October 4 2015 thisweek.pub - United Church of Chapel Hill

Calendar of Events
October 4 - 10
Sunday, October 4
8:45 & 11 am Worship - Sanctuary
9 am Children’s Choir - Music Room
10 am Adult Forum - Fellowship Hall
10 am Sunday School for all ages
Children’s
Pre-K: Room 104
Kindergarten: Room 124
First Grade: Room 123
Second Grade: Room 119
Third Grade: Room 122
Fourth/Fifth Grades: Room 111
Youth
Confirmation - Room 161
Junior High: Youth Room
Senior High: Room 163
Adult
Spiritual Growth - Conference Room
Parenting Class - Family Parlor
Young Adults - Room 229
11 am Youth Leadership Team Meeting - Youth Lounge
12 pm Board Leadership Luncheon - Assembly Hall
12:45 pm Music Committee - Room 229
2:45 pm Youth Choir - Music Room
3:45 pm Voice for Life - Music Room
5 pm Vespers Service - Sanctuary
Monday, October 5
12 pm Noon Book Group - Library
6 pm Bronze Voices - Music Room
7:15 pm Chancel Bells - Music Room
7:15 pm Women’s Group - Library
Wednesday, October 7
7 am Bible Study - Library
3 pm Spanish Intermediate Class - Conference Room
5:45 pm Wednesdays Together Dinner
6:30 pm Programs for all ages
6:30 pm Congregational Info Meeting - Music Room
7:30 pm Chancel Choir - Music Room
Thursday, October 8
5 pm UCCH serves dinner at IFC Community Kitchen
7 pm Board of Adult Education Meeting - Library
7:30 pm Chamber Singers - Music Room
Friday, October 9
9:15 am Yoga - Assembly Hall
11:30 am Meditation/Prayer Group - Library
Saturday, October 10
6 pm Spanish Worship Service -Sanctuary
SERMON
SHAPING
BIBLE
STUDY
United Church of Chapel Hill
A Congregation of the United Church of Christ
This Week - October 4, 2015
TODAY AT UNITED CHURCH
On Wednesday mornings at 7 am in the church
library, join one of your pastors and fellow church
persons in looking ahead at the lessons for the
coming Sunday. It’s early, but the coffee is on and
the study is rewarding.
To be discussed on Wednesday, October 7
October 11 - 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Job 23:1-9, 16-17
Psalm 22:1-15
Hebrews 4:12-16
Mark 10:17-31
Jesus tells a rich man that he must give “all” in
order to have treasure in heaven.
To be discussed on Wednesday, October 14
October 18 - 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Job 38:1-7, 34-41 Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c
Hebrews 5:1-10
Mark 10:35-45
Jesus teaches his disciples that greatness comes
from service.
To be discussed on Wednesday, October 21
October 25 - 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Job 42:1-6, 10-17
Psalm 34:1-8, 19-22
Hebrews 7:23-28
Mark 10:46-52
Jesus heals blind Bartimaeus.
“We
We believe in God’s
continuing testament in the world…
extravagant welcome ...
and changing lives.”
GOD IS STILL SPEAKING,
Adult Forum (10 am) - Fellowship Hall
Today, we our conversation about race with church
member and UNC professor, Dr. Sherick Hughes.
Today's topic: The Myth & Math of Affirmative
Action (see page 5 for more information about this
Adult Forum series.)
Sunday School Classes for all ages today at 10 am
FOR CHILDREN
• Pre-K: Room 104
• Kindergarten: Room 124
• First Grade: Room 123
• Second Grade: Room 119
• Third Grade: Room 122
• Fourth/Fifth Grades: Room 111
FOR YOUTH
• Confirmation Class - Assembly Hall
• Junior High: Youth Room
• Senior High: Room 163
FOR ADULTS
• Spiritual Growth - Conference Room - led
by Cely Chicurel
The Spiritual Growth class is reading The Ten
Commandments from the Back Side by J. Ellsworth Kalas.
• Parenting Class - Family Parlor - led by
Jenny Shultz and Michele Widd
The Blessing of a B Minus: Using Jewish
Teachings to Raise Resilient Teenagers
• Young Adults - Room 229 - led by Joey Honeycutt and Laura Krull W e invite you to join us
this fall as we read The Gospel of Mary of Magdala, by Karen L. King.
