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Lectionary for the Week of February 17, 2019 Sixth Sunday after Epiphany - Green Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26

Community Brunch! NEXT Sunday, February 17, 12:00pm - 1:30pm All Are Welcome! The Youth Mission Trip Oaxaca Team will provide brunch, learning, and discussion. We will see powerful photographs and hear profound stories from guest photojournalist, Peter Eversoll. Come and learn about the importance of travel, the beauty of photography, and the realities of immigration for our Mexican neighbors. Brunch will be from Mami Nora’s (vegan rice and beans, salad, and chicken). This brunch & workshop will serve as a trip fundraiser - suggested donation is $10 person. ALL Are Welcome! No need to RSVP. Nursery care provided.

Please join us as we celebrate the life of our dear friend Ed Klemmer, who passed away on February 3. We will have a memorial service on Monday, February 11, 2019, 10:30am, at Community United Church of Christ, 814 Dixie Trail, Raleigh, NC. A reception in the fellowship hall will follow the service.

HKonJ is Saturday, February 9 HKonJ (Historic Thousands on Jones Street),  is an annual highlight of the People’s Assembly Coalition: Moral March. The 13 th Annual HKonJ march will take place on Saturday, February 9.  Community United Church of Christ is one of hundreds of organizations that support and participate in the march. We expect tens of thousands of like-minded people to attend, and it is a glorious sight! Those who wish to march to the rally will gather at 9:30AM at the McDonald's’ sign at 105 E. South St. near Shaw University. Look for the CUCC banner!  CUCC Youth and Santi will be there to greet you. Call Santi’s cell if you need to communicate with the march group that morning (919-961-8814). Give yourself plenty of time to navigate through traffic and find a parking place. The march begins at 10. For those who want to go to the rally only , a group will be leaving from CUCC at 9:45AM.  We will park behind the (white) First Baptist...

Multiple Choice Written by Vicki Kemper February 4, 2019 Elijah said to her, "For thus says the Lord the God of Israel: The jar of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth." -  1 Kings 17:14 The widow of Zarephath had a choice to make: Use what little she had to make one last supper for herself and her son or, instead, use it to feed the bossy prophet who promised his God would provide. We don't have to be in dire straits to recognize these basic life options: to withhold or to give, to cower in fear or to step out in trust, to settle for perceived scarcity or to recognize and embrace abundance. Play it safe or take a risk. Trust what we think we know or put our faith in the promise of an unimaginable love. Barely survive or bet on the fullness of life. Most of us face some version of these choices every day: To forgive or to grow embittered. To stew in our worries or be gr...

Sunday 02/10       9:00am Nursery provided    9:00am   Religious Education Ministry Meeting - Hoffmann Room   9:00am   Taizé Worship – Sanctuary     9:30am   Adult Bible Study - Bradow Room    9:30am Choir Practice - Sanctuary   9:30am Economic Justice Task Force - Library 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 Provided by Children - Vaughan Fellowship Hall 12:00pm Community Outreach Ministry Meeting - Hoffmann Room 12:00pm International Mission Trip Team Meeting - Pilgrim House 12:00pm Sacraments and Chancel Meeting - Library 12:15pm Planned Giving Session with Dr. Nick Carter - Fellowship Hall   Monday 02/11   10:30am Memorial Service for Ed Klemmer - Sanctuary - Fellowship Hall   ...

Lectionary for the Week of February 10, 2019 Fifth Sunday after Epiphany - Green Isaiah 6:1-8, (9-13); Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 Racial Justice Sunday | Science and Technology Sunday

Let's Hear It For The Boys! Thanks to Justice in a Changing Climate, Carson Roach-Howell, and six dedicated guys from our CUCC youth group, the earth is a cleaner place.  Last Saturday, we encouraged and collected recycling from hundreds of students attending the Science Olympiad at Southeast Raleigh High School. We did a good and thorough job collecting and sorting bottles, cans, paper, and cardboard for recycling - all of which would have gone directly into the landfill without our help. And the earth says "Thanks Guys, Keep Up The Good Work"!

