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Rock Spring NewsAugust 2014 | Vol. 14 No. 08

“Falling in love”

SAVE THE DATES!

August 31 – 5th SundayWe are filling backpacks for Community Lodgings. See page 14 for details

September 7th – Return to 9am & 11am Services

… “Foundational” … “Friendship” … “Eye Opening” … “Hopeful”

These were some of the words that our guests and host families used to describe the 10-day visit from our partners at Church of the Redeemer. The visit included fun things like a Nats game, movies, shopping, a lock-in, tours of DC, and watching and playing soccer. The youth of both church-es cooked and delivered a meal to the Shirlington Education and Employ-ment Center (SEEC), and spent time volunteering for Arlington Food Assis-tance Center (AFAC) and Shelter House. There were more serious times, too, such as the presentation the youth provided to the congregation and conversations over small group dinners where we spoke about current challenges. A highlight of the trip was the final Sunday when Pastor Azar (Barhum) preached a powerful sermon in worship and presented the congregation with a set of olive wood praying hands. Following worship, we had a Palestinian festival including a musakhan meal made just the way Nahla Azar makes it at home.

Over the next weeks and months, we will be reflecting on this experience and talking with our partners about next steps.

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R O C K S P R I N G Sundays in February

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R O C K S P R I N G Sundays in August

AUGUST 3 Communion9:00 a.m. Adult Discussion Video Series

10:00 a.m. Worship “Choosing Bread”Isaiah 55:1-13, Matthew 14:13-21

11:15 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Middle High “Summer Playdate”

AUGUST 10 9:00 a.m. Adult Discussion Video Series

10:00 a.m. Worship “That Sinking Feeling”Jeremiah 12: 5, Matthew 14:22-33


10:00 a.m. WorshipIsaiah 56:1-8, Matthew 15:10-28

12:30 pm Prayer Circle


10:00 a.m. Worship Exodus 1:8-2:10, Psalm 124, Romans 12:1-18, Matthew 16:13-20

AUGUST 31 Hymn Sing/5th Sunday9:00 a.m. Adult Discussion Video Series

10:00 a.m. Worship “Hymn Sing”Exodus 3:1-15, Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45c, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 16:21-28

11:30 a.m. 5th Sunday

Reflections

Rev. Kathy Dwyer

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“Pray without ceasing”

The morning after our partners and friends from the Church of the Redeemer left to go back to Je-rusalem through Jordon, I stumbled down to my kitchen and as I was getting a cup of coffee and glancing at Facebook, I saw the report of what had happened over night:

Overnight 24 rockets had fired toward Israel. IAF conducted 71 raids firing 114 missiles. 23 houses were bombarded. IDF at the border fired 54 shells. Israeli Navy fired 38 shells. 9 Palestinians killed and 27 injured.

My heart was heavy, quiet tears rolled down my face, and all I could think of was the biblical phrase, “pray without ceasing.” In several of our conversations, Pastor Azar talked about the im-portance and power of prayer. Across the globe and in the face of such violence it feels as though that is one thing we can do.

I kept thinking about that phrase, “pray without ceasing,” and then I remembered the rest of the verse, “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Here I was with tears of fear and sadness quietly rolling down my face and Paul’s words were challenging me to rejoice and give thanks. As soon as these words came to me, as paradoxical as they seemed, I realized this is one of the great gifts I received from our visitors. Pastor Azar, his family, and the youth of Church of the Redeemer embody this passage for me. While they were here in Arlington, 50-60 friends and acquaintances of Pastor Azar were either in-jured or killed, yet he and all those who were here were filled with joy and vibrancy for the gift of each moment.

As I pray for them and with them, I also pray that I can learn from them and grow in grace and courage and joy. Grace and peace, — Kathy

Kathy and Nahla at the Eastern Market.

Let’s Play Ball

Sharing Communion. Palestinian Visitor Welcome T-shirts


Rev. Mark Suriano

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”--Søren Kierkegaard

It is the end of the summer and within a short month the school year will crank up, signaling an end to the somewhat more relaxed pace we all enjoy during the months of June, July and August. I am not sure that the pace is actually that much slower, but the quality of summer time seems to lend itself to feeling differ-ently about things. There seems to be a little less for-mality, a little more leisure and a lot more focus on enjoying life. For me summer is often a time when I have a chance to read those books that have been pil-ing up next to my chair, take those walks that the winter winds make difficult, gab with the neighbors out on the sidewalk or enjoy the garden. Summer al-lows me to get some fresh perspective on what has gone on since the last summer, and to think toward the fall with renewed purpose and energy.

