CUCC Weekly eNews

Sunday   02/18       9:00am Nursery provided    9:00am  Taizé Worship – Sanctuary   9:15am Lenten Book Study - Vaughan Fellowship Hall   9:15am “Animate Spiritual Practices” - Hoffmann Room 1 0:30am Worship Service  -  Sanctuary 10:45am Children’s Sunday School - Sunday School Rooms 10:45am Youth Sunday School - Youth Room 11:45am Fellowship - Vaughan Fellowship Hall 12:00pm Lenten Workshop: “Lining a Hymn” - Sanctuary 12:00pm International Mission Trip Meeting - Hoffmann Room 12:00pm Stewardship Ministry Meeting - Library   3:00pm Covenant Community - Bradow Room Monday 02/19  12:15pm Monday Lunch Group - Hoffmann Room   6:30pm Church Council - Hoffmann Room                Tuesday 02/20  10:30am Office Staff Meeting - Pilgrim House       Wednesday 02/21   ...

Youth Ministry Lots of Youth Events Coming Up!  Reply please with questions, and especially with responses! It helps to plan events well when we know how many can join in! Thanks, Śā nti ( education.cucc@gmail.com , or  919-961-8814 ) Sunday, February 25: 10:50AM Youth Sunday School 12:00PM Fellowship Provided By International Mission Trip Team LOCK-IN Coming Up March 9-10! See Sunday's Announcements for additional Youth news.

Upcoming Worship Opportunities During Lent Holy Week Services: March 25 - March 31 (check the website for more info) Sunday, March 25:   Palm Sunday, Palm Procession into Sanctuary, 10:30am Monday, March 26:  Healing Prayer Service, 1:00pm, Sanctuary Thursday, March 29:   M aundy Thursday Service in Sanctuary, 7:00pm;  Soup Supper at 6:00pm, Vaughan Fellowship Hall Friday, March 30:  Good Friday Worship Service, 12:00pm, Sanctuary Good Friday Prayer Circle, 1:00pm Saturday, March 31:   Gathering in Spirit, An Experiential Lenten Retreat, 1:00pm - 3:pm, CUCC building, grounds, and beyond Easter Sunday, April 1: Easter Service, 10:30am, Sanctuary - Bring a flower for the Resurrection Cross

Sunday Lenten Studies Animate Practices: Facilitated by Suzette Roach and Julie Robertson                                Sundays, February 18 - March 25, 9:15 - 10:20am, Hoffmann Room Courageous Faith Discussion Group: Facilitated by Rev. Jenny Shultz-Thomas                                Sunday, February 18 - March 25, 9:15 - 10:20am, Vaughan Fellowship Hall “Lining a Hymn” in the African American Tradition: Facilitated by Rev. Robert Parrish Sunday, February 18 and Sunday, March 4, 12:00pm, Sanctuary

Sisters in Spirit  (Date Correction) Ten ladies gathered at Peg Hulslander's for SIS dinner and play on January 23.  On February 27 at 6:30 pm , SIS will gather at church in Hoffmann Room where Beverly Miller will lead us in Life Stories following a potluck. Sisters in Spirit is open to all women of the church.  Donations of toiletries for the Wright Center are welcomed but not required.

As some of you may already know the Annual Moral March and HK on J People's Assembly is coming up on  February 10  in Downtown Raleigh! Since 2007, when Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II first organized the March, thousands of people have come together in support of the NAACP as they continue to work toward Racial, Economic, and Environmental Justice, Women's and LGBTQ rights, Immigrant Justice, access to health care, criminal justice reform, an end to Islamophobia, and many other endeavors. I hope you'll be able to come and show that Raleigh and North Carolina means business! In 2017 80,000 people showed up to March, we can beat that right? Gathering is set to begin at  8:30 a.m  at the corner of Wilmington and South Street near Shaw University.  A pre-March rally will be going on from 9-10 at which point the March will begin! CUCC members and family members are invited to meet at the McDonalds at  105 E. South Street  at  9:30 AM.  A perfect p...

Sunday   02/11          9:00am Nursery provided    9:00am  Taizé Worship – Sanctuary   9:30am  Choir Practice - Sanctuary    9:30am  Youth Confirmation Class - Youth Room   9:30am  Adult Bible Study - Bradow Room 10:30am   Worship Service  -  Sanctuary 10:45am Children’s Sunday School - Sunday School Rooms 10:45am Youth Sunday School - Youth Room 11:45am Fellowship - Vaughan Fellowship Hall 12:00pm Caring Committee - Bradow Room 12:00pm Community Outreach Ministry Meeting - Hoffmann Room 12:00pm Religious Education Ministry Meeting - Library   3:00pm Covenant Community - Bradow Room   5:00pm Youth Group - Youth Room, Fellowship Hall, Kitchen Monday 02/12  12:15pm Monday Lunch Group - Hoffmann Room Tuesday 02/13  10:30am Office Staff Meeting - Pilgrim House Wednesday 02/14   Ash Wednesday   9:30am Tai Chi – V...

Lectionary for the Week of February 11, 2018 - Sixth Sunday after Epiphany 2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9

Every Sunday Taizé Prayer and Meditation , Sunday Mornings, 9:00-9:30 a.m., Sanctuary Community Worship , Sunday Mornings, 10:30 a.m., Sanctuary (Childcare for children 0-4 years, and church school for children and youth are offered during both worship services during Lent.) Special Lenten opportunities Ash Wednesday, February 14 We begin the season of Lent reflecting on the Genesis of our beings [3:19]: “For dust you are and to dust you shall return,” by marking ourselves with ashes as a tangible reminder of our mortality. The evening will begin with a simple meal followed by our Ash Wednesday worship service.       Dinner 6:00 p.m ., Vaughan Fellowship Hall: All are welcome to enjoy a simple soup supper provided by the CUCC Diaconate.       Worship 7:00 p.m ., Sanctuary: We will gather for a simple service of remembrance, receiving the ashes as a reminder that in living and dying we belong to God. Lenten Prayer Circle, March 18, 12:00 p.m.  You...

The children have been very busy in February. This Sunday, the children will be serving fellowship along with Miss Susan (Maleszweski). Ms. Bailey must be away on February 18th. We need someone to work with her class that day. The children will be rehearsing with Anne Moorman-Smith to sing in church on February 25th during the first half of class. Please let her know if you can help. Thank you. The children voted on their charity for 2018. There were two charities that they wanted so badly! We figured a way to have them both. Our charity for the year will be a Nicaraguan orphanage (or school). We will seek help identifying who the recipient will be Nicaragua. The other choice that the children could not give up was Toys for Tots. We will incorporate this with the church wide advent celebration. Please put the important dates below on your calendar. February 18th  - Mrs. Bailey away, need volunteer for class, rehearse with Anne Moorman Smith February 25th  - Children ...

From the Pastor Dear CUCC Community & Friends,  Please receive this letter of heartfelt gratitude from the Rev. Joy Alford Allridge:  "My beloved Church Family:        Thank you for supporting me and for all your gifts to me. I am not only talking about your tangible material gifts but I am also talking about your sustaining love and support of me- just as I am.        Thank you for always being a safe place for me. I always know that as soon as I walk through those CUCC church doors, I will be greeted with various smiles, hugs, and handshakes. Thank you for always making me feel important and welcomed.  Thank you for allowing me to be myself and for encouraging me to go after the things that I have wanted but was intimidated by.   Thank you for all of the prayers that you have said for me during the years I have been with you -thank you, even for the prayers that I did not know about.  Thank you...