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News & Updates from Your CPC Family
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3rd Sunday after Epiphany
All Together Worship Service
11:00 a.m.
January 27, 2019
Ministers: Rev. Lori Pistor, Rev. Mitzi Lesher-Thomas
Sermon: Soma & Pneuma, Lori Pistor
Scripture Reading: Luke 4:14-21; I Corinthians 12:12-31
Music Director: Ed Yasick
Youth Choir Director: Julie Henry
Choirs: Chancel Choir, Youth Choir
Ordination and Installation of Elders and Deacons during worship.
Following the 11:00 a.m. Worship Service.
The CPC Annual Meeting
and a Pot Luck Lunch will be held in the Fellowship Hall
All are welcome, with or without food to share.
*Sights and Sounds of 2018 in review!
*2018/2019 Financial Presentation
*Election of PNC member and Nominating Committee
*Blessing of the Pastor Nominating Committee
*Picture taking available for Servant Keeper Directory
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CPC 2018 Annual Report
Cary Presbyterian Church
2018 Annual Report
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Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC) Update
Dear Congregation,
After further consideration Valarie Campbell has decided that serving on the PNC is not appropriate for her at this time. I am sure you can relate to a commitment you made that for one reason or another need to be adjusted. The Nominating Committee respects and fully supports this difficult and mature decision by Valarie.
As such the Nominating Committee has found an equally outstanding new youth representative for the PNC. Emma Anderson, has agreed to serve on the PNC, assuming the congregation says yes (please do!) at the January 27 congregation meeting. Included below is her biography.
Peace,
The 2018 Nominating Committee
Scott Peoples, Tim Farless, Betty Hart, John Hansen, Valarie Short, Valarie Campbell and Teresa Amentt-Jennings
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Emma Anderson
My family moved to Cary in 2007 and in the following year joined CPC. Since then I have been involved in youth group starting as a Christian Adventurers and now in the Seniors High Youth.
I was confirmed at CPC when I was in 8th grade. I have then served on the Youth Pastor search committee, and love being involved in all things CPC youth.
This past year I was accepted onto the New Hope Presbytery Youth Council and work on planning middle and high school youth retreats throughout the year for youth in this presbytery.
I live here in Cary and my parents are Craig and Terry Anderson, my younger sister is Kathryn Anderson. This year I am a junior at Green Hope High School
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Kitchen Cleaning, Saturday, January 26
The annual CPC kitchen cleaning will take place Saturday, January 26 from 9:00-12:00. Everyone is welcome to come and join the fun!
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Christian Faith Formation
Adult Sunday School Classes
Try one of these!
Kerygma:
Began Jan. 20. Beginnings is a 4 week study covering the significant first chapters of Genesis. Led by John Page; Room 102. This class will consider "Where is Love?: Creation and the Rebellion of Humankind," including: God's purposes for humankind; vocation, permission, and prohibition; humankind made for community and relationship; choice of self over community; and shame, vulnerability, fear, denial, blame, accountability, grace and promise, all topics worthy of study and reflection.
Bible and Beyond:
Jan. 6 - Feb. 17. 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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Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill Levine, professor of NT studies at Vanderbilt, led by Sheri Mitten, Room 100.
Next week this 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.
Faith and Families:
Currently studying Animate: Faith, in the Fellowship Hall. This week's topic is Jesus: the Revolution of Love.
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.
Children and Worship leaders are a key part of our ministry to 4 - 7 year olds.
We need more leaders trained 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.
Faith Journey Sunday School
for elementary children begins a unit on The Lord's Prayer this week, Jan. 27. During this 3-week unit, our Milestone on prayer for first graders will be offered simultaneously. We ask that one parent of first graders attend Sunday School with their child during this time.
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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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Happy New Year from the Fair Trade Team!
We will be open at 10:30 before the 11:00 worship service outside Fellowship Hall for the first time in 2019 this Sunday, January 27. We will open again after the service until the potluck luncheon line dwindles down to a few.
- We have replenished our coffee supply, including whole-bean Bird of Paradise, as well as tea, chocolate, and olive oil. We also have Valentine gifts ranging from $2.00 to $10.00.
- We have a number of items that are past their "best-by" date that will be offered at a discount. Please stop by and pick up some bargains.
As always, we accept cash, checks and credit cards. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday!
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January 27 is Last Registration Day for ASP 2019!
Appalachia Service Project works to rebuild substandard housing for low-income families with the goal of making homes warmer, safer, and drier. This year, we're off to West Virginia the week of June 23 - 29, and we'd love to invite you first-timers, as well as our returnees, to join us!
We've moved up our registration process a bit this year so we have more time for training and work days as a team. Also new this year: As long as your registration form is received by the deadline of January 27th at 8:00 p.m., you will be considered for participation in this year's trip, based on the categories we need to fill (youth, young adult, male/female adult).
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The Talk: Durham, January 24 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 January 24th through February 10th. You can find out more about the show and buy tickets at this link.
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Mission in the Community
and Beyond:
Spanish Classes at CPC for 2019
Cary Presbyterian will host three different levels of Spanish classes for members and associates in support of volunteer service in faith community outreach programs offered to Latino neighbors, and our Guatemalan mission.
Learn Spanish with a Native Speaker
CLASSES AVAILABLE
Starting January 23, 2019-April 3, 2019
Last chance! Spanish classes just started. Enrollment open through this week for Beginner (Spanish Now) and intermediate conversation Destino levels. For information, contact the instructor Paulina Rodriguez-Ortega at
paulinarodriguezortega@outlook.com or contact
Medora Hix.
Beginners Spanish: Spanish Now! -Part 3
Learn pronunciation, reading, writing and basic conversation skills. Grammar: verb to be, adjectives, comparisons, direct commands, possessive adjectives, demonstrative adjectives, stem changing verbs, infinitives .and prepositions.
Textbook*: Spanish Now! Level 1, 8th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1438075235
Wednesdays 9:00 -11:00. a.m. $140
Advanced Spanish Conversation-Films and TEDx Videos
This program encourages and provides students with opportunities to expand their listening and conversation skills while discussing different topics taken from popular films and TEDx videos on Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube. This class will be taught entirely in Spanish. Wednesdays 12:00-2:00 p.m. $140
Intermediate Spanish: Destinos-Part 3
This course uses an engaging video drama based upon a popular telenovela (soap opera) that takes viewers around the Spanish-speaking world. Class activities are designed to build vocabulary, increase comprehension, and improve conversation skills. The class will be taught entirely in Spanish.
Textbook* (used is acceptable): Student Viewer's Handbook to Accompany Destinos Volume 1 Episodios 1-26 ISBN 978-0-07-249709-0
Volume 2 Episodios 27-52 ISBN 978-0-07-249710-6
Wednesdays 2:00-4:00 p.m. $140
Classes will be on Wednesdays during the daytime beginning January 3
and concluding April 3 (11 weeks).
Registration form/flyer
(pictured above)
can be found
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Presbyterians Gather with the Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, Director of the Office for Public Witness
The conversation about Presbyterians and race will continue on Wednesday, January 30 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Durham. The Reverend Jimmie Hawkins, who is director of the Office for Public Witness for the Presbyterian Church in Washington, will lead the discussion. The title for his opening remarks is "The Color of Race."
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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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Coming to CPC: Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Sunday, February 10 at 6:00 p.m.
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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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
January 27 through February 3
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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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