Perspective is defined as the ability to see things in terms of their true relations or in terms of their rela-tive importance. The ability to “keep things in per-spective, ” is certainly one expression of this idea. it describes someone who can understand the big pic-ture. People who keep things in perspective usually are not prone to overreacting to the moment, but can navigate through the present into the future with a sense of confidence.

So much about how we live, and how we respond to the situations of life, is driven by the wideness of our perspective on things. The narrower our perspective, the narrower our understanding of our current situa-tion, the narrower our ability to see the future as a place of possibility. The broader our perspective the more the future opens up as a place and time that is filled with hope.

As summer rolls on and as the new program year looms ever closer we will once again be invited into seeing life with a wider perspective. In all the educa-tional opportunities within the church you will notice things that beg our expansive vision when issues seem so immediate. From Jewish/Palestinian rela-tions and Immigration to self-acceptance and finding your story in the Biblical story, opportunities abound.May God give us the sense of perspective we need to see the future as a hopeful reality, and a time for love-in-action, and may our hearts be supple and open to the strength of the Spirit, and may we learn from Je-sus the way we need to walk in order to journey there in faith. Blessings, — Pastor Mark

Reflections

From Council

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A few days in summercan change lives…..Church finances too?

In summer, everything slows down; right? As I write this, it certainly doesn’t seem that way. We may have shifted to a single service, with Choir and Sunday School in summer mode. Less “normal” activity perhaps, but plenty of different activities. Those activities may only last for a few weeks, or even a few days, but they can have profound long-term impacts. I know my children were all deeply affected by their weeks at summer camp; one of them found his future wife there!In late June/early July, our high-school youth participated in a mission trip in West Virginia. They touched us all as, on July 6, they gave us a glimpse of the impact that they were able to make on the community they served. And just as important, some of them have already said that this is something that will stick with them for the rest of their lives;

others will likely say the same as the years pass.On that same Sunday we welcomed our visitors/partners/friends from Jerusalem, also mostly youth. Several people have used words like “life-changing” or “eye-opening” to describe the engagement we enjoyed. As far as I can tell, this is not because we learned something about the high politics of their situation, but because it turned out to be so easy to connect at the personal level, particularly among the youth: how much we older ones can learn from them! Behind the scenes, the daily tasks of running the church continue in these summer days, including the preparation of the budget for 2015. The Finance Board told July’s Council meeting that we are pretty much in line with the budget in 2014, though there was a little overrun owing to extensive snow removal (hard to imagine that in summer’s heat haze!). The Finance Board has also produced for Council, a very thoughtful analysis about the longer range health of our finances. In a nutshell, the conclusion is that, as a congregation, we have dipped as deeply into the Endowment as is prudent and consistent with best practice, perhaps a little too deeply. In other words, the Endowment is almost fully committed to covering our annual budget, leaving little room for using those funds for other purposes, e.g., to fund a capital campaign. We decided to adopt some parameters for the 2015 budget that would gradually trim our use of the Endowment and place the emphasis on the current giving by our members and friends. This careful approach will lie behind the number-crunching that will lead up to the Budget Goals meeting in October. Meanwhile Finance Board chair, John Morland, or I would be happy to discuss this further.

Michael Bell, Council Chair [email protected]

Spiritual Growth & Learning


From Council

Update from Council’s Goal 2 Task Force

The detailed report of the all-church survey has been completed and is available on-line on the members-only portion of the website. Special thanks to Lucy Carlson for pulling it all together. The report is also available in hard copy in Saegmuller room. If you would like a hard copy or would like an electronic version emailed to you, please let the church office know.

Over the past month we have interviewed three architect firms to assist us with the discovery process, as well as to develop cost-informed options for addressing campus improvement priorities identified by the Congregation. All three firms are very impressive with slightly different strengths and weaknesses. We have down-selected to two firms based primarily upon cost and plan to submit our final choice to the Church Council for endorsement by the end of July. We hope to have an architect on contract by early-to-mid August.

