office 703-961-1983
Cell 240-217-4370
Home 717-762-0924

"When it's all been said and done; there is just one thing that matters. Did I do my best to live for truth, did I live my life for You?"

Friday, June 18, 2010

SRCA News and Notes

 
NEWS
 
Sunday, July 4th: Our Sunday worship will give everyone the opportunity to join in our Family Camp! There will be no worship at Little River. Everyone is invited to come to the Bishop Claggett Center, about an hour away, for worship at 10:00. Our worship band will be there along with about 25 others who are going to camp that weekend. We will grill burgers and dogs and enjoy the beauty of the place after worship. Please plan now to join you parish family for a wonderful time. If you contact me today you can still come to camp for the weekend! Direction sheets will be available the next 2 Sundays.
 
June 27th is our Sunday School Bridging Ceremony. Plan now to be in church that Sunday  to support our youth and children.
 
As I type this it is day 18 in our 100 days of prayer. Please be faithful in praying fro this community and for those who don't know the love of the Savior.
 
SOCKS FOR GHANAIAN CHILDREN: I have accepted the challenge to collect 100 pair of white socks, 50 in size 2-4 and 50 in size 4-7. Would you be willing to help by picking up a few pair and bringing them to church? I have until 6/27 to reach the target! Thanks for your help.
 
NOTES
No matter how good you try to be, you can never be good enough for God. Yet God loves you with an everlasting love, and he cares about every detail of your life. These two thunderous thoughts have been the start of our summer sermon series, which will examine core truths about God and about us.

 

Our scripture lessons for Sunday include 1 Kings 19:1-15a, Psalm 42, Galatians 3:23-29, and Luke 8:26-39. In them we hear of Elijah hearing God in the "still, small, voice," David's longing for more of God, Paul's affirmation that we are saved by faith in Christ rather than by works of the law, and Jesus bringing deliverance and healing to a man possessed by demons. The focus of today's message will be the gospel passage from Luke, in which we see the power of God at work as Jesus defeats the devil's darkness in a power encounter. Let's be prepared to take a closer look at this passage, and then to stand in awe as we recall Jesus' words that we are to do works greater than his. That's the thunderous thought of the week, coming in the light of this incredible story about the power or God at work.

 

I'm truly blessed to be here and I pray you feel blessed to be here too! see you Sunday!

 

Faithfully,

 

Becki+

 

SUNDAY SERVERS

AM setup:  Mike, Bruce, and the women who volunteered. Be there at 8:30.

Take Down:  The Women of the parish

Altar Guild:  Maryann and Mary D

Acolyte: Nicholas, Jack

Hospitality:  Sally

Greeters:  Don and Gail

Sunday School:  Melinda

Nursery:  staff

Reader/Prayers of the People:  Kimberly

LEMs:  Kimberly, Jason

Prayer Team:  Zita, Don

Ushers:  Alan, Jon

 

 
 
The Rev. Becki Neumann+
Rector, South Riding Church, Anglican
Office 703-961-1983
Cell 240-217-4370
Home 717-762-0924

"When it's all been said and done; there is just one thing that matters.
Did I do my best to live for truth, did I live my life for you?"

Thursday, June 3, 2010

SRCA News and Notes

Dear Parish Family,
 
The Children's Ministry Newsletter for June is attached to this email. Please download it and take a look at what's happening with our Children's ministry, and read The Benninks' introduction of themselves as our new Children's Ministry Coordinators.
 

For our summer months, I plan to bring a series of messages I'm calling "Thunderous Thoughts." Each message will be grounded in one of the wonderful and marvelous truths about God and about us in relation to God. Why call them "thunderous thoughts?" There are two reasons. First, it is summer, and thunderstorms abound. Isn't that true in life as well? When we least expect it a 'storm" can break all around us. When storms come a true understanding of God can see us through.

 

My definition of thunderous thoughts ties into the second reason I am calling this summer's messages by that name. In my lingo, thunderous thoughts are those that change the landscape of our understanding. They are thoughts that, when owned, change the way we see God, ourselves, others, and the landscape around us. 

 

Our thunderous thought for Sunday (remember – I didn't say new thought) is that the God who created the entire universe and every substance in it, cares about every detail of our lives. If we really believe that – it can and will change our lives. The message for Sunday is based on the readings of the day (Proper 5), including 1 Kings 17:8-24, Psalm 146, Galatians 1:11-24, and Luke 7:11-17.

 

Join us as we gather to worship the living God. It won't be the same without you!

 

In Christ,

 

Becki+

 

SUNDAY SERVERS

AM setup:  Mike, Charlie, Brad, Bruce, Tom

Take Down:  all hands on deck

Altar Guild:  Sally

Acolyte: Nicholas, Jack

Hospitality:  Kathy

Greeters:  Mary

Sunday School:  Branch's

Nursery:  staff

Reader/Prayers of the People: Jason

LEMs:  Paul, Kimberly

Prayer Team:  Zita, Don

Ushers:  Alan, Jon