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GOD IS STILL SPEAKING,
Youth Choir Today
2:45 PM Voice for Life
3:45 PM Youth Choir
4:30 PM Parent and singer meeting
Vespers & Potluck is back tonight
at 5 pm!
All youth, parents, siblings
and church friends are invited
to join us for our first Vespers
service of the year. This
week high school senior Samantha Lane will be offering
a “Reflection on Faith” while
Joey Honeycutt, Duke Divinity Student, will provide a homily based on the
Matthew 10:13-16 text. Special music will be
provided by the UCCH Youth Choir.
We hope you will join us for an evening of
reflection and fellowship.
All are welcome at the table for the family style
potluck just following the service. (no “peanut”
products, please)
*There are no additional youth group activities on
1st Sunday's of the month, so we hope to see you
at Vespers!
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Please join us in welcoming Janina Roth to
United Church today. Janina Roth, a seminarian from Germany, will be serving as an
intern at United Church of Chapel Hill for six
months. She is a student of theology in
Muenster studying to be a pastor in the
Protestant Church of Germany.
(Please see page 3 to read more.)
MONDAY NIGHT WOMEN'S GROUP
Mondays (7:15 pm, Library)
Next Monday, October 5, Women's
Group will meet for dinner at
6:30 pm at Momma Dip's, 408
West Rosemary Street, Chapel
Hill. The following Monday, October 12, the group again meet in
the church library at 7:15 pm and
will begin discussing Short Stories by Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine,
focusing on the Introduction and
Chapter One. “In this wise, entertaining, and educational book, Amy-Jill Levine offers a fresh,
timely reinterpretation of Jesus' narratives. In
Short Stories by Jesus, she analyzes these
'problems with parables,' taking readers back in
time to understand how their original Jewish audience understood them."“
All women are welcome at any time, especially as
we begin a new book together.
COFFEE HOSTS NEEDED FOR
OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, & DECEMBER
Sign-up sheets for coffee host
volunteers are available on the
table near the refreshments.
We need for coffee host volunteers in these Sundays in
October:
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Sunday, October 11
Susan Steinberg is
preaching.
Music: 8:45 Youth
Choir. 11:00 Chancel
Choir
For additional perspectives on today’s lectionary
readings, check out the following:
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Sunday, October 18
Richard Edens is preaching.
Music: 8:45 United Voices of
Praise, String Ensemble. 11:00
Chancel Choir
Sunday, October 25
Jill Edens is preaching. Music: 8:45
Chamber Singers,
Brass. 11:00 Chancel Choir, Brass.
10 am Congregational Meeting
7 pm Taizé worship service
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A friend or family member
you’d like to honor?
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A special anniversary or birthday
to celebrate?
If so, consider volunteering to provide the
flowers for the church altar that enrich our
Sunday worship.
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RETIRED MEN'S GROUP
Wednesday, October 14
Roscoe Reeve will be discussing the elections
this fall. Please join us for snacks and discussion.
This Week - October 4, 2015
Gallagher, N. Communion is a practice. In
“The Sacred Meal,” p9-26. 264 Gal S
LaVerdiere, E. “Dining in the Kingdom of
God.” 264 LaV D
Fowler, S.D. We are one at baptism and the
table. In “What Matters to You? Matters to
Us: Engaging Six Vital Themes of Our
Faith,” p31-38. 285.8 Fow W
Nouwen, H.J.M. Entering into communion:
“Take and eat”. In “With Burning Hearts: A
Meditation on the Eucharistic Life,” p63-76.
264 Nou W
For additional perspectives on today’s lectionary
readings, check out the following:
Do you have a special day to remember?
October 18 - 11 am service
Clipboards are also out for November and
December. Please consider helping the Fellowship
Board provide coffee and refreshments by signing
up today. Thank you.
2016 FLOWER
CALENDAR
Worship With Us
In October
From the UCCH Library
Volunteers sign-up on the 2016 Flower
Calendar, which is on the table outside the
church library.
You will get a reminder closer to the date
you choose with options for providing
flowers.
