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News & Updates from Your CPC Family
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4th Sunday after Epiphany
Worship Service and Communion
8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
February 3, 2019
Ministers: Rev. Lori Pistor, Rev. Mitzi Lesher-Thomas
Sermon: Hearing Voices, Lori Pistor
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 4:1-10; Luke 4:21-30;
I Corinthians 13 (sung during service while seated)
Music Director: Ed Yasick
Choir: Chancel Choir
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CPC 2018 Annual Report
Cary Presbyterian Church
2018 Annual Report
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Christian Faith Formation
Adult Classes in Sunday School
Drop in, or come each week.
Kerygma:
Beginnings, on Genesis. Class will be led by Mitzi Lesher-Thomas this week, and will consider "Where is Justice?" The story of Cain, Abel, and God provokes understandings of fairness, envy, and responsibility, what sin is and its consequences, and accountability and grace. Room 102.
Bible and Beyond:
Study of book of Ruth using the Uppity Women of the Bible video series developed by Dr. Lisa M. Wolfe. Library.
Faith Today
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T
his class begins the study
Unafraid: Living with Courage and Hope in Uncertain Times
, a video-based course with Adam Hamilton. This course is for anyone who desires to live as peacemakers in troubled times, or for those struggling with fear, anxiety, or worry in the face of what's happening in our world. Led by Jerry Slaymaker, Room 100.
Faith and Families:
Currently studying Animate: Faith, in the Fellowship Hall. This week's topic is "Salvation: Abundant Life Now."
Adult I
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Our Love of God continues with study of passages from I Thessalonians, the epistles of John and James, Philippians, and Psalms. Parlor.
Coming in February: Mister Rogers
Come and watch the 2018 film Won't You Be My Neighbor on Sunday evening, Feb 10. The film looks at Fred Rogers, a Presbyterian pastor with a special kind of ministry. Two follow up classes will be offered: (1) Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. for an overall discussion of Rogers' theology and approach, and (2) Sunday, Mar. 3 at 6:00 p.m., focused on parents or grandparents.
All events will be held in Room 100.
Children and Worship
Children and Worship leaders are a key part of our ministry to 4 - 7 year olds.
We need more leaders trained now to guide our children in experiencing the presence of God. This is a crucial need.
Children in Worship happens during the first 40 minutes of the 11:00 a.m. worship service before the children return to the Sanctuary for a time of greeting, singing, and Bible passage presentation and response. Then, everyone is present for the last third of the service. Please contact Medora Hix to inquire further. Training is scheduled at your convenience.
Vacation Bible School
Change is coming! Save the Date! Everyone clear your calendar now for an all-ages Vacation Bible School; not in June, but July 14 - 18! Not just for children, this is Pilgrimage, recreating life in the Middle Ages, exploring the lives of biblical and medieval saints who lived out the teachings of Christ. There will be separate Pilgrim guilds for children, youth, and adults, as well as craftsmen and others providing experiences and learning in five European lands (England, Italy, Scotland, Spain, and Ireland).
Mission
Next week's worship is focused on our Guatemala mission and what God is doing in Nimasac through Cary Presbyterian.
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Been visiting at Cary Presbyterian?
Interested in learning more about our life together?
Interested in membership?
Just want to meet others and ask some questions?
Sunday, February 10th at 9:45
Join me in the Fellowship Hall
Questions, email or call:
Mitzi Lesher-Thomas
919-467-8700
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Liturgy Roundtable, Feb. 10 after 11:00 a.m. Worship
Music & Worship Team invites you to a Liturgy Roundtable on Sunday, Feb. 10 after 11:00 worship, in the Fellowship Hall.
We will brainstorm ideas for Lenten and Easter services for an hour or so. The more ideas we generate, the more meaningful the services will be!
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Coming to CPC: Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Sunday, February 10 at 6:00 p.m., Rm. 100
Fred Rogers, a Presbyterian pastor, had a call to a special kind of ministry. He had deep theological convictions and a generous perspective.
Sunday evening
, Feb. 10 at 6:00 p.m., w
e will have a screening of the acclaimed 2018 documentary
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
(Film to be supplemented by two classes, each with a different emphasis, at a future date. Stay tuned!)
