We hold Wes MacAdam in our prayers. Wes's mother died peacefully last month.

Tom Hull asks prayers for his father as he recovers from heart surgery.

Karen Kimmel asks prayers for her brother, Richard, who is undergoing cancer treatment.

Sallye Broome asks prayers for Katie Ezell (niece of Sue Ezell) who has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma; for Mary Begley and her husband, Don. Don suffered a stroke last spring and his recovery has been quite slow.

We hold Barbara Allen in the light, with prayers for a return to good health.

Mike Bagwell and Clark Chesser ask for continued prayers for Betty Catherine Price and Carol Ann Woolley who are battling cancer, and for Linda Sue Fountain (who is Carol Ann's sister & caregiver).

Join us on Halloween at 5:45 p.m. as we distribute bag meals for the Arlington Street Peoples Assistance Network. Meet up at church and we'll caravan to the drop of points. We should be back at church by 7:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter.

The Plot Against Hunger at CPC has been a HUGE success this year.  We're still gathering year-end information, but it looks like we had 13 people serve as Gardeners of the Week, putting in around 30 hours over 60 days and harvesting a grand total of (approximately) 125 pounds of fresh, local, healthy produce for AFAC! 

I call that a huge success.   

Now it's time to prepare the garden for winter.  We need a few able bodies, a wheel barrow and some shovels for a few hours to take out the summer crops, and prepare the beds for winter.  We also need to make a decision: should we try a winter crop (which we plant now, and should bear veggies to donate in the spring) or go with a cover crop to restore the nutrients in the soil.  Personally, I vote for the hybrid approach: one bed with a cover crop (the one closer to the church, which had more demanding veggies this season - winter rye) and the other with a winter crop (garlic, onions, artichokes, peas, broccoli). 

We'll prepare the plot for winter this Sunday following our congregational meeting.

Join us on Friday, Nov. 2, for the next Wii Kirk evening of fun, fellowship and the best pizza in Arlington!

Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and Mr. & Mrs. Pizza will be producing delicious food soon thereafter. The big TV will be hooked up and Wii games going. There will good food, good drink and good conversation.

This is one of the great ways that we do church at CPC, and it's a perfect time to invite a friend who might find more traditional expressions of church less welcoming.

• You'll come away with some new ideas for ministry (ones that have been proven to work other places) and also time to reflect with colleagues on why they are working, the theological grounding for the ideas, and how they might be tailored for ministry in your own community.
• You will meet other leaders from your region who are interested in continuing to develop as leaders and become ongoing conversation partners.
• Ideas for joint ministry and mission opportunities might present themselves.

What is the cost? $20. That's it. And that includes lunch.