Session News in a Nutshell - November 2025

Session met in Room 100 on Nov. 4 at 7:00 p.m. Meeting highlights include:

• Report that currrent Ministry Teams are doing great work 
• The church sidewalk is undergoing repairs and  the wooden front doors are being restored 
• The 2026 Generosity Campaign as of Sunday is off to a great start, however, CPC still needs your support. If you haven’t already submitted your plans for giving in 2026, go online or submit your pledge card directly to the Church Office

Be The Hands! – A  Week of Mission Work and Fellowship
 We hope you’ll plan to take part in CPC’s Be the Hands activities this spring.  Be the Hands offers many one-time service opportunities in a two-week timeframe.  We would like to see many of our members participate, by committing volunteer time to a service opportunity, or donating items needed for some of the projects.  Please join your CPC family to be the hands of Christ, spreading Christ’s love throughout our community. Sponsored by the Community Partnerships team, this is a great time of service and fellowship.
 
 We’ll join together to shop for groceries and supplies, prepare meals, make blankets, paint a kitchen for the Carying Place, assemble care and snack kits and quite a bit more. No matter your age, interests, talents, or family status, there will be something for you. Together, we’ll continue to Be the Hands of Christ for so many in our community and beyond!
 
Project Sign Up: 
On-line project signups are now available via Sign Up Genius at this link.  

Projects are scheduled through the last week of February and the first week of March, so check the dates and times and see what suits your schedule.  Preparation of freezer meals for The Carying Place families will be in the church kitchen next Saturday, February 15, from 3 to 5, so we hope you will sign up soon if you would like to help with this one!

Some service opportunities can be completed independently, so you and your family have the flexibility to participate on your own schedule, and some will give you a chance to work with other church members. We welcome you to participate in one or more of these important activities.

Giving Tree: Some of the items we need for these projects will be purchased by the church, and we ask that others be donated.  The giving tree will be in the Narthex this Sunday, February 9, with tags describing the items we need.  We hope that you can take a tag and return the item to the Narthex by Sunday, February 23.

Food and Fellowship:  We’ll have a time of fellowship after the worship service on March 9. We’ll share a lunch prepared by Al Hardie, and share with each other what we’ve done and what we learned. 
For more information or to help with planning, please contact Julie Page, pagejb4@gmail.com

We look forward to working together to Be the Hands of Christ in the world!


Town of Cary Housing Priorities Survey
The Town of Cary is looking for input from Cary residents about their priorities in spending federal funds for affordable housing. This survey just takes a few minutes to complete.

You can pick four priorities on a couple of the questions, which is good. Habitat for Humanity says that the lack of affordable housing is such a problem, we need to use a multi-pronged approach, like funding for new rental and owner affordable homes, as well as helping to maintain existing affordable housing (assist with maintenance, energy efficiency, etc).

We encourage you to take the time to complete this survey. They have $700,000 in HUD funding to spend this year, and more in subsequent years, thus the need to set some priorities.  You can find more information about Cary’s housing plan here:  https://housing.carync.gov
And here is a link directly to the survey.

Written by Julie Page:

I was excited to learn this week that Greenwood Forest Baptist Church has big plans for developing affordable housing!  They plan to tear down an old building, including their former sanctuary and the Children’s Center, and build a 5-story building in that space.  The first floor of the new building will house the new Children’s Center, with expanded hours including after-school care and summer camp through their partnership with the YMCA.  You may have seen that Greenwood Forest recently received a $900,000 grant from Wake County.  This is support for the affordable child care.  The second floor will be transitional housing for families in The Carying Place program, allowing them to increase their capacity for working with families who are at risk or have lost their home.  Floors 3, 4, and 5 will be affordable apartments built and managed by DHIC, one of the few developers in the area that specializes in affordable housing.  In addition,  the Town of Cary owns land that begins at the edge of the church parking lot, goes behind the funeral home and along Kilmayne Road.  Their plan is to build affordable townhomes on this property.