The next phase of the project will comprise a series of face-to-face interviews with key groups within the church to delve into current and desired uses of the church campus, perceived requirements to better support our many ministries, and other issues raised in the survey. While some of these sessions will be held in August, most will take place in September. Minutes from these sessions will be posted on the members-only portion of the website. In early Octo-ber, the Task Force-Architect Team will brief the Congregation on key findings from the discov-ery process and solicit feedback prior to initiating development of design options.

Owing mainly to the time required to complete the survey report and select an architect, our overall schedule has slipped about one month. Our master project timeline has been revised accordingly (see below).

The organ team has been reviewing past reports and relevant materials to develop a range of options that will be presented to the Congregation in September-October. In July, they focused on formulating estimated costs for the options. Upon reviewing the demographics associated with comments related to the organ in the recent survey, it is clear that further education on the issues related to our present organ is needed, particularly for younger and newer members. Reports on the organ can be found on the members-only portion of the website. An informational session, Organ 101, will take place in late Spetember. The team also encourages members to send any questions regarding the organ to [email protected]. If you see any of the team members (Gail Howell, Stuart Scott, Laurie Rodgers, Nancy Buchholz, Mary Kusler and Wendy Allen) in church, please don’t hesitate to ask them about the organ.

Hope you’re having a great summer!!

Bob Martinage, ChairGoal #2 Task Force

From Council

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For now, we are relishing the memories of an extraordinary ten days. Here are a few of the memories and reflections shared by some Rock Springers:

“On July 6 Hamilton and I arrived early and in a nearly empty sanctuary found Barhum playing the piano. The first Sunday he was here and already feeling quite at home. We hugged - he met Hamilton. A nice memory for me.” Howard Hjort

“We were blessed to meet and spend time with Giovanni. He is a terrific guy who is excelling even in difficult situations. I cannot imagine how one maintains your self-respect, dignity and knowledge that you are one of God’s special beings on earth when ev-ery time you walk on the street or traverse the city the occupying force is there to hassle you for ID, force you to wait and otherwise subject you to their oppression. Yet Gio has a terrific sense of humor and strives to develop his creative side in videography. I look forward to maintaining our connection and celebrating his future success.” Karen White

“I was amazed and so pleased to see how well the 5 Palestinian and Rock Spring youth attending our dinner had bonded in such a short period of time. They left our dinner going together for an “after party” at Krispy Kreme for donuts!” Susan Geiger

“I was surprised but delighted that the Palestinian youth and the Rock Spring YoRS seemed to have an immediate rapport, able to communicate freely about the things teenagers talk about anywhere. They worked well together, laughed and there was good participation on both sides.” Shirley Ruhe

“Thanks to Rock Spring and our Palestinian guests, especially Rina, we’ve become more aware, grown spiritually, and made new friends. We’ve been transformed by this experience and it will remain a part of us from now on.” Alice Tornquist

“What fun to watch the Rock Spring and Redeemer youth get to know one another. Kids from middle school to college age came out for various activities, culminating in a lock-in with 18 youth playing a rousing international soccer game.” Kathy Morland

We look forward to building an ever-deepening and expansive relationship between our congregations.

Falling in love” –Continued From Front Cover

Children, Youth & Families


From the Director of Children’s Ministries

As I write this, I have a little more than a week left in Maine with my chil-dren. I am so grateful to be able to take this time with them, living a much simpler life than we do the rest of the year.

I am grateful that my grandparents purchased this little cottage nearly 80 years ago, and that my family and I have been able to maintain it since then. I am grateful that my job is flexible enough that we can be here for nearly a month. I am grateful that my kids love it as much as I do. And I am grateful for the technology that allows us to not be completely out of touch with friends and family in the “real” world!I return to Virginia renewed and inspired, with fresh ideas for the coming year. I’m looking forward to sharing what I’ve learned as I’ve tackled a stack of reading, and to implementing some new faith practices in my home life and at Rock Spring. May each of you find time for renewal this summer!

With gratitude,

— Ashley

Ashley Martinage

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Middle School Youth of Rock SpringSummer Playdate!Middle High friends, it’s been too long since we were together! So we’re planning a mid-summer “playdate.” Join us after church on Sunday, August 3 for lunch and water games. Catch up with old friends and make some new ones. Youth entering 6th grade in the fall through recently “graduated” 8th graders are invited. Bring a swim suit and towel and any water weapons you wish. We’ll provide lunch, water, and a few surprises. Meet in Carpenter Hall at 11:15; pick up at 1:30. Please RSVP to Ashley Martinage ([email protected]) so that we’ll be sure to have enough food.

