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News & Updates from Your CPC Family
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Let the Children Come to Me by Deborah Neil
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Sunday, October 20, 2019
PLEASE NOTE STARTING TIMES
Worship Services: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Sunday School for All:
9:29 a.m.
Ministers: Rev. Lori Pistor, Rev. Mitzi Lesher-Thomas
Sermon: She Persisted, Mitzi Lesher-Thomas
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 31-27-34; Luke 18:1-18
Director of Music: Ed Yasick
Choir: Chancel Choir (10:30)
Soloist: Julie Henry (8:30)
Acolyte: Aubrey Hancock
Lay Reader: Russell Diggs (8:30); Tia Van Scoyoc (10:30)
WHY THE SUNDAY MORNING TIME CHANGES at CPC?
Pastor Nominating Committee minutes and reports
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Remember to Review
Your Generosity Packet
and Return Your Information ASAP!
Generosity Packets that were not picked up as of last Sunday (Oct. 13) have been mailed.
Remember to add yours to the box!
Please be sure to return planned giving commitments and time and talent forms to the box in the Narthex (pictured here) or to the church office by Sunday, October 27.
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Christian Faith Formation
Sunday School is for all! Start time is 9:29 am. Classes end after 50 minutes.
- Register children and youth for Sunday School classes at the Faith Formation table outside the office.
Adult Classes
This week: October 20
Adult
I meets in the Parlor,
Bible and Beyond offers a study of The History of Christianity, covering the period of the New Testament, in the Library.
Faith & Families
Join us as we explore videos and podcasts that explore the question: "What's next for the church?"
Room 102
Faith Today
October 20 is the first class of Neighborhood Church. How can we embody the values of love, grace, and justice? As faith communities, how can our collective embodiment of these values shine even brighter? The answers to these questions must always unfold right here, right now, exactly where God has planted us. Neighborhood Church: Just in time for Be the Hands. Leaders: Troy Burton and Jerry Slaymaker.
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.
ProFuture Adult Study (from Living the Questions): On Tuesday evenings; October 15 to December 10 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., led by the Rev. Deky Hall.
ProFuture Faith: The Prodigal Species Comes Home
Having "squandered our inheritance on profligate living," we are a prodigal species. Industrial civilization and our insatiable appetites have us hurtling toward irreversible consequences - not in some distant future but right now. The good news is it's not too late. At the intersection of science, spirituality, and sustainability is a deep love of life and a passion for our posterity is a ProFuture Faith. Join eco-theologian, author, and TEDx speaker, Rev. Michael Dowd in a dynamic DVD and internet-based discussion course that bridges the gap between head and heart, science and faith. Participants will be guided on a journey that accepts what is inevitable, avoids what is futile, and be inspired to attend to what is urgent. Come home to reality. Embrace a ProFuture Faith!
Dates:
Tuesday for 8 weeks, Oct 15, 22, 29, Nov 5, 12, 19, Dec 3 and 10.
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each week (Room 100)
***To get readings for the first meeting on October 15, contact Rev. Deky Hall by e-mail at dekyhall@nc.rr.com, or by phone at 919-270-6509.
Faith Together is a new intergenerational class which meets in the Fellowship Hall annex for adults and children (grades kindergarten or first grade through fifth grade).
Children in Worship
The story this week is The Exodus
using the Desert Box.
We would appreciate more leaders. Full training is offered. Children in Worship begins at the same time as sanctuary worship does, concluding during the hymn following the sermon to return to the 'big church' and join the rest of the congregation.
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Scholarship Sponsors: Letters and photos of our Guatemalan students are available for you in the Narthex. We have nearly all the students' photos and many letters. Look for your name and your student's name.
Dorcas Ministries
Did you know? We support Dorcas Ministries in several ways. Each month we collect food for the
Dorcas pantry.
You can bring items anytime, but we especially remind you to
bring food on the first Sunday of the month.
There is a barrel in the Narthex near the coat rack waiting to be filled up!