This plan involves some great partnerships to address the issues of affordable housing and affordable child care.  All of this requires rezoning and funding, of course, so I'm eager to see how it develops as they progress.  We can support their efforts by providing feedback and/or attending the community meeting about the proposal and rezoning, which will probably be in early May.  I’m also planning to ask for a letter of support for this project from Cary Presbyterian.  This is what I know right now, but I signed up to receive email updates.  I will do my best to keep you informed, and if you have questions, please contact Julie Page, pagejb4@gmail.com.

Memorials & Endowment Committee Announces 2023 Grant Cycle
Application Deadline:  June 23, 2023

Is there a mission or faith-based activity you are passionate about, but it is not yet sponsored through the CPC budget?  If so, a grant awarded by the Memorials & Endowment Committee is a great way to obtain capital needed to foster such a project.

The purpose of an M&E grant is to provide resources to support faith-based initiatives. These initiatives must align with the overall purpose of the Endowment Fund, which is to provide opportunities for members to support the benevolent, educational, and mission work of the whole church.

Not sure if a certain initiative falls within the parameters of the grant guidelines?  Please review the guidelines on the page at this link or contact one of the committee members listed below with this or any other questions regarding the application process. The committee comes with an open mind on all applications and does its best to be as flexible as possible within the guidelines – so make the call if you are not sure!

The application deadline is Friday, June 23 and approved grants will be announced by August 15, with funds disbursed by September 15 or as needed thereafter. Grant applications as well as policy guidelines are located in the church office and may be accessed online here.

The M&E Committee looks forward to reviewing your grant,
Audrey Sausman, Sandy Hutchinson, Elizabeth Guthrie, Tim Goettel, and Scott Peoples (Team Lead).

April 29, 2022
Emergency Fertilizer Assistance
On Saturday, April 23, Esperanza de Guatemala provided emergency fertilizer assistance to 80 farmers in Nimasac, Guatemala.

Recently, our Guatemala staff alerted us to the tremendous increase in the cost of fertilizer, an insurmountable amount for many of our most vulnerable brothers and sisters in Nimasac who rely on farming small plots of land for sustenance.
 
Esperanza felt very strongly about this food insecurity crisis, and agreed to provide a 100-pound bag of fertilizer to 80 farmer families.  This relief represents approximately a third of the fertilizer needed for a standard plot, and roughly equates to the value of the 75% cost increase. The families receiving assistance included Monte Sinai church members, scholarship families, agricultural program families, and those most needy.  The list was similar to those who received our four previous COVID food relief distributions.

We express great gratitude to our Guatemalan staff, Martin Maldonado, Estefani Jacobs, and Mario Mejia, and our Nimasac community volunteers Francisco Cux Tuy and Juan Sandoval.  Their enormous energy, compassion, resourcefulness and organizational talents are crucial to the success of everything we do.

As always, many thanks to our dedicated and faithful donors.  Whether it is food, fertilizer, computer labs, water meters or scholarship assistance, it is all a result of your great generosity!
Please watch this video documenting the day.  And, yes, those are 100-pound bags they are slinging around!

April 21, 2022
Wall of Mission is Now Up
It’s time to give to our Guatemala ministry. The Wall of Mission is ready for your contributions, with envelopes of various amounts just waiting to receive your gifts.
Here’s what your donation supports:

• Our continuing and growing relationship with the indigenous people of Nimasac in the Guatemala highlands, one of the world’s most poverty-filled areas. Your gifts will support being there, and God willing, perhaps being able to bring two people from Nimasac to Cary. Your gifts will help with trip scholarships (travel costs have skyrocketed recently), translators, and trip management.
• With Esperanza de Guatemala, our partner, further development of technology in the Nimasac area. Our current computer lab situation has changed, and the pandemic has uncovered other, expanded needs.
• Stipends for the hard-working Guatemala staff.
• Projects that Esperanza is managing, from scholarships to food relief.

How to help:
At church: Take an envelope from the board. These range from $5 to $1000 though most are less than $75. Put a check or cash into the envelope. Re-post the envelope with the “Thank You” side out. Checks payable to Cary Presbyterian Church, “Guatemala” on the memo line. For cash receipts, please write your name and address on a note and put this inside the envelope and it will be noted. To use a credit card, please make your donation online at the Cary Presbyterian website. (see below).

