April 2020 News2Use

"Keep Your Eyes on Jesus" from Pastor Rob       Do you remember the spiritual disciplines you committed to practice at the beginning of Lent this year, way back in late February? With all that’s happened with the coronavirus, it seems like a lifetime ago!         My commitment was to renounce worry. Through worship, Bible reading, and a constant focus on the Holy Spirit, I would rest confident in who I am in Christ and edge worry out of my life. After I made that commitment, I found out I would need ankle and foot surgery that would leave me disabled for over a month. Would I have made such a commitment knowing that was coming? And then, the virus came. The world has been blanketed by this virus that seems like nothing we have ever seen. We are living in a time none of us, none of us , could have imagined. We don’t know when “social distancing” will end and stay-at-home orders will be relaxed. We don’t know what life will be like when this crisis passes. The unbearable uncertainty leaves us isolated, speechless, and frustrated to name just a few of the feelings. Read more

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Food Distribution now weekly - Saturdays at 11 am

Our Food Pantry is now open in the lower level every Saturday at 11am until the Covid crisis ends and WE NEED YOUR HELP If you are willing to volunteer any Saturday for the food distributions, contact Dina and she will send you the central sign-up link. Set up begins at 10:30 am and volunteers are needed. If you can donate groceries, we are collecting dry and canned goods, fresh produce, bread and meat (see most needed items here). Please check the expiration dates when donating. There is a collection box outside the church entryway where you can leave your donations or contact the church and we will arrange a pick-up.

Special Business Meeting- postponed The Special Business Meeting to approve changes to our church constitution has been postponed to some time in May. When the ‘stay at home’ order has been lifted, the Elders will set the new date. If you wish to review the revised constitution, click here . The most notable revision is to the church name. Some changes were also made to update some outmoded procedures. If you have any comments or questions, please contact Starlyn Combs . April Birthdays Joshua Asbill (4/14) Christopher Hollingsworth (4/23) Rebecca Wells (4/23) Tamara Baker (4/24) Audrey Suehs (4/24) Chris McKeever (4/27)

STAY CONNECTED Watch Sunday services live at 11 am via Facebook. A recording will be available on our YouTube channel. While you're there, please subscribe to the channel. We post the sermons every week of the year. Our goal is to get up to 200 subscribers. So, click, like, and subscribe. You can also access the sermons from our website. Join the Virtual Prayer Meeting on Thursdays at 7pm. Use an electronic device to go online and access the link https://zoom.us/j/689612722. Follow its instructions to install the app "Zoom" and join the meeting. If you need technical assistance, call Hong at (919) 945-6780. Make an effort to stay in touch with one another. Call two church families, just to check-in. If you need contact information, email the church office.  FOLLOW US ‌ ‌

Financial Contributions While we are required to stay at home, there are a couple of ways to continue our giving. Please click here to give online . You can also mail checks to our church office, 201 Culbreth Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 . GIVE ONLINE

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