Youth Mission Trip On June 29, 11 Rock Springers joined 53 youth and 11 chaperones for the 2014 Potomac Youth mission trip to Almost Heaven Habitat for Humanity in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. to rebuild a CCC camp building into part of a new volunteer center for Greenbrier County. Camp Wood is about 10 miles from White Sulphur Springs in a pleasant valley with many trees. We worked in teams on a number of projects, mostly focused on the first dormi-tory building. It is a single-story dormitory, about 24 feet wide, and 120 feet long. As a group, we replaced the entire asphalt shingle roof with a metal roof, demolished all interior fittings, and got a good start on new interior framing, caulked and painted the exterior, and entirely

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rehabilitated 26 window frames with 6 panes each. Teams also landscaped--clearing brush and small trees--and re-sided the old pump house. The group stayed in downtown White Sulphur Springs, boys in the community center, girls in the gym of a nearby church, and cooked and ate in the adjacent school cafeteria. Accommodations were a bit cozy with everyone sleep-ing on Red Cross cots. The conversion of the old camp to a volunteer center has enthusiastic approval of local inhabitants. Several told us how happy they were the camp was again going to be used. Vandalism and trash on the site was minimal, showing they have been watching over it. When completed, the camp will house larger groups such as ours while we build or renovate houses in Greenbrier County. There is much more work to be done here, but we made a significant start on the camp and found the experience just as meaningful as other years.

Robin Overholt, Justin Divecha and others getting ready to clear the fence line.



Here are a few thoughts from two of our participants:I thought the mission trip this year was another great experience. It was a lot of change, but I know we still made an impact. It’s always amazing to serve people with your friends and build relationships you wouldn’t have otherwise.--Nora BolesThe mission trip is always the most tiring, rewarding and fun week of the summer. This year was especially cool because of the dual legacy of the CCC Camp Wood being renovated into a housing space. This means we are carrying on the legacy of the CCC as well as determining our own.--Wade MillerThis year’s participants from Rock Spring Nora Boles, Jack and Elena Parcell, Taryn and Dakota Wenberg, Justin Divecha, Wade Miller, Josh Witten and Carolina Martyn. Thanks to John and Robin Overholt for chaperoning!

Working on the dormitory.

Social Action and Mission

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Open and Affirming CommitteeRock Spring to host a Building an Inclusive Church Workshop

Working with the Open and Affirming Coalition of the UCC and Reconciling Works, Rock Spring will be hosting a Building an Inclusive Church (BIC) workshop on October 10–11, 2014. BIC is an intensive ecumenical faith-based community organizing training course. Ours will start on Friday evening and end late after-noon on Saturday. The workshop is for congregations exploring the possibility of a covenant welcoming all people―including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Christians and their families―into the life of the church.

BIC is based on a model that promotes respectful inquiry and graceful engagement. The workshop prepares lay leaders and clergy with the skills they need to guide their church through a welcoming process that builds consensus and reduces conflict.

The history of the Open and Affirming Coalition of the UCC is a living testimony to the still-speaking voice of God. The coalition began as the UCC Gay Caucus in 1972, the same year UCC ordained its first openly gay minister. The coali-tion was later renamed the United Church Coalition for Lesbian/Gay Concerns. In 1997, the coalition expanded its understanding of God’s welcome again and became the UCC Coalition for LGBT Concerns. On April 30, 2014, the coalition, in recognition of justice for all as being the overarching goal of its work, again changed its name, this time to the Open and Affirming Coalition of the United Church of Christ.

Founded in 1974, Reconciling Works – Lutherans for Full Participation is our welcoming-church partner in the Evan-gelical Lutheran Church in America. It advocates for the full inclusion of LGBT Lutherans in all aspects of the life of their Church and congregations, and works for the full participation of all through a ministry of reconciliation.

Calvary Baptist in DC ordains a transgender pastor“As more LGBTQ brothers and sisters gather the courage and step into the opportunity of a fullness of life on every level, the church has the wondrous opportunity to be present in these beautiful moments, to name the work of God in a life and in the world, and to declare for the world the blessing of God. “Throughout the biblical witness there are occasions of God intervening in the human story, shifting perspective of the most unlikely characters, and setting them on a course to change the way the world understands God’s work in and among humanity. Very, very often, this intervention involves a fundamental shift in identity.“Today, we, the community of Christ at Calvary Baptist Church, are doing just that. We are pausing to notice God’s work here, and to affirm that work by blessing one who has lived a life of faithful witness among us.”Allyson Robinson is no stranger to Rock Spring. On May 2, 2010, the ONA committee met with Allyson―Associate Director of Diversity, Human Rights Campaign at the time―to explore how we can be more welcoming of transgender individuals.

