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Thus begins the current mission statement of Takoma Park Presbyterian Church (TPPC). We are a small, but active church in Takoma Park, Maryland working for social justice from Silver Spring to Jinocuao, Nicaragua.
Our church is known as "a church for all people" because our congregation is made up of people of many races, cultures, occupations, ages, and sexual orientations.
We welcome all to join our worship on Sunday at 11 AM, our Sunday School classes for children and adults at 9:30 AM, and we welcome you here as well.
The congregation of Takoma Park Presbyterian Church warmly invites the entire community to join in activities both traditional and alternative throughout December to share the joy of the season and celebrate God's love for all people.
"We of course welcome everyone to our church year-round, but we make a special point during the Christmas season to encourage all our friends and neighbors to join us in celebrating the season," said Pastor Mark Greiner. "For those seeking a respite from the hyper-commercialized nature of the holidays, the Center for a New American Dream’s annual Alternative Gift Market is a great opportunity to 'shop your conscience.' Our choir's presentation of 'Midnight Mass for Christmas' will be a moving experience on both the spiritual and musical levels. And our two services on Christmas Eve will appeal to many different styles of worship.'
All the events are free and open to the public.
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
Schedule of December Events
Saturday, December 6
12-4 p.m. - Center for a New American Dream Alternative Gift Market (more info below)
12-2 p.m. - Sanctuary Decorating and Banner Making (all ages!)
Sunday, December 7
11 a.m. - Worship; Second Advent and Choral Presentation of Charpentier's "Midnight Mass for Christmas" (more info)
Sunday, December 14
11 a.m. - Worship; Third Advent
Sunday, December 21
11 a.m. - Worship; Fourth Advent and Christmas joy offering
4 p.m. - Caroling and party
Wednesday, December 24
Christmas Eve
5 p.m. - Traditional service
9 p.m. - Candlelight Vespers featuring various instrumentalists and vocalists
A flyer publicizing these events is available from this website.
The 10th Annual Takoma Park Alternative Gift Fair will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2008, from 12 noon - 4 PM.
Fun, festivity, and holiday shopping that makes the world a better place! Bring the whole family. A special Kids Hour program from 12:00 to 1:00, with Meals on Wheels cookie decorating throughout the afternoon. Bake sale, live local music, and a prize raffle!
All money donated for gifts goes to the participating charities and is tax-deductible. Local and international groups with solid track records of making positive change in the world will be present, including Freeminds Book Club (for juveniles in DC jails), SPCA, Friends of Sligo Creek, Bikes for the World (for self-reliant poor in developing nations), Afghan Relief Fund (for orphaned school children and widows), APOPO (training of rats to sniff out mines in former war zones), and many more.
TPPC will offer gifts to Loaves and Fishes, a program that provides lunch to the homeless at Saint Stephen and the Incarnation Church in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of DC. For more information, access http://www.takomaparkpc.org/helpus.html#laf.
Sponsored by Alternative Gifts of Greater Washington (http://www.aggw.org), Friends of Sligo Creek and Takoma Park Presbyterian Church.
Pastor Greiner invites you to join him in weekly mediation. You are welcome to come for sitting and walking meditation for 45 minutes. Discussion follows on a book about meditation; currently we are reading Pema Chodron's Comfortable with Uncertainty. The group is lead by the Still Water Mindfulness Practice Center, whose mission is to nurture all who wish to practice Mindfulness. Thich Nhat Hanh, a widely-known Vietnamese Buddhist monk, author and activist, is the key inspiration for this group.
For more information see the website; http://www.stillwatermpc.org/ or call Pastor Greiner at 301-270-5550.
TPPC now has a virtual bookstore, hosted by Cokesbury.com for TPPC.
You can access the virtual bookstore by clicking on the "Virtual Bookstore" graphic
to the right of this text.
Vistors to our virtual bookstore will be able to order books from Cokesbury.com at a discount, with a percentage of qualifying sales going to support TPPC. TPPC will soon be setting up a list of recommended books for the virtual bookstore; your suggestions are welcome.
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
310 Tulip Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912
Phone : 301-270-5550
Fax : 301-270-8405
email : office@takomaparkpc.org
Rev. Mark Greiner, Pastor
Una Kettering, Office Administrator
Chris Molnar, Director of Youth Ministry
Dr. James Bingham, Director of Music
Wilbert Glover, Building Manager.
Webmaster : Brian C. Monsell