PEOPLE ARE FLOCKING TO NAZARETH!3

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Rock Spring News

Rock Spring Congregational

United Church of Christ

Arlington, VA

R O C K S P R I N G P R I D E E V E N T S A S U C C E S S

ROCK SPRING CELEBRATES COMMITMENT TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY

Rock Spring Pride 2

Task Force Updates 3

Reflections 5

Children, Youth, & Families 8

Central Atlantic Conference News 9

Rock Spring Review 10

T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s

Turn to page 2 for the full review of Rock Spring’s participation in the Capital Pride Parade

and Pride celebration at Rock Spring!

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On Saturday, June 11, Rock Spring marched with other Open and Affirming UCC churches in the area in the 2011 Capital Pride Parade under the sponsorship of the Potomac Association. The float and the banner proclaimed that all were welcome, and the float had a stream of balloons in rainbow colors attached to it carried by marchers from various congregations. NPR reported on the float, calling it “divinely inspired.” The Potomac Association was among a dozen religious groups marching in the parade to demonstrate solidarity with the LGBT community.

The Sunday service on June 12, which was also the Pentecost Sunday, used the theme of languages to draw out the message eloquently expressed by e.e. cummings:

to be nobody but yourselfin a world which is doing its best, night and day,

to make you everybody elsemeans to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight;

and never stop fighting.

Julie Hawkins delivered the s e r m o n , ( h t t p : / / b i t . l y /pridesunday) talking of how hard she had tried for many years to speak the “heterosexual language” with “no accent.” Despite her best efforts and after four years in the military, the authorities were alerted that she might be gay. The military pursued the matter, and Julie was dismissed. Since then, she has stopped trying to speak an “unaccented heterosexual” language, has found a life partner, and will be married at Rock Spring in November.

Rock Spring also participated with other churches on Sunday in the Capital Pride Festival, in which the Potomac Association had a booth. At the booth the participating churches distributed 3,000 postcards with names of all the ONA churches in the area, which were created and printed by our office administrator, Ellen Flores. Earlier in the week, some Rock Springers joined others in the interfaith service, “Celebrating Progress with Pride,” at the Celebration Center for Spiritual Living in Falls Church, which drew more people than in previous years.

Rock Springers: Barb Bruggemann, Clair McCarthy, Charles Spencer,

Rebecca Womeldorf, along with other Potomac Association friends.

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5th Sundays

Save the Date!

The 5th Sundays Task Force is excited to announce that we will be partnering withSt. Thomas More School 4265 4th St SE, Washington, District of Columbia 20032. 

From Noon to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 31 people of all ages are invited to join us at the school to do a wide variety of projects that will help the school prepare for the upcoming

year.  (A light lunch will be served at the school beginning at 11:30 a.m.)

While we are still working out the details, we anticipate having enough work for 200 people and a wide variety of tasks including painting, gardening, organizing, cleaning

and carpentry.  If you have a special skill (i.e. carpentry) that you can lend to this project it would be most helpful for us to learn this soon.  We will also be collecting school

supplies for the students.  Watch for more details in the bulletin and on the website!

Questions?  Contact 5thSundays@rockspringucc.org.

Hands-on Service Projects for All Ages and Abilities

!

The 5th Sunday in July is

July 31st, 2011

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NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE TASK FORCE (NHTF) – “IT’S NOT ABOUT THE BUILDING!”

Hello from the Neighborhood House Task Force!  We had our initial kickoff meeting on Monday March 28th. We are meeting (where else?) in Neighborhood House! One of our first agenda items was to take a tour of Neighborhood House. Strangely enough, many of us had never really seen much of the building. Did you know that there is an old and now unusable kitchen in the basement, or that there is an attic that you can get to through the projector room on the third level? There is also a lift that makes it semi-accessible!