Online: Chose any amount between $5 and $1000. Our envelopes, for example, may be for $23 or $64. Please make your donation through the Cary Presbyterian website, under Generosity, Give Now, Guatemala Wall of Mission.

Thank you so much for being part of this ministry. The people in the Monte Sinai church say Muchas Gracias.

CPC 2023 Easter Flower Orders and Dedications

Help decorate our sanctuary with beautiful Easter lilies and spring flowers,
then take them after Easter worship to brighten your family’s home.

To make your giving easier, we have enabled Online Giving for your contributions. Before ordering, please read the note below from Barbara Carew:

Our online giving page has a new look!
It's cosmetic only. You don't need to make any changes to your current donations. Scheduled recurring gifts will continue to process as planned. You will be able to log in using your existing username and password, and you will also be able to see all of your scheduled gifts in your profile on the new page.
For more information on the new look, click here.  

To place your order for Easter flowers, simply click on this link and find the box titled 'Easter Lilies.' Click on the blue box beneath the picture of lilies, labeled 'Order payment.' On the next page, enter the Amount ($15 each), Frequency (Once, now) and Start Date (date of contribution)

After entering your Contribution amount, Frequency, and Start Date, see the box labeled 'In memory of (required). There you will find a space to enter your dedication either in memory of or in honor of the person or persons (or other subjects of dedication) you choose. (There are only 50 characters available for your dedication. Should you need more, enter as much of your dedication as possible. After completing your contribution send your name and full dedication in an email to this church office address. Please use Easter Flowers as your email subject.)

Your gift of Easter beauty will be acknowledged in our Easter bulletin and the ELink newsletter, including your dedication. Orders and payment should be received in the office by Monday, April 3, 2023. 

If necessary, a form to print and fill out is available at this link, for you to bring to the church office with a check for the amount of your contribution. Thank you for your faithful support.

A Message from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance:
As the violence continues, the number of people being displaced internally and fleeing to neighboring countries increases by the day.  And in the midst of the chaos, there are sibling churches and ecumenical partners who are already providing assistance with basic items for survival.  Our first priority as PDA is to provide funding to these partners on the ground.  While the scale of this crisis is new, receiving refugees from Ukraine and other countries in Central and Eastern Europe is not which means we have trusted, established partners with the knowledge and expertise to carry out this important work.

We are hearing that the reformed churches in Ukraine and the region are also feeling called to join in the humanitarian response. PDA, therefore, anticipates that our response will include both financial and technical assistance as the network of faith communities providing humanitarian assistance grows in the months ahead.  

You may give via the CPC website here at this link, click on "give now", and select PDA - Ukraine. Or, if you are writing a check, please specify "PDA-Ukraine" in the memo line. All CPC gifts will be forwarded to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.

April 2022
Looking for Voter Information?

The North Carolina State Board of Elections website has information about the upcoming elections and how/when/where to vote.  Check out their website at https://www.ncsbe.gov
The League of Women Voters has a Voter Guide at https://www.vote411.org.  You can type in your name and address, and it will tell you in which races you can vote and provide the candidate’s answers to questions about local issues.  For some races, there are a number of candidates, so please take the time to be informed before you vote.

Remember, early voting started on Thursday, April 28 and ends May 14.  Cary early-voting sites are the Herbert Young Community Center, and the Cary Senior Center.  Election Day is May 17.

April 2022
Did you know that May 17 is Election Day?  Municipal elections for the Town of Cary include three Town Council seats.  We encourage you to look for candidates who support affordable housing in Cary.  You can pledge to vote in the Town election by providing your legal name and address on the form in the Narthex.  The information will only be used by One Wake to verify how many voters they recruited.

In addition to the Town elections, there will be primary voting for statewide and Wake County offices.  Absentee ballots are available already.  Voter registration deadline is April 22.  Early voting will begin April 28 and end May 14.
Mark your calendar: Election Day is May 17!

If you are not coming to the church building yet, you may enter your legal name and address on the form at this link to indicate your commitment to vote in the May 17 election for Cary Town Council.

