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Weekly Magazine - March 7, 2009
from Sunday's bulletin

SPECIAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING ON SUNDAY, MARCH 21
The meeting will occur immediately following morning worship to hear the Session report on the recommendation and action plan coming from the Uplift Topics Team Report section. This is the meeting mentioned by the Clerk at the Congregational Meeting of February 21.

OUR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION DIRECTOR, Linda Williams, will be on vacation leave beginning March 3. She will return on March 24.

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP will meet from 6:00-8:00 PM this evening in the Youth Room. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact Nolan at 412-965-2255 or Nolan@cpcba.org. All high school students are welcome!

SENIOR HIGH MISSION TRIP INFORMATIONAL MEETING
The Senior High youth will travel to Queens, NY June 27- July 2 to serve in various ministries. If you are interested in attending, please contact Nolan. A meeting for students and parents will be held today at 4:30 PM at the church to discuss fundraisers, payment schedules, and other preparations for the trip.

PASTORAL CARE NEEDS
For pastoral care needs and concerns, please contact Interim Pastor Don Ewing or Deacon Lee Dillon at 724-876-0191.

FINAL LENTEN FAMILY MEAL AND EVENT will be held on Wednesday, March 17 at 6:00 PM.

Kids to Help Out with North Borough Food Pantry
On Sunday, March 14 3rd, 4th, 5th Graders\will join together to purchase and distribute food to North Borough Food Pantry from the 2 Cents a Meal proceeds. We will meet in the Narthex at 12:30 PM and return to church by 2:30 PM. Parents and kids are invited to participate! Contact Rebecca Kurtz at becksevk@yahoo.com or Barb Barcousky at 412-766-1499 if you'd like to join.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND SAVE THE DATE
Saturday, March 27 at 6:00 PM - dinner, entertainment and an explanation of the mission trip to China to help with earthquake relief by the CPCBA “China mission team”.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL will be held Sunday, August 8 through Thursday, August 12, 2010, 6:00-8:30 PM for all ages. As in the past, this is a family affair and it includes the entire church family. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details!

WOODEN LADDER PRESCHOOL, a program of the Community Presbyterian Church of Ben Avon, is now registering students for the 2010-2011 school year. The preschool accepts children ages 18 months to 5 years. For more information, contact Louise Sonnet, Preschool Program Director, at 412-761-9195.

PASTORAL CARE NEEDS
For pastoral care needs and concerns, please contact the interim pastor or Deacon Lee Dillon at 724-876-0191.

PARENTS OF PRE-K AND ELEMENTARY CHILDREN
If you are looking for activities that are fun for children and help them understand a little more about the season of Lent look at this website. It will give you ideas that address growth in faith, prayer, mission, resurrection, etc.

USHER VOLUNTEERS
The church is in need of usher volunteers for this year! We follow a light schedule and only ask your commitment to serve every 6 weeks (substitutes are available if there is a conflict on the date scheduled). Ushering is a good way to meet and greet members and visitors and to serve the church at the same time. If you can help contact Tim Miller at 412-318-4781 or
tmiller1502@comcast.net.

PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDY GROUP will meet this upcoming Wednesday, February 24. Lectionary passages for the week are: Gen. 15:1-12, 17-18; Ps. 27; Phil. 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35. All CPCBA members and friends are welcome!

Flowers
Flowers can be donated in memory or in honor of a special person or people in your life or simply to the glory of God. These beautiful arrangements, created by the CPCBA Flower Committee are $40 a vase. Flowers can be taken by the family or requested to be given to a church shut-in. Call the office (412-766-1233) today to reserve a date!

WOODEN LADDER PRESCHOOL, a program of the Community Presbyterian Church of Ben Avon, is now registering students for the 2010-2011 school year. The preschool accepts children ages 18 months to 5 years. For more information, contact Louise Sonnet, Preschool Program Director, at 412-761-9195.

• Rev. Dr. Donald R. Ewing, Interim Pastor - 412.761.1233 ext 24 - pastor@cpcba.org
• Nolan R. Patouillet, Youth Director - 412.761.1233 ext 25 - nolan@cpcba.org
• David Anderson, Music Director - wavydavy@comcast.net
• Barbara McKelway, Organist - Bmckelway@aol.com
• Kathy Melisko, Administrative Assistant - cpcba@verizon.net
• Linda Williams, Christian Education Director - 412.761.1233 ext 26

Church Directory

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General Information

Use the following links to learn about Community Presbyterian Church.

Chapel	The Chapel is open on 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. daily for prayer and meditation.
Malawi Mission	Community Church helps support a Presbyterian mission in Africa.
Photo Galleries	View photos of the active life of Community Church.
Pomeroy Library	Pomeroy Library offers Christian resources to Community Church.
Revelations Newsletter	Revelations provides all the news that's fit to print about Community Church. Take this link to read online.

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Programs and Events

Take the following links to learn more about the many programs and events going on at CPCBA.

Adult Education	Learn about the Adult Education opportunities here at Community Presbyterian.
Christian Education	Take this link to find out about the children's Christian Education program supervised by Melanie Hughes-Holcomb. Volunteers for teaching are needed!
Book Club	The Book Club meets Tuesday evenings. Click the link to find out what they're reading.
Community Players	The Community Players put on an annual show.
Music	The Chancel Choir, the Junior Choir, and the Handbell Choir offer a variety of opportunities for musical expression at Community Church.
Study and Prayer Group	Take this link to learn about the Community Church Prayer Group.
Youth Activities	Community Church has many active junior and senior high youth. Take the link to find out what they're up to.
Wooden Ladder Preschool	The Wooden Ladder is Community Church's preschool program.

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Officers and Committees

Officers of the Church
Christian Education		Planning Committee
Fellowship and Evangelism		Property Committee
Nominating Committee		Stewardship and Finance
Outreach Committee		Worship Committee
Personnel Committee		Pastoral Nominating Committee

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Miscellaneous

Music Survey Results	You can now view the 2005 Music Survey Results online. However, to view the file you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If it isn't already on your computer, you can download it here here for free.
Member Spotlights	Learn more about Community Church members!
Recipes	Share you recipes with us and see what other members are cooking.
Online Registration	For website testing only.

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External Links of Interest

Take the following links to learn more about the Presbyterian Church and find other spiritual information.

Tour the Sistine Chapel and view the works of Michelangelo online!

Presbyterian Church USA	Click here to go to the web site for the national Presbyterian church.
Pittsburgh Presbytery	Click here to go to the web site for the Pittsburgh area Presbytery.
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary	Learn about this educational center.
bible.org	Cllick here to go to a searchable online Bible. Note that the views on bible.org are not endorsed one way or another by www.cpcba.com, but we recommend it as an easy way to search the Bible online.
Sistine Chapel

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