One of the hardest things to understand about this committee is that “It’s not about the building!” It’s about the Congregation-wide vision for Neighborhood House that will inspire us, as well as future Rock Springers, to be proud of the place in which we worship, share fellowship, and give of our talents and treasures. To do this, we want to maximize the uses and availability of the space. We have decided on the following goals:

• Create a vision for Neighborhood House that inspires the Congregation and the community,

• Maximize the uses of the building without minimizing the return (don’t make it so “usable” that it is unusable),

• Figure out how we can make Rock Spring stand out as a local progressive church (with an eye towards bringing in new members),

• Figure out how we can pay homage to the historical concept of “Neighborhood House,”

• Figure out how we can meet the goals of the largest number of constituencies within the congregation, and

• Figure out what kind of budget we want to propose for renovations.

In order to make sure that we take into consideration ALL ideas, we are reaching out to many constituencies and local institutions including, but not limited to the following:

• Congregation members (coming soon)• Current user Groups (including the Rock

Spring Preschool, the Boy Scouts, Balalaika, Tai Chi, and the Staff);

• Rock Spring, Old Dominion and Yorktown Civic Associations

• Arlington County Government• Arlington County Schools (Yorktown and

Williamsburg)• Other local Churches (Walker Chapel,

Memorial Baptist, Calloway Methodist, St. Mary’s)

The current members of the Task Force include:

Hank FairmanWayne LimbergClaire McCarthy

John OverholtNick Ovuka

Laurie RodgersJohn RomanAnn Rudd

Marty Stansell-GammEric Wenberg

If you have any questions, or would like to provide us any ideas, please contact us at neighborhood_house@rockspringucc.org.

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Rev. Dr. Kathryn N. Dwyer

Senior Pastor

I find that I keeping thinking about a beautiful image that is etched in my mind. On Sunday, June 5th, we served communion by intinction (meaning we invited everyone forward to receive).    One young child, after receiving communion with her family, returned to her seat and stood between her parents, on her pew.

I watched as she stood on tip toe, leaning forward, straining to see all of the other people in the congregation come forward to receive the gift she had just taken.  Watching this young girl, her face lit up with expectancy and joy, helped me to enter the experience more fully.

Occasionally, I will hear adults suggest that a child is too young to understand communion.  Often, I think it is adults who have the most difficulty, because we try to use our heads too much and overload ritual with doctrine.  Educators David Ng and Virginia Thomas describe sacraments as “pictures, drawn by God for our edification and nurture” to which children are irresistibly drawn. The act of including children at the Table requires us to trust in God’s mercy, not to explain how it operates.

Ng and Thomas remind us that we do not “observe” sacraments, we “celebrate” them, and children are good at celebrating.1 Clearly, the young child I watched a few Sundays ago experienced "take, eat, this is for you" as an act of love, generosity, and abundance.   It is a mental image I will cherish in my heart.

If you are like me, your understanding and experience of communion has grown, like many things, over time. The Leader’s Box2, [OCLL, 1982] suggests some of the things communion might mean to us:

Communion is:• the way in which the living presence of Christ

is experienced in the church…• the way we acknowledge and celebrate our

faith that God was in Christ reconciling the world and bring in the new age…

• the experience of how the world ought to be and how it will be when God’s reign comes…

• a setting in which we confess our sins and receive the good news that we have already been forgiven…

• the gathering in which the church is sustained and nurtured for faithfulness and ministry…

• a message about the sacredness of all life and of the creation…

• the means by which we proclaim our hope in the realm or kingdom of God…

• a means of uniting us not only with Christ but also with one another…

• a personal, but not private, experience.

When my own children were young, I would sometimes say as the elements were passed, “This is a gift from God to us.” Or, “When we take communion it is one way we can remember Jesus.” Their delight in yummy bread, like the delight I saw on this young girl’s face a couple of weeks ago, added to my own.

If you are interested in reading more about the theology and child development theories and how they relate to the sacrament of communion, see the excellent article, Jesus Loves Me, by Donna Papenhausen, which can be found at w w w . c t u c c . o r g / r e s o u r c e s / p d f s /Jesus_Loves_Me.pdf.

Let’s celebrate all those in our midst who want to stand on the pews so they can see!

1Mark  David  Ng  and  Virginia  Thomas,  Children  in  the  Worshipping  Community,  (Atlanta:  John  Knox  Press,  1973),  p.  27ff.

2Mark  The  Leader’s  Box,  “Communion”  (New  York:  OfSice  for  Church  Life  and  Leadership,  1982).

