Second Sunday Sing-A-Long

A bit of alliteration with the sibilant “s” to help you to remember to come to church ten (10) minutes arlier (9:50 a.m.) on the second Sunday of each month to enjoy a few minutes of informal singing with the choir and our wonderful music director Esther Archer.

So many hymns were suggested for our recent hymn sing that we sang 20 and still had more than 40 favorites to go, so we decided to add some congregational singing to our monthly schedule. For ten minutes before worship is scheduled to begin we will sing a favorite hymn and share a few highlights of its history and then learn a new hymn or tune.[ read more ]
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Lovers of Ambiguity Read the Gospels on Sunday mornings at 9 a.m.

In the “Epilogue” of her recent book Reading Jesus: A Writer’s Encounter with the Gospels (2009, Pantheon Books), Mary Gordon writes: “I am committed to the questions, unsusceptible to final answers.”

Community Church of Mill Valley has always attracted people who are more comfortable with the questions than with final answers. Unlike Fundamentalists who seek certitude as in the assertion from 1892 that the Bible is the “inspired Word, as it came from God” and “is without error,” we see the Scriptures as a conversation starter, where questions of faith, love, ethics, and purpose arise, attachments are acknowledged, and texts are sometimes rejected as “wrong.” We read the Bible to stimulate our religious imaginations, to struggle with some “unbearable” questions that make us uneasy, to plumb mysteries that instead of resolving often grow, to contemplate beauty, meet death, ponder God, and discover new, intriguing questions.[ read more ] ______________________________________________________________________________________

Triple C September 22 SAVE THE DATE

Triple C will meet on September 22, the fourth Wednesday of the month. We are fortunate to have Zebiya Rigby, a native of Uganda, talk to us about her country.

Zebiya became acquainted with our church through Jo Ann Haseltine and Keneth Kiyija, the young student our congregation is supporting in his mission “Hope for African Children’s Ministries.” Zebiya received a B.A. degree from Makere University in the capital Kampala, the same university from which Keneth is about to graduate. Zebiya also has a Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of London, UK. She has taught in both Uganda and England and was a publications officer in Tanzania. Her family then came to Philadelphia where she gave classes and workshops in Ugandan culture and African crafts. She now lives with her daughter in Belvedere and is a member of St. Stephen’s Church. She says she “likes sharing my experiences growing up in rural areas of Africa.”
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Hope for African Children Ministries—Uganda. Monthly Ministry Report (July 2010)

In the month of July we received several visitors in the village. The first group was a group of students from the USA, followed by two others who were also American students. Activities included the teaching of dental hygiene, playing sports and games, participating in music and dance and Centre Day, and an assessment of HACM work in the village including school visits, home visits, and making a donation towards the construction of Kabonera Community Church.

The first group of 11 students and 2 Ugandans was lead by Joan Gass a friend of HACM from Yale University. They visited the village to assess the work of HACM in Masaka and learn how different projects are tackled in our organization. They visited some of the children’s families, the community water well, and talked to the children.
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Join the Choir

“Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to God in your hearts” (Ephesians 5:19).

• Do you love to sing?
• Do you especially love to sing with other music lovers?
• Is making music one of those things that makes life worth living for you?
• Do you enjoy learning new music and singing old favorites?
• Does singing with a supportive community and great teacher appeal to you? [ read more ]

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OGR August 27, 2010 issue
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