Cary Presbyterian:  A Matthew 25 Church
                Matthew 25:31-46 calls all followers of Christ to be actively engaged in the world.  The 222nd and 223rd General Assemblies exhorted the PC(USA) to act boldly and compassionately to see our neighbors through Jesus eyes and serve those who are marginalized or in need – people who are hungry, thirsty, naked, sick, imprisoned, strangers, poor or oppressed in other ways.  
The Matthew 25 Initiative invites churches, groups and presbyteries to actively work toward three bold goals:  build congregational vitality, dismantle structural racism and eradicate systemic poverty. 

CPC Parish Nurse's Notes
Christine Zaineddin RN, CPC Parish Nurse
It has been a little over a year since I joined the staff as your Parish Nurse. I am thankful for the opportunity God has given me to share my faith and nursing background in the midst of the Covid pandemic. Some of you have asked what did this year when I wasn’t able to provide care in person.  I thought I would give you a brief summary.

Since I came aboard, I’ve been privileged to ‘know’ many of you, if only by email, phone call, or zoom. Even in this less than personal way, you have trusted me enough to share your personal joys and concerns and those of your family, friends, and others.  With your permission, I have shared these weekly at our Pastoral Care Ministry team meeting so that they could be known to the wider Cary Presbyterian Church congregation.  Also attending the monthly Deacon and Stephen Ministry meetings offers me a chance to see how I might assist the congregation and others. With the information I learn, I am able to follow up in different ways including now – when possible and appropriate -- through home visitation and accompaniment to medical offices.

While being a presence and offering support and advice is perhaps the most important part of my ministry, there are a number of other valued responsibilities which I undertake.  One of these is education and the coordination of educational training to the deacons, Stephen Ministers, and member and friends of the church community.  For example, this past April, we offered hospice and end of life educational training through Transitions Life Care to our Deacons and Stephen Ministers.  Another has been bringing health opportunities to the church.  For example, in my tenure, the church has sponsored two drive-thru flu shot clinics and a blood drive.  I would be remiss if I did not mention that at Cary Pres we have a Medical Loan Closet (which provides equipment to help make day-to-day life easier for those needing a bit of assistance), two AED devices, and many first aid kits throughout the church which I oversee and maintain.  Finally, of course, it goes without saying that while I may be responsible for offering, coordinating and maintaining such programs, activities, and resources, it is a number of dedicated deacons, Stephen’s Ministers, other member volunteers, and staff which ably assist, without hesitation, in these endeavors.  Thanks be to God!

Now what …. If you ever need assistance, advice, prayers, or support, call on me.  I can be a resource as situations arise concerning the health of you or others.  These may include better understanding your medical conditions, medications, and diet as well as being and advocate or one who accompanies you to your doctor or other medical professional. I also can help assess your home to ensure that it meets your medical needs; assist in finding homecare, nursing facilities, or doctors (or offering you the resources to find that information out.); and provide or coordinate education in many forms and opportunities for growth and knowledge. I’m always open to suggestions for educational programs.  And, of course, I’m available to just talk, pray, or be at your side no matter whatever stage of life you are in.

Peace and blessings,
Chris

News from Our CPC Preschool
Preschool Registration
Cary Presbyterian Preschool Registration has begun for the 2022-2023 School Year!
We have openings in our Extended Day Pre-K, our Two's, and our Friday Playgroup Classes!
Please contact lshurlburt@carypresbyterian.org if you want more information!

April 21, 2022
Financial Update
We report with great joy and thanksgiving the following gifts received during the first quarter of 2022:

• Additional gift of $75,798 to the Endowment Fund, for a total gift of $153,778 in memory of Jim Kurz.
• Gift of $5,000 to the Endowment Fund in memory of Susan Johnson.
• Gift of $11,620 to the Organ Replacement Reserve in memory of Alfred and Ann Clark. 
• ASP stock gift of $100.
• Gift of $100 to our Caregiving Ministry.
• Gift of $500 to help purchase a new laptop for our worship live stream.
• Gift of $1,928 to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance to help with Ukraine relief efforts.
• Gift of two UV scrubbers for the downstairs HVAC system. 
• Gifts to date of $404 to One Great Hour of Sharing.
• Youth donations of $150.
  

