Monday, December 15, 2008

Today Is The Day!

Today is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalms 118:24

The Israelis have a saying that’s lasted for centuries “Next year in Jerusalem.” At Washington Cathedral we have had a saying for the last four and a half years “Next week in our new ReCreation Center.” It is with indescribable joy that I announce to you that ~ “Next week we WILL be in our new ReCreation Center!!!”

Pastor Rey Diaz - the Lead Pastor & Chief Cultural Architect of this meta church called Washington Cathedral will be preaching this weekend. Each service will end with everyone walking over to the new ReCreation Center for a moment of incredible thanksgiving. Pastor Rey brings a very thankful heart from the city dump in Honduras and this will be a service that you will never forget.

“The Glory of Christmas” our dramatic presentation of Christmas, designed by Dr. Dale White and Rev. Naomi Blake, will be at 6:30 pm on Sunday, December 21st, Monday, December 22nd and Tuesday, December 23rd. This year’s drama will be the first of many (and just a taste of what’s to come) on one of the largest theatrical stages on the eastside. Why not experience the first one and bring a friend!

Christmas Eve will be a family service ~ I will share a short, positive Christmas message and your favorite soloists from Washington Cathedral will sing for you. There will be a manger scene, a harpist and of course communion with a dramatic ending ~ the lighting of hundreds of candles while we sign silent night. The 6:30 pm service will be in the new Mountainside Sanctuary of the ReCreation Center and the 11:30 pm service will be in the Spirit Falls Sanctuary (our current sanctuary).

Here are the new service times and locations beginning on December 27th & 28th. Saturday Night Service will be held in the Spirit Falls Sanctuary (our current sanctuary) at 6 pm. Sunday at 9 am (our Classical Service) will be held in the Spirit Falls Sanctuary. Sunday at 10:30 am we will hold our first service in the new Mountainside Sanctuary of the ReCreation Center (this is our Blended Service). At 10:30 am our Esperanza congregation will have service in the Spirit Falls Sanctuary. At 12:00 we will have a Youth Service in the Mountainside Sanctuary for all our young people, their friends and those who have been working at the 10:30 hour. And at 5 pm we will have our Sunday 5 service in the Spirit Falls Sanctuary. All services will include the celebration of communion and a family-style meal afterwards.

So… see you in our amazing new ReCreation Center. This has been a long awaited day! Bring your friends… and bring yourself!
Your friend for the rest of my life,
Tim White

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