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Our Sanctuary and Stained Glass
The Stained Glass Windows
Art: "The Creation" by Selma Hurwitz (1981). Ms. Hurwitz is an internationally acclaimed artist who developed a technique of glue thread imagery called Hadbakah.
Art: "Psalm 104" by Catherine Kapikian. Ms. Kapikian is the founder of the Center for the Arts and Religion at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. This work is one of her Fabrics of Faith series.
In the Narthex (front "lobby") ...
A running Pool of Bethesda, representing the story from John 5:2-9 that named our church -- and, in turn, named our city!
The beautiful Pool of Bethesda window and stained glass windows of John Calvin, the Apostle Paul and John Knox.
A running Electronic Frame of our congregational activities and various church features.
A pictorial watercolor history of the church.
Plaque from the Montgomery County Human Rights Hall of Fame honoring civil rights pioneer Rev. Dr. Carl Pritchett, BPC Pastor, 1956-1975.
Last updated by Bethesda Presbyterian Oct 20, 2011.
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This Sunday at BPC (2/12)
... at our 11 am Worship, we conclude a three-Sunday focus, "Our Healing Church", with the healing of two lepers: Naaman the Aramean warrior in 2 Kings 5 and an unnamed gentleman in Mark 1. The two-way flow of God's compassion signified by the phrase "healing church" -- the church spreads healing *and* is itself healed -- will be featured in the message, "The River of Healing: From 'Them' to Us". Click here for our colorful bulletin.
Art work on our Sanctuary Big Screen again will "signpost" the sermon -- as well as the Prelude at 10:50, an abbreviated version of an African-American History Month celebration featuring music by Sweet Honey in the Rock and Mahalia Jackson. This special month will also be celebrated in our hymns and other music this Sunday.
Oh, and don't forget our new-and-improved Valentine's Day quiz following Worship, in the Fellowship Hall! Hope to see you Sunday.
Posted by Bethesda Presbyterian on February 10, 2012 at 7:30pm
This Sunday at BPC (2/5) ...
A Lieutenant's Healing Journey! In keeping with Our Healing Church three-part series and the second of three successive healing stories from Mark 1, Marine Lt. James Byerly, who lost both his legs in an IED explosion during combat operations in Afghanistan, will join us in sharing a bit about his healing journey -- with a challenge to our church to be wounded healers, as well. Several of us have met James in his visits to our congregation, as he nears the end of a year-long recuperation at Walter Reed.
Visuals Galore this Sunday! In honor of African-American Month, I invite all to come to the Sanctuary a little early -- 10:45a -- to enjoy a Big Screen slide/song extravaganza celebrating our civil rights pioneers! Featured: Mahalia Jackson ("Precious Lord"), Sweet Honey in the Rock ("Where Are the Keys to the Kingdom?"), speech excerpts from Martin Luther King, Jr. Also, for the very first time, the sermon -- "Action Into Faith" -- will be highlighted by Big Screen visuals.
Sunday's Bulletin is attached. The first sermon of our three-part Our Healing Church series, "Jesus the Healer: A Threat to Order?", can be found here -- along with so much else through our website.
Our Healing Church: a deliberate double entendre. May our discipleship always prove such a two-way street. Come along for the journey!
Posted by Bethesda Presbyterian on February 3, 2012 at 1:00pm
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