ANNOUNCEMENTS

Notes on music. To celebrate our national holiday, all of the
music this morning is by American composers, or from American traditional music. The offertory is an organ piece based on the
hymn “You satisfy the hungry heart,” which was written for the
1976 bicentennial, and is included in our new hymnal, “Wonder,
Love, and Praise.”

 

Summer Sunday School runs through the last Sunday of July. 
For this period, the children will begin the service with everyone
 in the sanctuary. After the Gospel reading, there will be a brief
children’s sermon. The children will then adjourn to the Sunday
 school wing for a brief project during the sermon. They will return
after the creed. We are open to volunteers who would like to work
 with our children on any one of the Sundays in this period.

 

For the month of August, everyone (who hasn’t gone on vacation)
 will be present for the service in its entirety.

 

Vacation Bible School will be held July 8 – 11 from 9:00 AM to
noon for children (ages 3 ½) to rising fourth graders.  Please contact
Susan Gardiner at 703-757-0798 or smg@cantab.net.  

 

The Simplicity Reading Group schedule for July is as follows:

 

July 10 Time as Commodity, Time as Sacred: “Excerpt from The
Overworked American,” (p. 33); “The Spirituality of Everyday
Life,” (p.37); “Entering the Emptiness,” (p. 41).

 

July 24 Your Money or Your Life: “Spending Money as if Life
Really Mattered,” (p. 59); “Money,” (p.67).

 

The messenger deadline for the July/August combined issue is July 9.

Please submit your articles to Lisa Greeves at teach1esq@cox.net and

Kitty at stthom1@cox.net.

 

SHARE FOOD PANTRY - Updated list of items needed for the  
SHARE Food Pantry: toothpaste, paper towels, mayonnaise,
mustard, spaghetti sauce, toilet paper, laundry detergent, white
sugar, vegetable oil and cleaning supplies.  In the last 6 months there
has been a 50% increase in the number of families needing assistance
and their cupboards are bare.  Please remember to bring an item listed
above to church on Sunday and place it in the Narthex baskets.

 

Please consider donating your time to Homestretch.  Its mission is
 to empower homeless families in Northern Virginia to return to stable
housing and self-sufficiency by giving them the skills, knowledge and
hope they need to become productive participants in their community. 
You can help by donating the following items: mattresses (twin and
full), vacuums, phones, furniture, linens, kitchen items and used cars. 
For more information, please call Princess Mirabel at 703-237-2035 or
email pmirabel@homestretch-inc.org.

 

McLean Preschool is currently accepting students for the 2008-2009
school year for ages 2 ½ and up.  For more information, please contact
Karen Clark at 703-442-4766.