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Lenten Action for Hope: Taking a Break from Consumerism
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by Elly Sullivan, Eco-Action Team Member
Have you ever caught yourself worrying about climate change while driving alone in a 5-passenger car on a route with easily accessible public transportation? I have. Have you ever bought a few fresh basil leaves wrapped in a plastic bag and encased in a plastic box as sturdy as a brick just so you could try a new soup recipe? Yep, I did, just last week. Most of us could probably change one habit or choice each day during Lent to lessen our personal carbon footprint. It is hard to resist the convenience and speed built into our lifestyles. In fact, it may be counter-cultural. But Lent is the perfect season to slow down and exchange speed, ease and efficiency for mindfulness.
Here are some specific things you may wish to try:
Reduce consumption of single use products
Once upon a time, wastefulness was not an accepted social norm, and it was uncommon to throw away perfectly good materials like paper, string, rubber, wood and metal. When single use plastics and plastic packaging were introduced in the 1960's, this norm was broken. As a culture, we learned to throw away durable materials made from precious natural resources.
In the case of plastic, this habit is coming back to haunt us. An estimated 60% of all plastic ever produced is still extant in some form in the environment, with related toxins accumulating in our food, air and water. It's a durable, non-biodegradable product made from non-renewable fossil fuels, and thus has a huge environmental cost when used once and thrown away. It accumulates in the environment. Plastic recycling is problematic, so reusing what's already in your home is a good idea, but reducing plastic consumption in the first place is the best option. Reduction will take concerted effort and a counter-cultural push since, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, plastic production has increased 20x over the last 50 years, with the expectation of doubling again in the next twenty, and quadrupling in fifty years.
Try personal refillable water bottles and travel mugs, reusable grocery bags, mesh vegetable bags, buying in bulk, carrying reusable utensils, and choosing no plastic packaging whenever possible. As for paper, switch to on-line billing, banking, news, and entertainment. Reuse the paper and card-stock already in your home for scrap paper and craft projects.
Make sustainable clothing choices
Abstain from buying new clothes. Try the Op Shop and other second hand shops, and bring out your sewing kit for mending and creating your own clothes. Donate clothes to second hand stores and old towels to animal shelters. The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that clothing fibers comprise 35% of the micro-plastics in the ocean. If you wear synthetics (like fleece, work out clothes and most sneakers), look for brands using recycled materials. Wash less and wash only full loads in cold water, and consider using a microfiber collection ball in your wash to prevent at least some of the microfibers from getting into our waterways.
Buy less stuff
Limit purchases to needs vs. wants. Consider abstaining from on-line shopping during Lent to reduce emissions from shipping and plastic packaging. Buy local and support small businesses.
Next Steps
Ready to make a pledge? Sign up any time during Lent
. You may also wish to explore organizations taking climate action to the next level, like Sustainable Maryland, Trash Free Maryland, Food and Water Watch, Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake, and the Surfrider Foundation. Finally, the St. John's Eco Team always welcomes new members.
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Preventing the Spread of Coronavirus: Mindful Practices for St. John's |
In light of the recent coronavirus outbreak, we are following the lead of our Diocese and other religious institutions by taking precautionary measures at St. John's to reduce the unnecessary risk of spreading infectious diseases. To that end, I encourage you to consider these mindful practices - particularly when we gather together for worship on Sundays:
- Taking communion in one kind, bread, is fine. You can simply place your hand on the bottom of the cup when it is presented, or cross your arms, if you prefer not to drink. We will put only a small amount of wine in the intinction cup to minimize the chances of fingers touching it.
- Instead of shaking hands or hugging, consider using a fist or elbow bump, a slight bow, or namaste (folded hands) to greet and acknowledge others, including during the peace.
- Use knuckles, not hands or fingers, to touch light switches and elevator buttons. Open doors with a closed fist or your hip. Avoid grasping the handle with your hand.
- Wash hands with soap for 20 seconds, the time it takes to hum 'Happy Birthday' twice, frequently.
- Use hand sanitizer with 60 percent or more alcohol.
- Cough or sneeze into a disposable tissue and discard whenever possible. Use your elbow only if you have to - the infectious virus on your clothing can be passed on for up to a week or more.
- Please stay home if you are sick.
These suggestions come from a few different resources including from our Diocese. I join you in my prayers for our world, and for rapid advancement towards the discovery of a vaccine that can return wellness to the lives of many.
