This week the DCPC Weekday Preschoolers enjoyed a visit from some special members - Rev. Charlie Raynal, Rev. Russell Mase and Christy Kramer. These kind members entertained the children with their vast knowledge of rocks and fossils. They brought in lots of rocks, fossils and jewelry made from rocks for the children to see and touch. Each child got to pick a rock to take home with them. The Preschool would like to thank them for sharing their time and expertise with the children. 

This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday of Easter. John Ryan is preaching his sermon, "What's Love Got to Do With It?" based on 1 John 3:16-24.

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

We are delighted to welcome the following people into membership this Sunday at the 11:00 service.Lee & Beth Gardella; Nick & Kathleen Hall; Robert & Leah Ledford; Carol Martin; Walt & Madeline Morgan; Chris Ann Phillips; Eric & Elaina Wheeldon; Montyne Winokur; and Marjorie Wrenn. 

Faith Formation Classes on the Move! All adult and children’s Sunday School classes including childcare are meeting in Dana & Watson classrooms, next door to the playground. All Youth activities will remain the Congregation House. All adult midweek groups will be meeting online, off campus or in the Youth Lounge. Check with your group leader for where your group will meet.

Adult Sunday School Classes meet at 9:45 AM.

Connections – meets in Dana 310. Rachel Walt leads a discussion on conscious parenting.

Covenant Class – meets in Dana 146 and welcomes Rabbi Barbara Thiede back for three Sundays. Her topic is "Who is the God of the Hebrew Bible?" How does the deity manifest in the human world? Is God behind bad things happening or does the deity just permit them to unfold? In this three-part series, we will first explore how God “appears” to humans (and in what forms). In our second gathering, we will consider what God seems to want from humanity, how humans interact with the Divine Presence, and whether God can change God’s mind. And in our concluding session, we will ask what the God of the Hebrew Bible has in common with the God we both pray to and long for.

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 “First Vision and Poem” (pp. 27-96) in preparation for discussion. 

Maloney Class – meets in Dana 153. Bill DuBose teaches Faith of a Canaanite Woman, Matthew 15:21–28.

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

Screen and Scripture is an intergenerational Youth/Adult class that meets in the Youth Lounge. Currently they are watching episodes of The Chosen, a series started in 2019 dramatizing the life of Jesus and his followers.

Connections Family Night Potluck Social, Friday, April 19 at the home of Ritesh and Veronica Kiard. Please RSVP If your family is planning to attend. 

All 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).

Caregiver Support Group Begins April 23

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 first meeting is on Tuesday, April 23 at 2:00 p.m. and 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.

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!

Green Group Earth

Day Focus

 Help us create educational art from

single use plastic.

We are asking each person attending worship on April 21 and 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.

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.

While the church is being renovated, you can find all our biblical commentaries on a cart to check out in Room X in the Congregation House. Please return books to the same place.