Worship Schedule:
10:00am in the Sanctuary and on YouTube
Due to the pandemic the need for food is increasing daily. In addition, the annual Letter Carriers Food Drive (Stamp Out Hunger) which normally produces more than 50,000 lbs. of donated food has been canceled which makes the need even greater.
AFAC needs canned vegetables, cereal (low sugar), canned tuna, canned tomato products (stewed, diced, paste), and peanut butter (in plastic jars).
Contributions can be dropped off in the Narthex.
Sunday, November 13
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Prof. James Farwell of Virginia Theological Seminary presiding.
1:00 p.m. – Finnish Congregation worship service in the Sanctuary.
Thursday, November 17
11:00 a.m. – Funeral service for Clarence Kipps in the Sanctuary; reception to follow in the Parish Hall.
Sunday, November 20
9:10 a.m. – Sunday School in the Parish Hall.
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Pastor Gordon Lathrop presiding.
5:30 p.m. – Confirmation Class will meet in the Parish Hall.
6:30 p.m. – Youth Group assembling “Treats for Troops” packages in the Parish Hall.
We are pleased to welcome back Prof. James Farwell of the Virginia Theological Seminary to preach and preside at this Sunday’s service. Pastor Gordon Lathrop will lead our services on November 20 and again on the first Sunday of Advent, November 27.
An exceptional group of guest clergy will be joining us for our Advent and Christmas services, with Rev. Dr. Sarah Colvin, former Rector at Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit in Vashon Island, Washington, presiding on December 4. Prof. Farwell will return on December 11, followed by Pastor Lathrop on December 18. Pastor Wally Jensen will celebrate our Christmas Eve service with us, and Pastor Lathrop will lead services on Christmas Day.
As our church continues to monitor infections of COVID, RSV, and influenza, the wearing of masks at church remains optional as long as Arlington County's COVID-19 community level remains “low” based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assessment as tracked by our Reopening Planning Group. Congregants are encouraged to wear masks if they choose to. The church continues to monitor the county’s level and will make adjustments in precautions as necessary based on the CDC assessment.
The Reopening Planning Group also encourages congregants to continue to maintain appropriate distances when sitting in pews, sharing the peace of Christ and taking communion, and to wash hands and use sanitizers in church. Our pastors, communion assistants, and ushers will continue to wear masks when welcoming those attending services and in distributing Holy Communion in deference to congregation members who choose to take that precaution. The wearing of masks in Sunday School will be guided by parents’ feedback. Congregants are also encouraged to keep up to date with vaccinations, and anyone not feeling well should stay home and access the livestream feed of worship services.
Sunday, November 20, is the deadline for you to support Doorways’ Winter Wishes Donation Drive. Resurrection is supporting Doorways, the Arlington organization assisting families coming out of domestic violence situations, in its holiday season drive to give each parent and child it serves the opportunity to choose a winter coat. Contributing a $50.00 gift card for one new coat, $100.00 for a family to spend, or any amount from either Target or Visa, will be greatly appreciated and bring warmth and happiness to the recipients this holiday season.
Resurrection’s Advent offerings will also go to Doorways, but this is the last Sunday to contribute to the Winter Wishes Donation Drive. Please join in helping these families – a basket for contributions is in the Narthex. Please write the amount of your donation on the gift card.
It’s not too late to share your leftover Halloween candy or sweets from your own “trick-or-treat” bag with our troops. Our youth groups will still be collecting candy the next two Sundays, November 13 and 20, and preparing gift bags for the “Treats for Troops” program. Containers to collect your candy donations will be in the Narthex.
Are there Resurrection family members who are currently serving in the military? If so, please send their mailing addresses to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. so that they can be included in the Youth Group’s “Treats for Troops” project.
On Thursday, November 24, at 2:00 p.m., Resurrection Church will hold Thanksgiving Dinner in the Parish Hall. RELC members are welcome to gather beforehand at 1:30 p.m. RELC will provide the turkey, stuffing and drinks. RELC members may sign up to bring appetizers, vegetable or other side dishes, cranberry sauce, salads and/or dessert. This is your chance to show off your culinary skills as well as a treasured family recipe!
If you and your family would like to join in the celebration, please fill out the sign-up sheet in the Narthex, so that we may plan on how many places to set.
And on that note, don’t forget about the Arlington Turkey Trot! It’s a 3.2 mile route, which you can run, walk, or saunter through. It benefits Arlington charities, including AFAC, and it is a good way to build up some energy to tackle that second piece of pumpkin pie! Join your fellow members of Resurrection on the course by registering online at the Arlington Turkey Trot.
We will again receive donations of food items for AFAC on Sunday, November 20, in conjunction with our regular worship service. In the coming weeks, December 4 and 18 will also be AFAC Sundays.
Mark your calendars for our Annual Holiday Wreath Making event on Sunday, November 27, following the worship service in the Parish Hall. Sign-up sheets will be available in the Narthex and in the Parish Hall. The suggested donation for all of the wreath-making supplies is $10.00, which will benefit our youth attending the ELCA National Youth Gathering in 2024.
Please join us for Advent mid-week virtual services, Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. The theme is “Waiting with the Saints – Advent Evening Prayer” –
November 30 – Andrew
December 7 – Ambrose
December 14 – John of the Cross
December 21 – Winter Solstice
Each service will include an introduction by Gail Ramshaw. The liturgy will be led by our own members. Look for a Constant Contact email on Tuesdays, which will include the Zoom link and a copy of the bulletin.
Resurrection is continuing to work on updating its membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information. Member Information forms are available in the Narthex – we urge each member of the congregation to fill one out and return it to the church office.
To view our 10:00 AM Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55AM on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
During the time after Pastor Linman departs and before an interim pastor is named or a new pastor called, we will suspend the compilation of a formal and published prayer list. Our intercessory prayer lists are crafted and maintained by the pastor who receives names and who exercises pastoral discretion and care in relation to those named and those who name them. Without an interim or called pastor to generate and maintain the list and to follow up pastorally concerning those named, an intercessory prayer list would be challenging to maintain with pastoral integrity and sensitivity. That said, each Sunday’s prayers of intercession include a petition during which members of the worshiping assembly can call out aloud specific names of persons for whom they would like to pray, and during this time of pause, worshipers can also name persons in the silence of their hearts and minds. Please be assured that your prayerful intents and those of the whole worshiping assembly are heard by God.
Pastor Amy Feira has graciously agreed to be on call for members of the congregation to contact in case of pastoral emergency and other pastoral needs through the month of November. She may be reached at: (703) 303-9388 and/or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Alexandra Mattson, the editor of our now quarterly Steeple Light newsletter, is now also serving as the editor of our Weekly Announcements messages, working closely with Council President Glen Mason. If you have any items that you wish to communicate in the Weekly Announcements as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please send them via email to both This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!
All Saints Sunday, November 6
Remember: Daylight Savings Time ends at 2:00 a.m. this Sunday, Nov. 6 – please don’t forget to re-set your clocks and “fall back” to Eastern Standard Time.
9:10 a.m. – Sunday School for 3-year-olds through 5th graders in the Parish Hall.
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Rector Andrew Merrow, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, presiding.
3:00 p.m. – Youth Group will meet to get the "Plot Against Hunger" ready for winter.
4:00 p.m. – Confirmation Class will meet in the Parish Hall (please note the time change for this week).
Monday, November 7
7:30 p.m. – Congregation Council Executive Committee will meet virtually.
Thursday, November 10
7:30 p.m. – Congregation Council will meet virtually.
Sunday, November 13
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Prof. James Farwell of Virginia Theological Seminary presiding. 1:00 p.m. – Finnish Congregation worship service in the Sanctuary.
Our exceptional array of guest clergy continues this week with Andrew Merrow, Rector of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Arlington, presiding and preaching at All Saints Sunday. We also look forward to welcoming back Prof. James Farwell of the Virginia Theological Seminary on November 13 and having Pastor Gordon Lathrop lead our services on November 20 and on the first Sunday of Advent, November 27.
RELC is aware of the recent news coverage of an impending "Tridemic" of RSV-COVID-Influenza as the season progresses. The wearing of masks at Resurrection remains optional as long as Arlington County's COVID-19 community level remains "low" as indicated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assessment and as monitored by the Reopening Planning Group. Congregants are encouraged to wear masks if they choose to. The church continues to monitor the county’s level and will make adjustments in precautions as necessary based on the CDC assessment.
Congregants should also continue to maintain appropriate distances when sitting in pews, sharing the peace of Christ and taking communion, and to wash hands and use sanitizers in church. Our pastors, communion assistants, and ushers will continue to wear masks when welcoming those attending services and in distributing Holy Communion in deference to congregation members who choose to take that precaution. The wearing of masks in Sunday School will be guided by parents’ feedback. Congregants are also encouraged to keep up to date with vaccinations, and anyone not feeling well should stay home and access the livestream feed of worship services.