Grace and Peace,
Sari+
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By Pat Cascio, Parish Secretary for the Rector and Warden
At its February 18, 2020, meeting, the Vestry:
- Approved the appointment of a Leadership Development Team (nominating committee) to identify candidates for Vestry and Lay Delegates to be elected at the Annual Parish Meeting on April 26. The team is outgoing Vestry members Sean Craig, Julie Grohovsky, Maura Lynch, Christopher Nee, and former Senior Warden Johnna Story. The team may be augmented with additional members.
- Approved drawing $33,000 from Property Reserves for renovations to the sexton's apartment.
- Allocated a budget surplus from 2019 of approximately $44,000 largely to Property Reserves, a thank offering to the Diocese, and a portion to outstanding debt.
- Discussed preparations for a February 23 Adult Forum presentation by The Kerns Group architects on possible design options for modifications to the church as part of a vision for future uses of our space.
- Discussed possible strategies to increase and maintain our Property Reserves fund at the recommended 3% of the property value, about $240,000.
The next Vestry meeting will be on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in the Lounge.
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Thank You
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By Jay Everhart and Suzanne Welch
The former senior wardens of St John's thank all who turned out on Shrove Tuesday for companionship and the pancakes, sausage, bacon, maple syrup, etc.; a low calorie meal, it was not! This is always a wonderful opportunity for fellowship, both for us in the kitchen and for those eating in the parish hall. We welcomed and fed about 100 hungry diners.
To shrive refers to a confession of sins as a preparation for Lent, a tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages. Not much fun was had back then, and Shrove Tuesday eventually acquired the character of a carnival or festival, and many customs developed in connection with this day. The tradition of eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday derived from the prohibition of eggs and fat during the Lenten fast.
At St. John's, the former senior wardens purchase ingredients, prepare and serve the meal, assisted by the clergy (thanks to Sari and to Ethan, our Deacon in training), and the Youth Group buses tables. Thanks to the generosity of the Parish, we were able to pass on $200 to the Youth Group.
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Worship
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Sunday: 8:00 am, 9:00 am, 11:15 am, & 5:00 pm
Wednesday: 12:00 pm Holy Eucharist & Healing Service, 7:00 pm Contemplative Payer & Lenten Book Study
The readings for this Sunday are Romans 4:1-5, Psalm 121, John 3:1-17
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On Easter Day, flowers will burst forth on the altars and throughout the church symbolizing the Resurrection of Christ and our own lives in Him!
All members of the parish are invited to share in providing the flowers which will decorate the church on Easter. Gifts of cash or check, in any amount, may be designated as memorials or thanksgivings and will be listed in the worship bulletin on Easter. You can sign up by placing this printable form in the offering plate or using this online form. You can pay with a check to St. John's with "Easter flowers" on the memo line or at our Breeze portal.
All flower dedications are due by Palm Sunday, April 5th.
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Adult Forum: March 8,10:10 am - Parish Hall
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by Peter Plocki, Adult Forum Coordinator
On March 8th, the St. John's Adult Forum will feature a presentation by Dr. Henry Ziegler and Mr. Edward Kussy, parishioners at Grace Episcopal Church in Alexandria, about their two-week medical mission trip to Tanzania last fall and the volunteer opportunities available to assist the urban poor in this African nation. They will describe the medical and community health programs in an urban poverty center in Tanzania's largest city, Dar es Salaam. Mr. Kussy, who is an environmental lawyer, will describe what it is like to be a short-term missionary without a medical background.
Dr. Ziegler is president of the Health Tanzania Foundation and has been representing the Center for International Health in Tanzania as a senior medical consultant. He is currently health adviser for the Anglican Diocese of Dar es Salaam and the MEA Foundation. Dr. Ziegler has more than thirty years of community health/public health leadership and expertise in both the United States and abroad. Over the last thirty years, Dr. Ziegler has worked in Tanzania, the first three-and-a-half years full-time. He was health director for the Anglican Diocese of Dar es Salaam, developing strong community health and clinical programs including comprehensive HIV/AIDS services. Dr. Ziegler and his team see more than 65,000 patients a year, have trained more than 300 village health workers, and have distributed more than 90,000 treated mosquito nets in Dar es Salaam and remote areas of the Coast Region, where he also helped develop the first comprehensive Tanzanian regional plan to reduce maternal and newborn deaths. Dr. Ziegler has an M.D. from McGill University, an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University, and is board certified in internal medicine and board eligible in preventive medicine. He has held faculty appointments with three U.S. medical schools and is a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the Wisconsin College of Medicine and a clinical assistant professor of global health at the University of Washington School of Public Health.
