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News & Updates from Your CPC Family
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Eucharist by Ivan Filachev
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Summer Worship Service and Communion
8th Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 a.m.
August 4, 2019
Ministers: Rev. Mitzi Lesher-Thomas, Rev. Lori Pistor
Sermon:
It's Not About the Money,
Mitzi Lesher-Thomas
Piano: Sarah Summers
Bass: Bryan Hansen
Scripture Reading: Hosea 11:1-11; Luke 12:13-21
Sarah Summers (b. 1997) is a collaborative pianist, soprano, organist, arranger and recent graduate of Wingate University with a degree in Piano Performance. She starts her Masters Degree in Collaborative Piano at East Carolina University under the direction of Dr. Catherine Garner in August. Sarah started piano lessons at 8 years old, and began collaborating with choirs and orchestras at age 11. In Fall 2018, she performed a Collaborative Recital in preparation for her graduate school audition. During her senior year of college, Sarah served as a choral scholar and organ scholar at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Charlotte.
Sarah is a member of the American Choral Directors Association and Sigma Alpha Iota. While at Wingate, she traveled with the music department to Austria and the Czech Republic in the summer of 2016, where she was privileged to play an Austrian manual organ. In May 2019, she traveled with the Wingate Music Department to South Africa, where she enjoyed participating in many drumming circle opportunities. She also participated in Wingate's W'International opportunity to visit and learn about Denmark and their healthcare system and lifestyle. In her free time, she enjoys working with theatre lighting, riding horses, painting canvases and arranging hymns.
Bryan Hansen
is a local freelance bassist and longtime member of CPC. He graduated from East Carolina University with a B.M. in Double Bass Performance and from UC-CCM with a M.M. in Double Bass Performance. He frequently plays with the Lexington Philharmonic and the North Carolina Symphony.
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FolkPsalm welcomed back to CPC next Sunday!
Charles Pettee, Wendy Shadburn and Terry Allebaugh will be guest musicians in Sunday worship on August 11, bringing their unique sound and interpretation
of beloved Psalms. From lament to praise, their music enhances the ancient Biblical poetry.
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CPC Men's Breakfast,
This coming Saturday, August 3, 8:00 a.m.
The next CPC Men's Breakfast will be this coming Saturday, August 3, from 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall.
Please join your CPC brothers for a time of good fellowship, lively conversation, and a hearty meal including
m
ade to order omelets with all the sides,
orange juice and coffee.
All the men of CPC are invited to attend this Saturday. We will be discussing the future of Presbyterian Men.
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Esperanza de Guatemala News
Medora Hix, Barbara Carew, Sherry Bradsher, and Tyler Bradsher left for Quetzaltenango, Guatemala on Tuesday, July 30. The plan is to provide photos with reporting from their trip on the
CPC Family Facebook page, and on the
Esperanza de Guatemala Instagram page. Check the links provided here over the next few days to see what the team is doing!
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Christian Faith Formation News
Not on Sunday Sunday School (NOSS) is canceled this Friday, August 2.
It resumes on Friday, August 9.
NOSS is for younger children and parents, ages 2 to 8. Bible stories, crafts, playground time and snacks/coffee are part of this experience. The program lasts from 10:00 a.m. to noon. For more information or to register, contact Meredith Bullis, meredithmarie2001@yahoo.com.
Adult I Bible Study will continue throughout the summer;
they welcome summer attendees in the Parlor each Sunday morning at 8:45 a.m. Pop-up Bible Study has great attendance on Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m. in the Parlor. You are invited to join these.
The Nursery will be held in the Fellowship Hall Annex through
August 18
for convenience, due to work in the preschool wing.
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The Cool Books Club will meet Tuesday, August 6, at 7:00 p.m., in Peg Giesbrecht's home.
Our book this month is
WHEREVER YOU GO THERE YOU ARE: MINDFULNESS MEDITATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE by Jon Kabat-Zinn. If you have been curious about this subject, what mindfulness is and what it isn't, this book is for you. Do join us for our discussion. The book is available in the public library, online, and at area Barnes & Noble stores.
If you have questions, please call Peg Giesbrecht at 919-859-3951 or Ellen Cline at 919-469-1456.
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Help Support Our Neighborhood
Summer Program Families!
We are beginning to collect school supplies.
If you would like to donate some (or all) of the items listed below, that will certainly be appreciated. (Of course cash donations are always accepted too!)
