This Week at 
DCPC

March 4, 2016

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worshipping, learning, serving,
loving, giving-
seeking to realize God's vision for the world.
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Looking Toward Sunday
March 6, 2016- 4th Sunday in Lent

Sermon: Mind your Ps and Qs
Scripture Lessons: Isaiah 62: 10-12
Colossians 3: 12-17

Mary Margaret Porter will preach at 8:30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. in Lingle Chapel and 11 a.m. in the sanctuary.

Colossians 3:12 calls us to "clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience." Sometimes this feels like putting on a winter coat in the middle of July - uncomfortable and burdensome. How can we individually and as a community transform such that these garments become not only something we put on and take of, but like a second skin - permanent and comfortable? This week we will spend some time thinking of the ways in which our lives of faith and our lives in community have been transformed in Christ and what results from that radical transformation. 

 
The Geneva Choir will sing With Broken Heart and Contrite Sigh at the 8:30 service.
The Chancel Choir will sing To Thy Heavenly Banquet at the 11:00 service.

Ten Cents a Meal Offering will be received at all worship services this Sunday. Please place your donations in the red baskets. If each family at DCPC contributed 30� a day each day for 30 days, that would equal $9 per month.


NAME TAGS-The Membership Ministry of Hospitality continues at DCPC. Friendly Greeters are present at each door as you enter worship. Two purposes they accomplish are to welcome visitors and to greet current members. Wearing your DCPC Name Tag helps all of us know the congregation and greet one another. Fellowship begins when we are greeted by Name. If you do not have a DCPC Name Tag, need to replace or get your first one, please stop by a Name Tag Table. Sign-up sheets will be outside the sanctuary and Chapel at each service on this Sunday, March 6.  If you HAVE a name tag but cannot find it.....and you are pretty sure you left it at church, please come and check the newly renovated Name Tag Cabinets (both of them) in the Narthex of the Sanctuary.  LOTS of name tags have been re-placed in these cabinets in alphabetical order.

Pastor/Head of Staff on Sabbatical
Pastor/Head of Staff Lib McGregor Simmons is on sabbatical leave January 26-March 14.

Youth 

We are in the middle of two new series in Youth Group this afternoon! First is The Talk for Middle School. Last week talked about how, because God created sex, it is good. It's also powerful because it makes two people into one. Because of this we need a healthy respect for sex so this week we're going to take a look at how we do that in the realm of technology. In High School we're talking about being Dateable. Last week we discussed the idea that why we date will influence how we date and the best advice for how is to love our neighbors as ourselves. But being dateable isn't much good if you can't find the right person to date, and that's where we'll land this week.
  

for other youth information.

*1st Grade Worship & Chalice Making Workshop is here! This Sunday 9:45-noon. If you've not yet rsvp'd please contact Jenny Alexander today. Look for more information in your mailbox. See you in Room 201 on Sunday at 9:45 am Sunday.
 
*Jenny is interested in having lunch at school with your Kindergartener! Please email Jenny for more information. 
Sign up TODAY for the Listening Workshop

READY TO UNPLUG AND GET CONNECTED Julie Alexander, a DCPC member and Wellness Guide, will be leading this workshop on three core ways of listening. She brings nearly 30 years of experience in healthcare, training, and coaching to this interactive event.  We invite you to join us for this exciting journey on this Sunday, March 6 from 1:30 - 4:30! The workshop will be held in Jetton Hall, and size will be limited to facilitate full participation.  Please register at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0948a4ab2aaafe3-theart.Childcare is available upon request for children ages birth through fifth grade. When you register, we request that you make every effort to attend, or notify Marjorie Burris (704-892-0231) if you need to change your plans.

