4/4/2024

CIC Tidings Thursday, April 04, 2024 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! There are a 6 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   Please lift Sherry Jensen and the Jenkin's Family in love and prayer on the death of her father, Gary Jenkins, who passed away unexpectedly on March 19, 2024. Click HERE for obituary   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! 😉 CIC’s April Newsletter is now available. Click HERE to view. The OneBlood Big Red Bus is coming to CIC on Tuesday, April 30, from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.! Donating blood only takes a little of your time, and it can mean a lifetime for patients in need. All blood collected stays in our local healthcare system. OneBlood provides all donors with a wellness checkup including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, iron count, and cholesterol screening. Donors receive a $20 eGift card and an insulated tote bag! Click HERE to sign up. If you have any questions or need assistance, please call the church office at 336-674-0396. 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! Serving Our Neighbors! You can help our neighbors near at the GUM Spring Food Drive at Food Lion and our neighbors far at Taste of Kenya! CIC will be collecting food for the GUM Food Drive on Saturday, April 13, at Food Lion on Woody Mill Road. Please sign up in the narthex for a time slot (10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.). We also need drivers to deliver food donations to GUM on April 13. Thank you for helping those who need it most! TASTE OF KENYA Saturday, APRIL 20   Enjoy a delicious Kenyan dinner and help feed Kenyan children with your donation! Please purchase a ticket to fund the Children’s Home and School in Ngong, Kenya, which houses, feeds, and educates the neediest children from the local area. Tickets are available each Sunday after the worship service or via the QR code on A Taste of Kenya flyers. We will need several volunteers to assist on April 20. Look for the signup sheet in the narthex!   For more information, click HERE for flyer. 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: Jerry Cecil Acolyte: Logan Lowry Greeters: Mollie Davenport & Becky Sanderson   NEXT Sunday 4/14/2024: Liturgist: Lynne Poteat Acolyte: James Penrod Greeters: Beverly & Jim Dye    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) Carson Minor (dear friend of the McElvey's)    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. 3/31/2024 Attendance (online and in person): 75 3/31/2024 Offering (plate, online and mail in): $ 8,777.00 Community In Christ, Presbyterian Rev, 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. 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