We continue to rent up to 75 parking spaces in our upper lot to Frank L. Blum, the Glenaire expansion general contractor.  The number of spaces varies each month based on the timing of the subcontractor scheduling.  The proceeds are added to our Capital Reserves and total $12,420 since July 2021.
 
Thank you to all our CPC members and friends who have continued to give so generously and faithfully.  We appreciate each and every gift, and have shared your generosity with our community and beyond.

As always, you may continue to mail gifts to the church office, make gifts online via our website at this link, text your loose plate offering gifts to 844-956-4226 ($XX), or sign up for auto draft by contacting Finance Manager, Barbara Carew.  If you have any questions, please email Barbara in the church office.

Triple F Program Information

March 7
John Hansen Photography: Capturing a Moment in Time

Triple F invites you to join us for an exciting and visual experience on Tuesday, March 7 at 10:00 in CPC Fellowship Hall.  John Hansen, professional photographer and CPC member, will demonstrate what is truly remarkable about photography.  Using examples of his own work, John will describe how photography captures and preserves a moment in time and how the images captured can enrich our lives.
 
We are delighted that John can be with us to share his experiences and his work as a photographer, videographer, and FAA-certified drone pilot.  John enjoyed a 40-year career as a newspaper photojournalist before “retiring” in 2018. He worked at newspapers in Taiwan, St. Joseph, Missouri (where he met his lovely wife Paula at a high school basketball game!), Jacksonville, Florida and spent 26 years as a photo editor and department head at The News & Observer in Raleigh. Among his most recent projects are the North Carolina Symphony, the Duke Children’s Hospital “Over the Edge”, and drone photography for commercial interests.  Recent documentary works include scenes from Nimasac community in Guatemala, wild horses at Shackleford Banks, and arial views of Cary Downtown.  His website can be found at https://www.johnhansenphoto.com .
 
We hope you can join us on Tuesday, March 7 in CPC Fellowship Hall at 10:00 for a great event and fellowship with refreshments following the program.  This event is open to all family and friends who are interested in learning about the work of photographers and the value they create by capturing important moments around us.
 
March 21
What:  Everything You Always Needed to Know (But Didn’t Ask) About CPC and Public Libraries
Presenter:  Lisa Ward
When:  March 21 at 10:00am
Where: Cary Presbyterian Church Library

Remember, all are welcome; you do not have to be a certain age, and you do not need to be a member of CPC to attend.

 If you need additional information about either of these meetings, please contact Steve & Anne Shay 

Fair Trade News and Currently Available Items
Thank you for supporting Esperanza de Guatemala through the CPC Fair Trade Project. We are so grateful for your ongoing help. We continue to accept delivery orders via email.  We can deliver an order to your home within 20 miles of CPC (with a minimum order of $10).  
For information about placing an order, please contact Betty Boyd.

Current Inventory:

• Whole bean regular coffee: Midnight Sun - $9.00/bag
• Ground regular coffee: French Roast - $9.00/bag; Hazelnut Crème - $9.00/bag; Sisters Blend - $10.00/bag
• Ground Decaf coffee: Plain - $10.00/bag; Hazelnut Crème - $10.00/bag 
• Tea: English Breakfast; Green, Peppermint; Ginger - $4.00/box (We have boxes of green tea that are past their best-before date for $3.00)
• Chocolate minis - available in milk or dark chocolate: 6/$2 or 15/$5.00

Questions? Email Betty Boyd or Jeanne Bolick.
For information about placing an order, please contact Betty Boyd. 

Efforts to avoid the spread of COVID-19 have caused both physical and emotional isolation for many people.

Important and helpful conversations can take place via telephone and by computer (Zoom or FaceTime). CPC Stephen Ministers are congregation members who receive special training to provide confidential, one-to-one listening care to church and non-church members.

Stephen Ministers can also be helpful if you are experiencing grief, divorce, hospitalization, disability, job loss, fertility issues and many other struggles of transition and change.

