We Welcome Reverend Sheila Barrick this Sunday
Caring Committee
Hospitality for Moral Monday
Gardening Therapy
PFLAG
Tai Chi
NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
Keeping Homeless Families Together
Musical – Into the Woods, Jr.
Retreat, Contemplate, Share, Recreate
We welcome Reverend Sheila Barrick to our pulpit this Sunday. Sheila Spruill Barrick is a graduate of San Francisco Theological Seminary and an ordained Presbyterian minister. Sheila has been married to Doug since 1976 and they have four children. Sheila served as pastor of First Presbyterian Church for approximately 20 years. Prior to this she was the Director of Christian Education. Additionally, she and Doug served for 3 years as Presbyterian missionaries in Brazil.
The Caring Committee will meet Sunday, July 14, in the library after fellowship.
Hospitality for Moral Monday - People from all over North Carolina are coming to Raleigh to take part in Moral Monday. If you are willing to have an out-of-towner stay at your home, email Gray Woodard with bed availability at gray.woodard@yahoo.com.
Gardening Therapy – Come and join fellow gardening enthusiasts on the first and third Tuesdays of the summer months as they beautify our church grounds while enjoying a sense of community and communion with the earth and each other. The next “Therapy” session is Tuesday, July 16, from 9:00am – Noon.
PFLAG – PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender persons, their families and friends through support, education, and advocacy. PFLAG meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 7:30pm in the Vaughan Fellowship Hall. Our next meeting is Wednesday, July 17. All are welcome and all meetings are confidential. (ONA)
Tai Chi – Wednesday mornings at 9:30am in the Vaughan Fellowship Hall. Looking for a way to reduce stress? Consider tai chi. Originally developed for self-defense, tai chi has evolved into a graceful form of exercise that's now used for stress reduction and a variety of other health conditions. Often described as meditation in motion, tai chi promotes serenity through gentle, flowing movements. All are welcome.
NEWSLETTER DEADLINE - Please send in your COPY READY article for the August Newsletter to the office via email or snail mail no later than Wednesday, July 17. Thank you!
Keeping Homeless Families Together - Please continue to help families be able to live together as they transition from homelessness to temporary housing to permanent housing by contributing household items. Take a post-it or two from the bright poster in the Vaughan Fellowship Hall, purchase the item(s) written on the post-it(s) and then return the item(s) to the basket under the poster.
Musical - Into the Woods, Jr. - The musical Into the Woods, Jr. will be presented on July 26th and 27th at 7:00pm in the CUCC Sanctuary. Several members of the congregation will be participating in the production. Tickets are free. Donations are accepted.
Retreat, contemplate, share, recreate. All Congregation Retreat, September 10 – 12, 2013
Do you want to enjoy the North Carolina Mountains as summer ends and fall begins? Do you want to get to know better others you meet at Community United Church of Christ activities? Do you want to relax, look into the distance and center yourself in preparation for what’s next for you or the congregation? For any or all of these reasons, come to a two day congregational retreat at the UCC Blowing Rock Conference Center (BRCC, formerly Blowing Rock Assembly Grounds or BRAG), where we can get to know each other better and talk about our lives and ministries. We will leave Raleigh on Tuesday, September 10, plan to be at BRCC the nights of September 10 and 11, and return to Raleigh September 12 mid-day. More details about planned activities or periods of free time will be made available later in the summer. Retreat leadership: Steve Halsted, Ursula Schmitt-Pridik (returning for a visit 20 years after she helped lead a similar retreat at Blowing Rock in 1993), Marty Lamb, Edith Sylla, and others. There will be a variety of activities offered for larger or smaller groups including participating in organized creative or spiritual activity, hiking the massive grounds at Moses Cone House, exploring the town of Blowing Rock, sitting in rocking chairs on the porch, chatting, singing, breathing, and napping. If you would like to help plan the retreat, please so indicate on the form below. Shared transportation will be arranged when we know who is coming.
Those organizing the retreat want to reserve rooms in the Corriher Lodge at BRCC (More information at http://www.brccenter.org/), for which BRCC wants a deposit of $50/person. If you think you are interested in attending, please fill out the form below and mail it to the church or put it in the offering plate along with your check by Sunday, July 14. Deposit checks for $50/person should be made out to CUCC with “September retreat” in the memo field (refunds possible if your plans change up to the end of August). For room costs, see below. Meals at BRCC cost: breakfast $8.75; lunch $9.75; and dinner $11.25. They request a minimum of 20 people for any meal we want them to serve. We will likely ask for dinner on September 10 and 11, breakfast on September 11 and 12; and lunch on September 11, but we can change our request up through August 27.
