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Welcoming Sunday Sunday, September 8, 2019. Pot luck after worship. Bring a side dish or dessert and we’ll fire up the grill.  Time to get back in step and get in the swing of fall!

The worship bulletin cover  Zentangle art created at camp  by Maya Cobeland.  August 18 worship was BYC-style led by our youth. It examined Exodus, the focus of our summer youth camp this year. As we explore these stories, we recognize that we all carry the baggage of our plagues endured, our strength tested, our heartbreaks suffered. And sometimes, after a time, we break through our own egos and others’ attempts at control. We arrive at our promised land, our freedom and we look around with fresh eyes. We understand anew what’s being asked of us. New work begins. Photos from worship Can you name your Pharaoh? Name what your oppressor has been? What attitude has gripped your mind? What grief has owned your heart? What can you name as your oppressor with the intention of letting it go? The worship bulletin cover was Zentangle art created at camp by Maya Cobeland. 

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Welcome & Fellowship Ministry is preparing to make this a recurring event on the 2nd Wednesday of each month! We are in the planning stages, so look for the protocol to change. For our August meal, just please come to share chicken, baked potatoes and salad. You may bring a side dish or dessert IF it fits your plans. No cost this time and no need to RSVP.  Food goes on the table around 6PM. Friendship and fun at Wednesday Night Suppers Wednesday, August 14 6:00 PM CUCC's Fellowship Hall Free All ages Let’s get together! Contact Susan Atkinson with questions - cuccfellowship@gmail.com

Imagine being a child who can't afford the supplies needed for school. Bring some of these items to CUCC this week for the Oxford Manor Backpack Buddies program.   Here is a shopping list. Drop off your items at CUCC by this Thursday, August 15. Thank you! From Dawn Koonce and Community Outreach Ministry

Sunday 08/18     9:00am Nursery provided     9:00am   Taizé Worship – Sanctuary     9:30am   Band Practice - Sanctuary 1 0:30am   Worship Service   - BYC Worship—Sanctuary 1 0:45am Children’s Sunday School - Sunday School Room 11:45am Fellowship - Vaughan Fellowship Hall 12:00pm Community Outreach Ministry Meeting - Hoffmann Room   4:00pm Covenant Community - Bradow Room   5:00pm Wright Center Meal   Monday 08/19   12:15pm Monday Lunch Group - Hoffmann Room Tuesday 08/20   10 :00am Office Staff Meeting—Pilgrim House   Wednesday 08/21     9:00am Tai Chi (Note the new time!) - Vaughan Fellowship Hall   6:00pm Bible Study—Pilgrim House   7:30pm PFLAG—Vaughan Fellowship Hall     Sunday 08/25     9:00am Nursery provided   9:00am Taizé Worship – Sanctua...

Tai Chi—New Day and Time Wednesday Mornings, 9:00am, in the Vaughan Fellowship Hall. After warming up with stretching exercises, the group moves through ten Tai Chi movements which have been modified for people with movement limitations.  In a standing position, we do the movement leading with the left foot, ground our energy, then repeat with the right foot, and finish by grounding our energy and meditating.  Movements are performed slowly to music.  No experience is required.

Lectionary for Sunday, August 18, 2019 - Tenth Sunday after Pentecost - Green Isaiah 5:1-7 and Psalm 8-:1-2, 8-19 or Jeremiah 23:23-29 and Psalm 82; Hebrews 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56

Welcoming Sunday is  Sunday, September 8, 2019.  Pot luck after worship. Bring a side or dessert and we’ll fire up the grill.  Time to get back in step and get in the swing of fall! 

The Mid-Year Status Reports are available for you to pick up on the table in the back of the sanctuary. Thank you.   Questions? Contact  Jeanne Ledbetter at jledbetter72@gmail.com.

Wright Center Meal Like to cook and/or serve people? Community Outreach and  The Helen Wright Center could use your help. Cook part of the meal (main dish, veg, or dessert) serving 40. Or serve the meal (6:30-8PM). A good family (or pair of families) service project.  The Wright Center is a ministry of Urban Ministries of which CUCC was a co-founder. This small, intimate shelter is a great place for families to volunteer and for children to learn that helping other people is fun. Many CUCC children have grown up cooking and serving a meal  annually. The Helen Wright Center serves women who are homeless. It is located in downtown Raleigh.  The Helen Wright Center Program goes beyond providing a safe place to sleep, offering professional assistance in attaining goals of health care, education, employment, and stable housing. Contact Dawn Koonce or Charles Coble to learn more or volunteer.         ...

How will you know if there is a question this week? Look for the   little blue square. Do you wish there were a way to engage with the sermon during the week?  Now there is. CUCC is launching an occasional series called Sermon + .  Some weeks our preachers will pose a follow-up question for your consideration.  You can join in community conversation via our Facebook page, Community United Church of Christ .  Or you can ponder on your own. Look for the sermon text and the question mid-week on the sermons page of our website , on Facebook , or @RaleighCUCC on Twitter.

Put your name in if you’d like to be grouped with a circle of 10 - 12ish folks who will meet on the 2nd Saturday of each month at someone’s home for dinner. The fall soup circle season runs from September to February. Your grouping is together for 6 months with the goal of doing your best to get together. Details are worked out by each circle, but the template arrangement is for the host to make soup (or some other make-ahead main dish of the meal) and for guests to bring sides or desserts. Don’t worry if you don’t have a home big enough for a dozen people; pair up with someone who does have space, or host at CUCC. Final day to sign up is Monday, August 26.  Circles will be announced September 1. Interested?  Contact Susan Atkinson of our Welcoming and Fellowship ministry. cuccfellowship@gmail.com

Please fill out this survey  to help us better understand how CUCC's social media can better serve you and the community. "Like" Community United Church of Christ on Facebook Did you know that CUCC posts every day on Facebook (as Community United Church of Christ) and Twitter (@RaleighCUCC)?  You'll find the latest photos, event and service opportunities, thought-provoking questions, the CUCC Weekly eNews, and more. If you are a regular (at least weekly) user of social media, the Communications Committee would like to know.  First, we want to do a better job of serving the congregation. "Follow" @RaleighCUCC on Twitter Second, we want to invite you - as the Spirit moves you - to share CUCC's posts so others may experience God's extravagant welcome.  Sharing, checking in, adding #RaleighCUCC to your CUCC photos are all low-key ways to pique your friends' curiosity about CUCC. Finally, you can share what is important to you on ...

The Advocacy Team , one group within the Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle (ICCT) , will meet at CUCC on Aug. 27, 7:00pm - 8:30pm, in the Hoffman room. CUCC members are welcome to attend. ICCT defines its mission as: “Working within and across communities of faith to urgently fulfill our sacred duty to love and protect Creation, address our changing climate, and ensure justice for all life.” The Advocacy Team will discuss the issues for which it intends to advocate. Submitted by Gary Smith for CUCC's Justice in a Changing Climate.