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Questions about the Presbyterian Church (USA?)
Inquirers' Coffee and Questions:
Oct. 27 & Nov. 3
Questions about Cary Presbyterian Church?
Who we are, how we go about life together and what it means to be a member?
Bring your questions and curiosity on Sunday, October 27 and November 3.
We'll meet in the fellowship hall from 9:30 a.m. to 10:10ish.
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Be The Hands:
November 2!
Be The Hands
Day of Mission and Fellowship is now only about two weeks away!
Get all the details about the day in
Sign up for specific
activities and times at
We Need Your Hands! Please Sign Up for a Project Today!
To date, over 100 people have registered to lend their hands, but over 100 volunteers are still needed.
Please sign up to be part of this day of service and fellowship!
These projects are still especially in need of volunteers:
The Green Chair Project
(9 spots available)
Assemble, clean and sand donated furniture and other various tasks. Ages 13+
Apartment Painting for The Carying Place
(11 spots available)
Ages 14+
Meal Preparation
(7 spots available)
for CPC Members and The Carying Place Families. Ages 16+
Meal Preparation
(5 spots available)
for Transitions LifeCare. Ages 16+
Dorcas Ministry Pantry
(10+ spots available for morning or afternoon sessions)
join a shopping expedition to stock the Dorcas food pantry (funds provided by Be The Hands). All ages welcome; parents should accompany children under 12.
Chatham Commons
(11 spots available)
Visit, sing and play BINGO. Ages Middle School and up.
Yardwork for CPC Members and The Carying Place
(15 spots available)
-rake leaves, spread mulch and other light yardwork. Ages 8+.
Care Kits and Other On-Site Projects
(10+ spots available for morning or afternoon sessions)
-create, assemble and package kits and lunches. All ages welcome; parents should accompany children under 12.
Home Furniture/Furnishings Drive Continues: Here's How You can help!
This year we will again work with Church World Services to set up a home for a new refugee family. Together, we'll have the honor of creating one of the first experiences of hospitality and welcome that a family will encounter when they first arrive in the U.S.
Between now and November 2, we'll be collecting furniture and other household items needed to make a house a home
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Please contact deacon Mike Callis (
mcallis01@gmail.com
or 919-244-1748) to arrange pick-up or drop off any new or gently used
items listed here at this link
that you can spare.
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The BTH Giving Tree
About the BTH Giving Tree that's set up in the Narthex: it has almost 200 tags for items to donate - items from fruit snacks to dental floss; colored pencils to pillows; shampoo to basketballs. With donations from generous CPC members, we'll assemble hygiene and dental kits for our friends in Cary's Wrenn Drive community, cleaning buckets for refugee families through Church World Service, welcome totes for new arrivals at the Black Mountain Home for Children, snack bags for children at InterAct, and wish lists for teachers at Kingswood Elementary, a Title I school in downtown Cary, and more.
Take a few minutes, look at the Giving Tree tags and select a tag (or two or three). Each tag has a quantity needed, detailed item description, and intended use. Each tag should be in the $20-30 range: please keep that in mind when shopping. Big Lots and Ollie's often have name brand items that have been discounted. Please return the items and tags by Sunday, Oct. 28, to the collection baskets in the Narthex. Thanks in advance for your generosity!
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BTH Fellowship Dinner with Special Guest Speaker, Maggie Kane
Whether you're able to work a lot, a little, or not at all, join your church family in the Fellowship Hall from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. for dinner, a time of sharing about the day, and words of wisdom and inspiration from Maggie Kane, Founder/Executive Director of
A Place at the Table
. This meal and program is provided free of charge to all who are able to attend.
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Triple F Group News
Our next Triple F Group meeting on October 21 will feature Steve Shay speaking on his trip to Africa, "Tanzania: a Safari of Three Parks." We meet in Room 100 at 10:00 a.m.; come join us!
Save the Date: Our missionaries to Madagascar, Dan & Elizabeth Turk, will be presenting a program on their work at our Triple F Group meeting on Monday, November 11, at 10:00 a.m., Room 100. Interested members are invited to join us for this special occasion.