Save the Date!
March 10th at 6:00 p.m. Please join us for a soup and sandwich supper in the Congregation House sponsored by Community and Global Mission Committees. We welcome The Rev. Dr. Laurie Kraus to Davidson.  Dr. Kraus is the director of
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.  At the dinner we will be able to hear stories and ask questions about her work and about the ongoing ministry of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.  Dr. Kraus will also be with us to preach on March 13
th at all three DCPC worship services.
Candy Needed!
Candy is needed in preparation for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Please leave donations in the marked containers near entrances. We request only candy with no nuts, please. The Easter Egg Hunt will take place Saturday March 26 at 10:30 am, starting in the chapel. Spread the word!
Lent
This year Davidson College Presbyterian Church will be journeying through Lent using the theme "Be Holy" to guide our prayer, study, and worship time. We will together discover what it means to be a people 'set apart' and how we might realize our 'Holy identity' in Christ. We encourage you to gather with others for a weekly devotional using our weekly study emailed each Sunday. These may also be found on the church website (CLICK HERE). 
Presbyterian Women Birthday Luncheon

Traditionally, Presbyterian Women celebrate each spring with a Birthday Brunch and collect the Birthday offering suggested to be a certain amount for the givers age.  This money is sent to recipients selected by the national organization. In looking at the cost in time and money of the brunch, PW decided to focus on supporting the work of the church... not food and to divide the offering between the
Birthday offering and the
Habitat Wildcat Build
. PW will be collecting these offerings at the March and April circle meetings and the April fellowship dinner. The cost of the brunch will be donated to these causes.
 
For our Lifetime Membership Award this year, PW would like to celebrate the behind the scenes womanpower and manpower that contribute to the mission of our church...the bread bakers, flower arrangers, artists, woodworkers, teachers, singers, silver polishers, soup makers, painters, cleaners, organizers, mission teams, financial teams and committee members and officers. PW thanks them and encourages you to thank them as well.
Wednesday Night Live
Healthy, delicious meals (vegetarian options available by request) are prepared by Chef Betsy Verhey, 5:45 p.m. in the Congregation House. Please make a reservation (CLICK HERE) or call the church office by noon on Mondays. This weeks menu is chicken parmesan, salad and bread. Childcare support is offered during WNL mealtime from 6-7 p.m.

Wildcat Build is Underway!
You can find more info about how to help at http://images.acswebnetworks.com/1/855/interestintheWILDCATBUILD.pdf . We also need help with snacks.  If you would like to sign up to help with snacks on one of the weeks they are needed speak with Anne Arms (Thanks Anne!) or go to the Sign-Up Genius at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b4daea62fa5f94-habitat.

Prayers Concerns
Deaths:
Mother of Tom Chisholm, Mary Chisholm, died February 26.
James Young Causey Jr. died March 1. His service is Saturday, March 5, at 5:00.

Holy Week Worship Services
   
Maundy Thursday - Dinner and Worship with Communion and Foot Washing  
6:30 p.m. in the Congregation House.  DCPC members bring sandwiches to share.  Davidson Presbyterian Church members will bring desserts to share.  Join us for this meaningful service commemorating The Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples.
Good Friday Service -5:00 p.m. in the DCPC Lingle Chapel
 
Easter Vigil Service - 7:00 p.m. in the DCPC Sanctuary
 
Easter Sunday Services - 8:30 and 11:00 in the Sanctuary
9:45 in the Congregation House
(Flowering of the Cross before each service)
Faith Formation Opportunities
   
CLICK HERE
for this weeks Wired Word lesson.

Jubilee Class-
The Jubilee Class again welcomes on Sunday Rev. Carol Anne Lawler, Faith Community Educator of Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region.  Rev. Lawler will address the topic "Caring for the Caregiver."  The class will convene in the Student Lounge at 9:45.  We welcome all interested persons to attend.  


CLICK HERE
 for all other class schedules.

Attendance and Financial Update

Worship Attendance
                                    8:30        9:45        11        Total
2/28/2016                   88            164        223        475           
YTD Av2016                  97           135        221        453
Av2015                         94           112        229        435

DCPC Financial UpdatE
                          Offering               2/28/16             YTD                             
                          Receipts              $205,387            $309,425
                          Expenses            $126,023            $255,456 
                          O/(U)                  $  69,364            $  53,969