Sunday, January 25

8:45 am & 11 am Worship - Sanctuary 9 am Children’s Choir - Music Room 10 am Sunday School Classes for all ages Adult Forum - Fellowship Hall

Spiritual Growth Class - Conference Room

SCOR Class - Room 229

Faith and Family - Family Parlor

Youth and Children’s - downstairs classrooms

10 am Interested Person’s Gathering - Assembly Hall 11 am Board of Children's Ministries - Room 229 12 pm MES Board Meeting - Room 235 12:15 pm Behold the Earth Planning Committee -

Room 229 2 pm Ambassadors rehearsal - Assembly Hall 3 pm James DeWolfe Perry - Fellowship Hall 2:45 pm Voice for Life - Music Room

3:50 pm Youth Choir - Music Room 5 pm Youth Groups - Youth Lounge 7 pm Taize Worship Service - Sanctuary

Monday, January 26

12 pm Noon Book Group - Library 5 pm Spanish Class - Conference Room 6 pm Bronze Voices - Music Room 7:15 pm Women’s Group - Library 7:15 pm Chancel Bells - Music Room

Tuesday, January 27

7 pm Church Council - Room 235

Wednesday, January 28

7 am Bible Study - Library 3 pm Spanish Class - Conference Room 5:45 pm Light Up Your Winter dinner Programs begin at 6:30 pm 6:15 pm Jr. Handbells - Music Room 7:30 pm Chancel Choir - Music Room

Thursday, January 29 7:30 pm Chamber Singers - Music Room

Friday, January 30

9:15 am Yoga - Assembly Hall 11:30 am Meditation/Prayer Group - Library

Saturday, January 31 6 pm Spanish Worship Service- Sanctuary

SERMON SHAPING

BIBLE STUDY

On Wednesday mornings at 7 am in the church library, join one of your pastors and fel-low church persons in looking ahead at the lessons for the coming Sunday. It’s early, but the coffee is on and the study is rewarding. .

To be discussed on Wednesday, January 28:

Sunday. Feb. 1 - 4th Sunday after Epiphany Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Psalm 111 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Mark 1:21-28

Jesus speaks with compassion and power, healing

a demoniac in the synagogue.

To be discussed on Wednesday, February 4:

Sunday. Feb. 8 - 5th Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 40:21-31 Psalm 147:1-11, 20c 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Mark 1:29-39

Jesus preaches and heals among the people, but

withdraws into solitude to pray.

To be discussed on Wednesday, February 11:

Sunday. Feb. 15 - Transfiguration Sunday 2 Kings 2:1-12 Psalm 50:1-6 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Mark 9:2-9

On a high mountain, the glory of God present in

Jesus is revealed to Peter, James and John.

“We believe in We believe in We believe in We believe in God’s continuing testament in the world…God’s continuing testament in the world…God’s continuing testament in the world…God’s continuing testament in the world… ...extravagant welcome...extravagant welcome...extravagant welcome...extravagant welcome ...and changing lives.”...and changing lives.”...and changing lives.”...and changing lives.”

United Church of Chapel Hill A Congregation of the United Church of Christ

GOD IS STILL SPEAKING,

Today at 10 am

Adult Forum “Food and Faith” Series Food and Environment - (Dr. Carl Sigel, Chair,

Steering Committee NCIPL, Church of the Nativ-

ity)

What we eat every day profoundly affects not only ourselves but all of creation. About one-third of the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions result from agri-culture, and climate change has already cut into the global food supply. The increasing world popula-tion is placing unprecedented demands on agricul-ture and natural resources. This week we explore these big picture affects and also some innovative solutions being studied and implemented to build a more sustainable future.

Food and the Sacred – This Week’s Food Tip

What’s in Season? Food miles add significantly to the financial and greenhouse gas cost of our food. But, intensive greenhouse technologies can make even locally produce, out-of-season fruit as damaging to the climate as red meat. Trying to eat foods that are both locally produced and in season can significantly reduce your “foodprint.” This week, make a trip to the farmer’s market closest to your home and dis-cover what is in season that will make a delicious family meal.