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THANKS--THE WORDS THAT COME BEFORE ALL ELSE

By Janet Parker

This post has been brewing in my mind ever since I was at Akwesasne last month, and today it knocked on my head and said, "it's time to write this down."  In the midst of packing to leave the B&B in New Haven this morning, I stopped for some reason to read some of a new book I got by the Mohawk leader and teacher Tom Porter - And Grandma Said:  Iroquois Teachings As Passed Down Through the Oral Tradition.  And that's when the feelings came up that had to be expressed today.   In the book, he writes about the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, also called the "Words that Come Before All Else," because you are supposed to say them before you begin any important gathering, ceremony or event.  But more than that, Haudenosaunee people are taught to say them every day, twice a day, with their families.  It's hard to overstate the importance of giving thanks, of gratitude, to Haudenosaunee culture.  Porter calls the Thanksgiving Address the "spiritual key of the ceremonial world of the Iroquois."  So what's it all about?  Well, it's really extraordinary.  And I find now that sometimes when I hear it or read about it, it makes me want to cry; it's that beautiful and moving.  The Haudenosaunee believe that when the Creator created everything, all forms of life and even what we call "inanimate" features of earth like water, the sun, moon, and wind, he gave them original instructions.  Everything that exists has a job to do.  When everything does its job, life continues.  The most important job we humans have is giving thanks  for and to everything that the Creator made, and also of course, to the Creator. 

It's hard to explain the effect of gathering together as a group and participating in the Thanksgiving Address.  It's never said the same way because it's a living thing--an oral tradition--so the speaker tells it their own way which adds to its power.  What happens is that the speaker leads the people through a process of giving thanks to one another (the people), Mother Earth, and to all the different kinds of beings we share the world with--food plants, medicine plants, trees, animals, birds, fish, waters, and so forth.  Also, the heavenly bodies of the sun, moon, and stars, and elements like wind and thunder.  

What happens when you experience this is that you realize in a visceral way how dependent we are on all of these elements and other beings in creation, how we're related to all of them as one family on Mother Earth, and how they are all doing their jobs so we can live.  And so, we have to do our job too--we have to be grateful to them, and treat them with respect, protect them and honor them so life can continue.  And we are reminded that God is the source of all this life that we enjoy on this beautiful planet that is perfectly suited to us.  It's deeply spiritual, and it is so moving because it reminds us that we're not alone, we're part of a great family of beings that all work together for our survival and for the flourishing of all life.  So to give a glimpse of what this is like, here's an excerpt from Porter's rendering of it in his book:

"And then our Creator did another thing.  He made the trees, all kinda trees (there follows a long section about the

Maple, the leader of the trees, and all the fruit trees that give wonderful food, medicine and fuel)...And those trees

make the oxygen in the air we breathe, the oxygen that you and I need every day. And the buffalo need it, and the deer

need it, and the birds need it.  And if those trees were to stop being trees, they would no longer make oxygen.  And then you and I and all life would suffocate, there would be

no more life.  So you see, the tree is not just a tree.  The tree is one of the sources of our life.  And we need to stand by

them.  And we need to watch over them and protect them as much as we can.  For they do that for us.  And so we shall become of one mind, and what we do is put many thank

yous and greetings and love again in front of us.  As it piles up in a big heap, you and I will grab its perimeters, and we will throw it to the east, to the north and the west and the south so that every tree will hear and feel our hello and feel

our thankfulness and feel our compassion. And then they will be so touched by that that they will

grow again another year.  And we and our families will live again.  And so to the Trees of the World, their leader the Maple, with love, we say thank you.  And our mind is

agreed."

And so, as I leave New Haven and begin the trek back home, completing this portion of my sabbatical, I too give thanks.  I give thanks for all of the people that I have met over the last two and a half months who have welcomed me into their world, into their thoughts, into their homes and communities.  I give thanks for all that I have learned from them.

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I give thanks for the places I have travelled to and through and all the life I have enjoyed in those places--the birds, rivers, mountains, forests, lakes I have seen and enjoyed, the air I have breathed, the roads that have allowed me to get there, even the pollen which was so annoying to my body but which is so necessary for life to continue.

