The 2022 Silent Auction to support our ministries in Kenya is on for the next week! Check out the offerings and make some bids today!

This year’s auction includes delicious treats, amazing experiences, valuable services, and pieces of art from Kibwezi. It’s a hybrid of online items and different items displayed at BPC.

• To view and bid on the online items, use this link: https://www.32auctions.com/KibweziAuction2022
• To bid on the items displayed at BPC, visit the Gathering Space. You’ll find the items set up near the door to the church office, with clipboards of orange bidding sheets ready to receive your bid. If you’d like to look at the items ahead of time, you can find photos of them on our BPC Facebook page.

If you would prefer to make a flat monetary donation instead of bidding on an item, you have two options:

• Using the online auction site – choose the “A Donation” item within the auction. This “item” is from a generous donor who will match all donations up to  a total of $1,000!
• Without using the auction site – make a donation by check or online. Make checks payable to BPC with “Kibwezi donation” in the memo line and mail them to the church or put them in the offering plate.

Asante sana (thank you very much) for participating!

Join us in person, beginning Sunday, September 18 at 10:15am, for two new drop-in adult Sunday School classes: Confirmation Class (for Adults!) and FaithLink. Sunday Morning Scriptures continues on Zoom, but at a new time of 8am. Questions? Need more information? Please contact the church office at 703-764-0456 or office@burkepreschurch.org.

• Confirmation Class (for Adults!) Come learn about the basics (and the depths) of what Presbyterians believe about God. We’ll address salvation, purpose, heaven and hell, Jesus, and all sorts of theological matters that often Christians are shy to talk about. Pastor Becca and Pastor Catherine will teach this class, along with other BPC teachers. We’ll meet in Room E4/E5 (enter the front doors and take a left).
• FaithLink. The world is complicated. Let’s work through it together. If you are interested in how faith connects to the issues and events making the headlines, please join us in the library.
• Sunday Morning Scriptures. We gather together, usually with Rev. Becca, on Sunday mornings at 8:00am on Zoom to read and discuss the sermon text for morning worship.

For all youth (grades 7 – 12), Sunday, August 28 from 4 to 6pm ~ come to BPC for games, food, and fun! Bring a white t-shirt (one that it’s OK to ruin) and a towel. We’ll conclude the event with our annual Color Dust Competition (aka “tossing fun-run powder at each other”). You’ll want to have the towel to sit on for your ride home.

For parents of youth, Sunday, August 28 at 11:30am ~ please join us in the Gathering Space or on Zoom. We’d like to tell you all about our programs for youth, including Youth Connections, IMPACT Youth Choir, and the 2022-23 Confirmation Class.

Please let us know if you have questions or would like more information. Email Pastor Adam (adam@burkepreschurch.org), Director of Music Ministries Julianne Erbrecht (julianne@burkpreschurch.org), or Youth Elder Karyn Niles (keniles@icloud.com).

Our third and final SummerFest evening is Wednesday, August 3, from 6 to 8pm. We’ll hear from BPC Youth who just returned from the Montreat Youth Conference. Energizers, small groups, Lake Anna, rock hopping, key note and preaching, ‘tensil Tuesday, and back home groups… What is an energizer, you ask? What is a ‘tensil? What does their faith look and sound like? What does this community of BPC friends mean to them? And what hopes do they have for this church and The Church? Come and see. We are also so glad to welcome Sarah (Miller) Evans to BPC as she shares live music with us.

SummerFest is a time to gather, share a meal, and deepen our church connections on three consecutive Wednesdays at BPC from 6:00 to 8:00pm: July 20, July 27, and August 3. Each evening includes a church supper for all, followed by other activities and break out sessions. All are welcome — singles, pairs, families.

Our July sermon series is called “Encounter: Surprising Ways God Meets Us.” Here’s a preview: July 10 – God meets us in struggle; July 17 – God meets us in beauty; July 24 – God meets us in purpose; July 31 – God meets us where we are.