Please bring any of your leftover Halloween candy or candy that you’d like to donate from your own “trick-or-treat” bag to church this Sunday, November 6. Our youth will prepare bags of candy for the “Treats for Troops” program. Containers to collect your candy will be in the Narthex.
We will receive donations of food items for AFAC on Sunday, November 6, in conjunction with our regular worship service. In the coming weeks, our AFAC Sundays will be on November 20, December 4, and December 18.
List of Saints for All Saints Sunday
On All Saints Sunday, November 6, as is our custom, we will be including the names of members and others who have died during the past year in the prayers that day. If you wish to add the names of family members or friends who have died since November 2021, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or see Steve Black or Cindy Reese, by this Sunday, October 30.
What are your plans for Thanksgiving dinner this year? The Fellowship Committee is trying to determine if enough members of the congregation are interested in bringing back the traditional Thanksgiving meal here at Resurrection. If you and your family would like to join us for turkey and trimmings on Thanksgiving Day, please let the committee know by filling out the sign-up sheet in the Narthex.
Mark your calendars for our Annual Holiday Wreath Making event on Sunday, November 27, following the worship service in the Parish Hall. Sign-up sheets will be available in the Narthex and in the Parish Hall. The suggested donation for all of the wreath-making supplies is $10.00, which will benefit our youth attending the ELCA National Youth Gathering in 2024.
This Advent Season, Resurrection Lutheran Church is supporting Doorways, an Arlington organization that assists families coming out of domestic violence situations and assists them in starting a pathway forward. Advent offerings will go to Doorways as well as supporting their Winter Wishes Donation Drive. This holiday season, Doorways would like to be able to give each parent and child the opportunity to choose a winter coat. Contributing a $50.00 gift card for one new coat, $100.00 for a family to spend, or any amount from either Target or Visa, will be greatly appreciated and bring warmth and happiness to the recipients this holiday season.
A basket for contributions will be placed in the Narthex each Sunday until November 20. Please write the amount of your donation on the gift card. Your participation is appreciated.
Resurrection is continuing to work on updating its membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information. Member Information forms are available in the Narthex – we urge each member of the congregation to fill one out and return it to the church office.
To view our 10:00 AM Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55AM on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
During the time after Pastor Linman departs and before an interim pastor is named or a new pastor called, we will suspend the compilation of a formal and published prayer list. Our intercessory prayer lists are crafted and maintained by the pastor who receives names and who exercises pastoral discretion and care in relation to those named and those who name them. Without an interim or called pastor to generate and maintain the list and to follow up pastorally concerning those named, an intercessory prayer list would be challenging to maintain with pastoral integrity and sensitivity. That said, each Sunday’s prayers of intercession include a petition during which members of the worshiping assembly can call out aloud specific names of persons for whom they would like to pray, and during this time of pause, worshipers can also name persons in the silence of their hearts and minds. Please be assured that your prayerful intents and those of the whole worshiping assembly are heard by God.
Pastor Amy Feira has graciously agreed to be on call for members of the congregation to contact in case of pastoral emergency and other pastoral needs through the month of November. She may be reached at: (703) 303-9388 and/or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Alexandra Mattson, the editor of our now quarterly Steeple Light newsletter, is now also serving as the editor of our Weekly Announcements messages, working closely with Council President Glen Mason. If you have any items that you wish to communicate in the Weekly Announcements as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please send them via email to both This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!
Reformation Sunday, October 30
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Prof. James Farwell of Virginia Theological Seminary presiding. The Resurrection Choir, led by Barbara Verdile, will sing the Motet "Jesu, Meine Freude" by J. S. Bach in the course of the liturgy.
11:15 a.m. – Creation Care Team meeting in Room 13.
11:15 a.m. – Finance Committee meeting in the Library.
All Saints Sunday, November 6
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Rector Andrew Merrow, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, presiding.
We continue to welcome an outstanding group of guest clergy to preside at our Sunday worship services this fall. This Sunday we welcome back Prof. James Farwell of the Virginia Theological Seminary to lead our worship service celebrating Reformation Sunday.
On All Saints Sunday, November 6, we will be joined by Andrew Merrow, Rector of Arlington’s St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Prof. Farwell will return for our November 13 worship service, followed by Pastor Gordon Lathrop on November 20 and, again, on the first Sunday of Advent, November 27.
RELC is aware of the recent news coverage of an impending "Tridemic" of RSV-COVID-Influenza as the season progresses. The wearing of masks at Resurrection remains optional as long as Arlington County's COVID-19 community level remains "low" as indicated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assessment and as monitored by the Reopening Planning Group. Congregants are encouraged to wear masks if they choose to. The church continues to monitor the county’s level and will make adjustments in precautions as necessary based on the CDC assessment.
Congregants should also continue to maintain appropriate distances when sitting in pews, sharing the peace of Christ and taking communion, and to wash hands and use sanitizers in church. Our pastors, communion assistants, and ushers will continue to wear masks when welcoming those attending services and in distributing Holy Communion in deference to congregation members who choose to take that precaution. The wearing of masks in Sunday School will be guided by parents’ feedback. Congregants are also encouraged to keep up to date with vaccinations, and anyone not feeling well should stay home and access the livestream feed of worship services.
Wondering what to do with all of your leftover Halloween Candy? Want to give some of your Halloween candy to a great cause? Please consider dropping your donations into the basket in the Narthex on Sunday, November 6. Our youth will create candy bags for the Soldiers' Angels - Treats for Troops program during Youth Group.
On All Saints Sunday, November 6, as is our custom, we will be including the names of members and others who have died during the past year in the prayers that day. If you wish to add the names of family members or friends who have died since November 2021, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or see Steve Black or Cindy Reese, by this Sunday, October 30.
What are your plans for Thanksgiving dinner this year? The Fellowship Committee is trying to determine if enough members of the congregation are interested in bringing back the traditional Thanksgiving meal here at Resurrection. If you and your family would like to join us for turkey and trimmings on Thanksgiving Day, please let the committee know by filling out the sign-up sheet in the Narthex.
We will receive donations of food items for AFAC on Sunday, November 6, in conjunction with our regular worship service. In the coming weeks, our AFAC Sundays will be on November 20, December 4, and December 18.
This Advent Season, Resurrection Lutheran Church is sponsoring Doorways. Advent offerings will go to Doorways as well as supporting their Winter Wishes Donation Drive. As Ms. Joy Myers, Chief Development Officer at Doorways, explained at our October 23 Coffee Hour, Doorways assists families coming out of domestic violence situations and assists them in starting a pathway forward.
This holiday season, Doorways would like to be able to give each parent and child the opportunity to choose a winter coat. Contributing a $50.00 gift card for one new coat, $100.00 for a family to spend, or any amount from either Target or Visa, will be greatly appreciated and bring warmth and happiness to the recipients this holiday season.
A basket for contributions will be placed in the the Narthex each Sunday until November 20. Please write the amount on the gift card. Your participation is appreciated.
RELC received a grant through EcoAction Arlington’s Tree Canopy Fund to have an American Hornbeam planted on the Potomac Street side of our property in the area outside the nursery windows. Both the tree and the labor for planting it are free. In October you will notice a stake placed in the location where the tree will be planted. Actual planting will take place between October and December. Once planted, the Creation Care Team will take over care and watering of our new young tree.
American Hornbeams (also known as ironwoods or musclewoods) are native to Virginia and provide food and habitat for a variety of local fauna. This tree will help grow the tree canopy in Arlington County and will have multiple benefits for our property and our local neighborhood as it will remove carbon dioxide from the air, produce oxygen, provide shade during our hot summers, and absorb rainwater during storms, thus reducing storm runoff into our local streams. To learn more about the Tree Canopy Fund please visit:
https://www.ecoactionarlington.org/community-programs/trees/.
Resurrection is continuing to work on updating its membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information. Member Information forms are available in the Narthex – we urge each member of the congregation to fill one out and return it to the church office.
To view our 10:00 AM Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55AM on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
During the time after Pastor Linman departs and before an interim pastor is named or a new pastor called, we will suspend the compilation of a formal and published prayer list. Our intercessory prayer lists are crafted and maintained by the pastor who receives names and who exercises pastoral discretion and care in relation to those named and those who name them. Without an interim or called pastor to generate and maintain the list and to follow up pastorally concerning those named, an intercessory prayer list would be challenging to maintain with pastoral integrity and sensitivity. That said, each Sunday’s prayers of intercession include a petition during which members of the worshiping assembly can call out aloud specific names of persons for whom they would like to pray, and during this time of pause, worshipers can also name persons in the silence of their hearts and minds. Please be assured that your prayerful intents and those of the whole worshiping assembly are heard by God.
Pastor Amy Feira has graciously agreed to be on call for members of the congregation to contact in case of pastoral emergency and other pastoral needs through the month of October. She may be reached at: (703) 303-9388 and/or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Alexandra Mattson, the editor of our now quarterly Steeple Light newsletter, is now also serving as the editor of our Weekly Announcements messages, working closely with Council President Glen Mason. If you have any items that you wish to communicate in the Weekly Announcements as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please send them via email to both This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!
