Worship
Join us for worship Sunday mornings at 10:30 in person and on Zoom
Worship, November 3, 2024 – Rev. Sung Lee begins his new Sermon Series: Gratitude: Living a Life of Thankfulness with a message titled “Fundamental Gratitude”.
Watch archived lessons by visiting our Worship Page
HURRICANE HELENE RELIEF
In the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact on the South (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee), we see that communities need people to help with getting needed supplies and clean-up. Presbytery Disaster Assistance (PDA) is currently on the ground in the hardest-hit areas. Their efforts to deliver crucial supplies, provide assistance with clean-up, and support the eventual rebuilding process will take time and financial support. As we search for ways to contribute, let’s consider the immense impact of donating to PDA. Your generous support will play a pivotal role in aiding these communities as they strive to recover and rebuild. Together, we can make a meaningful difference and bring hope to those in need.
To give by phone, call 800-872-3283. To send a check, please write “DR000169” on the memo line and mail it to:
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
P. O. Box 643700
Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700
To give online, please go to http://bit.ly/3Y0zWsN or scan the QR code:
Rev. Sung H. Lee
Rev. Sung Lee was born in Daejeon, South Korea, and is the youngest of three siblings. Raised in Tampa, Florida, Pastor Sung is a fourth-generation Presbyterian. He credits his parents for helping him have a deep faith in Jesus Christ and shaping his understanding of living faithfully in God’s grace.
With over three decades in ministry, Pastor Sung has enjoyed working with youth, adults, and families in the local church in Tampa, FL; Atlanta, GA; Jacksonville, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Bradenton, FL; and Northern Virginia. Pastor Sung has experienced God’s work through missions in China, Mexico, Europe, Canada, and the US and is currently serving as the Assistant Director for the New Wilmington Mission Conference, the longest-running Global Mission Conference in the world (120 years). Pastor Sung’s passion for ministry is to help others know God in Jesus Christ and have a deeper relationship with Him.
Pastor Sung is married to Hope Lee, Lead Pastor at Vienna Presbyterian, and they live in Reston with their three children. Pastor Sung enjoys traveling, spending time with his family, cooking, watching movies, and playing and listening to music. You’ll see him cheering for his University of Florida Gators, Tampa Bay Rays, three-time Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning, and the 2-time Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Pastor Sung is excited about ministering with CPC and grateful for the journey that has brought him here.
2024-2025 PW/Horizon’s Bible Study
Please contact, Mary Ellen Absetz at meabsetz@verizon.net or phone at (703) 789-6691 and leave a message, I’ll return your call.
Pledges and Per-Capita
Please remember to keep your church tithes and offerings up to date. The rate for per capita for 2024, is $48.56/per confirmed member. You can choose to pay this in Realm or by noting “Per Capita” in the memo line of your check.
HAVE YOU PLEDGED FOR 2024? If you would like to pledge to support the mission and life of Christ Presbyterian Church, please contact Mary Ellen Absetz (meabsetz@verizon.net) or Jay Lough (jnj.lo@verizon.net).
Mission and Outreach
(Relationship Outside Church Community)
VOLUNTEER SIGN UP BOARD
Continue to look on the board for any updates. The following schedules seek your time.
Backpacks: Thank you all for your participation in providing funds for Providence Elementary School backpacks. All were delivered last week to the school. We are awaiting word from LuAnn on the amount that you contributed, hoping to meet our goal of $2,106.62. We are asking that this Sunday, August 18th is the deadline to pay on your commitment.
Friday Lunch Bags
We are awaiting word from PES to see when to begin in helping to pack lunch bags every Friday (some exceptions). Last year a small group of us (they request 2 volunteers per week) met in the cafeteria at PES and packed the items that WFCM provided to the school’s refrigerator. One can of tuna fish, two string cheeses, an apple, are examples of items to pack the 100 bags.
Thanksgiving Food Boxes
More information later…We will be signing up with WFCM to supply boxes of food (list will be provided) for the holiday food drive.
CPC Food Pantry.
Our participation has greatly dropped these last couple of months. Please, please, when you are shopping, would you add a few more items (see below) to your cart.
