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Thanks for visiting our church website. You may notice that we are updating the site more regularly, with a list of upcoming events listed below.
I share some of my personal musings on a blog at http://willymac4.blogspot.com in which you are welcome to participate. Feel free to read and respond to my irreverent thoughts on the church, the christian life, and our loves. There is a "Comment" link underneath each entry where you can respond and share what you think.
CPC is truly a community church, welcoming those of multiple church backgrounds to be the unique, open, caring community that it is. CPC is the product of the 1971 merger of Community Congregational Church of Pittsburg – UCC, established 1864, and the First United Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg – PC (USA), established 1953. We are a diverse church family that values the traditions from which we have come, while looking to the future that God is calling us toward.
If you would like to see a bit about the recent mission trip to Israel-Palestine a few members of our church and I participated in, please visit: http://keephopealiveca.blogspot.com
The primary term we at CPC describe ourselves with is family, sharing in each other's joys and struggles, so please take a while to get to know us here and then come out to one of our events. I am sure you will find your place in the family of God here!
Pastor Will McGarvey
Today at CPC:
Church and Society LGBT Film Series: In celebration of Black History Month, tonight's film presentation will be "Brother Outsider: the life of Bayard Rustin" Thursday, February 25th at 7:00 pm in the Stoneman Room. As a gay man, Rustin was the "unsung hero" of the Civil Rights Movement who counseled Dr. King about the techniques of non-violent resistance. This new documentary is based on primary research of Rustin's papers.
Sunday's Alternative Worship Service is a celebration of our African-American Heritage with song and dance in the Social Hall. Don't miss it.
Who We Are: A Progressive Christian Church in East County!
CPC is affiliated with the Center for Progressive Christianity, affirming the 8 Points. You will find God's welcome here among us.
"By calling ourselves progressive, we mean that we are Christians who…
1 Have found an approach to God through the life and teachings of Jesus,
2 Recognize the faithfulness of other people who have other names for the way to God’s realm, and acknowledge that their ways are true for them, as our ways are true for us,
3 Understand the sharing of bread and wine in Jesus’s name to be a representation of an ancient vision of God’s feast for all peoples,
4 Invite all people to participate in our community and worship life without insisting that they become like us in order to be acceptable
(including but not limited to):
believers and agnostics,
conventional Christians and questioning skeptics,
women and men,
those of all sexual orientations and gender identities,
those of all races and cultures,
those of all classes and abilities,
those who hope for a better world and those who have lost hope;
5 Know that the way we behave toward one another and toward other people is the fullest expression of what we believe,
6 Find more grace in the search for understanding than we do in dogmatic certainty - more value in questioning than in absolutes;
7 Form ourselves into communities dedicated to equipping one another for the work we feel called to do: striving for peace and justice among all people, protecting and restoring the integrity of all God’s creation, and bringing hope to those Jesus called the least of his sisters and brothers; and
8 Recognize that being followers of Jesus is costly, and entails selfless love, conscientious resistance to evil, and renunciation of privilege."
"The 8 Points” (version 2003)
The Center for Progressive Christianity, www.tcpc.org
Remember the Deacon's Fund, highlighted on the first Sunday of each month, receives and distributes donations to help families in need in the Church and East County.
The One Great Hour of Sharing Offering will be received during Lent, beginning February 21st through Easter, April 4th. This offering benefits The Presbyterian Hunger Program with 36 percent, while the Self-Development of People and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance each receive 32 percent.
Addressing Hunger in East County: CPC is a charter member of PICES, Pittsburg's food pantry at 585 W. 10th St. in downtown Pittsburg. We have also recently partnered with FB² - the Faith Based Food Bank - currently dispersing food at the Antioch Salvation Army at 525 E. 18th St. in Antioch. The Salvation Army is receiving frozen turkeys through Christmas, so buy your holiday turkey, ham or canned meat a twin and drop it off at the Salvation Army!
The 22nd Annual East County Hunger Walk: was held Sat., Oct. 3rd and we raised over $900.00 to battle hunger in East County.
Upcoming Events at CPC:
Shared Ministry: Our March Joint Worship Communion service will be Sunday, March 7th at First Congregational Church of Antioch (620 E. Tregallas Rd.) with Pastor Will preaching. Remember, there will be no services at CPC. Deacons are organizing carpools for those who would rather not drive. We will receive the Pennies for Peace offering during this service again. The April Joint Service will be Easter Sunday, April 4th at CPC.
