CUCC Weekly eNews

Summer*Daze is our second annual lawn frolic.  Relax, play, eat and enjoy your Community UCC friends!  Great bluegrass music (bring a chair or blanket for the lawn), BBQ (bring a side dish or dessert).  Beverages provided, including tea, soda, beer and wine.  Games for the kids (and the young-at heart).  Fun for all! See you on the lawn at CUCC!

Eric Dyke to Perform on Sunday, May 20th Eric Dyke will be playing the double bass for our worship on Sunday, May 20 th .  Eric has been a member of the NC Symphony for many years and has contributed his musical talent to our worship services in the past.  It will be good to see and hear him again.

We will celebrate our 2018 Graduates during the 10:30am worship service on May 20. If there are any high school or  college graduates in your household or family, please notify Śānti Matthews at education.cucc@gmail.com or  919-961-8814, so we can celebrate their accomplishments.  Please include: graduate’s full name, degree, and next steps or future plans.

Please join us on Sunday, May 20, as we welcome our new confirmands into our CUCC family.  It will be a moving and memorable experience.  They've worked very hard for this Sunday.  We are honored and excited to be a part of their spiritual growth.

Nicaragua Night! All Are Welcome! Monday, May 21, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m CUCC Vaughan Fellowship Hall - Dinner Provided Join us for dinner and a program. Sarah Junkin Woodard will update us on the CDCA and help us  to know of the ongoing work they are doing in Nicaragua. For more than two decades, the CDCA  continues to adapt, seeking to respond to human needs created by poverty in the third poorest  nation in the western hemisphere. The CDCA focuses on justice now, working towards freedom  from poverty, helping communities become self-sufficient, sustainable, democratic entities, using integrated appropriate technology in all projects, specifically in the areas of: sustainable economic development, organic agriculture, education, and health care. Sarah says, “ The CDCA has been called to work with, and speak on behalf of, the poor in our area of Nicaragua, to share their lives and stories with folk in the U.S., bridging the gap between us to better understand the connectio...

Auction/Yard Sale Results Many thanks to all participants and supporters of our Annual Auction and First Annual Yard Sale! Both events brought enjoyment to and engagement from all quarters of our church community  and  garnered needed funds for our annual budget (auction) and upcoming mission trips (yard sale).  While money is still rolling in, the current count is auction - $8,400, yard sale - $1,650.  We hope to make the yard sale an annual event, so please consider saving items for 2019!                                                               - Your Stewardship, Property and Welcome & Fellowship committees

Attention Parents and Youth: BYC Summer Camp Registration has begun! Camp Dates this year are Sunday, July 1 - Friday, July 6. Final payment due by Sunday, June 10. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE! Śānti Matthews is collecting all forms and payments. Contact her at educational.cucc@gmail.com for the necessary forms. We will have a newcomer orientation and meeting on June 10, right after worship.   DON'T MISS THIS AMAZING SPIRITUAL SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE! BYC is a phenomenal church camp experience in the NC mountains with like-minded churches from all over the country. Śānti has participated in curriculum planning and leadership at this camp for 14 years, and CUCC youth have attended for the past 8 years.  The camp is open to our current 6th graders (this summer's rising 7th graders) through this years' high school graduates. The cost this year is $360 per camper. (this fee covers all camp meals and lodging, and travel there and back and is well worth it...

Celebrate the start of summer with your CUCC “Sisters in Spirit”!  We’ll gather at 6:30pm at the Jacobson’s house (1212 Courtland Dr., Raleigh) for a summer cookout.  No need to bring anything, except your appetite!  RSVPs are appreciated, but feel free to join us at the last minute.  For more information, or to RSVP, please contact Merrilee Jacobson at 919-274-4539 or mkjacobson123@gmail.com .

Invitation to Listening & Learning Sessions from Benson Memorial UMC Benson Memorial UMC,  4706 Creedmoor Rd., Raleigh, NC (919) 787-0789 Wednesday Nights, 7:00 to 8:30, in the BMUMC Fellowship Hall May 30:    Working with Refugees in a Univ. Setting, William Tobin, PhD, JD, Research Fellow @ Duke June 6:       Food Insecurity in North Carolina: Causes & Remedies - Cindy Sink, Director of Community Impact and Advocacy at the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle  June 13: Climate Change and Energy from a Scriptural Perspective - Steve Jurovics, author of  Hospitable Planet  June 20: Prisoner Reentry  – Jennifer Jackson of Interfaith Prison Ministries for Women July 11: Opiod Epidemic – Nicole Singletary of the Wake County Drug Overdose Coalition.                            ...

Adrienne Little (representing CUCC's Social Justice Ministry) invites you to attend this event which is being promoted by Congregations for Social Justice.  If you have questions, contact Adrienne at (919) 781-0829. Breaking Bread with our Muslim Neighbors in Cary from Institute of Islamic and Turkish Studies and Divan Center        Institute of Islamic and Turkish Studies and Divan Center        May 22, May 23, May 30, June 6, June 9, June 12, June 13        Program:             7:30 pm: Presentation by IITS/Divan Center             8:00 pm: Question and Answer             8:15 pm: Iftar Dinner (Fast Breaking)        Institute of Islamic and Turkish Studies and Divan Center        1391 SE Maynard Rd,        Cary (Next Door to the Cary DMV) Institute of Islamic and Turkish St...

Sunday     05/13         9:00am  N ursery provided     9:00am   Taizé Worship – Sanctuary    9:30am   Choir Practice - Sanctuary     9:30am   Adult Sunday Morning Bible Study - Bradow 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 Caring Committee - Bradow 12:00pm Community Outreach Ministry Meeting - Hoffmann Room     4:00pm Covenant Community - Bradow Room      Monday 05/14   12:15pm Monday Lunch Group - Hoffmann Room   Tuesday 05/15     9:30am Office Staff Meeting - Pilgrim House      Wednesday 05/16     9:30am Tai Chi – Vaughan Fellowship Hall   6:30pm Bible Study - Pilgrim House   7:30pm PFLAG - Vaughan Fellowship Hall...

From the Pastor Heard Mentality By Rev. Molly Baskette, May 10, 2018 (reprinted from ucc.org) "He who has ears, let him hear." - Matt. 11, Matt. 13:9, Matt. 13:43, Luke 4, Luke 8, Luke 14 "Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church." - Revelation 2:29 Jesus, no fewer than six times in the gospels, utters his now-famous dictum, "He who has ears, let him hear." Here is Jesus as the grizzled old man he never got to be, with a distinct rural accent of unknown provenance. "Don't you have the sense God gave you? You got wax in them ears?" These are words you say to people who aren't listening. Or to people who seem to be listening, but on whom one's words seem to be having no effect, because they keep ignoring your extremely sound advice. Ever felt that you were talking and talking and getting nowhere? Or, conversely: ever felt that you have truly listened to someone, but they stubbornly say "I don't fe...