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News & Updates from Your CPC Family
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The Coming by Kazuya Akimoto
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Worship Services
Second Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December 8, 2019
PLEASE NOTE STARTING TIMES
Worship Service: 8:30 a.m.
No Sunday School this Week
Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.
Ministers: Rev. Mitzi Lesher-Thomas, Rev. Lori Pistor
Sermon: Judgement, Repentance, and Peace,
Mitzi Lesher-Thomas
Advent Wreath Participants:
10:30 - Ella Troiano, Mackenzie Lesher-Thomas
and Gavin Cullen
Scripture Reading: Matthew 3:1-12; Isaiah 11:1-10
Lay Reader: 8:30 - Katie Stuart; 10:30 - Alice Williams
Director of Music: Ed Yasick
Choir: Chancel Choir
Children in Worship: Barbara Harvey
The beautiful paper lace banners over the pulpit, designed by the Sanctified
Art Team, were patiently and carefully created by CPC members/artists:
Jane Dunbar, Sandy Hutchinson, Ann Johnson,
Pauline Leveille, Jen Pierce, and Kecia Simmons.
Read about the Chrismons
on the purple bookmarks in the pew rack.
Read
What Can't Wait Advent Poetry for the week at this link
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Pastor Nominating Committee minutes and reports
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Poinsettia Orders now being taken
There is an order form for Poinsettia plants for the church, with space for your dedication on the form, available in the Narthex. You will also find a form
at this link, which you may print and use.
All orders must be received in the church office no later than Monday, December 16.
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Service of Calm & Comfort:
Wednesday, December 11
6:30 p.m. in the CPC Sanctuary
Advent and Christmas season can be difficult;
whether from loss and changing circumstances,
the rushing cacophony of noise, too many demands,
or too much on the calendar.
You're invited Dec. 11 to a time of quiet reflection,
to breathe deeply of the peace of Christ
and the comfort of the Spirit offered in scripture and music.
Harmonica music by Terry Allebaugh
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HONORING MANDY NESTER
Please join us Sunday, December 15
following the 10:30 Pageant
in the Fellowship Hall as CPC honors Mandy.
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Gifts for Church Staff
CPC traditionally receives financial gifts from the congregation to thank our staff! This year, please consider including an extra Love Offering designated for Mandy Nester, our Parish Nurse, who is leaving CPC at the end of the year.
Members and friends can donate with the envelopes in the friendship pads, in the regular offering plate or by dropping a check by the church office.
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Thank You Christian Adventurers!
The CPC Staff thanks the Christian Adventurers for the gifts of the terrific apple pies, just in time for Thanksgiving last week! Even though Pastor Lori mistakenly identified the creators of the pies a couple of Sundays ago, everyone knows it was YOU and your helpful advisors that peeled, chopped, stuffed, and created these wonderful pies we enjoyed. Thank you so very much from all of us on the church staff!
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Nominations for Nominating Committee Wanted
The CPC Nominating Committee is receiving recommendations of church members to
serve on the 2020 Nominating Committee.
This committee is responsible for
discerning the slate of elders and deacons to be elected by the congregation.
Please
contact chairperson Tim Farless with nominations or email nominations to
office@carypresbyterian.org
Thank you!
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Generosity Reminder
Thank you to everyone who has returned a planned giving card for 2020.
If you haven't returned your goldenrod envelope, please do so as soon as possible. You may put your envelope in the offering plate, return it to the church office, or
pledge online here. Your response is important; the Budget and Finance Team and Session will be finalizing the 2020 operating budget in early January, and every member's gift does really matter.
If you are up to date with your planned giving commitment for 2019, we thank you. If not, we graciously ask that you become current by the end of the year.
Thank you.
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Christian Faith Formation
For Sunday, December 8.
Faith Together Class:
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. This week we will watch a video with our old favorite, Buck Denver, in "Why Do We Call It Christmas?"
Adult Classes
This week: December 8
Adult I:
meets in the parlor
Bible and Beyond:
continuing with The History of Christianity from The Great Courses until Christmas. Lisa and Alan Ward, facilitators.
NEW MEETING LOCATION!
Faith Hall of Fame: the former computer lab at the parking lot end of the hallway.
Faith & Families & Faith Today:
Will meet together Dec. 8 & 15 in Rm.100 to discuss Luke Powry's
Rise Up, Shepherd! Advent Reflections on the Spirituals
. Powery is the Dean of Duke Chapel and brings the spirituals and Advent together in a double blessing of hope. Teaching this Sunday: Alan Bancroft
All adult Sunday School classes welcome you at any time, are not concerned about entering late or leaving early, and understand if attendance is occasional. We thank you for participating as you are able.
Children in Worship
The story this week is "Mary & Joseph Show the Way to Bethlehem." The Advent stories build from week to week as we journey along a literal road to Bethlehem. This week we hear about Mary & Joseph and the angel that came to them. Together we will wonder about how Mary felt when the angel spoke to her and what it would be like to have God's special child, Jesus. Leader: Barbara Harvey
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 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.
jlpierce@carypresbyterian.org
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Remember FairTrade this Christmas
Fair Trade coffee, tea and chocolate this Sunday, December 8.