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Gundry, J.M. Children in the Gospel of
Mark, with special attention to Jesus’ blessing of the children (Mark 10:13-16), and the
purpose of Mark. In “The Child in the Bible,” p143-176. 220.8 Bun C
Webber, C.L. Laws, covenants, and contracts. In “Re-Inventing Marriage: A ReView and Re-Vision,” p141-162. 306.8
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Brueggemann, W. The daily voice of faith:
The covenanted self. In “The Covenanted
Self: Explorations in Law and Covenant,”
p18-34. 230 Bru C
Hunter, J.D. For and against the mandate of
creation. In “To Change the World: The
Irony, Tragedy, & Possibility of Christianity
in the Late Modern World,” p93-96. 261.1
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Thurston, B. The wrong question: A reflection on the book of Job. Weavings, 26(2),
p14-18, Feb 2011. 205 Wea
A volunteer will be in the library each Sunday,
10:00-11:00, to help you find these and other
materials that will be useful to you.
This Week - October 4, 2015
Habitat for Humanity’s Building
IFC COMMUNITY KITCHEN
VOLUNTEERS & CASSEROLES
NEEDED
INFORMATIONAL GATHERINGS
TO DISCUSS CHANGES
TO UCCH
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS
There will be an important Congregational meeting on Sunday, October 25, to
approve the 2016 operating budget and to
approve some proposed changes to the
UCCH Constitution & Bylaws.
Hope Partnership 2015
This fall, United Church, in conjunction to the
Building Hope Partnership, has begun building a
new home for family of Ashley, Tyler, Hayli,
and Jaiden Headrick in the Tinnin Woods area of
Efland.
How you can help...
VOLUNTEER
Volunteers are needed for both shifts on Saturdays mornings and afternoons. You can sign up
at: http://orangehabitat.volunteerhub.com.
GIVE
You may make contributions for this Fall’s
build:
• on our website at www.unitedchurch.org
(look for the “Online Giving” link at the top
of the webpage
• by giving during the Sunday offering or,
• Look for special Habitat envelopes on the
table in the church narthex.
WE ARE SEEKING NEW UCCH HABITAT
COORDINATOR
“After five years of coordinating volunteers for
UCCH, it is time for me to move on to other mission activities. If you would be interested in taking on this activity, please contact me. The pay
is zero, but with cost of living increases, the
hours are few, but there is time to swing a golf
club or a hammer, and the benefits are too numerous to list. Please contact me, Dennis Pagano, at: [email protected].”
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
• Thursday, October 8: We ar e in need of a
volunteer crew to prep & serve DINNER (5 to
7 pm). We also need someone to pick up the
casseroles from the church by 4:45 pm.
• Thursday, October 15: We need four women to serve prep & serve casseroles at
Homestart (4:30 to 7:30 pm).
• Thursday, October 22: We ar e in need of a
volunteer crew to prep & serve LUNCH (10
am to 12:30 pm). We also need someone to
pick up the casseroles from the church around
9 am.
To facilitate understanding and respond
to any questions you might have regarding the proposed changes to the Constitution and Bylaws we have arranged for
three informational meetings in October:
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Wednesday, October 7
(6:30 pm, Music Room)
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Sunday, October 11
(10 am, Music Room)
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Wednesday, October 14
(7 pm, Music Room)
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Wanna be a server? If so, please read below to
learn how to be on a serving team.
We encourage you to try attend one of
these meetings so you can be wellinformed for the October 25 vote.
To be on our meal serving team for IFC
Community Kitchen and Homestart,
leave us your email address and let us
know you want to receive our monthly
email about volunteering.
Please watch your email for a letter from
the Moderator about this vote. Copies of
the proposed constitution and bylaws will
be attached. Also, hard copies of these
documents will be available in the church
office.
CASSEROLES NEEDED
Our casserole freezer is empty. If you are unable
to volunteer your time to serve, please consider
baking a casserole. We need 30-36 casseroles a
month to sustain this ministry. Disposable casserole pans are on the table in the church Narthex.
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Sunday, October 18
(10 am, Music Room)
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WILLKOMMEN, JANINA ROTH
Janina Roth, a seminarian from Germany, will be
serving as an intern at United Church of Chapel
Hill for six months. She is a student of theology
in Muenster studying to be a pastor in the
Protestant Church of Germany. She has passed
her First Exam, which in the German system
means that she would now begin her practical
learning in congregations as a vicar. At United
Church she will be involved in the full spectrum
of the congregation’s mission: young adults,
education, pastoral care, worship, youth and children, etc.
