Pastor on Call
For an emergency over the weekend, please contact our Pastoral Associate, Warren Bock.

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Worship Sunday, January 14, 2007
Jody Welker, preacher

Scripture:
Psalm 36:5-10
I Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon:
"Seeking the Common Good"

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Attendance Sunday, January 7:
9:00 a.m.: 185
11:00 a.m.: 368

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Pennies for Hunger:
Offering received January 7, 2007: $16.50

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Nancy's Notes

Ideas, feedback, complaints, hopes, comments, suggestions …whatever you call it, I'd like to hear from you. Without hearing from youth, parents, and others in the congregation it is difficult to know "how it's going."

Was Sunday school fun, boring, meaningful, or helpful? If so, let me know. Was youth group the best thing you've attended in weeks or the worst program ever? We need to know. Have you visited another church and they had a great idea? Share it!

If you're a parent, what is your youth saying at home? Do you have an idea that would help your youth grow in faith? What's good, what's not so good about youth ministry at the Kirk? I'd love to have an e-mail box full of feedback or a voice mailbox full of ideas. Stop me on Sunday mornings, send a note, or stop by the church office. I want to hear from youth and adults. My e-mail address is nancystokes@nc.rr.com and the church phone number is 467-4944.

Without your thoughts and ideas, it is very difficult to grow, change, and improve. In this New Year, help me, the elders, and all the leaders in youth ministry make the Kirk youth program vital and meaningful. Thanks!

Nancy

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Men of the Kirk Breakfast Meeting
All Kirk men are invited to attend our program January 13, at 7:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Duane Westin will speak on "The Recovery after Katrina: People, Pluses and Minuses" based on his assistance as a Kirk team member helping with clean-up a few months after the disaster. Come for the best $2 breakfast in Cary provided by a surprise chef, plus the chance to meet other Kirk men in a fellowship environment.

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Scotch Bonnet
All ladies are cordially invited for lunch and Christian Fellowship on Monday, January 15, 11:30 a.m. at Bentley's American Grille (2007 Walnut Street - in front of Target). If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Eakes.

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50+ Group Intercultural Dinner
50+ will meet for an intercultural dinner on Thursday, January 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Learn about and appreciate other cultures. Endalkachew Kidanewold will present a program about Ethiopia. We would like to learn about and experience foods from regional/ethnic areas of Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, Serbo-Croatia, and Africa. Try something new to make and eat - kibbee, couscous, enchiladas, chalupa, alicha watt, doro wat, fassolia, fumi salad, Thai salad, Javanese sate Indonesian, aushak with gondona filling? Check our Kirk cookbooks for some of these interesting recipes, or maybe you already have a favorite that originated in one of the region's countries. Call Kae Meyer or Carole Rhodes no later than January 12 to let them know if you will be bringing a main dish, side or dessert and which area the recipe will represent.

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Progressive Dinners
We still need two more homes to host middle schoolers and one more home to host high school youth for appetizers or the main dish on Sunday, January 21. Contact Nancy Stokes to volunteer.

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Acolyte Sign Up and Training
Acolyte training for all interested 4th - 7th graders will be held immediately following the 11:00 service on Sunday, January 28th in the sanctuary. Current acolyte volunteers, please stop by and schedule your dates for 2007. If you have questions, please call Julie Bell or Lisa Van Genderen.

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Presbyterian Women's Mother and Others Tea
Sunday, February 11 at 2:00 p.m in the Fellowship Hall. Plan to attend with your mother, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, mentor, friends or any other special woman/girl.

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Faith Quest Memory Verse

Faith Questers, don't forget to memorize our Bible verse. Be sure to tell your shepherd so you can get the prize and your name on the wall.

Our memory verse is Matthew 28:20b "I will be with you always, even until the end of the world."

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Faith Foundation Adult Sunday School
On January 7 the Faith Foundation adult Sunday school class began a study of human relationships and what the Bible has to say about getting along with people. No preparation is needed and everyone is welcome to come to this informal group that meets at the end of the hall in the middle building in Room S16 at 10:00 a.m.

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Kirk Kitchen Needs Dishtowels
The kitchen is in dire need of some dish towels. Maybe you received some new ones for Christmas and would like to donate your old ones? Or possibly you have an over-abundance. You may leave them in the kitchen. Donations would be greatly appreciated.

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Cary Woman's Club Scholarship
The Cary Woman's Club is seeking applicants for the first Cary Woman's Club Scholarship ($1,500) available to high school seniors (male or female) who reside in the Cary/Apex/Morrisville area. The successful candidate will qualify for the Sallie Southall Cotten Scholarship competition, with a four-year value of $22,000. Students should contact their high school guidance counselor for requirements and applications. Application deadline is January 15.

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Church Member Registration Dates for Kirk Children's Center
February 1 & 2, 10:00 a.m. Session Room
In order to register as a church member, you must be considered an active church member.

Completed registration forms and an $85 registration fee are due at the time of registration.

We will be having tours on the following date: January 23, 24, 25 & 26 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Please feel free to attend one of these informative tours.

For question, please call Brenda (469-4895).

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KirkJournal
The deadline is fast approaching for submissions to KirkJournal, the church's literary magazine. Back from a year's hiatus, we hope to go to press in early spring—but we need your writing and/or line art to do it. KirkJournal is a noncompetitive publication, and church members of all ages are welcome to submit their work provided that it is suitable for a church audience. Please reply by January 31 to Chris or Susan Mazzara. Thanks.

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Our congratulations to Joseph (Joey) D. Flory on his graduation from N. C. State University with a B. S. in Mathematics Education. Joey will be teaching at Athens Drive High School in Raleigh beginning in late January. Joey is the son of Roland and Connie Flory.

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Prayer Request of the Week: Please include in your prayers this week thanks for the life and ministry of Martin Luther King, Jr. and for those who are involved in the ministry of racial reconciliation.

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Prayers: We pray for Joe Long, Jerry Palmer, Stefanie Hansen, Heidi Fiedler, Pat Fennell, T. J. Guyton, Rebecca Slack, Sara Saunders, Nancy Davis, Alan MacIlroy, Colleen Calwell

If you would like more information regarding any of our concerns, please contact the church office.

Glenaire Healthcare Unit: Ruth Wagnon, Nedra Chesnutt, Martha Haake, Louise Harter, Mary Frances Webb, Lillian Soo-Hoo.

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Thinking about joining the Kirk or just want to learn more? Then consider becoming part of our next Exploring the Kirk Class. We'll talk about the Christian life, both in this congregation and in the Presbyterian (USA) denomination, and ministry opportunities available to us. It will be a great opportunity to meet other visitors and Kirk members, as well as a wonderful way to begin to discover different ways God might be calling you to participate in the life of this church.

The next Exploring the Kirk Class will meet in two parts on Sunday afternoons (February 4 and 11) from 3:00 - 6:00. This class is a prerequisite for membership at the Kirk. Please contact the church office (467-4944, kirkofkildaire@nc.rr.com) by Monday, January 29, to register or to request childcare. For more information, contact Cathy Church Norman (467-4944).

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