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RS News Vol. 5 No. 19

September 4th, 2009

Rock Spring News covering dates: September 6, 2009 – September 19, 2009

HAVE A MINUTE?
by Janet L. Parker

Welcome or unwelcome, dreaded or anticipated, we can’t deny it’s here.  The long, hot days of summer are giving way to ever so slightly cooler nights here in the Washington area, and to the nervousness and excitement [...]

RS News Vol. 5 No. 18

August 21st, 2009

Covering August 23, 2009 to September 5, 2009
Have a Minute?
It’s been quiet in the office!  Unusual for Rock Spring.  But, then again, it is August after all.  Interstate 270, that parking lot of a highway during rush hours, seems almost empty as I breeze from Germantown to Arlington.  It’s August.  It’s vacation time.  Time for [...]

RS News Vol. 5 No. 17

August 7th, 2009

Covering August 9, 2009 to August 22, 2009
This just in from the Associated Press:
Utah boy goes for spin to avoid church: 7-year-old leads officers on a chase; dad told to keep keys safe
PLAIN CITY, Utah Wed., July 29, 2009 – Police in Utah say a 7-year-old boy led officers on a car chase in an [...]

Search Committee’s Reminder for Congregation’s Feedback

July 24th, 2009

On July 2, 2009 the Search Committee for the Senior Pastor provided the congregation with a DRAFT copy of the Church Profile for review and comments.  The committee continued the effort started by the Interim Team to create a Church Profile that accurately portrays our congregation and its requirements for a new Senior Pastor.  The [...]

RS News Vol. 5 No. 16

July 24th, 2009

Covering July 26, 2009 to August 8, 2009
Have A Minute?
by Janet L. Parker
“How do we enter Christianity’s Ecological Phase?”  That was the core question that participants wrestled with during the course I attended at Ghost Ranch in June.  That is the core question that animates this ten-year series, of which this course was a part, [...]

Search Committee’s Local Church Profile draft ready for congregation’s feedback

July 9th, 2009

The Senior Pastor Search Committee has completed a draft of the Local Church Profile for review by the Congregation.  The information which it contains comes from the recent survey of the congregation from the Interim Committee, a survey performed in connection with the strategic planning process, meetings with the congregation, annual reports of the past [...]

RS News Vol. 5 No. 15

July 9th, 2009

Covering July 12, 2009 to July 25, 2009
Have A Minute?
by Douglas L. Griffin

Across the street from our home, a path winds its way through the woods to a delightful lake that bustles with life.  The path through the woods playfully follows a creek that empties into the lake.  It meanders along side the creek [...]

Letter to Rock Spring

July 2nd, 2009

Dear Fellow Rock Springers -
The Search Committee for the Senior Pastor is pleased to provide you a DRAFT copy of the Church Profile for your review and comments.  We have continued the effort started by the Interim Team to create a Church Profile that accurately portrays our congregation and its requirements for a new Senior [...]

RS News Vol. 5 No. 14

June 24th, 2009

Covering 6/28/09 to 7/11/09

RS News Vol. 5 No. 13

June 13th, 2009

Covering 6/14/09 to 6/27/09

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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