Gail Hutchison, who joined BPC on Sunday, March 14, is Sexual Assault Services Coordinator for
Outer Banks Hotline in NC. She spoke at a church luncheon held in her honor following Worship that day. Her moving spiritual journey, "From Striver to Survivor to 'Thriver'", can be found
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Added by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on March 17, 2010 at 12:00am —
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Added by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on March 14, 2010 at 11:30pm —
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Pleased to welcome Gail Hutchison as new member today. Photos posted!
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Added by Leta Kopp on March 14, 2010 at 9:47pm —
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This week the children will hear the story of the Prodigal Son. Jesus told this story to his disciples to help them learn more about God's love and forgiveness.
Our craft activity: students will make egg carton caterpillars
Ages 4-10 join us in the Children's Library for a fun filled hour with stories, discussions and crafts!
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Added by Carol Hall on March 11, 2010 at 6:05pm —
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Ever hear of the Prodigal Son? Certainly. This Sunday, we focus on his extravagantly wasteful (i.e., prodigal) father, running to welcome him home. With that image in mind, all are invited, post-Worship, to join us for a served lunch in our Fellowship Hall for new member Gail Hutchison's riveting personal story, "From Strive to Survive to Thrive." Gail, a Potomac native, has served 20 years in the Outer Banks of NC as a sexual assault services coordinator, running to welcome the wounded home in…
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Added by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on March 11, 2010 at 2:30am —
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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
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Added by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on March 5, 2010 at 11:00pm —
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For details about J on T: See "Progressive-Our Outreach" on our menu bar. SERIES: VOCATIONS. So many of us have built a career. What, however, is our life's calling? Is it reflected through our career? Is it more than our career? Is it other than our career? Can one have a calling without a career? Through food & food-for-thought, we listen to and engage a BPC member and her/his call journey.
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Added by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on March 2, 2010 at 4:30pm —
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Hope you enjoy this message!. It can be found
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Added by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on March 1, 2010 at 1:00am —
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During the 1980s, congregations, synagogues, and temples across America humanely responded
en force to the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees from the political dictatorships gripping several Central American lands: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras. Their bold and costly witness was widely known as the
Sanctuary Movement, or -- due to coordinated resistance from our federal government propping up these dictators -- t…
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Added by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on February 27, 2010 at 4:30pm —
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"Listening for God: When Dependence Means Independence" can be found here.
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Added by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on February 22, 2010 at 3:30am —
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This First Sunday in Lent worldwide, the classic tale of Jesus' temptations in the desert wilderness will be retold from Luke 4:1-13. Throughout Lent, we will be listening for God at BPC -- not
to God as if we are awaiting a direct revelation, but
for God's heartbeat in our midst. This Sunday: Our attachment to material goods that are meant to increase our independence often focuses more on the attachment than on the independence. How, in this wilderness of glut, can listening out…
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Added by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on February 18, 2010 at 12:00am —
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Sometimes, God's call of us is simply to make a phone call or two.
To connect with those on the margins of our consciousness and perhaps our consciences. Those who may particularly need -- or at the very least appreciate -- a listening ear midst snowbound isolation. To remind ourselves, on this church-less Sunday, that, while a community gathered to praise God can be a radical act in today's get-mine, got-yours world, this blizzard's aftermath can draw our ears into individuals' hearts
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Added by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on February 7, 2010 at 2:00pm —
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E-e-e-e-evangelism. We mainline Protestant are prone to stutter each time we encounter this word -- and why shouldn't we? The dominant discourse of televised "Christian" culture has framed "that E-word" for far too long as pious, privatized pablum -- as "winning souls for Christ", through "just-you-and-me-God, how-Jesus-and-I-feel-about-each-other" theology. We have forgotten that the New Testament Greek word
euangelion was a Roman technical term lauding Caesar's victories in battle. How…
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Added by Chuck Booker-Hirsch on February 3, 2010 at 4:38pm —
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The offertory music this Sunday will be more collaborative than usual with Jack and I singing "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Gustav Holst. We had initially discussed making a duet out of the lovely arrangement for solo voice by Richard Walters which I've sung in years past, but that version proved a little too dissonant and free rhythmically. We opted instead for a more traditional take while LeeAnna improvises a flowing accompaniment that carries the piece through.
If you have a moment, you may w…
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Added by Philip Bender on January 29, 2010 at 1:49pm —
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