 The NRPC Men's Advent Dinner will be offered as a pick up and take out again this year. An adult and a child box will be offered. Each box includes a serving of ham, turkey, scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry apple casserole, and roll. Each adult box will include a mini pie. Custom orders are not being offered. Please complete this form by Wednesday, December 8th. All reserved plates will be available for pick up from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Sunday 12/12. There is no charge for the meal but donations are accepted. Contact the office with any questions. Reserve Meals Here
 Advent Wreath Making Workshop Sunday, November 28 please join us after Worship to make a wreath. If you can’t attend the workshop, there will be kits to take home. There will also be a church-wide reverse-Advent calendar outreach project introduced at the gathering. Youth students will make wreaths at youth group.
Advent Intergenerational Bible Study will be held Sunday, November 28 and Sunday, December 5 at 5:00pm. Please join us for a bible study in the Faith Ministries Building. All ages are welcome. Reverse Advent Calendar A new Advent Tradition begins….. A Reverse Advent Calendar Typically, advent calendars are filled with candy. Starting December 1 and ending on Christmas Eve you receive a treat a day. A reverse advent calendar allows you to donate or give something each day—thus giving instead of getting At the Advent Workshop on November 28, you will be able to decorate a box and receive a list of non-perishable food items to place daily in the decorated box. At the end of the month, you can take your box of goodies to the North Raleigh Ministries Food Pantry or NC Food Bank. If you cannot be at the workshop, there will be decorated boxes and instructions available outside the FMB November 29-December 3. Can’t get to the food bank at the end of December, don’t worry! Outreach Team will help with that. Be a part of this new tradition. This will be an amazing way to bless those in need in your community and also keep your family focused on the true meaning in this season.
NRPC 3rd annual WALK FOR HUNGER: Sunday, October 31 at Blue Jay Point Sate Park. A lovely walk through the woods will provide the opportunity for some fun and safe fellowship and support a very important ministry AND you can wear your Halloween costume!!
Walk will start at 1:30—we will begin gathering at 1:00pm so we can all start together!! Snacks and prizes will be provided at the finish of the walk!! Sign Ups begin this Sunday at the table in the narthex, or by the sign in table at outside worship, or outside the FMB at other events. Everyone is encouraged to participate—even pets are welcome. If you are not able to get to church to sign up please contact Janet Livengood. Can’t participate?? You can sponsor another walker. Information on how to sponsor a walker is available at the signup table. The money raised will go to CHURCH WORLD SERVICE for their STOP HUNGER programs which support hunger relief programs locally and internationally. Sacred Arts/Spiritual Practices
On the four Thursdays in October the sanctuary will be open from 11:00 - 12:00 in the morning and again from 5:00 - 6:00 in the afternoon for prayer and meditation. Materials to use during this time will be available. Most of the prayer shawls and lap blankets made by our members have been distributed by our deacons. You are invited to sew, knit, crochet (or any creative technique) a shawl for those in the church undergoing surgery or illness. We have fleece fabric available for an easy, lovely shawl! Contact annantoun@aol.com for fabric. The NRPC Sacred Arts Committee is inviting you to participate in an art project for Pentecost! We will be making white plastic doves out of recycled milk jugs, which we plan to mount as a portable mobile to use as a part of the Pentecost Worship Service on Sunday, May 23. All you will need is a clean plastic milk or orange juice jug, the descending dove template which you can print out and trace, a sharpie, and a pair of scissors. If you do not have/use plastic jugs, we will have a number of them that you can pick up outside the FMB starting this Sunday. We ask that all doves be dropped off in a box outside the FMB no later than May 16 so that the doves can be ribboned and hung on the mobile in time for the May 23 service. Here are some photos to guide you!    Agnus Dei
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Grant us peace. Composed by Georges Bizet Performed by Vidalia Patterson Accompanied by Ju Hyun Kim Click Here to view  “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
Please watch the video reading of this story by Mac Lambeth youtu.be/3eQZ0sAIuIs The Tale of Three Trees A Traditional Folktale Retold by Angela Elwell Hunt Illustrations by Tim Jonke  Jesus walked this lonesome valley;
He had to walk it by himself. Oh, nobody else could walk it for him; He had to walk it by himself. We must walk this lonesome valley; We have to walk it by ourselves. Oh, nobody else can walk it for us; We have to walk it by ourselves. You must go and stand your trial; You have to stand it by yourself. Oh, nobody else can stand it for you; You have to stand it by yourself. Dance choreographed and performed by Glenna Durbin Accompanied by Ju Hyun Kim “Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley”, American Spiritual |
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