I give thanks for the cities and towns I have visited with their vibrant life and distinct characters and various ways of struggling to be human communities.  I give thanks for the Mohawk territory of Akwesasne, a place where the Mohawk people can still live on their traditional territory and practice their culture and way of life.

I give thanks for the academic resources and excellence of Yale, its repository of human knowledge, for the faculty and students which make it a living community of human wisdom, and the opportunity to delve into its waters.  I give thanks for Jane and the people I have come to know here at the place I've stayed in New Haven, who have made my time here companionable and warm rather than isolated and withdrawn.

I give thanks to Rock Spring UCC and the Louisville Institute that made all this possible, and for having a wonderful community to return home to, to live out my vocation, and to love the people.  And I give thanks to God, Source of all Life, indwelling Presence in all that is, Redeemer and Consoler who mends our brokenness and sets us back on the path of life, and Sustainer who enables us to endure life's vicissitudes and challenges.  To the God who created the universe, dwells in my own soul, greets me in the eyes of every human being created in God's image, and inspirits our living, miraculous world, I say, Thanks.

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FROM THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT

As I type this, my kids are in their last hours of school. Spring sports have (finally!) ended, teacher gifts have been distributed, countless cupcakes have been baked, and we are on our last “lasts” of the school year. We are all looking forward to the slightly-less-frantic days of summer.

As an at-home mom (and semi-professional volunteer), I’m blessed to be able to take my work wherever I go, so I plan to spend about half the summer lakeside in Maine, at our family cabin. For me, there is no place quite like it. There are no playdates, just play. Meetings are replaced by hikes; email is trumped by board games. I sit on the dock early every morning with my coffee and can feel my spirit being renewed.

While most of you won’t be away that much, I pray that all will manage to sneak in at least a little renewal time, whether at home or on the road. As in previous summers, I expect that Sunday mornings will look a little different at Rock Spring, as even the most regular attenders take an occasional day off.

It’s a good time to remember that the church is not the building, but the people. Over the summer, I encourage each of us to check in from time to time with Rock Springers we haven’t seen in a while. A quick phone call, email, or Facebook posting can help to maintain connections and to let members of our community know that they are not forgotten.

I also hope that if you travel, you will take time to experience worship in other churches. I love to do this, both to get new ideas and also to be reminded of just why Rock Spring is so special to my family. As a member of the IMAGINE Worship Task Force, I encourage you to drop us a note if you see something you like (worship@rockspringucc.org). We are actively seeking ideas to further infuse our worship with vitality and faithfulness.

God be with you ‘til we meet again!Ashley Martinage

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES!On Sunday, June 19, we honored one of the

milestones on life’s journey: graduation.    Whether from high school, college, technical training, or advanced degrees, we celebrate the gift of learning that God gives us.  May each of our graduates feel the refreshing breath of God’s Spirit, as they continue to encounter the wonders of God’s creation.

SUMMER MISSION EXPERIENCE IS ON ITS WAY!

On Sunday, July 3, our intrepid Missioners head out to the Potomac Youth Summer Mission experience.  This year, we’re returning to Almost Heaven Habitat for Humanity with even more friends from the Potomac Association.   Folks from Bethel UCC-Arlington, VA; Christ Congregational UCC-Silver Spring, MD; Westmoreland Congregational UCC-Bethesda, MD; and United Christian Parish-Reston, VA will join us for the week’s work.  All told, we’ll be 55+ strong!  And our Rock Spring crew is the largest yet; 22 youth and chaperones!   How awesome?!?   And yes, this year we're doing a Blitz Build!  Five days, 50+ people, one house!

Pray for us and for Almost Heaven!  Look for our report when we get back!

SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOLAfter the children's moment, children Pre-K

through 5th grade are invited to join us for Sunday School. Volunteers will lead children out of the service; Pre-K through 1st grade should follow the volunteers with  yellow  signs and 2nd through 5th grade should follow volunteers with the blue signs. The Pre-K through 1st grade group will meet on the lower level and the 2nd through 5th grade group will meet on the upper level of the Hunter Building. We look forward to seeing you in Sunday School!