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Cool Books Club News
The Cool Books Club will meet on Tuesday, February 5, at 7 p.m. at the home of Peg Giesbrecht. Our selection for this month is
Glimpses of Heaven: True Stories of Hope and Peace at the End of Life's Journey by Trudy Harris, RN. The following is a review from Publishers Weekly:
As a hospice nurse and the former president of the Hospice Foundation for Caring, Harris has seen more than her share of death. In this collection of 44 real-life stories, she shares her own journeys with patients in their final days with an eye not only to what the dying experience, but what those last days, weeks and months may teach those of us who walk with them. Regardless of our lifelong faith, or lack thereof, Harris believes, most dying people come to experience God's unconditional love and his desire to welcome us home, a point illustrated by the book's stories. Many of the shorter two- or three-page stories lack enough detail or new information to be thought provoking or spiritually nurturing, but Harris's longer anecdotes, like those about her grandparents, are deeply touching and encouraging. Those attending a dying person will find examples of ways they may listen to and be helpful to them. Those who wonder about what their own journey toward death may be like will find in these stories a demystification of the last days of life on earth and future glimpses of heaven that offer comfort and hope.
If this topic interests you, please contact Ellen Cline at 919-469-1456 or Peg Giesbrecht at 919-859-3951 for more information.
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CWS Blankets Offering, Feb. 10
A special offering will be received for Church World Service Blankets on Sunday, February 10, 2019.
Help to share the warmth with those who are refugees or have been affected by hurricanes, floods, fires, or cold weather with loss of power. Tools and seeds are also provided to help families around the world grow their own food. Envelopes will be in the pews.
Church World Service is the same organization we support through CROP Walks, Cleanup Buckets, or hygiene or school kits. The needs are great around the world.
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Triple F Group members enjoyed brunch together at IHOP on January 14, 2019. Nine members were present. Next get-together: Monday, February 11, 2019, 9:45 a.m., IHOP. We expect to resume regular meetings in March.
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Meeting each Wednesday in February
February 6, 13, 20, and 27
in the Fellowship Hall
at 9:30 a.m.
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The Talk: In Durham through February 10
Bulldog Ensemble Theater, Durham's new grassroots theater company, is very proud to present
The Talk
, opening this Thursday in downtown Durham! This virtuoso one-man performance by local writer and performer Sonny Kelly details his struggle to talk with his son about the realities of living in a racially divided America. It's a beautiful, humane show, and part of a vital conversation in our community.
The Talk
runs weekends in Durham through February 10th. You can find out more about the show and buy tickets at this link.
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Urgent Need for Platelets
Did you know that
1 platelet donation can save up to 3 adults or 12 children? There is an urgent need for platelets. Sign up through The Blood Connection
here!
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New Security Video!
We have a new VIDEO
to share with you!
"Everything You Need to Know About Using the Keypad Entry System but Were Afraid to Ask"
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Meals on Wheels Volunteer Opportunity
Can you spare two hours -one day each month - to make a big difference in senior or disabled people's lives by delivering complete and balanced hot meals at lunch?
This route is in urgent need of being filled.
The third Tuesday of each month - Pick-up is around 10:45 a.m. at Resurrection Lutheran Church on Kildaire Farm Rd. in Cary. You will deliver 10-12 meals in the Cary. If you are interested in this route, please contact our Meals on Wheels coordinator Caroline Sinclair at 919-302-2207 or emai caroline.sinclair@raymondjames.com.
Enjoy friendly smiles and stories as you make your rounds!
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CPC Church Service Podcasts
CPC Service podcasts are added weekly to Soundcloud and for posting to the website
on this page. They appear with the most recent service featured at the top of the page, with the illustration from that week's bulletin as an identifier (as shown above).
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The public CPC Facebook page is a great continuing source of information about what is upcoming and what has happened at CPC. Visit it frequently for news and pictures you won't see elsewhere, and share the posts with your friends and on your own Facebook page!
Follow the links to the public page and the CPC family page below:
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Need a Name Tag?
BE KNOWN! Wear your name tag!
Need a name tag? Need a new name tag?
You can either:
Write "Need a name tag" next to your name in the Welcome Book
OR sign up for a name tag at the table by the TV in the Narthex.
As soon as yours is ready it will be on that same table.
Keep it where most convenient on one of the name tag racks.
THANKS!!
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Send Your News and Announcements
Bulletin and e-Link announcements
to be placed in any upcoming print issue
or email
are
due by 12:00 noon on the prior Wednesday.
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CPC Calendar for Febr
uary 3 through February 10
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Did You Know?
Cary Presbyterian Church is a part of a larger family of churches comprising the New Hope Presbytery.
From Efland to the Outer Banks, spanning 33 counties, with 122 congregations representing 28,314 members, we are a Mid-Council of the Presbyterian Church (USA) serving eastern North Carolina.
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