Look for our festive table next to Fellowship Hall between services, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. We offer a variety of coffees (regular and decaf), tea (regular and herbal), chocolate bars and minis, and hot cocoa mix. We have some homemade Guatemalan bracelets and scrunchies for just $2. And we are selling pottery mugs and teabag holders donated by Todd and Melinda Crouse.
All of these items make wonderful Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers. We accept cash, checks and credit cards. Questions or special requests? Contact Betty Boyd or Jeanne Bolick.
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Angel Tree for Loaves And Fishes
Angel Tree for Loaves and Fishes is currently in place in the Narthex.
Gift suggestions for preschool, elementary, and middle/high school students will
be available.
Choose from the list or use your own experience of what your gift recipient may enjoy. Gift cards or checks made out to Loaves and Fishes will also be requested. Some gifts may be used for the Pride for Parents Store. Southeast Raleigh families vetted as low income may shop there to purchase gifts at a discount. The 35 children at Loaves & Fishes will receive gifts.
Please return all gifts, gift cards, and checks to the Narthex area by December 8. A box will be there to receive gift cards and checks, or you may return them to Barbara Turner's box in the office. Thank you!
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Alternative Gifts for Christmas
It's that time of the year to be thinking about alternative Christmas gifts for family and friends. The Missions team decided we would hit pause on an all-out Alternative Gift Market and offer a more low-key opportunity this year.
As such, you will find in the Narthex, copies of the PCUSA Alternative Gift catalogue AND a special insert that highlights your favorite CPC Missions that you can also give as a gift. We hope you will consider these wonderful gifts this Christmas season and provide hope to those in need.
Peace and joy from the Missions Team
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Christmas Pageant Participants Needed
Rehearsals began December 1 for the Christmas pageant, Light of the World, to be presented during worship on Sunday, December 15.
The intergenerational pageant has a number of speaking parts. If you are interested in participating as a singer or in a speaking role, please contact Julie Henry.
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Two Upcoming Mission Opportunities
1)
RISE AGAINST HUNGER is coming to CPC February 2020!
The Missions Team is planning an all church, Saturday event on February 1 to pack meals for Rise Against Hunger.
2) In the meantime, our friends at the Kirk of Kildaire have invited CPC to help with Rise Against Hunger at the Kirk on Saturday, December 7, 8:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m.
120 volunteers are needed for each of 3 Food Packing shifts as well as set up and clean up. Sign-up sheets are in the Narthex.
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Cary Area Community Services
Blue Christmas/Longest Night Vespers
Sunday, December 8, 5:30p.m.
Kirk of Kildaire, Chapel
200 High Meadow Dr.
Longest Night Service
A reflective service offering a sacred space for people
living through difficult times during the holidays.
Sunday, December 22, 4:00p.m.
St Francis UMC
2965 Kildaire Farm Rd.
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CPC Social Justice Group Meeting
The next meeting of the CPC Social Justice team will be held on Friday, December 13 from 10:30 to noon in the Parlor. All who want to join us are welcome!
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The Carying Place Holiday Meal:
Thursday, December 19 at 6:00 p.m.
Loved Be The Hands?
Wanna keep that feeling of community & service going?
December 19th, 6:00 p.m. Fellowship Hall
Help serve a holiday dinner to the families, volunteers,
staff and board members of The Carying Place!
Each December, Cary Presbyterian Church, under the leadership of Presbyterian Women, hosts The Carying Place for a holiday dinner.
Any and all hands are welcome!
Volunteers are needed for food, set-up, serving, and clean up.
Please use this SignUpGenius link to volunteer
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SAVE THE DATE: ASP 2020 JUNE 21-27
Registration Opens Sunday, January 5
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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Cool Books Club News
The Cool Books Club will meet
on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at 7 p.m.
at the home of Peg Giesbrecht.
During December we are treating ourselves to a light but meaningful read, and we encourage others to join us
if they so desire.
Our choice this time is
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,
a children's novel written by Barbara Robinson in 1971. It tells the story of six misfit children who volunteer to star in their town's Sunday school Christmas pageant, and end up teaching the town the true meaning of Christmas.
The book was written as a children's book and is on the 4th to 8th grade reading level. It should be enjoyable
on many levels.
If interested or if you need more information,
please call Peg Giesbrecht at 919-859-3951 or Ellen Cline at 919-469-1456.
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Why is it chilly
in the Parlor, Narthex and Library?
The HVAC system in the Fellowship Hall is soon to be replaced.
The system is connected with the new units that heat
the front part of the hallway and rooms. Until some repairs are made
the units must be turned off. So, if you have meetings or classes in
the parlor or library bring your sweaters and wraps
for a few weeks until the systems are up and running.
The Sanctuary and office HVAC's are fine.
Thanks to Building and Grounds for their work on these projects.
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Fall Blood Drive News
The Blood Drive during
Be the Hands
week was a huge success.
The Blood Connection, our blood services partner, provided a cash reward for every unit collected. It increased to $20!
CPC made a valuable contribution to our own community, and the total money raised was $580!
What a fantastic partnership!
Thank you to everyone.
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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 December 8
through December 15
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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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