Saturday, September 18 7:00 pm

From the family whose story inspired The Sound of Music

Acoustic music to inspire the listener's journey of the heart and soul including original compositions, poetry set to music, ballads of heroes and heroines, and melodies of love

Free tickets are available via EventBrite.com, or by calling or emailing the church office. 

A free will offering will be collected for Ms. Von Trapp.  10% of the free will offering will be donated back to Fairfax Christian Church for providing the venue.

Please print your free ticket at home and present it at the door, or arrange with the office for it to be available at "Will Call".

Come join us and our sister church, All Nations Church Washington, for a week of rain forest adventure!  Vacation Bible School  will be held August 23-27, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm.  Registration is open to all children ages 4-12.  There are two ways to register:

• Download this form (pdf), fill it out, and mail it to:

Fairfax Christian Church 
(Disciples of Christ)
Attn: Vacation Bible School
10185 Main Street
Fairfax, Virginia 22031

• Email us at FairfaxChristianChurch@gmail.com and let us know:

Child(ren)'s Name(s):
Birthdate(s):
Street Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Home Phone:
Cell Phone:
Parent(s) name(s):
Parent(s) work phone(s):
In case of emergency, contact:
Allergies or other medical conditions:
School grade just completed:
Name of home church, if any:

Join the Fun Ministry for a mini spiritual retreat Sat. July 17th, from 10 am - 9 pm, featuring a viewing of the movie, Kung Fu Panda and discussion of the lessons that can be gleaned from the movie.  Also, free brunch and dinner, board games and card games, and a relaxed atmosphere.  Members, friends, and the general public are welcome!  Come for just a part of the day, or stay for the whole thing!

Schedule:
10 am -11:30 am--Brunch
12:00 noon--Movie: Kung Fu Panda
Break
2:00-3:00--Movie Discussion
3:00-5:00--Games and Fun Stuff
5:00-6:00ish--Workshops
6:00ish-7:00ish--Dinner
7:00ish-9:00ish Games/Fellowship/Fun

Yard sales within Fairfax City limits can be difficult to pull off.  The city has a lot of regulations, and most communities are intentionally in low traffic areas.  

Reserve a 10'x10' space on our accommodating front lawn right on Main St./Little River Turnpike to sell your unwanted personal items (just a $10 donation, provide your own tables.)  This is also a great venue for crafters, non-profits and clubs who want to interact with the community, and other businesses or licensed vendors.  (Sorry, electrical or plumbing hookups are not available.)  If you're interested in reserving a space, please email FairfaxChristianChurch@gmail.com with your name, telephone number, and number of spaces you need.

In addition to the spaces for vendors on the front lawn, we'll have FREE games for kids, a Moon Bounce, face painting, and other kid friendly activities.  Best of all, we'll have delicious goodies at our bake sale, breakfast sale, and FREE lunch (burgers and hot dogs) from 12-1 pm for the first 100 patrons.  Lunch will be available for all to purchase as well.

This event takes place rain or shine, as we have plenty of indoor space for all our vendors.

We hope you will join us for a fun day of bargain hunting, tasty treats, laughing kids, and community! 

The forecast for tomorrow is not looking friendly to yard work, so the Spring Clean Up Day has been postponed to May 8.  Hope you can make it then!

Joe and Sakina Keaton are longtime members of our congregation, and they run a little store called Simply Country Store out in quaint Clifton, VA, a small community that has kept its rural feel while all around it has succumb to suburban sprawl.  Last week, the Fairfax Times featured them in an article, although we won't hold it against them that they misprinted Joe's name!  From personal experience, I can vouch for the quote in the article from customer John Haines, who called their home cooked food, "best food in the county."  We'll be sure to let you know when the next fellowship dinner is so you can join us and sample some of Sakina's delicious dishes.

It is with great joy and excitement that we announce that we have called Russ Wagner-Bark to serve as our Interim Pastor, and Russ has humbly accepted.  Russ has been skillfully and faithfully serving as our Acting Pastor since our previous pastor took terminal leave last fall and retired from active ministry in January.  We now call him to a more firm role of Interim Pastor, with the option of calling him as our Settled Pastor.  We look forward to Russ' leadership and are thankful that God has placed him and his wife Carolyn in our midst.

The holiest week of the liturgical year is upon us.  It all starts tomorrow as we celebrate Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on what has come to be called Palm Sunday (11:00 am), for the way the people Jerusalem made a path for Jesus out of palm fronds as he entered the city, riding on a donkey.

Our worship builds with Maundy Thursday (7:00 pm), where we remember the Last Supper, and will experience what it might have been like to be in that Upper Room with the disciples as they celebrated the last Passover meal they would have with their teacher.  We will share a meal much like Jesus did, with homemade breads and soups.

The week culminates with remembering Jesus' suffering and death, and the fear, confusion, and sadness that came to the disciples, feelings which are replaced by joy upon discovering the tomb is empty.  Lucky for us, we know what the empty tomb means!  Our Easter worship begins at 11:00 am.

In Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) congregations like ours, the Elders serve as the spiritual leaders.  Along with the pastor, they lead worship gatherings and provide spiritual care and guidance for church members, friends, and visitors.  The Deacons are called to serve the congregation through stewardship, mainly by setting up and preparing for worship, serving communion, and cleaning up afterward.

Last Saturday, these two groups came together to share a breakfast provided by the Elders to honor the service of the Deacons and discuss the spiritual aspects of their role.  The role of the deacon can be traced back to the early Christian church.  The Deacons and Elders discussed their spiritual journeys, and particularly what it means to them to be able to serve communion.  Some deacons have come from other Christian denominations where the qualifications for serving communion are much stricter, where women are often forbidden from the role.  Some deacons had once been told they were no longer qualified for the role after coming out in a homosexual relationship.  Many commented on how surprised they were when they were invited to be a deacon in our congregation, and how stepping into the role, even though they may have felt unprepared at first, transformed their faith into something deeper.