Looking Toward Sunday - August 14, 2016


Sermon: A Tale of Two Cities, Part 1
Scripture: Revelation 17-18 (selected verses)
 
Lib McGregor Simmons will preach at 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 in Lingle Chapel.

As we head down the home stretch in our summer series on Revelation, we meet a fork in the road.  To go one way is to take the road to Babylon (Pastor John's representation of the Roman Empire and all unjust empires).  To go another way is to head toward the New Jerusalem. 
 
God's deep desire is that all people take the road to the New Jerusalem.  In order to help this to happen, Pastor John feels that it is imperative that people see what one commentator calls "the pathology of the drunken empire that has intoxicated the world."  He wants us to be "shocked at the collapse of its fabulous wealth and power."
 
Pastor John's depiction of his culture is extreme, but it can be a help to us to examine the spirit-killing addiction to money and "stuff" which exists in our own daily lives in order that we may travel down the road toward a way of living in which everything we have and are is a gift from God.



*Join us at 10:00-10:30 a.m. for Coffee at the Chapel on the northwest corner of Lingle Chapel near the cross for fellowship.

Regular Worship Schedule

REGULAR WORSHIP SCHEDULE will resume August 21. 8:30 and 9:45 in Lingle Chapel and 11:00 in the sanctuary.
DCPC Entrances Unavailable

During this week, August 15-19, we are having the hallways and landings waxed. During this time there will be entrances that are unavailable. If you have mobility problems please call the church office at 704-892-5641 and we will let you know the best way to enter the building.
Career Transition Support Group

Career Transition Support Group is open to people currently in the job market or those in transition who are interested in career info, help and support. The group meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesday at Davidson United Methodist Church, 10:00 a.m. in rooms 216/218. The next meeting is Wednesday, August 17.
Weekly Discussion of Revelation

Join in a weekly discussion of Revelation by viewing the video introduction by Lib McGregor Simmons and Jesse Jones and adding your comments. CLICK HERE.
Youth News
Children's News 
Join us at the Davidson Lake Campus

Join us for an afternoon of Fellowship at the Davidson Lake Campus (152 Lake Campus Dr, Mooresville, NC 28031) on Sunday, August 21 from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.  The Fellowship Ministry will provide lemonade, watermelon, and snacks.  Wear your bathing suits and bring a towel and a lawn chair if desired.  ALL ages welcome.  Please RSVP to Melissa Fawcett if you'd like to join us.
Amigos De Cristo is on the Move!

This year, in an effort to reach more children, we will be partnering with Huntersville Elementary School, and adding another day to our tutoring schedule. On Monday, August 22 from 5:45-7:00 we will be celebrating the beginning of the school year with our Amigos families.   We will be distributing backpacks filled with school supplies, enjoying a meal together, and providing crafts activities and games for the children.  Our celebration will take place at Huntersville Elementary. We are in need of folks to help with the crafts and games on that evening.  If you are able to help, please contact Rosemary Klein or 704-439-7864.
DCPC Ministry Fair

DCPC Ministry fair is on Sunday, August 28 from 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the Congregation House.  This event is a DROP-IN, and it is OPEN TO ALL!  Various ministries of our church will be represented with written information and REAL PEOPLE to talk to as well!  Come learn about some new ways that our particular community of faith Worships, Learns, Serves, Loves, and Gives both here at home and out in the world.  Coffee and refreshments will be provided. 

DCPC Night at the Knights to Support Save a Life Group

Let's Play Ball!" Please join the Fellowship Committee in a fun filled evening cheering on our own first place Charlotte Knights while supporting Save A Life Group, the non-profit Gary Simmons founded following his life-saving liver transplant experience in 2013. Wednesday, August 24, Durham Bulls at Charlotte Knights. BB&T Ballpark - First Pitch at 7:05 p.m. (Field Box - $15 (Section 120) RF Home Run Seats - $12 (Sections HR1 - HR2) LF Power Alley Bleachers - $9 (Section 126)) To purchase tickets CLICK HERE.
Who Is Jesus? What a Difference A Lens Makes

 Join Professor George Ramsey, Kristen Herrington Professor Emeritus of Bible at Presbyterian College, on Saturday, August 27, from 9 a.m.-noon for an in-depth study of a range of perspectives on Jesus: the individual gospel writers, Paul, Hebrews, the non-canonical gospels, other Abrahamic faiths, and contemporary culture.  While this study is a preview of the Presbyterian Women Horizons study for the coming year, it is open to ALL!  The cost is $10; register online (CLICK HERE) or through the church office.

SIGN UP TODAY! Women's Retreat

It's time to register for the annual Women's Retreat to be held at Montreat's William Black Lodge September 16-18.  The theme is Generations...we hear about them all the time: The Greatest Generation/Baby Boomers/Generation X/Millennials.  With help from Biblical stories about people of different generations, we will listen to God and one another as we wrestle with how we relate to, care for, understand, teach, learn from, and support each other across the generations.  You are encouraged to invite your mother, daughter, sister, or other family member to join you! CLICK HERE for registration forms.   The registration deadline is September 4.
BEST Partnership 

It is hard to fathom that less than 10 miles from our very comfortable town is a community where children go to bed hungry, where children are caught in families where parents are unable to feed their children, where children are, in effect, raising themselves. This is Huntington Green, a community of rundown mobile homes, many without electricity, whose children attend Blythe Elementary School. During the school year, the children are fed at school, and during summer weeks, Angels and Sparrows provides lunch. Last summer, this project was an overwhelming success! Over 100 members of our congregation contributed bags of food or money to buy food to feed these children on summer weekends for 9 weeks.  That's 225 bags of food- thank you!   It's time to step up to the challenge again and meet this need in our community.  This need is tremendous, and the solution is simple! E-mail Catherine Bragg or Rosemary Klein for instructions and the food list.

Prayer Concerns

Patrick Casey-Lake Norman Regional

Bob Hinson, father of Julie Nardella died August 11. 

Dick James died August 8. The memorial service is August 20 at 10:30 in Lingle Chapel.
 
Jane Todd- Novant Presbyterian Main
Attendance and Financial Update

Davidson College Presbyterian Church
PO Box 337
Davidson, NC  28036
704-892-5641
www.dcpc.org