Sunday, October 23
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Former Bishop Richard Graham presiding.
11:15 a.m. – Social Ministry Committee forum with a presentation from Doorways on the organization’s crisis intervention programs.
5:30 p.m. – Confirmation Class will meet in the Parish Hall.
6:30 p.m. – Dinner and Youth Group in the Parish Hall.
Reformation Sunday, October 30
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Prof. James Farwell of Virginia Theological Seminary presiding. The Resurrection Church Choir, directed by Barbara Verdile, will be singing movements from the J.S. Bach Motet, "Jesu Meine Freude," throughout the service.
11:15 a.m. - Creation Care Team meeting in Room 13.
Resurrection is honored to have Bishop Richard Graham return to preside and preach at our service this Sunday as we continue to be joined in worship by an exceptional group of guest clergy.
In the coming weeks, Prof. James Farwell of the Virginia Theological Seminary will return to celebrate Reformation Sunday with us on October 30, followed by Rector Andrew Merrow from St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on All Saints Sunday, November 6. Later in the month, Prof. Farwell and Pastor Gordon Lathrop will again lead our Sunday services.
The wearing of masks at Resurrection continues to be optional, as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention assesses Arlington County’s COVID-19 community level as “low.” The church will continue to monitor the county’s community level and make adjustments in precautions based on the CDC assessment.
As a reminder, the church’s Reopening Planning Group continues to encourage congregants to wear masks if they choose to, as well as maintaining appropriate distances when sitting in pews, sharing the peace of Christ and taking communion, and to wash hands and use sanitizers in church. Our pastors, communion assistants, and ushers will continue to wear masks when welcoming those attending services and in distributing Holy Communion in deference to congregation members who choose to take that precaution. The wearing of masks in Sunday School will be guided by parents’ feedback. Congregants are also encouraged to keep up to date with vaccinations, and anyone not feeling well should stay home and access the livestream feed of worship services.
On Sunday, October 23, the Social Ministry Committee will welcome Ms. Joy Myers, Chief Development Officer of Doorways, to talk about the organization’s work to create pathways out of homelessness, domestic violence and sexual assault for Arlington residents. Resurrection will be supporting Doorways with loose offerings during our Advent season services.
Please join us during Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall on October 23 to hear more about the Doorways organization and its programs.
We will receive donations of food items for AFAC on Sunday, October 23, in conjunction with our regular worship service. In the coming weeks, our AFAC Sundays will be on November 6, November 20, December 4, and December 18.
As of Wednesday, members of Resurrection raised a total of $575 to support the October 15 Arlington CROP Hunger Walk. If you haven’t yet made a donation, it’s not too late – go to https://events.crophungerwalk.org/2022/event/arlingtonva
On All Saints Sunday, November 6, as is our custom, we will be including the names of members and others who have died during the past year in the prayers that day. If you wish to add the names of family members or friends who have died since November 2021, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or see Steve Black or Cindy Reese by Sunday, October 30.
Wondering what to do with all of your leftover Halloween Candy? Want to give some of your Halloween candy to a great cause? Please consider dropping your donations into the basket in the Narthex on Sunday, November 6. Our youth will create candy bags for the Soldiers' Angels - Treats for Troops program during Youth Group.
RELC received a grant through EcoAction Arlington’s Tree Canopy Fund to have an American Hornbeam planted on the Potomac Street side of our property in the area outside the nursery windows. Both the tree and the labor for planting it are free. In October you will notice a stake placed in the location where the tree will be planted. Actual planting will take place between October and December. Once planted, the Creation Care Team will take over care and watering of our new young tree.
American Hornbeams (also known as ironwoods or musclewoods) are native to Virginia and provide food and habitat for a variety of local fauna. This tree will help grow the tree canopy in Arlington County and will have multiple benefits for our property and our local neighborhood as it will remove carbon dioxide from the air, produce oxygen, provide shade during our hot summers, and absorb rainwater during storms, thus reducing storm runoff into our local streams. To learn more about the Tree Canopy Fund please visit:
https://www.ecoactionarlington.org/community-programs/trees/.
Resurrection is continuing to work on updating its membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information. Member Information forms are available in the Narthex – we urge each member of the congregation to fill one out and return it to the church office.
To view our 10:00 AM Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55AM on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
During the time after Pastor Linman departs and before an interim pastor is named or a new pastor called, we will suspend the compilation of a formal and published prayer list. Our intercessory prayer lists are crafted and maintained by the pastor who receives names and who exercises pastoral discretion and care in relation to those named and those who name them. Without an interim or called pastor to generate and maintain the list and to follow up pastorally concerning those named, an intercessory prayer list would be challenging to maintain with pastoral integrity and sensitivity. That said, each Sunday’s prayers of intercession include a petition during which members of the worshiping assembly can call out aloud specific names of persons for whom they would like to pray, and during this time of pause, worshipers can also name persons in the silence of their hearts and minds. Please be assured that your prayerful intents and those of the whole worshiping assembly are heard by God.
Pastor Amy Feira has graciously agreed to be on call for members of the congregation to contact in case of pastoral emergency and other pastoral needs through the month of September. She may be reached at: (703) 303-9388 and/or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Alexandra Mattson, the editor of our now quarterly Steeple Light newsletter, is now also serving as the editor of our Weekly Announcements messages, working closely with Council President Glen Mason. If you have any items that you wish to communicate in the Weekly Announcements as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please send them via email to both This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!
Saturday, October 15
9:00 a.m. – Arlington CROP Hunger Walk at First Presbyterian Arlington.
Sunday, October 16
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Prof. Shawn Strout of Virginia Theological Seminary presiding.
1:00 p.m. – Finnish Congregation worship service in the Sanctuary.
5:30 p.m. – Confirmation Class will meet in the Parish Hall.
6:30 p.m. – Dinner and Youth Group in the Parish Hall.
Sunday, October 23
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Former Bishop Richard Graham presiding.
11:15 a.m. - During Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall, speaker Joy Myers, Chief Development Officer of Doorways, will give a presentation about the mission of the organization.
Sunday, October 30
11:15 a.m. - Creation Care Team meeting in Room 13.
We are happy to welcome back Professor Shawn Strout of the Virginia Theological Seminary to preside and preach this Sunday.
In coming weeks, Bishop Richard Graham will return to preside at our October 23 service. On Reformation Sunday, October 30, Professor James Farwell of the Virginia Theological Seminary will join us, followed on All Saints Sunday, November 6, by Rector Andrew Merrow from St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. We look forward to having an outstanding group of guest clergy continue to join us as we approach Advent and Christmas services.
The wearing of masks at Resurrection continues to be optional, as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention assesses Arlington County’s COVID-19 community level as “low.” The church will continue to monitor the county’s community level and make adjustments in precautions based on the CDC assessment.
As a reminder, the church’s Reopening Planning Group continues to encourage congregants to wear masks if they choose to, as well as maintaining appropriate distances when sitting in pews, sharing the peace of Christ and taking communion, and to wash hands and use sanitizers in church. Our pastors, communion assistants, and ushers will continue to wear masks when welcoming those attending services and in distributing Holy Communion in deference to congregation members who choose to take that precaution. The wearing of masks in Sunday School will be guided by parents’ feedback. Congregants are also encouraged to keep up to date with vaccinations, and anyone not feeling well should stay home and access the livestream feed of worship services.
Our Call Committee met on October 9 with Metro D.C. Synod Assistant to the Bishop for Candidacy and Mobility Pastor Sarah Garrett Krey to review the process that the committee will follow in the coming weeks as potential candidates are identified and interviewed. The committee will update the congregation on its progress as appropriate.
The 2022 Arlington CROP Hunger Walk will be held on Saturday, October 15. There’s still time for you to join in the walk and/or support the Resurrection team online at: https://events.crophungerwalk.org/2022/event/arlingtonva
On Sunday, October 23, we welcome a guest speaker from Doorways, an Arlington organization that creates pathways out of homelessness, domestic violence and sexual assault.
Our speaker is Ms. Joy Myers, Chief Development Officer of Doorways. Resurrection will be sponsoring Doorways during the Advent season.
Please join us during Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall on October 23 to hear more about the Doorways organization.
Collection of Food Items for AFAC This Sunday
We will receive donations of food items for AFAC on Sunday, October 23, in conjunction with our regular worship service. In the coming weeks, our AFAC Sundays will be on November 6, November 20, December 4, and December 18.
On All Saints Sunday, November 6, as is our custom, we will be including the names of members and others who have died during the past year in the prayers that day. If you wish to add the names of family members or friends who have died since November 2021, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or see Steve Black or Cindy Reese, by Sunday, October 30.
RELC received a grant through EcoAction Arlington’s Tree Canopy Fund to have an American Hornbeam planted on the Potomac Street side of our property in the area outside the nursery windows. Both the tree and the labor for planting it are free. In October you will notice a stake placed in the location where the tree will be planted. Actual planting will take place between October and December. Once planted, the Creation Care Team will take over care and watering of our new young tree.
