4/11/2024

CIC Tidings Thursday, April 11, 2024 ADDITIONAL CONSECRATION FOR 2024 PLEDGES During worship recently our Treasurer, Jordan Morris brought the exciting news that seven folks have increased their existing pledges adding $12,840 to our 2024 budget! There is still time for you to make your new pledge OR add an amount to an existing pledge for our 2024 budget. Contact Jordan Morris at treasurer@cicpres.com to make your pledge or with any questions. Many thanks & much peace!! Any change to CIC’s Endowment Resolution requires a vote of the congregation. To that end, an Information Session will be held after worship on Sunday 4/21 with the Congregational Vote to occur after worship on Sunday 5/05. A few packets of the edited document are available in print form at CIC. Join us for Beautification Sunday / Earth Day on April 14!   Bring your lawn chair or a blanket for our special outdoor (weather permitting) worship service on Earth Day / Beautification Sunday, April 14! After the worship service, we will weed, plant flowers, and put out pine straw to beautify the church grounds so wear your work clothes and bring your gardening gloves and tools. If you would like to make a donation to help purchase plants and pine straw, please make your check payable to CIC and write “Beautification” on the memo line. Let’s celebrate Earth Day by worshipping and working together! PYF ENVELOPE FUNDRAISER Please consider supporting the youth as they raise funds for Montreat and other youth programming.    How does this work?  1. Pick an envelope off the wall. (Located in the main hallway at church, outside the fellowship hall)  2. Match your donation with the number marked on the envelope. For example,  if you pick envelope "20" you would place $20 inside the envelope. 3. Checks should be made out to “Community in Christ”, write PYF on the memo line. If you donate cash, please place a slip of paper inside the envelope with your name and address so the youth may thank you. 4. Place your envelope in the offering plate on Sundays or in the PYF mailbox in the mail room.  Thank you for your support! There are a 4 quarts of chili left in the freezer. There is a signup sheet on the side of the freezer.  If you want a quart,  please write your name and how many quarts you took, then place a check mark when you leave payment with the office CIC sends deepest condolences to Jan Greene on the death of her husband Harlen Greene after a courageous battle with cancer. Let's keep Jan and her family on our hearts and lifted in prayer.  For obituary, click HERE   Jo McGuire continues her rehab at Clapp's. As she continues to regain strength, she is delighted when CIC folk pop by Room 209 to visit. Btw, since she has developed an allergy to fresh flowers, just bring your smiles! 😉 The OneBlood Big Red Bus is coming to CIC on Tuesday, April 30, from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Donors receive a $20 eGift card, an insulated tote bag, and a wellness checkup, including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, iron count, and cholesterol screenings. Click HERE to sign up. If you are having trouble scheduling to give blood at CIC, call Martha, the supervisor of oneblood.org, at 407-858-4982. She will gladly get you scheduled. Please call the church office at 336-674-0396 if you need further assistance. Thank you very much for your lifesaving donation of blood! Rising 9th graders to graduated seniors, please send $100 deposit by April 12th. Give your payment to one of the leaders or put it in the check box in the mail room. Let Jennie or Christine know if you have any questions. Thank you! Taste of Kenya Saturday, April 20, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Enjoy a delicious Kenyan dinner at CIC on Saturday, April 20, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and help feed Kenyan children with your donation! Please purchase tickets to fund the Children’s Home and School in Ngong, Kenya, which houses, feeds, and educates the neediest children, at SistersInternationalWomen.org/events. For more information, click HERE for flyer.  CIC Good Books Sale Friday, May 10, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.   Purchase some great reading material at the CIC Good Books Sale on Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11! The sale will feature a large selection of gently used hardback and paperback books, including fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books. All proceeds help to fund the youth group’s trip to the Montreat Youth Conference. Thank you for supporting Presbyterian Youth Fellowship! Preschool Registration for the 2024-2025 school year is HERE!   CIC Preschool provides a loving, Christian environment that includes a variety of age-appropriate activities that encourage artistic expression, good choices, outside play, music, chapel, and positive interactions between children and adults. Please pick up a registration form in the Church or Preschool Narthex or stop by the preschool office. CIC Preschool is looking forward to a fun and exciting school year filled with learning and Christian Love! Wheel Train - CIC Member Eileen Beals is requesting assistance with transportation to Worship Service on Sundays. Please sign up on https://bit.ly/BealsWheelTrain. If you need help with signing up, please call the office.   ***Important Details: Upon signing up, please call Eileen to tell her the date you signed up to take her to church. Give her your phone number, and ask her to call you the night before or by 9 a.m. on that Sunday morning to confirm that she still wants a ride to CIC for worship.  If you are not receiving our  weekly Tidings and/or monthly newsletter,  please visit  https://www.cicpresbyterian.com/.  click on  ‘MEDIA & CALENDAR’. If more assistance is needed, please contact the office Click HERE to Find a variety of ways to DONATE or keep current with your pledge. Thank You!   Wednesdays @ 11am  Click the link below to join us for lectio divina via Zoom each Wednesday at 11am. https://bit.ly/NewZoom2023 Meeting ID: 336 674 0396 Passcode: 5401 OR... Call either number listed below.   When prompted, use the same Meeting ID & Passcode listed above. • +1 929 205 6099 US • +1 301 715 8592 US Sundays  ​Join Us!! Sign on at 9:15am for music. Service begins at 9:30am.   https://bit.ly/NewZoom2023 Meeting ID: 336 674 0396 Passcode: 5401 OR... Call either number listed below.   When prompted, use the same Meeting ID & Passcode listed above. • +1 929 205 6099 US • +1 301 715 8592 US April Elders: Dave Elston & John Vitez   THIS Sunday: Liturgist: Outdoor worship: NONE Acolyte: James Penrod Greeters: Beverly & Jim Dye   NEXT Sunday 4/21/2024: Liturgist: Cindy Bumgarner Acolyte: Leah Lowry Greeters: Debbie & Tim Wingate   For duties & Elder list, please click HERE For duties & Greeter list, please click HERE   Volunteer Opportunities!! ·Word in Music ·Liturgist ·PYF Sunday Dinner ·Nursery Duty Sign up sheets are in the Narthex. Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. -Colossians 4:2   Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers.   For those experiencing Grief at the loss of a loved one: Gary Jenkins (Sherry Jensen's Father) Harry Ketcherick (Ellen Vitez's brother-in-law) Harlen Greene Kirby Broughton Barbara White (Mark White's mom)   For Those with illness, Surgery or Request: Jennie Bodkin Bill Poteat    For Those with Long-Term Concern: Julianne Potter-Mical ( daughter of Janet (former member) and Jerry Potter) Billy Buckner Emma Johnson (Carole Gilmore's Granddaughter) Joan Roth Pam Hood & Family Lillian Long Mary Ann Jensen     If you have a prayer request, please fill out the Prayer Request card located on the white board across from the CIC office or call the office. 4/07/24 Attendance (online and in person): N/A 4/07/2024 Offering (plate, online and mail in): $ N/A Community In Christ, Presbyterian The Rev. Mr. Bryan McFarland, Pastor Text/Call: 336-327-2041 revbryancic@gmail.com  5401 Liberty Road Greensboro, NC 27406 Office: 339-674-0369 office@cicpres.com  We’re happy to help you with any questions or concerns you may have. Please contact us directly via office@cicpres.com.     Confidentiality Disclosure: This information is for use by staff and members of CIC. *****The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in the message only by CIC. It is strictly forbidden to share any part of this message with any third party, without a written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, please reply to this message and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure such a mistake does not occur in the future.*****