Come and participate in the Art of Parenting workshop to be held on September 15th from 12.30 – 3.30pm at the Common Ground room.
Biblical principles of parenting by Pastor Kenny followed by parenting workshop by the Wellness Connection LLC experts.
Cost for the workshop is $20 per person or $25 per couple. Lunch Provided and Childcare also provided upon request. Online registration opens on July 1st.
We offer early bird registration discount of $15 per person and $20 per couple if you register by July 31st, 2013.
More information here: http://www.penderumc.org/parenting
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Sunday, June 23rd ~ Lay Speaker Sunday
Two of our Lay persons shared the love of Christ with us while Pastor Kenny and RevKev were away at the Annual Conference.
8:15 & 11:00 am Services ~ Sermon: Make Me Whole
Psalm 119:145-152, Psalm 121
Our message was given by Thom Jones, who is a certified lay speaker in the Arlington District and a member of our Church and choir. Thom is a native of North Carolina and moved to Virginia in 1997 and began working as a teacher in Fairfax County. His wife, Carolyn, is a software developer and liturgical dancer and will be dancing on Sunday during the anthem.
Listen to the archived sermon here.
9:30 am Common Ground Service ~ Sermon: Trust God’s Love: Speak Faith-Filled Words, Luke 1:5-22
Our message was given by our Common Ground Worship Leader, Sean Niehoff.
Listen to the Common Ground archived sermon here.
Find other past sermons on the Pender Podcast at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pender-podcast/id570777662. More information about how the Podcast works here: http://www.penderumc.org/podcast
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One partnership that we are particularly proud of is that with Western Fairfax Christian Ministries. When evaluating the relationship as an entrepreneur, it is very unusual that WCFM and Pender ReGift Thrift Store should be partners. We essentially have the same business, in the same location, occupying the same marketplace. We are clearly competitors! PRTS’ competitive advantages are that we sanitize more upholstered furniture than WCFM, and we have a stronger recycling stream for our discarded goods. WCFM has a better location.
But both ministries attribute their service to God, and in this relationship our partnership becomes not only possible, but flourishes. Clients they cannot serve are referred to us, and vice versa. We’ll trade a couch for a bed. In an recent pickup, Martin (PRTS) provided the truck and Tom (WCFM) provided the labor: The orgs split the booty.
Forced out of their location because the landlord could get more money from a different tenant, WCFM has recently split and relocated both their food pantry and their thrift store. The thrift store is now located at 13939 Metrotech Drive, Chantilly, VA 20151. Some of their donors still have not found them at their new location, but because we’re partners, we are happy to tell them how to get there.
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Philippi Short-Term Mission Packets are now available to be picked up!
If interested in going on this short-term mission trip on July 26th through August 3rd to help needy people living in Philippi, West, Virginia, please see Tim Lyberger, our Youth Pastor, or email him here.
Unsure about going? Read the blog post of a young participant who says “…It’s one of my top five favorite places in the entire world…“
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Sunday, June 23rd ~ Lay Speaker Sunday
Two of our Lay persons will be sharing the love of Christ with us. Please support them in their ministry with us while Pastor Kenny and RevKev are away at the Annual Conference.
8:15 & 11:00 am Services ~ Sermon: Make Me Whole
Psalm 119:145-152, Psalm 121
Our message will be given by Thom Jones, who is a certified lay speaker in the Arlington District and a member of our Church and choir. Thom is a native of North Carolina and moved to Virginia in 1997 and began working as a teacher in Fairfax County. His wife, Carolyn, is a software developer and liturgical dancer and will be dancing on Sunday during the anthem.
9:30 am Common Ground Service ~ Sermon: Trust God’s Love: Speak Faith-Filled Words, Luke 1:5-22
Our message will be given by our Common Ground Worship Leader, Sean Niehoff.
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