Interested Persons Gathering (10 am, Assem-

bly Hall) If you have been worshiping with us and are inter-ested in knowing more about our community of faith, please join Pastor Richard Edens this morning at 10 am (between the two worship services) in Assembly Hall A.

Sunday School for youth and children

(Downstairs Classrooms)

Spiritual Growth class (Conference Room) Discussing the book Receiving the Day: Chris-

tian Practices for Opening the Gift of Time by Dorothy Bass. Please join us!

Faith and Family Class (Family Parlor) Discussing the book, Daring Greatly: How the

Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way

We Live, Love, Parent and Lead, by Brene Brown.

Young Adults (Assembly Hall) Discussing #Occupy the Bible, by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite. We hope you will join us for a great book discussion on what it means to occupy sacred space and time in this 21st postmodern century.

Sacred Conversation on Race (Room 229)

Sunday Afternoon Youth Activities ♦ 2:45 pm Voice for Life

♦ 3:50 pm Youth Choir

♦ 5 pm Youth Groups - Cooking for the Inter-faith Council Community Kitchen, Youth will be making casseroles to share with the homeless community of Chapel Hill and Carrboro.

Conversation with James DeWolf Perry this afternoon at 3 pm. For more information,

please see page 2.

Taizé worship service (7 pm)

Taizé is woven with Christian song and chants, interspersed with prayerful silence, scripture reading, more song, more prayer, and more silence. Be prepared to walk away from the experience re-freshed, renewed, and at peace. Please join us!

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION with James DeWolf Perry Sunday, January 25

(3 pm, Fellowship Hall)

Join us on Sunday afternoon, January 25, for a continuing Sacred Conversation on Race with the Ex-

ecutive Director of the Tracing Center, James DeWolf Perry. James DeWolf Perry was with us last October when we had a retreat at which we viewed and dis-

cussed the documentary “Traces of the Trade,” which chronicles descendents of the DeWolf family discovering their New England family’s complicity in slavery. The documentary underscores our nation’s complicity in slavery for the purpose of racial justice, healing and reconciliation, for the benefit of all. While forgetting our history has had tragic consequences and caused many to live as if no change is

possible, the good news of “Traces of the Trade” is that rightly knowing our past creates hope and the possibility that our future can be different from our past.

The Tracing Center The Tracing Center (http://www.tracingcenter.org) was founded in 2009 to build on the work of pro-

ducing the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary, Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North. The Tracing Center’s mission is to create greater awareness of the full extent of the nation’s complic-

ity in slavery and the transatlantic slave trade and to inspire acknowledgement, dialogue and active response to this history and its many legacies. It is done for the purpose of racial justice, healing, and reconciliation, for the benefit of all. It accomplishes its mission by engaging people of all backgrounds in programming that blends the

historical and the contemporary, the personal and the social, “head” and “heart.” Based in the Boston-area, the Tracing Center offers programs nationally aimed at general audiences, as well as program-ming designed especially for educational settings, communities of faith, public history institutions, and workplaces.

James DeWolf Perry, Executive Director James was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role as the principal historical consultant for the

PBS documentary, Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North, in which he also appears as a descendant of James DeWolf, the leading slave-trader in U.S. history. After the release of the film, James co-founded the Tracing Center and served as its founding board chair before becoming execu-tive director. James now leads many public programs on racial healing and equity, as well as profes-sional workshops for educators and public history professionals. He has spoken across the country, and abroad, about his family’s, and our nation’s, historic role in slavery and about the legacy of this history today. James is the co-editor of Interpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites (Rowman & Littlefield, January 2015), and has written other publications aimed at improving the interpretation of slavery and race in our nation’s history. He attended Columbia Law School and his graduate work at Harvard University has included research into the transatlantic slave trade and its abolition.

