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The
 Tidings
                                                                                 G ood       news from



                   sePtember 2010

in    this      i ssue                           Pastor’s r eflections
PasTor’s r eflecTions ..1        by r ev. a ndew fosTer c onnors
                                 andrew@browndowntown.org
a new hymnal for The               We cleaned house this week. I mean the kind of “throw everything in the
P resbyTerian church ..2         center of the room and start pitching stuff you’ve held onto forever” kind of
winTley P hiPPs o Pens           cleaning that only happens once a year, at best, in my house. Usually I’m the
Tiffany series season .3         reluctant cleaner in my household, but on Monday, I wouldn’t quit – “let’s
                                                 go through these books,” “let’s look under this bed,” “let’s go
new d irecTor of                                 through this closet.” Crazed with the cleanliness bug, Kate was
h andbells aPPoinTed .3                          eyeing me with suspicion wondering when this fever would break.
ringers needed                                   If she had seen my study at the church, she would have known
for ocTober 24, 2010 ...3        that the cleaning bug had already bitten me there earlier in the summer. (If you
                                 like clean spaces, come see it before the end of September).
ask The PasTor ...........4        On reflection, I can see my whirlwind probably has a lot to do with
                                 impending transitions. Vacation was ending and we’re on the cusp of a new
new m embers
welcomed ..................4     year. Both of our children will be in full-day school this year. Kate, as you’ve
                                 heard, will be looking for new work this fall. My cleaning craze probably had
a l ifelong l ove of             a lot to do with battening down the hatches at home and at church before all
h elPing c hildren               these journeys begin; making life seaworthy before the ship heads out into
i mProve Their r eading 5        unpredictable weather, into waters that ebb and flow.
r eaders needed                    The reflection brought to mind one of my favorite texts in all of the Bible,
aT euTaw-m arshburn ..5          “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are
                                 mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the
a new Time                       rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not
for sunday school .....5         be burned, and the flame shall not consume you” (Isaiah 43) I’ve loved this
sePTember a dulT forum           text for a number of reasons. It’s honest – when you pass through waters and
schedule ...................5    rivers, not if. I like it because it provides comfort and inspires courage at the
                                 same time. I’ve got to walk through waters and rivers and fires – something
sePTember                        difficult will be required from me. But I can do those things because the Lord
r esPonsibiliTy                  is with me. I like it because it roots current experience in a larger narrative
schedule ...................6
                                 than my own. If you know the wider narrative – how the Israelites walked
news from The                    through water from slavery to freedom – then you can see your own
diversiTy commiTTee ..6          contemporary challenge in the light of that history of promise, struggle,
                                 wilderness, and redemption.
worshiP schedule                   I like this text because it speaks to me, but also pulls me back into the larger
r eminder ...................6
                                 narrative of God’s concern with the community, the place where I belong. As
sePTember birThdays ..7          we approach a new year, this text reminds me that journeys are best when we
                                 approach them together, situating our personal narratives into the larger
in memoriam ..............7      narrative that comforts, inspires, challenges, promises, and brings us hope.
                                 That narrative is there for us in community no matter what winds or waves
sePTember 2010
aT bmPa .....................8
                                 come our way. I hope to see you on board when we pull up anchor on
                                 September 12!
a new hymnal                          for the           P resbyterian church
by John walker, m inisTer of music                          in worship in the past year by at least three-fourths of
john@browndowntown.org                                      those surveyed.
   Approximately once every twenty years, the                 Why is a new hymnal necessary? “The church keeps
Presbyterian Church adopts a new hymnal for our             changing, and new collections are called for every
denomination. My personal library contains my               twenty to twenty-five years to reflect those changes,”
grandparents’ copies of the 1895 and 1911 hymnals, as       writes Bringle. “With the possibility of continually
               well as the 1933 (green) Hymnal which        supplementing a print volume with digital materials
               was in use during my childhood and           made available to subscribers on the Web, we have
               which nurtured many of us in our faith       opportunities never before available to a ‘hymnal
               journeys. With the Hymnal 1990 now in        committee’ for staying attuned to the ever-expanding
               its 21st reprinting, we Presbyterians are    repertoire of resources for singing new songs together
planning to create a new hymnal! Having been                to God.”
appointed two years ago by General Assembly, the              Our Hymnal is also a “global family album.” The
New Hymnal Committee is already well along its              theological vision statement written to guide the work
assigned path, with a goal to present the new hymnal        of the committee states that “when we sing together
to General Assembly four years from now, in 2014.           in worship, first and foremost we are singing to, of,
One of the first decisions of this committee was to         and for the God who is Lord of all creation…. We do
change its name; it is now known as the “Presbyterian       not sing hymns and songs because they were birthed
Committee on Congregational Song”.                          in our culture; we sing them because they teach us
   Writing in Call to Worship, committee chairperson Mary   something about the richness that is in God. Or as the
Louise Bringle describes these volumes as family            old hymn puts it: There’s wideness in God’s mercy,
albums, with each denominational family displaying          like the wideness of the sea. Singing global songs is
its unique history within its hymnal. “As                   one way of setting sail.”
denominational families, we each have our own                 Andrew Donaldson, co-editor of the Canadian Book
particular memories to cherish and legacies to              of Praise, insists that “we are not just singing for the
preserve.” She cites as an example that the                 person seated next to us, but also for the person not
Presbyterian Hymnal contains only 11 hymns by               yet in the pews…when, God willing, we will be seated
Charles Wesley while the Methodist Hymnal includes          side by side with Mandarin Chinese and Japanese
40 of Wesley’s hymns. By contrast our Presbyterian          and Portuguese and Cherokee…when we are truly
heritage is the singing of Psalms, the only music           gathered from north and south and east and west, to
authorized by John Calvin. Therefore our present            feast at the table of the Lord.”
hymnal contains 101 Psalm settings, many tracing              Tasked with an enormous responsibility, the
their origin to Calvin’s music director Louis               Committee on Congregational Song is moving
Bourgeois and to our Scottish forebears. Therefore we       forward steadily on schedule. On June 1 of this year
have many tunes such as Caithness, Dunfermline,             the committee closed submissions of new materials
and Dundee.                                                 for consideration. We can anticipate that soon our
   The Committee on Congregational Song has                 congregation will receive samples of new hymnody
selected representative congregations throughout            for our experimentation and reaction to the
America to participate in analysis of our present           committee. My good friend Karen Hastings Flegel,
hymnal and to review certain materials for the new          member of the committee, reports that she and her
publication. Brown Memorial Church was designated           colleagues sense their involvement in a matter of
two years ago to participate in this study. From            infinite spiritual importance, not only for themselves
nationwide responses to the survey, one of the least        but also for the whole church, both now and in the
used sections of the 1990 Hymnal is the portion             future. We await the opportunity to add the collective
devoted to the Psalms, our family heritage! Of those        voice of our congregation to the formation of our
101 items, 85 were reported as never having been used       new book.
                                  §

