Happy Midweek Dear Church!

      I pray your week is everything you had hoped it would be and that you have found a new song in your heart. Thank you to everyone who made Sunday’s worship meaningful. Our concentration on music and worship, along with the installation of our new Minister of Music, Andy Riggs, provided us all with the opportunity to search for a new song to sing in praise to God. God is up to something at the corner of Hilleary and Community Road! 

           This coming Sunday, we are headed back to “old camel knees” himself, James. Legend has it that James, the brother of Jesus, spent so much time on his knees in prayer that they were known to be as hard as camels. Now, I don’t know if that is true, but I do find a meaningful truth that maybe we all should be working for our own set of camel knees. As congregationalist, we do not spend much time on our knees in worship. In fact, I would venture to say, it has been many years since their folks were on their knees on a Sunday morning. Let’s face it … it is a very vulnerable position. This particular posture for prayer is likened to a total surrender to God. I would like to encourage you to find a time and place to pray on your knees. It can be a powerful experience as well as extremely humbling. It is almost as if by praying on our knees, we set up the relationship in a physical way… the idea that God is God and we are not.

      This Sunday morning's scripture will be from the third chapter of James, vs. 1-12. Take a gander at it before Sunday for some down-to-earth guidelines on living the Christian life. 

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+3&version=NRSVUEn

Don’t forget that Sunday morning, following worship we will,  “Do Church”. After our time of fellowship, we will make sandwiches and gather other sack lunch items to provide for the ministry of Interfaith Community Services in Escondido. This is a great activity for your kids as well. We are looking to make 300 sandwiches, so WE NEED YOU. Until Sunday, search out the song in your heart and let ‘er rip. I love being your pastor.

Holding you close and lifting you high!

Pastor Greg

World Concerns

Friends and Family of Judy Van Dyke who passed on Sept. 13,

Mike Finley, brother of Susan Gurriell

Linda Wede, friend of Rosemary

Malia Noelle, great-niece of Kristie

Fred, (Freddie’s Dad) and family.

Joshua, friend of Rosemary

Rocelle Melone

Joanne Jonas

Elaine Lemon

The Melad Family

Nellie-Felicia’s Sister and Sam Weigert

Dianne Florio

Beverly Andreas

Do you have any Church Photos!?

With a new church website underway, we are looking for all pictures that you may have from the past 3 years! They could be church events, people, Christmas, Easter, gatherings, etc! 

Please submit them to sgurriell@gmail.com 

POINT REPRESENTATIVE/LIAISON NEEDED

Our church leadership is looking for an individual who would be interested in becoming our representative/ liaison to The Poway Interfaith Team. This wonderful organization was partly founded by our former pastor, The Rev. Glen Larsen. If you are interested, let Pastor Greg or Pat Peterson know. 

CONFIRM NOT CONFORM

Every Thursday starting September 8, 2022

6pm-7:30pm

 One of the best things about our church is the diversity of experience and belief. We gather on Sundays, celebrating all God is doing, sometimes we get so caught up in our “Sunday experience,” that we forget that the call to discipleship is on our lives every day of the week. 

  Confirm-Not-Conform (CnC) is a program we will be using to ignite our passion for daily construction of who we are and what we hold dear. Folks have asked, “What exactly is CnC?” For lack of a better explanation, it is a confirmation

program for the entire church. CnC is designed for us each, to individually construct what it is we do believe, realizing that our beliefs can grow and change as we put our faith into practice.

Volunteer for Ladle Fellowship, Sunday, September 25th.

We will be carpooling from the church parking lot at 12:15. Also, Ladle always needs men’s casual clothing, shoes, backpacks, and blankets, if you have them to donate. Any questions, you can contact Colleen Clementson.

Christmas Eve Worship 2022

It is never too early to mark your calendars for Christmas Eve Worship. 

This year, Christmas Eve falls on a Saturday. CCPUCC will offer ONE worship service on December 24th, at 4:00 p.m. Make your plans now to be with us on this amazing day. 

NOTE: There will NOT be a Sunday morning worship service on Christmas Day.  

The JOY of FOOD!

Each week there will be a “Recipe of the Week” for the Buzz!

There will be a red basket in the Narthex where you can drop off your favorite recipes or please email them to julie@ccpucc.org. It can be any recipe from family favorites to ones recently discovered! We will be encouraging you to share your thoughts after you made the dish too. 

Unfortunately, I have not received any new recipes this week, so I am keeping up the last week until I receive more! - Julie

Last week's recipe was a Fresh Pico De Gallo Salsa! 

I always love making this Salsa! 

Click Here for the Pico De Gallo Salsa!

On Saturday,

October 1st, “Blessing of the Animals” Gathering

We are currently looking for animal lovers in our congregation who would like to help in making this a meaningful time for our church and the Poway community. 

On Sunday,

October 2nd, “World Communion Sunday”

The Worship board is looking for folks who might have an automated bread maker that we could use to create that yummy, yeasty smell of fresh bread. If you have one we can use, let Vicki Holland know.

 On Sunday,

November 20th, CCPUCC Thanksgiving Worship and Pie Celebration".

Details are still being discussed, but after worship on that Sunday, we will gather for a homemade Pie Celebration. Hopefully, this will become a new tradition in our church community.

Books & More

   Sept. 20- Oct. 11 Books & More will be discussing The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber. 

    Moving between 21st Century America and 17th century England, The Book of Air and Shadows is a modern thriller that re-creates William Shakespeare's life and combines an intricately layered plot where clues are revealed after a fire destroys a rare bookstore.

Books & More meets Tuesdays at 10:00 am in the Fireside room and on Zoom:

All are welcome to join us.

https://zoom.us/j/98440622539?pwd=aG1mRjlXVDVoRHhWTWpBaHA3QXZkUT09  

Centering Prayer:

Tuesdays at 6:30 Contact Colleen Clementson

at powclem@yahoo.com or on

her cell at 858-663-6584, for the ZOOM invite

Adult Scripture Review:

Sunday’s following online worship

Email Susan Gurriell

at sgurriell@gmail.com or

call her at (619)993-4952 for a ZOOM invite.

Thank you for checking out our BUZZ! Here is what you were waiting for! If you have a favorite joke or any tips to make the BUZZ even better, please send emails to julie@ccpucc.org :)

This week's joke was sent in by Joyce Riddle! Thank you Joyce!

Joke of the Week:

Why did the teddy bear not eat his supper?

Because he was stuffed...

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