DCPC
Faith and Families Newsletter
March 24, 2017
In this Issue:
  • Letter from Robert
  • Faith and Life Sunday School
  • From the Nominating Committee
  • Upcoming Stuff - Save The Date
  • Celebrate with Allison Wehrung
  • Children's Ministry Newsletter

LENT 4 – Companions on the Journey

Dear Friends,

               You may have heard the news that the Alexanders have a dog!  Her name is Pixie and we think she is a mini pin/greyhound mix.  Technically she is Claire’s dog but we are all enjoying her!  The timing of her arrival two weeks ago couldn’t have been better.  Claire has been sick for a few days this week and Pixie has been her constant companion to keep her company on those long and sometimes lonely days.  Have you ever felt the need for a companion on a long and lonely stretch of your journey?

               I say it all the time.  We are not alone!  God is always with us and God gives us one another on the journey.  Sometime we still feel lonely and wrestle with feelings of isolation and separation.  There are people (and animals) that come along side us on our journey and help us through these darker times so that we can make it through the valley to a brighter day.

               Who are those people (or animals) in your life?  How do you fulfill that need for someone else?  Paul wrote, “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up!” (1 Thessalonians 5:11)  Paul wanted us to be there for each other during dark times to remind one another that we are children of the light!  So come alongside each other and be an encouraging presence.

               If there is someone who has been this for you recently I encourage you to take time to say “Thank you!”  Let them know how much you appreciate them sticking by you and being your companion on the journey.
To God be the Glory!
Robert
  Faith and Life Sunday School

             Join us at 11 a.m. in Room 201 on Sunday morning for Faith & Life.  We are studying Animate: Practices, a seven-session adult introduction to the central practices of the Christian faith. In each Animate: Practices session, the group will watch a video featuring a leading voice from the Christian faith, spend time in personal reflection and journaling, and share ideas with the group.

            This Sunday – March 26th  – we will take a look at Service | The Needs Right in Front of You with Enuma Okoro. Enuma is a seasoned traveler, having lived and worked in countries on four continents. But she encourages us to see the needs around us. This local context can give us a new understanding of what service really looks like.

  From the Nominating Committee

Servant Leaders Needed - The DCPC 2017 Nominating Committee seeks servant leaders to serve a three-year term as ruling elders and deacons of our church. We also seek candidates for one youth elder and one youth deacon; each serves a one year term. Your recommendations, with comments, would be most appreciated. Should you feel called to serve, please submit your own name. Submission forms are available at the Church Information Center or www.dcpc.org . We would appreciate names and suggestions by Sunday, April 2.

UPCOMING STUFF – SAVE THE DATE!
-Spiritual Yoga happens each Sunday evening at 5 p.m. in Room 201 during the season of Lent.  Contact Stephanie Rollans at srollans@dcpc.org if you are interested in participating.
-Common Grounds Café – NICARAGUA NIGHT – March 25th – 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. – Join Emily Hewes from CEPAD and have some fun learning about Nicaragua and about the development work that happens around that country. 
  
  Celebrate with Allison Wehrung 
Allison is a child of DCPC who has been under care of this congregation and presbytery while in seminary and beyond.  She has been called to serve in Campus Ministry at Old Miss in Oxford, Mississippi.  Her Ordination service will be held at DCPC this coming Sunday (March 26th) at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary.


If there are concerns or joys that you would like to have listed here please email me at ralexander@dcpc.org so that we might keep one another in prayer.

Jeff Osman – Please pray for Jeff and his family as he awaits word about a liver transplant.

Jason Smith – Please pray for Jason and his family following the death of his grandmother.

Scott Smith – Please pray for Scott and his family as he is going through radiation treatments over the next couple of weeks following a reoccurrence of cancer.
Davidson College Presbyterian Church
PO Box 337
Davidson, NC  28036
704-892-5641
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