e-Newsletter United Church of Chapel Hill

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Join us tomorrow for our
WEDNESDAY LENTEN DINNER AND STUDY SERIES

Join us for Peruvian Dinner this Wednesday 5:45 pm: Menu: Chupe Verde, Cold Corn Salad, Arroz con Pollo, Pasta with three pepper garnish (macaroni cheese), Tacu Tacu (rice and lentils), Camotillo ( sweet potato dessert), Maria Palmer's Apple torte dessert cooked and served by Girl Scout Troop 243.

Dinner Donations: $7/Adult; $3/Child: $20/Family

Studies begin at 6:30 pm.

This Wednesday you will have an opportunity to engage in one of eight different Lenten studies:

• Strengthening Relationships
• Sacred Conversation on Race (Photovoices)
• Regarding Race: Using Photography to Explore Racial Identity
• Alienation (for Young Adults)
• Five for Five: Spiritual Practices
• Seder Pottery with Cely Chicurel
• Parenting
• Understanding Passover (for Children)
• Prayer and Meditation

THIS SUNDAY'S WORSHIP AND EVENTS

*This Sunday - daylights savings time - spring your clocks forward one hour.*

Join us this Sunday for Worship
Worship 8:45 & 11:00 am: Jenny Shultz to preach.
Music at 8:45: UVoP Gospel Choir, 11 am: Chancel Choir 

 "Forward into Spring" Breakfast this Sunday
beginning at 8 am
Spring forward by joining the young adults for breakfast on March 14, beginning at 8 am. Yes, you turned your clocks and lost an hour of sleep. Come reset your internal clock with a cup of coffee and conversation with members of your church community. The Young Adults are cooking. Come early, have breakfast and stay for the 8:45 service. PLEASE JOIN US!

Secret Pal Party - This Sunday
To all Secret Pals, adults and childeren: this Sunday - March 14 - is when we will have our Secret Pal party where... all will be revealed....and you will get to meet your Secret Pal. The party will be held downstairs in the 4th/5th grade Sunday School Room. We will gather as soon as we can, starting at 10 am after the 8:45 Service.
After you meet your Pal be prepared to sit down and spend the rest of the time (45 minutes or so) getting to know them even better. Refreshments will be provided so all you need to do is get your coffee and come on down. If you are not going to be able to make the Party please contact the church office at office@unitedchurch.org so your Pal can be notified and alternate arrangements made.

Sunday's Adult Forum
"Against the Tide", 10 am Fellowship Hall
Come celebrate and meet the stars of this documentary that documents the successful six and nine month return of two men, Bill Rasor and LeJhoyn Holland, as citizens from Orance Correctional Center. A trailer of the documentary will be shown, members of their Orange support team will be present, and Q and A will held. Join in this witness of faith, perseverance, and success.

Sunday's Calendar and Events
8 am Breakfast (provided by Young Adults
8:45 am & 11 am Worship Service - Sanctuary
8:45 & 11 Children's Choir - Music Room
8:45 Kids Kare - Room 235
10 am Church School Classes for All Ages
Adult Forum - Fellowship Hall
Youth & Children - Downstairs Classrooms
Spiritual Growth - Family Parlor
Faith & Family - Room 229
Faith & Family B - Assembly Hall
Young Adults - Room 235
11:00 am Spanish Worship - Assembly Hall
11:00 am Board of Children's Ministry - Conference Room
1:30 pm Ambassadors Rehearsal - Music Room
5:00 pm Chi Gung - Family Parlor

Sunday Evening Youth Group Schedule

5 pm - ReMix Rehearsal
6 pm - Youth Group Dinner
6:30 - 7:30 pm Middle School, Sr. High & Parents:
Internet Safety with Amy Tiemann

Volunteers Needed for Good Friday Noonday Service
Friday, April 2
During this service, we process around the church, pausing at six different stations of the cross to remember the last days of Jesus' life. We begin in the home of Mary and Martha, go to the Garden in Gethsemane and Pilate' palace, stand beneath the cross, and conclude our journey at a tomb given by Joseph of Arimathea.

Along the way we hear from characters, sing songs, pray and remember. Readers, singers, and musicians are needed!

Please contact Susan Steinberg at ssteinberg@united.church.org if you are interested in singing a solo, playing your instrument, or being a reader at one of the stations.  Volunteers of all ages welcome!

All Church Workday

Saturday, April 3 - 9 am to noon!