Rev. Allyson Robinson



Strengthen the Church Offering Many thanks to all who made the Strengthen the Church offering a strong statement of how Rock Spring feels about providing loving and inclusive communities of faith across the United States. Your generosity will help extend the love of God through new congre-gations, renewed congregations, leadership training and powerful witness.

Gifts to the Strengthen the Church for 2014 total $8140, a ten percent increase over the 2013 total of $7349! As we explained prior to the offering, $6000 will go directly to Strengthen the Church. The remaining $2140 will be divided between the New Visions campaign and the Testimony! fund.

Our next special offering will be in early October for Neighbors in Need—funds are used to combat environmental racism, support minority groups in the United States and provide funds for much needed advocacy.

A Day of Service at SEEC Rock Spring Congregational UCC high school group and visiting Palestinian youth serve homemade pupusas and cabbage slaw to Shirlington Employment and Education Center (SEEC) day laborers at noon on July 8. Seven visitors from Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem are spending 10 days in this area hosted by Rock Spring UCC. As a thank you for the lunch the workers sang Happy Birthday in Spanish to Paige and Lucy (on left), two Rock Spring youth who were celebrating their birthdays that day.

SEEC workers sing Happy Birthday to Paige and Lucy RSUCC & Palestinian visitors serving at SEEC


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organizing a TON of children’s books and decorating welcome bags for the children arriving for summer school program. The employees of Community Lodgings were wonderful partners and were very pleased with the results.

We are now looking forward to our next 5th Sunday event on Sunday, August 31. This is “Part 2” with Community Lodgings. We are putting together backpacks for the 180 children who are attending the after school program Community Lodging provides. Our goal for Rock Spring is to provide all of the supplies that go into the 155 back-packs for the children of Community Lodgings. This is where we need your help....

Will you help us raise the school supplies for the Community Lodging children? You may purchase items and bring them to church by August 24 or you can write a check to Rock Spring with “5th Sundays” in the memo line.

Please see the list on the following page of all of the items we need to collect to go inside the backpack. The 5th Sundays team will provide the “actual” backpack.

Stay tuned for further information on the August 31 5th Sunday event!

Peace and love,

Susan Olson, 5th Sundays

Father and Son tag-teambookcase building

Sorting books at Community Lodgings

Registration at Community Lodgings

5th Sunday: “Wisdom Works” Parts 1 and 2 Our goal is to provide all of the supplies for 155 backpacks

On June 29 we helped prepare educational space and on August 31 we will help prepare the students. Our efforts are for Community Lodgings in Alexandria, an organization that provides transitional housing, affordable housing, and an ambi-tious after-school program for the children of their community. Our June 5th Sunday’s event, “Wisdom Works” worked out just the way we planned! Lunch was well attended and delicious, and we were able to send off our youth on their mission trip. Once we arrived at Community Lodgings we got to work painting,



Back to School Store Wish ListOur goal is to provide all of the supplies for 155 backpacks

Community Lodgings’ Back to School Store provides supplies to over a 100 youth. 90 are in Elementary School (Grades 1 – 5), 50 are in Middle School (Grades 6 – 8), and 25 are in High School (Grades 9 – 12). This year, our children need:School:• Backpacks• USB flash drives• Graphing/normal calculators• 1-inch binders• 2-inch binders• Subject dividers for binders• Alphabet dividers for binders• Composition notebooks• 1 subject spiral notebooks (wide ruled)• 1 subject spiral notebooks (college ruled)• 3 subject spiral notebooks (with pockets)• 5 subject spiral notebooks (with pockets)• Index cards• Portable pencil sharpeners• Dry erase markers• Mechanical pencils• No. 2 Pencils• Scotch tape• Scissors• Colored pencils • Markers• Two Pocket Folders (with brads)• Two Pocket Folders (without brads)• Wide ruled notebook paper• College ruled notebook paper• Graph paper• Pens (blue, black and red)• Glue sticks • Glue bottles• Sharpies• Tissue boxesMaterial for the sites:• Poster board• Construction paper• Card Stock• Envelopes (all sizes)• Laptop sleeve (12 inches, 14 inches and 17 inches)• White copy paper• Heavy duty electrical pencil sharpeners for the Learning Center• Hand sanitizer• Tissue boxes

Your support makes it possible for our students to go to school and come to the FLC ready to learn!