2

If you wish to volunteer, please go to the Habitat for Humanity (HFH) website at:

http://www.orangehabitat.volunteerhub.com. Follow the directions for registering or, if previously registered, for signing-up for a morning or afternoon Saturday time slot. For the rest of January, we need volunteers for:

♦ January 31 (AM and PM shifts) If you have questions about the on-line sign-up proc-ess, please call Dennis Pagano at 919-419-9502 or email to Lpagano48@gmail.com.

11 This Week - January 25, 2015

GIRL SCOUTS COOKIE SALES AT UCCH

Senior Troop 243 and Cadette Troop 1158 (meeting at UCCH on Tuesday evenings) will be selling Girl Scout Cookies in the Fellow-ship Hall on Sundays, Jan 25, Feb 1 & 8 from 9 am to 12 pm. Cookies are $3.50/box, gluten free $5.00/pkge (credit/debit, cash or checks accepted)

Avoiding calories?

Choose “Operation Cookie Drop” (donate a box to overseas military troops OR buy a box and donate to Yokefellow Prison Ministry, IFC Kitchen or UCCH Coffee Host cupboard).

2015 SERVANT LEADERSHIP COURSE NOW REGISTERING

Johnson Service Corps invites adults of all ages to our spring 2015 Servant Leadership course. Servant Leadership is a path and a practice that invites us into deeper relationship with God and others in community as we explore both an in-ward journey of personal transformation and an outward journey of sacred service. Classes will meet on Tuesdays, 6 - 8 pm, February 24 - May 5 at St Luke's Episcopal Church in Durham. Regis-ter by February 10th by contacting Sarah Horton-Campbell at 919-442-2568 or sarah@johnsonservicecorps.org.

Please Join the Next Racial Equity Workshop

Our next workshop at UCCH is

February 7-8, 2015 (8:30 am to 5 pm). At the

Hargraves Community Center.

To register or to get more information, please contact Wanda Hunter at

whunter1@nc.rr.com or 919-929-9655.

NEW OXFORD HOUSE FOR MEN OPENING FEBRUARY 1

New Oxford House is in need of household items(furniture, linens, pots, pans, etc.) Contact Paula Harrington at paula.harrington@oxfordhouse.org if you have items to donate. They are especially in need of dressers, lamps, and night stands.

YOUTH MINISTRIES NEWS AND CALENDAR

♦ January 25– Casseroles for IFC, 5-6:15 pm

♦ February 1- Vespers & Potluck (5 - 6:30 pm)

♦ February 8- Community Lunch (11 am -1 pm)

♦ February 15 - February Follies/Carnival (5 - 7 pm)

♦ February 22- Stop Hunger Now Meal Packag-ing Event (12:30-2:30 pm)

♦ March 1- Vespers & Potluck, (5 - 6:30 pm)

♦ March 8- Community Lunch (11 am - 1 pm)

♦ Saturday, Mar. 14- Spring Service Day with area Youth Groups

♦ March 15- Small Groups (5 - 6:15 pm)

♦ March 22- Youth Sunday Rehearsal (5 - 6:15 pm)

YOUTH CHOIR REHEARSALS

♦ January 25 -VfL 2:45 pm; Youth Choir 3:50- 4:55

♦ February 1- VfL, 2:45 pm; Youth Choir 3:50-4:55; Sing for Vespers 5 pm

♦ February 8- Youth Choir Warmup 9:30-10 am; YC Sing for 2nd service, 11 - 12; Youth Choir 1-2 pm; VfL 2-3 pm

♦ February 15 - VfL, 2:45 pm; Youth Choir 3:50-4:55; February Follies, Carnival, 5-7pm

♦ February 22- Youth Choir 1:45-3 pm; VfL 3 - 4 pm (Youth Choir volunteers for SHN 12:30-1:30)