Most needed items in the food pantry for this month:
- Flour
- Sugar (1 or 2 lb. bags)
- Vegetable Oil
- Pasta Sauce
- Pasta
- Cereal (low sugar preferred)
- Pancake Mix
- Family Sized Snacks (crackers, pretzels)
- Canned Chicken
- Toiletries: bar soap, body wash, toothpaste, hair shampoo, toilet paper, and baby wipes (NOTE: we are not currently in need of diapers size 0-5 due to our partnership with Greater DC Diaper Bank. Please only donate larger size pull ups size 4T/5T for toddlers, size 6 diapers, or baby wipes if you want to donate items for babies.)
Organizations That CPC Supports
Ronald McDonald’s House – Aluminum pop top tabs
Lion’s Club – Eyeglasses
FACETS – Supports FFx communities with hot meals, per permanent supportive housing, food equity, hypothermia preventions & shelter, emergency pantries, and much more.
Shelter House – Supports the FFx County communities with hot meals, operates five shelter facilities and several housing programs to support our homeless neighbors.
Shepherd’s Center of Fairfax-Burke – Provides educational and enrichment programs for older adults in the community. Volunteers are needed to drive clients to various appointments or grocery shopping. Volunteers are needed in their Fairfax office also to take phone calls, add info to database for the drivers to select who and when they can assist.
Panel members are Elders Lois Wenzell and Nancy Jones.
Coffee in the Narthex
Thanks to Janet and Jay Lough, we again have coffee in the Narthex! Please join us at 10:00 a.m. and after the service for this wonderful fellowship.
Christ Presbyterian Church Mission Statement
God calls us to be a people who:
Live in the reconciling Spirit of Christ;
Joyfully praise God and grow together in faith and knowledge;
Care for one another in His Spirit;
Nurture each other through teaching, fellowship, and prayer;
Reach out into our community, witnessing for Jesus Christ,
and sharing His hope, faith and love.
Christ Presbyterian Church Statement on Racism
October 2, 2020
The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (USA) consists of two parts: The Book of Confessions and The Book of Order. Within The Book of Confessions is The Confession of 1967, Inclusive Language Text, Art. 9.44a, which states:
God has created the peoples of the earth to be one universal family. In his reconciling love, God overcomes the barriers between sisters and brothers and breaks down every form of discrimination based on racial or ethnic difference, real or imaginary. The church is called to bring all people to receive and uphold one another as persons in all relationships of life: in employment, housing, education, leisure, marriage, family, church, and the exercise of political rights. Therefore, the church labors for the abolition of all racial discrimination and ministers to those injured by it. Congregations, individuals, or groups of Christians who exclude, dominate, or patronize others, however subtly, resist the Spirit of God and bring contempt on the faith which they profess.
Similarly, the Mission Statement of the Presbytery states that we will “bear public witness to the love, truth, and justice of God in Jesus Christ specifically in the areas of racism and reconciliation.”
We, the community of Christ Presbyterian Church (CPC) of Fairfax, VA, a diverse Christian congregation, condemn the systemic racism and related violence in the United States that has oppressed and taken the lives of so many of our human family. We condemn the persistent inequities in wealth, health, and opportunity between blacks, along with other peoples of color, and whites despite the economic prosperity of recent years. These disparities exist because of a long history of policies that have excluded and exploited Americans of color. Racial inequality has become so normalized in our society that it has become an expectation. This inequality could be considered a part of American culture. And when there are protests against this culture, some even consider it a protest against America. That’s the way it’s been for more than 400 years. It has gone on, unchecked, for far too long. It has to end!
“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.“ James Baldwin
We, the CPC community, cannot be silent. We pledge to the greater community to listen with empathy, to learn with open minds, and to act with purpose. We value and encourage diversity, and are united in our opposition to racism and bigotry wherever they exist. We commit to acting with intent to achieve justice, equality, and inclusivity for all. We further commit to protecting the civil rights of all individuals, without regard to race or ethnicity. We stand in solidarity with those actively working to end racial injustice, systemic or otherwise, with a vision of building a better America and world in general.
