the CHIMES

A Community Outreach publication of North Chevy Chase

Christian Church

Volume 18, Issue 5— MAY 2014

WORSHIP WITH US IN MAY

Having celebrated a blessed Lent and Easter season, May offers us warmer weather and the many blessings of Spring! We hope that you’ll choose to worship with us this month. Sunday, May 4 Traditional worship, Rev. Tatham preaching

Sunday, May 11 Traditional worship with special guest musician and our choir; Mother’s Day, Rev. Glenn Zuber preaching Sunday, May 18 Outdoor Jazz Worship with Blessing of the Animals; Rev. Tatham preaching Sunday, May 25 Taizéé Worship with our Choir. Rev. Tatham preaching

Devi joins us by transfer of membership from Georgia Avenue Baptist Church. Devi, her granddaughters and son, Devin, have been attending and actively participating in many aspects of church life here at NC4. Devi is cafeteria manager at the Silver Spring International Middle School. Her address is 11412 Fairoak Drive. Silver Spring, MD 2090; (240) 361-8596; devirambarran@comcast.net.

Welcome New Member, Devi Rambarran

REMINDER: Board Meeting, Sunday, May 4

12:30pm—Community Room Bring a sack lunch (drinks provided).

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FROM OUR OWN AMY (Harper) PADBURY Support Me Hello friends and family! I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing you today to ask for your support in a fundraising effort I am un-dertaking to benefit suicide prevention. It has been two years now since my dad (Glen Harper) lost his fight with depression. I mourn his loss every day but I finally feel like I have the strength to come "out of the darkness". That is why I am joining with hundreds of others who have been affected by suicide in the 18 mile "Out of the Darkness Overnight" walk to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The fundraising efforts of this walk go directly toward re-search to prevent suicide as well as education and support for "survivors" like myself. Unfortunately, I am a part of a very large group of people who have lost someone to suicide as nearly 30,000 people in the United States and over one million world wide die from suicide each year. My friend Andrea Klempka and I will be walking as members of team "Daughters of Dads" in memory of our fathers. My personal fundraising goal is $1,000.00 and I would appreciate any kind donation in support of this cause. As many of you know, my dad suffered from depression and took his own life in March of 2012. While we are left with many unanswered questions, we know that he suffered from a grave internal struggle that ulti-mately consumed him. Toward the end of his life, when he was the most sick, we were at times able to catch glimpses of his tenderness, intelligence, and humility breaking through his pain. It has taken me two years now to realize that these glimpses were probably not signs that he was improving, but signs that his spirit was still there, fighting for the life he loved. It pains me to know that he fought for so long feeling this way. I believe his mental illness was a terminal diagnosis, just like terminal cancer, and that he had finally chosen to stop treat-ment and stop the pain. With cancer, a person's autonomy to choose death over treatment is somehow more easily understood, but I encourage people to think about mental illness in the same light. I am joining in this walk to encourage discussion, broaden acceptance, and perhaps challenge perceptions about death by sui-cide. My dad devoted his life to healing and helping others. He was a shining example of charity and lived by the "golden rule". Walking these 18 miles and raising money to honor and remember him feel like the right thing to do and I hope you will consider supporting my cause. Donations can be made online here through the "support me" links on this page. They can also be made by check made out to AFSP and mailed to me. All donations are 100% tax deductible and eligible for company matching which can help me to reach my goal even faster! My address is: Amy Padbury, 111 Equestrian Drive, New Hope, PA 18938 I really appreciate your time in reading this and taking a moment to consider a donation. Most importantly, I thank you for your continued love for my dad and for my family over the years. He is greatly missed by all of us, but absolutely never forgotten. With love and gratitude, Amy

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To Celebrate Moms in May Our Art Gallery display is looking for your contributions in honor/in memory of MOM! If you have a favorite picture of your Mom, or something your Mom made (a quilt, a painting, etc.) we invite you to bring it and display it in our Gallery. Please write a brief paragraph describing your object/photo so that others can share in this special meaning; and make sure your name is attached in some way to your object/photo. These may be brought to the church office any time, and will remain up through May.

Beginning JUNE 22 THROUGH AUGUST 24, we will

only need ONE DEACON per Sunday. On

these Sundays, the congregation will be com-

ing forward to receive communion. The ONE

DEACON will need to prepare, and then be

available to serve those in the pews who do

not chose to or are not able to come forward.

If you have NOT SIGNED UP TO SERVE, we need

your help — SIGN UP SHEET IS IN THE GLASS-WAY.

A Heads-Up to our Diaconate

JUNE 1—CHURCH PICNIC & ALL-CHURCH PLANNING EVENT

You’re be amazed at how much we can accomplish when we put our heads to-gether! On Sunday, June 1, we’re having a POT-LUCK CHURCH PICNIC in Har-low Hall, and you’re to bring your pot-luck dish (enough for your family PLUS two), drinks and utensils provided. This is a two-fold event for us as a church. First of all, it’s an opportunity to share in fun and fellowship. But secondly, you will have a chance to add your voice to the plans and programming of the church as we lay out our plans for June-December, 2014. This is the first of our Strategic Plan events in which we will involve the whole congregation in our planning. So put JUNE 1 on your calendar; sign-up to bring your dish on the sign-up board in the Glass-way or on-line at http://doodle.com/zf58fryxcvnemgep, where you can put your name and select what you’re like to bring (PLEASE do NOT bring anything that has to be kept warm or cooked!!)

