June 2017 Gateway by Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

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Christ Our Center Children Our Blessing Justice Our Passion June 2017

This summer’s congregational sabbatical meets at the juncture of Beauty and Sabbath. Through Beauty, God inspires us and draws us to God. Sabbath involves both worship and rest. Both Pastor Molly Blythe-Teichert’s study of icons and our own varied worship promise renewal. We pray that sabbath will open us to the Holy Spirit’s guidance and transformation. This autumn, CCPC will continue significant discernment and long-rage planning. This front page of the newsletter is written as an invitation in 3 parts, a moment to pause and pray. As a devotional, it could be used personally and in groups across this month. A: Breathing scripture Perhaps a moment of quiet in the day, devices turned off, will be an offering of yourself to God. Perhaps on the metro, or in the early morning or before bed. Receive several nourishing breaths. Let yourself be supported by the floor or your chair. Rest. Then slowly read this scripture. Does something in it stir an emotion or a sensation in your body? What in touches you? Would you like to revisit this verse (perhaps taping it in a place you see regularly)?

would you depict that God creating light? Is there another image that you’d like to let speak to you again and again? Or, is there another images which inspires you, which you’d like to regularly bring into prayer? For highly visual people, God may find us through our eyes. C: “A theologian is one who prays.” (Eastern Orthodox maxim) Many of us receive God through prayerful study; the “logic” of theological language speaks to us. Some of us may be wondering about focusing on Beauty. We might say, “But beauty is so fragile.” Or “With all the assaults against human rights, and the earth, and the civic order, why focus on Beauty?” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the Russian author and Soviet-era dissident, wrote in the midst of much social turmoil. In 1970, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. The depth moves me to read and reread this excerpt from his Nobel lecture:

“So perhaps that ancient trinity of Truth, Goodness and Beauty is not simply an empty, faded formula as we thought in the days of our self-confident, materialistic youth? If the tops of these three One thing I have asked from trees converge, as the scholars mainthe LORD, that I shall seek: tained, but the too blatant, too direct That I may dwell in the house stems of Truth and Goodness are of the LORD all the days of crushed, cut down, not allowed through my life, To behold the beauty - then perhaps the fantastic, unpredictaof the LORD, And to meditate ble, unexpected stems of Beauty will in God’s temple. push through and soar to that very same (Psalm 27:4, NASB) place, and in so doing will fulfil the work Creation of Light, Michael Kapeluck of all three? After reading, just rest in the quiet “In that case Dostoevsky's remark, for a few moments. What response arises? This way of praying ‘Beauty will save the world,’ was not a careless phrase but a especially speaks to people moved by scripture. prophecy? After all he was granted to see much, a man of fantasB: Praying with Icons tic illumination. And in that case art, literature might really be able to help the world today?” Psalm 36:9 says “In Your light, we see light.” The icon on this page offers an image from the Creation story in Genesis 1. Gaze at it for a moment. Then, try closing your eyes and remembering as much of it as you can. Does something in this image draw your attention? Gaze afresh at the icon. Can you see something new? Does some part of the image unsettle? How

May we all receive God’s Beauty this summer from our own lives and CCPC’s worship. And may these seeds blossom to bless you and the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church family for years to come. Through Beauty, God is always seeking us. Yours in Christ,

Pastor Mark Greiner

Inside the Gateway Worship Schedule for June………………………….…………… .......... 2 Summer School Plans at CCPC...………………………………… ........... 4 Come to the Pentecost Picnic….. ….....………………………… ........... 6 Mindfulness Workshop: Dealing with Stress and Anxiety……………...8

Gun Violence Prevention Vigil...…………………………………………10 Pentecost Offering for Famine Relief in South Sudan………………….12

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The Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church  One Chevy Chase Circle  Washington, DC 20015 (202) 363-2202  www.chevychasepc.org

June 11, 2017 Trinity Sunday One Service at 10:00 a.m. The Rev. Mark F. Greiner will be preaching. MUSIC: 10:00—Chancel Choir

Worship Schedule

June 18, 2017 All Music Sunday and Introduction of the New Denominational Hymnal “Glory to God” One Service at 10:00 a.m.

