Party at Glenaire Retirement Community
Youth Group - “Human Beans Together” - Sunday, July 27
Inequality for All – Film and Discussion
Pray at the Legislature – Tuesdays, 12:30pm-1:00pm
Four-Week Summer Series Based on NOOMA Films
Help Community Outreach Fill the Packs for PLM Families Together
Emergency food bags Due Next Sunday
Change Agent Coin Holders Still Available
Godspell, Jr
Oak City Outreach Center Seeking Volunteers
Divestment by World Council of Churches from Fossil Fuels
No August Newsletter
Party at Glenaire Retirement Community
All CUCC people are invited to a party at the Glenaire Retirement Community, 4000 Glenaire Circle, Cary, NC, 27511, on Saturday, July 26, 2014, at 3:00pm, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Ed Klemmer’s birth. No birthday presents will be accepted. If you need directions or additional information, call 919-481-3541 or email Ed and Ruth Klemmer at erklemmer@gmail.com.
Youth Group - “Human Beans Together” - Sunday, July 27
The Youth need drivers to take them downtown (Oak City Outreach Center, 215 1/2 S. Person St.) to help "Human Beans Together" serve a meal and provide snack bags to those who come to Moore Square on Sunday mornings. We leave promptly at 10:30am and will serve from 11:00am -11:45am. We will return to the CUCC parking lot at Noon. The Youth will also accept donations of a box of wholesome snack bars, granola bars, nabs, Vienna sausages, or boxed raisins for making snack kits to give to those who gather for the downtown meal the next week.
Inequality for All – Film and Discussion
On Tuesday, July 29, 7:30 pm, in the CUCC Sanctuary, SJM will sponsor a showing of the documentary Inequality for All. In the film, former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich makes a compelling case about the serious crisis the U.S. faces due to the widening economic gap. Reich states, “Until we can take a step back and understand the big picture, we can’t do anything to get ourselves out of this mess. Our democracy as we know it depends on it.” For questions or additional information, contact Joan McAllister at 919-851-9674.
Pray at the Legislature
On Tuesdays from 12:30pm to 1:00pm, Duane Beck from the Mennonite Church meets with a group to pray and read scriptures. Meet in the front door off of Jones Street. Turn left and meet at a table in the garden area. Scriptures will be provided if requested.
Four-Week Summer Series Based on NOOMA Films
Joy Alford will be facilitating a 4-week summer series on Thursdays, 6:00pm, in the Hoffmann Room. Attend as many or as few as you wish. The discussions will be based on NOOMA films, a series of short films, each 10-15 minutes long. NOOMA films are like parables - they use the experiences of our lives to teach about the fullness of life through Jesus. We will cover discipleship, which includes acts of justice, periods of silence and unconditional love. Rob Bell, a leading pastor in the Christian community, is featured in our first series of NOOMAs. We will watch 1-3 films per session. No preparation needed except to bring a brown bag meal or snacks to share if you choose to do so. If you have any questions, contact the church office. Thursday, July 31st.
Help Community Outreach Fill the Packs for PLM Families Together
During the month of August, the Community Outreach Ministry will be collecting school supplies for children supported through PLM Families Together. Starting August 3, backpacks will be placed in the Narthex and the Vaughan Fellowship Hall. Please use the school supply list below to help fill the backpacks! Donations will be taken to PLM Families on August 24, 2014. Items to include in the backpacks are:
College Ruled Paper
Graphing Paper
Notebooks
3 ring binders
Protractors
Compasses
Pencils
Highlighters
Pens
Erasers
Glue sticks
Crayons
Emergency food bags Due Next Sunday
Food Bags for the Urban Ministries Food Pantry are due next Sunday, August 3. Linda Baker graciously gathers and takes the food bags over to Urban Ministries, so PLEASE DOUBLE-BAG YOUR ITEMS; and, if you sort them into two bags, please tie them together or label the bags so that we know they go together. Bring them to the church and drop them off in the shopping cart located in the Vaughan Fellowship Hall. You may also drop them off at the Pilgrim house during office hours (9:00am-1:00pm, M-F). The items to include in a food bag are:
1 lb. grits
1 lb. rice
1 lb. dried beans
2 cans tomatoes
2 cans applesauce
1 jar peanut butter
2 macaroni & cheese
2 1-qt pkgs dry milk
1 can of carrots
2 cans navy, pinto or pork ‘n beans
Change Agent Coin Holders Still Available
Do you have loose change marring your dresser or night table? Do you have change scattered and weighing down your pocketbook or filling up your cup holders in your car? Place it in a nifty UCC Change Agent Coin Holder, bring it to church, squeeze the coin purse and drop those annoying coins into the offering plate on Sunday. Your dresser, night table, and pocketbook will thank you (and we will, too). UCC Change Agents are available for a $1.00 donation.
