A
fter a
tremendous
Celebration
Sunday, November
3rd for our 150th
anniversary (complete with candles
blown out by our most senior
member who is 99 ½, Maude Pettus
and “Happy Birthday” sung by our
children), people are wondering,
“what’s next?” How can you top
that? Our Christmas services are
always beautiful and inspiring, so
please bring your families and friends
to any and all of those (listed on
page 2). I can’t wait for our church
to unwrap our new and improved
facilities, but that will not happen in
2014. Construction should begin in
earnest in the spring of 2014 and take
at least until the summer of 2015.
Before we get to unwrap our new
and improved church campus, we
do have something special to sign up
for in 2014. Consider joining us on
our next Noroton Church Pilgrimage.
Once a year, I or Pastor Greg, try
to lead a group of pilgrims to a
spiritually inspiring location like Israel,
Turkey or Greece. These are study
trips that deepen our understanding
of our faith and provide wonderful
fellowship. This next summer
happens to be the 500th anniversary
of the birth of the founder of the
Reformation in Scotland – John Knox.
2013 is the 50th anniversary of the
death of C. S. Lewis – the greatest
Christian writer of the 20th century
(who is finally being honored with
his own memorial in Poet’s Corner
of Westminster Abbey). So in 2014
we are pleased to announce a trip to
Scotland and England to examine the
“Roots of our Faith” from the English
Reformation to C. S. Lewis. July 12-
21 we will tour the important cities
of John Knox like Edinburgh and St.
Andrews. Then we will ride through
the English countryside to York and
Cambridge, seeing the university
that educated Tyndale and other
Reformers. Next we spend time in
London, worshipping at Holy Trinity
Brompton, where the Alpha program
was born, touring the great cathedrals
of Westminster Abbey (home to
our Westminster Confession) and St.
Pauls, with a side trip to see Biblical
era artifacts in the famous British
Museum. We will end our tour
at the place C. S. Lewis lived and
taught for over 30 years - Oxford.
A once-every-three-year C. S. Lewis
symposium will start just as our
trip concludes for any who want to
extend their tour and enjoy lectures
from Lewis experts from all over the
The Spire
December 2013
Noroton Presbyterian Church
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2011 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820
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203-655-1451
What’s Next?
Christmas, C.S. Lewis and John Knox
Worship Schedule
Chapel - 8:00 a.m.
Sanctuary - 9:00 & 10:30 a.m.
Open Doors - 5:00 p.m.
Upcoming Preaching Schedule:
12/1/13 -
Pastor Brandi Drake
12/8/13 -
Pastor Sam Schreiner
12/15/13 -
Pastor Sam Schreiner
12/22/13 -
8:00 a.m. Chapel
Special Worship service
9 & 10:30 a.m. with
Children’s Christmas Pageant
5:00 p.m. Open Doors
“Advent Unplugged”
Special service with lessons and
music in the Sanctuary
12/24/13 - Christmas Eve services:
3 & 5:00 p.m. - Family service
lessons and carols
8 & 10:00 p.m. -Traditional Service
lessons and carols
12/29/13 - 9 & 10:30 Services Only
Pastor Greg Doll
Table of Contents
Foundations for the Future
......................3
Adult Spiritual Formation.....................4
Caring &Women’s Ministry.............5-6
Children’s &Youth Ministry........... 7-10
NPNS..................................................... 11
Tot Drop................................................ 12
Congregational Life Ministry....... 12-14
Mission Ministry............................. 15-17
Membership Ministry.................... 18-20
Music & Fine Arts.......................... 21-22
NPC Calendar of Events.................... 23
NPC News & NPC Staff ................... 24
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