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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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THOUGHT for LENT: "Discipleship is not an ascent into popularity. It is a descent into solidarity." -- Henri J.M. Nouwen
ELEVEN NEW MEMBERS WELCOMED TO BETHESDA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH !!!
Behold, God is doing a new thing in our midst! Recently, our congregation has formally welcomed the following into our fold:
-- Rev. Amy Booker-Hirsch: hospice chaplain (as affiliate member)
-- James Finlay: restaurateur, retired (by reaffirmation of faith)
-- Gail Hutchison: sexual assault services coordinator (by public profession of faith)
-- Anne Dorrit Konig: embassy staff, retired (by reaffirmation of faith)
-- Patrick O'Brien: social justice attorney (fr. Noe Valley Ministry, SF, CA)
-- Kathleen O'Hare: corporate accounts auditor (fr. Marble Collegiate, NYC)
-- Thomas Peterson: NIH projects manager (fr. Westminster Presbyterian, West Hartford, CT)
-- Linda Steadman: nonprofit services (fr. Village Presbyterian, Prairie Village, KS)
-- Fred Sylvester: house husband (fr. Noe Valley Ministry, SF, CA)
These nine 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.
DISCOVER FOR YOURSELF WHAT THESE 11 HAVE ALREADY DISCOVERED AT BPC !!!
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From Striver to Survivor to "Thriver"
Gail Hutchison
Sexual Assault Services Coordinator, Outer Banks (NC) Hotline
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Listening for God: Our Prodigal Father (The Third Face of Power)
Sermon, 3/14/10 (Lent 4). God is prodigal – extravagantly wasteful – with grace by running to welcome the prodigal son home. In so doing, God moves beyond threat power and exchange power to integrative power: doing the right thing, so all will feel c
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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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March 21: Six Confirmands Welcomed to BPC! ....
In our 11 am Worship tomorrow, we celebrate the confirmation of six of our youth -- Andrew Booker, Claire Dudek, Matt Meloan, Kyle Tong, Mia Tong, & Reia Tong. Matt will also be baptized. Scripture: Philippians 3:4b-14. Sermon: "Listening for God: Loss". What's a young person to do when s/he encounters a deep sense of loss for the first time in his or her life? Come, listen for God with us and enjoy her Spirit among us!
Posted by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on March 20, 2010 at 8:57pm
Our Newest Member Speaks: Her Journey Beyond Sexual Violence
Posted by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on March 17, 2010 at 12:00am — 1 Comment
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