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News & Updates from Your CPC Family
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Please note that the start time of the early Worship Service
on Sunday has been corrected to 8:30 a.m.
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Lift Every Voice and Sing by Sue Todd
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Worship Service and Communion
4th Sunday after Epiphany
Sunday, February 2, 2020
PLEASE NOTE STARTING TIMES
Worship Service: 8:30 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:29 a.m.
Worship Service
: 10:30 a.m.
Service Participants - 8:30 a.m.
Minister:
Duane Hix, Alan Bancroft
Director of Music:
Ed Yasick
Lay Reader:
Beth Cleveland
Sound:
Alex Herring
Ushers:
Ben Mount and Ken Worsham
Counters: Kim Markham and Ken Wease
Service Participants - 10:30 a.m.
Minister:
Duane Hix, Alan Bancroft
Director of Music:
Ed Yasick
Choir:
Chancel Choir
Acolyte:
Juliet Riffle
Lay Reader:
Jim Conrad
Children in Worship:
LeNelle Patrick
Sound:
Troy Burton
Bus Driver:
Matt Donkin
Ushers:
Shane Pierce, John Hansen, Russell Diggs, and Jessica Cadwallader
Counters:
Kim Markham and Ken Wease
Homily:
Stronger than Human Strength
, Duane Hix
Scripture Readings: Psalm 15; I Corinthians 1:18-25
Pastor Nominating Committee minutes and reports
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Rise Against Hunger Meal Packaging Event
this coming Saturday, February 1,
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
in the Fellowship Hall
Your CPC Mission Team is excited to have this meal packaging
event
and is calling all hands!
We hope you'll join us Saturday at 6:30 for this inter-generational event
to pack 10,000 nutritious meals for hungry people.
We'll enjoy ice cream after clean up!
(Help is also needed from a few people
from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. for set-up.)
or call 919-616-0541.
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2020 Envelope Boxes available now
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ASP 2020 JUNE 21-27
Registration Forms Are Due Now!
On this 30th year of ASP trips from CPC, we're off to Virginia and we'd love to invite first-timers, as well as returnees, to join us!
The cost is $225, paid at time of registration, and scholarships are available, if needed. Questions about the trip? Contact Alan Bancroft at 615-540-9124 or alan.bancroft@carypresbyterian.org.
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This Week's YAF Youth News
Each week Alan sends out the YAF newsletter.
There's a lot of great information
about what's going on (and what's upcoming)
with CPC youth.
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Christian Faith Formation
for Sunday, February 2.
Faith Together
,an intergenerational class for adults and all children in elementary school, meets upstairs in the Sunday School building art room. Come up the ramp and go to the classroom straight ahead.
We're continuing with the unit called "Snuggle Up with God." We learn how Jesus' disciples grew closer to him and how we can grow closer to Jesus as well. Bring your favorite book (and maybe a blanket) to snuggle up and read together with the class. We'll also use a blanket the class made together this last week.
Adult Classes
Adult I:
meets in the parlor
Bible & Beyond
We'll be using The Bible & the Christian Life by John Stott on the authority, interpretation, and use of scripture in developing a Christian mind and making an impact on society. Stott is a former pastor and respected author. Meets in the Faith Hall of Fame - the former computer lab at the parking lot end of the hallway.
Faith Today Rm. 100
We'll be discussing Revolutionary Kingdom: Following the Rebel Jesus by Mike Slaughter. Starting with the deceptively simple question 'what is a disciple' this study quickly shifts to reflecting on how to live the missional call in the contemporary world.
Faith & Family Rm. 102
We'll be reflecting on Short stories by Jesus from Amy Jill-Levine and reading Jesus most popular parables with an eye to better understanding their original audience and context in order to shape our hearing for our time.
Children in Worship:
The story this week is the Parable of the Mustard Seed. Did you know that parables are like presents? They have already been given to us. Our parable stories are wrapped in gold boxes to remind us how precious they are. Together we will wonder if the birds were happy to find such a tree. We'll wonder what the tree might really be.
Leader: LeNelle Patrick
Anyone is welcome to join us at any time for listening to the stories, responding to the stories and learning them by retelling. Would you like to be a leader? Children in Worship begins at the same time as sanctuary worship does. We finish up during the hymn following the sermon and return to 'big church' to join the rest of the congregation. Please contact Jen Pierce if you are interested.
Art Project, February 9
Those of you who frequent the downstairs hallways may have noticed the empty frames on the walls. For quite some time, the Faith Formation team has been planning to update the artwork created by Sunday School children almost 20 years ago. We have decided to make this an intergenerational project open to anyone who is feeling artsy and wants to contribute. The overall theme of the new artwork will be "Love Thy Neighbor." In the coming weeks, be thinking about what that might look like in art form.
