Weekly Update
Darnestown
Presbyterian Church
15120
Turkey Foot Road
Darnestown,
MD 20878
dpchurch@comcast.net
Worship for May 30
Tamara
Leonard Lara will be in the pulpit at both services,
preaching from Romans, chapter 5.
The sermon title is “Where We Stand.”
There will be special music at the
8:45 a.m. service,
and our Bell Choir will ring at the
11:00 a.m. service.
Sunday School for May 30
All Children/Youth Classes will meet at their usual times and
places.
Thank you to all who teach them!
The Pastor will continue a three-week study on
“The Parables of Jesus” that will meet in the Parlor.
Class begins at 9:45 a.m. and closes at 10:30 a.m.
All are welcome!
Be sure to join us for the FELLOWSHIP TIME
that follows immediately after the adult Sunday School classes
and is held in the Fellowship Hall from 10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
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Other News!
Vacation Bible School!
Join us for VBS during the week of July 12-16 at DPC.
This will once again be an evening VBS,
with activities beginning each day
with dinner served at 5:00 p.m.
We’ll conclude by 8:30 p.m.
Registration is underway – you may register at thegurcans@rcn.com.
Please register by June 1.
Youth Group Pool Party
All DPC youth and college students are invited to
Join Youth Group in a pool party at the Kurkjian’s home this
Saturday, May 29, beginning at
5:30 p.m.
Dinner will be provided.
Please RSVP to Tamara (dpcassociate@comcast.net).
Youth to Go Tubing!
On Saturday, June 19, youth will travel to Harper’s Ferry for white
water tubing.
In order to complete the reservation and make arrangements for
transportation,
You MUST RSVP to Tamara by Saturday, June 5.
There will be a fee for this activity.
Contact Tamara for more information or to volunteer to be a driver.
Drift Mission News
We are sorrowed to announce that the Drift
Presbyterian Church
will be closing its doors as of the end of
the coming month of June.
Efforts are being made to still hold our
2010 Mission Trip,
but this may not be possible.
All those who’d planned to attend the Drift
Trip in August
will meet on Sunday, June 6 in the Parlor,
immediately following the 11:00 a.m.
service, to consider options.
The Drift Pancake Breakfast is still
scheduled to take place on June 13
to help fund the trip, if a way is found to
carry it out.
Please hold the members of the Drift
Presbyterian Church
in your thoughts and prayers. This is a most difficult time for them.
Please hold our 2010 Mission Trip efforts in
your thoughts and prayers, as well.
Drift Pancake Breakfast
The annual Drift Pancake Breakfast will be held on Sunday, June 13
from 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. with one worship service to follow at 11
a.m.
Join us for food, fellowship and worship.
Tickets can be purchased Sundays during coffee hour
until the breakfast or at
the door on Sunday, June 13.
We encourage you to purchase your tickets early
so we'll be able to plan accordingly.
Ticket prices are: $7 for
adults and $4 for children.
All Drift Mission Trip participants should plan to work at the
breakfast.
If you would like to help with the breakfast, contact Tamara.
Also let her know if you have an electric griddle we can borrow.
We especially will need help with clean-up following the 11:00
a.m. worship service.
Presbyterian Assistance to Haiti
You can give through our congregation, making the check out to the
church,
with DR000064 in the memo line, or by going to the
denomination’s website, www.pcusa.org/pda
Wednesday Evening Prayer
Wednesday Evening Prayer will continue every Wednesday,
commencing at 6:30 p.m. and ending at around 8:30 or 9:00 p.m.
Several DPC Elders will be available starting at 6:30 in the
Sanctuary
to receive prayer requests, to pray with members,
and to pray for the people on the DPC prayer list.
If the choir needs the Sanctuary for rehearsal,
prayers will take place in the Social Hall under the
Sanctuary.
You are welcome to come in at any time and join us.
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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.
(Taken
from our Web Page.)
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Meetings scheduled for the month of
June:
Tuesday, June 1 – DPW Executive Board
Monday, June 7 – Session Meeting
Tuesday, June 8 – Building & Grounds Committee
Monday, June 14 – Christian Ed. Committee
Monday, June 14 – Mission Committee
Tuesday, June 15 – Stewardship Committee
Monday, June 21 – Outreach Committee
Tuesday, June 22 – Library Committee
Monday, June 28 – Deacons’ Meeting
(All meetings are at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.)