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Midweek Meditations, July 10, 2019

July 10, 2019
10 Jul 2019

Somewhere It Hides a Well

Sometimes I sleep with all the lights on. It helps me to appreciate the night.
 – Pat Green, Texas Country Artist, Singer / Songwriter

“The desert is beautiful,” the little prince added.

And that was true. I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams . . .

“What makes the desert beautiful,” said the little prince, “is that somewhere it hides a well . . .”

I was astonished by a sudden understanding of that mysterious radiation of the sands. When I was a little boy I lived in an old house, and legend told us that a treasure was buried there. To be sure, no one had ever known how to find it; perhaps no one had ever even looked for it. But it cast an enchantment over that house. My home was hiding a secret in the depths of its heart . . .

“Yes,” I said to the little prince. “The house, the stars, the desert–what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!”
  – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

Salvation can only truly be understood by those who once walked heavy laden.

Joy is most profound in those good gifts of God that are born through trial.

And let us not seek to escape the quiet, for it is there, in stillness, that God may speak the loudest.

~Pastor Mike Middaugh

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Weekly Announcements, July 10, 2019

July 10, 2019
10 Jul 2019

A backpack and school supply drive has once again been organized to take place during the month of July. We are partnering with Montgomery Housing Partnership to collect school supply items for 21 kids. All items for donation must be delivered to Calvary by July 21st. To view the list of requested items and sign up, please follow this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0f45abaf283-20191

This Sunday in worship, we will recognize, pray for, and in stall those who are serving on the Board of Directors and as Elders. In June Board of Directors elected the incumbent officers to another one-year term beginning July 1, 2019.  These are:

  • Daniel Michels, President
  • Dustin White, Vice President
  • Nicole Ellis, Treasurer
  • Nancy Dydak, Secretary.

Please include them and the other Board members, Susan Fletcher, Carl Jenkins and Becky Johnson, in your prayers as they begin a new fiscal year in congregational leadership.

Calvary office hours change: due to recent staffing and schedule changes, the church office will be closed on Fridays of each week. The office is open from 9am – 5pm Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and from 8:30am to 2pm on Wednesdays.

A new online calendar has been established for Calvary events in order to provide a more user friendly experience when seeking information on our activities. You can find this calendar through the Calvary website, or by visiting: http://calvarysilverspring.view-events.com

This Sunday
The readings for this Sunday are: Deuteronomy 30:9-14;Colossians 1:1-14; Luke 10:25-37

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Midweek Meditations, July 3, 2019

July 3, 2019
03 Jul 2019

Prayers for Our Nation

We meet on democracy’s front porch. A good place to talk as neighbors and as friends. For this is a day when our nation is made whole, when our differences, for a moment, are suspended. And my first act as President is a prayer. I ask you to bow your heads.

Heavenly Father, we bow our heads and thank You for Your love. Accept our thanks for the peace that yields this day and the shared faith that makes its continuance likely. Make us strong to do Your work, willing to heed and hear Your will, and write on our hearts these words: “Use power to help people.” For we are given power not to advance our own purposes, nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people. Help us remember, Lord. Amen.
 – Inaugural Address of George H. W. Bush, January 20, 1989

 Lord, we pray that the ropes that bind our nation together, though frayed, will never break; that the greatest of our natural resources – the love of our people – will abound, flowing even beyond our shores; that our flinty determination will cause sparks of innovation to fly but never set wildfires of anger that we are not big enough to extinguish. And most of all, that you will be with us, as you have always been. Amen.
  – Joshua Dubois, The President’s Devotional, entry for July 4

O God, our help in ages past, today, our nation is not unified, our voices do not speak together, and our hearts are torn as well. Our country, and the world, face many obstacles. Suffering, need, and injustice, seem ever present. Even creation groans with the weight of human burdens. In the face of these challenges we ask you to grant mercy to us your people, to be present in a new way, and to reveal the path of truth. Grant discernment and wisdom to those who lead our country, the President and those who advise him, and all our elected officials.

We pray that a new day of hope and understanding would begin with us, with our work, our words, and our actions; that we would be patient and compassionate as we deal with one another. And that you would bring unity to our nation, teaching us to walk alongside one another, rather than apart. Finally, Lord, teach us to seek your will and justice as we go. Amen. 

~Pastor Mike Middaugh

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Board of Directors Election Update

July 1, 2019
01 Jul 2019

In June the Board of Directors elected the incumbent officers to another one-year term beginning July 1, 2019. These are:

Daniel Michels, President
Dustin White, Vice President
Nicole Ellis, Treasurer
Nancy Dydak, Secretary.

Please include them and the other Board members, Susan Fletcher, Carl Jenkins and Becky Johnson, in your prayers.

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