Preparing for Peace
A few weeks ago a number of us gathered at the church on a Saturday to participate in an Active Bystander Intervention and De-Escalation training. The Leadership Team at CMC had coordinated this training through the organization DC Peace Team in response to questions about how we as a congregation…
Summer Gratitude
Written by: Robin Walton It is July 30, but my summer interim pastor of pastoral care stint is about to come to an end. (If only the cool, less humid winds of September were here to mark the end of this “summer.”) Today, as I consider the things that were…
Improvising Joy
By: Bethany Davey This weekend, I will partake in one of my favorite improvisational workshops: a musical improv intensive. If this conjures visions of theatre-loving adults (sometimes beautifully, sometimes awkwardly) playing pretend and making up songs onstage while other theatre-loving adults watch and eagerly await their turn for the limelight…well,…
On Purpose
By: Bethany Davey During our most recent Worship Commission meeting, someone* reflected on the ways our community is connected in purpose. Their reflection led me to consider what we do and how we are connected on purpose, in service to a shared sense of community and call. So much of what we do…
Wisdom, Strength, Renewal and Resolve
[Written by Robin Walton] I am so excited that we are going to focus on Anabaptism’s 500th anniversary this fall. If the 15 year old Robin could hear me say that she was excited about 16th century history, she would not believe it. When I got the 500th anniversary special edition of Anabaptist…