The United Church of Christ and the Protestant
Church of Germany have shared history in the
Reformed tradition and a shared commitment to
witness to justice and peace in the world community today. The Southern Conference, the UCC
Conference of the United Church of Chapel Hill,
is paired with the Protestant Church of the Rheinland. The internship of Janina Roth at United
Church of Chapel Hill is a manifestation of this
history, commitment and relationship.
Janina has lived in the United States previously.
Prior to her university studies, she came to
Reston, VA, and served as an au pair for a year.
While in the United States, she had positive experiences with the American church. As she is preparing to serve the church within the context of
Germany, one of her interests in coming to United Church for these six months is to explore how
the American church adapts to its context. One
of the gifts of this church partnership between the
United Church of Christ and the Protestant
Church of Germany is the opportunity to see another way of being church, not better or worse,
but different.
Janina will be introduced to the congregation in
worship on October 4.
This Week - October 4, 2015
THE EVOLVING
SIGNIFICANCE OF RACE
Sunday morning Adult Forums (10
am)
We continue our conversation about race with
church member and UNC professor, Dr. Sherick Hughes. Sherick is a professor in the UNC
School of Education.
He has authored and co-authored over 50 publications including four books:
1. The 2007 AESA (American Educational
Studies Association) Critics’ Choice
Award-Winning title Black Hands in the
Biscuits Not in the Classrooms: Unveiling
Hope in a Struggle for Brown’s Promise,
2. What We Still Don’t Know about Teaching Race: How to Talk About it in the
[College] Classroom,
3. The Evolving Significance of Race: Living, Learning, and Teaching, winner of
the 2014 AESA Critics Choice Award,
and
4. the forthcoming 2016 textbook, Autoethnography: Product, Process & Possibility
(Congratulations, Sherick!)
Over three Sundays Sherick will share his
award-winning work with us, and on the
fourth Sunday, he will facilitate a discussion
of the Hampshire College TEDx talk, How I
Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race (by Jay Smooth) and how it underscores the necessity of evolving approaches to
the expression and reception of race-relevant
language and behaviors. While we live in a
society that prefers to see itself as colorblind
or ‘post-racial,’ his book offers evidence of
the evolving significance of race, the need to
develop a more critical, reflexive lens focused
upon the politics of race and, ultimately, hope.
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Children's Ministries
Calendar
SPARKING JOY
AT THE ALTERNATIVE GIFT MARKET:
JENNYS JEWELS
(FORMALLY KNOWN AS
JILL’S JEWELS)
October 11: Cookout, by the Nature
Discovery Area (12:15 pm)
The Board of Children's Ministries invites
families with children in the 5th grade and
younger to a casual cookout immediately
following the 11 am worship service! We'll
gather by the Nature Discovery Area behind
the church for a mixed grill lunch of meat
and vegetarian offerings and some tasty
sides. We hope you can join us as we share
a meal and deepen friendships. Contact Susan Steinberg or Board Chair Michelle
Whichard for more information.
This coupon entitles the bearer to give love instead of mass
-produced gifts.
Clip it, copy it, give it to your
loved ones.
October 18: Children's Church, led by
the 4th/5th Sunday School Class
(10:10 am, Sanctuary)
The Japanese tidying guru, Marie Kondo, in her book,
The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up advises, “Keep
only the things that speak to your heart. Then take the
plunge and discard all the rest.” Ask each item if it
“sparks joy.” If the answer is no, then Ms. Kondo tells us
to thank it for its service and pass it along!
The 4th/5th grade Sunday School is excited
about leading the first Children's Church
service of the fall, which will center on the
story of Jesus' care and concern for the lost
sheep. During this service we'll hear and see
an engaging representation of this parable,
collect an offering for Carolina for the Kids
(to support patients at UNC Children's Hospitals), say our prayers, celebrate fall birthdays, share communion and sing together.
On Children's Church Sundays, children go
to their Sunday School rooms as usual to
gather with their peers and teachers at 10 am
and return to their rooms after worship, so
the drop-off and pick-up routine remains the
same. Parents, family members, younger
siblings and friends are always welcome to
join us for these lively and child-friendly
services!
Contrary to peer pressure and
advertising, happiness and
meaning in life come through
relationships - within ourselves, with others, with Creation and God - not through
stuff.
