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One Great Hour of Sharing

March 8th, 2010

“Do you love me? Then feed my sheep.” On March 14 we will have the opportunity to offer our gifts to the UCC’s relief and development ministries through One Great Hour of Sharing. Details are in a letter that will arrive in the mail this week.  (To view the letter, click here.)
Envelopes are in the [...]

Opportunity to Use your Research and Social Interaction Skills!

March 8th, 2010

The Deacon’s Data Base Committee would like to have two or three more members.  The work involves tracking down members for whom we have little or no information, contacting people that have not been active for awhile to find out if they still want to be on the RS rolls.  We also assist the deacons [...]

Caring Ministry Session Rescheduled

March 8th, 2010

The Caring Ministry meeting with Rev. Diana Gomez de Molina, chaplain at NIH, has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 13th from 9:30 a.m. until noon.

Eco-Justice Invites You for a Free Lunch!

March 8th, 2010

All are welcome to join us on March 14th at Carpenter Hall from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.  Enjoy a delicious vegetarian lunch hosted by the Eco-Justice Committee in celebration of four years of Earth Day Services, Fall Harvest festivals, Lenten offerings, the AFAC garden and other initiatives of the committee.  Volunteers who participated in any [...]

Name Tags

March 8th, 2010

The new Deacon name tags have big lettering so guests don’t have to squint to encourage guests to ask questions and start conversations as part of an extravagant welcome and evangelical Out-Reach.  More name tags need to be seen on Sundays for all the same reasons and one more.  Put your Board or Committee on [...]

Rock Spring Recital Series

March 8th, 2010

The Rock Spring Recital Series is pleased to announce that the Clarion Brass concert that was postponed due to snow, has been re-scheduled.  The concert will now be on Sunday, March 14th at 4:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.  The Clarion Brass has been our Easter brass for over 15 years now, and we are thrilled [...]

The William & Mary Choir In Concert, March 19th at 8pm in the Sanctuary

March 8th, 2010

The Choir of the College of William & Mary will return to Rock Spring once again this year for the first stop on their annual East Coast tour.  Last March, Rock Spring member and WM alumnus Katherine Rubida brought the 65-member mixed chorus to Arlington to perform for a packed house and it was a [...]

OWL for Grades 10-12 is here!

March 8th, 2010

Youth enrolled in 10th – 12th grade are eligible to enroll in OWL classes.  Parent Orientation is March 21.  Classes run from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM starting Sunday, April 11 and running weekly through June 6.  (No class on Memorial Day weekend.)  To pre-register for the, e-mail parent/guardian name(s), email address, phone number, and [...]

Warm Up America!

March 8th, 2010

Come knit or crochet no matter your age or gender– Saturday March 20, 2-4pm, Saegmuller Room. Enjoy fellowship with other Rock Springers of all ages. Come for one hour, 30 minutes, whatever time you can spare. We are knitting or crocheting   7×9 inch rectangles to donate for afghan making by Warm Up America. These go [...]

Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2010: A Place to Call Home: Immigrants, Refugees, and Displaced Peoples

March 8th, 2010

Worship, study and dialogue with hundreds of people of faith at the annual Ecumenical Advocacy Days.  (Janet Parker will be co-leading a workshop on the intersections between eco-theology and immigration on Saturday morning.)  On Monday, we go to Capitol Hill to advocate for our members of Congress to remedy these global injustices.  The 2010 conference [...]

RSS UCC Daily Readings

  • Finding
    Today's reflection by Bill Green: We have within us traces of divine love and strength. These come to light in our relationships with one another when something of the spirit of Christ breaks through guarded habits and fixed dispositions. […]
  • Swim Toward the Vortex
    Today's reflection by Donna Schaper: Time after time we forget the dry ground and think we are drowning. Time after time, we forget what the stones of our ancestors mean, which is that Israel was first bound, then free. […]
  • Stumbling Blocks or Stepping Stones?
    Today's reflection by Kenneth Samuel: As the children of Israel pressed toward their long-anticipated future, God instructed them to take up the stones of their past and tell the next generation about where they had been . . . and how they got over. […]

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