Darnestown Presbyterian Church

Join Us This Sunday!

FAMILY FRIENDLY WORSHIP!

Sunday worship is held at 8:45 & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School and Adult Education at 9:45.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Join us for worship! Children are welcome!

Dr. McNeilly will be in the pulpit for both services.

We have elevator access available for those with a need.

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We are faithful to Christ and spirited in all we do, but we're also open-minded and inclusive -- welcoming all to our worship and ministry. The compassion of Christ shows us our way, and we count on the grace of God to enable all we do. We invite you to join us!

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Our January Food Drive is to benefit Germantown HELP. Items always needed are: breakfast cereals, peanut butter, jelly, tuna fish, canned fruits, vegetables and soups, spaghetti sauce and 1-lb. bags/boxes of rice and pasta. Please bring your donations to the kitchen below the Sanctuary. Thank you!

The Annual Congregational Meeting of DPC will take place this Sunday, January 29, following the late worship service.

We will install Officers of the Darnestown Presbyterian Women this Sunday, January 29, during the late worship service. Thanks to all who serve!

Join us for the Annual Chili Cook-Off this Sunday evening, January 29 at 5:00 p.m.! We'll feast in the Fellowship Hall!

Two Adult Sunday School Classes meet each Sunday in January during the Sunday School Hour. Dr. McNeilly teaches a class on the History of Presbyterian Belief. Michael Hooper teaches a class on the role of the Symphony in the Christian Faith.

Confirmation Classes for youth interested in joining the church will begin in January. For more information, please contact Tamara.

An Officers and Leaders Work Day will be held on Saturday, February 4. All leaders are encouraged to attend as we learn, study and prepare for our future ministry! More info to come, but for now please mark the date and plan to attend!

A blessed New Year to all!

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Why I Belong...

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We arrived with three active school aged boys, knowing no one in the summer of 1988. Mary and I looked for a new Presbyterian Church community close to home which would provide spiritual fellowship. We were delighted to discover Darnestown Presbyterian as we explored the area, and were impressed by the friendly reception of members, the warm worship service, the fine preaching and the sense of inclusion, fellowship and mission. Not to mention the quaint Civil War era sanctuary.

Over the past 20 years, (it is hard to believe!), we have become active in numerous ways—choir, bells, Elders, the women’s association, Christian education. One of the most compelling ministries we have experienced is our Drift Mission Project. For 20 years an erstwhile group of adults and teens traveled to Drift, KY for a one week ministry of vacation bible school in the mornings and work projects in the afternoon. The Drift community is a depressed coal mining area with few of the resources and amenities we take for granted. The fellowship and spiritual growth experienced as the adults and teens worked together in this ministry was truly remarkable. Dave started taking our sons as they became eligible, and experienced the joy of sharing the story of Jesus’ love for all with the young people in the vacation bible school programs and spent afternoons building wheelchair ramps, repairing/replacing porches, floors, walls, roofs, and such.

We have been blessed as a church community and DPC continually seeks to develop avenues to share our blessings of time, talent and treasure. That DPC has made significant commitments to mission locally, regionally, and internationally has kept us in the church. DPC has continued to adapt to changing needs and challenges with a warm, spiritually based fellowship focused on the word of Jesus Christ. Why do we belong? DPC has truly become a special part of our lives!

David and Mary McClung