Pastor’s Notes (Page 20)

Our Supper Groups are small casual-style dinners at host’s homes giving you an opportunity to get to know others in our congregation. Homes will be opened on Saturday, January 30th during the dinner hour. Signups run through Wednesday, January 13th. See Sara Loudon for more information.

• All my adult life I’ve wrestled with the meaning of growing up in such a heavily psychologized culture. I recognize some value in psychology’s ability to describe patterns that help us understand how and why people behave as they do.

Snow Camp is an annual trip for our youth out at Tall Timbers Ranch just outside Leavenworth, where we enjoy time relaxing, worshiping, hearing from a speaker, and doing some outdoor activities in the snow. Questions? Contact Chantel Kreiger (chantelk@cpcissaquah.org)

All women in the church are invited to join us for dinner, fellowship, teaching on Feb. 25th at 6:30pm at CPC. Jill Orth will be covering the topic of addictions. If you haven’t already RSVP’s please contact Julie Hastings.

• The Men’s Night of Prayer begins tomorrow at Midnight and ends at 6:00 am with breakfast. A brief word on why we would do such a crazy thing.

Men, come join us as we gather together for an evening of prayer. Our time together begins at midnight on Friday night, Dec. 18th and runs through Saturday morning. A hot breakfast will be served at 6:00a on Saturday.

• In this cultural moment, it’s all but impossible to speak of refugees, Syrian or otherwise, apart from politics. But we have to try. I’m all for government, as Paul is in Romans 13, and I appreciate T.S. Eliot’s observation that what we want of government, as Christians, is continued freedom to worship God and live faithful to him. We should continue to vote, write,…

• Ten lepers called out to Jesus to be cleansed, a prayer he answered promptly (Luke 17). But only one, a half-blood Samaritan, came back to give thanks — a story Luke tells as a wake-up call for self-righteous Israel. All the more powerful if Gentiles were to turn back and give thanks, which you can do tomorrow. Come and strengthen one another and honor the Lord by…

Come to the All-Family, All-Ages CPC Christmas party on Saturday, December 12, 6:45 to 8:30. Please bring one dozen unfrosted sugar or ginger cookies and a can of frosting or some other item with which to decorate. Ross and Laura Hauck will be leading us all in a variety of Christmas songs from 7 to 7:45, followed by the decorating and consuming of Christmas confections…

Come join us for our Thanksgiving Eve Service which will be held at our church on November 25th, beginning at 7p. The service is oriented around giving thanks to our Lord which we do through song and the Word. All are welcome!