June 4, 2017 Pentecost—WEAR RED! One Service at 10:00 a.m. The Rev. Eric Peltz will be preaching. MUSIC: 10:00—Chancel Choir (followed by the Pentecost Picnic!)

June 25, 2017 One Service at 10:00 a.m. The Rev. Ashley Goff will be preaching.

Summer choir is coming in August! Watch this space for more details!

Many thanks to all choristers, instrumentalists, and bell ringers for a wonderful year of music in our worship!

The Chancel Choir The First Service Singers The Revelations Guitar Group The Chevy Chase Handbell Ensemble The Chapel Choir The Junior Choir and The Carol Choir. You enrich our worship throughout the year!

The position description for an Interim Assistant Director of Music has been posted. Stay tuned for more information on how you can be involved in our music ministry. Upcoming Concerts DCflutes Windows on the World Conducted by Aaron Goldman, principal flute, NSO Sunday, June 4, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. Free Admission

A musical tour of Britain, Holland, Norway, and Spain with music by Albéniz, Clarke, Elgar, Græsvold, Nielsen, Rodgers, and Welcher

Upcoming Julie Evans Concert Friday, June 9, 2017 at 12:15 p.m. Trinity Church, Copley Square Boston, MA http://trinitychurchboston.org Pentecost Offering for Famine Relief in South Sudan The annual Pentecost Offering is received at Pentecost when the church celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit that animates activity in the life of the church. The Offering will be dedicated on Pentecost Sunday, June 4. The Pentecost Offering this year will support the work of the World Food Program to alleviate famine in South Sudan. South Sudan faces a catastrophic humanitarian crisis created by chronic instability and civil war. Warring factions have destroyed the means of food production. Nearly five million people are estimated to be severely food insecure with over 100,000 people facing immediate starvation. Displacement, rising food prices and restricted humanitarian access have compounded rising levels of hunger. WFP is leading a massive effort to respond to the first declared famine since Somalia in 2011. WFP’s emergency operation aims to provide life-saving assistance to 3 million people displaced and directly affected by conflict and acute food insecurity through food distributions and targeted supplementary feeding to prevent and treat acute malnutrition. Additionally, WFP’s protracted relief and recovery operation aims to provide food assistance to 1.1 million people, focusing on refugee populations and areas in South Sudan that are more stable. This program provides blanket and targeted supplementary feeding to prevent acute malnutrition, food assistance for assets, cash-based transfers, food for education and Purchase for Progress. Please give generously using the special offering envelopes in the pews on Pentecost Sunday, or by check made out to “CCPC” noting “Pentecost Offering” in the memo line, or credit or debit card using CCPC’s website: http:// ChevyChasePC.org/give/, noting the amount and “Pentecost Offering” in the “Other” donations boxes.

Summer Church School Plans at CCPC Summer schedules bring opportunities for new patterns of life together, and this is part of our Sunday morning life together as well! As we worship as one church family at 10:00 a.m. throughout the summer, we will welcome children (completed Grade 3 and up) to remain in the sanctuary following the Time with Children to experience the rhythm and wonder of worship. Beginning June 4 and continuing through the month of June, younger children (Age 3 through completed Grade 2) are invited (but not required) to go to special church school classes for the rest of the hour. Ages 3-4 will meet in Room 180, 5s/Kindergarten in Room 170, and Grades 1 and 2 (completed) will meet in Room 160 on the first floor in the Education Building. Childcare for infants is available in Rooms 106/108. SPECIAL NOTE: We still need teachers in order to offer all of our classes this summer. Please look for the chart during coffee time and sign up to teach one of our children’s classes. It’s a wonderful way to get to know some of the youngest members of our church family!

