Personal — Passionate — Progressive
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7611 Clarendon Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
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Join us for Worship on Sundays @ 11a, and Christian Education at 9:45a!
Charles Booker-Hirsch
- Our Pastor
301-986-1137
301-986-1230 (fax)
bpc7611@aol.com
Welcome! As we roll out our new website, you may encounter a few gaps in content. In the meantime, I encourage you to explore a further welcome from the pastor 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.
Join us for Worship on Sundays @ 11a, and Christian Education at 9:45a!
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What's Happening
THOUGHTS for LENT: "Safe fire is our own invention. It is what we share with people who ... would rather be bored than scared." -- Barbara Brown Taylor
"Discipleship is not an ascent into popularity. It is a descent into solidarity." -- Henri J.M. Nouwen
"Whatever can be taken from you is never God." -- Karl Rahner
TEN NEW MEMBERS WELCOMED TO BETHESDA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH !!!
Behold, God is doing a new thing in our midst! On Sunday, January 24, during a moving Reaffirmation of their Baptismal Covenants, our congregation formally welcomed the following into our fold:
-- Rev. Amy Booker-Hirsch (as affiliate member)
-- James Finlay (by reaffirmation of faith)
-- Anne Dorrit Konig (by reaffirmation of faith)
-- Patrick O'Brien (fr. Noe Valley Ministry, SF, CA)
-- Kathleen O'Hare (fr. Marble Collegiate Church, New York City)
-- Thomas Peterson (fr. Westminster Presbyterian Church, West Hartford, CT)
-- Linda Steadman (fr. Village Presbyterian Church, Prairie Village, KS)
-- Fred Sylvester (fr. Noe Valley Ministry, SF, CA)
These eight join recent new members Laura & Bill Dunlap (fr. First Presby, Eau Claire, WI - joined November 15) as the latest witnesses to Jesus' radical ministry of hospitality found at Bethesda Presbyterian Church.
COME -- DISCOVER FOR YOURSELF WHAT THESE TEN HAVE ALREADY DISCOVERED AT BPC !!!
Notes
Listening for God: From Judgment to Integrity
Sermon, 3/7/10 (Lent 3). There’s a difference between passing judgment and promoting discernment. Discernment speaks from a place of integrity – a wholeness of perspective based on how we see others, versus how they might see us. Integrity is the careful, prayerful, peniten
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Spiritual Practices at BPC
Each Saturday, 10-11:30 am : "Listening to Our Lives!"
Scripture Reading & Reflection ... & Refreshment(s)!
Where: Church House living room (7611 Clarendon Road -- parking readily available in front of the house & in church parking lot behind the house)
- The Encounter. Meet-&-Greet. Meditative reading of that Sunday's gospel passage used in Worship, utilizing the deeply authentic and ancient p
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Listening for God: The Power of Sanctuary
Sermon, 2/28/10. The pastor shares his direct experience with the underground Sanctuary Movement aiding Central American refugees in the ‘80s & ‘90s. This movement’s witness & Jesus’ words today convey to us our ongoing prophetic challenge of providing sanctuary to those who need it the most ...
… ContinueCreated by Chuck Booker-Hirsch Mar 1, 2010 at 1:26am. Last updated by Chuck Booker-Hirsch Mar 1.
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Sunday 3/14: "Our Prodigal Father"
Posted by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on March 11, 2010 at 2:48am
11 am Worship 3/7: "Listening for God: Why *Not* Me?"
This Sunday's gospel scripture -- heard the world 'round that very day by disciples and seekers of every tongue and land -- is a difficult one for many to understand. Luke 13:1-9 seems to cast a judgmental eye on those who do not repent of their ways. But this scripture is not a promise of punishment. It's a needed Lenten dose of reality, to wit: Instead of asking God, "Why me?" when bad times befall us, we can best listen for God's desire in our lives by asking, "Why not me?" Instea
… ContinuePosted by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on March 5, 2010 at 11:00pm
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