TIME-SENSITIVE – please register by Nov. 6^th so that we can give a head count to Davidson College!

Thank you to the 23 households that have already pledged $144,000 for our 2025 ministries! Their average pledge of over $6000 is actually the kind of stepping up we are asking members to consider for 2025 as we look to better the PC(USA) average gift per member and empower our committees to share even more of God's "Countless Gifts of Love" (see below).

We are inviting members and friends to make their pledge on or by November 10. Your pledge cards were mailed to your home but you can also pledge online here. Thank you for helping us to share God's "Countless Gifts of Love" in 2025. You can learn more about some committee dreamsfor 2025 and hear from one of our youth daylightbelow.

Congratulations to Tess DeBooij, daughter of Richard DeBooij and DCPC Administrative Assistant and member, Mariette Levert.

Tess has passed her basic training to be United States Marine and her graduation is in two weeks.

Thank you for serving, Tess, and blessings on the next phase of your training.

Need some help for having difficult conversations with friends and family? Your friends at DCPC Conservations have you covered! Check out this Pocket Guide for Conversations they produced. Printed copies are available in the sanctuary narthex or click here to download.

Also

Saturday mornings, starting Nov 30 at 10:15 am in the Davidson Room, The Pines. This study is OPEN to all, not just Pine’s residents. Join the pastoral staff as we prepare ourselves for Advent. Contact John Ryan to register.  

Countless Gifts of Love- Fall 2024 Stewardship Season

It is now our fall stewardship season, as we begin to consider our pledges for 2025. The great hymn, "Now Thank We All Our God," reminds us of God's "countless gifts of love, which still is ours today." We are asking you to consider God's innumerable gifts to you and the call of the disciple to mirror God's generosity in our own giving. The link below is to Harriet Regen's minute for mission about your giving impacts global missions.

What If? Giving to our ministries empowers hundreds of thousands of touches of love every year. When asked how our outreach might deepen and broaden if members gave more to DCPC, a few answers from our committees were as follows. (1) Make retreats and summer trips more financially feasible for all of our families. (2) Create a scholarship fund for the students who graduate from the Sigona Academy in Kenya and who cannot afford to go to the next level of schooling. (3) Regularly train more Stephen Leaders to step into roles being vacated by departing Stephen Ministers. (4) Increase the number and variety of events for families with children to connect with one another. (5) Have better technology support for our Sunday morning online activities. (6) Identify a home we could use year-round for refugee families. (6) Add staff hours for youth ministry. (7) Increase the number of offerings designed to assist with mental health care. If our members and friends “step up” their giving for 2025, perhaps some of these might become a reality! Thank you for giving to DCPC.

“Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God,

serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.”

1 Peter 4: 10

Join us for our Habitat House Dedication

on November 16

Join us in celebrating the completion of our most recent Habitat House and helping us welcome homeowner Elizabeth and her family to their new home. The event is at 10 am on Saturday, November 16th at 7449 Malabar Road in Huntersville. To learn more about the event, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/welcome-home-celebration-tickets-1027223391817?aff=oddtdtcreator To learn more about Elizabeth and her family CLICK HERE.

 Thank you to everyone who signed up to volunteer on Tuesday, November 5. We still have a need for Kitchen Cook ( 8:30-1:15 shift). If you are available and would like to volunteer, please click here.

We are excited that DCPC has a regular monthly date to serve at Angels and Sparrows Community Table! We are scheduled for the first Tuesday of each month. We are responsible for providing seven volunteers. Please see the date, jobs, and time slots by clicking here, and sign up for what works for you. If you have questions, please contact Holly Frisbie at (336) 918-6351 or hyfrisbie@gmail.com.

Caregiver Support Group

Caregivers are invited to our new support group on either or both the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. and/or the fourth Tuesday at 2 p.m. Both meetings each month will take place in the Youth Lounge. Contact Deborah Conner with questions: dconner@dcpc.org or (704) 892 5641.

Join us as you are able and know that your ministry of care is in our prayers.