COMING SOON TO ROCK SPRING:

KID'S NIGHT OUTFormerly known as Parent's Night Out, Kid's

Night Out aims to provide a safe, fun environment for Rock Spring kids to spend time with their “church friends,” give parents a well-deserved break, and cultivate relationships in the Rock Spring community. We need your input to make this program the best that it can be. Please help us by completing our short online parent survey: http://svy.mk/kidsnight Questions? Contact Courtney Klamar at Courtney.Klamar@gmail.com

Spencer Douglas CalvertYorktown High School, Arlington, VA

Attending University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 

Alan Huston GordonYorktown High School, Arlington, VAAttending Elon University, Elon, NC

 Mae Lindsey Whitesides

Yorktown High School (Arlington, VA)Awarded the Presidential Educational Award for

Outstanding Academic Effort. Attending the College of Wooster, Wooster, OH; awarded the Byron Morris

Scholarship 

Gillian Simone WaffleWakefield High School, Arlington, Virginia

Awarded Girl Scouts Gold Award, Everett Demarest Award from Arlington Kiwanis Club for youth

service; AP Scholar with Honors. Attending Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA; awarded the Cultural

Diversity Scholarship Award 

Alden Sherburne Hart, IIIYorktown High School, Arlington, VA

Awarded Woody Herman Jazz Award, Harvard Book Award, National Merit Scholarship Commended Student.

Attending Davidson College, Davidson, NC

Joanna Lena-Maria La RocheThe Field School, Washington DC

Attending High Point University, Greensboro NC

CONGRATULATIONS !

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WAKE UP! A NEW CHURCH IS POSSIBLE

The Central Atlantic Conference Annual Meetings provide an excellent window into the work of Our Church’s Wider Mission. In many respects, the Central Atlantic Conference IS our church’s wider mission.

We heard stories of what makes the UCC, a channel for God’s “Still Speaking” voice, so distinctive and so appealing to many who have found rejection or lack of connection in so many other parts of today’s Church. From individual stories of inclusion instead of rejection, through new churches struggling to get started, to the great generosity of the Paramus Congregation who, accepting the inevitable sale of their property, wanted the proceeds to be used for propagating the work of the Conference, including through new church development and support for emergency relief.

We were privileged to have Geoffrey Black, General Minister and President of the UCC as the keynote preacher and speaker. Against a backdrop of decline in many denominations and faith-based activity nationwide, he underscored the potential strength that comes from our being a “faith movement” rather than a denomination in a conventional sense.

Inspiring words came too from Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and UCC member, who spoke with great fervor and frankness, on a number of issues—including the need to make rapid progress on poverty alleviation, peace building, and much better environmental stewardship, including climate change. It was, in effect, an endorsement of the role of faith-based organizations in pushing governments and international organizations to pursue justice.

Naturally there was business to be transacted. The conference budget remains as constrained as ever—contributions from churches are barely holding steady, investment income has not recovered from the economic downturn and staff is considerably down from what it was 3 years ago. Despite those constraints, the outturn for 2010 was strong enough to allow the proportion of giving to the national UCC to be edged back up to close to 35 percent (the 2009 meeting had reluctantly decided to reduce it to 30 percent).

It is almost impossible to attend these meetings without some reminder that our congregation is a leader in the denomination—whether in terms of finance or people. Our strong contribution to Our Church’s Wider Mission continues to be deeply appreciated. Another (unexpected) example: Rock Spring was commended as the national leader in contributions to the Christmas Fund, which supports UCC clergy who have little or no pension income from their faithful service.

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The Central Atlantic Conference Annual Meeting was held at the University of Delaware in Newark, DE during June 10-12, 2011. Rock Spring was represented by Kathy Dwyer, Hank Fairman, Carol George and Michael Bell, who wrote this report.

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IN MEMORIAM

HELP FOR THE KINCAID FAMILY

On Tuesday, June 14, we celebrated the life of Karin Kincaid in a service of joyful remembrance.  We continue to lift up the family in prayers, care, and support.  We are partnering with several groups of friends and family of the Kincaids to help out in a variety of ways.   The F.B. Meekins Cooperative Preschool, one of their communities, has established a   Lotsa Helping Hands   caregiving page to help coordinate the many offers of care and support.