If your group or committee is offering a Lenten opportunity, please provide complete information about them by February 6 to Śānti Matthews at education.cucc@gmail.com. Please include which group is providing the course or event, a brief description of the offering (especially how it relates to our Lenten theme of "Cultivating and Letting Go"), and include dates, times, and locations.

Planned Giving - Sunday, February. 3rd and Sunday, February 10th @ 12:15pm      Join Rev. Dr. Nick Carter for two sessions to learn about “Building a Healthy and Sustainable Financial Future.” All ages are welcome to attend. Dr. Carter is the former President of Andover Newton Theological School in Boston, MA, You will not want to miss this great opportunity to hear practical wisdom about planning for your future as well as our church’s future. Planned giving establishes a way for a donor to provide for family members while remembering the church as well.  It often enables the donor to provide more for his or her heirs an to make a larger gift than thought possible.  It often reduces taxes as well.  Planned Giving usually involves financial or estate planning, but it is not reserved for the wealthy.  It is a means by which anyone concerned with the wise use of his or her personal resources makes a considered choice ab...

2nd Saturday Soup Circles   Time to circle up for the next 6-month rotation of CUCC's informal dinner group! Sign up by Valentine’s Day and our new circles will be posted Sunday, Feb 17. Each circle will have about 10 adults. The recipe for successful Soup Circles is simply to give it a try! Great for new congregants as well as long-time friends. This rotation runs from March thru September.  Here’s how it works: Rotate within your circle each month meeting at someone’s home on the 2nd Sat of the month for dinner. Soup or some such make-ahead anchor part of the meal should be provided by the host with perhaps a co-host from the group. Everyone else bring an appetizer, side dish or dessert. (Children’s participation and provision of drinks are at the discretion of the individual circle participants.) Remember that your group can decide to alter any part of the plans. It is not necessary that you meet each month, but to find 4 or 5 Saturdays that work for the greatest...

Looking for an informal group of people who don't have all the answers but enjoy sharing the questions?  Drop in on Life & Faith, CUCC's monthly, "whoever shows up" gathering at local pubs and breweries.  Look for the red Life & Faith comma at our table. February 12 Life & Faith meets at Wilson’s Eatery , the restaurant in a free-standing building which shares the parking lot with (and beers from) Lynnwood Brewing Concern. (Address:  1053 East Whitaker Mill Road).  As usual, arrive at 6:30PM to order your drinks and/or meal at the counter; conversation begins at 7:00.  There is a large parking lot, plenty of seating at Wilson's and, when I checked it out two weeks ago, we should be able to hear one another talk. For our 2019 theme, I had requested that people send me verses, stories or passages from scripture that are speaking to your life right now - perhaps getting under your skin or inspiring you or puzzling you. Our verse of scripture this ...

Adrienne Little, who represents our Social Justice ministry with Congregations for Social Justice, shares this opportunity to remember a Wake County resident who was lynched.  Check with Adrienne (look her up in Breeze) if you need more information. Monday, February 11 at 7:00 PM 1116 N Blount St I’m writing to you about the community remembrance project of Wake County, working to bring the memorial for George Taylor, Wake County’s one documented lynching victim, back from the Equal Justice Initiative Museum and Memorial in Birmingham. This project began with students at middle schools in Wake County (Knightdale and Raleigh) undergoing a history project to document the story of George Taylor. Those students are now asking grownups to step in and assist them with the logistics. I recently co-led a study of James Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree, and that led to my interest in making sure George Taylor is properly honored in Wake. Co-Leaders: Chalice Overy, AME Pastor and...

Calling All Youth! Recycling Service Project Join in the Fun THIS Saturday, February 2, 4:30-6:30PM.  Recycling Service Project  Recycling at SE Raleigh High School (Science Olympiad) Meet at Church parking lot at 4:30PM and return at 6:30PM (snacks provided).

Lectionary for the Week of February 3, 2019 Fourth Sunday after Epiphany - Green Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm 71:1-6; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30