Edward Kussy is a partner at the Washington, D.C., office of Nossaman LLP. Before joining Nossaman, he worked for the Federal Highway Administration for thirty-four years, the last eighteen as the agency's Deputy Chief Counsel. He has worked on the legal aspects of major highway and other transportation projects across the United States. His primary specialty is environmental law, which he has practiced for almost forty-eight years. Mr. Kussy is a graduate of Michigan Law School and has an LLM in Environmental Law from George Washington University Law School, where he was an adjunct Professorial Lecturer for 16 years.
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Adult Forum: March 15,10:10 am - Parish Hall
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by Kirk Campbell, HLC Co-Convener
The St. John's Holy Land Committee invites you to an interfaith discussion on March 15th at the 10:10 am Adult Forum. The forum will feature Carolyn Karcher, editor of
Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism: Stories of Personal Transformation
(2019), and four of her co-authors.
This is a great opportunity to better understand and ask questions about the relationship between Judaism and Zionism, and their relationship to Israel and the Israel-Palestine conflict. Carolyn describes the book in these terms:
"As editor of and contributors to Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism: Stories of Personal Transformation, our goal is to help start difficult conversations with family members and friends who conflate Judaism with Zionism and who believe that Jews cannot be safe from persecution unless they have a state of their own, which they dominate politically and numerically."
"We seek to restore the primacy of the ethical principles at the heart of Judaism--love the stranger, love your neighbor, and repair the world--principles that cannot be reconciled with dominating and oppressing another people. We also seek to provide a model of Jewish identity based on solidarity with Palestinians and other oppressed peoples, rather than on unconditional support of Israel. Finally, we seek to combat the false equation of anti-Zionism with antisemitism and to demonstrate that solidarity with other oppressed peoples is the best defense against antisemitism."
Carolyn and her co-authors form a stimulating salon of intellectuals and activists:
- Carolyn Karcher is professor emerita at Temple University, where she received the Great Teacher Award. She is an active member of Jewish Voice for Peace.
- Emily Siegel is Program Director at Eyewitness Palestine, and a trained facilitator whose research and work focuses on justice, peace-building, and social change.
- Chris Godshall is a law student at Georgetown and co-founded Jewish Voice for Peace at Columbia University. He is active in the Palestine Solidarity Movement.
- Charlie Wood is an activist and lawyer focused on freedom of movement who has assisted people in the West Bank, the Balkans, and the U.S.-Mexico border.
- Ariel Gold is National Co-director of Code Pink and holds an M.A. in social work from SUNY-Binghamton.
For any questions about this program or the Holy Land Committee, please talk to Nancy Adams ([email protected]) or Kirk Campbell ([email protected]), co-conveners of the Holy Land Committee.
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Dialogue with a Gun Owner: March 14, 1:00 pm - Parish Hall
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by Margaret Hilton, Gun Violence Prevention Coordinator
Join MoCo Moms Demand Action in the Parish Hall on Saturday afternoon, March 14th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm for a dialogue with Matt Mehlhoff.
A former law enforcement officer and current father of a young child, Matt is strongly committed to protecting children and adults from gun violence. He will outline correct nomenclature and references to firearms and
answer audience questions.
The dialogue will help non-gun owners learn how to engage more effectively with responsible gun owners so we can join forces to end gun violence together.
More information and RSVP here.
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Monthly GVP Group Meeting: March 15, 12:30 pm
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by Margaret Hilton, Gun Violence Prevention Coordinator
Join the Gun Violence Prevention (GVP) group in the library on Sunday, from 12:30-1:30. We will
review the treasurer's report on activities and expenditures over the past year and plan for the spring and next fall, building on our recent discussions about past activities (e.g., the T-shirt display, forum with Rob Wilcox, Interfaith Prayer Vigil, film screening). Margaret and Anne Derse will share input from a prior meeting with Sari. Volunteers are needed to provide refreshments and take notes--if interested, please contact Margaret (
[email protected]).
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Make a Difference |
Join the Lenten Eco-Action Pledge
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St. John's is embarking on a Lenten journey of spiritual growth through our Eco-Pledge Program. There are many different ways that you can join this pledge and commit to creation care by making specific changes in food, transportation, home energy use and consumption. You can learn more or join the Lenten Eco-Pledge
here.