Please join us to make things look great for Easter Sunday!
Weather-permitting and volunteer-powered, Buildings & Grounds has some small tasks to complete:
 

• outdoor cleaning in preparation for the Easter Sunrise Service
• roof cleaning
• caulking some of the joints and flashing on the roof
• trail cleaning in preparation for our outdoor creation workshops on Sunday morning, April 25
• lights

Workdays are always more fun when there are more people helping us get ready for Easter. Please consider coming out and helping out the:
 

• Fellowship Board for kitchen preparations for Easter Sunday
• Board of Deacons preparing the sanctuary for Easter

For more info., please contact Ron Johnson, rgj5823@yahoo.com. And as you think about getting ready for Easter, let's make Saturday morning, April 3, an enriching mix of work and fellowship.

Help for Easter Breakfast and Brunch on April 4
 

The Fellowship Board needs helpers for this year's annual Easter Breakfast and Easter Potluck Brunch. This event is always lots of fun (and very tasty).
 

Tasks include: food preparation, setting up the Fellowship, food "running" (refilling empty dishes), and clean up. Please contact the church office at office@unitedchurch.org if you are interested in participating.
 

Volunteers needed (choose a time):

____Saturday morning - during all church workday (April 3)
____ Saturday afternoon (April 4)
____ Early Sunday morning (6:30-8:30 am)
____ Sunday mid-morning (8:00-10:00 am)
____ Sunday mid-morning (10 -11:30 am)

MISSION TRIP TO HONDURAS
15 members of UCCH, including co-pastors Richard and Jill Edens, are in Abajo (outside of Yoro), Honduras, this week to continue a dairy goat project that was started last year. Please pray for fruitful ministry and safe travels. A complete description of the trip is in This Week.

RETIRED MEN'S GROUP
Wednesday, March 10 - Library
Retired Men's Group meets tomorrow at 10 am. Please join us!

MONDAY NIGHT WOMEN'S GROUP
On March 15, we'll continue discussing the book, When Faith Meets Reason: Religion Scholars Reflect on Their Spiritual Journeys, edited by Charles W. Hedrick. We meet in the Family Parlor at 7:30 pm. All women of the church are invited to join us.

UCCH CRAFT GROUP
We will not meet on Friday, March 12, at the church, but instead we will meet Tuesday, March 16, at Cely's House of Crafts at 7 pm. We will paint rocks. The cost will be $5.00. No supplies or experience needed. Please RSVP to Linda Boucher Williams at: boucherl@hpw.com or call 906-6350. We will meet at the church and carpool to her place at 6:50 pm. We did this last year, and it was so much fun! Please join us!

UCCH CENTENNIAL CONCERT SERIES
Presents:
Requiem by Gabriel Fauré
United Church Chancel and Youth Choirs with orchestra
Sunday, March 21
7 pm in the Sanctuary

CHILDREN'S CHOIR CONCERT
Join us for special worship services (8:45 and 11) on Sunday, March 21, for a special Children's Choir concert with their production of "I Witness News: Live from Jericho."

ATTENTION ALL YOUTH PARENTS:
United Church is hosting the youth group from our sister church in Cologne, Germany, this summer August 15-21. We need 26 HOST families during this time. If you are interested in learning more about hosting a German youth please email Jenny Shultz at unitedyouthgroup@gmail.com by Friday, March 19. This will be a wonderful experience for your youth as well as your entire family. Please consider joining us as a host family this summer!
 

THIS WEEK'S CALENDAR

Tuesday, March 9
10 am Women's Fellowship - Library
1:30 pm Knitting Group - Family Parlor
7: 30 pm Yokefellows Prison Ministry - Or. Corr. Cnt.

Wednesday, March 10
7 am Bible Study - Library
10 am Retired Men's Group
5:45 pm Lenten Dinner & Programs
7:30 pm Chancel Choir - Music Room

Thursday, March 11
9 am Yoga - Assembly Hall
7:30 pm Chamber Singers - Sanctuary
 

Sunday, March 14 (see article above for Sunday's schedule)

Monday, March 15
5 pm Spanish Classes - Room 161
6 pm Handbells - Music Room
6 pm Bus Poster Mtg - Conf. Room
7 pm Bd of Adult Ed - Library
7:15 pm Web Committee - Conf. Room
7:30 pm Monday Women's Group - Family Parlor

Tuesday, March 16
6:30 pm MES Board Mtg - Library
7 pm Board of Trustees - Room 235
7 pm Crafts Group - Cely's House of Crafts
7: 30 pm Yokefellows Prison Ministry - Or. Corr. Cnt.