On Sunday November 8th, following worship, please join us in Fellowship Hall for a luncheon to welcome Pastor Ken and his family. Please mark your calendar and save the date. A free-will offering will be collected to help offset the costs of lunch.
| November 2015 Volunteers | ||||
| Duty | 11/8/2015 | 11/15/2015 | 11/22/2015 | 11/29/2015 |
| Preacher: | Ken Miller Rieman | Ken Miller Rieman | Ken Miller Rieman | Ken Miller Rieman |
| Worship Leader: | Brian Bachman | Leslie Connolly | Scott Seidel | Harry Biddle |
| Children’s Story | John Eddy | CE | Mark Wilkerson | Ken Miller Rieman |
| Acolyte: | Cyrus Kianersi | Charlotte Kosek | Sary Burket | Darius Kianersi |
| Greeters: | Comers | Zience/Roth | Wingert | Meadows/Wilkerson |
| Organists Hymn Leader: |
Shafer/Carson/Wuhrman | Shafer/Carson MacKinnon |
Carson/Shafer/Strong | Shafer/TBD |
| Counters: | Wilkerson/Beach | Biddle/Connolly | Levesques | Ferrari/Judd |
| Nursery: | Missy Burket | Stefani Biddle | Landon Kines | Missy Burket |
| Nursery: | Casey Comer | Emma Bachman | Casey Comer | Hannah Seidel |
| Nursery: | Hannah Seidel | Cortland Comer | Emma Bachman | Ellie Kosek |
| Nursery (SS): | Kim Ferrari | Kim Ferrari | Michelle Gill | Debbie Seidel |
| Children’s Church Leader: |
Michelle Gill | Karen Richardson | Debbie Seidel | Jerry Anne Kines |
| Children’s Church Helper: |
Ellie Kosek | Katelyn Judd | Hannah Seidel | Drew Seidel |
| Coffee Time: | Gretchen Zience | Kim Ferrari | No Coffee Time | Kines/Schultz |
| Nursery Toy Cleaners: | Karen Richardson | Karen Richardson | Karen Richardson | Karen Richardson |
Hymns have stories. Often we sing hymns and they are familiar to us, but we don’t know anything about who created the lyrics or wrote the tune. Some tunes have been around a long time; others are new. An example of a traditional tune is “Kremser,” the tune name for the song “We Gather Together to Ask the Lord’s Blessing”. In 1902 the Music Director of the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City, J. A. Gibson, desired some new words for the “Kremser” tune with a more “modern” style. He didn’t have to turn far to find someone with the talent to write the new lyrics. Julia Cady Cory, the daughter of the amateur hymnologist J. Cleveland Cady, had been writing hymns from an early age. Mrs. Cory worked hard for two weeks and completed 3 new verses. The new hymn was titled “We Praise thee, O God, our Redeemer, Creator.” Later she added a verse with a Christmas theme. Each verse has roots in the Biblical books of John, Luke, and Romans. The first use of these new lyrics was at Thanksgiving, 1902.
The new hymn was later published in various hymnals including the Presbyterian Hymnal. The title was updated in some printings as “We Praise YOU, O God, our Redeemer, Creator.” This is the version we have used at the Oakton Church and will use again this year. We are particularly happy to use this hymn because Lincoln Cory, a member of our congregation, is a grandson of Julia Cady Cory.
Lincoln Cory
John Shafer
Oakton Church of the Brethren’s three day Christmas Craft Show is a great opportunity to share some Brethren hospitality with our neighbors, while raising funds for church projects. We sell a variety of crafts (plus craft supplies!) at the consignment boutique-style show and also have a soup and sandwich lunch and bake sale.
Show hours are Thursday and Friday, Nov. 19 and 20, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — all downstairs in our church.
Here’s how you can help!
Volunteer: We need helpers throughout the show and starting on Wednesday, our set up day. There’s a lot to do such as prepping apples for pies, tagging, arranging displays, bagging purchases, and serving guests in the lunch room. Contact Pat Reed, our show organizer, to pre-arrange or, if you can’t do that, just drop in! Even if you are just available for an hour, we’d love your help.
Bring treats for the bake sale: We welcome your home-baked goods throughout the show. So we’ll have plenty at the start, we’re eager to receive some on Thursday or on set up day (Wednesday).
Donate food for the soup and sandwich lunch: Please check a signup sheet in the Narthex for many food and drink items to donate.
Donate or consign crafts and craft supplies: If you would like to participate as a crafter, there may still be room for your wares. There’s a $20 sign up fee and the church gets 10% of sales. Contact Pat Reed or the church office. Also, we accept donations of craft supplies and handmade items from the congregation and these are tagged “Oakton COB” and 100% of the price goes to the church.
Come to the show, shop and eat!
Spread the word: Fliers you can post at community venues are available in the Narthex or contact the church office. You can also refer your friends and neighbors to the church website, www.oaktonbrethren.org, for craft show details. Thank you!
It’s Bluegrass Night on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 7:00 pm! A collection of local musicians, featuring Thoroughfare Gap, entertain with bluegrass covers of the Eagles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Patsy Cline, Dion, Michael Martin Murphey, Hank Williams, the Carter Family and Adele.
The performance is part of the Oakton Church of the Brethren Community Concert Series. There is no admission charge. A freewill offering will support the Brethren Nutrition Program, a soup kitchen on Capitol Hill providing wholesome lunches to those in need.
The church is located at 10025 Courthouse Rd., Vienna, Va., where Courthouse Rd. intersects Rt. 123 near Oakton. If you’d like more information, contact the church at 703-281-4411 or .