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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 mission of the Takoma Park Presbyterian Shared Use Community Commercial Kitchen is to be used as a resource within the community to alleviate hunger and economic inequality by providing a haven for local food production.
We're working with the Montgomery County Council to get the zoning clearance for the project.
Want to learn more? See these links:
FAQ
Kitchen History and Timeline
Fact Sheet on Shared-Use Community Commercial Kitchens
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church has joined with over 90 local churches and institutions to take advantage of a special renewable electricity offer through the Residential Community Power Program. This means that TPPC members (or friends who aren't members but attend TPPC) can also receive the discounted electricity rate of $.0755/kWh for wind power at your home provided that you are not currently in a contract for wind power.
For more information and links to sign up for the program, access the Green TPPC page.
.Join us this Sunday, May 20th, from 6-8pm, for Youth Group. We will have either a Game and IPod, or a Movie, Night -- which would you like? RSVP on Facebook or via email. if you are interested in serving as a Second Adult, please contact James as soon as possible.
Questions and RSVP for Second Adult: James F. Cubie.
Join us for a discussion with Rev. Madeline Jervis - an Honorably Retired Teaching Elder and on the National Board of Directors of More Light Presbyterians - on Sunday June 3 starting at 8:45 am in our church parlor.
Rev. Jervis served for 21 years as pastor of (the only More Light Church in Virginia) Clarendon. She taught Presbyterian polity at Wesley Seminary.
We will discuss the agenda items and upcoming 220th Presbyterian General Assembly (Pittsburgh) of particular interest for Presbyterians working for justice, welcome and affirmation of LGBT people.
Please come join us Saturday, May 19th from 9-12pm for our Annual Spring Spruce Up. Hope to see you there!
Below is a letter the Property Ministry of TPPC is sending to our friends and neighbors in the neighborhood and at TPCDC.
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
We hope you share our sense of Takoma Park Presbyterian Church as a valuable community asset. We love to see children playing on the grass and hiding in the bushes; to watch dogs romp in the shade of our open spaces; to catch a glimpse of someone reading a book or just enjoying a peaceful moment in our native plant garden.
We also believe that the physical space can serve as a conduit to relationship-building. In that spirit, we would like to invite you to join with us during our Spring Spruce Up on May 19 from 9am to 12 noon. We’ll be cleaning, weeding, planting … and hopefully having some fun and making new friends. If you have any tools that might be of use, please bring them. And of course feel free to drop by for a few minutes or a couple of hours.
If you can't make it to the cleanup but are interested in participating another time or in other ways, please contact the Property Ministry through Una Kettering, Office Administrator.
Finally, we like to stress that we are "a church for all people." Through spirit, intention and action we want to ensure that our church is a welcoming place to anyone. So please feel free any time to share your ideas with us and join us in our church activities and worship.
This is a congregation-led service at 10:00 a.m., followed by a potluck lunch. You are invited to share your songs, prayers, readings and other contributions during the service. Please wear something red!
Bring your favorite dish for the potluck, as well as your own eating utensils and cups. The park is Sligo Creek Parkway and Dennis Avenue Park located near the intersection.
Please join us for a discussion on including children in worship in the church parlor on Sunday, June 3, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pastor Mark will host a video and lead the discussion about how to involve children in worship. All adults and interested high school students are invited. Please bring lunch.
TPPC has conducted a Listening Campaign to deepen ties of community and friendship while deepening our faith and determining how we will walk together in mission for the coming years. The campaign occured from February to May, 2011, with a different topic for discussion each month culminating with a new list of mission priorities for the church.
A summary of what we learned from the campaign appears below.
We as a church community yearn to:
Be shaped and changed by God
Engage our children and youth in church life
Address inequalities in our local and global communities
Care for our environment
Deepen our connections to each other
More information on what was done during the listening campaign can be found on this website.
Our congregation sent the international Charter for Compassion to our denomination's General Assembly, and the General Assembly voted to become the first "mainline denomination" to sign on to the Charter.
A YouTube video on the charter is available. For more information, access the article on the Charter in TPPC News.
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.
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
James F. Cubie, Director of Youth Ministry
Dr. James Bingham, Director of Music
Wilbert Glover, Building Manager.
Julie Rosenkrans, Children's Worship and Music Director
Webmaster : Brian C. Monsell