American Hornbeams (also known as ironwoods or musclewoods) are native to Virginia and provide food and habitat for a variety of local fauna. This tree will help grow the tree canopy in Arlington County and will have multiple benefits for our property and our local neighborhood as it will remove carbon dioxide from the air, produce oxygen, provide shade during our hot summers, and absorb rainwater during storms, thus reducing storm runoff into our local streams. To learn more about the Tree Canopy Fund please visit:
https://www.ecoactionarlington.org/community-programs/trees/.
Resurrection is continuing to work on updating its membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information. Member Information forms are available in the Narthex – we urge each member of the congregation to fill one out and return it to the church office.
To view our 10:00 AM Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55AM on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
During the time after Pastor Linman departs and before an interim pastor is named or a new pastor called, we will suspend the compilation of a formal and published prayer list. Our intercessory prayer lists are crafted and maintained by the pastor who receives names and who exercises pastoral discretion and care in relation to those named and those who name them. Without an interim or called pastor to generate and maintain the list and to follow up pastorally concerning those named, an intercessory prayer list would be challenging to maintain with pastoral integrity and sensitivity. That said, each Sunday’s prayers of intercession include a petition during which members of the worshiping assembly can call out aloud specific names of persons for whom they would like to pray, and during this time of pause, worshipers can also name persons in the silence of their hearts and minds. Please be assured that your prayerful intents and those of the whole worshiping assembly are heard by God.
Pastor Amy Feira has graciously agreed to be on call for members of the congregation to contact in case of pastoral emergency and other pastoral needs through the month of September. She may be reached at: (703) 303-9388 and/or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Alexandra Mattson, the editor of our now quarterly Steeple Light newsletter, is now also serving as the editor of our Weekly Announcements messages, working closely with Council President Glen Mason. If you have any items that you wish to communicate in the Weekly Announcements as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please send them via email to both This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!
Sunday, October 9
10:00 a.m. – Worship: The Rev. Sarah Garrett Krey, Assistant to the Bishop for Mobility & Candidacy, Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod, presiding.
11:30 a.m. – Call Committee meeting with Pastor Krey.
Saturday, October 15
9:00 a.m. – Arlington CROP Hunger Walk at First Presbyterian Arlington.
Sunday, October 16
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Prof. Shawn Strout of Virginia Theological Seminary presiding. Please note that Sunday School won't be held on October 9 and October 16.
We are fortunate to continue to welcome an outstanding group of guest clergy to join us for our Sunday services. This Sunday, October 9, we’re honored to welcome back Metro D.C. Synod Assistant to the Bishop for Candidacy and Mobility Pastor Sarah Garrett Krey to preside and preach.
In coming weeks, Professor Shawn Strout of the Virginia Theological Seminary will return on October 16, followed by Bishop Richard Graham October 23. On Reformation Sunday October 30, Professor James Farwell of the Virginia Theological Seminary will preside, and Rector Andrew Merrow from St. Mary’s Episcopal Church will join us on All Saints Sunday November 6.
With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s assessment of Arlington County’s COVID-19 community level as “low,” the wearing of masks at Resurrection is currently optional. The church will continue to monitor the county’s community level and make adjustments in precautions based on the CDC assessment.
The church’s Reopening Planning Group encourages congregants to wear masks if they choose to, as well as continuing to maintain appropriate distances when sitting in pews, sharing the peace of Christ and taking communion, and to wash hands and use sanitizers in church. Pastors, communion assistants, and ushers will continue to wear masks when welcoming those attending services and in distributing Holy Communion in deference to congregation members who choose to take that precaution. The wearing of masks in Sunday School will be based on parents’ feedback. The group also encourages congregants to keep up to date with vaccinations and that those not feeling well should stay home and access the livestream feed of worship services.
On Thursday, October 6, the Congregation Council will review and approve the newly revised Ministry Site Profile updated by the Transition Team based on the feedback and perspectives provided by the congregation. Copies of the final profile submitted to the ELCA and the Metro D.C. Synod will be available to the congregation in the Narthex.
The Call Committee will also meet with Metro D.C. Synod Assistant to the Bishop for Candidacy and Mobility Pastor Sarah Garrett Krey following the October 9 worship service to discuss the profile and the call process.
Collection of Food Items for AFAC This Sunday
We look forward to receiving donations of food items for AFAC on Sunday, October 9, in conjunction with our regular worship service.
AFAC Sundays in October, November and December:
The 2022 Arlington CROP Hunger Walk will be held on Saturday, October 15. You can join and/or support the Resurrection team online at: https://events.crophungerwalk.org/2022/event/arlingtonva. More information on the CROP Hunger Walk is also available in the Narthex.
RELC received a grant through EcoAction Arlington’s Tree Canopy Fund to have an American Hornbeam planted on the Potomac Street side of our property in the area outside the nursery windows. Both the tree and the labor for planting it are free. In October you will notice a stake placed in the location where the tree will be planted. Actual planting will take place between October and December. Once planted, the Creation Care Team will take over care and watering of our new young tree.
American Hornbeams (also known as ironwoods or musclewoods) are native to Virginia and provide food and habitat for a variety of local fauna. This tree will help grow the tree canopy in Arlington County and will have multiple benefits for our property and our local neighborhood as it will remove carbon dioxide from the air, produce oxygen, provide shade during our hot summers, and absorb rainwater during storms, thus reducing storm runoff into our local streams. To learn more about the Tree Canopy Fund please visit:
https://www.ecoactionarlington.org/community-programs/trees/.
Resurrection is continuing to work on updating its membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information. Member Information forms are available in the Narthex – we urge each member of the congregation to fill one out and return it to the church office.
To view our 10:00 AM Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55AM on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
During the time after Pastor Linman departs and before an interim pastor is named or a new pastor called, we will suspend the compilation of a formal and published prayer list. Our intercessory prayer lists are crafted and maintained by the pastor who receives names and who exercises pastoral discretion and care in relation to those named and those who name them. Without an interim or called pastor to generate and maintain the list and to follow up pastorally concerning those named, an intercessory prayer list would be challenging to maintain with pastoral integrity and sensitivity. That said, each Sunday’s prayers of intercession include a petition during which members of the worshiping assembly can call out aloud specific names of persons for whom they would like to pray, and during this time of pause, worshipers can also name persons in the silence of their hearts and minds. Please be assured that your prayerful intents and those of the whole worshiping assembly are heard by God.
Pastor Amy Feira has graciously agreed to be on call for members of the congregation to contact in case of pastoral emergency and other pastoral needs through the month of September. She may be reached at: (703) 303-9388 and/or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Alexandra Mattson, the editor of our now quarterly Steeple Light newsletter, is now also serving as the editor of our Weekly Announcements messages, working closely with Council President Glen Mason. If you have any items that you wish to communicate in the Weekly Announcements as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please send them via email to both This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!
Sunday, September 25
9:00 a.m. – Sunday School in the Parish Hall.
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Prof. James Farwell presiding.
Sunday, October 2
9:00 a.m. – Sunday School in the Parish Hall.
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Prof. Shawn Strout presiding.
11:00 a.m. – Pet Blessing on the church lawn.
11:15 a.m. – Creation Care Team forum with a presentation from the Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions.
With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s assessment of Arlington County’s COVID-19 community level as “low,” the wearing of masks at Resurrection is currently optional. The church will continue to monitor the county’s community level and make adjustments in precautions based on the CDC assessment.
The church’s Reopening Planning Group encourages congregants to wear masks if they choose to, as well as continuing to maintain appropriate distances when sitting in pews, sharing the peace of Christ and taking communion, and to wash hands and use sanitizers in church. Pastors, communion assistants, and ushers will continue to wear masks when welcoming those attending services and in distributing Holy Communion in deference to congregation members who choose to take that precaution. The wearing of masks in Sunday School will be based on parents’ feedback. The group also encourages congregants to keep up to date with vaccinations and that those not feeling well should stay home and access the livestream feed of worship services.
We will receive donations of food items for AFAC this Sunday, September 25, in conjunction with our regular worship service.
We are grateful for the outstanding group of guest clergy that continue to preside at our Sunday services, and we are pleased to welcome back Professor James Farwell of the Virginia Theological Seminary to preach and preside at our 10:00 a.m. service this Sunday, September 25.
We look forward to welcoming again, Metro D.C. Synod Assistant to the Bishop for Candidacy and Mobility Pastor Sarah Garrett Krey on October 9 and Professor Shawn Strout, also of the Virginia Theological Seminary, on October 16. Bishop Richard Graham will lead the worship service on October 23 and Professor Farwell will return to preach and preside on October 30. We hope that you will join us each Sunday as we continue our congregation’s life and worship.
Thanks to all Resurrection members who participated in the review of the Ministry Site Profile (MSP) of our congregation. Our Transition Team has drawn from your comments to update the MSP to reflect more accurately who we are as a church and the characteristics of the pastor we seek. The Congregation Council will vote at its October 6 meeting on approving the MSP for submission to the Metropolitan D.C. Synod.