PaGe 2      t he t idinGs                                                                        sePtember 2010
wintley P hiPPs, G osPel sinGer
                      and d ream academy founder
                       o Pens t iffany series season
                                      Get ready for an incredible experience!! Baritone Wintley Phipps, renowned gospel
                                    singer, pastor, and education activist, will open this season’s Tiffany Series with a
                                    concert on Sunday, September 26 at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary.
                                      In a 30-year career singing spirituals, Phipps has performed for the last five
                                    sitting American presidents. His celebrated rendition of “Amazing Grace” – which
                                    he sang at the Inaugural Prayer Breakfast for President Barack Obama, as well as at
                                    Carnegie Hall – has been viewed on YouTube almost five million times. (Go to
                                    YouTube and search: “Wintley Phipps and Amazing Grace”)
                                      He will be introduced by Dr. Ben Carson, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at
                                    Johns Hopkins Hospital.
                                      A two-time Grammy Award nominee, Rev. Phipps has sung for former South
                                    African President Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Pope John Paul II,
                                    and the Billy Graham Crusades, as well as for the Rosa Parks Birthday Celebration.
                                      Phipps will also speak briefly about the U.S. Dream Academy, the national
                                    after-school program he founded to provide mentoring and tutoring to children
Wintley Phipps                      whose parents are incarcerated. Baltimore’s Dream Academy Learning Center at
                                    Collington Square Elementary School was one of the organization’s earliest centers.
It serves approximately 500 students in pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade.
   General admission is $15; students pay $5. Children 10 and under attend for free. Advance sale tickets (recommended)
are available after worship on Sundays, and in the church office during the week.


     new director                                                        Ringers Needed for
of h andbells a PPointed                                                  October 24, 2010
                                                                 Hi everyone! I am very excited for the opportunity to
by John walker, m inisTer    of   music                       conduct the handbell choir, and can’t wait to get started this fall.
  During the months since we have been aware of               I know I have big shoes to fill! Playing in a handbell choir is a
Chrystie Adams’ impending move to South Dakota to             uniquely rewarding experience, since dedication and teamwork
engage in full-time mission activity, we have been            are just as important as, if not more than, individual musical
conducting a search for a successor as Director of            abilities. So, no matter what your musical background or ability,
Handbells. I am delighted to report that this search          there’s a spot for you in the handbell choir!
process has resulted in the selection and appointment of         Right now we are looking for volunteers to ring together in
Lydia Beasley as the new Director of Handbells. Lydia         the very special Brown Downtown 30th Anniversary Service on
will assume this responsibility in September.                 Sunday morning, October 24. Because our handbells share the
  We already know Lydia as soprano soloist in the             historic relationship between the Park Avenue and Woodbrook
Chancel Choir, where in addition to her great                 churches, we will open that Anniversary Service with ringing of
musicianship’ she contributes her engaging                    the handbells. Practice times are scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on five
personality. Before coming to Baltimore, Lydia was            Wednesday evenings, September 22, 29, and October 6, 13, and
Minister of Music at Belmont Baptist Church in                20, coordinated with the other activities of Wednesday Nights
Charlottesville, Virginia, conducting both vocal and          at Brown. We need YOU to help us in this way to celebrate the
handbell choirs. She brings that experience and skill         30th anniversary of our church!
with her great enthusiasm to the life of our                     If you are able to be part of this five-week project, know of
congregation at Brown Memorial Church.                        someone who might like to participate, or have any questions or
  I encourage you to welcome Lydia to her expanded            suggestions about the group, please let me know by emailing me
musical role within our church life. If you are between       at leeleeput@gmail.com or calling my cell phone at
the ages of 12 and 120, now would be the perfect time         434-760-1709. Thank you! I’m looking forward to speaking with
for you to speak with Lydia about playing handbells!          you and sharing together the joy of playing handbells!
                                                                                                                  – Lydia Beasley

sePtember 2010                                                                                    t he t idinGs          PaGe 3
a sk        the       Pastor
by r ev. e mily rose m arTin                                       names to describe God: Midwife, Mother, Mother bear,
emily@browndowntown.org                                            Woman, Baker, Eagle, Hen, Potter. Can you find these
                                                                   references in scripture? Even the early church “Fathers”
  Q: “Why do you always change the beginning of the Lord’s         sometimes used feminine language to describe God.
Prayer? It’s confusing because I never know what to say.”          St. Augustine wrote, “He who has promised us heavenly food
                                                                   has nourished us on milk, having recourse to a mother’s
   A: You’re right! It is confusing. I agree with you that there   tenderness. For just as a mother, suckling her infant, transfers
is something powerful about a prayer that everyone knows by        from her flesh the very same food which would be unsuited to
heart, and if we keep varying the opening address to God, it       a babe…so our Lord, in order to convert His wisdom into milk
loses some of that power. When I use this prayer in pastoral       for our benefit, came to us clothed in flesh” (Second Discourse
                 care situations, I almost always begin, “Our      on the Psalms).