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Samaritan Ministry's Next Step Breakfast: March 12, 7:30 am - National Press Club
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by Alex Schmandt
Please join me and fellow St. John's parishioners at the Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington's (SMGW) annual breakfast fundraiser. The Next Step Breakfast will take place on Thursday, March 12th at the National Press Club (529 14th Street NW) in downtown DC. It begins at 7:30 am and ends promptly at 9:00 am. The breakfast is complementary.
This breakfast is an opportunity to support a local organization that addresses the long-term needs of under-served populations. While St. John's supports many local organizations which help people in immediate need, SMGW focuses on the long-term challenges of its participants by helping them to find jobs, housing, and education through a structured and mentored Next Step Program.
The Next Step Breakfast is an inspirational event with two special showcases. In the first showcase, an SMGW participant will share how their individual journey led them to SMGW as well as the success they have experienced through their participation in the Next Step Program. In the second, an SMGW volunteer will share their experience mentoring those in need and discuss how helping others has affected their lives. This year's host will be PBS News Hour's Yamiche Alcindor.
It would be refreshing if we had some new faces representing St. John's at the breakfast to boost those stalwarts that attend this event year in and year out. As an added incentive (in addition to the spiritual glow) of attending this event, I will pledge to those parishioners who attend the breakfast my quo to your quid. In other words, I will gladly reciprocate your time and effort to attend this event with my time and financial support to your cause or event.
If you would like to attend and represent St. John's, please contact Alex Schmandt at
[email protected]
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"If Music Be the Food" Concert Featuring Seraphim Vocal Quintet: March 15, 3:00 pm - Nave
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by Karl Robson, Director of Music Ministries
Join us as we continue our fledgling benefit concert series, this time featuring a fun afternoon of music from the Renaissance!
The performers donate their time and talent, St. John's donates its beautiful acoustic space, and the audience brings as "admission" a non-perishable food item or money to help the hungry through Capital Area Food Bank.
Seraphim is a Washington-based women's ensemble (including our own Phyllis Fong and Charlotte Knapp) known for beautifully blended a capella harmony.
Seraphim's graceful ladies sing of life and love in Tudor England. They specialize in dances that evoke the spirit of the times, and offer humorous observations of the Court and its customs. Their songs of love, merry revels, animals, gypsies and pirates delight the young and young of heart.
"If Music Be the Food..." (IMBTF) is a series of benefit concerts which raise awareness and support for the hungry in the local community through the sharing of great music. Each concert is a fully grass-roots community event involving professionals, students, and local volunteers in joyful collaboration. We are striving to address nourishment in all of its forms; our bodies need it in the form of food and our souls need it in the form of music and community!
IMBTF is a completely volunteer endeavor. All of the musicians donate their services, the venues donate the space and print the programs free of charge, and the community, students, and local volunteers assist with publicity, stage management, and anything else that needs to happen for each concert. There is no fixed price for admission, rather, the audience is invited to bring non-perishable food items or monetary donations of any amount for the partnering food bank.
Founded in 2009 by violist Carol Rodland in Rochester, NY, IMBTF has become a national musicians' movement, with wonderful artists across the country creating projects based upon this idea in their own communities. The complete Shakespeare quote from Twelfth Night
captures fully the IMBTF ethos: "If music be the food of love, play on!" Music, food, love... it is all here in what we are doing together with each IMBTF concert.
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Third Annual Service Project in Support of Oak View Elementary School: March 22, 10:00 am - Hines Hall
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by Tina Conroy, Serving Seniors Ministry Coordinator, and Lee Walsh, Interim Church School Director
St. John's Norwood, in coordination with Church of the Redeemer, is launching its Third Annual Service Project to support 26 children in the third, fourth, and fifth grades. These children primarily come from Spanish speaking homes where many of the parents work multiple jobs and they all participate in the "Lunch Buddies" program which is a lunch tutoring program overseen by Redeemer at Oak View Elementary School in Silver Spring, MD.
As we have for the last two years, St. John's is collaborating with Redeemer to coordinate the donation of spring reading and writing kits for the Lunch Buddies children. This year, the Serving Seniors will partner with our Church School who have generously designated their March 22nd Community Outreach Sunday to support the Oak View Elementary School Lunch Buddies initiative.All St. John's church school children/young adults, (as well as any St. John's parishioner that would like to donate) are requested to bring one or more new or gently used books for third through fifth graders on March 22nd, at 10:00 am to Hines Hall.