♦ March 1- VfL, 2:45 pm; Youth Choir 3:50-4:55; Sing for Vespers 5 pm

10 This Week - January 25, 2015

From the UCCH Library For additional perspectives on today’s readings from the lectionary, check out the following:

• Spencer, F.S. “Follow me”: The imperious

call of Jesus in the synoptic Gospels. Interpre-

tation, 59(2), 143-153, April 2005. 220 Int

• Rhoads, D., Dewey, J., & Michie, D. The dis-

ciples. In Mark as Story: An Introduction to

the Narrative of a Gospel, p122-129. 226.6 Rho M

• McKenna, M. The first calling. In On Your

Mark: Reading Mark in the Shadow of the

Cross, p26-29. 226.7 McK O

• Borg, M.J. The kingdom of God [and] The

call to follow Jesus. In Conversations with

Scripture: The Gospel of Mark, p27-31. 226.5 Bor C

• Benne, R. The call of God. In Ordinary

Saints: An Introduction to the Christian Life, p29-52. 248.4 Ben O

• L’Engle, M. The Journey with Jonah. 812

Len J

• Taylor, B.B. Ninevites and ne’er-do-wells. In

Gospel Medicine, p99-104. 252 Tay G

• Hampl, P. In the belly of the whale. In Out of

the Garden: Women Writers on the Bible, p289-300. 221.6 Out

A volunteer will be available in the library, 10 -11, to assist you in finding these materials or other items of interest to you. At other times, please serve yourself.

PARKING

Help us leave parking available near to the church building for those who need to park close an entrance by: 1. Parking in the UNC Homestead Facility (formerly Duke Energy)

parking lot and walking the path; or 2. Parking on the westernmost side of our parking lot and walking a

few extra steps.

ADULT FORUM ON FOOD AND FAITH

Coming soon:

Feb 1: Food and Hunger -

(Rev. Jill Bullard, ED

Interfaith Food Shuttle,

Episcopal Deacon)

While God’s model is one of abundance, hu-man societies have dis-torted access to food and created great disparities. While 2/3 of North Caro-linian adults are over-weight or obese, one in four North Carolinian children is food inse-cure. This week we learn about the disparities in access to nutritious food in our state and how it is being addressed in seven central NC counties through the efforts of people of faith.

Feb 8: Food Production and Justice

(Abraham Palmer, member UCCH)

Most of us living in affluent developed nations have lost contact with the origins of our food. It seems to appear by magic on store shelves. But, all food has a story – and that story can be wildly different from food to food. This week we talk about how two very different food stories affect the nutritional and spiritual quality of food we eat every day.

“SOUPER BOWL” SUNDAY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1

Please look for United Church youth outside the Sanctuary at both worship ser-vices on Souper Bowl Sunday with soup pots to collect money and non-perishable food items. All foods collected will go to the IFC Food Pantry and Stop Hunger Now.

3

THANK YOU, LIGHT ON THE HILL CAMPAIGN!

Please walk through the church school hall-way downstairs. The doors of our Church School rooms have larger panels of glass corresponding with Safe Church guide-lines ... and has the added benefit of casting more light into the hallway. In addition, the hallway has been painted. Two of the rooms have additional cabinetry. Thank you for your gifts to the Light on the Hill Cam-paign, which have been renewing our edu-cational space.

COMING UP NEXT: SOLAR PANELS

The next project for our Light On the Hill Campaign is the installation of solar panels. We would like to schedule the installation of the solar panels for late spring or summer. If you have been waiting to make your gift until the year in which we will be installing solar panels, now is the time to give. Thank you.

MONDAY NIGHT WOMEN'S GROUP

On January 26, the group will discuss Chapter Five, Bud-dhism: the Way of Awakening in "God is Not One: The Eight

Rival Religions That Run the

World -- and Why Their Dif-

ferences Matter" by Stephen Prothero. All women are welcome. We meet at 7:15 pm in the church library. All women in the church are wel-come to join us.