To learn how you or someone you know can receive care, please speak with a pastor or one of our Stephen Leader Referral Coordinators, Len Clark (919) 612-4302 or Linda Oglesby (919) 270-5980.

The Pastor’s Class - Isaiah

Not Your Grand-momma’s Bible Study!
Seeking the Good Life — A Study of Virtue
(Sundays: 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

The Book of Jeremiah offers the following dry assessment of the people of his time:        
“Thus says the LORD:        
Stand at the crossroads, and look,          
and ask for the ancient paths,        
where the good way lies; and walk in it,        
and find rest for your souls.        
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’” [Jer. 6:16]

It begs the question, though, “What are these ancient paths, these ‘good ways’, and how are we to walk in them?” The Pastor’s Class aims to answer by making a survey of moral philosophy focussed on the concept of virtue.

First, we will examine the basics of moral philosophy as a foundation upon which we can then engage in a careful study of the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Heavenly Virtues. Pastor Paul will teach about each of these in turn and will suggest a paring of deadly sins with corresponding virtues which we might pursue to avoid the sins. Come join us and bring a friend!

Seeking the Good Life — Earlier sessions are online
The earlier sessions of the Pastor’s Class on the Virtues
are posted to the church app at this link.
The audio file for the class is also accompanied by a button
to download a PDF of the slides used in the session.

Cool Book for July
The Cool Books Club will read The Book That Made Your World: How The Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization, by Vishal Mangalwadi, an Indian philosopher.

A review on Amazon states that this book will transform your perception of the Bible's influence on virtually every facet of Western civilization. (See more information below.)

The book is not available in the local library, but you may be able to access it through interlibrary loan. New and used paperbacks, Kindle versions and audibles are available. You can locate sources for ordering used copies at this link for Bookfinder.com.

We will meet via Zoom on July 12th at 7:00 p.m. instead of our usual first Tuesday of the month in honor of those who may still be celebrating Independence Day during the first week of July. 

 If interested, contact Josetta McLaughlin at josettamclaughlin027@gmail.com for an invitation.

Amazon review:
Understand where we came from.

Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its relevance, The Book That Made Your World will transform your perception of its influence on virtually ever facet of Western civilization.

Indian philosopher Vishal Mangalwadi reveals the personal motivation that fueled his own study of the Bible and systematically illustrates how its precepts became the framework for societal structure throughout the last millennium. From politics and science, to academia and technology, the Bible's sacred copy became the key that unlocked the Western mind.

Through Mangalwadi's wide-ranging and fascinating investigation, you'll discover:

• What triggered the West's passion for scientific, medical, and technological advancement
• How the biblical notion of human dignity informs the West's social structure and how it intersects with other worldviews
• How the Bible created a fertile ground for women to find social and economic empowerment
• How the Bible has uniquely equipped the West to cultivate compassion, human rights, prosperity, and strong families
• The role of the Bible in the transformation of education
• How the modern literary notion of a hero has been shaped by the Bible's archetypal protagonist

Journey with Mangalwadi as he examines the origins of a civilization's greatness and the misguided beliefs that threaten to unravel its progress. Learn how the Bible transformed the social, political, and religious institutions that have sustained Western culture for the past millennium, and discover how secular corruption endangers the stability and longevity of Western civilization.

Endorsements:

"In polite society, the mere mention of the Bible often introduces a certain measure of anxiety. A serious discussion on the Bible can bring outright contempt. Therefore, it is most refreshing to encounter this engaging and informed assessment of the Bible's profound impact on the modern world. Where Bloom laments the closing of the American mind, Mangalwadi brings a refreshing optimism." (Stanley Mattson, founder and president, C. S. Lewis Foundation)

"Vishal Mangalwadi recounts history in very broad strokes, always using his cross-cultural perspectives for highlighting the many benefits of biblical principles in shaping civilization." (George Marsden, professor, University of Notre Dame; author, Fundamentalism and American Culture)

"The Indian perspective is a breath of fascinating fresh air for American readers. I wish and pray that it finds readers willing to have their minds shaken and their hearts, yes, their hearts, stirred as well." (James W. Sire, author, The Universe Next Door and Habits of the Mind)