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Yoga Classes at CPC starting Oct. 24
Yoga classes in the CPC Fellowship Hall resume on Thursday, October 24, at 9:30 a.m. and are currently scheduled weekly (Thursdays at 9:30) through Nov. 21.
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Save the Date! Oct. 26, Medora's Retirement Party!
Please plan to join the celebration:
Saturday evening, October 26, 5:30 p.m. at CPC in the Fellowship Hall.
All CPC families (young and old) invited. An Italian dinner and lots of chocolate desserts (both are Medora's favorites!).... followed by dancing!
Wear blue! It's Medora's favorite color!
See your separate
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Social Justice Ministry Team presents a Presbyterian Outlook Webinar:
Tuesday, October 29,
2:00 p.m.
at CPC, Room 100
Presented by Carolyn B. Helsel
Many people avoid talking about racism for a number of reasons: worry that they will say the wrong thing, the belief that avoiding the subject will make race less significant or the fear of creating conflict in the church.
As a white preacher and professor of preaching, Carolyn Helsel has written two books to help churches begin these conversations, and people of different races have commented on how her books have helped them engage in deeper conversations with one another on racism. During this webinar, she will help congregations start having meaningful conversations about race.
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Cool Books Club
Next Meeting: Nov. 5
The Cool Books Club will meet at the home of Peg Giesbrecht; Tuesday, November 5, at 7:00 p.m. Our book this month is
On the Road with St. Francis of Assisi: A Timeless Journey through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond, by Linda Bird Franke.
The following is an excerpt from comments about the book:
"On the Road with Francis of Assisi offers a unique and lively travelogue of parallel journeys: that of Francis of Assisi on his way to sainthood in the thirteenth century, and that of author Linda Bird Francke, who followed his path through the beauty of central and coastal Italy-and even on to Egypt. Francke movingly depicts the many miracles Francis performed and draws us into the splendid beauty of the landscape that inspired the saint's love for nature and regard for all living things. Unlike Francis, however, whose asceticism caused him to add ashes to his food to deaden its earthly pleasure, Francke and her husband indulge in the fabled Umbrian cuisine, from wild boar to the region's famed black truffles, and the incomparable local wines.
On the Road with Francis of Assisi embraces the spirit and person of its legendary subject, and invites the reader to marvel at his spiritual intensity and follow in his footsteps through the timeless beauty of Italy."
The Wake County Public Library has several copies, and copies are available online. If interested in joining our discussion, please contact Peg Giesbrecht at 919-859-3951 or Ellen Cline at 919-469-1456.
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Blood Drive Registration is Open!
Registration is open for the Fall Blood Drive, Wednesday, November 6. The fall blood drive is in collaboration with our neighbors at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and in partnership with The Blood Connection. The Blood Connection provides a $10 grant for each donor registered through their Faith Formation program. This meant over $700 for our Health and Wholeness Ministry from the previous two drives.
We're in the Fellowship Hall on Nov. 6 from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sign up for your appointment at this link.
If you would like to support the blood drive by providing food for the canteen (the BEST canteen in Cary!) or by volunteering at the drive, please stop by the sign-up table on Sundays between and after worship services until Nov. 6, outside the Fellowship Hall, or in the Narthex.
Thank you for your support of the CPC blood drive!
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Who ARE the CPC Deacons and What do they DO?
Deacons are officers of the church, called by God, elected by the congregation to bring their gifts of compassion to bear in helping to provide care and support for members and their families.
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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.
During October, Room 209 will be used for storage for Be The Hands day, and will not be available for scheduling.
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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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Dorcas Ministries Thanksgiving Fundraiser, Nov. 6
Cary Presbyterian is a from-the-beginning supporter of Dorcas Ministries.
Interested in attending the breakfast w/ other CPC folks?
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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. (New invitations will be generated beginning July 8.)
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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 October 20
through October 27
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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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