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Senior Adults Plan Ambitious Program Year Service, spiritual awareness, tours, celebrations, small groups, retreats and “mini-activities” are among the offerings for senior adults (55+) at CCC in the 2006-07 program year. At CCC, senior adults are active year-round, with a full program of Spring, Fall and Valentine’s Day luncheons, a Christmas tea, trips to places of special interest, life review groups, and other activities. Senior Adult ministry promotes programs on topics of general wellness, legislation affecting seniors, financial and estate planning, and opportunities for spiritual awareness. It fosters inter-generational opportunities for seniors and other members to work and play together. 2006-06 plans call for a series on “Spirituality and Aging” (starting September 21), tours of the Native American Museum on the Mall and the Navy Museum at the Navy Yard, a senior-led Sunday worship in March, and a Senior Retreat Day at an area retreat center in the spring. Sarah plans to continue the “mini-activities” that occurred over the summer, including a brown-bag lunch and movie afternoon and a tea hosted by Terry Strand. On November 11, the Senior Adults are sponsoring a Silent Auction, with the CCC Big Band and dancing, to benefit the Building Fund. The Senior Adult Ministry is guided by the Director of Senior Adult Programming and a Senior Adult Committee. Sarah Anders, a graduate of Wesley Seminary and a CCC member since 1994, was hired to replace the Rev. Julia Jarvis when Julia resigned last spring to take a position with the Interfaith Families Project. Following the congregation’s adoption of an alternate budget at the Annual Meeting and the subsequent success of the “Dollar-a-Day” campaign designed to fund that budget, the Board of Trustees hired Sarah as Director of Senior Adult Programming for the 2006-07 fiscal year at 10 hours weekly. Any senior interested in helping develop and implement program ideas for seniors is encouraged to join the Senior Adult Committee. Currently co-chaired by Neville Platt and Ken Stith, the committee has 10 members and is actively seeking more. The committee meets monthly at the church during the day. Other committee members are Bill Carnahan, Grace Deitz, Mable Elliott, Ruth Haigh, Ruth Kaupert, Mary Michel, Audrey Platt, and Jeanne Young. One of Sarah’s commitments is to insure that the needs of senior adults are being met by their church. She welcomes thoughts and suggestions. You may call her at 301-424-3339, speak with any Senior Adult Committee member, or drop suggestions in the suggestion box in the office. History = Personal Experience and Individual Stories -- From the Moderator History begins every day. It transcends dates and places and relies on the collective body of individual stories and perspectives to remember and honor the past and to inform the future. That’s why everyone who is or has been a member, friend, visitor, guest, or in any way connected to CCC is needed in the Social Hall on the evening of September 10. At 5:45 p.m. (following 5 p.m. worship), CCC will inaugurate an autumn of strategic planning with a Potluck Supper and an evening of historical reflection facilitated by Roy Oswald. For young children, there will be special events and child care. The evening will end around 9 p.m. so that families may get home at a reasonable hour. Anyone who would like a ride should contact the church office, Ruth Prindle or Sarah Anders. Please sign up on the bulletin board outside the church office. Every person has something to contribute to this historical (and historic) evening. Not only will these reflections provide the first building blocks for CCC’s strategic plan, the evening will be fun, informative and full of surprises! Don’t miss it! Fall Season Begins
Church Delegation Visits Colombia -- In July, a 24-member ecumenical delegation, including the Rev. Barbara Gerlach of First Congregational Church UCC in DC, spent 10 days in the northern war zone of Colombia. Led by Witness for Peace and the Colombia Mennonite Project, Justapaz, the delegation visited churches begun by an ecumenical project of Protestants and Catholics led by Ricardo Esquivia. (Sr. Esquivia is a partner of the Central Atlantic Conference. CCC has sent discretionary mission funds to Justapaz.) Over the past 4 years, 80 pastors have been killed in Colombia, and 350 churches closed or displaced by guerrilla or military groups. 3.2 million people, mostly farmers, have been displaced. In many areas, churches provide work and the strongest civic community to give displaced people spiritual, emotional and economic support. The delegation’s full news release is posted on the Board for Social Witness bulletin board outside the sanctuary.
Vicki Kemper, CCC’s Parish Intern, spent the summer in an intensive ten-week program of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at Sibley Hospital, where she worked with a wide variety of patients. CPE is an interfaith program for seminarians that provides professional training in the art of ministering to people in crisis. Through intense involvement with persons in need and with feedback from peers and teachers, student chaplains develop new awareness of themselves and of the needs of those to whom they minister. Vicki returns to CCC in September.
Embark on a journey of insight, healing and self-expression through Sacred Circles. Together and individually, women will use symbols, Mandalas and poetry to create circles that promote introspection, creativity, sharing and healing. You do not need to be an artist or writer! Leaders: Susan Gray, Terry Strand and Gail Withun. Women’s Retreats are open to all women of the Church. They provide a way to meet other women, develop friendships, find time for one’s self and enjoy the peace, beauty and tranquility of the Capon River Valley in an atmosphere of acceptance and companionship. Sign up on the bulletin board outside the office and pick up a brochure with more details.
Fri. & Sat. 8 & 9 – Choir Retreat Sat. 9 – 9 a.m. – noon -- Gardening/Weeding Day Sun. 10 – FALL SCHEDULE RESUMES: Adult Ed (2 classes, 9 a.m.); Worship – 9 & 10:30 & 5 p.m.; EveningYouth Groups + HISTORICAL REFLECTION EVENING Wed., 13, noon – CCCers at Leisure World lunch. Fri., 15 , 7 p.m. - CCC Digital Photography Group If you want to make better digital photos, join this group at our house (819 East Franklin Ave., Silver Spring). For more information -- or to be added to the mailing list -- send an E-mail to Carl at brandtcd@aol.com, or phone 301-589-8694. Carl and Elsa Brandt Fri. 15 – Parents’ Night Out – 6:30 – 10 p.m. –Sign up on Church Life bulletin board outside first floor kitchenette. Contact Glenda Neal (301-622-3948 or gbneal1958@earthlink.net) Sun. 17 – Sisters for Sisters in the Conference Room at noon. Please bring your sandwich. Hostesses: Ruth Haigh and June Leonard. For all single women. Wed., 20 – 11:30 a.m. – Senior Adults – Brown Bag Lunch & Movie Sat. 23 – 8:30 a.m .—4 p.m. – Called To Care Training Sun. 24 – Bethesda Chamber Singers – 3:30 p.m. – Free concert of sacred, a cappella music, including Shaker songs, spirituals and pieces by Tallis, Morley, Bach, Billings & others. Proceeds of a free-will offering will be donated to CCC. Bethesda Chamber Singers is a 12-member a capella group, including CCC member Marcy Gustafson. The concert will conclude before 5 p.m. worship, so plan to attend both!
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