   ?             Father,” for exactly that reason.
                   The problem with always beginning the
                 Lord’s Prayer, this way, particularly in public
worship, is that it can communicate to people that using
                                                                     I don’t want anxiety about what name to use for God to be
                                                                   the primary emotion when we say the Lord’s Prayer, so we
                                                                   will try printing the entire text of the prayer in the
                                                                   bulletin with the language for God that we will use that week.
masculine language for God is the “right” way to pray, and         But, from a purely theological standpoint, I’m not sure there’s
that God is male, or at least more male than female. I agree       anything wrong with a diversity of God-names ascending
with feminist scholars who have concluded that in the              simultaneously from our congregation each Sunday during the
Christian tradition, “Father” language for God has crossed         Prayers of the People. In fact, that might be the most faithful
the line into idolatry. Not only does the Bible use a variety of   way of all to speak God’s name.
images and language to describe and address God, it is clear         * “Ask the Pastor” is a new feature of The Tidings. You may
that God is beyond all our language and understanding – God        submit a liturgical or scriptural question to be answered by
is neither male nor female.                                        one of the Pastors to Ellen Carter Cooper at
   When Moses asks God to reveal God’s name to him in              edccooper58@hotmail.com. The deadline for questions is the
Exodus 3:14, God replies, “I am who I am” or “I will be who I      15th of every month.
will be” or “I am becoming what I am becoming.” The actual
Hebrew letters for the name of God, YHWH, are all                               new m embers
                                                                                 welcomed
“unstable” letters in the Hebrew alphabet. That means that
their presence in a word indicates that that word will probably
not follow the predictable grammatical patterns when it              Earlier this summer we had several new families join
changes tense, voice, number, etc. Letters will change, be         the church, please join us in welcoming:
dropped, or suddenly appear. To me, this is simply another           Jason and Michelle Setty and their son, Beau –
way for God to communicate to us that God is alive and             Jason and Michelle were encouraged to attend by other
unpredictable. God does not follow our rules. God constantly       members and have said that they feel what others have
eludes our grasp.                                                  said that, “Our church is about “us” in a very “me”
   But refraining from all God-talk in an effort to avoid          culture”.
idolatry is not the answer. The most faithful alternative, in        Tom Stewart and Taylor McKinney – Tom is the
my opinion, is to use as many different Biblical images and        son of a Presbyterian minister and Taylor comes from a
descriptors of God as have meaning for us, and to vary them        Baptist background. Taylor is a teacher and has helped
often. We should include “Father” language, but not use it         in the past with BUILD. Tom works for a
                                                                   Congressman on the Hill. Both of them are working on
exclusively. This is also the approach that our denomination
                                                                   advanced degrees at night. Tom and Taylor have
has taken in the last four decades. The PCUSA brochure Well
                                                                   interests in working with the youth and Urban Witness.
Chosen Words provides a good summary of both the rationale           Eric and Kim Echols – Both are from Waco, Texas
for using inclusive language for human beings (language that       and moved to Baltimore when Eric went to Peabody.
refers to both men and women) and the diverse language for         Eric and Kim listened to a sermon or two online and
God found in our scriptures, creeds, and early church              were impressed by the music. They have been drawn in
theologians (www.pcusa.org/resource/well-chosen-words).            by a feeling of Brown Memorial being a “judgment
   The Bible uses the following lesser known images and            free zone”.


PaGe 4        t he t idinGs                                                                                  sePtember 2010
a lifelonG l ove of h elPinG children
                     i mProve their r eadinG
by Tom waldron                                                        Hill, has also devoted herself to building and
   When the Brown Memorial Tutoring Program starts                    organizing the Tutoring Program’s library, which lines
back up this fall, one volunteer will need very                       one wall of the Sunday School’s meeting space. She has
little assistance.                                                    participated in several classes to prepare her to work
   After all, it will be June Carr’s 44th consecutive year            with children with dyslexia.
as a Brown Memorial tutor – nearly half a century spent                 As a girl growing up in the English city of Bristol,
instilling a love of reading in Baltimore’s young people.             June loved to read, and fondly remembers feasting on
Over the years, she has tutored close to 50 people (some              Rudyard Kipling and books by Arthur Ransome.
years she tutored more than one child), some of whom                    “I couldn’t imagine,” she says, “someone not being
are well into middle age.                                             able to pick up a book and read as a child.”
   The tutoring is focused on reading, but it is extremely              The Brown Memorial Tutoring Program salutes June
valuable, she says, to develop a connection with                      Carr, volunteer extraordinaire!
a student.                                                              The Brown Memorial Tutoring Program offers
   “I think it’s important for children to know there                 one-on-one tutoring to elementary school students once
are people who care what happens to them,” she says.                  a week through the school year. Volunteers are needed
“They don’t get the one-on-one attention in school.                   and training and hands-on support is provided by the
They need to realize there are people out there who are               program’s two staff persons. For more information,
looking out for them.”                                                contact Director Martha Socolar by calling the church
   Mrs. Carr, who is 81 years old and lives in Bolton                 office: 410-523-1542.


     r eaders needed                                                        sePtember
   at eutaw-marshburn                                                  adult forum schedule
by sandra f ink                                                         sePt. 12 – BUILD updates us on their fall strategy
   “ONCE UPON A TIME.................” – if these words thrill you,   about shaping the election around issues that matter.
or, at least, make you smile, you might want to become a Brown
Memorial reader at Eutaw Marshburn Elementary School!                   sePt. 19-oct. 31 – A video-discussion series
   We read to students in the kindergarten through fifth grade        called “Living the Questions,” facilitated by
on a bi-weekly schedule. The commitment is for ONE HOUR               Rev. Proctor and other members of the congregation
(reading to two classrooms for 25 minutes each). This is an           to address key questions of faith for Christians who
enrichment program, enabling readers to choose their own              consider themselves to be “progressive.”

                                                                                        take note
books – fairy tales, fables, brand new stories, old favorites,
nature, legends, sports, or anything else. The children also
enjoy poetry!
                                                                      g o Green wiTh your coPy of THE TIDINGS!
   The children love having someone to read to them, the
                                                                      Now that our new website is complete and we have a direct
teachers like having the readers come and so, it is a most
                                                                      link to the most recent Tidings publication help us go
rewarding experience. Come and join us! For more
                                                                      GREEN by receiving your copy online. Receiving email
information, please contact Karen Nelson at 410-466-6106
                                                                      notification of when the latest Tidings is available for
or KarenLBN@comcast.net.
                                                                      reading will help us cut down on the environmental and

           a new time for                                             financial costs of printing and mailing paper copies. If you
                                                                      would like to receive e-mail notification of when the latest
           sunday school                                              Tidings is available, please send Sharon Holley an email at
                                                                      sharon@browndowntown.org. She will need your name
   All Sunday School classes will begin at 9:45 a.m. and end          and email address. Also, check our website
at 10:45 a.m. This change will match the rehearsal schedule           directly for updates at www.browndowntown.org/index.
for the choir, as well as make it easier for families and worship     php?s=newsletter to download the latest Tidings. Thanks
leaders to make the transition from Sunday school to worship          for helping us to be better stewards of God’s
without shortchanging the educational program.                        magnificent creation.


sePtember 2010                                                                                       t he t idinGs        PaGe 5
sePtember r esPonsibility s chedule
                        11 a. m. worshiP service
  If you have a conflict with this schedule – please call others on     offertory counters
the list to make a swap. Then inform the church office of these         darin crew & bud Graves
changes at 410-523-1542 or sharon@browndowntown.org.
                                                                        ushers
  acolytes                                                              t.b.a.

