• PLEASE NOTE: The Weekly Announcements will be taking a winter nap, but will return in the New Year!  There will be NO Weekly Announcements 12/27/19.

• WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH MINISTRY? For the month of December, children (ages 3-13) are studying AWE. This Sunday is the morning after the longest night of the year. To observe that children in Religious Education will be making paper lanterns and going on a Solstice Walk throughout the church. AWE is all around us--some of it we create and some we just have to notice. We will seek both forms of AWE on Sunday morning. In the evening Middle and High School Youth Groups will be watching the movie Elf.  For more information about our Religious Education Program, please contact Marion Hirsch or Kat Good.

• Question Box Sermon Rev. Thom's sermon on Sunday, December 29 will consist of his answers to questions posed by congregants. To submit a question, use the forms and brightly colored question box provided in the Commons.

• DE-GREENING EVENT ON SUN, 12/29 After Reverend Thom's "Question Box" sermon on December 29, the congregation will gather to de-green the church. Please stay after the 11:15 single Service at to help with this event. Questions? Email Bonnie Nelson or call her: 919-248-1853)

• HELP THE COMMUNITY CHURCH LIVE OUT ITS MISSION -  FEED THE HUNGRY 1/3 & 1/21/20 WITH IFC Sign up HERE. Sign up once, or sign up every month to serve with The Inter-Faith Council for Social Services (IFC), of which The Community Church is a founding church. We need help preparing the meals and serving them - do one job or both! Questions? Text (919)428-4440, or Email Maureen O'Rourke.

• MINDFUL SELF COMPASSION CLASS Respond to difficult moments in your life with gentle compassion. Join us for an 8-week class on Mindful Self Compassion on Thursday evenings, starting Jan. 30, 2020; Discount for church members. Taught by Dr. Janel D. Sexton and DeeDee Laurilliard, LCSW; Email Janel Sexton for more info or to sign up. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE CLASS FLYER.
  

• Help make the Services even more beautiful... Donate Flowers! Week after week, the dedicated volunteers of the Flower Committee procure beautiful bouquets for our shared enjoyment; the Frances Brewer Flower Fund makes this wonderful service possible. You are invited to participate! Flowers can be shared to commemorate an anniversary, remember a loved one, or celebrate an important  occasion. Please use this form to donate flowers, and help make our Services even more beautiful. Thank you!

• CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW BOARD MEMBERS Congratulations to our new Board Members who will begin their terms in January, 2020: Heather O'Connor (Vice President) Becky Wilkes and Salem Macknee. We appreciate your willingness to serve the church! From the Nominating Committee (Jane Provan, Abbie Beasley-Crombie, George Thompson, Laura Gilliom). 

• GAP BRIDGING ACTIVITIES ABOUND In many ways, volunteers in the congregation are narrowing the gap between projected funding and the Building Project's estimated cost. Basketball parking revenues, concert and performance profits and concession sales, specialty events such as the upcoming yUUle Ball, sale of homegrown/handmade products at the Sunday Pop-Up Marts and festive creations featured in the Holiday Bazaar - all generously offered and gratefully received! An updated accounting will be offered when we catch our breath. 

• 88 (!) PEOPLE HAVE OPTED IN FOR TEXT ALERTS IN CASE OF CHURCH DELAYS AND/OR CLOSURES Would you like to receive a text in case of weather-related or other church closures and/or delays, too?  If so, please fill out this form: we need to have your current cell phone number and carrier.

• OFFICE CLOSURES: The office will be closed 12/24 - 12/26/19.

 

made and wrapped homemade gifts for family and friends for the holiday season.

Please share the warmth of community or the fire of commitment of your Community Church group in action! Email your photo to Rachel Rose in the church office and COMPLETE THIS FORM. Photos will be featured on the church website homepage and/or the Weekly Announcements and Monthly Newsletter when possible and in the order received. Thanks for helping us live our mission!

• FRIENDLY REMINDER: COMMONS ETIQUETTE We are so fortunate to have so much going on in our church! However, please remember that the Commons is a place where folks who cannot join in Service (Those who need a comfy place to breastfeed! One with a persistent cough! Someone who needs a place to weep!) can still hear the Service. Please, keep quiet in the Commons during Services. Outside of Service times, it's a wonderful meeting space - please be aware that meetings may be in progress and use other doors, whenever possible. Thank you!

• LOST & FOUND The Lost & Found is in the Admin Lobby. Where's the Admin Lobby? The doors farthest to the right on the face of our church buildings - it's also accessible through the Community Room (where Coffee Hours take place). Please look for lost things  - that's where forlorn potluck dishes go, abandoned raincoats and neglected coffee mugs, as well. These bins are emptied seasonally, so give them gander and see if your "lost" has been "found"!

• REMINDER ABOUT WEEKDAY PARKING Thanks for participating in the life of our church! We love to see you here. If you come to church during the week, there are some guidelines. Please do not park in the big lot; the church rents those spaces M-F, 6am to 7pm. The income from these rentals is a significant part of our operating budget, and we want to treat these renters equitably. You are welcome to park in the lot near the office, or in the "pine lot" at the top of the driveway, or in the small lot in the back (with its own driveway). Questions? Please contact Rachel Rose.

• Help make Sunday mornings happen - Become a Greeter! Our church is busier than ever, and we need folks to help welcome people in to our church on Sunday morning and we have many Greeter spaces open over the next few weeks! Please take a moment to sign up to be a Greeter, and help new people see what our community is really like.  Please join us when you can for this simple, but important work.  Thanks so much - your help is appreciated!