Weekly News from University Presbyterian Church
Friday, December 7, 2018


December 9
Second Sunday of Advent

Worship at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Click here for this Sunday's worship bulletin. 
Click here for information about this Sunday's worship music.

Alternative Gift Market - Open in the narthex; this is your last opportunity to buy an alternative gift for your friends and family!

9:45-10:45 - Sunday School for all ages

3:45-4:10 - Children's Choir :  Priscilla D. Bevin Memorial Choir Suite

4:00-5:00 - UPC worship service: Carolina Meadows

4:15-4:55 - Junior Choir:  Priscilla D. Bevin Memorial Choir Suite

5:00-7:15 - Junior Choir Caroling Party:  Jasper and Maisy Kavanaugh's home

5:00-6:00 - Youth Choir:  Priscilla D. Bevin Memorial Choir Suite

Presbyterian Youth Connection: Small Group Night - Check your email for a message from your small group leader

2019 Stewardship Campaign: As we enter the season of Advent, we reflect on God's gift to us and how we live our gratitude and bear fruit that will last. We celebrate the commitment so many in the congregation have shown through your pledges. In order to create a budget that will not require us to draw from our savings but will allow us to fund all we did in 2017, we need an additional $300,000 in pledges. If you have not yet made your pledge, you may complete a pledge card that you will find in the pews and in the worship register. You also may mail your pledge card to the church office (P.O. Box 509, Chapel Hill, NC 27514), or pledge online via our secure website at upcch.org/stewardship.

  
We Choose Welcome: Click here to sign up for the Refugee Support Team. The team will support the activities of Refugee Community Partnership (RCP), a local refugee support organization.
 
PW Service Project - Diaper Collection: Through December 16 - boxes for diapers in the UPC parlor and church office; only diaper size 6 is needed; monetary donation: make check out to UPC with "Refugee Diaper Project" in the memo line, and PW will buy diapers with your donation.

Need Ushers - December 23 (Lessons & Carols) 11:00 service. If you can assist, please email Steve Kennedy at [email protected] by this Sunday, December 9, to ensure we can include your name in the bulletin. UPC's Worship Committee appreciates your help!

Appalachia Service Project: 4 spots remaining!  Click here to sign up;  or if full, email Kim McNeill at [email protected] to be added to the wait list.

Montreat Worship and Music Conference (June 16-22, 2019): Click here to register; open to all rising fourth graders to graduating seniors who are active in the UPC Youth or Junior Choirs; registration is $265 until January 3, 2019, and will increase to $280 after that dte; open until February 5.

Gifts of Beauty & Bounty: Forms due by noon on Monday, December 17; forms are available in the narthex on Sunday or click here to print your own.


2018 Holiday Content Deadlines: Deadlines for UPC publications through the end of the year - Sunday bulletin, weekly announcements, and the January edition of The Chimes

PYPs Fun During Chapel Hill Christmas Parade: Saturday, December 8, 9:30 a.m., UPC front lawn

Longest Night Worship Service: Sunday, December 16, 5:00-6:00 p.m., Sanctuary

A Festival of Christmas Lessons & Carols: Sunday, December 23, 2018, 8:30 & 11:00 worship

Christmas Brunch: Sunday, December 23, 9:30 a.m., Fellowship Hall

Christmas Eve Worship Services: Monday, December 24, 4:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., & 11:00 p.m.

Help the Haiti Mission Team: Bring pictures cut out of magazines: Sunday, January 6, narthex; 
Haiti Mission Trip Workshop: Saturday, January 19, 9:00 a.m., Dunham Hall

Stephen Minister Training: January, 2019; contact Hillary Bergman Cheek at  [email protected] or (919) 929-2102.  Might God Be Calling You?

University Presbyterian Church is affiliated with The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and is a Stephen Ministry Congregation.