Caring Committee
Hospitality for Moral Monday
Gardening Therapy
PFLAG
Tai Chi
NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
Keeping Homeless Families Together
Musical – Into the Woods, Jr.
Retreat, Contemplate, Share, Recreate
We welcome Reverend Sheila Barrick to our pulpit this Sunday. Sheila Spruill Barrick is a graduate of San Francisco Theological Seminary and an ordained Presbyterian minister. Sheila has been married to Doug since 1976 and they have four children. Sheila served as pastor of First Presbyterian Church for approximately 20 years. Prior to this she was the Director of Christian Education. Additionally, she and Doug served for 3 years as Presbyterian missionaries in Brazil.
The Caring Committee will meet Sunday, July 14, in the library after fellowship.
Hospitality for Moral Monday - People from all over North Carolina are coming to Raleigh to take part in Moral Monday. If you are willing to have an out-of-towner stay at your home, email Gray Woodard with bed availability at gray.woodard@yahoo.com.
Gardening Therapy – Come and join fellow gardening enthusiasts on the first and third Tuesdays of the summer months as they beautify our church grounds while enjoying a sense of community and communion with the earth and each other. The next “Therapy” session is Tuesday, July 16, from 9:00am – Noon.
PFLAG – PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender persons, their families and friends through support, education, and advocacy. PFLAG meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 7:30pm in the Vaughan Fellowship Hall. Our next meeting is Wednesday, July 17. All are welcome and all meetings are confidential. (ONA)
Tai Chi – Wednesday mornings at 9:30am in the Vaughan Fellowship Hall. Looking for a way to reduce stress? Consider tai chi. Originally developed for self-defense, tai chi has evolved into a graceful form of exercise that's now used for stress reduction and a variety of other health conditions. Often described as meditation in motion, tai chi promotes serenity through gentle, flowing movements. All are welcome.
NEWSLETTER DEADLINE - Please send in your COPY READY article for the August Newsletter to the office via email or snail mail no later than Wednesday, July 17. Thank you!
Keeping Homeless Families Together - Please continue to help families be able to live together as they transition from homelessness to temporary housing to permanent housing by contributing household items. Take a post-it or two from the bright poster in the Vaughan Fellowship Hall, purchase the item(s) written on the post-it(s) and then return the item(s) to the basket under the poster.
Musical - Into the Woods, Jr. - The musical Into the Woods, Jr. will be presented on July 26th and 27th at 7:00pm in the CUCC Sanctuary. Several members of the congregation will be participating in the production. Tickets are free. Donations are accepted.
Retreat, contemplate, share, recreate. All Congregation Retreat, September 10 – 12, 2013
Do you want to enjoy the North Carolina Mountains as summer ends and fall begins? Do you want to get to know better others you meet at Community United Church of Christ activities? Do you want to relax, look into the distance and center yourself in preparation for what’s next for you or the congregation? For any or all of these reasons, come to a two day congregational retreat at the UCC Blowing Rock Conference Center (BRCC, formerly Blowing Rock Assembly Grounds or BRAG), where we can get to know each other better and talk about our lives and ministries. We will leave Raleigh on Tuesday, September 10, plan to be at BRCC the nights of September 10 and 11, and return to Raleigh September 12 mid-day. More details about planned activities or periods of free time will be made available later in the summer. Retreat leadership: Steve Halsted, Ursula Schmitt-Pridik (returning for a visit 20 years after she helped lead a similar retreat at Blowing Rock in 1993), Marty Lamb, Edith Sylla, and others. There will be a variety of activities offered for larger or smaller groups including participating in organized creative or spiritual activity, hiking the massive grounds at Moses Cone House, exploring the town of Blowing Rock, sitting in rocking chairs on the porch, chatting, singing, breathing, and napping. If you would like to help plan the retreat, please so indicate on the form below. Shared transportation will be arranged when we know who is coming.
Those organizing the retreat want to reserve rooms in the Corriher Lodge at BRCC (More information at http://www.brccenter.org/), for which BRCC wants a deposit of $50/person. If you think you are interested in attending, please fill out the form below and mail it to the church or put it in the offering plate along with your check by Sunday, July 14. Deposit checks for $50/person should be made out to CUCC with “September retreat” in the memo field (refunds possible if your plans change up to the end of August). For room costs, see below. Meals at BRCC cost: breakfast $8.75; lunch $9.75; and dinner $11.25. They request a minimum of 20 people for any meal we want them to serve. We will likely ask for dinner on September 10 and 11, breakfast on September 11 and 12; and lunch on September 11, but we can change our request up through August 27.