At its September 21 organizational meeting, our Call Committee elected John Handley as its chair and prepared to begin researching and interviewing pastoral candidates. The committee will work closely with the Metro D.C. Synod as the final Ministry Site Profile is submitted and potential candidates are identified.
On October 2, members are invited to bring their pets to the 10:00 a.m. service. The pets and their owners will start off in the Parish Hall, where the service itself will be streamed live. After the last hymn, the congregation and the pets will all meet on the church lawn for the Pet Blessing, followed by an inter-species coffee hour.
Climate Solutions Forum
Please join us Sunday, October 2, at 11:15 a.m. following the service and Pet Blessing for an important presentation by representatives from the Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions (FACS). Eric Goplerud, FACS Chair, and Julie Rosenberg, FACS Arlington County Hub Leader, will talk about the alliance’s mission and actions taken on climate issues. This will be an educational opportunity for our congregation to learn how we can get involved in climate solutions at the local level.
This short statement outlines the mission of FACS: “The Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions (FACS) mission is to organize the power of Virginia’s faith communities to advance local solutions to the urgent moral challenge of climate change. Through sustained faith-based organizing of more than 2,600 activists from over 190 congregations throughout Northern Virginia, we’ve shown that local government policy, congregational practices, and personal actions produce change in local greenhouse gas emissions, resiliency, and equity.”
You can also learn more about FACS at: https://faithforclimate.org/.
The 2022 CROP Hunger Walk will be on Saturday, October 15. You can join and/or support the Resurrection team online at https://events.crophungerwalk.org/2022/event/arlingtonva. More information will also be available in the Narthex.
In an effort to create an updated membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information, you’ve now received a message which contains a member information form which we ask each member of the congregation to fill out and return to the church office. This message and the form has come to you via Constant Contact.
To view our 10:00 AM Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55AM on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
During the time after Pastor Linman departs and before an interim pastor is named or a new pastor called, we will suspend the compilation of a formal and published prayer list. Our intercessory prayer lists are crafted and maintained by the pastor who receives names and who exercises pastoral discretion and care in relation to those named and those who name them. Without an interim or called pastor to generate and maintain the list and to follow up pastorally concerning those named, an intercessory prayer list would be challenging to maintain with pastoral integrity and sensitivity. That said, each Sunday’s prayers of intercession include a petition during which members of the worshiping assembly can call out aloud specific names of persons for whom they would like to pray, and during this time of pause, worshipers can also name persons in the silence of their hearts and minds. Please be assured that your prayerful intents and those of the whole worshiping assembly are heard by God.
Pastor Amy Feira has graciously agreed to be on call for members of the congregation to contact in case of pastoral emergency and other pastoral needs through the month of September. She may be reached at: (703) 303-9388 and/or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Alexandra Mattson, the editor of our now quarterly Steeple Light newsletter, is now also serving as the editor of our Weekly Announcements messages, working closely with Council President Glen Mason. If you have any items that you wish to communicate in the Weekly Announcements as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please send them via email to both This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!
Sunday, September 18
9:00 a.m. – Sunday School in the Parish Hall.
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Former Bishop Richard Graham presiding.
11:30 a.m. – Transition Team forum on updating the RELC Ministry Site Profile in the Parish Hall.
1:00 p.m. – Finnish Congregation worship service in the Sanctuary.
5:00 p.m. – Confirmation Class will meet in the Parish Hall.
6:00 p.m. – Dinner and Youth Group in the Parish Hall.
Monday, September 19
7:00 p.m. – Transition Team meeting in the Parish Hall.
Wednesday, September 21
8:00 p.m. – Call Committee organizational meeting in the Parish Hall.
Sunday, September 25
9:00 a.m. – Sunday School in the Parish Hall.
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Prof. James Farwell presiding.
With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s assessment of Arlington County’s COVID-19 community level as “low,” the wearing of masks at Resurrection will be optional as of this Sunday, September 18. The church will continue to monitor the county’s community level and make adjustments in precautions based on the CDC assessment.
The church’s Reopening Planning Group encourages congregants to wear masks if they choose to, as well as continuing to maintain appropriate distances when sitting in pews, sharing the peace of Christ and taking communion, and to wash hands and use sanitizers in church. Pastors, communion assistants, and ushers will continue to wear masks when welcoming those attending services and in distributing Holy Communion in deference to congregation members who choose to take that precaution. The wearing of masks in Sunday School will be based on parents’ feedback. The group also encourages congregants to keep up to date with vaccinations and that those not feeling well should stay home and access the livestream feed of worship services.
As part of its work to update the Ministry Site Profile (MSP) that will help pastoral candidates learn more about our congregation, the Transition Team is asking congregation members to review and reflect on the profile written in 2018 and respond to a few general questions about how it should be updated to reflect more accurately who we are as a church today and our aspirations in calling a new pastor.
Copies of the relevant portions of the 2018 MSP are available in the Narthex along with the Transition Team’s questions. You can view the MSP below and click here to respond to the questions. The team will also hold a forum to receive feedback on revisions to the MSP during coffee hour following the September 18 worship service.
Members of the Call Committee will hold an organizational meeting this Wednesday, September 21, to elect a chair and to discuss the procedures for researching and interviewing pastoral candidates. The committee will work closely with the Metro D.C. Synod as the final Ministry Site Profile is submitted and potential candidates are identified.
During our pastoral transition, we are fortunate to be led by an exceptional group of guest clergy in our Sunday services. Former Metro D.C. Synod Bishop Richard Graham will preach and preside at our 10:00 a.m. service this Sunday, September 18. He will be followed on September 25 by Professor James Farwell of the Virginia Theological Seminary.
During October we will welcome Professor Shawn Strout of the Virginia Theological Seminary on the 2nd and the 16th. We look forward to welcoming back Metro D.C. Synod Assistant to the Bishop for Candidacy and Mobility Pastor Sarah Garrett Krey on October 9. Former DC Synod Bishop Richard Graham will preach and preside for us again on October 23 and Professor James Farwell will also return on October 30.
We are still filling out the Sunday Supply list in November, but our own Pastor Gordon Lathrop will preside on Reign of Christ Sunday, November 20, and on the first Sunday of Advent, November 27.
Please join us each Sunday as we continue our congregation’s life and worship.
Thanks to all the families and kids who joined in celebrating Rally Day last Sunday to kick off the new program year – and to Pastor Gordon Lathrop for his blessing of backpacks, computer bags, and the students who’ll be using them this school year. And, of course, to Jake’s Ice Cream for the treats!
The “Undie Sunday” collection was also a success thanks to the congregation’s generosity – about 30 packets of underwear, undershirts, and socks were delivered to New Hope Housing in Fairfax, which plans to open hypothermia shelters in the coming weeks and is grateful for Resurrection’s partnership.
Please join us on Sunday, October 2, at 11:15 a.m. for a presentation by representatives from the Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions (FACS). Eric Goplerud, FACS Chair, and Julie Rosenberg, FACS Arlington County Hub Leader, will talk about the alliance’s mission and actions taken on climate issues. This will be an educational opportunity for our congregation to learn how we can get involved in climate solutions at the local level.
Here is a short statement about the mission of FACS: “The Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions (FACS) mission is to organize the power of Virginia’s faith communities to advance local solutions to the urgent moral challenge of climate change. Through sustained faith-based organizing of more than 2,600 activists from over 190 congregations throughout Northern Virginia, we’ve shown that local government policy, congregational practices, and personal actions produce change in local greenhouse gas emissions, resiliency, and equity.”
Please plan to stay after the October 2 worship service for this important discussion. You can also learn more about FACS at: https://faithforclimate.org/.
In an effort to create an updated membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information, you’ve now received a message which contains a member information form which we ask each member of the congregation to fill out and return to the church office. This message and the form has come to you via Constant Contact.
With the start of the church’s new program year, a new edition of the quarterly “Steeple Light” is coming soon. If you have any articles or news items to share, please send them to editor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 12:00 p.m. noon on Monday, September 12.
To view our 10:00 AM Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55AM on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
During the time after Pastor Linman departs and before an interim pastor is named or a new pastor called, we will suspend the compilation of a formal and published prayer list. Our intercessory prayer lists are crafted and maintained by the pastor who receives names and who exercises pastoral discretion and care in relation to those named and those who name them. Without an interim or called pastor to generate and maintain the list and to follow up pastorally concerning those named, an intercessory prayer list would be challenging to maintain with pastoral integrity and sensitivity. That said, each Sunday’s prayers of intercession include a petition during which members of the worshiping assembly can call out aloud specific names of persons for whom they would like to pray, and during this time of pause, worshipers can also name persons in the silence of their hearts and minds. Please be assured that your prayerful intents and those of the whole worshiping assembly are heard by God.
