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News & Updates from Your CPC Family
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Psalm 71 by Lane Geurkink
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Summer Worship Service
with Blessing of Students and Teachers
11th Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 a.m.
August 25, 2019
Ministers: Rev. Lori Pistor, Rev. Dr. Duane Hix
Sermon: A Prophet to the Nations, Duane Hix
Director of Music: Ed Yasick
Soloist: Diane Garber
Scripture Reading: Psalm 71-1-6; Jeremiah 1:1-10
Dr. Duane Hix retired last year after 37 years as a pastor in the PC (USA).
He served churches in New York, Delaware, Iowa (his home state) and Johnston County, NC before serving as an interim for 3-4 years prior to retirement.
You just might know Duane's wife, Medora, his daughter Emmie Brown,
and the two whirling dervishes that are his granddaughters. In his retirement,
he is specializing in grandparent duties, is growing increasingly frustrated
with the bugs and pests in the garden and spends about half his time in his study writing a book on the relationship of modernity and postmodernism to Protestant theology and practice.
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Christian Faith Formation News
Sunday School for ALL Kick-Off:
Shaped by God
Plan now to be here for Kick-Off Sunday, Sept. 8
Sunday School begins with a kick-off event at 9:30 a.m. with potter Todd Crouse, illuminating the theme of being
Shaped by God
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- Please bring refreshments to share.
- Register your children and youth.
- Be introduced to Sunday School teachers.
- Discover adult learning opportunities for the year.
The presentation of Bibles to our Third Graders will be a highlight.
Please be prompt.
Note the time change and 10:15 ending time.
Do you sense a call to teach or lead in Sunday School? We invite interested individuals to provide leadership in classes on Sunday mornings.
as substitute and class leaders for children, youth, and adult learning.
Adult I Bible Study
continues throughout the summer; they welcome summer attendees in the Parlor 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 both of these study groups.
The Nursery has moved back to Room 120 in the Children's wing.
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Mission News:
Guatemala needs you!
The "land of many trees" and mountains is calling you for the next mission trip to Guatemala, Oct. 15 - 22. Many wonderful things happened on the recent trip, and you can be part of the important follow-up!
We particularly need people to:
- help demonstrate computers, including document creation and management, internet use (searching, emails, major sites), etc. The new computer café is open but people need help learning the ropes.
- help the ladies learn to sew. We purchased one electric and one pedal sewing machine. Two of the young women will help them get started but we also need dedicated help to demonstrate techniques, basic threading and bobbin work, cutting help, etc.
- work with the set-up of the simple-process library, and perhaps with very basic literacy skills.
- assist with the massive water project, whether by research, investigation, site viewing, etc.
Of course, we always need people to engage the children with games and activities (such as bead bracelets, art, etc), someone to take good notes, and to generally be friendly and open.
Please see Medora Hix, medora.hix@carypresbyterian.org to find out more. We would love to have up to 4 more to go, and we need to purchase tickets SOON so please don't delay!
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Visit Lazy Daze: Buy a Photo
Benefit Esperanza de Guatemala!
Saturday, August 24, 2019 | 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday, August 25, 2019 | 12:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Cary Town Hall Campus, Downtown Cary
Please be sure to visit
John Hansen Photography at Cary's Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Festival on August 24 and 25. John is generously donating a portion of his sales to Esperanza de Guatemala.
John will be at Booth B217, just off Academy Street.
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Preschool Playground Workday
August 31, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Cary Presbyterian Preschool is looking for volunteers for our Playground Workday. We will meet on the
playground on Saturday, August 31 from 8:30
a.m. to 12:00 noon.
We'll be hauling mulch and sand, weeding, and cleaning playground equipment in order to get our playground ready for the new school year!
Bring gloves, shovels, rakes, pitchforks, trimmers, and a wheelbarrow if you have one! Please call the preschool office at (919) 469-2229 or email Angie Keith to let us know if you can come.
Thank you for supporting the preschool and keeping the playground beautiful for all the church's children!
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Presbyterian Men Survey
(If you haven't taken the survey linked below, please do so!)
