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OAKLAND

August 24, 2016



Thank you for the loving encouragement that you showered on me this past Sunday.  What a blessing.  I never would have expected to wrap up our Sunday series on Job with several of you saying, "you know, it's like you lived (in a small, small way) the story of Job for us.  I'm not sure I'd say that it was a pleasure, in the wake of the vandalization, the oven burn and the robbery; but I too was reminded incarnationally that we are called, like Job, to work with God to turn back the chaos that threatens to overturn and subvert God's good creation.

Hoping to see you Sunday, if not before!
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  • We're beginning a new Sunday series, using the Narrative Lectionary that covers the breadth of the First Testament up through the fourth Sunday of Advent, after which it switches its focus to the gospel of Luke.  This is a way for us to (re)get a wide survey of the Bible, grappling with our scriptural roots and (re)claiming the stories of the Bible as our own story.  This Sunday we're wrestling with the story of the fall, or frustration of creation from Genesis 2:4b-7, 15-17, 3:1-8 & Luke 11:4.  You can check out the overarching sermons series, as proposed by the Narrative Lectionary HERE.
 
  •     You can begin the sermon process today with a blog post and examen reading of the texts HERE, and/or with a TEXT STUDY LINK HERE.    (Both will be published by Friday morning of this week)
 


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Ushers ::        Sharon Nelson, Anne Marie Adams

Liturgist ::  Can you help by serving as liturgist?  Contact Monte if you can.

Fellowship ::  Linda Davis  Louise Hirschman
 
Godly Play :: Beth Beatty, Maya Patil
 
   These updates could be incorrect if switches have been made between different people.   Be sure to update the office if you've done a switcheroo so that we can have our publications as up to date as possible.  Thanks!

 
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CAPC CHOIR Practice  | choir is on vacation through the end of the month.
 
The Vocabulary of Faith | Sunday 9:30-10:15am.  
The Great Emergence. More info about this week's class HERE..

Mid Week Small Group Gathering for Celtic Prayer
Wednesdays 7:00-8:30 pm      
Meets near CAL campus |  Questions: call Marda 510.540.7173

Session Meeting :: Thursday, August 25th 7:30-9:00pm

Friday Night Meal | This week 8/19 the meal is being prepared by our VBS campers and hosted by Ellen Brylawski.  Contact Ellen Brylawski to help in this week or in the future: ellenbry@comcast.net

Women’s Group | 1st, 2nd & 3rd Saturdays of the month 8:30-10am in the library.  Currently discussing Acts of the Apostles.

Meeting of the Presbytery of San Francisco
Saturday, August 27 – at Christ Presbyterian Church, San Leandro.  Download the Meeting agenda and resource materials HERE.

Staff Vacation:  Pete Feltman and Mahri Holt will both be back in the "office" by the end of the week following their vacation times away.  Monte will be on vacation next week.  Rev. Nancy Martin Vincent will be preaching in worship on Sunday, September 4th.


 
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E-Waste Collection Day :: this event has been canceled.  We only learned last week that physically (due to no parking lot) we are unable to meet the needs of C&T Recycling for their sponsored events.  We were able to cancel this event without any loss of a deposit of substantial volunteer time.

Blessing of Backpacks :: Sunday, September 11 in worship.

Church Retreat :: Friday, September 16 - Sunday, September 18th.

Rockridge Out & About (annual community street festival) :: Sunday, October 9th.
 
Header Image reading "good reads, short videos & online resources about faith, the church and Oakland" in green block letters
Here ares some online articles that are relevant to what we're working through as a church, our cities of Berkeley, Oakland and Piedmont, and/or the life of the Church today.
 
The Morality of Choices: You Are What You Eat (And Who You Eat With) | Pathos.com Blog

Banning Burkinis Won’t Stop Muslim Integration | Pathos.com Blog

Please email or chat with me  [MONTE - link to email]  if you have reactions, any new ideas, or sudden illuminations!
 
You can see photos memories of our fun on social media .... follow @recreationvbs.  You can also do so on our camp website at this link:  www.recreationvbs.org  Once there select the menu option of PHOTOS 2016.
 

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Monte has decided to change the way in which we publish the prayer requests shared in worship each week.  The goal of this is to free up more print space in our paper bulletin on Sundays in order to share news about upcoming events and gatherings.  We consistently do not have enough space to do so each week.  So we'll be experimenting for the next 6 weeks (until the end of September) to see if publishing the prayer requests from the previous Sunday in the e-news (as usual) but not in the paper bulletin, allows us to better communicate what's happening in and around the church.  If you have a comment you can direct it to Monte via email [email link] or in person.  Thanks.

Prayer Requests shared in worship on August 7, 2016
 
Prayers of gratitude for:

Prayers for God to intervene for:
  • members celebrating birthdays and anniversaries this week;
  • our music minister Pete, for rest and renewal on his vacation time away with family;
  • safe travels to and from the UK and Scotland with my husband;
  • my brother André realizing he cannot be the caregiver in his home for his wife, looking for a nursing home solution;
  • a relaxing vacation on a cruise to Alaska with my dousing and other family (Albert Hussian);
  • a co-worker Jennifer with a painful back injury;
  • a neighbor who was recently mugged and will have to face her mugger at court;
  • healing for Cecilia Jackson, Terry Joseph;
  • Tyler Conant Martin ;

 
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August Birthdays

5      Lori Castner            
        Ellen Raskin            
8      Anne Marie Adams    
12    Sharon Nelson        
        David Kittams
20    Todd Barnes            
22    Patrice Trowbridge    
24    Bob Brylawski        
25    Margaret Smith        
 
Anniversaries

5    Jeff and Linda Trowbridge    1978
8    Bob and Ellen Brylawski        1987
9    Thom and Tina Faulkner        2002
30    Monte and Kristy McClain    1997
 

Have we missed your birthday or anniversary?
 We probably don't have it in our records.
Please EMAIL us so that we can express our love on time ! 
 
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