Godspell, Jr
Erin Moorman Wenger and North Raleigh School of Music are putting on Stephen Schwartz’s beloved musical Godspell, Jr. in the CUCC sanctuary on August 8th and 9th at 7:00pm. It is free and open to everyone. There will be singing, dancing, and a lot of clowning around. Come and support the arts!
Oak City Outreach Center Seeking Volunteers
The Oak City Outreach Center (near Moore Square) is looking for volunteer hosts to welcome groups who come to the Center to provide food and then to greet guests coming to the center to receive food or information and referrals. The Oak City Outreach Center is a collaboration of the City of Raleigh and the Raleigh Wake Partnership to End and Prevent Homelessness. The Center will be open on Saturdays and Sundays and needs volunteers willing to work four-hour shifts monthly or even quarterly. There will be a minimum of two adult volunteers at each time slot. Children accompanied by parents are also welcome to volunteer. For additional information, call 919-812-5546 or email oakcity.outreach@raldioc.org.
Divestment by World Council of Churches from Fossil Fuels
The World Council of Churches has decided to no longer fund oil, gas or coal, and it recommends that its members do the same. “The committee discussed the ethical investment criteria, and considered that the list of sectors in which the WCC does not invest should be extended to include fossil fuels.” With WCC congregation members numbering in the hundred millions, this is an important move against climate change. As you know, the major cause of climate change is carbon dioxide produced from burning fossil fuels. Advocacy on the part of the World Council of Churches to stop investing in fossil fuels may lead people of faith worldwide to move their investments away from fossil fuels and to sustainable, renewable energies that do not produce CO2. For more information, go to:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/11/3459111/wcc-christians-divests/
Submitted by Gary Smith
No August Newsletter
There will be no August 2014 Newsletter. The next newsletter will be September’s newsletter. Please send in your articles by Wednesday, August 20. Thank you!
Youth Group - “Human Beans Together” - Sunday, July 27
Inequality for All – Film and Discussion
Pray at the Legislature – Tuesdays, 12:30pm-1:00pm
Four-Week Summer Series Based on NOOMA Films
Help Community Outreach Fill the Packs for PLM Families Together
Emergency food bags Due Next Sunday
Change Agent Coin Holders Still Available
Godspell, Jr
Oak City Outreach Center Seeking Volunteers
Divestment by World Council of Churches from Fossil Fuels
No August Newsletter
Party at Glenaire Retirement Community
All CUCC people are invited to a party at the Glenaire Retirement Community, 4000 Glenaire Circle, Cary, NC, 27511, on Saturday, July 26, 2014, at 3:00pm, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Ed Klemmer’s birth. No birthday presents will be accepted. If you need directions or additional information, call 919-481-3541 or email Ed and Ruth Klemmer at erklemmer@gmail.com.
Youth Group - “Human Beans Together” - Sunday, July 27
The Youth need drivers to take them downtown (Oak City Outreach Center, 215 1/2 S. Person St.) to help "Human Beans Together" serve a meal and provide snack bags to those who come to Moore Square on Sunday mornings. We leave promptly at 10:30am and will serve from 11:00am -11:45am. We will return to the CUCC parking lot at Noon. The Youth will also accept donations of a box of wholesome snack bars, granola bars, nabs, Vienna sausages, or boxed raisins for making snack kits to give to those who gather for the downtown meal the next week.
Inequality for All – Film and Discussion
On Tuesday, July 29, 7:30 pm, in the CUCC Sanctuary, SJM will sponsor a showing of the documentary Inequality for All. In the film, former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich makes a compelling case about the serious crisis the U.S. faces due to the widening economic gap. Reich states, “Until we can take a step back and understand the big picture, we can’t do anything to get ourselves out of this mess. Our democracy as we know it depends on it.” For questions or additional information, contact Joan McAllister at 919-851-9674.
Pray at the Legislature
On Tuesdays from 12:30pm to 1:00pm, Duane Beck from the Mennonite Church meets with a group to pray and read scriptures. Meet in the front door off of Jones Street. Turn left and meet at a table in the garden area. Scriptures will be provided if requested.
