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Follow Your Star
It is a prayer practice in churches all over the world to give people an individual star word at Epiphany, which we celebrated in worship last Sunday. Star words can be used as a form of guidance, prayer, and connection to God’s presence in your daily life. If you were unable to pick up a star Sunday, you can email Ashley Brown and she will send you one.
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Chris Currie Speaks at Duke Divinity School
This week Senior Pastor Chris Currie is teaching Presbyterian Polity, Worship, and Sacraments to Presbyterian students studying in the Master of Divinity program at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina.
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Spiritually Hungry Women:
New Study
Tomorrow, the Spiritually Hungry Women group will begin a study of the book Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life by Harold S. Kushner. Weekly meetings are held on Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m. in the Land Building. Contact Beth Poe with any questions.
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Children's & Youth Choirs Resume Sunday
Rehearsals resume Sunday! Children's Choir I for 3-years-old through Kindergarten meet from 11:45-12:15 in the Learning Center on the 2nd floor with Peggy Crain directing. Children's Choir II for Grades 1-5 meets from 11:45-12:15 in the Choir Room on the 3rd floor with Betsy Uschkrat directing. And Ringers & Singers (bell choir and singing) meet from 12:15-12:45 in the Choir Room on the 3rd floor with Peggy Crain directing. If your child would like to participate in one of these choirs, you can register on our Children's Choir webpage.
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Interested in a Mission Trip to North Carolina?
SCAPC RHINO (Rebuilding Hope in New Orleans) is planning a mission trip to western North Carolina to help in the continued recovery and rebuilding efforts to that area following the devastation of Hurricane Helene back in October. Trip details are still coming together and will be shared very soon, but if you are interested in serving please let us know which dates you would be able to join us by filling out the poll below.
For further questions and inquiries, please email Pastor Sarah.
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PW Collecting Pediatric Medications for Cuba
For the month of January, Presbyterian Women are collecting over-the-counter PEDIATRIC medications, including pain relief and cold/flu drugs, vitamins (no gummies, please), etc., for the SCAPC team travelling to our sister churches in Cardenas, Cuba next month. It is preferred that all medications be in pill form rather than liquid. There is a wicker donation basket in the foyer of the State Street entrance of the church where the donations can be placed.
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PW Book Club
The Presbyterian Women's Book Club meets next on Thursday, January 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the Land Building. Our book for January is Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe.
This is a laugh-out-loud funny and heartwarming story about one young woman's attempt to navigate adulthood, new motherhood, and her meager bank account in our increasingly online world. Our February selection is The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden. The Book Club meets monthly on third Thursdays. Contact Elizabeth Artigues with any questions.
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YAF Trivia Night
YAF (Young Adults & Families) will have a Trivia Night at Port Orleans, 4124 Tchoupitoulas Street, on Thursday, January 16. We will meet there at 6:45 p.m. and trivia will run 7:00-9:30. Please email Tyler Wheeler if you plan to attend.
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Make Giving Easier with Automatic Recurring Donations
Streamline your giving in the new year! If you wish to set up automatic monthly donations to SCAPC, we welcome you to do so at scapc.org/donate-recurring.
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FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN AMERICA
January 5-February 9
Led by Richard Ashmore | Land Building, Riverside Room (recorded)
For four centuries, the United States has grappled with how best to relate church and state. This class will focus on the concept/ideal/principle/experiment called “Freedom of Religion.” We will learn that Freedom of Religion is not a simple, long-standing, and well-established fact in our country. Instead, Freedom of Religion in America is a unique, wonderful, complicated, contested, and audacious work in progress with many historical twists and turns and an unknown future. We will explore the historical highlights of this highly important work in progress. Visit the class webpage for recordings and presentation materials.
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO A SITCOM WRITER
January 12-February 23 | Phifer Library
You would think it strange if someone suddenly ascended into heaven, right? Reading between the lines, do we detect a touch of rivalry between Peter (the Rock) and John (the disciple who Jesus loved)? And surely the lack of parables in the latter’s mystical tome is simply crying out to be discussed! This class will playfully explore the four Gospels and be enlightened in the process.
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THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE INSTITUTION: A CREATIVE WORKSHOP OF FAITH AND BELONGING
January 12-April 6 | Led by Ashley Brown and Tyler Wheeler
2nd Floor Conference Room
In this interactive class, we invite you to explore how to identify and nurture your personal faith beliefs while understanding how they align with the broader Presbyterian Church (PCUSA). Drawing on diverse resources— such as our Book of Order and Book of Confessions to lesser known Reformed Theologians who helped shaped PCUSA theology, we will engage in a deep reflection on our personal journeys of faith. In this class, you are encouraged to ask questions, love your doubts, and join in thoughtful discussion as we explore together what it truly means to be Christian within the context of our church community. We will begin by composing faith statements this Sunday.
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Worship Workshop for 1st Graders & Parents
SUNDAYS, JANUARY 12, 19, AND 26
Starting Sunday, February 2, first graders will remain in the worship service with their families after the children’s message to continue their Faith Journey with Jesus Christ. This may make some parents wonder how they will contain their child during the Big Service. We are here to help! We are offering a Worship Workshop at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays, January 12, 19 and 26 . These are for first grade students AND THEIR PARENT. We will meet each week in Frampton Fellowship Hall for a lesson which will include parts of the live streaming of the worship service. THIS IS DURING THE 10:30 a.m. WORSHIP SERVICE. The topics include “Why do we worship?”, “Where do we worship?," and “How do we hear and thank God?”
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Yak, Snack & Read: Next Book
The 40/50's Yak, Snack & Read book club will meet on Monday, February 3 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in the Land Building. Our book is James by Percival Everett.
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When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. | |
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While many narrative set pieces of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…), Jim’s agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light. | |
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Okra Abbey Community Day
Last Saturday, 35 volunteers gathered for a productive morning at Okra Abbey, one of SCAPC's community ministry partners. Pancakes and sausage warmed the hearts of neighbors, school supplies and shared books were handed out to children, and gardening projects were led by Director Dan Lang. Pictured here are from left are chefs Robert Edgecombe and Greg Beuerman with Dan. Thank you to all who came!
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College Conference in Montreat
During their trip to the Montreat College Conference last week, SCAPC students had lunch with Rev. Jimmie Hawkins from the PC(USA) Office of Public Witness and learned about internship opportunities with the PC(USA) UN office in New York City and Washington DC. In attendance from SCAPC were Boyd Pugh, Charles Lowe, Will Lowe, Grace Fleshman, Lock Gottsche, Madeline Weiser, Mary Evelyne White, Michael Frankowski, Molly McLanahan, Thomas Currie, Liv Thomas, Chris Hazlaris, and Ashley Brown.
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YAF's Kick Off Carnival Together
Last night, a group of YAF's (Young Adults & Families) braved the cold to gather on the parade route for the Phunny Phorty Phellows parade!
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New Arrival!
Congratulations go out to Jane Winslow and Patrick Franke, and to big sister Vivienne, on the birth of Oscar Valentine Franke who was born on December 28!
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