4 This Week - January 18, 2015

Valentines Dance Valentines Dance Valentines Dance Valentines Dance

and Chocolatesand Chocolatesand Chocolatesand Chocolates

Saturday, February 14 7:30 Saturday, February 14 7:30 Saturday, February 14 7:30 Saturday, February 14 7:30 ---- 10 pm (Fellowship Hall) 10 pm (Fellowship Hall) 10 pm (Fellowship Hall) 10 pm (Fellowship Hall)

Advance Tickets On Sale Now - Save $5!!

Live dance music will be provided the our own Ambassadors Big Band, with entertainment between sets by Bill and Tim Rinehart, piano and string bass. The evening will feature the UCCH famous all-you-can-eat chocolate smorgasbord and fair trade coffees and teas. This event is for couples and singles, dancers and toe-tappers, and those who just love great live music! Be sure to order your tickets in advance for this year's Valentine's Dance! Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. You can drop a check into the offering, pay a music committee member, or order your ticket online. For online tickets go to www.unitedchurch.org, click on “Event Registration” at the top of the page.

9 This Week - January 25, 2015

A CALL FOR PHOTOS THIS SUNDAY AND ALWAYS!

You all are constantly doing a million amazing things - why keep them to yourself? The next time you take photos at a church event or an event involving church people, forward them to of-fice@unitedchurch.org and we'll post them on the website and Facebook, so that we can share the breadth of what you're up to and so that others can be inspired by your witness. If applicable, please include a note about 1) what the event is and 2) the names of individuals in the photo. We look forward to seeing your radiant faces in digital form. Thank you!!

ASH WEDNESDAY

Wednesday, February 18

dinner at 6 pm

worship at 7 pm

Empty Bowls and Soup Supper

(6 pm)

We invite you to participate in a special Empty Bowl Project to raise money for the IFC. Members of the church have been busy making pottery bowls to be sold at the Ash Wednesday dinner on February 18 as part of a soup and bowl fundraiser for the IFC. The cost of the dinner will include a take home bowl and soup. Suggested $15 donation.

Worship Service (7 pm) Ash Wednesday begins the 40 days of the sea-son of Lent. Lent is a time of preparation for the joy of Easter. On Ash Wednesday human mortality is underscored (literally). During the Ash Wednesday service there is the opportunity for ashes to be placed on our foreheads as a reminder of our mortality, our flesh. [ . . . you are dust and to dust you shall return . . . Genesis 3:19] But it also points to the one who created us, and thus the service becomes a pronounce-ment of hope and grace.“ Please join us for worship at 7 pm.

WOMEN’S VOICES CHORUS CONCERT TODAY

Today at 3 pm, Women’s Voices Chorus will offer its annual winter concert at University United Methodist Church, 150 E. Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, NC. This concert will feature music from a variety of traditions, including music from Israel, Spain, England, and Bohemia, in addition to music honoring the women’s suffrage movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for students. Visit www.womensvoiceschorus.org or email con-tact@womensvoiceschorus.org for more informa-tion.

LIGHT UP YOUR WINTER 2015

January 28 and February 4 Dinner at 5:45 pm, Programs at 6:30 pm

From 5:45 - 6:30 pm. There will be a meal pro-vided by the groups listed below:

♦ Jan 28 - Wednesday's menu: spaghetti

(meat sauce, vegetarian, wheat gluten-free,

traditional), salad, dessert, & tea.

This pasta dinner will benefit God Provides Orphanage in Haiti, for which high school sen-ior Allie Parker plans to build a playground. Allie, her mother Donna and friends from West-ern Boulevard Presbyterian Church visited the orphanage several years ago. Allie will return there this summer.