Alternative Gift Market
The United Church Youth Choir is providing you with
the opportunity to pass along the pieces of jewelry that
no longer speak to your heart, but will spark joy in someone else!
At the Alternative Gift Market this November, the choir
will again be offering you Jenny’s Jewels, your favorite
boutique of treasures from the jewelry boxes of your
fellow church members.
Now is the time to “Kondo” your jewelry box - the choir
is accepting everything from costume to fine jewelry.
Please include a note with any information that you can
give us about any pieces of particular value. Donations
can be given to Jenny Anderson or left in the church
office.
October 25: Pumpkin Party (5 pm)
Oct 11: Maggie and Me (Chapter 7)
Oct 18: TEDx Talk: How I Learned to
Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race
Your donation will not only spark joy in shoppers, it will
also provide the members of the Youth Choir with muchneeded scholarships for their summer enrichment opportunities. So remember, if it no longer sparks joy for you,
it is just waiting to spark joy in others!
This Week - October 4, 2015
BUY ME NOTHING,
I’LL STILL LOVE YOU
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Saturday, November 21
9 am to 2 pm
Sunday, November 22
10 am to 1 pm
This Week - October 4, 2015
NON-PROFIT VENDORS COMING
to THIS YEAR’S MARKET
We’ll be featuring various
vendors the next few weeks
...stay tuned to see who’s coming…
Youth Ministries Calendar
Wednesdays Together
Sunday, October 11: MS Volunteer with
IFC (11 am)
Middle Schoolers will spend their morning in
service with our new neighbors at the IFC!
October 7
our final meal and program
Please join us!
Sunday, October 11: Senior High Interfaith Worship: Won Buddhism Worship
Temple (10 am)
The Senior High will begin their exploration
of other faith groups by experiencing a service with a Buddhist congregation.
SUPPER: From 5:45 to 6:30 pm - United
Church Preschool Annual Spaghetti Dinner
A Ban Against Neglect (ABAN)
Friday, October 16-Sunday, October 18:
All Youth Fall Retreat @ Camp Caraway
Come spend a beautiful Fall weekend with
the whole youth group and experience all
Camp Caraway has to offer!
Works to break the cycle of poverty among young mothers in Ghana by helping them to
empower themselves and their communities, and teaching them how to nurture their families and the environment.
Selling beautiful handbags and other accessories made from recycled materials. Bags
are made from recycled plastic bags combined with beautiful batik fabrics hand-dyes in
Ghana.
Sunday, October 25: All Youth Pumpkin
Party (4-6 pm)
An annual tradition at
UCCH, the Pumpkin party is
a great way to both service
and enjoy all of the different
generations of UCCH!
Be Loud Sophie Foundation
Supports adolescent and young adult cancer patients and their families at UNC Hospitals.
Funds are used to provide personalized age appropriate resources, and supports complimentary medicine to improve their outlook and treatment.
Selling photo cards designed from Sophie Steiner’s original photos and Be Loud Sophie t
-shirts
Youth arrive at 4 pm to help set-up for the
party. The party starts at 5 pm.
Café Justo
A coffee cooperative located in three communities in Mexico, enabling members to
achieve autonomy and economic growth, fostering opportunities for improved housing,
educational opportunities and gradual increases in economic stability and standard of
living.
Selling coffee beans (ground and whole)
WEDNESDAYS, OCTOBER 14 & 21:
POTTERY GHOSTS AND PUMPKINS FOR
HALLOWEEN FUN
Cely Chicurel is offering a pottery hand building
class in October. On October 14, we will make
ghosts and pumpkins out of white porcelain clay.
On October 21, we will glaze and prepare for firing. Join us for this fun and family friendly art
class. The cost is $20 for the two classes (you can
pay at the door). Space is limited to 10 people.
Please contact Cely at [email protected] for
more information. You may also register on our
website www.unitedchurch.org. Look for
“Education” tab and scroll down to art classes.
Community Empowerment Fund
Cultivates opportunities, assets and communities that supports the alleviation of homelessness and poverty. Provides relationship-based support, matched savings accounts,
workforce development, and financial education to individuals experiencing or at-risk of
experiencing homelessness in Orange and Durham counties.