                                                                                  news
  5th evan cunninGham & Jack mitchell
  12th rachel & kenna emerick                                                     from the
  19th trevor bishai & will coulson
  26th t.b.a.                                                            d iversity committee
                                                                        The Diversity Committee is very pleased to announce the
  audio enGineer                                                      long-awaited completion of the ramp to the rear porch of the
  5th don P eePles                                                    Church House. This building is now accessible for the first
  12th adrienne williams                                                               time, and people with physical disabilities will
  19th brantley davis                                                                  be able to attend the many events and
  26th bud Graves                                                                      gatherings held there. The committee is
                                                                                       appreciative to the Session and the Trustees for
  children’s church volunteer                                                          supporting this endeavor. We are pleased with
                                                                      the workmanship of George Brown’s Greenleaf Remodeling
  5th michelle & Jim loGan
                                                                      Company, both for the ramp design and construction and for
  12th bill mcconnell
                                                                      their rebuilding of the back porch floor and columns. Once
  19th tom & micheline mcmanus                                        the ramp has had 3-6 months to become seasoned, it will be
  26th nicole mitchell                                                stained the same color as the back porch floor. This ramp is
                                                                      the latest in an ongoing initiative by the Committee and the
  coffee hour hosts                                                   Church to make the church fully accessible, as outward signs
  5th t.b.a.                                                          of God’s inclusive love.
  12th t.b.a.                                                           In the fall, the committee will focus on the area of support
  19th t.b.a.                                                         for people with mental illness and their families. We will
  26th melissa & allan riorda                                         sponsor an Adult Forum series on mental illness in the
                                                                      workplace in November, and Co-Chair Page Campbell will
  communion P reParation                                              deliver a sermon on mental illness/brain disorders on
  5th sandra fink                                                     November 21. The desire to prepare and deliver the sermon
                                                                      was inspired by recent personal experience with serious
                                                                      mental illness in her family, which resulted in a great deal of
  communion servers
                                                                      consciousness-raising about the phenomenon, its effects on
  5th andy imParato                                                   those who suffer from such illnesses, and those who care for
      andy Johnston                                                   them. It also raised the question of what we are called to do as
      carol Graves                                                    members of Christ’s Church to support people struggling with
      carol newill                                                    such problems Along those lines, the committee also hopes to
                                                                      explore how this Church can be as welcoming and supportive
  Greeters                                                            as possible to those who deal with such issues, whether they’re
  5th deb milcarek & court robinson                                   already members of our congregation or may wish to join us.
  12th brad & nancy bradford

                                                                                    worshiP
  19th michelle & Jim loGan
  26th melissa & allan riorda
                                                                              s chedule r eminder
  liturGist
  5th barbara cates
                                                                                 The Sunday worship service
  12th taylor branch                                                                  begins at 11 a.m.
  19th youth                                                                      starting September 12th
  26th elden schneider
PaGe 6         t he t idinGs                                                                                     sePtember 2010
sePtember birthdays                         09/28
                                               09/28
                                                               Donna Senft
                                                               Jim Veatch
           09/02 Max Blinkoff
                                               09/29           Elizabeth Garcia-Bunuel
           09/02 Monica Rakowski
                                               09/29           Lisa Hoffberger
           09/02 Mary Randall
           09/03 Hilda Imhoff                  Note: If you wish to have your birthday listed in The
09/04      James E. Cox                        Tidings, please contact Sharon Holley, church secretary, at
09/04      Ang Robinson                        410-523-1542, or via e-mail at Sharon@browndowntown.org.
09/08      Elisabeth McMillan
09/10      Azra Sara Bartell
09/10
09/10
           Jacqueline L. Cole
           Micheline Manus
                                                            In Memoriam
09/10      Anne Sledge                                        PhiliP i. heuisler, iii
09/11      Elizabeth Bernos                               october 28, 1936 – July 30, 2010
09/13      Emma Fesperman                          Phil was the husband of, long-time member
09/14      John Burton                           and Deacon, Anne Wilson Heuisler. He was a
                                                 retired Baltimore businessman and longtime jazz
09/14      Youngmi Song
                                                 aficionado. “He had a strong sense of priorities:
09/16      Nannette Mitchell
                                                 wife, family, Catholic faith, friends, jazz and
09/16      Karen Nelson                          golf,” his brother said. “He ecumenically loved
09/16      Linell Smith                          people.” Phil will be deeply missed by his wife,
09/18      Nicole Mitchell                       children and grandchildren and by all who
09/20      Trevor Bishai                         knew him.
09/22      Lynn Clippinger                                     frederick c. Petrich
09/22      Dylan Aaron Smith
                                                            aPril 10, 1926 – July 14, 2010
                                                   Fred was a retired faculty member at Peabody
09/24      Luke Clippinger
                                                 and a voice teacher who was instrumental in
09/24      Barbara Hull Francis                  saving our choir in the early days of our
09/24      Helen Logan                           separation from Brown Memorial Woodbrook by
09/25      Jack Burton                           providing Peabody students. A memorial service
09/25      Mia Goodwin Davis                     will be held Sunday, September 5th at 3:00 p.m.
09/25      Sabine Goodwin Davis                  at Brown Memorial Park Avenue.
09/25      Grace Peng
09/28      Keiffer Mitchell, Jr.




                 The
        Tidings
                                     Published monthly for members and friends of Brown
                                     Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church by the
                                     Membership Committee. Andrew Foster Connors, Pastor.
                                     Emily Rose Martin, Associate Pastor. 1316 Park Avenue,
                                     Baltimore, MD 21217. 410.523.1542.
                 G ood   news from   www.browndowntown.org. Send contributions by
                                     the 15th of each month to Ellen Carter Cooper, editor
                                     (edccooper58@hotmail.com) or to Sharon Holley,
                                     church secrectary (sharon@browndowntown.org).