CPC Presbyterian Men!
I'm so glad I was able to share breakfast with many of you a few weeks ago.
Our conversation was fruitful and highlighted an interest in exploring opportunities; some familiar like an early weekday coffee, some new,like an App that would allow PM to connect to each other for support, prayer, or advice.
Many thought a survey could be helpful so here you have it! (
Click link here.)
Short and painless, I promise, and feel free to email me directly should there be other things you wish to convey. Better yet, give me a call!
Thank you!
Mitzi
919-467-8700
919-444-1249 (cl)
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Be The Hands is
coming November 2:
Help Needed!
We are less than 3 months away from another incredible
Be the Hands
day
at CPC. As this intergenerational local mission continues to grow and excite the congregation, we have a need for additional help with organizational tasks prior to the event.
Areas needing help include promotion, securing leaders for various missions
of the day, plus help with active preparation during the 4 to 5 days immediately before Be The Hands.
Historically Be The Hands has been owned by the Deacons. The Deacons have reorganized and each Deacon is now responsible for a group of people at CPC, rather than activities. Due to this, the Session agreed that Be The Hands day should be part of the Mission Ministry area, causing the need for help as we transition.
To provide a hand in activities leading up to Be The Hands day, please contact Scott Peoples by email at r.scott.peoples@gmail.com, or call (919) 987-6800. Thank you in advance from the Mission Team!
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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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Where in the world is... your directory picture?!
Got great family pics from summer?
Choose your own and upload to your profile.
Need a picture? Come out Sunday, Sept. 8 in the Fellowship Hall as part of Kick-Off (or following worship on Sept. 22).
Our friendly CPC photographers Paul Sausman and John Hansen will be ready to take a picture we can upload to the directory.
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The Cool Books Club will meet on September 3 at 7:00 p.m. in Peg Giesbrecht's home. Our book of the month is Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others by Barbara Brown Taylor.
After visiting mosques, monasteries and temples with her students, Taylor finds herself both inspired and troubled by what she learns. However, she returns to her own tradition for guidance, finding new meaning in old teachings that have too often been used to exclude religious strangers rather than embracing the divine challenges they present.
If you are interested in this topic, please join us. For more information, call Peg Giesbrecht at 919-859-3951 or Ellen Cline at 919-469-1456.
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First fall meeting on Monday, September 16, 10:00 a.m., at CPC in Room 100. Program TBA.
Marilyn Davidson update: In addition to her recognition at CPC on July 14, Marilyn also received the Honorary Life Membership from Cary Presbyterian women in 2001 and received the Outstanding Older Adult Award at the July 2004 New Hope Presbytery Meeting, having been nominated by Cary Presbyterian Church. She was also an active member of the Disciples group led by Janet Robinette. We are very thankful to Marilyn for sharing her many talents with us!
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Thursday, Aug. 22, 7:00 p.m.
2220 High House Rd., Cary
Dr. Tharwat Wahba, professor of missions, evangelism and church planting at the Theological Seminary of Cairo will speak at 7:00 PM on August 22 at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church. 2220 High House Road Cary, NC 27519
Dr. Wahba is an ordained Presbyterian pastor and works with the Synod of the Nile to help new church developments. Since the Arab Spring, many changes have taken place in Egypt. One of the biggest changes that has taken place is that the church has been granted much greater access from the Egyptian government to start new churches. Previously, they could make application and wait for years to receive a permit, or might never receive one. However, today, that has changed.
With the opportunity to plant new churches, the presbytery needs more pastors and the seminary is looking to train more. Also, Egypt sends more missionaries into other Middle Eastern countries than any other nation. Please join us to hear what God is doing and how we can help the church in the Middle East grow.
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Music of the Sacred:
Concert for a Cause
Saturday, Aug. 24, 7:00 p.m.
Good Shepherd UCC
1050 NW Maynard, Cary
An evening of sacred choral
and instrumental music.
Childcare is available,
and a reception will follow.
A love offering will be taken up for The Carying Place.
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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 25
through September 1
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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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