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A note from Bryan: Happy Thanksgiving The staff of CIC wish you and your loved ones a blessed, happy, peaceful, and loving Thanksgiving. An Advent Devotional from Pastor Bryan I know it's rather hard to believe, but Advent 2024 begins this Sunday. I will be using the following weekly devotional from the North Carolina Council of Churches and I wanted to pass it along to you. You can download the Devotional at: https://ncchurches.org/resource/2024-advent-guide-hope-is-near/ With blessings, peace, and gratitude, Pastor Bryan |
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CIC's 2025 Commitment Card (formerly known as Pledge Cards) are now available online. Fulfill your commitment here: https://forms.gle/BYytkjb43vxagUwy6 *please note: all commitment cards are view by CIC Treasurer only |
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Christmas Play and Potluck Brunch Sunday, December 8 Come with us to Who-ville and celebrate the light of the world! CIC Kids will present How the Grinch Found the Christ in Christmas during the worship service on Sunday, December 8, followed by our Christmas Potluck Brunch. Please sign up in the narthex with your name, number attending, and choice of bringing a casserole, pastry/biscuits, or veggies/fruit. Invite your friends and neighbors to worship with us and discover with the Grinch that, “Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more!” |
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Holiday Honor Cards Honor Cards are a wonderful way to show appreciation for special people in your life! Purchase a CHS Honor Card by artist William Mangum to support Community Housing Solutions’ mission of affordable housing and home repairs for low-income families in Guilford County. Please see Debbie Wingate to purchase this year’s Holiday Honor Card, “Winter’s Retreat.” Cards are available for $5 each, with 100% of the proceeds creating warmer, drier, and safer homes for our neighbors in need. UKirk Honor Cards are also available for $5 each with donations supporting local college student ministries. You may write a check to CIC with “CHS Honor Cards” and/or “UKirk Honor Cards” in the memo line. Thank you very much! |
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CIC Christmas Post Office The CIC Christmas Post Office will open on Sunday, 12/8/2024. CIC Kids will deliver Christmas cards for our church family after the worship service each Sunday through 1/5/2025. |
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CIC Angel Tree Thank you for providing extra joy to our Meals on Wheels seniors and CIC Preschool! You may take an angel for a senior adult or a gingerbread man for CIC Preschool from the Angel Tree starting 12/1/2024. Please write your name on the signup sheet in the narthex, purchase the items, and bring gifts to CIC by 12/29/2024. What a special way to bring in the New Year for our Meals on Wheels seniors and CIC Preschool! |
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Pennies for Hunger and GUM Food Collection Our Pennies for Hunger and Food for GUM collection is this Sunday, 12/1/2024. Please bring your coins and food donations to help alleviate hunger! You may drop food off at the GUM Drive-Thru on Sunday until noon. Thanks for sharing “good tidings of comfort and joy” through Greensboro Urban Ministry and Pennies for Hunger! |
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Christmas Card Table Do you have extra Christmas cards you would like to share? Then bring them to the Christmas Card Table in the Fellowship Hall! Do you need some Christmas cards? Then pick up any Christmas cards you want. Lists of names in the church directory are also available on the Christmas Card Table. If you are not listed in the church directory, then please contact Christina Nelson in the office at 336-674-0396 or office@cicpres.com. |
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Christmas Poinsettias CIC will be placing Poinsettias in honor or in memory of a loved one. If you would like to make a contribution to our Poinsettia Fund in honor or in memory of a loved one, please complete a form, which is located in the Narthex. The price is $15.00. Please make your check out to CIC and put “Poinsettia” on the memo line along with a note as to who you are honoring or remembering. All donations must be received by December 15th in order to be recognized in the December 22nd bulletin. If you need any assistance, please call the office. |
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On December 15th, Alamance Presbyterian Church and Community in Christ, Presbyterian invite you to join them for Follow the Star, a Live Nativity drama, that unfolds in four locations. You'll meet angels and innkeepers, encounter giant puppets and eat Christmas cookies, laugh out loud, and have your heart warmed as we tell the story of the birth of our savior. Follow the Star will begin at Alamance Presbyterian Church at 5:00 pm and conclude at Community in Christ, Presbyterian. Most scenes are outdoors, so please dress accordingly. If you desire, please bring a chair to use at the final stop at Community in Christ where you will enjoy Christmas cookies, hot chocolate, Christmas music, and fellowship. |
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CIC's December Newsletter will be available on Monday, December 2nd @ 5pm. Thank you for all your support!! |
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Nursery duty has begin and will go though May 2025. If you are unable or would like to be removed from this list please call the church office at 336-674-0396. |
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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. |
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Hurricane Helene Asheville Relief Open, crowdsourced, vetted information by people on the ground for people on the ground. https://ashevillerelief.org/ |
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| | If you would like to view or have not received our weekly Tidings and/or monthly newsletter, please visit CIC's website, click on ‘MEDIA & CALENDAR’. If more assistance is needed, please contact the office | | |
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| | Donations are gratefully acknowledged and may be tax-deductible. If you would like to have a part in supporting Community In Christ, Presbyterian financially, click below to find a variety of ways to DONATE or keep current with your pledge. Thank You! | | |
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Did you know that CIC has an online and mobile app for church directory??? To view the directory online, go to members.InstantChurchDirectory.com and follow the prompts under “Sign In” to “Create a login now.” Please remember, you must confirm your email address before you can sign in. There is also a free mobile app available for download at the Apple® App store in iTunes®, Google Play™ store and the Amazon Fire App Store. Simply search for “Instant Church Directory” to get the download. You will need to use your email address as listed in our directory to create a log-in the first time you use the directory online and via the mobile app. If you are not listed in our directory, please contact the office. We also encourage you to add a photo of you and/or your family on your profile. You may add one on your profile, or you can email your photo to Christina at the office: office@cicpres.com. If more assistance is needed, please call the office at 336-674-0396 |
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We'd love to have you join us...... |
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Wednesdays @ 11am Click the link below to join us for lectio divina via Zoom each Wednesday at 11am. |
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Sundays Join Us!! Sign on at 9:15am for music. Service begins at 9:30am. |
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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 |
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December Elders: Betty Pierson & Dave Elston |
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THIS Sunday: Liturgist: Jerry Cecil Acolyte: No Acolyte during Advent Greeters: Nancy Sigmon & Diane Sexton |
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NEXT Sunday 12/08/2024: Liturgist: Laura Penrod Acolyte: No Acolyte during Advent Greeters: Judy Helms & Jacky Dowd |
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For duties & Elder list, please click HERE | For duties & Greeter list, please click HERE Volunteer Opportunities: ·Word in Music · Liturgist · PYF Sunday Dinner Sign up sheets are in the Narthex |
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Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. -Colossians 4:2 For those experiencing Grief at the loss of a loved one: The family of Raymond 'Pa' McDaniel (Pastor Bryan's father-in-law) For Those with Long-Term Concern: Mike Easter (Leon & Linda Holt's nephew) Jim Routh Sr. Jennie Bodkin 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. |
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11/24/24 Attendance (online and in person): N/A |
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11/24/2024 Offering (plate, online and mail in): $ N/A |
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