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      S unday                        M onday                            TueSday                           WedneSday                   ThurSday           Friday                   S aTurday
29 a uguST                      30                               31                                   1 S epTeMber               2               3                           4
Service of Worship 10 a.m.                                                                            Midweek Bible Study
                                                                                                      2 p.m-3 p.m.
5                               6                                7                                    8                          9               10                          11
Service of Worship 10 a.m.      Labor Day                                                             Midweek Bible Study
Memorial Service for                                                                                  2 p.m-3 p.m.
Fred Petrich 3 p.m.
12     Sunday School,
       Adult Forum,             13                               14                                   15                         16              17                          18
       Choir Warm-Up                                                                                  Midweek Bible Study
9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.            Deacon’s Meeting 6:30 p.m.       Primary Election Polling Place       2 p.m-3 p.m.
Service of Worship 11 a.m.                                       for Cong. Dist. 7 Council, Dist.
                                                                 11, Leg. Dist. 40 5:30 a.m.-8 p.m.   WN@B
Rally Day Church Picnic                                                                               5:30 p.m-7:30 p.m.
4 p.m.-7 p.m.                                                    Session Meeting
                                                                 6:30 p.m.
19     Sunday School,
       Adult Forum,             20                               21                                   22                         23              24                          25
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  • 1. The Tidings G ood news from sePtember 2010 in this i ssue Pastor’s r eflections PasTor’s r eflecTions ..1 by r ev. a ndew fosTer c onnors andrew@browndowntown.org a new hymnal for The We cleaned house this week. I mean the kind of “throw everything in the P resbyTerian church ..2 center of the room and start pitching stuff you’ve held onto forever” kind of winTley P hiPPs o Pens cleaning that only happens once a year, at best, in my house. Usually I’m the Tiffany series season .3 reluctant cleaner in my household, but on Monday, I wouldn’t quit – “let’s go through these books,” “let’s look under this bed,” “let’s go new d irecTor of through this closet.” Crazed with the cleanliness bug, Kate was h andbells aPPoinTed .3 eyeing me with suspicion wondering when this fever would break. ringers needed If she had seen my study at the church, she would have known for ocTober 24, 2010 ...3 that the cleaning bug had already bitten me there earlier in the summer. (If you like clean spaces, come see it before the end of September). ask The PasTor ...........4 On reflection, I can see my whirlwind probably has a lot to do with impending transitions. Vacation was ending and we’re on the cusp of a new new m embers welcomed ..................4 year. Both of our children will be in full-day school this year. Kate, as you’ve heard, will be looking for new work this fall. My cleaning craze probably had a l ifelong l ove of a lot to do with battening down the hatches at home and at church before all h elPing c hildren these journeys begin; making life seaworthy before the ship heads out into i mProve Their r eading 5 unpredictable weather, into waters that ebb and flow. r eaders needed The reflection brought to mind one of my favorite texts in all of the Bible, aT euTaw-m arshburn ..5 “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the a new Time rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not for sunday school .....5 be burned, and the flame shall not consume you” (Isaiah 43) I’ve loved this sePTember a dulT forum text for a number of reasons. It’s honest – when you pass through waters and schedule ...................5 rivers, not if. I like it because it provides comfort and inspires courage at the same time. I’ve got to walk through waters and rivers and fires – something sePTember difficult will be required from me. But I can do those things because the Lord r esPonsibiliTy is with me. I like it because it roots current experience in a larger narrative schedule ...................6 than my own. If you know the wider narrative – how the Israelites walked news from The through water from slavery to freedom – then you can see your own diversiTy commiTTee ..6 contemporary challenge in the light of that history of promise, struggle, wilderness, and redemption. worshiP schedule I like this text because it speaks to me, but also pulls me back into the larger r eminder ...................6 narrative of God’s concern with the community, the place where I belong. As sePTember birThdays ..7 we approach a new year, this text reminds me that journeys are best when we approach them together, situating our personal narratives into the larger in memoriam ..............7 narrative that comforts, inspires, challenges, promises, and brings us hope. That narrative is there for us in community no matter what winds or waves sePTember 2010 aT bmPa .....................8 come our way. I hope to see you on board when we pull up anchor on September 12!
  • 2. a new hymnal for the P resbyterian church by John walker, m inisTer of music in worship in the past year by at least three-fourths of john@browndowntown.org those surveyed. Approximately once every twenty years, the Why is a new hymnal necessary? “The church keeps Presbyterian Church adopts a new hymnal for our changing, and new collections are called for every denomination. My personal library contains my twenty to twenty-five years to reflect those changes,” grandparents’ copies of the 1895 and 1911 hymnals, as writes Bringle. “With the possibility of continually well as the 1933 (green) Hymnal which supplementing a print volume with digital materials was in use during my childhood and made available to subscribers on the Web, we have which nurtured many of us in our faith opportunities never before available to a ‘hymnal journeys. With the Hymnal 1990 now in committee’ for staying attuned to the ever-expanding its 21st reprinting, we Presbyterians are repertoire of resources for singing new songs together planning to create a new hymnal! Having been to God.” appointed two years ago by General Assembly, the Our Hymnal is also a “global family album.” The New Hymnal Committee is already well along its theological vision statement written to guide the work assigned path, with a goal to present the new hymnal of the committee states that “when we sing together to General Assembly four years from now, in 2014. in worship, first and foremost we are singing to, of, One of the first decisions of this committee was to and for the God who is Lord of all creation…. We do change its name; it is now known as the “Presbyterian not sing hymns and songs because they were birthed Committee on Congregational Song”. in our culture; we sing them because they