Knox Presbyterian Church

04/23/2020

Chalice Press

Today marks the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Author Leah Jacobs Schade shares 10 ways you can celebrate from your home. Start your celebration here: https://bit.ly/2zhfmeJ 🌎🎉

04/12/2020

Last year's Easter cross.

04/12/2020

National Capital Presbytery and Friends

04/12/2020

The Celtic Christian Tradition

He is Risen

04/09/2020

Alleluia Poster: Get Ready for Easter (COVID-19 Edition)

From Illustrated Ministry a free printable Alleluia to color

Download a FREE Alleluia Poster and get your home decorated for Easter! We can still celebrate at home while we stay at home to flatten the curve!

04/09/2020

04/09/2020

04/09/2020

04/09/2020

Mystical Last Supper

04/09/2020

Tintoretto

04/09/2020

It's Maundy Thursday.

04/08/2020

Prayer for healthcare workers

Prayer for healthcare workers

Lord, you came to the world healing, touching those considered dangerous, unsafe and unclean. You entered into suffering, never turning away from those in need of mercy. We think of you, your compassion and kindness, your stalwart love and your selfless courage, because we see these traits in those....

04/05/2020

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Special Offerings

On Palm Sunday, Knox Church usually collects funds for One Great Hour of Sharing. Here's a video from the Presbyterian Church Hunger Program about OGHS, explaining how you could still give to this outstanding program.

"Sometimes it seems like the people we support with One Great Hour of Sharing gifts are so far away, and their stories are so different from our own. But sometimes it's obvious how connected we are." -Jenny Oldham, Presbyterian Hunger Program

04/05/2020

CWS

We're 17 days away from Earth Day. Check out this list of 17 different TED Talks and interviews on climate change the environment:

1. The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it, by Prof.Katharine Hayhoe: youtu.be/-BvcToPZCLI

2. Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss, by James Balog: ow.ly/CFFp50z3P3v

3. Kinds of Bias that shape your worldview, by J. Marshall Shepherd: youtu.be/LcNvkhS4UYg

4. My wish: Protect Our Oceans, by Sylvia Earle: ow.ly/fp8550z3P6z

5. We are all connected with nature, by Nixiwaka Yawanawa: youtu.be/xk0-yebNA_o

6. Why climate change is a Threat to Human Rights, by
Ambassador Mary Robinson: youtu.be/7JVTirBEfho

7. The case for Optimism on Climate Change, by
Former Vice President Al Gore: youtu.be/u7E1v24Dllk

8. How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming, by
Dr. Katharine Wilkinson: youtu.be/vXlJEcrinwg

9. 100 solutions to reverse global warming, by Chad Frischmann: youtu.be/D4vjGSiRGKY

10. Global Warming, by Xiye Bastida: youtu.be/2UB0lyJHELk

11. Jerome Foster, Interviewed by Amy Goodman: youtu.be/visMsTZHNDo

12. Vanessa Nakate, Ugandan Youth Climate Activist - Interview by Urban Today: youtu.be/QZaYPZFihLU

13. What are we fighting for, by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez: youtu.be/5OiOpSiWq9Q

14. How to be an effective environmental ambassador, by Stephen Lee: ow.ly/um0Q50z3QQn

15. A Future World, by Jamie Margolin and Sonakshi Deerpalsing: youtu.be/U3JtpVGC9Vk

16. Ancestral Resistance, by Vic Barret: youtu.be/8APYUL6ANMc

17. Save the world by changing the rules, by Greta Tunberg: youtu.be/EAmmUIEsN9A

04/05/2020

Presbyterian Foundation

#PalmSunday #ScriptureSunday #PCUSA

04/05/2020

Video: Prayers of the people for Palm Sunday

Video: Prayers of the people for Palm Sunday

Jill Duffield reads the prayers of the people she crafted for Palm Sunday. You are welcome to share this with your congregation or use it as part of your Sunday worship service.

04/04/2020

Knox Presbyterian Church's cover photo

04/03/2020

Get our free Holy Week guide for reflection

Free guide for Holy Week from The Christian Century

Resource offering Century articles and questions to spark thought and conversation.

04/02/2020

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Need a palm to wave on Sunday Here's a link to a very nice coloring page which can be printed out to use Sunday.

03/31/2020

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance

Our next self-care tip is this Releasing Ritual. Have you been having some trouble sleeping? Try this out tonight and it might help ease some tension.

03/28/2020

Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting now

Please join us on Sunday, March 29 at 10:15 am for a time of worship with prayers, Scripture and a meditation by Pastor Hale. Click on the link below to participate!

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03/27/2020

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Free Pandemic Hope Devotional

03/27/2020

FREE "Guide to Self-Care for Families Together at Home"

Nice guide for families at home - free to download.

SALT has created a self-care guide for families of all shapes and sizes perfect for this challenging time of pandemic. This lovely and challenging downloadable guide is chock full of ideas for how to survive and thrive in this time of sheltering in place.

03/26/2020

Lenten devotion video: The symbol of shoes

Lenten devotion video: The symbol of shoes

What do shoes have to do with faith? As people of the Way we are always on a journey — a journey to follow Jesus, a journey to go where God sends us, always seeking to be the hands of feet of Christ wherever we go.    

03/22/2020

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Choir members (or anyone else for that matter): Rev. Mike Evans from Hopewell will be preaching his sermon from the Hopewell Church FB page at 11:30 this morning.