The kinds of things that the children need include: composition books, notebooks, pencils, pens, crayons, markers, folders, 5-subject notebooks, backpacks, calculators, and locks.
Thank you!
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Neighborhood Summer Program (formerly FFF)
(The former Food, Friends, and Fun program, providing meals,
teaching, recreation,
and community building, primarily to our Hispanic neighbors,
is now
the Summer Program -
the name our neighbors requested.)
CPC hosts on Wednesdays through August 14,
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Please note that many key leaders are out next week on
August 7,
including Jen Pierce, Stephanie Workman,
Medora Hix, and Jenn our cook!
We especially need kitchen help next week,
though we will also need to be fully staffed everywhere else.
Each week there are leader spots open.
Thank you
to all those who have generously responded.
Why do we need so many helpers?
This year the Summer Program has exploded!
Last week we had 120 participants, not including volunteers and staff.
(For example, there are 22 youth
in the middle/high school group,
and 21 children in first and second grades alone.
Over 32 women have participated in CPC's learn-to-sew program.
Thank you again for your faithful support!
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Presbys at the Pub
Wednesdays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Jordan Lake Brewing Company, 320 E. Durham Rd., Cary
Bring your two and four-legged friends of all ages
on the next two following dates:
August 7, 14
AND ON THE SAME DATES AND TIMES....
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Youth Coffee Fellowship
Wednesdays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Caribou Coffee, 109 SW Maynard Rd., Cary
Next two Wednesdays: August 7, 14
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Mindfulness Meditation Group News for August
During August, the group will meet every Monday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the High School Youth Room.
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Mid-Year Financial Update
We report with great joy and thanksgiving the following gifts received during the second quarter of 2019:
- Memorial gifts in memory of Bill Adkins, Ellen Kissiah, Bob Cleveland, Ann Kurz and David Wiseman's parents.
- Gift to Stephen Ministry in memory of Nancy Bolick (Tom Bolick's mother).
- Gift of $452 from the Presbyterian Women Shrove Tuesday pancake supper to our Guatemala missions.
- Gift of $60 to the youth space renovation.
- One Great Hour of Sharing special offering of $2,068.
- Gifts to Music & Worship in memory of Si Garber.
- Gifts to the Parish Nurse ministry, and additional gifts in memory of George Burke and Bob Cleveland.
- Gift of $30 to the Minister's Discretionary fund.
- Loose plate gift in honor of the Czika family.
- Guatemala Wall O'Missions gifts of $4,300.
- ASP stock gifts of $4,720.
As of June 30 and the end of the second quarter, we have received 55% of our planned giving. On average over the last five years, we have received 51% of our planned giving by the end of June. This wonderful financial position is a reflection of generous faithful giving, 24 pledges paid in full, and a move by many members to regular automated giving (online and auto drafts). We have also received several stock gifts and RMDs (required minimum distributions from IRA accounts).
We are truly grateful for God's generous people. All of your gifts are truly appreciated.
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Thank you from Marilyn Davidson
7-17-19
Dear CPC Family,
Sunday's tribute must have been the surprise of my life. this note is to thank those involved. I was touched by all the attention to details that made my experience so wonderful. I will treasure the prayer shawl and framed certificate that I received.
To be honored for doing what gives me joy is really special. CPC is a loving congregation that I feel privileged to work with over the years. Every moment brought me contentment. Thank you.
With love,
Marilyn
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Volunteering with The Power of Music
Our Parish Nurse Mandy Nester and her colleague Amber Tillman are conducting a research project for their Family Nurse Practitioner masters program through Simmons University and they need your help.
They are partnering with Dementia Alliance of North Carolina and several home care companies in the area to study the effects of personalized music listening on people living with dementia in their own home.
They are looking for volunteers to help them with 4 different areas during the weeks of 8/26/19 to 10/14/19.
1. Assessing the musical tastes of those with dementia (done via a survey)
2. Provide music testing (with already set up equipment) on those with dementia to determine their response to songs based off of their survey assessment
3. Help create playlists based on testing results for their personalized MP3 player
4. Deliver the completed music kits to the participants (ideally this would be the person that completes the music testing as they will have established a relationship with the family)
All volunteers would receive training and would be requested to help with at least 2-3 participants.
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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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Send Your News and Announcements
Bulletin and e-Link announcements
for an upcoming bulletin
or newsletter
should be received in office email
by 12:00 noon on the prior Wednesday.
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CPC Calendar for August 4
through August 11
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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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