Announcements, reminders, and church life bulletin board

Congratulations, Carolina Beach Presbyterian Church!

As of Friday morning, Jan. 20, our Certificate of Occupancy has been granted. In other words, your new building expansion is ready to be used for God's mission!

The ceremonial words and formal celebrations will take place in the near future; for now, we can all give thanks to God for the hard work, dedication, and vision of many of our church members, past and present.

It is especially appropriate to acknowledge Larry Powell, Troy Slaughter and Scott Woodard who, in the capacity of heading our Design & Construction Committee, have been active and present, day and night, throughout the course of this project. But where would we be without Fran Young, Ed Davis, Mark McLamb, and the many others who headed up the Capital Campaign and its various committees and subcommittees? And how far from our goals would we be if not for Bettie Slusser, Becky Copenhaver, and the full membership of the Interior Design & Furnishings? We'd still be wondering how the whole thing would ever get off the ground if not for Faye Smith occupying the central organizing seat. And I guarantee you that as I sit here now, I can name 30 other individuals who have been crucial to this moment before I even start thinking about it, and there are another 30 behind them, and more where that came from. How about everyone who has faithfully contributed prayers, money, energy, expertise, and time, just for starters.

Work remains to be done, but it is a joyful work, as we prepare for next Tuesday when we will need volunteers to help move furnishings into the new space. The next evening, Wednesday, Jan. 25, is the Soup Supper, which will take place for the 23rd consecutive year, but will also be the formal opening of the new fellowship hall.

Congratulations, well done, and on we go praising God. "Not to us, O God, not to us, but to Your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness" (Psalm 115:1).

Yours in Christ,

Keith

Join us for our Wednesday Evening Bible Studies, 6:15-7:00 P.M.!

Child care can be made available during Wednesday evening Bible Studies; please notify the church office by Monday if you will need child care in order to join us on Wednesday.

The Pastor's Class is looking at the shorter books of the Old Testament. Each class will focus on a different OT book. For this week's class, check the course schedule posted on the Church Life page.

Clara Hare's B.A.S.I.C. Bible Study (Old Testament survey) meets in the library. Visitors and newcomers are always welcome! Materials will be given in class. Please bring a Bible. We're in Genesis.

The pastor recommends any of these New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Study Bibles: The New Oxford Annotated Bible; The Discipleship Study Bible; the HarperCollins Study Bible; or the Green Bible. N.I.V. translations are also useful. (The King James Version and the Living Bible are beautiful texts but will not be as useful for study.) 

Please note, dinner will not be served before the Bible groups meet. See you at 6:15--or, if you need to bring something and come a little early, feel free!

Reminder: please don't put recyclables in the trash! Rinse out plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and glass bottles and leave them in the recycling bins. We also recycle worship bulletins, cardboard, and newspaper. Thank you!

Those who have been using, or would like to use, their Food Lion MVP card to benefit CBPC, please see this important announcement from Food Lion. Some changes are being made to their program, and we will all need to re-link our MVP cards in order for the church to benefit. Thank you! -K.G. 

"Food Lion is proud to announce the new MVP Community Rewards program, which will provide funds to help support local charities. Customers need to enroll their MVP card to support your charitable organization and we take care of the rest. Even if they linked their MVP Cards in the past, your supporters need to re-link at foodlion.com in order to earn credit for your charity. Once their card is linked, every time they use their Food Lion MVP Card your charitable organization will automatically be credited for every qualifying Food Lion Brand product they have purchased."

1. Visit www.foodlion.com.

2. Click on MVP Rewards and enter our organization code: 250289

3. Complete the form and enter your Food Lion MVP card number.

If you have trouble or just want someone else to try it for you, just bring your MVP card to the church and we can take care of getting you registered.

Thank you!

At www.presbycc.org/packets.htm you will find the list of actions taken at the most recent meetings of Presbytery for your information, and to aid in making reports to session. This summary will be our continuing practice subsequent to each meeting of Presbytery. It is part of our effort to communicate with our churches more fully and to aid in commissioner reports to sessions.

Thank you for you involvement in, and support of, Presbytery.
 
Rev. David A. Walker
General Presbyter & Stated Clerk
Presbytery of Coastal Carolina

You can make this your computer's home page, and every time you log on to the internet, you’ll see the latest news about our people and our ministries - more easily even than receiving e-mail updates. 

Windows users:

1. At the top of the screen, select “Tools.”

2. Select “Internet Options.”

3. In the Home Page window, click “Use Current.”

4. Click “Apply.”

5. Click “OK.”

Next time you connect to the internet, the Daily Update page will come up automatically!

Basic information on the Building Expansion is regularly updated and always available on the Expansion Info page.

Click on the underlined links below for short video clips chronicling the progress of our building expansion at Carolina Beach Presbyterian Church!  

The interior coming together (October 19, 2011)

Punching through the sanctuary wall to place the new exit door to the hallway across from the new fellowship hall (October 11, 2011)  

Future classrooms and kitchen (July 30, 2011)

Another short tour through the West end of the expansion (June 21, 2011)  

The view from the south side (town side) of the building showing the original wall and the new area (June 15, 2011)  

The view from the northwest corner of the back lot (June 15, 2011). Note the north driveway will be replaced with green space to give us back some of the lawn area which is now occupied by the new fellowship hall

A view of the new fellowship hall (May 13, 2011)

A short tour from the future back door into the main hallway and on to the fellowship hall (May 13, 2011)

The new church building outline from the back lot (May 13, 2011)

A sneak peek at the new fellowship hall (May 3, 2011)

Roofers roofing and the back lot under construction (May 3, 2011)

Building the roof (April 20, 2011)

New interior beginning to take shape (March 23, 2011)

Exterior construction view (March 3, 2011)

Old Fellowship Hall windows boarded up (March 3, 2011)

New foundation work (Feb. 22, 2011)

Pre-Construction in the former back yard of the church (Dec. 30, 2010)

The old back lot, pre-construction (July 15, 2010)

Old back lot, part 2 (July 15, 2010)

Tuesday Evening VBS Kitchen Crew (June 15, 2010)  

Congregational Care Committee (June 13, 2010)

A look at CBPC, Wednesday morning (June 9, 2010)