We are planning an event for Sunday February 9 at 6:00 p.m. Come join the youth for dinner, then spend time being creative with watercolors, colored pencils, collage materials, etc. We will have supplies available, but you are welcome to bring your own if you have a particular medium you like to work with. Your creativity is not limited to what we have on hand! Since we are re-using the mats and frames, we have specific sizes that the finished artwork needs to be.
If you would like to contribute, but aren't available that evening, we will have paper (and supplies if needed) ready to "check out" after worship on February 9.
We will send out an RSVP request in the coming weeks so we can plan for dinner, but save the February 9 date! Please contact Jen Pierce if you have any questions!
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Spanish Classes return February 2
Spanish classes are again available from a native Spanish speaker and experienced teacher right here at CPC.
There are three classes: Beginner, Level 2; Intermediate Level 3 Conversation; and Advanced Conversation and Literature. Each class lasts for two hours, on Wednesdays. Starting date is February 5 and classes conclude on April 15. Please see attached flyer for full information. Questions? Contact Medora Hix.
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Cool Books Club News
The Cool Books Club will meet on February 4 at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Peg Giesbrecht. This month we will read and discuss
Faith Unraveled: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask Questions by Rachel Held Evans.
A review from the Zondervan website reads: "
Profoundly moving, fearlessly honest, and relentlessly hopeful,
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Held Evans offers this must-read for anyone on the journey of doubt, deconstruction, and ultimately faith reborn."
Eighty years after the Scopes Monkey Trial made a spectacle of Christian fundamentalism and brought national attention to her hometown, Rachel Held Evans faced a trial of her own when she began to have doubts about her faith.
In Faith Unraveled, Rachel recounts growing up in a culture obsessed with apologetics, struggling as her own faith unraveled one unexpected question at a time.
In order for her faith to survive, Rachel realizes, it must adapt to change and evolve. Using as an illustration her own spiritual journey from certainty to doubt to faith, Evans challenges you to disentangle your faith from false fundamentals and to trust in a God who is big enough to handle your tough questions.
In a changing cultural environment where new ideas seem to threaten the safety and security of the faith, Faith Unraveled is a fearlessly honest story of survival.
This book was previously titled Evolving in Monkey Town.
If you are interested in attending or want more information, please call Ellen Cline at 919-469-1456 or Peg Giesbrecht at 919-859-3951.
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High School Class of 2020
At this year's Youth Sunday service on February 23,
we will offer up prayers
of thanksgiving and words of encouragement
for this year's class of graduating seniors.
We hope you will join us as we celebrate the following graduates:
Emma Anderson, Betsy Bowdish, Jake Bryant,
Ella Burton, Valerie Campbell, Laylani Callaway, Carter Hancock,
CJ Hofmeister, Anna Kelly, Mackenzie Lesher-Thomas, Bailey Rathbone,
Jackson Spencer, Ella Troiano, Corrine Walker
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Coffee Fellowship is Changing!
- We're focusing on 2nd Sundays and All Together Sundays.
- Different folk will coordinate each month.
If you expressed interest on your Time and Talent form don't be surprised if you get a call! Interested now? Reach out to one of the coordinators!
February - Duncan & Sandy Hutchinson; March - Meredith McGill & Jerry Slaymaker; April - Rhonda Hinnant; May - Audrey Saussman
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Send Your News and Announcements
Bulletin and e-Link announcements
for an upcoming newsletter or bulletin
need to be received in office email
by 12:00 noon on Wednesday
prior to the first day they need to run.
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CPC Website Calendar
If you're interested in the dates of services and events at CPC or need
to know what rooms are available at the church at specific times on specific days, you can find that information on the
CPC website calendar at this link.
(When you go to the CPC website, find a link at the top of the home page.
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An Important Safety and Security Notice
The wooden doors in the front of the church have recently been left unlocked overnight more than once. This has resulted in people entering the church and walking around without knowledge of the church or preschool staff. Unfortunately, open access to the church building by unknown persons potentially puts not only the facility and staff members, but preschool children at risk.
The wooden doors in the front of the church should not be unlocked except for Sunday worship services and for all-congregation events.
(For other groups and events, entry and exit should be made through doors with keypad access.)
Glass doors should never be propped open.
Church entry should be made by entering an entry code on one of the doors with a keypad. If you need a code, you must come to the church office and sign the security notebook to choose one from the randomly generated list of numbers.
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The CPC Church Directory is Online
Remember - the CPC Directory
is linked on the church website!
You can access our directory by clicking the Member Directory link at the top of our website home page.
Correct your info, add pictures, etc. online by following that link.
If you have not accessed the directory yet, an invitation will have to be sent to you by Servant Keeper. If you need this new invitation, email office@carypresbyterian.org with your name and an invitation will be requested for you. All invitations are good for only two weeks.
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BE KNOWN!
Wear your name tag!
Need a name tag? Need a new name tag?
You can do one of these things:
- 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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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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CPC Calendar for
February 2 through February 9
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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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