Begin the Lenten season with a joint service, together with Advent & Ascension, at 801 North Carolina Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003, in the Christ our Shepherd building.

Join us for worship on Sunday, February 7, at 5pm.

Parking will be a challenge due to the snow; we recommend walking and riding metro for those who can do so. For those who can’t, we recommend saying compline at home.

From congregant Pete Howard:

Haiti Earthquake: Please consider getting involved in supporting the relief efforts in Haiti.  Several reputable organizations to give to include: Food for the Hungry (www.fh.org), Salvation Army (www.salvationarmyusa.org), World Vision (www.worldvision.org), World Relief (www.worldrelief.org), World Hope (www.worldhope.org), etc.  Right now organizations need money more than people.  If you would like to volunteer, please be patient and understand that getting volunteers on the ground in the early days of a disaster is very difficult, inefficient and dangerous.  There will be opportunities in the coming weeks and months for volunteers. Right now it is best to give financially and let experienced responders from the above organizations steward your financial resources in these early and chaotic days.

“Courageous Christian Engagement in a Complex World” with special guests Frog & Amy Orr-Ewing

On Sunday, January 10, Resurrection welcomes the Rev. Francis “Frog” and Amy Orr-Ewing from London, who will share their experiences as Christian heralds in cross-cultural settings around the world.

• 3:30 pm Courageous Answers for Difficult Questions Coffee & Dessert Discussion with Amy Orr-Ewing
• 5:00 pm Seeking Wisdom in 2010? Worship and communion, with Frog Orr-Ewing preaching.
• 7:15 pm Courageous Faith in Cross-Cultural Settings Potluck Dinner and Dialogue with Frog & Amy. Last names A-P please bring a main dish; Q-Z please bring a side dish or dessert.

The Rev. Francis “Frog” Orr-Ewing is the vicar of All Saints Peckham in central London, where he has served for the past six years, following ministry at St. Aldate’s in Oxford. Peckham is one of the Europe’s most challenging neighborhoods, renowned for gang culture and deprivation, yet in this context the church has added people from all walks of life and cultures, especially young adults. Frog is a passionate missionary pastor who values thoughtful responses to the challenges presented by our culture. The Lord has opened doors for he and his wife, Amy, to share the gospel with the Taliban in Afghanistan, as well as in Europe, the USA and Africa. He is currently completing a doctorate at King’s College in historical theology.

Amy Orr-Ewing is Training Director of the Zacharias Trust for Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, and Program Director for the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. She has degrees in theology from Oxford and King’s College. Amy speaks and lectures on Christian apologetics worldwide, at events such as the Keswick Convention UK, Veritas Forums internationally, and the European Leadership Forum in Hungary. She is the author of several books, including ‘Holy Warriors: A Fresh Look at the Face of Extreme Islam’(2003), ‘Is the Bible Intolerant’ (2006), ‘Is Believing in God Irrational’ (2008), ‘Deep’ (2008) and ‘Why Trust the Bible?’ (2009). Amy and Frog are married and have three sons, Zachary, Elijah and Benjamin.

Join us for a traditional Christmas Eve worship service on Dec 24 from 5-6:15 pm, with Holy Communion. Location: Christ our Shepherd Church, 801 North Carolina Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003.

Here’s the 2009 Church of the Resurrection Year in Review, as presented at last night’s Annual Member’s Meeting.

You may listen to Dan’s sermon, based on 1 Corinithians 10:14-22, here.

7 pm Tuesday, August 11
Christ our Shepherd Church
801 North Carolina Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20003

Join us for a multi-church gathering to hear two international updates from Europe and Rwanda. The Rev. Christian Hofreiter, who served on the pastoral team at Resurrection 2005-07, will give an update on his Oxford studies and opportunities for ministry in Austria.

Also speaking will be the Rev. Tommy Hinson, Rector of the Church of the Advent, and Laura Waters Hinson, producer and director of the award-winning documentary, As We Forgive. Tommy and Laura will report on their recent visit to our sister congregation in Nyagatare, Rwanda, as well as the premier of As We Forgive in Rwanda on the 15th anniversary of the 1994 genocide.

Please bring a dessert to share and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!

With joy we announce the addition of two new staff members at the Church of the Resurrection!

Our newly appointed Assistant Pastor is the Rev. Matthew Mason, currently Curate of St. John’s Church in Tunbridge Wells, England. Matthew is married to Annabel, and they have two daughters, Tabitha and Evie (left). We expect the Masons to join us in DC this fall after they have been granted appropriate visas. Please pray for the visa process, and for the Mason family as they say farewell to family and friends and move to the United States.

We also welcome to the staff as a Ministerial Fellow our very own Aaron Damiani. Aaron and his wife, Laura, together with their two sons Gus and Sammy (below), have been part of Resurrection for the past year since moving to DC from Chicago. God willing, Aaron will be ordained as a deacon this fall, and a presbyter in the spring of 2010.  Aaron begins with us officially on August 4. Please pray for the Damiani family as they make this transition.

The search for an Assistant Pastor began earlier this spring when then Assistant Pastor Mark Booker and his family were commissioned for a new work in Boston, MA, and in anticipation of Assistant Pastor Matthew Anderson’s departure overseas at the end of this summer. Through the end of May, the pastoral search committee received numerous applications from excellent candidates across the United States and in several countries. During the past six weeks, the committee focused on the top five applicants for the position. Through interviews with the clergy and parish council, two candidates rose to the top of the list: Matthew Mason and Aaron Damiani.

Matthew and Aaron are similar in many respects, inasmuch as both are godly leaders who share our vision for a vibrant, transformational Christian community in urban Washington, DC. Both also have healthy marriages and families. But they are also quite unique. Matthew brings substantial pastoral experience from his work as a presbyter in the Church of England. He is a mature theologian with a gift for proclamation, a concern for the unchurched, and an obvious international perspective. Aaron, on the other hand, has several years of experience as a college chaplain. He has an abiding passion for prayer and liturgy. He is already well-known and trusted within our community.

Two excellent candidates. Both would be welcome additions to the team and would bring new life to Resurrection. It was very difficult to choose between them. After much prayer and deliberation, we finally discerned a third option that we believe is right for our church at this time. We sense that God has called our congregation to take a leap of faith by trusting in him to provide for us financially during times of economic uncertainty. It’s a stretch, but we believe the Lord has answered our prayers for a new pastor by sending both Matthew and Aaron to us.

Please join us in giving thanks to God and welcoming both Matthew and Aaron on to the Resurrection staff. Please also remember both families in prayer during this time of transition.

Thanks for praying for and volunteering to help with the playground!  As Bryan Wandel announced on Sunday night, the playground will be built this Saturday in the Hopkins Housing Community at 12th and K SE.

You can register to help build by emailing me  emiliekao (at) yahoo.com by June 9 or showing up at 8:30am.

*Please wear covered shoes (e.g. sneakers), but not open-toed (e.g. tevas, flip-flops).
*Lunch and Breakfast provided.
*All skill levels welcome
*Rain date is 7/12

We are hoping for 25 volunteers from outside Hopkins and 15 from within Hopkins.  So far we have 5 volunteers from the Rez…come join us for all or any part of the day.