FOR ADULTS: Faith Trek is a small group of CCPC adults who are curious about their faith and the world and who want to explore in the company of a circle of friends. The circle expands easily, and we would be delighted to have you join us. The group is choosing a book to read for the summer and operates with the idea that if there are 2-3 who can be there, we will meet. Class meets in the Conference Room (on the second floor of the center building, alley side at the end of the hall) from 11:00 - 12:00 noon each Sunday (after worship.) Check with Margaret Chan (301/656-5034) if you have any questions. The Bible in Context will be completing its study of the Acts of the Apostles through the month of June (excluding June 4). Teachers Dottie Boerner and John Weicher invite you to come explore the spread of the Gospel and the establishment of the church in the first century guided by the Holy Spirit, especially in the last journeys of the Apostle Paul. All are welcome to join us at 11:00 - 12:00 noon in the Library (following worship) and you don’t even need to bring a Bible – the Library has several you can borrow! Come try us out!

Summer Sunday School Teachers Sought!! We Need Your Help!! Summer Sunday School begins on Sunday, June 4th and continues through Homecoming Sunday, September 10th during the 10:00 a.m. worship service. Two to three classes for young children through second grade (completed) will be available, but only with your help. Teams of teachers are needed for each age group and a simple curriculum is provided to facilitate your teaching. Please check your calendar and see which Sunday you might be able to help! The sign-up poster is posted in Chadsey Hall during Sunday Brunch and Coffee Time for your convenience. You may contact Lynn Jostes at the church (202-363-2202 x 22 or lynn@chevychasepc.org) for more information or to sign up for this special opportunity to teach our youngest children. Thanks for your help!!

2016-2017 Education Leadership Educational Ministry at CCPC doesn’t just happen but is a high-energy, intentional effort by many people to share our faith and tradition. Please offer your thanks and a prayer of thanksgiving for their efforts.

Church School Teachers and Substitutes And Educational Leaders/Planners  

2s & 3’s – Sue Martin, Dana Hedgpeth, Sue DeWolf, Molly Scott, Courtney Vaughan 4’s – Mary Strauss, Deb Palacheck, Carolyn Race, Mary Clare Cahlink, Parisa Shafiei, Ellen Peltz, Rebecca Iverson-Hunter, Marianne Toussaint

 Kindergarten & 1st Grades – Trish Boggs, Anne Stukes, Laura Costello, Sarah Grantham, Lauryn Fraas  1st Grade -- Alice Singdahlsen, Kelsi Corkran, Michelle Melenwick, Valerie/Kevin Cline, Hope Cullen, David Rollenhagen/Victoria Bruno

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2nd & 3rd Grade – Christina Hudson, Paula Fudge, Paul Teichert, Meredith Rathbone, Sarah Smith 4th Grades – Linda Ertz, Kelsi Corkran, Yvette Rose, Randall Kremer, Jim/Emily Massey 5th Grade – Tom Jordan, Tom Morgan, Emily Mazzella, Lisa Wiersma 6th - 8th Grades – Britt Reynolds, Mark Fernandez, Brad Shingleton, Melody Soopper The Bible in Context Class – Dottie Boerner, John Weicher Faith Trek – Margaret Chan (coordinator) FOCUS Planning Team – Mark Fernandez, Margaret Chan, John Weicher, Lorna Sniegoski, David Notley, Julie Haifley, Lynn Jostes Church School Administration - Co-Coordinators Kristen Riley and John Finch Nursery Caregivers – Mala Sharpe, Diana Bagaipo, Beth Charcos, Sirima Kudagodage, Arlene Ng Friends of the Library - Mary Lee Maples, Sue Martin, Betty Beam Christian Education Committee – Paula Fudge (co-chairperson), Linda Ertz (co- chairperson), Fred Schafrick, Melody Soopper, Tom Morgan, Sue Martin, Kristen Riley, John Finch, Lynn Jostes

Come join the fun of the CCPC Summer Camp for 3-5 year olds! Outside play in our large playground, crafts for our special weekly themes – such as camping, insect fun, beach time, creating oooey-gooey materials, and more - plus fun in our wading pools, lunch with our friends, music and lots of movement are some of the activities our campers love doing.