Wednesday Bible Study: On Wednesday mornings we continue in a book entitled "God, Geering and Galileo: A Faith for the 21st Century" by Jesus Seminar author Rev. Dr. Robert Jones, (not that Bob Jones). We meet Wednesday mornings at 10:00 am in the Stoneman Room. All are welcome. We will finish with the current book on March 3rd. On March 10th we will go through the book of Joshua with the curriculum by Dr. Mary Michael from Beirut, Lebanon. Pastor Will has extra copies of the Joshua curriculum for $8.00.
Wednesday Night Book Study: “Christianity For the Rest of Us” by Diana Butler Bass – continues Wednesday evenings in the CSR at 7:30 pm. March 24th we will be discussing chapters 4 & 5.
“The Book of Acts – God is still speaking” Shared Ministry Study Friday afternoons at 3:00 pm at FCCA (620 E. Tregallas Rd., Antioch). This study is led by Sandy Henry.
Upcoming Small Group Meetings:
• Eco-Stewards Group - Next Meeting, Sunday, February 28th at 3:00 pm at 143 Buchanan Rd. to look at home wind turbines. We will then go to Lois Zollars' home to discuss our next meetings.
• Men’s Breakfast Group, Saturday, March 6th at 8:00 am at Smit’s Restaurant.
• Women's Fellowship, Luncheon Thursday, March 25th at 11:30 at Bella Cocina Italian Restaurant (next to Tao Sin Jin in Antioch).
• Women's Circle 2, March 23rd at 6:45 pm in the Stoneman Room.
Sunday School Hour returns: Classes for K through Middle School students has returned to during the worship service after the children's message. As usual, there is Nursery for Pre-Kindergarteners during the service in our remodeled Nursery and there are special binders for children staying in worship.
Church and Society LGBT Film Series: Next film presentation will be "Brother Outsider: the life of Bayard Rustin" Thursday, February 25th at 7:00 pm in the Stoneman Room. As a gay man, Rustin was the "unsung hero" of the Civil Rights Movement who counseled Dr. King about the techniques of non-violent resistance. This new documentary is based on primary research of Rustin's papers
Alternative Worship Service: Also to celebrate Black History Month, the Alternative Worship Team will be leading a celebration of our African-American Heritage during the 10:00 am Sunday service on February 28th in the Social Hall.
Youth Group:
• Sunday, Feb. 28th: 1:00 pm, movie group to finish the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy of movies.
• Sunday, March 14th: 12:30 to 3:00 pm in the Stoneman Room. Bring a snack to share!
• Saturday, March 27th: Annual Chinatown Workparty! Meet at CPC at 8:00 am to carpool, and we will return around 2:00 pm.
Save the Date for the Westminster Camp Fundraiser:
April 24, 2010 for our Spaghetti Dinner – Silent Auction Fundraiser. Help us raise money to send the kids to camp this summer.
Interfaith Council of Co. Co. County Cookbook!
Please participate and share up to three of your most fantastic crowd – pleasing recipes. Include notations about your recipe for example; “Brought by my family from Spain over a century ago”. Each recipe will include your name, and your religious affiliation (church, mosque, temple, etc). It’s easy to enter your recipe(s) directly into our cookbook.
Here’s how you do it:
1. Go to www.fundcraft.com
2. Locate green writing on right side of screen. Scroll down to the blank box marked “Web ID”, (members).
3. Click on the box “WEB ID” and enter: 36834-07QV. Then, click “log in”.
4. Read all instructions on page. Then, when ready, click on the pink, “post recipes”.
5. Now, enter your recipe!
6. If you plan on entering more than one recipe, please use the same format each time and enter each recipe separately. Your name must appear the exact same way on each entry.
7. Please check your recipe for typos, and recipe errors, by clicking on the “spell check” bar. Double check your entry; you are responsible for your own editing.
8. When you have finished entering your recipe and notations and are ready to submit, click on the box marked “submit”. You’re done!
Thank you for your participation. We look forward to sampling your interfaith meals with everyone in our community!
Sincerely, The ICCCC Cookbook Committee
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