Church guide

Generating theology at the wee kirk

Worship from the generative church -- at the about the 9-minute mark you can hear the choir perform a song that Lea Morris led our Lenten group to write together last Sunday evening. (The rest of this morning's service felt pretty compelling, too.)

So, what do you love about CPC?

News of the week

Another Monday afternoon moment of pondering

News of the week

To dust we shall return ...

In case you missed worship yesterday, here's most of it as it streamed on our YouTube channel:

Porch-casting on a Monday afternoon.

This week at the wee kirk

Remember this. Always. Then live as if you believed it to be true.

On a day when the United Methodist Church seems likely to vote from fear rather than from love, it's good to remind ourselves that God's love knows no bounds. We try our best to live faithfully into that at Clarendon, and we welcome, celebrate, and empower lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, asexual, straight persons who are trying to follow the way of Jesus in the world. It also seems like a good week to remember these words from John Wesley, the founder of Methodism: "Whosoever feels the love of God and man shed abroad in his heart, feels an ardent and uninterrupted thirst after the happiness of all his fellow-creatures. His soul melts away with the very fervent desire which he hath continually to promote it; and out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. In his tongue is the law of kindness. The same is impressed on all his actions. The flame within is continually working itself away, and spreading abroad more and more, in every instance of good-will to all with whom he hath to do. So that whether he thinks or speaks, or whatever he does, it all points to the same end, -- the advancing, by every possible way, the happiness of all his fellow-creatures. Deceive not, therefore, your own souls: He who is not thus kind, hath not love."

This Monday's Thinking Out Loud piece is up on the YouTube channel, and this time I'm not thinking alone! Mark Schnarr dropped in to talk about the garden. Check it out and pass it along.

We streamed all of church this morning, and there was some joyous music. Thanks Jesse and Tiya, and CPC choir.

Soup's on! We're hosting another immigration and naturalization workshop for a huge group of folks seeking to become citizens ... and you gotta feed all the volunteers!

News of the week!

In 30 minutes or so we will be live on our YouTube channel. Head on over there.

This Sunday we will be making bag meals for our neighbors at the RPC shelter on Columbia Pike. If you can make it to church by 9:30 Sunday morning to help set up the assembly lines, it will make the bagging go much more smoothly over coffee time. Thanks in advance!

Please share widely.

News of the week!

Room at the Table by Carrie Newcomer

Good morning! Greater Good of All by David Roth

Advent meditations. Week two.

Joy to the World