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The Del Ray 12 Step Clubhouse occupies our church property (65 meetings/week!): Where to build fences? Where to open gates? The beginning of a spiritual journey! See Rev. Chuck's latest blog entry, "Grace, After All ..."

Join us Wednesday, 6:30-8:30p, at Pizzeria da Marco, 8008 Woodmont near downtown Bethesda for great food & food-for-thought! At 7:30p, we will be discussing Franz Kafka's classic "A Hunger Artist"-- short story text…

Our new Church Vision is "A Place for Healing". In step with that, we conclude our Adult Education year with a four-Sunday focus, "Social Healing" (9:45 in parlor, behind Wilson Lane playground), & Wed's Jesus on Tap.

• SUNDAY'S "SOCIAL HEALING" SERIES. May 20 – …

Here's our ever-colorful bulletin. On this Mother's Day, we explore Christ's wildly inclusive mandate of altruistic compassion -- translated in John's gospel simply as love. Message: "From The Love of the Law to The Law of Love."…

Enjoy generous shots of our church's life and ministry this past month -- from Easter Sunday on April 8 through our welcome of The Del Ray (12 Step) Club on May 6 -- in our photo albums found down the left-hand side of our home page!

Here's a special invitation to join us for Jesus on Tap Wednesday night, at Pizzeria da Marco, 8008 Woodmont (between St. Elmo & Cordell) -- 6:30 supper, 7:30-8:30 discussion. We will discuss "Boule du Suif", …

... we welcome both our new tenants The Del Ray Club -- a 50 mtg/wk Twelve Step community moving in May 19 for 5 years -- and, in honor of this, our very special guest Rev. Dr. Charles Brown, Oglesby Professor of Pastoral Care,…

... we conclude our resurrection journey bridging Easter with May, with the final stop on Compassion's Grandest Tour: Forgiveness. Here is our colorful & plentiful bulletin. See you Sunday! It promises to be a most seasonable day to…

... we continue to develop our church's call as A Place for Healing with a second in a series on Forgiveness: "The Freedom of Being Forgiven". What would our lives be like, if we forgave ourselves -- first? Could we even stand to live in such a liberated way? Our amazing bulletin can be found…

This Wednesday, 6:30-8:30p: Jesus on Tap, Pizzeria da Marco @ 8008 Woodmont, Bethesda (near Metro)! Conversation @ 7:30p: A deeply moving short story classic, …

Click here for the pastor's blog featuring his Easter Sunday message, "He Is Risen -- No, Wait: 'He Has Been Raised!'" Enjoy this powerful testimony to the Good News among us all: from a redeemer and a day to redemption and The Way!

Join us for our usual fabulous musical celebration of the resurrection of our Lord -- including a Hallelujah Chorus finale for all comers! Full choir (many guest singers!), handbells, and an amazing brass quartet and percussion await us! Part of a complete morning lineup that includes ...

• Continental Breakfast -- Fellowship Hall 9:45 am
• Discussion:…

All are invited to our Passion of Jesus (Maundy Thursday/ Tenebrae) service, 7-8 pm! Here's the program. This moving,…

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Jesus' Crucifixion: Necessary ... Or Inevitable? And what difference does it make? To a child: a lot!

"Grace, After All: A Pastor's Blog in Past Imperfect and Present Perfect." www.bethesdapresbyterian.blogspot.com

Click here for our color-splashed Sunday Bulletin. …

Come, join us in enjoying and practicing the presence of God! Here's our ever-colorful Sunday Bulletin. Please take special note of p.7: a description of each of three special pieces our Chancel Choir will…

Here's our ever-colorful Worship bulletin.