"This book is well overdue! If there is one book that has shaped Europe's art, architecture, commerce, education, ethics, family life, freedom, government, healthcare, law, language, literature, music, politics, science, social reform, and much more, it is the Bible. Yet biblical illiteracy is almost universal in Europe today. We need Vishal's clear, prophetic, Eastern voice to jolt us back to reality before our rich biblical heritage slips beyond our grasp." (Jeff Fountain, director, Schuman Centre for European Studies, the Netherlands)

"Vishal's book is one of a kind-vast in scope, penetrating in its depth, and prophetic in its message. If we fail to listen and recover the importance of the Bible in personal and public life, then the sun may set on the West. This book is a tract for our times and a must-read for anyone concerned with impacting our culture." (Art Lindsley, author, C. S. Lewis's Case for Christ)

Faith Formation for Adults

•  Sunday Mornings: 9:15-10:15 a.m.

Pastor’s Class (FH Annex) 
Seeking the Good Life — A Study of Virtue

The Book of Jeremiah offers the following dry assessment of the people of his time:        
“Thus says the LORD:        
Stand at the crossroads, and look,          
and ask for the ancient paths,        
where the good way lies; and walk in it,        
and find rest for your souls.        
 But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’” [Jer. 6:16]
It begs the question, though, “What are these ancient paths, these ‘good ways’, and how are we to walk in them?” The Pastor’s Class aims to answer by making a survey of moral philosophy focused on the concept of virtue. First, we will examine the basics of moral philosophy as a foundation upon which we can then engage in a careful study of the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Heavenly Virtues. Pastor Paul will teach about each of these in turn and will suggest a paring of deadly sins with corresponding virtues which we might pursue to avoid the sins. Come join us and bring a friend!

Seeking the Good Life — Earlier sessions are online
Earlier sessions of the Pastor’s Class on the Virtues are posted to the church app at this link. The audio files for the classes are also accompanied by a button to download a PDF of the slides used in the session.

• Wednesday Evenings: 7:30 to 8:30p.m.

Bible & Beyond (Meeting via Zoom: link on Adult Faith Formation webpage (scroll down page)
Meeting ID: 821 3749 4129  Passcode: 614614

From March 2 through June 29 the Bible & Beyond class will study the history of Chrisitianity in the U.S. using selected lectures from the Great Courses' video series The History of Christianity II: From the Reformation to the Modern Megachurch.

The class is led by Alan and Lisa Ward, and conducted over Zoom on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome.

Individual lecture topics included in the study are listed below.

• The First Great Awakening
• Religion and Revolution in the 18th Century
• The Second Great Awakening
• The Mormons: A True American Faith
• Slave Religion in the Americas
• Christian Missions and Moral Reform
• The Church's Encounter with Modern Learning
• The Social Gospel
• Fundamentalism and Pentecostalism
• Apocalyptic Faith in the 1800s and Beyond
• The Church and the Russian Revolution
• The Rival Gods of the Cold War
• Rebellion and Reform in Latin America
• Vatican II and Global Renewal
• Secularism and the Death of God
• The Gospel and Global Civil Rights
• Culture Wars and the Christian Right
• The Challenge of 21st Century Christianity

Details of more Faith Formation Classes and events will follow as provided. 

Faith Formation for Children and Youth 

Regular classes meet at 9:15 a.m.

CPC Kids: Sunday Mornings 9:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Nursery Care- Room 221: Dedicated staff members provide consistency in care for Infant and Toddlers up to age 3

Sunday Mornings 9:15 - 10:15 a.m.
Preschool- Room 224 Children aged 3-5 will engage in play and practice-based lessons from the Follow Me curriculum

Elementary School- Rooms 220 & 222 Children in K-5th grade will use lessons from the Follow Me curriculum as well as “Growing in God’s Love” story Bible curriculum

Sunday Mornings 10:30 - 11:10 a.m.
Children in Worship- Room 225  Children ages 3 1/2 - 7 years old gather for an authentic worship experience following the general order of worship in the sanctuary, but on a child’s level. Children will be brought to the sanctuary for Children’s Time and then will join their parents the remainder of worship.