Pastor Amy Feira has graciously agreed to be on call for members of the congregation to contact in case of pastoral emergency and other pastoral needs through the month of September. She may be reached at: (703) 303-9388 and/or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Alexandra Mattson, the editor of our now quarterly Steeple Light newsletter, is now also serving as the editor of our Weekly Announcements messages, working closely with Council President Glen Mason. If you have any items that you wish to communicate in the Weekly Announcements as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please send them via email to both This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!
Sunday, September 11
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Pastor Gordon Lathrop presiding.
11:00 a.m. – Special Congregational Meeting in the Sanctuary.
11:30 a.m. – Rally Day/Undie Sunday in the Parish Hall.
Wednesday, September 14
7:30 p.m. – Transition Team will meet in the Parish Hall.
Sunday, September 18
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Former Bishop Richard Graham presiding.
11:30 a.m. – Transition Team forum on updating the RELC Ministry Site Profile in the Parish Hall.
5:00 p.m. – Confirmation Class will meet in the Parish Hall.
6:00 p.m. – Dinner and Youth Group in the Parish Hall.
There will be a special Congregational Meeting this Sunday, September 11, immediately following the worship service in the Sanctuary. At this meeting the congregation will consider the following recommendations:
This special meeting is important to facilitate the process of interviewing prospective candidates and calling a new pastor, as well as to address unbudgeted building maintenance expenses. Members are strongly encouraged to attend.
A reminder: this Sunday, September 11, is Rally Day! Events include a Backpack Blessing during the Worship service – bring your backpacks and computer bags for the blessing.
It’s also “Undie Sunday” – please bring some "undies" for our collection. We’re gathering men’s underwear, undershirts and/or white athletic socks – MUST BE IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING. Kindly drop these items in the box in the Narthex or in the Parish Hall. Thank you for your donations.
And, I scream, you scream, we all scream for Jake's Ice cream – in the Parish Hall following the service.
Thanks to those of you who contributed to providing feedback to the RELC Reopening Planning Group (“RPG”) regarding the measures and metrics that our church should use to trigger adjustments in safety precautions in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Based on your comments, the RPG recommended to the Congregation Council that the church base its precautions on the level of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 persons for Arlington County, based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. As of August 25, Arlington County moved into the “low” level of transmission with less than 10% of new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 persons.
The RPG further recommended that, based on that metric, masking should be optional as of Sunday, September 18 – subject to adjustment if the level of COVID-19 cases in the county increases. At its September 8 meeting, the Congregation Council approved both of the planning group’s recommendations.
The RPG also recommended that congregants be encouraged to wear masks if they choose to, continue to maintain appropriate distances when sitting in pews, sharing the peace of Christ and taking communion, and to wash hands and use sanitizers in church. Pastors, communion assistants, and ushers will continue to wear masks when welcoming those attending services and in distributing Holy Communion in deference to congregation members who choose to take that precaution. The wearing of masks in Sunday School will be based on parents’ feedback. The group also recommended that congregants continue to be encouraged to keep up to date with vaccinations and that those not feeling well should stay home and access the livestream feed of worship services.
As part of its work to update the Ministry Site Profile (MSP) that will help pastoral candidates learn more about our congregation, the Transition Team is asking congregation members to review and reflect on the profile written in 2018 and respond to a few general questions about how it should be updated to reflect more accurately who we are as a church today and our aspirations in calling a new pastor.
Copies of the relevant portions of the 2018 MSP are available in the Narthex along with the Transition Team’s questions. You can view the MSP below and click here to respond to the questions. The team will also hold a forum to receive feedback on revisions to the MSP during coffee hour following the September 18 worship service.
Our Sunday services continue to be led by an exceptional group of guest clergy in the coming weeks, with Pastor Gordon Lathrop preaching and presiding at our 10:00 a.m. liturgy on September 11. Former Metro D.C. Synod Bishop Richard Graham will join us on September 18, and on September 25 Professor James Farwell of the Virginia Theological Seminary will return to lead our service.
In October, we will welcome back Metro D.C. Synod Assistant to the Bishop for Candidacy and Mobility Pastor Sarah Garrett Krey, as well as Bishop Graham, Professor Farwell, and Professor Shawn Strout, also of the Virginia Theological Seminary. Please join us each Sunday as we continue our congregation’s life and worship.
Please join us on Sunday, October 2, at 11:15 a.m. for a presentation by representatives from the Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions (FACS). Eric Goplerud, FACS Chair, and Julie Rosenberg, FACS Arlington County Hub Leader, will talk about the alliance’s mission and actions taken on climate issues. This will be an educational opportunity for our congregation to learn how we can get involved in climate solutions at the local level.
Here is a short statement about the mission of FACS: “The Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions (FACS) mission is to organize the power of Virginia’s faith communities to advance local solutions to the urgent moral challenge of climate change. Through sustained faith-based organizing of more than 2,600 activists from over 190 congregations throughout Northern Virginia, we’ve shown that local government policy, congregational practices, and personal actions produce change in local greenhouse gas emissions, resiliency, and equity.”
Please plan to stay after the October 2 worship service for this important discussion. You can also learn more about FACS at: https://faithforclimate.org/.
In an effort to create an updated membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information, you’ve now received a message which contains a member information form which we ask each member of the congregation to fill out and return to the church office. This message and the form has come to you via Constant Contact.
With the start of the church’s new program year, a new edition of the quarterly “Steeple Light” is coming soon. If you have any articles or news items to share, please send them to editor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 12:00 p.m. noon on Monday, September 12.
To view our 10:00 AM Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55AM on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
During the time after Pastor Linman departs and before an interim pastor is named or a new pastor called, we will suspend the compilation of a formal and published prayer list. Our intercessory prayer lists are crafted and maintained by the pastor who receives names and who exercises pastoral discretion and care in relation to those named and those who name them. Without an interim or called pastor to generate and maintain the list and to follow up pastorally concerning those named, an intercessory prayer list would be challenging to maintain with pastoral integrity and sensitivity. That said, each Sunday’s prayers of intercession include a petition during which members of the worshiping assembly can call out aloud specific names of persons for whom they would like to pray, and during this time of pause, worshipers can also name persons in the silence of their hearts and minds. Please be assured that your prayerful intents and those of the whole worshiping assembly are heard by God.
Pastor Amy Feira has graciously agreed to be on call for members of the congregation to contact in case of pastoral emergency and other pastoral needs through the month of September. She may be reached at: (703) 303-9388 and/or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Alexandra Mattson, the editor of our now quarterly Steeple Light newsletter, is now also serving as the editor of our Weekly Announcements messages, working closely with Council President Glen Mason. If you have any items that you wish to communicate in the Weekly Announcements as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please send them via email to both This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!
Sunday, August 28
10:00 a.m. – Worship: The Rev. Sarah Garrett Krey, Assistant to the Bishop for Mobility & Candidacy, Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod, presiding.
11:30 a.m. – Coffee Hour: Pastor Krey will join members of the congregation for a discussion about the process of calling a new pastor. Members will also be preparing “care packages” to send to our college students.
Monday, August 29
7:00 p.m. – Transition Team organizational meeting in the Parish Hall.
Sunday, September 4
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Pastor Gordon Lathrop presiding.
As the new school year begins, our church family wants to give our college students a warm send-off to their classes. Please join us in the Parish Hall after services this Sunday, August 28, and help us put together small “care packages” to send to our college students. All supplies will be provided.
We will receive donations of food items for AFAC on Sunday, August 28, in conjunction with our regular worship service.
Our Sunday services in September will continue to be led by an outstanding group of guest clergy. Pastor Gordon Lathrop will again preach and preside at our 10 a.m. liturgy on September 4 and 11, followed by former Metro D.C. Synod Bishop Richard Graham on September 18 and Professor James Farwell of the Virginia Theological Seminary on September 25.
In October, we will welcome back Pastor Krey, Bishop Graham, and Professor Farwell along with Professor Shawn Strout, also of the Virginia Theological Seminary. Please join us on Sunday as we continue our congregation’s life and worship.
The RELC Reopening Planning Group (“RPG”) was created two years ago to monitor the COVID-19 environment and recommend to Congregation Council how the church should respond. The RPG is requesting input from the congregation on the measure/metric we should use to trigger changes in our current practices which include wearing masks indoors except when eating and/or drinking, maintaining appropriate space from others in the pews and when receiving communion, and using hand sanitizers when in close contact with others.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced changes to its guidelines that move away from population-level precautions to more individual-targeted advice for vulnerable populations and specific high-risk settings and circumstances. Arlington County and surrounding jurisdictions, along with many schools, health practitioners and businesses here and across the country, rely on the CDC community metrics to make recommendations on mask wearing and other preventative measures
One metric is based on new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 persons. To ensure the safety of all members of our congregation, the RPG is considering having Arlington reach the “LOW” (Green) COVID-19 admissions level (see below) before making changes to our current precautions, to include optional masking. A “HIGH” level would mean the strictest of guidelines are immediately put in place.
| New COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 populations in the past 7 days |
LOW (Green) Less than 10% DC and Fairfax are currently |
MEDIUM (Yellow) 10 – 19% Arlington and Alexandria are currently |
HIGH (Red) Greater than 20% |
The RPG would appreciate your feedback on this proposed recommendation and any other comments you may have on this issue. Please send your comments by September 5 to Jeanne Broyhill. Let Jeanne know if you would like additional information on the CDC metrics.