If you would like to participate, but do not have age appropriate books, the Bethesda Chevy Chase High School Used Book Drive on March 7th and 8th will be a great opportunity to procure the books. Thousands of books (to include children's books) will be sold at a discounted rate to the public during this event, which will be located at 4301 East West Highway, Bethesda.
The spring reading and writing kits are scheduled to be delivered to Oak View Elementary School by a St. John's delegation during late March or early April. More details will be relayed to request volunteers to be part of that delegation in the near future. Thank you in advance for your generosity and kindness.
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Our Stephen Ministers Are Ready to Care!
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Stephen Ministers are members of
St. John's
who have been through extensive training and provide confidential, one-to-one, Christian care to people who are experiencing a difficult time. They listen, care, encourage, pray, and provide weekly support for as long as the need persists. If someone you know is hurting, find out more about Stephen Ministry by talking with one of our Stephen Leaders:
Penny Winder, John Mertens, Rob Hartmann, or Toni Hartman ([email protected]).
Our Stephen Ministers are ready to bring God's love and care to those in need.
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Men's Book Club: March 11, 7:30 pm - Home of Earle O'Donnell
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by Earle O'Donnell
In 1924, the United States passed a law that was designed to stymie almost all future immigration by Italians, Greeks, Jews, and other eastern and central Europeans and to prevent all Asian immigration. The law established country by country limits on immigration from Europe. It was immensely successful. For example, Italian immigration, which had exceeded 220,000 in 1921, was capped at 2,662 annually thereafter.
In
The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants out of America, Daniel Okent explains the factors that effectively shut the door to immigrants from countries with disfavored ethnic groups. Okent explains that opposition to immigrants has risen and subsided like a sine wave throughout our history. But this law was more comprehensive than any predecessor; so much so that Adolf Hitler singled it out for praise in
Mein Kampf.
Okent points to eugenics - the "science of breeding man" - as the driving force behind the law. By purporting to use "science" to identify inferior groups that endangered the "superior blood line" of Americans, particularly Nordic Americans, it provided a "scientific" justification for bigotry that proved irresistible. Some of the proudest names in American history - the Adams, the Roosevelts, the Lodges, Frederick Douglas, and Samuel Gompers - joined together to shut the door. Even the U.S. Supreme Court, in an opinion authored by Oliver Wendell Holmes, was sufficiently swayed that it upheld laws that authorized forced sterilizations of "misfits." How did this pseudo-science become so powerful? Is there anything that we can learn from this sad episode to inform today's harsh debate about immigration?
Join the Men's Book Club meeting on Wednesday, March 11th where we will delve into these hard questions. We meet at 7:30 pm at Earle O'Donnell's home (11221 Stephalee Lane, Rockville, MD). We look forward to seeing you there.
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Eighth Annual Women's Retreat: Grace and Women in the Bible: April 3-5 - Bishop Claggett Center
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Sign up today for
St. John's Women's Retreat 2020: Grace and Women in the Bible. Join with women of all ages and interests for a relaxing weekend away with worship, conversation, music, fun and creative activity in a beautiful setting. The Rev. Jenifer Gamber and the Rev. Eva Cavaleri will be our retreat leaders.
The retreat begins on Friday afternoon/evening with dinner followed by introductions and Night Prayers. On Saturday we will explore Grace, as reflected in the stories of Sarah, Ruth and Naomi, and many others. There is also time for relaxation, creative projects, worship and personal time. On Sunday morning, we will breakfast and worship together before we depart. We encourage women to stay for both nights, but Friday night only is also an option. Carpools will be arranged if you would like to share a ride.
The cost for two nights is $250 single/$220 double room; or one night is $155 single/$140 double room. Saturday only, including 3 meals, is $65. You can register for the retreat here and pay online at our Breeze portal (choose "Women's Retreat" in the pull-down menu).
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"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." Romans 12:12
We offer prayers of thanksgiving for the birth of William Mason Hendrickson II, son of Will & Jill Hendrickson, and grandson of Anne Derse & Hank Hendrickson.
We offer prayers of condolences for the death of Bob Beaupre (father of Dan Beaupre).
We also offer prayers in memory of Winnie Smoot, longtime parishioner who passed away on Thursday, March 5th. Winnie will be dearly missed by the St. John's com
munity. Details of her memorial service will be forthcoming.
