United Church of Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
No matter who you are, or where you are on life's journey,
You are welcome here.
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Pastors Jill and Richard Edens
We are a United Church of Christ congregation.
We invite people of every age, race, marital status, sexual orientation, means, ability and spiritual tradition to join us in the love of God and neighbor: through worship, dedication to education and commitment to service. We are an Open and Affirming congregation. We are committed to justice.
- Worship service Sundays at 8:45 AM and 11:00 AM
- Church School (all ages) at 10:00 AM
- Nursery provided
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Sign up for the 2008 Fall Retreat at the Blowing Rock Conference Center (October 17-19)
Our Saturday morning program this year is “Creating and Living Your Purpose” with Jim Koehneke. The purpose of this year's retreat is to help participants connect to a deeper understanding of their personal mission in life, or soul purpose, by examining their current reality in relationship to the vision they hold for their own life and spirit. Having worked with individuals in job changes and life transitions as a career coach for over fifteen years, Jim has found that many people are unclear about just what their authentic purpose is, how to bring it into reality, and how to overcome the beliefs and stories of their lives that hold them back from effectively expressing their unique talents and gifts.
Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of what they value most relative to work experience in their lives, along with an action plan to identify the next steps to take in their journey to authentic and creative full self expression. Jim's book, Creating and Living Your Purpose, will be on sale at UCCH for those who wish to read it prior to the retreat.
Just print out the application and return it to us by Sunday, September 21. Thank you!
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
God is stillspeaking, - Media with a Mission
From Raleigh to Greensboro
During the first two week of September, the UCC television ad "Bouncers" (http://www.ucc.org/god-is-still-speaking/televison-ads.html) will be aired on select stations through Time Warner Cable. At the same time, there will be sponsorships on public radio (WUNC-FM and WNCU-FM) with our invitation that "no matter where you are in life's journey you are welcome here." This is being done through the cooperation of the national church, the Southern Conference, and 12 UCC congregations from Raleigh to Greensboro.
"Steeples" Ad to be aired nationally: Our local use of the "Bouncers" ad will be followed by the national church's use of the "Steeples" ad (http://www.ucc.org/allthepeople/) over the last two weeks of September. The national church is currently raising $350,000 to make this happen. (http://www.ucc.org/allthepeople/)
You are invited to help make this happen.
BE AN INVITATION
We have often remarked that fall is the season of hospitality in our church as this is the time when we have the most visitors or people seeking to connect with a church community. The "back to school" rhythm of our community's life has a distinct influence!
In addition to these media buys, please be an invitation. For example, September 7, Celebration of Ministries, is a great Sunday to introduce our congregation to neighbors, colleagues or newcomers. Please extend a personal invitation.
Chancel Choir - Resumes rehearsal Wednesday, 7:15 pm in the Music Room.
United Voices of Praise - Resumes rehearsal Thursday, 7 pm at Fisher Memorial Church in Durham.
Chamber Singers - Resumes rehearsal Thursday, 7:30 pm in Sanctuary.
8:45 & 11 am Worship
Susan Steinberg will preach this Sunday. Music at 8:45 this Sunday will be provided by Steve Peterson; at 11 am, we'll hear the Chancel Choir.
10 am Interested Person's Gathering - Family Parlor
11 am Spanish Language Service - Assembly Hall
Want to learn more about United Church? You are invited to join the pastors in the Family Parlor for an informational gathering of our exciting ministries here at United Church. Join us for coffee or tea and we'll answer any questions you may have.
Saturday, Sept. 6, 9 - noon
In addition to setting up the Fellowship Hall for our Celebration of Ministries on September 7, we have a number of indoor and outdoor tasks to accomplish as we prepare for the beginning of the fall program.
We need your help.
Please bring: bushwackers, saws, clippers, wheelbarrows, ladders, buckets, rags, window cleaner...
....and join us in freshening up your church building so we can kick off the new church year.
These are the kinds of tasks we will be working on:
Indoor tasks: changing light bulbs, wiping down window ledges, taking tape off windows, cleaning windows, touch-up painting.
Outdoor tasks: weeding, "limbing-up" to create deeper vistas into the forest that surrounds us, and trimming bushes.
The Fellowship Board will be proving lunch. Please join us to spruce up the church for our new church year. Thank you.
Sunday, September 7 - 10 am - Fellowship Hall
On this opening day, we host a celebration of ministries.
All the church boards and committees will have tables in the Fellowship Hall describing their activities and inviting you into service.
At this time, parents and children are also invited downstairs to see their classrooms, meet the Church School teachers, and register for church school.
If you are
-new to our congregation,
-planning to get involved
-inviting a friend to worship,
this is a great way to become acquainted with the ministries of United Church of Chapel Hill.