Selling hand-painted piggy banks and jewelry made out of pennies
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PROGRAMS: From 6:30 to 7:30 pm
LAUDATO SI’ w/ Hermann
Green
HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST with Hans Wurst “Never
again?” From the Holocaust to other genocides since 1945: definition of genocide;
Some examples: Cambodia – Rwanda –
Darfur; Where do we go from here? Q & A.
STORIES OF LOVE, MUSIC OF
HOPE with Susan Steinberg &
Jenny Anderson - Our final theme is
The Best Gift Ever. We'll hear songs and
stories of surprising gifts of grace, including
Birthdays in December by Amanda Godwin, Christmas Songs in England by Sarah
Beth Nelson and The Wooden Sword by
Pamela Alberda. We'll conclude with a surprising story of grace for everyone!
CELEBRATING TREES AND
LEAVES THROUGH ART with
Beatrice Ruggen and Diane
Whitney
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This Year’s Alternative Gift Market
Special Mission Goal
“Joy & Justice”
November 21-22
NOT EVERY CHILD BORN
IN A STABLE SURVIVES
No clean towels. No water.
No crib. No time for play or
school. For many children
born into poverty conditions
have not changed in 2,000
years.
This 2015 Alternative Gift Market at United
Church of Chapel Hill, November 21-22, will again
prioritize gifts to Church World Service to change
the lives of children whose poverty forces them to
work too early in life forgoing education and hope
for the future. In addition there will be gifts available supporting local causes and mission around the
globe.
Help us with the 26th Alternative Gift Market at
United Church of Chapel Hill
• Examine the true meaning of Christmas – to
learn what our gifts can do.
• We offer gifts that give twice, to a specific
cause plus the intended recipient
• Buy Fair Trade gifts from across the globe
• Reduce your carbon footprint
• Wage peace
• Support local and international missions
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How can you help?
⇒ Mark your calendar to attend,
and spread the word to friends
and coworkers
⇒ Offer a gift of time and service
to God’s Bidding, our online
auction– a freshly baked batch
of cookies, your grandmother’s
famous chocolate cake, a landscaping consultation a backup
system for digital files. Please
see yellow insert in today’s bulletin.
⇒ Go through your jewelry boxes
and consider donating to Jenny’s
Jewels any jewelry you no longer
wear (see next page for more information).
⇒ Volunteer to help the day of
the auction, or to help with publicity, or to set up.
⇒ “LIKE” & “SHARE” us on
Facebook. Reach out to your
social networking friends and
share your market enthusiasm
with them.
This Week - October 4, 2015
You can give life more abundant to children that are currently being exploited for child labor — losing out on their
childhood and on the educational opportunities that would
give them a sustainable future. This year United Church of
Chapel Hill is working with Church World Service (CWS)
to expand community-based responses to child labor in
two cities.
As stated by the United Nations, child labor is work that
deprives children of their childhood, their potential and
their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental
development. Despite progress and increased awareness,
there are still 9 million children working in Latin America.
Typically, the working children in CWS-supported projects
live in fragile family environments in extreme poverty conditions in very violent neighborhoods, lack access to basic
rights and services such as: birth certificates, nutritious
food, safe water and sanitation services, health care and decent housing, and do not attend school -or if they do they learn very little and drop- out early. Working girls and boys
can start working as early as 6 years-old and are highly exposed to accidents, sexual
abuse and exploitation, trafficking and drug-related violence including being recruited by
gangs.
Change is possible. Working with one child and one family at a time, CWS and its
longstanding local community-based partners are committed to contribute to efforts like
the one led by the UN to eliminate worst forms of child labor by 2015 and eliminate child
work completely in the region by 2020. In the past four years(2009-2012), CWS has supported locally-designed projects that-working with families, schools and communitieshelped hundreds of children working as street and beach vendors, car washers, garbage
classifiers, helpers in local markets and bus terminals to stop working or substantially reduce the numbers of hours in the street and go back to school, play, develop life-skills and
healthy habits and discover and develop their potential.
United Church of Chapel Hill is raising funds to expand this project to Boco Chica in the
Dominican Republic and Managua, Nicaragua, strengthening and expanding existing community based projects that aim to work holistically with individual working children and
their families to address the root causes of child labor in these areas. Through this project,
CWS and its local partners will reach 400 children and their families.
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