♦ Feb 4 - Fundraiser dinner for UC Preschool

Programs include:

The Cross and the Lynching Tree with Richard &

Jill Edens and Thomas Nixon, Sr. Pastor, St

Paul’s AME and Dr. Reginald Hildebrand, UNC

professor

James H. Cone has recovered the terror and assault of the cross by aligning the cross and the lynching tree in his book by that name, The Cross and the

Lynching Tree. The challenge for 1st century Christians was how do you explain how life can be made meaningful in the face of such humiliation, terror and death by the supremacy needs - the sub-jugation of slaves -- of the Roman Empire as well as how can hope remain alive in a world where even in the land of your birth you are told “you do

not belong.” Similarly the challenge for African Americans during slavery and the lynching era (1880-1940) was how can life be made meaningful in the face of such humiliation and death by the supremacy needs – the subjugation of blacks – of the whites and how can hope remain alive in a world where even in the land of your birth you are told “you do not belong.” And ultimately how can our faith transform and heal the wounds of both the cross and the lynching tree.

Poetry and Winter’s Light with Susan Steinberg

Generations of poets have been moved by the changing light of winter’s daytime and evening skies. During this series we will read and reflect on some of the inspiring poems this season has evoked. Join us as we discover fresh meaning from mid-winter poetry.

Animate with Jenny Shultz

This is a seven session, DVD-based series which highlights the central practices of the Christian faith. The videos are created to speak to a wide range of theological perspectives, are engaging, and invite deep reflection upon such issues as prayer, food, worship, community and more. Please join us as we walk the journey of faith to-gether, one story at a time.

Living in the Face of Loss with Aly Breisch & Debbi

Carter

Alyson Breisch and Debbie Carter will lead discus-sions about experiencing grief and loss in our lives, the impact on our health and spirituality, self care practices, and how caring communities can re-spond.

Wellness with Tina Acker Walsh

This program will look at the relationship between fitness and faith. Tina will also present information on basic exercise, statistics on sedentary versus active adults, movement classes and programs, dis-pelling myths about women and weight, setting good realistic goals, and will answer questions re-lated to exercise.

Art Class offerings for adults and children

Ring Together Jr. Handbells with Jenny Anderson

(6:15 pm)

1st through 12th graders are invited to this four-week session, coinciding with the Light Up Your

Winter program at church. We will rehearse on January 14, 21, 28 and February 4. We will play in worship on Sunday, February 8. Beginners and experienced ringers are welcome!

8 This Week - January 25, 2015

CAN I GET A WITNESS?

STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION

FOR LENT 2015 Our observance of Lent and celebration of Easter have been made richer in recent years as people have shared stories of transformations, large and small. Perhaps you have a story of a God-sighting, a time when the presence of God was made manifest in your life. Or perhaps you have an ex-perience of “a way being made out of no way,” a movement from mourning to dancing, or finding light in darkness. If you have a story you would be willing to share with us during worship services this Lent (February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29), please speak with one of the pastors: Susan Steinberg, Jill Edens or Richard Edens.

5 This Week - January 25, 2015

CARNIVAL (February Follies)

Sunday, February 15 at 5 pm

This year our program will include various acts including, but not limited to:

vocal solos, ensembles, Choirs/instruments sketches, juggling, dancing, acrobatics, slam poetry, poetry readings, storytelling and many more amazing performances from the many gifts and talents of our UCCH community members.

If you would like to partici-pate in the show, please email Jenny Shultz at jshultz@unitedchurch.org. All sign-ups are due no later than Friday, Feb. 6 - but the sooner the better!

Last, but not least, in true CARNIVAL fash-ion the Girl Scouts will offer a “Pancake Sup-per” following the Show.

Opening Session led by Carolyn Toben, 9:15-

10:30 Carolyn Toben is an educator, counselor, grandmother and extraordinary creator of programs that offer indi-viduals and groups spiritual renewal and reconnection with the natural world. She lives and creates out of her family home at Timberlake Farm in Whitsett, about forty-five minutes west of Chapel Hill. In 2000, Caro-lyn founded what is now the Center for Education, Imagination and the Natural World, a Center that con-tinues to offer children and teachers new understand-ings of the human-earth relationship. Carolyn recently wrote a book, Recovering a Sense of

the Sacred, based on conversations with her dear friend of Father Thomas Berry, whose work on honoring crea-tion is known around the world. She travels around the country and beyond to talk about the book and lead retreats. During her time with us, Carolyn will describe the significance of “beholding,” and then will lead us through our experience of this practice.

