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Life Worth Living Sermon Series
“Life Worth Living” is the title of our early summer sermon series, which runs June 4 through July 2, 2023. It’s inspired by a recently published book, Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most, written by Yale faculty Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz. We invite you to We hope you can join us at some point along the way! For more information, please contact the church office at 703-764-0456 or office@BurkePresChurch.org.
Northern Virginia ICP and Sharing Sacred Spaces
Burke Presbyterian Church is participating in the Northern Virginia Interreligious Communities Project (ICP) with Sharing Sacred Spaces and local host Rumi Forum. The ICP brings together religious and spiritual communities to visit one another’s sacred spaces, learn about each other, extend hospitality, and build an interfaith community. Join us as we collaborate to explore sacred architecture, get to know one another, heal divides, deepen understanding of self and others, create community, and build an inspiring future. We will be hosting…
Tumaini Orphan Care Fundraiser
This post was written by Susan Kipp. Burke Presbyterian Church and Clifton Presbyterian Church have supported the Tumaini Orphan Care Program (TOCP) in Kibwezi, Kenya, since 2004. Help us continue this important work! Support our annual Mother’s Day fundraiser. Our goal this year is $18,000. (It takes about $600 to support one child per year.) Consider giving in honor of the mother figures in your life who have made a difference to you! Tumaini means HOPE in Kiswahili. HOPE is…
Bikes for the World Collection Report
This report was written by Earl Smith. The Bikes for the World (BFW) collection sponsored by both St Mary’s Catholic Church and Burke Presbyterian Church on Saturday, April 22 was a great success. We collected 95 bikes and 2 sewing machines. The bikes will be part of the next shipment going to Rwanda in the near future. BFW can usually get about 450 to 500 bikes in a shipping container. The BFW rep who picked up our bikes recently returned from a…
ECHO’s Client-Choice Room
ECHO has changed its model of food distribution to be more like a shopping experience. Clients are given guidelines on their quantity of items based on family size, and then they make individual selections in a “mini-mart” setting. Last Thursday evening, juice, instant coffee, olive oil and mayonnaise shelves were bare. Some of the most expensive items, these are often the first to go. And it wasn’t long before supplies of canned fruit, corn and mixed vegetables, bags of red…
Special Offering for Malawi
Special Offering for Malawi through April 30 Our congregation has had, and continues to have, a vital relationship with the people of Malawi through financial and spiritual support of medical and educational mission co-workers. Now our friends again need our help. Cyclone Freddy, perhaps the worst on record for most accumulated cyclone energy (ACE), a measure based on a storm’s wind strength over its lifetime, severely affected Malawi in March, causing massive death and destruction. After the storm ripped through…
Food for ECHO – the need continues
Lent offers a time to take on a spiritual practice. You might consider donating food to ECHO as a way to respond to the call to “Feed my sheep.” If you don’t have time this week to check out the Most Needed items at echo-inc.org or can’t visualize examples that have recently been displayed on the communion table, please remember this: Most ECHO clients request flour or masa, sugar, canned fruit, and instant coffee or tea. Add one or two of these…
Join us for services during Holy Week
Please plan to join us for Holy Week services. All services will be held in the Meeting House; some will also be offered online. Invite your friends, neighbors, and family members. All are welcome! Maundy Thursday, April 6 – 7:30pm, Communion around tables jointly with First Baptist Church of Vienna, with guest preacher Dr. Vernon C. Walton, in person only Good Friday, April 7 – 7:30pm, Tenebrae service of light in the darkness, in person and online Easter Sunday, April…
One Great Hour of Sharing
This Sunday, March 26, Palm Sunday, April 2, and Easter Sunday, April 9, we will receive the One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) offering. Around the world, millions of people lack access to sustainable food sources, clean water, sanitation, education and opportunity. Three programs supported by OGHS — Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, the Presbyterian Hunger Program, and Self-Development of the People — all work in different ways to serve individuals and communities in need. From initial disaster response to ongoing community development,…
March Mission Madness Recap
Thanks to everyone who answered the call to join us for March Mission Madness! Your service always matters and we’re grateful that you took part. The madness began at 8:00 am on Saturday, March 11, when teams of youth and adults (60+ people) traveled to different service sites across the DMV. They built benches, prepared/handed out food, organized items in a warehouse, and tackled a variety of odd jobs for an animal rescue center. Then, on Sunday, March 12, they gathered…
New ideas for ECHO food donations
Need a new idea for ECHO food donations? Think canned fish and meat. Clients are selecting their food in a mini-market setting and gratefully accept a wide variety of these shelf-stable proteins. Most popular: sardines and Spam. A full list of “most needed” items is available at www.echo-inc.org. Please place your contributions in the mission center cabinet across from the kitchen. We deliver them early each week. ECHO (Ecumenical Community Helping Others) assists residents of Burke and Springfield suffering the effects of…
NoVA RAFT Wish List
NoVA RAFT (Resettling Afghan Families Together) has added to and updated their Amazon wish list for two more families who will finally be moving from a hotel to their own homes. If you have furniture to donate, please email Tammy@novaraft.org with photos. NoVA RAFT is a grassroots coalition of neighbors committed to supporting newly arrived Afghan allies as they join our community. NoVA RAFT’s volunteer team consists of teens, adults, and community groups. Their activities include raising awareness, collecting and providing in-kind donations…