Weekly E-Mail; 06-25-2010

A CALLED MEETING OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATION IN GEORGETOWN IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Is hereby called for Sunday, June 27, 2010

          The meeting will convene after the l0:00 a.m. worship service for the following purpose:

          1.        To hear a report from the Pastor Nominating Committee and to vote on the question as to whether the congregation, under the will of God, shall elect the person nominated to be our new pastor.

2.        If the vote is to call the person being nominated, the congregation will be asked to elect those persons who will be authorized to prosecute the call with the National Capital Presbytery.

          This is the only business to be conducted at this called meeting.

By order of the Session:

Dr. Eric O. Springsted, Moderator

Robert Bell, the Clerk of the Session

Summer is the perfect time both to catch up on your reading and to explore new territory in your reading selections. The Reformed Institute has a recommended list to get you started. Just go to our web site, www.reformedinstitute.org, and click the "Not Quite Beach Reading" button for five titles to add to your suitcase or your bedside table this summer.

The GPC library has the Niebuhr book:  261/N665b

Brown, Robert McAfee, ed. The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr - Selected Essays and Addresses.(Yale, 1986)

This is not a new book. But in view of the current revival of interest in Niebuhr (arguably the most important political thinker ever produced by American Protestants), it is good that is still in print. It contains an excellent cross-section of Niebuhr's writings, including everything from sermons and prayers to a moving autobiographical statement written near the end of his life. The book contains some of Niebuhr's most influential essays, including many that are directly relevant to today's concerns, such as "Why the Christian Church is not Pacifist" and "The Relations of Christians and Jews in Western Civilization."

Betsy, Alice and Kara returned to Washington last night, safe, sound and happy.  The mission trip to Children of Uganda went very well, and the girls look forward to sharing news and photos. 

Calendar

Sun Jun 27

10:00 a.m. Worship Service

                    Congregational Meeting

5:00 p.m. Yoga

Mon Jun 28

9:00 a.m. Staff Meeting

5:00 p.m. July Memo Information Due

Sun Jul 4

Independence Day

10:00 a.m. Worship Service

                               Communion

5:00 p.m. Yoga

Mon Jul 5

Church Office Closed

Fri Jul 9

5:00 p.m. Wedding Rehearsal

Sat Jul 10

5:00 Wedding

Sun Jul 11

10:00 a.m. Worship

                    Moment for Mission

                     Commissioning for Ohio Mission Trip

5:00 p.m. Yoga