Small Group Sessions, 10:45-11:45 Beholding At Home: Sustainable Household Practices

Church members Hiawatha Demby and Scott Sheppard, both of whom have longstanding experience with en-ergy reduction strategies, will offer participants practi-cal recommendations for honoring creation through our household habits.

Beholding Words: Finding Your Resonant Re-

minder Carolyn Toben and church member Cely Chicurel will guide participants through conversation about their re-flections on the morning’s outdoor discovery experi-ence. Following the conversation, participants will cre-ate a decorative representation of the word or words that emerged for each person or family. These words can be displayed in a common area in each home, re-minding participants to continue to practice beholding throughout the forty days of Lent.

Beholding with Our Hands: A Faith Experience

with Clay Church member Natalie Boorman, a potter and thera-pist, will lead this program of exploration with a gift from the earth: clay. Several years ago Natalie led a memorable and much-lauded workshop during the church retreat at Blowing Rock in which children and adults created together, sometimes wordlessly, in a beautiful process of both self- and mutual expression and understanding. For those who recall that experi-ence, this workshop will be a welcome reprise; for those who were not able to attend, this will be a unique opportunity to deepen your faith as you create with clay.

Beholding in Music: Hymns and Songs in Praise

of Creation Church member and choir member Craig Smith will lead this uplifting hour of singing. Participants will re-view or learn for the first time some of the most moving and delightful hymns of creation, from Morning Has Broken to God of the Sparrow, participants will enjoy this hour of music together—and may even want to sing for the whole group before the retreat concludes!

Behold the Earth: Invitation to a Lenten Practice

An Intergenerational Retreat on the first Saturday of Lent

Saturday, February 21 (9 am

Fellowship Hall

Beholding the Fruits of the Soil: Anathoth Com-

munity Garden Chas Edens (no relation to our co-pastors) is the Execu-tive Director and Farm Manager of Anathoth Commu-nity Garden in Cedar Grove; he also works part-time at NCSU developing Sustainable Agriculture curriculum. His session will provide theological background on Anathoth’s history and belief about the sacred nature of soils—and its fruits. Chas will also share information about Anathoth’s 2015 HarvestShare/Community Sup-ported Agriculture Program.

Beholding in Verse: Poetic Responses to Creation Church member and poet Sherry Siddall will share a selection of poignant and moving poems written by Christian believers over the ages in response to the wonders of the natural world. Participants will have time to reflect on each poem and will come away with a word or phrase that will inspire them to practice be-holding throughout the Lenten season.

Concluding Assembly, 11:50-12:00

A simple lunch may be served. . .

look for registration and more details soon.

CALLING ALL THESPIANS

We are planning our children's musical presentation for May 3! Rehearsals for this will begin on Febru-ary 1st, and will take place each Sunday at 9 am during the usual Children's Choir rehearsal time. We are fortunate to once again have Jeri Lynn Schulke as our diector! This year's choice of musical will be revealed at the first rehearsal, so come along to find out what it's all about! All children from kindergarten to 6th grade are welcome and encouraged to join the fun. We also need adults to help with set design, costumes, choreography, etc. If you would like to get in-volved, contact Megan Hughes, meganhugh-es789@gmail.com.

Behold the Earth: Invitation to a Lenten Practice

An Intergenerational Retreat on the first Saturday of Lent

Saturday, February 21 (9 am – Noon)

COFFEE HOSTS

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED,

PLEASE LOOK FOR THE

COFFEE HOST SIGN-UP

CLIPBOARDS FOR

FEBRUARY AND MARCH

NEAR THE REFRESHMENT

TABLE.