teach us Writing in Call to Worship, committee chairperson Mary something about the richness that is in God. Or as the Louise Bringle describes these volumes as family old hymn puts it: There’s wideness in God’s mercy, albums, with each denominational family displaying like the wideness of the sea. Singing global songs is its unique history within its hymnal. “As one way of setting sail.” denominational families, we each have our own Andrew Donaldson, co-editor of the Canadian Book particular memories to cherish and legacies to of Praise, insists that “we are not just singing for the preserve.” She cites as an example that the person seated next to us, but also for the person not Presbyterian Hymnal contains only 11 hymns by yet in the pews…when, God willing, we will be seated Charles Wesley while the Methodist Hymnal includes side by side with Mandarin Chinese and Japanese 40 of Wesley’s hymns. By contrast our Presbyterian and Portuguese and Cherokee…when we are truly heritage is the singing of Psalms, the only music gathered from north and south and east and west, to authorized by John Calvin. Therefore our present feast at the table of the Lord.” hymnal contains 101 Psalm settings, many tracing Tasked with an enormous responsibility, the their origin to Calvin’s music director Louis Committee on Congregational Song is moving Bourgeois and to our Scottish forebears. Therefore we forward steadily on schedule. On June 1 of this year have many tunes such as Caithness, Dunfermline, the committee closed submissions of new materials and Dundee. for consideration. We can anticipate that soon our The Committee on Congregational Song has congregation will receive samples of new hymnody selected representative congregations throughout for our experimentation and reaction to the America to participate in analysis of our present committee. My good friend Karen Hastings Flegel, hymnal and to review certain materials for the new member of the committee, reports that she and her publication. Brown Memorial Church was designated colleagues sense their involvement in a matter of two years ago to participate in this study. From infinite spiritual importance, not only for themselves nationwide responses to the survey, one of the least but also for the whole church, both now and in the used sections of the 1990 Hymnal is the portion future. We await the opportunity to add the collective devoted to the Psalms, our family heritage! Of those voice of our congregation to the formation of our 101 items, 85 were reported as never having been used new book. § PaGe 2 t he t idinGs sePtember 2010
  • 3. wintley P hiPPs, G osPel sinGer and d ream academy founder o Pens t iffany series season Get ready for an incredible experience!! Baritone Wintley Phipps, renowned gospel singer, pastor, and education activist, will open this season’s Tiffany Series with a concert on Sunday, September 26 at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary. In a 30-year career singing spirituals, Phipps has performed for the last five sitting American presidents. His celebrated rendition of “Amazing Grace” – which he sang at the Inaugural Prayer Breakfast for President Barack Obama, as well as at Carnegie Hall – has been viewed on YouTube almost five million times. (Go to YouTube and search: “Wintley Phipps and Amazing Grace”) He will be introduced by Dr. Ben Carson, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. A two-time Grammy Award nominee, Rev. Phipps has sung for former South African President Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Pope John Paul II, and the Billy Graham Crusades, as well as for the Rosa Parks Birthday Celebration. Phipps will also speak briefly about the U.S. Dream Academy, the national after-school program he founded to provide mentoring and tutoring to children Wintley Phipps whose parents are incarcerated. Baltimore’s Dream Academy Learning Center at Collington Square Elementary School was one of the organization’s earliest centers. It serves approximately 500 students in pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade. General admission is $15; students pay $5. Children 10 and under attend for free. Advance sale tickets (recommended) are available after worship on Sundays, and in the church office during the week. new director Ringers Needed for of h andbells a PPointed October 24, 2010 Hi everyone! I am very excited for the opportunity to by John walker, m inisTer of music conduct the handbell choir, and can’t wait to get started this fall. During the months since we have been aware of I know I have big shoes to fill! Playing in a handbell choir is a Chrystie Adams’ impending move to South Dakota to uniquely rewarding experience, since dedication and teamwork engage in full-time mission activity, we have been are just as important as, if not more than, individual musical conducting a search for a successor as Director of abilities. So, no matter what your musical background or ability, Handbells. I am delighted to report that this search there’s a spot for you in the handbell choir! process has resulted in the selection and appointment of Right now we are looking for volunteers to ring together in Lydia Beasley as the new Director of Handbells. Lydia the very special Brown Downtown 30th Anniversary Service on will assume this responsibility in September. Sunday morning, October 24. Because our handbells share the We already know Lydia as soprano soloist in the historic relationship between the Park Avenue and Woodbrook Chancel Choir, where in addition to her great churches, we will open that Anniversary Service with ringing of musicianship’ she contributes her engaging the handbells. Practice times are scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on five personality. Before coming to Baltimore, Lydia was Wednesday evenings, September 22, 29, and October 6, 13, and Minister of Music at Belmont Baptist Church in 20, coordinated with the other activities of Wednesday Nights Charlottesville, Virginia, conducting both vocal and at Brown. We need YOU to help us in this way to celebrate the handbell choirs. She brings that experience and skill 30th anniversary of our church! with her great enthusiasm to the life of our If you are able to be part of this five-week project, know of congregation at Brown Memorial Church. someone who might like to participate, or have any questions or I encourage you to welcome Lydia to her expanded suggestions about the group, please let me know by emailing me musical role within our church life. If you are between at leeleeput@gmail.com or calling my cell phone at the ages of 12 and 120, now would be the perfect time 434-760-1709. Thank you! I’m looking forward to speaking with for you to speak with Lydia about playing handbells! you and sharing together the joy of playing handbells! – Lydia Beasley sePtember 2010 t he t idinGs PaGe 3
