On The Table
The Weekly Announcement of Common Table ChurchThursday, February 5, 2009
February 2nd through 8th
Hey, church!
Wow...I'm speechless with a big Cheshire grin on my face. It is my distinct honor and pleasure to announce the birth of Common Table's newest member. Stacy and Mike and Ella Stavlund welcomed Ella's little sister (no word yet on her name) into their family and our community late Thursday, February 5th, 2009. She is 7 lbs., 3 oz., and has dark hair. Everyone is healthy. Please join us in joy and thanksgiving as we celebrate the amazing gift of the littlest Stav! Yaaaahooooo! :-D (Check out a picture and share your congrats right here!)
And, appropriately enough, we have a HUGE community celebration planned for this coming Sunday morning. Common Table invites you to be part of a special journey through music as we continue in our 2009 series exploring God's love with a worship service called "Love's Divine".
In this service we will draw from a number of compelling tunes (Sade, Alanis Morissette, Death Cab for Cutie, Seal, Mute Math) which authentically express our longings, satisfaction, comfort, healing, as well as disappointments with love.
Our twist, as we interact with the live performance of these songs, will be to listen to them through the lens of our individual relationship with God, and God's relationship with us (as best as we can imagine that).
First showing will be with Common Table @ Jammin' Java at 10am Sunday the 8th of February.
Second showing will be at Convergence' Artist Lab at 5pm Sunday the 22nd of February.
Please join us for one or both of these services. They will be (and I truly feel this bears repeating) epic.
And congratulations, you Stavs!!!!!
Peace, joy,
Mike Croghan
Wow...I'm speechless with a big Cheshire grin on my face. It is my distinct honor and pleasure to announce the birth of Common Table's newest member. Stacy and Mike and Ella Stavlund welcomed Ella's little sister (no word yet on her name) into their family and our community late Thursday, February 5th, 2009. She is 7 lbs., 3 oz., and has dark hair. Everyone is healthy. Please join us in joy and thanksgiving as we celebrate the amazing gift of the littlest Stav! Yaaaahooooo! :-D (Check out a picture and share your congrats right here!)
And, appropriately enough, we have a HUGE community celebration planned for this coming Sunday morning. Common Table invites you to be part of a special journey through music as we continue in our 2009 series exploring God's love with a worship service called "Love's Divine".
In this service we will draw from a number of compelling tunes (Sade, Alanis Morissette, Death Cab for Cutie, Seal, Mute Math) which authentically express our longings, satisfaction, comfort, healing, as well as disappointments with love.
Our twist, as we interact with the live performance of these songs, will be to listen to them through the lens of our individual relationship with God, and God's relationship with us (as best as we can imagine that).
First showing will be with Common Table @ Jammin' Java at 10am Sunday the 8th of February.
Second showing will be at Convergence' Artist Lab at 5pm Sunday the 22nd of February.
Please join us for one or both of these services. They will be (and I truly feel this bears repeating) epic.
And congratulations, you Stavs!!!!!
Peace, joy,
Mike Croghan
Labels: God loves us, music, Stavlunds
Saturday, January 17, 2009
January 12th through 18th
Hi church!
Sorry for the lateness of your weekly guide to what's happening around the Table - the good news is, if you've been waiting with bated breath to find out what we're doing this weekend, we've got something really cool in store!
Sunday at 10am, we'll gather at Jammin' Java for the service that's at the heart of (and the inspiration for) our current worship series, "God Loves Us". Our All-Ages team has designed a service exploring God's love for all of us, in ways that all of us can enter into together - little kids, big kids, adults, and those of us who aren't quite sure where we fit on that spectrum. :-) We'll have the opportunity to help bless, and share a little of God's love with, some folks who are connected to us yet are experiencing loneliness, because they are apart from family and loved ones. Please join us as Commoners and friends of all ages celebrate God's love for every one of God' children! We'll be on the floor with our little ones again this week, so please bring a blanket and/or pillow to sit on.
After that, we'll be away from Jammin' Java for two weeks, and we're dreaming up some service projects and fellowship opportunities for those weekends - stay tuned for deets.
That's it for now - as we continue in this season of Epiphany, with days so short and really, REALLY cold, let's look for opportunities to share a bit of God's light and warmth with others. And stay safe and sane next week as DC celebrates a historic inauguration! If you're going into the city, bring us back stories! :-)
Peace,
Mike Croghan
Sorry for the lateness of your weekly guide to what's happening around the Table - the good news is, if you've been waiting with bated breath to find out what we're doing this weekend, we've got something really cool in store!
