CUCC Weekly eNews

Julia Mackintosh
Congratulation to Jaci, Tam, and Jonathan Westbrook
Food Bags Due this Sunday
Forum Resumes this Sunday, Sept. 1
Taizé’ Worship
Welcoming Sunday
Fall Church Retreat
Keeping Homeless Families Together
Voter Registration Applications
Voter Registration Drive
Sept. 8 Rich Park Voter Registration Help Needed
Youth Parent Retreat
Launch of New CUCC Website


Julia Mackintosh
Julia Mackintosh, frequent attender of Forum at CUCC, died last Saturday, Aug 24, surrounded by her family.  The memorial service will be on September 14, at 2:00pm, at Community United Church of Christ.  To view her memorial page on the Cremation Society of the Carolinas' webpage, go to:
http://www.memorialsolutions.com/sitemaker/memsol.cgi?user_id=1070802

Congratulation to Jaci, Tam, and Jonathan Westbrook!
Jaci Clayton and her Godson Jonathan Westbrook actively participated in CUCC prior to moving back to the Washington DC area to rejoin Jaci's partner/Jonathan's mother Dieu Tham Westbrook.  With the legal…

Volunteers needed
RICH Park Housing voter registration drive (Sep. 8, 3-6pm) - sign up with Jane or Bev
Future voter registration, photo ID, and driving to the polls efforts - ask Jane to put your name on the email list.  You can initiate projects and invite others to help you, or you can volunteer for projects that others have initiated.  Because the Moral Mondays/Forward Together ad hoc group won't be meeting regularly, these emails are how we will keep in touch. Great videos, resources, songs
Background on CUCC and Moral Mondays/Forward Together

Sparked by the NC legislative session of 2013, the NAACP of North Carolina sent out a call to the HKonJ coalition to gather in Raleigh to proclaim a more loving vision for our state.  Called Moral Mondays, these weekly assemblies were part celebration and part protest.  Inspired by speeches and chants, the crowd stood in witness to the General Assembly.  Some among those gathered chose to risk arrest as they took their message to their legis…

On August 27, the Communications Committee released an updated version of the CUCC website. This transition was approved by Church Council at its August 19 meeting and had been under development since late May.

The primary purpose of the transition is to allow greater direct participation by groups in the church and an improved flow of information. Rather than have a single webmaster who services all groups in the church (as has been the case since creation of the church website around 1995), the new approach allows groups in the church to choose who will be posting and maintaining information on the church website on their behalf. So groups can have very direct involvement if they so choose, or they still have the option of passing their information for the website on to somebody else. If they do choose to ask someone to post information on their behalf, they can choose from any of several members of the Communications Committee, or anyone else in the church who has blogging skills or…

Wednesday, August 28, 5:30pm You can find the locations of celebrations throughout North Carolina by watching this short and inspiring video.  Locations are listed at the end.


- posted by Jane Smith as me and at the suggestions of Joan McAllister

Sunday, September 1, 9:15am Vaughan Fellowship Hall The first forum will be:"2013 Legislation and the Responding Social Activism: Where are we headed?"  Open discussion on 1) the new legislation passed by the 2013 General Assembly in areas impacting social and economic justice, and 2) the increased social activism the legislation generated.  Discussion facilitated by Cynthia Ball.

Parents, Little Kids, Big Kids, and the Young at Heart
Welcoming Sunday, September 8
Forum Resumes September 1
Fall Church Retreat
Stewardship Update
Keeping Homeless Families Together
Youth Group Winds Up Study of World Religion
Take a Shift Registering People to Vote
Voter Registration Drive
Voter Registration Applications
Food Bags Due Sunday, September 1


Parents, Little Kids, Big Kids, and the Young at Heart
The foundation for the playhouse has been completed and the playhouse will be built tomorrow, Saturday, August 24.  Any last minute finish-up will be done on Sunday, August 25.  We need interested folks of ALL AGES and ABILITIES to participate in the project:  experienced builders, strong folks, people who are good with hammers and screwdrivers and saws, gluers, painters, carriers, etc.  Sandwiches will be provided.  Stay two hours or all day.  This will be fun!  If you have questions, please call Nancy Stoddard (919/571-9199) or Joan McAllister (919/851-9674).

Welcoming Sunday, September …