Congregational Meeting: Sunday, September 29
The Session has called a Congregational Meeting for Sunday, September 29 to receive and act upon a recommendation from the Nominating Committee to elect Elders and Deacons. Their pictures and biographical information are provided below for your review in preparation for the September 29 meeting.
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Donna grew up on a farm in Greene Co. in eastern NC, and the family attended her father's home Baptist church.
Donna left the farm to attend Elon where she met her husband Bill. Donna and Bill joined the Presbyterian church, since Bill's father was a Presbyterian minister. The Presbyterian way suits Donna much better. Donna retired as a commercial insurance underwriter in October 2018.
Donna and Bill joined CPC in the mid-80s. It took a while for Donna to become active: serving first as a greeter, lay reader, usher, and attending Bible study. Then Donna served on Session about ten years ago. Donna served as a food warrior, on the pastoral care team, nominating team, generosity team, transition team and a Stephen Minister. Donna looks forward to the call to serve as Elder again.
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Originally from Braintree, MA, a town just south of Boston, Craig moved to Cary in August 2007 with his wife Terry, and their two daughters Emma and Kathryn, (now both in High School.)
Terry and Emma are to thank for finding the family's home here at CPC. They visited several area churches and CPC felt like the place to call home. Craig and Terry have been members for over 10 years, and one of many things Craig enjoys at CPC is the adult Sunday school offerings. His most memorable opportunity was to serve as an Elementary Sunday School Shepherd and Middle School Sunday School Teacher. These are two great ways to learn with and give back to the youth of CPC as we continue on our faith journeys.
Craig is an IT professional with Wake County. Ordained as an Elder in 2012, Craig has served one term on Session and now looks forward to serving the CPC community in new ways.
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Most people around Cary Presbyterian know me as the flower person. My husband Carlton and I own Campbell Road Nursery where I started working in 1991. I am called Phil Campbell by most people, Phil being a part of my middle name (Phillips) my mother's maiden name. I am known as mom, Gran,
and Aunt Phil by others. Carlton and I have a daughter Marti (Kirk), a son David and two grandchildren, Taylor and Grayson.
Cary Presbyterian has been
my home since 2007 and I was on the Session for three years not too many years after I joined. My joy for this church is to help with the landscaping to help invite people to stop in, and then to take care of the interior of the church to make people feel comfortable as they enter. I have also been on the
greeting team to welcome people when they join us on Sunday morning. I am looking forward to serving each of you as I enter into my term on the 2020 Session Team. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of Cary Presbyterian Church and for the support you have given me and my family.
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Hal Drumheller grew up in the Presbyterian Church. He has been a member of Altavista Presbyterian, Covenant (Roanoke), Selwyn (Charlotte), New Hope (both Asheville and Fishers, In), St Giles (Greenville, SC) and Fletcher (NJ). Raised in Virginia, Hal and his wife Carol came to Cary Presbyterian in 2002 and have been members since 2003. Their children; Nick, Elle and Skyler were raised at CPC. Their first grandson, Silas (5) was baptized here and is a frequent greeter. Hal and Carol have two more grandchildren; Irie (3) and Elijah (1) who will soon be baptized here.
Hal was ordained an Elder at New Hope Presbyterian Church in Asheville and has served as both an Elder and Deacon at CPC. Hal has been a six time mentor for confirmands; has taught Sunday School, and served on numerous committees. Hal served as Elder during the transition from Stu to Kyle and looks forward to working with Lori and the transition to our new pastor.
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Jerry moved to North Carolina from New Jersey in 2014. After visiting several churches, she found her church home with Cary Presbyterian. Since becoming an active member of the congregation, Jerry has helped start an Al-Anon group, became a Stephen Minister (class of 2015), participates in an enthusiastic Connections group and recently has served on the Transition Team.
Jerry grew up in the Presbyterian Church, serving as Elder in two other churches and as Clerk of Session. She has enjoyed various roles in past churches especially in the areas of Worship and Faith Formation, developing a lay-leadership team, where others gathered for spiritual writing. Through the Holy Spirit, Jerry's passion is to be a witness to the fullness of Christ's love and grace.
Jerry is the Sales and Marketing Director for Thinking Maps, a professional development and company based on visual learning and critical thinking.
Jerry enjoys reading, hiking, swimming and writing. She loves to support the Philadelphia Phillies, Flyers and Eagles with her two grown sons, Kevin and Andrew, who still reside in New Jersey.
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Renée is a native Texan and considers Raleigh her second hometown. A life-long Presbyterian, she was nurtured, baptized, confirmed, married and ordained as a Deacon at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Raleigh. Her years as a camper and staff member at Presbyterian Point Camp and attending Montreat Youth Conferences were important in her faith formation.
