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SUNDAY SCHEDULE
9AM: Live Religious Education Service on Zoom 9:30AM: Livestreamed and In-Person Service
11:15AM: Livestreamed and In-Person Service
1PM: Online Sunday Social Sunday Evening
UPCOMING EVENTS
FALL AUCTION BIDDING HAS BEGUN! Bidding on items for the 2022 Fall Auction has begun. Check out the auction catalog with nearly 300 items donated so far. Remember: Bid early, bid often! OCTOBER A FEW SPOTS REMAIN IN CHALICE CIRCLES If you have been wanting to join a Chalice Circle small group for 2022-23, there are still spots left. There are Zoom groups, day groups, and evening groups... and a spot for you! Monthly groups start in October. Sign up here. 10/6: THEOLOGY CAFE WITH REV. THOM IS COMING IN OCTOBER. SIGN UP NOW Thursdays -- October 6, 13, 20, and 27 from 12 to 1:30PM Join Rev. Thom at the church for a lunchtime gathering discussing the evolving theology of Unitarian Universalism. Register here. WALK THE WALK: STAGVILLE PLANTATION -- SAT. OCT 8, 10-12 NOON This year, we will be visiting sites together and learning about racial justice and injustice here at home. Our first visit this fall is a guided tour of the Stagville Plantation Historic Site in Durham. More information and registration is here. BUILDINGS & GROUNDS WORKPARTY Please join us Monday, 10/3 from 9 AM - Noon with bag lunch afterwards. We will Garden, Change Filters & Lightbulbs and Fix up/Clean up our church facilities and grounds. No experience necessary! Come spend the morning with us. RARE WOMEN We are elder women (mostly 60+ and retired) who explore the gifts, myths, and challenges of growing older. Joann Haggerty’s group will meet via Zoom from 2-4PM on Monday, October 3, and Susan Blanchard’s group will meet 1:30-3:30PM on Thursday, October 6. Check our webpage for group meeting times. COMMUNITY CLICKERS Monthly meeting October 5 at 2PM in the Gathering Room: We design Hospice shawls from 7x9 inch knitted and crocheted blocks. We are also working on scarves for Homestart and baby hats for UNC. If you are interested in learning to knit or crochet, we are happy to get you started. Please check our webpage for updates and information about our projects. 20s AND 30S GAME NIGHT OCTOBER 7:20s and 30s are hosting a "fancy" pizza and game night at church on Friday, October 7 at 6 PM. We are ordering fancy pizza from Amante and we will have salad and drinks. We will eat outside, weather permitting. We are asking $5 for the pizza. Games begin at 7ish and we will go to 8:30/9 PM. Partners and friends are welcome! RSVP here. NONFICTION BOOK DISCUSSION FOR OCTOBER On Saturday, October 15 from 10:30 AM to 12 PM, the Nonfiction Readers will discuss How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict, by Nina Jankowicz. Judy Lechner will be leading our discussion, which will be held via Zoom. New members and drop-ins are welcome. |
TWO SUNDAY SERVICES - 9:30AM & 11:15AM
October 2, 2022 “Forgiveness and Wholeness” Multigenerational Worship Service led by Marion Hirsch and Rev. Thom Belote Join us for a Multigenerational worship service inspired by the Jewish High Holy Day of Yom Kippur. We will explore together how we can move towards healing and wholeness in our lives. MUSIC NOTES: This Sunday, Music Director Glenn Mehrbach will lead the Family Choir and the congregation in two songs written for Yom Kippur, by Michael Hunter Ochs and Eliana Light. We’ll use the Hymn Sing at the beginning for hymns of healing and new beginnings, and to introduce melodies we’ll sing during the service. community church
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WE ARE A WELCOMING CONGREGATION
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We are a congregation that has historically stood for the civil rights of all people, especially those affected by racism and homophobia. We are a Welcoming Congregation, celebrating and affirming the active presence in our congregation of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and heterosexual members and friends and their families. We are actively engaged in dialogue about how to be a more racially diverse, multicultural, anti-oppressive congregation. |
SUNDAY PARKING: Please honor the parking spaces reserved for people with disabilities and limited mobility at the front of the church, as well as the spaces reserved for the Auction Winners. We encourage folks to carpool and/or park offsite, if at all possible. Parking is available at The Community Church, as well as alternate parking options. See a map here. Please note: parking is not allowed at the Kehillah across the street. WEEKDAY PARKING: The large lot is fully rented; please use the small lot directly in front of the church, the wooded lot along Purefoy Road, or in the lot behind the church.