Personal — Passionate — Progressive
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Bethesda Presbyterian
7611 Clarendon Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
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Charles Booker-Hirsch
- Our Pastor
301-986-1137
301-986-1230 (fax)
bpc7611@aol.com
Welcome! I encourage you to explore my further welcome under "Personal-Our Hospitality", plus Why We Worship, Music, & recent Sermons under "Passionate-Our Worship."
We at BPC gather with hearts, minds, and souls open to cross-sections of Christ and culture discussed only in church -- and, in all honesty, you may not hear discussed in many other churches!
From one another and a diversity of spiritual traditions, we learn how to walk together in the ways of love, building a radically inclusive faith home and working for social justice in the neighborhood and the world. In our education ministries, youth and adults alike are inspired to think for themselves, and live into the discipleship questions they ask.
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What's Happening
PENTECOST SEASON MEDITATION: "Life in the Spirit is less of a problem to be solved than it is a mystery to be lived." -- attributed to Gabriel Marcel
21 NEW MEMBERS WELCOMED TO OUR CHURCH FAMILY!
Behold, God is doing a new thing in our midst! On Spring's second day, March 21, culminating a five-month Confirmation pilgrimage, the following six youth were welcomed into our BPC fold by profession of faith:
-- Andrew Booker (age 12)
-- Claire Dudek (age 14)
-- Matthew Meloan (age 12) (also baptized)
-- Kyle Tong (age 14)
-- Mia Tong (age 17)
-- Reia Tong (age 16)
Since the turn of the new year, 13 adults have said "Yes!" to our life and witness in Christ:
-- Rev. Amy Booker-Hirsch: hospice chaplain (as affiliate member)
-- Yenny Delgado Collao: HIV/AIDS health care worker (by public profession of faith)
-- Brandi Dotson: homemaker, hearing loss clinician (by public profession of faith)
-- Glenn Dotson: hospital cleaning services supervisor (by public profession of faith)
-- James Finlay: restaurateur, retired (by public profession of faith)
-- Gail Hutchison: sexual assault services coordinator (by public profession of faith)
-- Anne Dorrit Konig: embassy staff, retired (by public profession of faith)
-- Patrick O'Brien: social justice attorney (fr. Noe Valley Ministry, SF, CA)
-- Kathleen O'Hare: corporate accounts auditor (fr. Marble Collegiate Church, NYC)
-- Dr. Thomas Peterson: NIH scientific review officer (fr. Westminster Presbyterian, West Hartford, CT)
-- Dr. Robert Rivers: NIH protein chemist (by public profession of faith)
-- Linda Steadman: nonprofit services (fr. Village Presbyterian, Prairie Village, KS)
-- Fred Sylvester: homemaker, communications officer (fr. Noe Valley Ministry, SF, CA)
These 13 join November additions Laura & Bill Dunlap (fr. First Presby, Eau Claire, WI -- retired special ed teacher & math professor, respectively) as witnesses to Jesus' radical ministry of hospitality & diversity found at Bethesda Presbyterian Church.
DISCOVER FOR YOURSELF WHAT THESE 21 HAVE ALREADY DISCOVERED AT BPC !!!
Notes
The Beatitudes, and Beyond: "Arise!"
7/4/10: Sermon on the Mount (1 of 6). “Blessed are …” These opening words of Jesus’ collected teachings – repeated eightfold – in Matthew offer comfort to his audience in a passive way … according to the Greek. What about the equivalent in Jesus’ Semitic language, Aramaic? The answer to this changes everything …
… ContinueCreated by Chuck Booker-Hirsch Jul 8, 2010 at 4:43pm. Last updated by Chuck Booker-Hirsch Jul 8.
With Faces Set
Sermon, 6/27/10 (Pentecost 6). We at BPC have the outline of a vision: “Personal, Passionate, Progressive”. And scripture makes clear our purpose: outreach, outreach, outreach. Clear on both and with faces set outward, we can face and transform our challenges – that Jesus’ resurrection might be ours, as well …
… ContinueCreated by Chuck Booker-Hirsch Jun 30, 2010 at 12:05pm. Last updated by Chuck Booker-Hirsch Jul 8.
Father God or Fatherland: "What Is Your Name?"
Sermon, 6/20/10 (Pentecost 5). “What is your name?” Jesus asked the entombed man possessed by “demons”. “My names is Legion”, was the reply – the Roman Legion. Could not a similar voice be vying to name us today, when Christ is calling us otherwise? …
… ContinueCreated by Chuck Booker-Hirsch Jun 24, 2010 at 11:04am. Last updated by Chuck Booker-Hirsch Jun 24.
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Blog Posts
Sermon, 7/25: "Our Church: Vision Is *Everything*"
Posted by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on July 23, 2010 at 5:46am
Summer Social Justice Cinema: July Fridays, 7:30p!
Posted by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on June 23, 2010 at 11:30am
This Sunday's Worship (7/11): Sermon on the Mount continues!
Posted by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on July 9, 2010 at 11:30pm
Our New Statement of Welcome!
Posted by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on June 16, 2010 at 6:00pm
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