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News & Updates from Your CPC Family
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Color My World by Linda Salitrynski
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Worship Service and Communion
World Communion Sunday
October 6, 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
Homily: Little Bits, Lori Pistor
Scripture Reading: Lamentations 3:19-26;
Matthew 19:13-15; 26:26-30
Director of Music: Ed Yasick
Youth Choir Director: Julie Henry
Choirs: Chancel Choir, Youth Choir (10:30)
Percussion: Ben and Rachel Mount (10:30)
Lay Reader: Tom Bolick (8:30); Meredith McGill (10:30)
WHY THE SUNDAY MORNING TIME CHANGES at CPC?
Pastor Nominating Committee minutes and reports
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About World Communion Sunday
World Communion Sunday
is a gift of the Presbyterian Church to the larger ecumenical church. The first celebration occurred at Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, PA, in 1933.
The celebration of World
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Wide Communion Sunday was adopted as a denominational practice in the Presbyterian Church (US) in 1936.
Churches in other denominations were invited to celebrate with us from the beginning, but it wasn't until 1940 when the Department of Evangelism of the Federal Council of Churches (a predecessor body of the National Council of Churches) promoted extending the celebration to a number of churches around the world that the practice became widespread. Today, World Communion Sunday is celebrated around the world, demonstrating that the church founded on Jesus Christ peacefully shares God-given goods in a world increasingly destabilized by globalization and global market economies based on greed.
This year we especially celebrate CPC's strong and growing relationship with families in Nimasac, Guatemala.
The generous support of this congregation has established educational scholarships, a small library, a computer lab and internet service, helped build the church building, and offered an agricultural improvement project. With our partnership with Esperanza de Guatemala, CPC has begun a women's empowerment project, and is also working with community leaders to provide clean water.
Sunday, October 13 we will commission group #8 going to Guatemala on behalf of Cary Presbyterian!
Following the 10:30 worship service that day there will be an informal information and update session in the Fellowship Hall. Bring your cup of coffee and come hear more!
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Christian Faith Formation
Sunday School is for all! Start time is 9:29 am. Classes end after 50 minutes.
- If you were not able to be here for Kick-off Sunday and want to register children and youth for Sunday School classes, please do so in the Narthex this week and next. After that you must register through the office.
- 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). The class will share food, Bible study, play, and prayer. Our curriculum suggests to those attending this class: please invite another family (part of CPC or not) to attend with you!
Adult Classes
This week: October 6
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 is considering Faithful Families, Creating Sacred Moments at Home, in Room 102 (new location), and is now considering its next topic.
Faith Today continues Models of Revelation, led by Dr. Duane Hix. The class is not about the book of Revelation, but about how God is revealed to us, both historically and personally, sometimes without our conscious awareness of it.
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): Coming Tuesday evenings, beginning October 15, 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)
Children in Worship
The story this week is Noah
. This week we continue in the Old Testament stories, often using the Desert Box, a favorite of the children.
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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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 (this coming Sunday, October 6)
. There is a barrel in the Narthex near the coat rack waiting to be filled up!
Esperanza de Guatemala
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.
Guatemala Update, Oct. 13: Plan now to stay after the later worship service on October 13 for an informal update on our Guatemala mission from those who went in July/August. We have exciting news to share and something to show you! We'll gather in the Fellowship Hall.
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Generosity Packets
Now Available
Generosity Packets are available for pickup in the Narthex after 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. services this week and next. Be sure to stop by and pick up your information.
Please return planned giving commitments and time and talent forms to the box in the Narthex or the church office by Sunday, October 27.
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Be The Hands:
Coming November 2.
What to do now.
Be The Hands
Day of Mission and Fellowship is now only about a month away!
Get all the details about the day in
Sign up for specific
activities and times at
Home Furniture/Furnishings Drive has begun: You can help!
CPC's third Be The Hands
Service and Fellowship Day will take place on Saturday, November 2. 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. 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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What Can't Wait? Preparing for Advent!
We'll be creating beautiful paper lace banners to enhance our worship this Advent and Christmas season. If you're interested in helping, join us any of the following days:
- Thursday, Oct 3 or 10 at 7:00 p.m.
- Sunday, Oct. 6 or 13 at 6:00 p.m.
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CPC Social Justice Group: this Friday, Oct. 4
The next meeting of CPC's Social Justice group will be October 4
at 2 p.m. in the CPC Parlor. The Social Justice Ministry is dedicated to respectful communication forums around issues of social justice, open to the church and the broader community. Past events subjects included human trafficking, Clarence Darrow, immigration, race relations, gun safety, and health care. Meetings are open to all who are interested.
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Men's Breakfast: this Saturday, Oct. 5, 8:00 a.m.
Join us for a good country breakfast and conversation about the recent survey and what comes next.
There'll be: scrambled eggs with add-ons (mushrooms, spinach, cheese), home fries, cheese grits, biscuits and gravy, fresh fruit, jams and black-strap molasses, juice and coffee.
Hope to see you this Saturday!
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Triple F Group News
Next meeting: Monday, October 7, 10:00 a.m., Room 100. Barbara Turner will present a program on the Lighthouses of Maine.
Thanks to Jessica Cadwallader for an informative and interesting program on meth labs on September 16.
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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CPC welcomes Amy Langston
Sunday, October 13!
Amy is very excited to return to Cary Presbyterian! Raised at CPC, Amy was always deeply inspired and touched by the life of faith. She explored this by investigating and understanding other faiths.
She completed a B.A. in Religious Studies at Meredith College and is finishing her M.A. in Religious Studies at Hartford Seminary. She has "too many interests" in the religious studies field, such as: contemporary theology, biblical studies, preaching, disability theology, and most of all, the intersection of culture and religion.
Most of Amy's active work has been in direct dialogue with individuals and congregations of many faith traditions: over 40! Her current plan for work is in autism advocacy, strengthening families and training organizations in autism inclusion. Through it all, Amy seeks an embodied, Spirit-filled faith, seeking God's voice and movement in all things.
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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!
More details coming soon.
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Blood Drive Registration is Now Open!
Registration is now 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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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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NC Presbyterian Historical Society Fall Meeting, Oct. 12
The North Carolina Presbyterian Historical
Society will hold its Fall Meeting on Saturday, Oct. 12, at Davie Street Presbyterian Church, Raleigh,N.C. We'll be celebrating the very interesting 151-year history of Davie St. and the early history of African-American Presbyterian congregations in North Carolina.Registration is $16, including morning coffee and lunch.The schedule, registration form, and address are on our website at www.ncphsociety.org, or contact our secretary,Flo Durway, 919-977-8897,
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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 6
through October 13
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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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