Sessions are: June 12 – June 23 June 26 – July 7 (no camp July 4th) July 10 – July 21 July 24 – July 28 Fee for each 2 week session is $530. The last week (bonus week) is $265. For more information, please contact the Weekday Nursery School Office 202-363-2209 or wns@chevychasepc.org

Come to the Pentecost Picnic!! Sunday, June 4, 2017 following 10:00 a.m. worship in Chadsey Hall and on the church grounds Plan to join us for traditional picnic fare and lots of good fellowship with your church family.

A donation of $8 per adult (age 12 and up), $4.00 per child (age 4-11), children age 3 and under (free). $20.00 max per family is requested. Reservations are appreciated but not required (so we’ll know how much food to plan). WEAR RED! To make a reservation, go to the church website (www.chevychasepc.org) or call the church office.

Financial Planning Seminar Wednesday, June 7, 2017 7:00-9:00 p.m. in Firesides The scripture mentions money and its effect on spiritual growth more than anything else in the bible. Fear of “not having enough” money prevents people from living a life of joy, and limits their spiritualty. Stewardship wants to provide our members with information that might help you navigate the stressful waters of managing money. Please join church members on Wednesday evening, June 7th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in Firesides for a general financial planning seminar by Financial Advisor, Tripp Onnen of the Smyth Onnen Group at Morgan Stanley. This general overview will address many topics of interest, including investment management strategy, retirement planning, estate planning, education (529) planning, taxadvantaged charitable giving, and other general financial planning strategies.

Contact Mary Frances Pearson (mfpearson1@gmail.com) if you have any questions.

Come Celebrate Cindy and Tempe! Saturday, June 1o, 2017 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. in Chadsey Hall Sixty-seven years of combined service. Thousands of children loved and parents nurtured. It will be hard to imagine our Weekday Nursery School and After School Programs without Cindy Walsh and Tempe Thomas, but they are retiring in June. We hope that everyone will join us as we celebrate their ministry during 10:00 a.m. worship on Sunday, June 11, 2017 and greet them at a reception following worship in Chadsey Hall. The Weekday Nursery School and After School Staffs also invite you to an Open House honoring Cindy and Tempe that they are hosting for current families and alums on Saturday, June 10 from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. in Chadsey Hall. Everyone is certainly welcome at either or both events; we can never say thank you enough. Dedicated accounts have been set up to receive monetary gifts for them individually. As always with purse gifts, by IRS standards this gift is not tax deductible. There are several ways to contribute:

 If you send a check to the church, make the check to CCPC and write "Cindy" or “Tempe” on the memo line if it is intended as a gift to either of them.  You may bring a check to Sunday worship and put it in the offering plate. Again, make the check to CCPC and write "Cindy" or “Tempe” on the memo line.  Finally, you can give online through the church’s website (www.chevychasepc.org). Again, please write “Cindy” or “Tempe” in the “Other” box beside your gift amount. Another way to show your gratitude would be to make a donation in honor of them to the Scholarship Fund of either the Weekday Nursery School or the After School Program. If this is your intention, please mark your check accordingly. Scholarship gifts are tax deductible.

Come help us say thank you!

Mindfulness Workshop: Dealing with Stress and Anxiety Thursday, June 8, 2017 7:30-9:00 p.m. Aside from its health benefits, mindfulness offers a way to connect more deeply with one’s spirit and cultivate qualities of the heart like compassion, peace and generosity. Learn how to calm your mind and cultivate greater happiness in your life through the simple practice of mindfulness meditation. Rachel Murchison will show us practical ways to incorporate mindfulness into everyday life. Rachel has been practicing meditation and yoga for the past ten years under the guidance of some of the country’s leading mindfulness teachers and taught a popular FOCUS class on mindfulness in the fall of 2015. All are welcome—whether you are a beginner or experienced meditator. Join us from 7:30-9:00 p.m. in Geneva Hall for what is sure to be a powerful presentation!