03/22/2020

Karen Bloyd Jones - View Obituary & Service Information

Obituary for long-time Knox member, Karen Jones.

Share Memories and Support the Family.

03/21/2020

Dear Knox Church friends and family; I continue to pray, along with you, that everyone remains safe during this pandemic.
I invite you to join me tomorrow, Sunday, March 22 at 10:15 am, for a brief, informal time of worship and prayer on Facebook Live, right here, on the Knox Church page.
This approximately 15 minute time together will focus on Psalm 23 and a time of prayer, with and for each other. I hope you’re able to join in. In Christ, Pastor Bill Hale

03/20/2020

Environmental Film Festival - DCEFF 2020 Online

Note from the Green Team - films from the Environmental Film Festival now available on line.

Enjoy some of our 2020 Festival Selections. Now through March 31.

03/19/2020

"We Are Not Alone" by Pepper Choplin at Sandy Ridge Mennonite

We are not alone

July 14. Preorder the album including this piece https://www.oasischorale.org/recordings/the-glory-of-his-grace/

03/17/2020

Breath Prayers for Anxious Times

Breath Prayers for Anxious Times

A centering practice for us in these unusual days

03/15/2020

Pandemic
What if you thought of it
as the Jews consider the Sabbath—
the most sacred of times?
Cease from travel.
Cease from buying and selling.
Give up, just for now,
on trying to make the world
different than it is.
Sing. Pray. Touch only those
to whom you commit your life.
Center down.

And when your body has become still,
reach out with your heart.
Know that we are connected
in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.
(You could hardly deny it now.)
Know that our lives
are in one another’s hands.
(Surely, that has come clear.)
Do not reach out your hands.
Reach out your heart.
Reach out your words.
Reach out all the tendrils
of compassion that move, invisibly,
where we cannot touch.

Promise this world your love–
for better or for worse,
in sickness and in health,
so long as we all shall live.

–Lynn Ungar 3/11/20

03/15/2020

Sam Cooke - "Jesus Gave Me Water" (w/lyrics)

One of the readings for this morning is the story of Jesus and the Woman at the Well. Here's Sam Cooke singing her story.

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03/14/2020

Lenten devotion video: The symbol of the cross

Lenten devotion video: The symbol of the cross

As many practice social distancing and gatherings are cancelled, the Outlook seeks to provide resources for our Lenten journey and ways to stay connected to each other during this challenging season. To that end, we are recording a weekly devotional, about 10 minutes long, that you can view at your....

03/13/2020

40acts

We believe that at a time like this generosity is as important as ever.
In light of the growing COVID-19 pandemic, we will be continuing to release our challenges as planned, making modifications where necessary to protect those in our community who are vulnerable.
We advise all of our challengers to be wise as they continue completing the daily challenges and interacting with friends and neighbours, particularly those who are elderly or with underlying health conditions.
We are convinced there is a way to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic that demonstrates the power of generosity and the confident hope we have in God.

By choosing to be a community who act generously in an atmosphere of self-preservation, we can help to disarm some of the fear that many are experiencing as shelves continue to empty and people begin to self-isolate.

Continue to share what you have with those around you, looking out for their needs as well as your own (Phil 2:4). Reach out (digitally, spiritually and where appropriate, physically) to those who may be alone at this time (Matt 25:36).

Above all, have faith.

The 40acts Team

#lent
#40acts
#generosity
#generositywins #generositychallenge

03/13/2020

Dear friends,

Knox Church will not meet for worship this Sunday. The luncheon celebrating Bill Hale’s 30 years will be postponed. The men’s breakfast will not meet on Saturday. The Monday night Session meeting is also postponed.

As a measure to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Leadership Council of National Capital Presbytery strongly recommends that churches not hold worship services for the next 2 Sundays. They have also recommended that Sessions not meet in person.

This notice is being sent by e-mail and will be posted on Facebook. If you know anyone who might not be reached by the message, please give them a call.

Please watch for additional emails and updates as they become available. Please continue to use common sense precautions to help slow the spread of this virus.
In Christ, Bill Hale

03/03/2020

Daylight Savings time starts this Sunday, March 8.

02/26/2020

40acts

Day 1. Act 1. #Readytoact

Welcome to day 1 of the 40acts Challenge 2020! 😍
We are so glad that you are #readytoact.
Having a verse in mind will help keep you focussed and committed throughout the next few weeks.

Read today's reflection and be inspired
https://40acts.org.uk/ready-to-act

02/25/2020

Ashes to Go - 3-5 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 26, outside the Giant in Loehmann's Plaza (now called Graham Park Plaza)

02/24/2020

40acts

Just 2 sleeps left until the #generositychallenge begins. Yay!

Tag a friend who you would like to do the challenge with you.
#40acts #lent #generosity

02/23/2020

40acts 2020 | Ready to Act

Join members of Knox Church in the 40acts generosity challenge for Lent. Just sign up on the website at www.40acts.org.uk and receive an email every day with 3 choices of generous acts during Lent. It's free and inspiring.

Join us as we embark on our 10th year of giving out instead of giving up. 40acts is a 40-day journey of challenging ourselves to live and give generously dur...

02/14/2020

02/09/2020

Scout Sunday, 2020

02/06/2020

02/03/2020

‘Flint’ documentary gains wider release

Presbyterian DisasterAssistance film.

Film about water crisis in Michigan available this week through streaming and cable services

01/24/2020

It's tomorrow at 5. Come try a variety of great chili! Everyone welcome.