Susan Olson, 5th Sundays

News & Notes

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Members’ Area of the Web Site The Members Area of the web site is up and running. On the site is a place to post and respond to prayer requests, a full directory of members and friends of Rock Spring, and important congregational documents. To access the members area, you must first create an account. The secure, password-protected Members Area of our church website is now up and running! In order to access the Members Area you will need to follow a simple first-time log in procedure as outlined:

1. Go to www.rockspringucc.org and click on the “Members Area” tab on the very upper right hand corner. Alternately, click here http://rockspringucc.org/about-us/ members-area

2. In the “First Time Login” paragraph click on the long highlighted sentence starting with ”Click here to sign in…” which is a link that will take you to the next page. 3. Onthenextpageenterthefullemailaddresswehaveonfile foryouandthatannoyingbutessential“WordVerification” fieldandclick“EmailNewPassword”

4. Inaseparatewindowopenyouremailandfindthegenerated email from [email protected]. In that email is a link—click on that link which will take you to a new webpage.

5. On that webpage click “Login”

6. Yourpersonalprofilewillopenandyouwillnoticefieldsto “EnterNewPassword”andto“ConfirmNewPassword”. Enteryourchosenpasswordinbothboxes.Scrolltothebottom of that page and click “Save”

7. Youarenowonyourpersonalprofilepage!Tochangeyour detailsclick“EditMyProfile”underthefakepictureontheright! You can then add information, post a photo, and delete information.PLEASENOTE:Youneedtomaintainanameand an email address at least or you will not be able to access the Members Area.

8. After this initial procedure whenever you want to access the Members Area you just need to go to www.rockspringucc.org, click on the Members Area tab on the upper right hand corner. On the page that appears just click the “Member Login” link. From there use your email and password to sign in.

9. To access documents such as the recent Facility Survey, join the group “Congregational Documents.”

You will notice a toggle on the upper left of the web-page that will allow you to go between the website and the members area. If you are a member of Council, Board or a Committee you will receive emails indicating that you have been added to those groups. We hope you will join us in this new way of connecting and communicating with one another!

Facility Survey Many thanks to the 187 people who responded to the survey sent out in June about our facilities. You may access the survey on the members area of the web site or emailing [email protected] and requesting that the report be sent to you directly. There are also several copies of the report available for viewing in the Saegmuller Room.

Rock Spring Riders Don’t miss the last ride of the summer! The Rock Spring Riders will be riding on Saturday, August 9th starting at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Starbucks in the Lyon Village Shopping Center. The rides are approximately 18 miles and take approximately two hours. Call John Morland (703-731-0608) or Don Manning (703-407-5085) if you have questions.

Milestones and MarkersWe rejoice with John Hotchkiss and Heather Moore who were married on July 4, 2014.

We rejoice with Donna and Bill Cartwright, in celebra-tion of the marriage of Alison Vogt Cartwright and Nicholas Ketz.

We extend sympathy to Don and Diana John on the loss of Diana’s father Ben Entwisle.

We extend our sympathies to Charles Brown upon the death of his father, Charles, on July 22.

The Congregation, The MinistersKathryn N. Dwyer, Senior Pastor [email protected]

Mark J. Suriano, Associate Pastor [email protected]

Ashley Martinage, Director of Children’s Ministries [email protected]

Elizabeth Kluegel Niblock, Director of Music [email protected]

Edward Roberts, Assistant Director of Music and Organist [email protected]

Administrative Staff: Angel M. Washington, Office Administrator [email protected]

Sarah Lengyel Steel, Bookkeeper and Operations Consultant [email protected]

Childcare Staff: Fern Lawrence, Cecilia Welch, Judy Carrillo, & Blanca Cespedes

Custodial Staff Willis Gardner & Vicky Morales

5010 Little Falls Road, Arlington, VA 22207(703) 538-4886www.RockSpringUCC.org

Rock Spring Congregational5010 Little Falls RoadArlington, VA 22207