Getting Closer to God Through Nature: Join Us for a Walk along C&O Canal at Seven Locks Sunday, June 25, 2017 2:00 p.m. On Sunday, June 25 at 2pm, meet at the Lock 10 Parking just off the Clara Barton Parkway. To get there, access the Clara Barton inside the Beltway anywhere from Arizona Ave to as far north as the Clara Barton Access Road off MacArthur NW of Glen Echo Park. Drive away from DC until you reach the parking lot on the river side of the road. We'll access the C&O Canal towpath at Lock 10, then walk up stream past Locks 11, 12 & 13, under the Beltway and onto Lock 14. We'll then return to the Lock 10 parking by about 4pm. Bring your camera and bird identification books! The hike will be led by our naturalists Dennis Leister and Martha Krieger No rain date.

Check It Out! C.S. Lewis Suggested Reading from the CCPC Library For those of you who took Pastor Lynn’s class on The Legacy of C.S. Lewis and want to continue your journey, or for those who would like to learn more about one of Christianity’s most influential and thought-provoking writers, the library has a number of books and videos. A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis (the book used in the class) Autobiography A Grief Observed Surprised By Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

Mere Christianity Reflections on the Psalms The Weight of Glory

Books about C.S. Lewis and his contemporaries Children’s Fiction C.S. Lewis: Defender of the Faith, CunningChronicles of Narnia, seven volumes including ham, Richard B. the classic The Lion, the Witch and the C.S. Lewis and His World, Barrat, David Wardrobe C.S. Lewis: Speaker and Teacher, Keefe, Carolyn, editor Adult Fiction George MacDonald: An Anthology, Lewis, The Great Divorce: A Drama C.S., editor The Pilgrim’s Regress: An Allegorical Apology for Christianity, Reason and Romanticism Videos The Screwtape Letters, including Screwtape Affectionately Yours, Screwtape: The Devil Proposes a Toast and C.S. Lewis (DVD) C.S. Lewis, Beyond Narnia (DVD) Nonfiction The Life of C.S. Lewis (the DVD viewed in the The Abolition of Man class) Christian Reflections Shadowlands (VHS) Letters Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer

ATTENTION LIBRARY BORROWERS!! REMINDERS Please check your shelves for overdue books and return them to the library—NO FINES! Thank you from the library staff! VACATION READING Books checked out in June, July, and August may be kept out until September.

Heeding God's Call: Memorial to the Lost Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 9:15 a.m. For a fourth year, CCPC joins with Heeding God's Call to host the Memorial to the Lost (June 11th-25th). The Memorial remembers those who have lost their lives to gun violence in the greater DC metropolitan area. T-shirt placement is Sunday, June 11th at 9:15 a.m., with the dedication service at 9:30 am on the church lawn adjacent to Chevy Chase Circle. NOTE: This is immediately before the single service at 76:66 a.m.

Save the Date! Saturday, July 8, 2017 An Orthodox Experience Part of our Sabbatical journey this summer invites us to focus on Christ our Center, and to explore other worship traditions and practices. On July 8 the Connections Committee invites you to learn about and experience the Orthodox tradition at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral, 3500 Massachusetts Avenue NW. You may attend all or any one of the following: 3:00 to 4:40 p.m. – Tour of the Cathedral and Lecture about Orthodox beliefs, practices and iconography led by Father Valery Shemchuk, Associate Pastor at St. Nicholas 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. – Attend the Saturday Vigil (Evening Prayers) to experience Orthodox worship 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. – Enjoy a catered Russian dinner and conversation with Father Valery and members of the St. Nicholas Congregation. (The meal is $25.00 per person; paid reservations required by July 1) The event is free (except for dinner). Parking is limited so we suggest carpooling from CCPC. Please sign up on the CCPC website or by email to Nikki Heidipriem (nheidepriem@heidepriemassociates.com) or Lynn Jostes (lynn@chevychasepc.org) if you plan to attend so that we can coordinate with Father Valery.

CCPC Summer Office Hours July 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C; September 4th (Labor Day): 8:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m. The Church Office will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, July 3rd and 4th for the holiday. The Office and building will be closed on July 4th and Monday, September 4th (Labor Day).

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