  • 4. a sk the Pastor by r ev. e mily rose m arTin names to describe God: Midwife, Mother, Mother bear, emily@browndowntown.org Woman, Baker, Eagle, Hen, Potter. Can you find these references in scripture? Even the early church “Fathers” Q: “Why do you always change the beginning of the Lord’s sometimes used feminine language to describe God. Prayer? It’s confusing because I never know what to say.” St. Augustine wrote, “He who has promised us heavenly food has nourished us on milk, having recourse to a mother’s A: You’re right! It is confusing. I agree with you that there tenderness. For just as a mother, suckling her infant, transfers is something powerful about a prayer that everyone knows by from her flesh the very same food which would be unsuited to heart, and if we keep varying the opening address to God, it a babe…so our Lord, in order to convert His wisdom into milk loses some of that power. When I use this prayer in pastoral for our benefit, came to us clothed in flesh” (Second Discourse care situations, I almost always begin, “Our on the Psalms). ? Father,” for exactly that reason. The problem with always beginning the Lord’s Prayer, this way, particularly in public worship, is that it can communicate to people that using I don’t want anxiety about what name to use for God to be the primary emotion when we say the Lord’s Prayer, so we will try printing the entire text of the prayer in the bulletin with the language for God that we will use that week. masculine language for God is the “right” way to pray, and But, from a purely theological standpoint, I’m not sure there’s that God is male, or at least more male than female. I agree anything wrong with a diversity of God-names ascending with feminist scholars who have concluded that in the simultaneously from our congregation each Sunday during the Christian tradition, “Father” language for God has crossed Prayers of the People. In fact, that might be the most faithful the line into idolatry. Not only does the Bible use a variety of way of all to speak God’s name. images and language to describe and address God, it is clear * “Ask the Pastor” is a new feature of The Tidings. You may that God is beyond all our language and understanding – God submit a liturgical or scriptural question to be answered by is neither male nor female. one of the Pastors to Ellen Carter Cooper at When Moses asks God to reveal God’s name to him in edccooper58@hotmail.com. The deadline for questions is the Exodus 3:14, God replies, “I am who I am” or “I will be who I 15th of every month. will be” or “I am becoming what I am becoming.” The actual Hebrew letters for the name of God, YHWH, are all new m embers welcomed “unstable” letters in the Hebrew alphabet. That means that their presence in a word indicates that that word will probably not follow the predictable grammatical patterns when it Earlier this summer we had several new families join changes tense, voice, number, etc. Letters will change, be the church, please join us in welcoming: dropped, or suddenly appear. To me, this is simply another Jason and Michelle Setty and their son, Beau – way for God to communicate to us that God is alive and Jason and Michelle were encouraged to attend by other unpredictable. God does not follow our rules. God constantly members and have said that they feel what others have eludes our grasp. said that, “Our church is about “us” in a very “me” But refraining from all God-talk in an effort to avoid culture”. idolatry is not the answer. The most faithful alternative, in Tom Stewart and Taylor McKinney – Tom is the my opinion, is to use as many different Biblical images and son of a Presbyterian minister and Taylor comes from a descriptors of God as have meaning for us, and to vary them Baptist background. Taylor is a teacher and has helped often. We should include “Father” language, but not use it in the past with BUILD. Tom works for a Congressman on the Hill. Both of them are working on exclusively. This is also the approach that our denomination advanced degrees at night. Tom and Taylor have has taken in the last four decades. The PCUSA brochure Well interests in working with the youth and Urban Witness. Chosen Words provides a good summary of both the rationale Eric and Kim Echols – Both are from Waco, Texas for using inclusive language for human beings (language that and moved to Baltimore when Eric went to Peabody. refers to both men and women) and the diverse language for Eric and Kim listened to a sermon or two online and God found in our scriptures, creeds, and early church were impressed by the music. They have been drawn in theologians (www.pcusa.org/resource/well-chosen-words). by a feeling of Brown Memorial being a “judgment The Bible uses the following lesser known images and free zone”. PaGe 4 t he t idinGs sePtember 2010
  • 5. a lifelonG l ove of h elPinG children i mProve their r eadinG by Tom waldron Hill, has also devoted herself to building and When the Brown Memorial Tutoring Program starts organizing the Tutoring Program’s library, which lines back up this fall, one volunteer will need very one wall of the Sunday School’s meeting space. She has little assistance. participated in several classes to prepare her to work After all, it will be June Carr’s 44th consecutive year with children with dyslexia. as a Brown Memorial tutor – nearly half a century spent As a girl growing up in the English city of Bristol, instilling a love of reading in Baltimore’s young people. June loved to read, and fondly remembers feasting on Over the years, she has tutored close to 50 people (some Rudyard Kipling and books by Arthur Ransome. years she tutored more than one child), some of whom “I couldn’t imagine,” she says, “someone not being are well into middle age. able to pick up a book and read as a child.” The tutoring is focused on reading, but it is extremely The Brown Memorial Tutoring Program salutes June valuable, she says, to develop a connection with Carr, volunteer extraordinaire! a student. The Brown Memorial Tutoring Program offers “I think it’s important for children to know there one-on-one tutoring to elementary school students once are people who care what happens to them,” she says. a week through the school year. Volunteers are needed “They don’t get the one-on-one attention in school. and training and hands-on support is provided by the They need to realize there are people out there who are program’s two staff persons. For more information, looking out for them.” contact Director Martha Socolar by calling the church Mrs. Carr, who is 81 years old and lives in Bolton office: 410-523-1542. r eaders needed sePtember at eutaw-marshburn adult forum schedule by sandra f ink sePt. 12 – BUILD updates us on their fall strategy “ONCE UPON A TIME.................” – if these words thrill you, about shaping the election around issues that matter. or, at least, make you smile, you might want to become a Brown Memorial reader at Eutaw Marshburn Elementary School! sePt. 19-oct. 31 – A video-discussion series We read to students in the kindergarten through fifth grade called “Living the Questions,” facilitated by on a bi-weekly schedule. The commitment is for ONE HOUR Rev. Proctor and other members of the congregation (reading to two classrooms for 25 minutes each). This is an to address key questions of faith for Christians who enrichment program, enabling readers to choose their own consider themselves to be “progressive.” take note books – fairy tales, fables, brand new stories, old favorites, nature, legends, sports, or anything else. The children also enjoy poetry! g o Green wiTh your coPy of THE TIDINGS! The children love having someone to read to them, the Now that our new website is complete and we have a direct teachers like having the readers come and so, it is a most link to the most recent Tidings publication help us go rewarding experience. Come and join us! For more GREEN by receiving your copy online. Receiving email information, please contact Karen Nelson at 410-466-6106 notification of when the latest Tidings is available for or KarenLBN@comcast.net. reading will help us cut down on the environmental and a new time for financial costs of printing and mailing paper copies. If you would like to receive e-mail notification of when the latest sunday school Tidings is available, please send Sharon Holley an email at sharon@browndowntown.org. She will need your name All Sunday School classes will begin at 9:45 a.m. and end and email address. Also, check our website at 10:45 a.m. This change will match the rehearsal schedule directly for updates at www.browndowntown.org/index. for the choir, as well as make it easier for families and worship php?s=newsletter to download the latest Tidings. Thanks leaders to make the transition from Sunday school to worship for helping us to be better stewards of God’s without shortchanging the educational program. magnificent creation. sePtember 2010 t he t idinGs PaGe 5