The Village School will open its doors for the 2022-23 school year on Wednesday, August 31. The Village School is leasing the space formerly used by the RELC preschool as well as a portion of the 2nd floor. Its operating hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday through Friday. The school’s traffic and parking management plan, which reflects input from the neighborhood, directs parents to drop children off at the Potomac St. entrance and instructs teachers and staff to find on-street parking, leaving the parking spaces on Washington Blvd. open for church visitors and the public during the day.
If you would like to tour the school and meet the staff, you are invited to coffee and doughnuts hosted by The Village School on Tuesday, August 30th from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Members of the Transition Team will meet on Monday, August 29, to review the church’s current Ministry Site Profile (MSP) and begin to consider revisions. The team will soon ask members of the congregation to assist in this process by reviewing the current MSP, and providing guidance on how best to update the profile to accurately reflect who we are as a congregation now and our aspirations in calling a new pastor.
In an effort to create an updated membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information, you’ve now received a message which contains a member information form which we ask each member of the congregation to fill out and return to the church office. This message and the form has come to you via Constant Contact.
To view our 10:00 AM Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55AM on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
During the time after Pastor Linman departs and before an interim pastor is named or a new pastor called, we will suspend the compilation of a formal and published prayer list. Our intercessory prayer lists are crafted and maintained by the pastor who receives names and who exercises pastoral discretion and care in relation to those named and those who name them. Without an interim or called pastor to generate and maintain the list and to follow up pastorally concerning those named, an intercessory prayer list would be challenging to maintain with pastoral integrity and sensitivity. That said, each Sunday’s prayers of intercession include a petition during which members of the worshiping assembly can call out aloud specific names of persons for whom they would like to pray, and during this time of pause, worshipers can also name persons in the silence of their hearts and minds. Please be assured that your prayerful intents and those of the whole worshiping assembly are heard by God.
Pastor Amy Feira has graciously agreed to be on call for members of the congregation to contact in case of pastoral emergency and other pastoral needs through the month of September. She may be reached at: (703) 303-9388 and/or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Alexandra Mattson, the editor of our now quarterly Steeple Light newsletter, is now also serving as the editor of our Weekly Announcements messages, working closely with Council President Glen Mason. If you have any items that you wish to communicate in the Weekly Announcements as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please send them via email to both This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!
Sunday, August 21
10:00 a.m. – Worship: Pastor Gordon Lathrop presiding; installation of members of the Call Committee and Transition Team. (See section on "Appointment of Call Committee and Transition Team" below, for the list of members.)
11:30 a.m. – Administrative Support Committee will meet in the Library.
Monday, August 22
7:30 p.m. – RELC Reopening Group will meet virtually.
Sunday, August 28
10:00 a.m. – Worship: The Rev. Sarah Garrett Krey, Assistant to the Bishop for Mobility & Candidacy, Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod, presiding.
Council President Glen Mason, and at his direction Pastor Gordon Lathrop, member at Resurrection, continue to compile a roster of clergy who will preach and preside at our 10 a.m. liturgy on Sundays. That roster is currently complete through the end of October. Pastor Lathrop will preach and preside on August 21st, followed by Pastor Sarah Krey, Assistant to the Metro D.C. Synod Bishop on August 28th.
In September, our service will again be led Pastor Lathrop together with Bishop Richard Graham, the former Bishop of our Synod, and Professor James Farwell of the Virginia Theological Seminary.
In October, we look forward to Pastor Krey, Bishop Graham, and Professor Farwell returning. They will be joined by Professor Shawn Strout, also of the Virginia Theological Seminary. Please join us on Sunday as we continue our congregation’s life and worship.
In addition to supply pastors for Sundays, pastors will be on call for members of the congregation to contact in case of pastoral emergency and other pastoral needs. Pastor Amy Feira has agreed to be on call for such pastoral needs for most of the month of August and through the end of September. Pastor Feira can be reached at: (703) 303-9388 and/or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Council President Glen Mason, with the concurrence of our Congregation Council, has appointed the following members of the congregation to serve on the Transition Team to revise the church’s Ministry Site Profile to be used in the process of identifying candidates to be called as our next pastor and on the Call Committee that will interview potential candidates.
Members of the Call Committee include: Jeanne Broyhill, Christina Cuesta, John Handley, Angel Hedberg, Tom Mugavero, and Dave Oaks. The Transition Team will include: Shawna Bergman, Kyle Gilster, Ken Green, Leslie Nolen, Valerie Pratt and John Wood. We are grateful to these members of our congregation for agreeing to help lead us in this critically important process of discernment and decision.
The congregation will be asked to help in this process by reviewing the Ministry Site Profile used in the call process four years ago. We are a different congregation than we were then, after Pastor Linman’s service with us and our experiences during the coronavirus pandemic. The Transition Team will ask members of the congregation to review the Ministry Site Profile and offer suggestions about how it should be revised to accurately reflect our current church and our aspirations in calling a new pastor. Members will receive more information on that process as the Transition Team gets organized.
We will receive donations of food items for AFAC on Sunday, August 28, in conjunction with our regular worship service.
In an effort to create an updated membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information, you’ve now received a message which contains a member information form which we ask each member of the congregation to fill out and return to the church office. This message and the form has come to you via Constant Contact.
To view our 10:00 AM Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55AM on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
During the time after Pastor Linman departs and before an interim pastor is named or a new pastor called, we will suspend the compilation of a formal and published prayer list. Our intercessory prayer lists are crafted and maintained by the pastor who receives names and who exercises pastoral discretion and care in relation to those named and those who name them. Without an interim or called pastor to generate and maintain the list and to follow up pastorally concerning those named, an intercessory prayer list would be challenging to maintain with pastoral integrity and sensitivity. That said, each Sunday’s prayers of intercession include a petition during which members of the worshiping assembly can call out aloud specific names of persons for whom they would like to pray, and during this time of pause, worshipers can also name persons in the silence of their hearts and minds. Please be assured that your prayerful intents and those of the whole worshiping assembly are heard by God.
Alexandra Mattson, the editor of our now quarterly Steeple Light newsletter, is now also serving as the editor of our Weekly Announcements messages, working closely with Council President Glen Mason. If you have any items that you wish to communicate in the Weekly Announcements as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please send them via email to both This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!
Sunday, August 7
10:00 am – Worship: Pastor Linman’s Concluding Sunday with Farewell Event Following Worship
Monday, August 8
7:30 pm – Executive Committee via Zoom
Tuesday, August 9
7:00 pm – Meeting of local neighborhood civic associations with The Village School concerning traffic and parking management during the school year (Parish Hall)
Thursday, August 11
7:30 pm – Congregation Council
Sunday, August 14
10:00 am – Worship
11:15 am – Social Justice Learning Group in Room 13
Pastor Linman will conclude his ministry with us on Sunday, August 7 when rites for the conclusion of a ministry and farewell and Godspeed will be observed during worship. A time for fellowship will follow worship.
As part of the whole fabric of transition at Resurrection Church, our Youth Ministry Director, Amanda Lindamood, will also be departing in early August as a member of our staff. Amanda has done excellent work with creative programming for our youth, including confirmation instruction. Amanda has also been especially effective in heralding a vision of faith formation that is intergenerational and holistic, and she consistently called our attention to matters of social justice that are integral dimensions of our life of faith. We thank her for her work here and dedication to this congregation.
Glen Mason, Council President, and at his direction Pastor Gordon Lathrop, member at Resurrection, have been compiling a list of clergy who will preach and preside at our 10am liturgy on Sundays. We have been told that it is difficult right now to find supply pastors. Nonetheless, the list is now complete through the end of October. In August after the 7th, first Pastor Lathrop and then Pastor Sarah Krey, Bishop’s Assistant in our Synod, will preach and preside. In September our leadership will again be Pastor Lathrop together with Bishop Richard Graham, former Bishop of our Synod, and Professor James Farwell of the Virginia Theological Seminary. And in October, Pastor Krey, Bishop Graham, and Professor Farwell will all come again and will be joined by Professor Shawn Strout, also of the Virginia Seminary. Join us on Sunday as we continue our congregation’s life and worship.
In addition to supply pastors for Sundays, pastors will be on call for members of the congregation to contact in case of pastoral emergency and other pastoral needs. Pastor Amy Feira has agreed to be on call for such pastoral needs for most of the month of August and through the end of September. Pastor Feira can be reached at: (703) 303-9388 and/or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. During the week of August 8-12, the interim pastor at Faith Lutheran Church will be on call for us: Pr. Susanne Blume – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and/or 202.422.4348.
