On The Table

Christ is Risen; He is Risen Indeed!

Happy Easter everyone. As our resident Anglican has rightly pointed out, Easter is not just a day, it's a season. And that feels somehow right this year; that Easter is not so much a punctuation mark, as an emergence of renewal, redemption and life. I like the idea of beginning an Easter journey.

And I can't think of any better way to begin that journey than by formally welcoming Kieran Tennyson and Ella Stavlund to our church, and the Church, through baptism. This Sunday at Jammin Java, we have the opportunity to gather around the Tennysons and the Stavlunds to celebrate the lives of their children, to symbolize our hopes and prayers for Kieran and Ella, and to recommit ourselves towards modeling lives of grace and love. Plan to join us for this special celebration at 10:00 AM.

As we look forward to the coming weeks, here are a couple other dates to put on your calendar:

April 21 Service-Worship: We'll be serving one of our own families next week, as we install new floors at the Chapman's home. Ryan has been quite allergic to the carpet in their house for a while, so this will be a neat chance to minister to him, as well as to gather around Ryan, Becky and Sophie to celebrate the addition of Grant to their family. We're planning for a 9:00 AM start time but come help whenever you can that day -- there will be plenty of work to go around!

April 29 Passover Seder: As we continue our journey through the Jewish Calendar this year, we'll be celebrating passover (a bit late) with a dinner at the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum. Dinner will be from 5:00 to 8:00 -- look for more details next week.

Feel free to check out the new Common Table calendar to see what else is going on. In fact, when you're there, spend a little bit of time browsing around the new church web site. It's pretty snazzy - with more features on the way! The new design is meant to be an interactive hub for our community and to give visitors a better sense of who we are. Many thanks to the iTeam for all their cool ideas in spinning it up!

See you on Sunday,

Deanna

Labels: baptism, Ella, Kieran