  • 6. sePtember r esPonsibility s chedule 11 a. m. worshiP service If you have a conflict with this schedule – please call others on offertory counters the list to make a swap. Then inform the church office of these darin crew & bud Graves changes at 410-523-1542 or sharon@browndowntown.org. ushers acolytes t.b.a. news 5th evan cunninGham & Jack mitchell 12th rachel & kenna emerick from the 19th trevor bishai & will coulson 26th t.b.a. d iversity committee The Diversity Committee is very pleased to announce the audio enGineer long-awaited completion of the ramp to the rear porch of the 5th don P eePles Church House. This building is now accessible for the first 12th adrienne williams time, and people with physical disabilities will 19th brantley davis be able to attend the many events and 26th bud Graves gatherings held there. The committee is appreciative to the Session and the Trustees for children’s church volunteer supporting this endeavor. We are pleased with the workmanship of George Brown’s Greenleaf Remodeling 5th michelle & Jim loGan Company, both for the ramp design and construction and for 12th bill mcconnell their rebuilding of the back porch floor and columns. Once 19th tom & micheline mcmanus the ramp has had 3-6 months to become seasoned, it will be 26th nicole mitchell stained the same color as the back porch floor. This ramp is the latest in an ongoing initiative by the Committee and the coffee hour hosts Church to make the church fully accessible, as outward signs 5th t.b.a. of God’s inclusive love. 12th t.b.a. In the fall, the committee will focus on the area of support 19th t.b.a. for people with mental illness and their families. We will 26th melissa & allan riorda sponsor an Adult Forum series on mental illness in the workplace in November, and Co-Chair Page Campbell will communion P reParation deliver a sermon on mental illness/brain disorders on 5th sandra fink November 21. The desire to prepare and deliver the sermon was inspired by recent personal experience with serious mental illness in her family, which resulted in a great deal of communion servers consciousness-raising about the phenomenon, its effects on 5th andy imParato those who suffer from such illnesses, and those who care for andy Johnston them. It also raised the question of what we are called to do as carol Graves members of Christ’s Church to support people struggling with carol newill such problems Along those lines, the committee also hopes to explore how this Church can be as welcoming and supportive Greeters as possible to those who deal with such issues, whether they’re 5th deb milcarek & court robinson already members of our congregation or may wish to join us. 12th brad & nancy bradford worshiP 19th michelle & Jim loGan 26th melissa & allan riorda s chedule r eminder liturGist 5th barbara cates The Sunday worship service 12th taylor branch begins at 11 a.m. 19th youth starting September 12th 26th elden schneider PaGe 6 t he t idinGs sePtember 2010
  • 7. sePtember birthdays 09/28 09/28 Donna Senft Jim Veatch 09/02 Max Blinkoff 09/29 Elizabeth Garcia-Bunuel 09/02 Monica Rakowski 09/29 Lisa Hoffberger 09/02 Mary Randall 09/03 Hilda Imhoff Note: If you wish to have your birthday listed in The 09/04 James E. Cox Tidings, please contact Sharon Holley, church secretary, at 09/04 Ang Robinson 410-523-1542, or via e-mail at Sharon@browndowntown.org. 09/08 Elisabeth McMillan 09/10 Azra Sara Bartell 09/10 09/10 Jacqueline L. Cole Micheline Manus In Memoriam 09/10 Anne Sledge PhiliP i. heuisler, iii 09/11 Elizabeth Bernos october 28, 1936 – July 30, 2010 09/13 Emma Fesperman Phil was the husband of, long-time member 09/14 John Burton and Deacon, Anne Wilson Heuisler. He was a retired Baltimore businessman and longtime jazz 09/14 Youngmi Song aficionado. “He had a strong sense of priorities: 09/16 Nannette Mitchell wife, family, Catholic faith, friends, jazz and 09/16 Karen Nelson golf,” his brother said. “He ecumenically loved 09/16 Linell Smith people.” Phil will be deeply missed by his wife, 09/18 Nicole Mitchell children and grandchildren and by all who 09/20 Trevor Bishai knew him. 09/22 Lynn Clippinger frederick c. Petrich 09/22 Dylan Aaron Smith aPril 10, 1926 – July 14, 2010 Fred was a retired faculty member at Peabody 09/24 Luke Clippinger and a voice teacher who was instrumental in 09/24 Barbara Hull Francis saving our choir in the early days of our 09/24 Helen Logan separation from Brown Memorial Woodbrook by 09/25 Jack Burton providing Peabody students. A memorial service 09/25 Mia Goodwin Davis will be held Sunday, September 5th at 3:00 p.m. 09/25 Sabine Goodwin Davis at Brown Memorial Park Avenue. 09/25 Grace Peng 09/28 Keiffer Mitchell, Jr. The Tidings Published monthly for members and friends of Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church by the Membership Committee. Andrew Foster Connors, Pastor. Emily Rose Martin, Associate Pastor. 1316 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217. 410.523.1542. G ood news from www.browndowntown.org. Send contributions by the 15th of each month to Ellen Carter Cooper, editor (edccooper58@hotmail.com) or to Sharon Holley, church secrectary (sharon@browndowntown.org). sePtember 2010 t he t idinGs PaGe 7
  • 8. sePtember 2010 bmPa sePtember 2010 at S unday M onday TueSday WedneSday ThurSday Friday S aTurday 29 a uguST 30 31 1 S epTeMber 2 3 4 Service of Worship 10 a.m. Midweek Bible Study 2 p.m-3 p.m. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Service of Worship 10 a.m. Labor Day Midweek Bible Study Memorial Service for 2 p.m-3 p.m. Fred Petrich 3 p.m. 12 Sunday School, Adult Forum, 13 14 15 16 17 18 Choir Warm-Up Midweek Bible Study 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Deacon’s Meeting 6:30 p.m. Primary Election Polling Place 2 p.m-3 p.m. Service of Worship 11 a.m. for Cong. Dist. 7 Council, Dist. 11, Leg. Dist. 40 5:30 a.m.-8 p.m. WN@B Rally Day Church Picnic 5:30 p.m-7:30 p.m. 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Session Meeting 6:30 p.m. 19 Sunday School, Adult Forum, 20 21 22 23 24 25 Choir Warm-Up Midweek Bible Study Middle School/High School Middle School/High School 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. 2 p.m-3 p.m. Retreat Retreat Service of Worship 11 a.m. WN@B 6:30 p.m-11:30 p.m. Rally Day Church Picnic 5:30 p.m-7:30 p.m. Rain Date 26 Sunday School, Adult Forum, 27 28 29 30 1 o cTober 2 Choir Warm-Up Midweek Bible Study Bolton Hill Nursery School 2 p.m-3 p.m. 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Board Meeting 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. WN@B Service of Worship 11 a.m. t he t idinGs Middle School/High School 5:30 p.m-7:30 p.m. Retreat Tiffany Series Concert 3 p.m. PaGe 8