VOLUNTEERS FOR SUNDAY MORNINGS

We are in need of ushers and worship leaders in the coming months. Take a moment to sign up today!

The sign-up sheet for First Sundays is posted in the Fellowship Hall. Sign up with a friend for February 5, and learn how our fair-trade coffee gets made!

CHRISTMAS EVE POINSETTIAS

For our Christmas Eve service, the Meeting House will be decorated with poinsettias.

If you would like to donate a poinsettia for $15 in memory of a loved one or in honor of someone, please click below for the order form.

SUNDAY SCHOOL & NURSERY

Sunday School and Nursery care will conclude for the year on Sunday, December 18 and resume on Sunday, January 9. 
We are in need of volunteers this Spring!  If you are interested in volunteering, please contact:

For Sunday School Diana Kenis-Reilly

For nursery: Molly Shaw

All volunteers must complete background checks and child protection training.

SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 

There is still time to Sign-up as a docent or concert usher for the Meeting House. There will also be a sign-up to contribute special breads, cookies or soups for sale. Click below for additional information about the overall schedule for that day. 

In 2018 the LGBTQIA+ Task Force was created to take a stand and embrace the Presbyterian USA's changing standpoint on how we include all of God's people, especially those who have been ignored and mistreated by the church for far too long. New Castle Presbyterian Church joined over 230 churches and became a part of the More Light Presbyterians as fully affirming allies and advocates for our LGBTQIA+ siblings in Christ. Every June during Pride month we decorate the walkway with the rainbow flags as an outward sign of our support and love for the broader LGBTQIA+ community, but there is still so much more we can do throughout the year; and we hope that you help us in making this happen! We would love for you to join us in creating new events, reaching out to our friends in the community; and become a part of this fun yet important ministry!  If you are interested in being a part of the LGBTQIA+ Task Force please contact Salina Brett or Diana Reilly. 

Here is a link to the More Light Presbyterian website. 

EPIPHANY HOUSE DINNER SIGN-UP

Epiphany House (722 N Union St.) is one of Friendship House's transitional homes for women. NCPC provides a dinner on the second Thursday each month, and we're excited to share that community meals are back! Two volunteers are asked to arrive with food at 5 and plan to stay for the meal. Dinner is over by 6, and residents clean up! For meal inspiration and dates, the sign up sheet is in the Fellowship Hall. Contact Scott Selheimer with any questions.

GIFTS OF LOVE

Thanks to the MVPs who have contributed thus far and all who continue to do so. Our last collection of the year will be on Sunday, December 4. So far, we've achieved 89% of our goal and donated $3,200 of our $3,600 commitment to our neighbors in need. But, we can't take our eyes off the ball.  We must continue to press an aggressive offense to raise the remaining $400 of our pledge for the year.  So make a donation through one of the white envelopes to help us reach the endzone!

 JANUARY 15 BOOK DISCUSSION

 Kate Bowler has a recent book called No Cure for Being Human (and Other Truths I Need to Hear). It’s a memoir for all of us who understand we are more limited than we may have realized. Those of us who are trapped by fragile bodies, commitments, dependents, geography, money, and circumstances.

Start reading now and join us after worship on January 15 for a time of conversation and resource sharing as we all acknowledge - there's no cure for being human, but in life and in death, we belong to God!