Please contact the Office if you have a prayer request or thanksgiving to share with the Parish.
Send us an email request.
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Upcoming Events |
NEW:
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March 7, 2020
March 8, 2020
Daylight Savings begins
Adult Forum on medical mission trips in Tanzania at 10:10 am in the Parish Hall
Journey into America at 3:00 pm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Washington, D.C. Temple (9900 Stoneybrook Drive, Kensington, MD 20895)
March 11, 2020
Men's Book Club at 7:30 pm at the Earle O'Donnell's home (11221 Stephalee Lane, Rockville, MD)
March 12, 2020
Samaritan Ministers of Greater Washington Next Step Breakfast at 7:30 am at the National Press Club (529 14th St. NW, Washington, DC 20045)
March 14, 2020
Memorial Service for Peg Lower at 10:00 am in the Nave
March 15, 2020
Adult Forum on reclaiming Judaism from Zionism at 10:10 am in the Parish Hall
Voices Form the Holy Land presents
The Ruins of Lifta at 2:00 pm at Arlington Unitarian Universalist Church (
4444 Arlington Blvd, Arlington, VA 22204)
March 22, 2020
Service Project in Support of Oak View Elementary School at 10:00 am in Hines Hall
April 3-5, 2020
Women's Retreat at the Bishop Claggett Retreat Center (3035 Buckeystown Pike, Adamstown, MD 21710)
Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020
May 16, 2020
Party with a Purpose
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Weekly Schedule
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Sunday, March 8
The Second Sunday in Lent
Deadline for newsletter submissions
8:00 - 8:45 am
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Spoken Holy Eucharist - St. Mary's Chapel
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9:00 - 9:45 am
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Holy Eucharist with Children's Chapel - Nave
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9:00 - 12:30 pm
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Norwood Parish Library is Open - Library
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10:00 - 11:00 am
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Church School - Classrooms
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10:10 - 11:00 am
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Adult Forum - Parish Hall
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11:15 - 12:15 pm
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Holy Eucharist - Nave
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12:30 - 2:00 pm
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Sightlines - Parish Hall Altar Guild - Basement Classroom
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4:45 - 6:30 pm
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Norwood Parish Library is Open
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5:00 - 5:45 pm
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"Come as You Are" Holy Eucharist - Nave
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5:30 - 7:30 pm
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Youth Group - Youth Room
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Monday, March 9
7:00 - 8:30 pm |
Property Committee - Lounge |
Tuesday, March 10
5:00 - 6:00 pm
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Chorister Rehearsal - Choir Room
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7:00 - 8:00 pm
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Alleluia Choir Rehearsal - Choir Room
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Wednesday, March 11
12:00 - 12:45 pm
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Holy Eucharist & Healing Service - St. Mary's Chapel
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6:00 - 9:30 pm
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EfM - Library
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7:00 - 8:30 pm
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Contemplative Prayer & Lenten Book Study - St. Mary's Chapel, Lounge
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7:30 - 9:00 pm
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Men's Book Club - Home of Earle O'Donnell
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Thursday, March 12
6:00 - 7:00 pm
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Norwood Ringers Rehearsal - Choir Room
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7:00 - 9:00 pm
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Stephen Ministers - Library, Lounge
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7:30 - 9:00 pm
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St. John's Choir Rehearsal - Choir Room
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Saturday, March 14
10:00 - 12:00 pm
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Memorial Service for Peg Lower - Nave
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1:00 - 3:00 pm
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Dialogue with a Gun Owner - Parish Hall
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Sunday, March 15
Deadline for newsletter submissions
8:00 - 9:00 am
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Spoken Holy Eucharist - St. Mary's Chapel
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9:00 - 9:45 am
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Holy Eucharist with Children's Chapel - Nave
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9:00 - 12:30 pm
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Norwood Parish Library is Open - Library
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10:00 - 11:00 am
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Church School - Classrooms
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10:10 - 11:00 am
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Adult Forum - Parish Hall
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11:15 - 12:15 am
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Holy Eucharist - Nave
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12:30 - 1:30 pm
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GVP Meeting - Library
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3:00 - 5:00 pm
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If Music Be the Food Concert - Nave
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4:45 - 6:30 pm
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Norwood Parish Library is Open - Library
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5:00 - 5:45 pm
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"Come As You Are" Holy Eucharist - Nave
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