This Sunday is the Fifth Sunday of Easter. Peter Henry is preaching his sermon, "Vines in the Garden" based on 

John 15:1-8

All of our services (8:45 and 11:00 traditional, 9:45 informal) are in the Sanctuary through Labor Day weekend.

 Each of our Sunday services are live-streamed to Facebook and You Tube. Free childcare is provided for all services. You can also listen to our 11:00 services at WDAV (FM 89.9).

Faith Formation Classes on the Move! This Sunday is the last day of Sunday school until September. Each class is meeting in Dana/Watson, the College buildings next to the Sanctuary.

Adult Sunday School Classes.

Connections – will not meet this meet because of the Family Camp Out weekend.

Covenant Class – meets in Dana 146 and welcomes Dr. Greg Snyder who will present “Peaceful Politics: how to be political without going crazy.” Greg will reflection on the Sermon on the Mount, in particular, Jesus’ teachings on nonviolence that may help us to be politically active without becoming toxic to ourselves or to others.

Jubilee Class – meets in Watson 10. Matt Samson will lead a discussion on the book So We & Our Children May Live: Following Jesus in Confronting the Climate Crisis by Sarah Augustine and Sheri Hostetler. Matt asks that you read the “Second Vision and Poem” (pp. 97-164) in preparation for discussion.

Maloney Class – meets in Dana 153. Deborah Conner teaches Faith of a Canaanite Woman, Matthew 15:21–28. Please note that the Maloney Class will not meet in person for the next two weeks.

Pines Class - meets in the Davidson Room on the Pines campus. Ervin Duggan teaches Faith of a Canaanite Woman, Matthew 15:21–28.



Screen and Scripture will not meet this meet because of the Family Camp Out weekend.

Green Group Earth

Day Focus

 Help us create educational art from

single use plastic.

We are asking each person attending worship on April 28 to bring a clean example of a single use plastic to worship or leave in the box on the Congregation House Porch before April 28. These will be used in a creative piece of ecological art.

CLICK HERE for more details.

Membership is inviting ALL New Members and Host Families from January and April 2024 to get together for some fun on May 5. Also - if you joined in 2023 but were unable to attend one of these events, you are invited too!

Please join us for some fun icebreakers, games, snacks, and a short program. Each family will leave with some goodies! If you are able, try to coordinate with your New Member or Host Family so that you can visit with each other. Hope to see you on May 5th! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER – or call our office at 704.892.5641 – Questions? – email Stephanie Malushizky.

Ervin Duggan, chair of the Stewardship Committee, shares our vision for a spring stewardship season of Hearts, Hands and Voices. Thank you to Pidge Osborn for our graphic!

BUILD, VOLUNTEER, GIVE

We are excited that DCPC has a regular monthly date to serve at Angels and Sparrows Community Table! We are scheduled for the first Tuesday of each month. We are responsible for providing seven volunteers. Please see the date, jobs, and time slots by clicking here, and sign up for what works for you. If you have questions, please contact Holly Frisbie at (336) 918-6351 or hyfrisbie@gmail.com.

Non-Perishable Food Item Drop-Off

During the renovation, we will continue to place two grocery carts on Sunday morning in front of the Sanctuary for you to donate canned goods and other non-perishable food items for our local Food Pantry. We will also have a cart Monday-Friday from 8 - 3:30 in front of the Congregation House. If you would like an up to date list of needed items visit: https://nourishup.org/donatefood/. 

You will notice that Loaves and Fishes/Friendship Trays has re-branded to Nourish Up. That is the new name of the Food Pantry at the Ada Jenkins Center. FYI. If you would like to be one of our monthly food delivery volunteers please reach out to Robert Alexander (ralexander@dcpc.org) for more information. Thank you.

Caregiver Support Group

Caregivers are invited to our new support group on either or both the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. and/or the fourth Tuesday at 2 p.m. Both meetings each month will take place in the Youth Lounge. Contact Deborah Conner with questions: dconner@dcpc.org or (704) 892 5641.

The next is Monday, May 13 at 5:30 p.m. Join us as you are able and know that your ministry of care is in our prayers.