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SUMMER STUDY SERIES on Prayer

Beginning Sunday, June 8, the Elders will be hosting a Summer Study series on Prayer, as we move into expanding our Church’s Prayer Ministry. This will be a 6-week study series culminating on Sunday, July 13 (we’ll skip the holiday week-end of July 6). We will meet during the Sunday School hour from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in the Me-morial Chapel. Following the study, Dolly Youssef and Laird Thomason, two of our Elders, will be working on expanding the church’s Prayer Ministry. For many, many years our Tuesday Morning Prayer group members have been vital and faithful pray-ers, and this is an opportunity for others to share more intentionally, through prayer, in the concerns and care of our church family, friends, our community and the world. FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE STUDY... you have three ways to indicate your interest: complete the form in up-coming bulletins call the church office sign-up on the Doodle Poll by going to this link: http://doodle.com/qxyk49icvhi8rrmw

A Special “Thank You”

… to the Boy Scout Troop 255 and Fernando Leiva for

the construction and installation of shelving in our

“flower” room (the storage area on the pulpit side of the

sanctuary). This area has been long over-due for some

renovation and now it’s in great shape! This project has

been Fernando’s Eagle Scout project, and we wish him

well in completing this as he anticipates graduating this

year.

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Continuing in Prayer: Clint Brown, Jon & Alice Goeringer, Earl Kragnes, Janet Luken (the Peregrim’s daughter), Yi Cai Tan (JS)

Those Confined to Home: Jean Akers, Maude Covington, Mary Arnot, Kitty Burke, Alline Crossfield, Grant Howard, Anna Kragnes, Mabel Smith; Esther Huriaux, Connie Whitacre, Helen Joseph, Betty Roth Our Friends and Families: Sheri Massey (friends of Diane Barlow); Robert Buskirk (Glenn Zuber’s grandfather); Don Denney (Friend of Cheryl); Anne Huang, Amy Howell, Beverly McNamara, (friends of Ann McClure ); Ernestine Wilson, Bev-erly Harris, Delores McIntosh (Sherman & Angie Davis’ aunt & moms); Mary McClure Carter (Dorothy Brown’s family); Karl Smith and Jeanine Alves (death of Ian), Billie Gray (the Sherman’s friends); Antoune Youssef’s family in Cairo; Victoria Ringo (Dolly Youssef’s daughter); Doug & David Shawver (Jan Yatsko’s sons); Sue and Ron Blick; Helen Nutt (Joan Sidell); Families served on Youth & Adult Mission Trips.

Capital Area Regional Churches: Oscar Haynes & Joan Bell-Hayes; Rev. Dr. Robert Perry, Interim Regional Minister; Regional Staff and Board

Military/Civilian Overseas Personnel: Jason Whetzel-Iraq (husband of Rachel Bisengo); Joshua—Afghanistan (friend of the McGees); Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Killed/Wounded and their families, Active Duty Troops and their families, Military Health Care Workers, Humanitarian Workers Overseas, Me-dia Correspondents Overseas.

Nations and Leaders around the World

Remembering in Prayer News from the Pews

Our belated congratulations to Jenny and Michael Brush in the birth of their daughter, Ava Grace, on February 20th, in Dayton, OH. Proud grandparents are Nancy and Dan Longo.

Congratulations to Col. Charles McGee who participated in February at the dedica-tion of the Tuskegee Airmen Museum located at his-toric Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama. Congratulations to Eli Nathaniel Zuber who was

baptized on Sunday, April 27. Celebrating and pictured here with Eli are (from L to R) his grandparents, Will & Peggy Zuber visiting from California, his mentor, Col. Charles

McGee, his parents, Jennifer Butler and Glenn Zuber, and Rev. Tatham.

JUST A REMINDER:

Please let the Church

Office or the Minister

know whenever there is

a hospitalization or a

change in shut-in/nursing home status. We

would MUCH rather get several notifications

than to not hear at all!

If you cannot reach the Office or Rev. Tatham,

please contact Chair of the Elders Richard Sher-

man and he will pass along the information.

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Worship Leadership ~ MAY 2014 Remember that if you are unable to serve on the assigned Sunday, you are to

contact a substitute and alert the Church Office of the change. Thank you!

