| Worship Service Sunday, May 31, 2020 Topic: CHPC Sunday Worship May 31st at 11am Time: May 31, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89152713951?pwd=L0tmU1hlVUdVR0huMStkK1pXNjcxUT09 Meeting ID: 891 5271 3951 One tap mobile +13017158592,,89152713951#,,1#,852005# US (Germantown) +13126266799,,89152713951#,,1#,852005# US (Chicago) Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 891 5271 3951 |
| Mandatory Zoom Update As you may know, Zoom 5.0 is live! Please update to version Zoom 5.0 now or before May 30th. When: Beginning May 30th, 2020, Zoom will be enabling GCM encryption across the entire Zoom platform, providing increased protection for meeting data. What: Please update all your clients to Zoom 5.0. After May 30, 2020, all Zoom clients on older versions will receive a forced update when trying to join meetings as GCM encryption will be fully enabled across the Zoom platform. How: To update your Zoom app, please visit zoom.com/download. Best, Team Zoom Update Now |
| Offering of Letters – It’s not too late! If you didn’t write a letter as part of the Bread for the World Offering of Letters, you can instantly send a message to both of your senators and you representative though Bread for the World’s online messaging center. Click on one (or all) of the links below, to see background information and a sample letter. You can send the sample letter as it is written or customize it with your own thoughts and perspectives. International Assistance Increase nutrition and health aid by $12 Billion. Increase in SNAP Benefits Provide a 15% increase in benefits until the economic crisis is over. Pandemic EBT Provide benefits to low-income families whose children are not receiving free school meals. If you did write a letter, thank you! Please remember to mail it right away. Here are the mailing addresses: Senator Mitch McConnellUnited States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Senator Rand Paul United States SenateWashington, DC 20510 Representative John YarmuthHouse of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 |
| Give to the Pentecost Offering By giving to the Pentecost Offering, you help provide opportunities for children and young people to grow in faith. A foundation of faith established during childhood helps ensure lifelong faith and service. The Pentecost Offering, one of four special offerings of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), supports: -Young Adult Volunteers (YAV) serving in communities around the world and growing as leaders through transformative -Christian serviceMinistries with youthEducation and safe havens for children at risk -Participating congregations may designate 40 percent of the offering to support local ministries. The offering is collected on or before Pentecost Sunday, May 31. You may give online or mail a check to the church. Please give generously! |
| 2020 Nominating Committee Work Underway Announcement The 2020 Nominating Committee has begun its work. Over the remaining months of this year, the Nominating Committee is considering nominees for the next classes of Elders, Deacons, and next year’s Nominating Committee. In addition, the 2020 Nominating Committee will bring to Session nominees who are willing to serve on the newly established Personnel Committee for the church. We covet your prayers for our work. Also, if you are feeling called to serve the church in a leadership position, or if you know of someone who might be ready to engage more deeply in the life of our church, please reach out to a member of the Nominating Committee (Claudia Foulkes, Doug Aycock, Gayle Trautwein, Izzy Jones, Perry Chang, or Seth Craigo-Snell) and let us know. |
| Please continue to visit the CHPC website to stay connected with our faith community! PM Devotion Sabbath at Seven Sunday Worship Service **Be sure to scroll down on the website’s homepage to access all the available links** **To access the site menu, click the 3 horizontal lines on the right side of the homepage** |
| Zoom Reception After Church! We invite you stay on Zoom immediately after this week’s worship service for a chance to say congrats to our graduates! It would mean a lot to them! |
| Honoring Our High School Seniors We have planned ways to honor our high school seniors. One way you can participate would be to send them a congratulations through the mail. Please take the time to wish them well. If possible include any connections you may have to them- a particular memory, what you admire about them, working together (Build A Bed, etc.). If you have any questions, please call me at (703) 622-2906. Thank you, Paul Kepler Anna Aycock Simon Bartlett Turner Brian Barnes-Davies Olivia Hagan Mara Wallace Tess Wallace Madeline Wilding |
| Congrats 2020 Post Graduate and College Grads!! College Ben Bridgman Post Graduate Emily Pauw–Medical DoctorAndrea Pauw–PH.D Spanish Stephanie Gregory–Certificate for Indiana Education Administration Emily Whearty–Master in Education Daniel Van Beek – Master of Divinity and a certificate in Black Church Studies and presented the Alumni Award for Outstanding Graduating Senior and the Joseph T. Sudduth Award for excellence in biblical studies. |
| Woosley-Leake Scholarship Info CHPC youth and young adults! It’s time to apply for the Woosley-Leake Scholarship for the 2020-2021 school year! If you are planning on going to college, trade school, or any sort of continuing education after high school, this is a way that the church can help you. Thanks to the generosity of previous generations in the faith, there are funds available to help support you in working toward your goals. You will need to fill out the application and return it to the church office by June 1. |
| Deacon of the Month: May Perry Chang is our Deacon of the Month for May. If you or someone you know is in need of a kind gesture, please reach email him here. |