Renée and her husband Len, along with their daughter Hailey were warmly welcomed into the Cary Presbyterian family in 1991. In their early years, they were active in the Peacemaking Ministry, Child Care Ministry, choirs, and youth fellowship. Renée enjoyed serving in leadership roles at the Massanetta Springs Middle School Conference. More recently, she has been involved in Confirmation Class teaching, Youth and Families ministry team, and leading the service programs "Summer Mission Experience" and "Be The Hands."
Professionally, Renée works in research on autism and developmental disabilities at the UNC School of Medicine. She is an avid sports fan, loves to feed people, and jumps on any opportunity to travel, especially to visit family. She is honored for the chance to serve as a Deacon at CPC.
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Scott is a lifelong Presbyterian and proud native of Louisville, Kentucky. He has lived in North Carolina since 2007. He and his wife Lisa have been enthusiastic members of Cary Presbyterian Church for almost two years.
Shortly after joining CPC, Scott helped develop and participated in Pastor Lesher-Thomas's initial sessions of Bible study on Wednesday evenings.
For the last year, Scott has been the study leader and facilitator. Next, Scott answered the call to train to become a Stephen Minister. And most recently, Scott followed his love of singing and joined the CPC choir.
Scott has an 11 year-old daughter who lives in Raleigh with her mother, but regularly attends Sunday services at CPC. Scott is is a passionate animal rescuer. He and Lisa have two dogs and five cats. Long before he had begun attending services at CPC, you may have seen him romping through the woods behind the church with his beloved Red Tick Coonhound Ramsey.
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Lloyd is a native of North Carolina. Born and raised in Rocky Mount, NC. He graduated from UNC-Wilmington with a BS in Computer Science and has worked mostly in the Life Science industry. For the past 23 years he worked for Bayer in RTP. Lloyd met his wife Rhonda at UNCW and they have been married for 28 years, and have two children. Grayson (19) and Margo (16).
In 1999 Lloyd and Rhonda moved to Cary from Raleigh and found their way to Cary Presbyterian, after having been members for 8 years at Trinity Presbyterian in Raleigh. Lloyd has been a member of the CPC Men's softball team and Provided Acolyte training and scheduling. Currently, he serves as an Usher and has participated in several Family and Youth church events over the 20 years of being a member. He is looking forward to serving CPC as a Deacon.
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Cynthia Stewart
Cynthia was born and raised a Presbyterian on Long Island, NY. At her previous Presbyterian Church in Huntington, LI (Old First), she opened (2012) and ran a thrift shop (The Clothesline) and was a Deacon at Old First Presbyterian Church also.
Cynthia taught nursery school part-time for 9 years while raising her 3 children. She was a volunteer EMT on Long Island before moving to Cary, NC to settle near her daughter's family and enjoys being a grandma to her 2 year old granddaughter.
Cynthia also enjoys her 2 rescue cats, her vegetable garden, baking, bicycling, meditation and hiking.
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In 1959, Lisa was born in Reno, NV where her father, Bob, was a young test pilot for the Air Force. While her dad continued his career as a pilot, Lisa lived with her grandmother in Annapolis, MD (due to the untimely death of her mother in 1962). During her elementary school years in Annapolis, Lisa was blessed with the love and care of her family and the Sunday School teachers at First Presbyterian Church. As a teenager, Lisa lived with her dad and her wonderful stepmother, Henrietta. The family landed in Ft. Walton Beach, FL, after her dad's retirement, where Lisa graduated from high school in 1977.
Lisa attended Duke University on a Naval ROTC scholarship, then attended UNC Chapel Hill for her Master's in Computer Science before her commissioning as a Naval Officer in Dec 1982. She married LT Craig Cowen, USN in 1984, and served in computer positions until resigning from the Navy in Mar 1991. The Cowens lived in San Diego, and then Monterey, CA 1985-1991, where they joined two Lutheran churches, serving on committees and teaching Sunday School. Their daughter Rachel was born in Dec 1987 and son Brian was born in Sep 1990.
Lisa and Craig eventually settled outside Annapolis, MD, where Meghan was born in Nov. 1998. In 2003 they moved to Gibsonia, PA, and joined Crossroads Presbyterian church, where Meghan was very active in Sunday School and youth group. The small congregation became their extended family, and Craig stayed active in volunteer activities during his battle with cancer. Crossroads continued to be Lisa's home church after moving to Cary in 2010 (Craig passed away in Aug 2009).
Lisa has worked as a contractor in IT at Ft. Bragg for the 9 years since she and Meghan moved to Cary, and enjoys volunteer activities in the Cary/Raleigh community. Lisa and Meghan became active at CPC not long after moving to Cary, and Meghan became a member in Spring 2013 after completing confirmation. Lisa transferred her membership from Crossroads after a decision to make CPC a central part of her life in 2018. A major part of her decision was the impact of attending "Christ, Coffee and Conversation" adult Sunday School class for several years, and co-teaching a class in fall 2018. She is looking forward to serving as a Deacon and integrating church in this next chapter of her spiritual life.
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