Sunday at 10am, we'll gather at Jammin' Java for the service that's at the heart of (and the inspiration for) our current worship series, "God Loves Us". Our All-Ages team has designed a service exploring God's love for all of us, in ways that all of us can enter into together - little kids, big kids, adults, and those of us who aren't quite sure where we fit on that spectrum. :-) We'll have the opportunity to help bless, and share a little of God's love with, some folks who are connected to us yet are experiencing loneliness, because they are apart from family and loved ones. Please join us as Commoners and friends of all ages celebrate God's love for every one of God' children! We'll be on the floor with our little ones again this week, so please bring a blanket and/or pillow to sit on.
After that, we'll be away from Jammin' Java for two weeks, and we're dreaming up some service projects and fellowship opportunities for those weekends - stay tuned for deets.
That's it for now - as we continue in this season of Epiphany, with days so short and really, REALLY cold, let's look for opportunities to share a bit of God's light and warmth with others. And stay safe and sane next week as DC celebrates a historic inauguration! If you're going into the city, bring us back stories! :-)
Peace,
Mike Croghan
Labels: all ages, God loves us
Sunday, January 4, 2009
January 5th through 11th
Hi church,
Happy New Year! Oh, that was last week. Well, happy...January! The holidays are over, life for many of us may be settling into some sort of winter routine, the days are short (but getting longer!), and - hey? Guess what? God loves us!
That's the theme of the worship service series we began this past Sunday and will be continuing for several weeks. So for our "simple" worship service this coming Sunday, we'll celebrate God's love with our take on a traditional Love Feast from the Moravian Christian tradition. We'll share coffee and yummy, yummy Love Feast Buns, sing some hymns, and tell each other about times when we've felt loved by God. Join is at 10am at Jammin' Java!
May your days and nights be blessed by the God of love!
Peace,
Mike Croghan
Happy New Year! Oh, that was last week. Well, happy...January! The holidays are over, life for many of us may be settling into some sort of winter routine, the days are short (but getting longer!), and - hey? Guess what? God loves us!
That's the theme of the worship service series we began this past Sunday and will be continuing for several weeks. So for our "simple" worship service this coming Sunday, we'll celebrate God's love with our take on a traditional Love Feast from the Moravian Christian tradition. We'll share coffee and yummy, yummy Love Feast Buns, sing some hymns, and tell each other about times when we've felt loved by God. Join is at 10am at Jammin' Java!
May your days and nights be blessed by the God of love!
Peace,
Mike Croghan
Labels: God loves us, simple
Friday, January 2, 2009
December 29 through January 4
Happy New Year!
As we wind down from holiday travels and celebrations and begin to engage with the new year before us, we're following the lead of our All Ages Service Team and exploring the deceptively challenging topic, "God loves us" for the month of January. To lead things off, our Creative Team has an interactive and engaging experience waiting for you this Sunday morning at 10am at Jammin' Java.
Too, we'll be enacting our semi-regular first-Sunday-of-the-month book exchange that morning. This is your chance to lighten your shelves of books, and/or to pick up some new reading material. The only rule about it is that it is free: you're not required to bring a book, or to take a book, or to bring a book to take a book, or anything else. And the books don't have to be 'church' books, or 'Christian' books, or anything else-- just bring anything you'd like to share.
Wishing you many blessings in 2009,
Mike Stavlund
As we wind down from holiday travels and celebrations and begin to engage with the new year before us, we're following the lead of our All Ages Service Team and exploring the deceptively challenging topic, "God loves us" for the month of January. To lead things off, our Creative Team has an interactive and engaging experience waiting for you this Sunday morning at 10am at Jammin' Java.
Too, we'll be enacting our semi-regular first-Sunday-of-the-month book exchange that morning. This is your chance to lighten your shelves of books, and/or to pick up some new reading material. The only rule about it is that it is free: you're not required to bring a book, or to take a book, or to bring a book to take a book, or anything else. And the books don't have to be 'church' books, or 'Christian' books, or anything else-- just bring anything you'd like to share.
Wishing you many blessings in 2009,
Mike Stavlund
Labels: books, God loves us
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