Four-Week Summer Series Based on NOOMA Films
Joy Alford will be facilitating a 4-week summer series on Thursdays, 6:00pm, in the Hoffmann Room. Attend as many or as few as you wish. The discussions will be based on NOOMA films, a series of short films, each 10-15 minutes long. NOOMA films are like parables - they use the experiences of our lives to teach about the fullness of life through Jesus. We will cover discipleship, which includes acts of justice, periods of silence and unconditional love. Rob Bell, a leading pastor in the Christian community, is featured in our first series of NOOMAs. We will watch 1-3 films per session. No preparation needed except to bring a brown bag meal or snacks to share if you choose to do so. If you have any questions, contact the church office. Thursday, July 31st.
Help Community Outreach Fill the Packs for PLM Families Together
During the month of August, the Community Outreach Ministry will be collecting school supplies for children supported through PLM Families Together. Starting August 3, backpacks will be placed in the Narthex and the Vaughan Fellowship Hall. Please use the school supply list below to help fill the backpacks! Donations will be taken to PLM Families on August 24, 2014. Items to include in the backpacks are:
College Ruled Paper
Graphing Paper
Notebooks
3 ring binders
Protractors
Compasses
Pencils
Highlighters
Pens
Erasers
Glue sticks
Crayons
Emergency food bags Due Next Sunday
Food Bags for the Urban Ministries Food Pantry are due next Sunday, August 3. Linda Baker graciously gathers and takes the food bags over to Urban Ministries, so PLEASE DOUBLE-BAG YOUR ITEMS; and, if you sort them into two bags, please tie them together or label the bags so that we know they go together. Bring them to the church and drop them off in the shopping cart located in the Vaughan Fellowship Hall. You may also drop them off at the Pilgrim house during office hours (9:00am-1:00pm, M-F). The items to include in a food bag are:
1 lb. grits
1 lb. rice
1 lb. dried beans
2 cans tomatoes
2 cans applesauce
1 jar peanut butter
2 macaroni & cheese
2 1-qt pkgs dry milk
1 can of carrots
2 cans navy, pinto or pork ‘n beans
Change Agent Coin Holders Still Available
Do you have loose change marring your dresser or night table? Do you have change scattered and weighing down your pocketbook or filling up your cup holders in your car? Place it in a nifty UCC Change Agent Coin Holder, bring it to church, squeeze the coin purse and drop those annoying coins into the offering plate on Sunday. Your dresser, night table, and pocketbook will thank you (and we will, too). UCC Change Agents are available for a $1.00 donation.
Godspell, Jr
Erin Moorman Wenger and North Raleigh School of Music are putting on Stephen Schwartz’s beloved musical Godspell, Jr. in the CUCC sanctuary on August 8th and 9th at 7:00pm. It is free and open to everyone. There will be singing, dancing, and a lot of clowning around. Come and support the arts!
Oak City Outreach Center Seeking Volunteers
The Oak City Outreach Center (near Moore Square) is looking for volunteer hosts to welcome groups who come to the Center to provide food and then to greet guests coming to the center to receive food or information and referrals. The Oak City Outreach Center is a collaboration of the City of Raleigh and the Raleigh Wake Partnership to End and Prevent Homelessness. The Center will be open on Saturdays and Sundays and needs volunteers willing to work four-hour shifts monthly or even quarterly. There will be a minimum of two adult volunteers at each time slot. Children accompanied by parents are also welcome to volunteer. For additional information, call 919-812-5546 or email oakcity.outreach@raldioc.org.
Divestment by World Council of Churches from Fossil Fuels
The World Council of Churches has decided to no longer fund oil, gas or coal, and it recommends that its members do the same. “The committee discussed the ethical investment criteria, and considered that the list of sectors in which the WCC does not invest should be extended to include fossil fuels.” With WCC congregation members numbering in the hundred millions, this is an important move against climate change. As you know, the major cause of climate change is carbon dioxide produced from burning fossil fuels. Advocacy on the part of the World Council of Churches to stop investing in fossil fuels may lead people of faith worldwide to move their investments away from fossil fuels and to sustainable, renewable energies that do not produce CO2. For more information, go to:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/11/3459111/wcc-christians-divests/
Submitted by Gary Smith
No August Newsletter
There will be no August 2014 Newsletter. The next newsletter will be September’s newsletter. Please send in your articles by Wednesday, August 20. Thank you!