WORSHIP LEADERS: DIANE BARLOW ELDERS: ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD & LAIRD THOMASON DIACONATE—COORDINATOR: WILSONIA CHERRY Preparing: May 4 Alice Kessler May 11 Amelia Dodge May 18 Diane Barlow May 25 Wilsonia Cherry Serving: May 4 Alice Kessler & Wilsonia Cherry May 11 Amelia Dodge & Ann McClure May 18 Congregation comes forward May 25 Congregation comes forward

SUNDAY DUTIES May 4 Joan Sidell May 11 Dwight Brock May 18

May 25

ATTENTION DEACONS:

Beginning JUNE 22 THROUGH AUGUST 24, we will

only need ONE DEACON per Sunday. On these

Sundays, the congregation will be coming for-

ward to receive communion. The ONE DEACON

will need to prepare, and then be available to

serve those in the pews who do not chose to or

are not able to come forward.

MAY— Happy Birthday to…

5/8 Connie Whitacre

5/9 Larry Glynn

5/10 Alice Goeringer

5/11 Ann Collins

5/15 Debora Perry

5/22 Chip Crawford

5/25 Peggy Boulton

5/28 Robert Solomon

5/29 Frank Peregrim

5/30 Yolanda Heintze

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Legend: CLR=Class Room; CR=Community Room; CHR=Choir Room; HH=Harlow Hall;

North Chevy Chase Christian Church

SUNDAYS: 9:30: Choir Rehearsal (CR); 9:45: Adult Sunday School (MC/WL); 10:15: Childcare available; 11:00: Worship;

11:15: Children/Youth Sunday School; 12:15: Coffee Fellowship (HH); 1:00: Rwandan Worship

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AA: Alcoholics Anonymous HSC: Heritage Signature Chorale NCCV: North Chevy Chase Village

CMC: Catlin’s Music Class IVE: Instrumental/Voice Ensemble RWC: Rwandan Congregation

GM: Gerrymanders LTD: Love to Dance GS: Girl Scouts

NC: Needle Chasers SBW: Suburban Women

SHN: Shirat HaNefesh Congregation

SUN MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT

1 8:30A: LTD (HH)

2 6P: SHN (CR) 7P: RWC (MC)

3 ALL-DAY HABITAT 8:30A: SHN (CR) 8:30A: LTD (HH) 10A: AM ORCHID SOC (HH) 1P: RWC (CR)

4 12:30P: BOARD MEETING (CR) 1-3PM WALK & ROLL EVENT (ROCKVILLE)

5 8:30A: LTD (HH) 3:30P: GS 2835 (CR) 8:15P: AA (HH)

6 8:30A: LTD (HH) 10:30A: TPG (LIB) 7:30P: AA (HH) 3:30P: GS 6398 (CR)

7 6P: GM (HH) 7P: SHN (CR) 7:30PM-ENSEMBLE REHS.

8 8:30A: LTD (HH) 10A: CCCA (HH)

9 6P: SHN (CR) 6:30: HSC (HH) 7P: RWC (MC)

10 8:30A: LTD (HH) 8:30A: SHN (CR) 1P: RWC (CR) 2P: RWC (ROSE) (SANC/HH)

11 MOTHER’S DAY

12 8:30A: LTD (HH) 7:30P: SHN (CR) 8:15P: AA (HH)

13 8:30A: LTD (HH) 10:30A: TPG (LIB) (POT LUCK) 7:30P: AA (HH)

14 9:00A: NC (HH) 6P: GM (HH)

15 8:30A: LTD (HH)

16 6:30P: SHN (CR) 7P:RWC (MC)

17 8:30A: LTD (HH) 8:30A: SHN (CR) 11A: RWC (SANC/HH/CR)

18 JAZZ OUTDOOR WORSHIP/ BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS/

19 8:30A: LTD (HH) 8:15P: AA (HH)

20 8:30A: LTD (HH) 10:30: TPG (LIB) 3:30P: GS 6398 (CR) 7:30P: AA (HH)

21 9:00A: NC (HH) 6P: GM (HH) 6:45P: SHN (CR) 7:30P-ENSEMBLE REHEARSALS

22 8:30A: LTD (HH)

23 6:30P: HSC (HH) 6:30P: SHN (CR) 7P:RWC (MC)

24 8:30A: LTD (HH) 8:30A: SHN (CR) 1P: RWC (CR)

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12:30P: FLM

MEETING (HH)

LUNCH BUNCH

26 8:30A: LTD (HH) 3:30P: GS 2835 (CR) 8:15P: AA (HH)

27 8:30A: LTD (HH) 10:30A: TPG (LIB)

7:30P: AA (HH)

28 6P: GM (HH)

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North Chevy Chase Christian Church

(Disciples of Christ)

North Chevy Chase Christian Church TIME SENSITIVE PUBLICATION (Disciples of Christ) Please do not delay 8814 Kensington Parkway Address Change Service Requested Chevy Chase MD 20815

STAFF:

Rev. Dr. Cheryl L. Tatham, Minister

Rev. Dr. Glenn Zuber, Minister of Family Life

Christine Schadeberg Wydro, Adult Choir Director

Glenn Pearson, Pianist/Organist

Dorothy Drennen, Church Secretary

Joan Sidell, Custodial Coordinator

Eric Pernell, Custodian

C. Hume McClure, Building Administrator

Simona Escobar, Nursery Attendant

Address 8814 Kensington Parkway Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Phone 301-654-3631 Fax 301-654-3632

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