On The Table

The Weekly Announcement of Common Table Church

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

September 8th through 14th

The Church of the Common Table

joyfully invites you to join us in celebrating the baptism of

Cyrus Julian (CJ) Doan

and

Madeline Claire (Maddie) Maisel

Dee and Sam, Kate and Matt, and our whole community will celebrate this sacrament of blessing, grace, and welcome on

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

10 o'clock in the morning

at Jammin' Java

Please bring your own blessing for these beautiful children of God as we pour out on them our love, the grace God has given us, and our commitment to helping them, as best we can, to follow in the way of Jesus throughout their lives!

Labels: baptism, Doan, Maisel

posted by Mike Croghan # 9:37 PM 0 Comments

Friday, June 27, 2008

June 23 to 29

Our monthly attempt to 1.) mix up our schedules, 2.) get out of our Sunday seats, and 3.) engage with our neighbors, is doubly successful this month. We'll be gathering at the Doans' place in Chantilly to work on two separate projects:

1. As our regular Service-Worship Project, we'll be doing some mass prepping and freezing of some meals for a family with whom we're connected. This family of four recently lost their husband/father to cancer, and will be moving to Florida sometime next month. As that date approaches, we'd like to help them in packing up their apartment and getting ready for their move in other ways. But in the meantime, we thought it'd be nice if we could help them out with some simple and nutritious meals as they try to navigate their new and challenging life together.

2. At the same time, we'll be doing our second installment of our summer experiment in 'Barn Raising'. But since none of us have barns, we're planning to convene some crews to do some labor-intensive projects at our various places of residence. (It's also a thinly veiled effort to hang out with one another ;-) Tomorrow, we'll be replacing the boards on the Doans' deck. Bring appropriate tools if you've got 'em, or just bring yourself and your willingness to work.

If you're a morning person and/or you want to beat some of the heat, we'll be starting demo on the deck at 8:30am, and continuing work most of the day. If you'd like to come later, you'll be more than welcome to do so. And if you'd rather come to cook, the kitchen crew will be convening at 10am.

Hope to see you tomorrow (Saturday the 28th)!
Mike Stavlund

PS. It's not to late to vote: JfP!

Labels: barn-raising, Doan, Jesus for President, service-worship

posted by Mike Stavlund # 11:47 AM 0 Comments

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

February 25th through March 2nd

Hi church,

This week, we'll continue with the Lenten practices we began last month. On Sunday morning, we'll meet at Jammin' Java for another go at repenting of our lame and tame ideas about Jesus through listening freshly to his words. This time we'll look at what many call the parable of the unjust judge - but I like to think of it as a story of one reLENTless widow. Don't miss meeting her at 10am.

Afterward, we'll once again give up our customary Chipotle burritos (donating what we would have spent to a friend who can use it) and gather at Tina's and my house for simple fare - or possibly not-so-simple fare, depending on the success of our...uh...(sub)urban gleaning. (There will be non-gleaned options for the squeamish.)

In addition, please don't forget that our service-worship for this month is ongoing, and centers around the newest, smallest, and most red-haired Commoner, Cyrus Julian Doan, born six days ago as I write this! Over the course of the next few weeks, we'll be coming around our friends the Doans as they celebrate (and recover from!) the birth of their newest boy. We're looking for folks to bring hot meals, and for some adventurous souls to take the older boys (apparently, that includes Sam as well ;-) out to show them some fun times as the family finds a new equilibrium. So best wishes to one of our favorite families, and if you'd like to help out, please sign up here to bring a meal or get in touch with our GNU Team for more deets. The Doans would love to see you, and take it from me, you want to meet CJ. He is most adorable. :-)

Finally, please note that a wonderfully full and busy weekend is just a week away:

On Friday, March 7, people from all over the country will be converging on Washington, DC to advocate for peace as we remember the anniversary of the War in Iraq. Some of us will be a part of a gathering of some friends of emergent at historic New York Avenue Presbyterian Church at noon, followed by a processional as we gather with other faith communities at the Capitol at 2:30. More information on the larger event can be found here.

That same evening, some of us will be gathering in Vienna to experience some Deep Shift with Brian McLaren and friends. This event will continue on Saturday, March 8, as well.

And since they'll be in town for both of the above events, our friends The Cobalt Season asked if they could join us for our gathering on Sunday morning, March 9. Their music and message should make a wonderful complement to our Lenten series, and we're honored to have them aboard. Just don't forget that Daylight Saving Time begins that same morning - set your clock ahead and don't miss it!

And that's all, as far as I know. Seems like plenty to me!

Peace,

Mike Croghan

Labels: Cobalt Season, Deep Shift, Doan, lent, peace, service-worship

posted by Common Table Org # 6:30 PM 0 Comments