We now have 1,470 Carrboro/Chapel Hill households that depend on monthly grocery bags from the Food Pantry.
Food Pantry needs: biscuit mix, baking mix, black eye peas, dry pinto beans, dry black beans, corn muffin mix, elbow macaroni, pork and beans, mayonnaise, juice, spaghetti, spaghetti sauce, tuna
Other Needs: paper grocery bags with handles, empty egg cartons, diapers of all sizes for HomeStart
Volunteer Needs:
Receptionists (Carrboro/HomeStart and Community House),
Client interviewers (Carrboro building - 4hr morning/afternoon shifts),
Community House physicians, nurses, mental health professionals for clinics, data entry/office related volunteers, meal monitors,
Food Pantry volunteers and more.
Volunteer orientation is the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7 pm at our Carrboro location. Contact Elizabeth Garfunkel at assistant@ifcmailbox.org.
Families with children may want to make a note of the following dates:
*Church School Open House is September 7, 10-11 am. This is a good time to meet your child's teachers, see where their classrooms are and fill out the registration form. Registration forms are also available online (click link: http://www.unitedchurch.org/noindex/ChurchSchoolRegistrationForm.pdf.
*Children's Choir rehearsals begin on September 7, during the 8:45 service. Children in kindergarten-5th grade are welcome. Contact choir director Paige Barnett if you have any questions: pbarnett2@nc.rr.com.
*Church School begins on September 14. Classes run from 10-10:50 am.
*Kids Kare, a worship-based progam for children at the 8:45 service who are not in children's choir, is also scheduled to begin on September 14. Children in this group leave the sanctuary after the Children's Message and return to the service after the sermon. A core group of volunteers is needed to sustain Kids Kare throughout the year; volunteers rotate the weekly responsibility of spending approximately twenty minutes with the children, using a pre-set curriculum to guide the conversation. Please contact Susan Steinberg, ssteinberg@unitedchurch.org or Maryjohn Blanchard, mjbbooks@gte.net if you would like to volunteer.
Parents will receive a letter detailing these programs later this week.
SR. HIGH ADULT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Adult volunteers are needed for the coming school year to work with Sr. High Youth programs at United Church. We need ONE MORE Sunday morning Church School teacher to round out our team of three, and SEVERAL MORE Sunday evening Youth Group volunteers. If you think that you may be interested in helping out, please contact Frank Boyd at the church office, 942-3540 ext. 55, or by email at unitedyouthgroup@gmail.com. We have amazing and wonderful youth in this congregation and they are SO MUCH FUN to hang out with.
COLLEGE STUDENT ADDRESSES NEEDED
The Sr. High youth group will be sending care packages to the church's college students in November to help get them through fall exams. If you have a college student in your family, please email their name, email address, & school mailing address to Frank at unitedyouthgroup@gmail.com. Please include what school they are attending, what their major is, and what year they are in school. Thank you.
SIXTH GRADE YOUTH & PARENTS EMAIL ADDRESSES WANTED
If you would like to receive the weekly emails that are sent out with updated information on United Youth events, please email Frank Boyd at unitedyouthgroup@gmail.com The information needed is the youth's name, school, grade, & email address, as well as parent name, telephone #, address, and email address. Thank you for helping us speed up communications and cut down on paper use. This information may also be sent to the church attn: Frank Boyd. (This also applies to any youth who are 7-12th grade who are not currently on the youth email list and wish to be added.)
You may now download the application to our Fall Retreat to Blowing Rock Conference Center from our website www.unitedchurch.org or by clicking on the link http://www.unitedchurch.org/noindex/2008fallretreatapplication.pdf.
Just print out the application and return it to us by Sunday, September 21.
For more information, please contact the church office at ucch@unitedchurch.org. Thank you.
Tuesday, August 26
7:00 pm Church Council - Room 235
Wednesday, August 27
7 am Bible Study - Library
7 pm Bd Youth & Young Adults - Youth Lounge
7:30 pm Chancel Choir - Music Room
Thursday, August 28
9 am Yoga - Assembly Hall
Noon - UCCH serves lunch at IFC Community Kitchen
7 pm United Voices Rehearsal - Fisher Church
7:30 pm Chamber Singers - Sanctuary
Sunday, August 24
8:45 & 11 am Worship
11 am Spanish Language Service - Assembly Hall
Monday, September 1 - LABOR DAY (church office closed)
Tuesday, September 2
7 pm Bd of Adult Education - Room 235
Wednesday, September 3
7 am Bible Study - Library
7 pm Centennial Bell Committee - Conference Room
7:30 pm Chancel Choir - Music Room