Alexandra Mattson, daughter of long-time member Ilse Mattson, who has been serving as editor of our now quarterly Steeple Light newsletter, will now also serve as the editor of our weekly announcements messages, working closely with Council President, Glen Mason. Should you have items to be included in the weekly announcements, kindly send them via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
We will receive donations of food items for AFAC on Sunday, August 14 in conjunction with our regular worship service.
Discussion will include a review of Synod efforts relating to Racial Equity and how RELC can be involved as well as other potential efforts to further inform and educate our congregation.
In an effort to create an updated membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information, you’ve now received a message which contains a member information form which we ask each member of the congregation to fill out and return to the church office. This message and the form has come to you via Constant Contact.
To view our 10:00 AM Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55AM on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
During the time after Pastor Linman departs and before an interim pastor is named or a new pastor called, we will suspend the compilation of a formal and published prayer list. Our intercessory prayer lists are crafted and maintained by the pastor who receives names and who exercises pastoral discretion and care in relation to those named and those who name them. Without an interim or called pastor to generate and maintain the list and to follow up pastorally concerning those named, an intercessory prayer list would be challenging to maintain with pastoral integrity and sensitivity. That said, each Sunday’s prayers of intercession include a petition during which members of the worshiping assembly can call out aloud specific names of persons for whom they would like to pray, and during this time of pause, worshipers can also name persons in the silence of their hearts and minds. Please be assured that your prayerful intents and those of the whole worshiping assembly are heard by God.
Sunday, July 31
10:00 am – Worship
Monday, August 1
6:30 pm – Lectionary Bible Study via Zoom
Tuesday, August 2
7:30 pm – Executive Committee
Sunday, August 7
10:00 am – Worship: Pastor Linman’s Concluding Sunday with Farewell Event Following Worship
We will receive donations of food items for AFAC on Sunday, July 31 in conjunction with our regular worship service.
We are currently in need of persons who are willing and able to take some items not sold at our recent yard sale to Goodwill. Can you help us out? If so, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further information and instruction.
Pastor Linman will conclude his ministry with us on Sunday, August 7 when rites for the conclusion of a ministry and farewell and Godspeed will be observed during worship. A time for fellowship will follow worship.
As part of the whole fabric of transition at Resurrection Church, our Youth Ministry Director, Amanda Lindamood, will also be departing in early August as a member of our staff. Amanda has done excellent work with creative programming for our youth, including confirmation instruction. Amanda has also been especially effective in heralding a vision of faith formation that is intergenerational and holistic, and she consistently called our attention to matters of social justice that are integral dimensions of our life of faith. We thank her for her work here and dedication to this congregation.
Our current Monday evening lectionary bible study via Zoom concludes this coming Monday. The focus for our time together is each of the main readings for the upcoming Sunday, allowing us to explore new horizons of meaning which emerge when we engage the Sunday passages in relation to each other. If you wish to join in these occasions, please contact Pastor Linman so that you can be added to the email list that receives the Zoom links.
The Social Justice Learning Group met on July 10, 2022. Discussion included:
Judy & Charlie Hughes
Discussion will include a review of Synod efforts relating to Racial Equity and how RELC can be involved as well as other potential efforts to further inform and educate our congregation.
In an effort to create an updated membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information, you’ve now received a message which contains a member information form which we ask each member of the congregation to fill out and return to the church office. This message and the form has come to you via Constant Contact.
To view our 10:00 AM Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55AM on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
During the time after Pastor Linman departs and before an interim pastor is named or a new pastor called, we will suspend the compilation of a formal and published prayer list. Our intercessory prayer lists are crafted and maintained by the pastor who receives names and who exercises pastoral discretion and care in relation to those named and those who name them. Without an interim or called pastor to generate and maintain the list and to follow up pastorally concerning those named, an intercessory prayer list would be challenging to maintain with pastoral integrity and sensitivity. That said, each Sunday’s prayers of intercession include a petition during which members of the worshiping assembly can call out aloud specific names of persons for whom they would like to pray, and during this time of pause, worshipers can also name persons in the silence of their hearts and minds. Please be assured that your prayerful intents and those of the whole worshiping assembly are heard by God.
In addition to our usual prayers of intercession in our home worship, we encourage your prayers throughout the week for the following:
For those whom you know, consider sending a card, or an email, or make a phone call. These additional expressions of prayerfulness can make a big, healing difference in people’s lives and promote their sense of well-being. For current contact information, if you don’t have it, kindly reach out to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
For the latest updates on our county’s pandemic response as well as official and current information concerning vaccinations, go to the following:
https://www.arlingtonva.us/covid-19/
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/VAARLINGTON/bulletins/2f93e4f
Should you have announcements that you wish to communicate in this weekly message as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!
Sunday, July 24
10:00 am – Worship
3:30 pm – All Ages Outdoor Event, Exploring the Road to Emmaus
Monday, July 25
6:30 pm – Lectionary Bible Study via Zoom
Tuesday, July 26
7:00 pm – Social Ministry Committee via Zoom
Sunday, July 31
10:00 am – Worship
We will receive donations of food items for AFAC on Sunday, July 31 in conjunction with our regular worship service.
Join Pastor Linman outdoors at the parsonage patio and deck for an all ages event on Sunday, July 24 beginning at 3:30 and lasting about an hour. During our worshipful time together, we’ll engage the story of the Road to Emmaus when the resurrected Jesus is made known to the disciples in the breaking of bread. Part of our time will focus on going on a treasure hunt in the yard of the church to discover sacred signs of God’s creative presence often hidden in plain sight.
We are currently in need of persons who are willing and able to take some items not sold at our recent yard sale to Goodwill. Can you help us out? If so, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further information and instruction.
We are in need of a member of Resurrection to serve as liaison between our church and The Village School to facilitate communication between congregation and school. This position should require no more than an hour per week and most of the work will be undertaken by phone and email. Please contact Pastor Linman for further information.
Pastor Linman will conclude his ministry with us on Sunday, August 7 when rites for the conclusion of a ministry and farewell and Godspeed will be observed during worship. A time for fellowship will follow worship.
Our Monday evening bible study is ongoing via Zoom. The current focus for our time together is each of the main readings for the upcoming Sunday, allowing us to explore new horizons of meaning which emerge when we engage the Sunday passages in relation to each other. If you wish to join in these occasions, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. so that you can be added to the email list that receives the Zoom links.
The Social Justice Learning Group met on July 10, 2022. Discussion included:
Judy & Charlie Hughes
Discussion will include a review of Synod efforts relating to Racial Equity and how RELC can be involved as well as other potential efforts to further inform and educate our congregation.
In an effort to create an updated membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information, you’ve now received a message which contains a member information form which we ask each member of the congregation to fill out and return to the church office. This message and the form has come to you via Constant Contact.
Given the complexities of the realities of our time of pastoral transition, and that the congregation’s energies will be focused on calling a new pastor, the Congregation Council has decided to cancel the retreat at Mar-Lu-Ridge which had been planned for this coming October.
To view our 10:00 AM Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55AM on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
During the time after Pastor Linman departs and before an interim pastor is named or a new pastor called, we will suspend the compilation of a formal and published prayer list. Our intercessory prayer lists are crafted and maintained by the pastor who receives names and who exercises pastoral discretion and care in relation to those named and those who name them. Without an interim or called pastor to generate and maintain the list and to follow up pastorally concerning those named, an intercessory prayer list would be challenging to maintain with pastoral integrity and sensitivity. That said, each Sunday’s prayers of intercession include a petition during which members of the worshiping assembly can call out aloud specific names of persons for whom they would like to pray, and during this time of pause, worshipers can also name persons in the silence of their hearts and minds. Please be assured that your prayerful intents and those of the whole worshiping assembly are heard by God.
In addition to our usual prayers of intercession in our home worship, we encourage your prayers throughout the week for the following:
For those whom you know, consider sending a card, or an email, or make a phone call. These additional expressions of prayerfulness can make a big, healing difference in people’s lives and promote their sense of well-being. For current contact information, if you don’t have it, kindly reach out to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Should you desire to make prayer requests for persons you care about, or desire prayer for other concerns, please contact Pastor Linman with those requests: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 703-972-2076. Pastor will make certain that the names you provide will be included in the Prayers of Intercession for Sundays, and for your prayers throughout the week. Making your requests known to Pastor Linman will allow him to follow up with you directly – as your requests for prayer help set the agenda for our Pastor’s ministry at Resurrection Church.
For the latest updates on our county’s pandemic response as well as official and current information concerning vaccinations, go to the following:
https://www.arlingtonva.us/covid-19/
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/VAARLINGTON/bulletins/2f93e4f
Here are the best and most direct ways to contact Pastor Linman. The email address given for his professional and pastoral use is: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Pastor Linman’s direct dial phone number in the church office is: 703-972-2076. Please leave a message there if Pastor does not answer. He monitors and responds to his messages throughout the day even when he's not in the office. Thank you. I look forward to hearing from you.
Should you have announcements that you wish to communicate in this weekly message as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!