To volunteer to help, simply send an email to  helpinghands@rockspringucc.org, or contact Joe Kelly or Rev. Hank Fairman.  You will receive a follow-up email with instructions on how to use the  Lotsa Helping Hands  page, and how to offer your hands.

We thank you all in advance for all that the Rock Spring UCC community will give in supporting Mark, Alex, and Bryce.

MARKERS AND MILESTONESWe would like to congratulate the Kincaid family

on the birth of Brycen Matthew, born on June 1, 2011.

NEWS AND NOTES

SERMONS ON ITUNES!

We are pleased to announce that Rock Spring now has a presence on iTunes.  You can subscribe to the podcasts of our sermons by going to the iTunes store,

clicking on Podcasts, and searching under "R."   OR...better yet, just go to this URL:   http://itunes .apple .com/us/podcast/rock-spring-congregational/id444169527

ROCK SPRING RIDERS

John Morland and Don Manning are starting a group called Rock Spring Riders to consist of any Rock Spring members and friends who are interested in getting together for a bicycle ride on several Saturdays this summer. Upcoming dates are Saturday, July 9, and Saturday, August 20, and the starting point will be in front of the Starbucks in the Lyon Village Shopping Center in Arlington (this is at the corner of Lee Highway and Spout Run Parkway). We will meet at 9:00 a.m. and ride the so-called Arlington Loop which goes on a bike path that parallels Lee Highway from the Lyon Village Shopping Center down to Rosslyn then goes along the Potomac River past National Airport, and then swings back through the Shirlington, Barcroft and Bluemont Park areas of Arlington and finally returns to Lyon Village Shopping Center. The entire ride is on a bike path. The Loop is approximately 18 miles, contains some modest hills, and takes two hours or less to complete. We encourage Rock Springers of any age and gender to join us!

MEN'S GROUP LUNCH

The Men's Group Lunch is on the first Friday of each month.   The group voted to meet on July 1st even though this is just before the 4th of July weekend.  We meet at Mylo's Grill in Chesterbrook.  The time is noon, except some of the guys arrive earlier.   This is an opportunity each month for the men to escape their normal routines, ponder and recharge their batteries, talk, share, and develop stronger relationships with other Rock Spring men.  Meetings are free format with each finding its own common ground.  There is no requirement to bring or contribute but everybody finds something interesting.   Each pays for   their own lunch.   For further information or to coordinate a ride, call me (Emory Hackman) at 703.288.2941.

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CENTENNIAL WEEKEND – SAVE THESE DATES AND SPREAD THE NEWS

There will be many opportunities to celebrate the Rock Spring Centennial in 2012.  But a very special time will be our Centennial Weekend Celebration, May 18-20, 2012, which will kick-off with a Friday evening dinner at a local hotel.  So please keep that weekend free on your calendars and spread the word to former members and friends who you think would like to join us.  If there are special folks you believe we should invite to Centennial activities, please send their names and contact information to Centennial@rockspringucc.org.   Gail Howell, Chair of the Centennial Planning Committee.

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5th Sundays Acknowledgements

Heartfelt  thanks  to  the  many  supporters  that  made  the  inaugural  5th  Sundays  event  such  a  remarkable  and  

memorable  occasion!

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Thank You Participants!The Members, Friends, and Neighbors

of Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ

Thank you Pastors & Staff!Kathy DwyerHank FairmanJanet ParkerEllen Flores

Jessica Lowther

Thank you Task Force Members!Julie ClarkeIris Gibson

Sarah GilmourSandy Lewis

Hope SchutteLaura Tuell

Dakota Wenberg

Thank you Contributors!

Susan Alverson Joe Kelly

Michael Bell Courtney Klamar

Valerie Bell Joseph Kopser

Colleen Boles Jeannie Lehowicz

David Clarke Ashley Martinage

Dale Dwyer Claire McCarthy

Campbell Gilmour Dwight Rodgers

Charlie Gilmour Ann Rudd

Emory Hackman Andy Schwarz

Rebecca Halbe Mary Schwarz

Martha Jolkovski

Thank you Supporting Organizations & Retailers!

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