Congregational Conversation
THIS Sunday, May 19 at 10:30 a.m.
All are invited to our third congregation-wide conversation that will be led by Lou Ann Gilliam, M. Div., ministerial equipping director for CBFNC following our worship service and meal. This interactive session is another opportunity for you to provide information that will help the Pastor Search Committee. The church is providing hotdogs with chili and baked beans (yes, that same delicious hotdogs with chili that we had in December!) along with condiments and slaw. We invite you to bring your favorite dessert to add to the meal.
Flowers for Sanctuary
If you would like to provide flowers in the sanctuary for Sunday morning services, please contact Gwen Messer at 828-506-8370, or Janice in the church office to be placed on the calendar.
Giving the Jesus Way
United Christian Ministries is in need of: shampoo (prefer 2-in-1 shampoo & conditioner), body wash, deodorant, toothpaste, child diapers (all sizes), cereal, spaghetti sauce and spaghetti noodles. To donate items, please drop them off at UCM’s building at 191 Skyland Drive. Thank you!
Yard Sale is Fast Approaching!
This Saturday, May 11 from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon Mission and Fellowship Center
Come support the children attending PassportKids and buy, buy, buy! There will be household items, books, jewelry, clothes, plants, baked goods, and lots of other treasures. Invite your friends and enjoy a morning snapping up some great buys!
If you have items to contribute, please bring them to the Sunday School room beside the Choir room by Thursday. Homemade baked goods can be brought to the MFC on Friday between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. or to the sale early Saturday morning.
1st Explorers After-School Ministry Update
It was Mini Olympics Week at After School last week! In honor of the Paris Summer Games, the 1st Explorers played ball toss, Capture the Flag, corn hole, and a super hard relay race. All of the games required teamwork and, considering each team was a mix of ages, they did great strategizing and working together. Kayla Hartman, Assistant Director, says that she saw some really great sportsmanship in the process.
Left: Johnathan Gunter shows off the T-shirt he selected as a prize after his team came out victorious in the Mini Olympics.
Spring Church Conference
Wednesday, May 15 at 6:00 p.m.
The spring Church Conference will be held in the MFC at 6:00 p.m. There will be no meal for this meeting.
Giving the Jesus Way
United Christian Ministries is in need of: shampoo (prefer 2-in-1 shampoo & conditioner), body wash, deodorant, toothpaste, child diapers (all sizes), cereal, spaghetti sauce and spaghetti noodles. To donate items, please drop them off at UCM’s building at 191 Skyland Drive. Thank you!
Joe's Window
By Dr. Joe Yelton
Interim Pastor
President Jimmy Carter said, “We will never end war by killing each other’s children.” With ample examples pointing to this truth, I’ll skip the geopolitical wrangling that distracts us from the global atrocities, each day claiming more young lives. Ukraine, Nigeria, Israel and Gaza, serve to remind us that in spite of our social/industrial sophistication, even today we are largely bound to primitive ideas of how we settle conflicts. In each of those instances, children are dying by the thousands. Jimmy Carter got it right.
The Jesus message regarding peace and the pursuit of meaning is so simplistic that, many of us tend to write it off as philosophical well-wishing. Jesus pointed out that Kingdom thinking is so basic that even a child can do it. So, why is “treating others as we’d have them treat us,” seemingly so distant, so unattainable? My take on it is this: we’ve been hoodwinked. We’ve been fed the idea that loving first and best is a sign of weakness. In reality, it is the ultimate show of strength.
Jesus refusing to argue with His accusers ... STRENGTH. Jesus turning the cheek to His abusers ... STRENGTH. When we refuse to participate in worldwide calamity in which the innocent suffer, that is a true show of STRENGTH. And more personally, when we are kind to unkind people, when we make room for that person who shot past everyone, ignoring the signage directing all to merge left, when we reach out to the one experiencing grief or ridicule, becoming their friend when friends are scarce ... STRENGTH!
It’s the Jesus way that will transform weapons into ploughshares. Most any other way will continue producing grieving parents, broken spouses, angry friends, and even a divided nation. As we become less and give Jesus room to become more, we are at our best ... PERIOD!
Cottage Cheese Salad
Ingredients
1 small cottage cheese
1 can mandarin oranges, drained
1 small can crushed pineapple, drained
1 small orange jello
1/2 cup nuts, chopped
1 8-ounce Cool Whip
Instructions
Put cottage cheese, mandarin oranges, and crushed pineapple in a bowl. Sprinkle jello over ingredients and mix well. Add nuts and fold in Cool Whip.
Chill before serving.
– Provided by Barb Holquist
Cottage Cheese Salad
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-Provided by Barb Holquist