What does God require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God. —Micah 6:8

Pullen Update August 28, 2016

Final Sabbath Sunday After-Worship Reception Today

Since we are moving to a coffee hour between Sunday Groups and worship starting on September 18, today is our final 4th Sunday reception after wor-ship. Join us for refreshments in Finlator Hall following today’s service.

Fellowship Committee

The Sunday School Times and Name, They are A’Changin’ For decades we have offered Sunday School at 9:45 AM. After careful consideration, we are making two changes in our Sunday morning activities: we will have a new name and a new start time.

Beginning September 18, Sunday School will be called “Sunday Groups” and will begin at 9:30 AM, leaving time for fellowship in Finlator Hall from 10:30—11 AM before worship at 11. Please see the August Pul-lenNews for more details.

Education Council & Church Staff

Sign up for Foyers

Pullen Foyers are gatherings where, once registered, you’re randomly as-signed to a circle of 6 to 8 Pullen friends—including friends you’ve not yet met. Then you gather in each of the homes throughout the next several months. A Foyer is a wonderful way to get to know other Pullen folks.

Sign up for the 2016-17 Foyer assignments by going to pullen.org/forms and look for the Foyer information. Click on “Online Registra-tion”, fill in your information and then click the “Submit” button; it goes directly to the Foyer email box. Sign up forms are also available in the church office, or can be obtained by emailing Heidi and Pat.

Deadline for submitting the forms is September 25 and assign-ments will be made by email around October 2. We look forward to seeing you in a Foyer this year.

Foyer Coordinators Heidi McLean or Pat Thomas

PullenFoyers@gmail.com

Free Healthcare Day September 17

On Saturday, September 17, from 8 AM - 2 PM, come to Pullen for free screening, testing and consultation. Children under 18 years must be ac-companied by a parent or legal guardian.

Services include: child specialist, blood pressure check, OT/PT evalu-ation, diabetes test, women’s health, eye screening, cholesterol test (8AM-11AM, do not eat after midnight), and HIV/STD testing.

Eye glasses for corrective vision will be available. Simple breakfast & lunch will be provided. No prescriptions / medications. No dental.

Contact raleighsaicenter.org/contactmed.php or 919-442-8564.

-Raleigh Sai Center & Pullen Church

Donate Eyeglasses

Raleigh Sai Center’s 5th Annual Free Healthcare Day is September 17 at Pullen. If you have eyeglass-es to donate, please drop them in the Box in the In-formation Room. Thank you!

Nara Simhan

Siler Garden Reception to Honor Julia Williams Sept 19 The members of the Siler Garden Committee cordially invite the Pullen family and friends to a garden reception to follow Sunday service on Sept. 19. The reception is to honor Julia Williams for her many years of commit-ment and love to the nurturing of our beloved Siler Garden. Julia indeed has a green thumb, but—in addition—so many of us have also been the fortu-nate recipients of her gracious and warm heart. Please join us over refresh-ments in the garden when we recognize a very special Pullenite.

Siler Garden Committee

Pullen Women’s Group Once a month, women from Pullen gather for dinner at a local restaurant. We are a very diverse group of women – all ages and walks of life. We share stories of our lives – the blessings and the burdens. This is an oppor-tunity for us to strengthen our connections to other Pullenites and to experi-ence God’s love and kindness through each other.

Our next meeting is Thursday, September 8, 6:30 PM at Xoco, a Mex-ican bar and grill at 410 Glenwood South, Raleigh. Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 7 to lstephens@pullen.org so that we can re-serve a table.

Libby Stephens

Sunday in the Park is September 11

Our annual Sunday in the Park is September 11 at 11:15 AM at Fletcher Park at 802 Clay Street. In the future, we hope to return next door, but we don’t expect the construction to be completed in time for this year.

Pullen people who have attended this worship and fellowship event will tell you that it is one of the best things we do all year. Here’s what you need to know:

Bring a ready-to-eat dish that serves 6-8, stored in a cooler if refrigeration is needed. Please label your container and lid! No serving utensils needed.

Dress casually. Consider sunscreen and insect repellant.

Bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on.

Do whatever else you typically need to do to be comfortable outdoors. While you experience a wonderful

outdoor worship, members of the Education Council and their friends will prepare our delicious meal for after the service. Bring the family and friends for this great event!

Rain Plan: Worship in Pullen sanctu-ary at 11 AM; Picnic cancelled.

*Note that the Oak City Mile race for MS and ALS is the day of Sunday in the Park. It should not impact this event signifi-cantly. However, know that Hillsborough and Edenton Streets will be closed from West to Glenwood from 10:30 AM—4:30 PM. Hillsborough will then be closed from West to Morgan from 2—3 PM.

Education & Worship Councils

Youth Kick-Off August 31 Parents and Youth will gather on Wednes-day, August 31 at 6 PM for a community meal and a kick-off to Youth Group. Please fill out the form at pullen.org/youth-form.

Brian Crisp, bcrisp@pullen.org

Katharine Freeman Circle Our next Circle meeting will be on Septem-ber 8 at 10 AM. For October, November and December, we will meet on the first Thursday of each month at Pullen.

Annette Epps

Get Out The Vote Interested in helping our neighbors register to vote? Get Souls To The Polls is a way to make sure our neighbors at the DoubleTree Hotel, in Pullen Park and on Hillsborough Street are registered to vote. Voting is a justice issue, and for the many ways you can help, please take our online survey by going to pullen.org/gotv-survey. You can also reach us with any questions whatsoever at pullenGOTV@gmail.com.

Brian Crisp & Clinton Wright

Sunday, August 28 11:00AM Worship—Rite 13, Sanctuary 12:00PM After-Worship Gathering, Finlator Hall 12:15PM Missions & Outreach Council, Room 122 2:00 PM Finance Committee, Room 203

Monday, August 29 7:00 PM Spirit Movers, Poteat Chapel Tuesday, August 30 2:00 PM Round Table Fellowship, Finlator Hall 3:30 PM Siler Garden Committee, Library

7:00 PM Young Adults (get weekly details: http://bit.ly/PullenYA) Wednesday, August 31

12:00PM Lectionary Lunch, Library 6:00 PM Youth Kickoff, Finlator Hall

Thursday, September 1 2:00 PM Round Table Fellowship, Finlator Hall Sunday, September 4

11:00AM Worship, Sanctuary 12:15PM Peace & Justice Mission Group, Room 310 3:00 PM Coordinating Council, Room 122

August 28—September 4

September 4

Jeremiah 18:1-11 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 1 Philemon 1:1-1:21 Luke 14:25-33

Financial Impact of July Repairs

The financial impact of the repairs listed in the August Pullenews:

Hot Water Heater ————————————– $9800

Ice Maker —————————————–—– $2510

Freezer compressor ———————–———–— $1323

East balcony gutter repair ————————— $1162

Water supply line leak —————————— $492

Sanctuary air handler —————————— $2235

2nd floor air handler motor ———————— ~$900

Improved drainage near Siler Garden exits —— ~$200

This deluge of repairs totaling approximately $18,622 will put us over budget in our building repair line item. More pointedly, it reinforces the opinion of our Building & Grounds Committee, expressed by its chair-man, Phil Letsinger, at last year’s congregational vote on the 2016 budget, that we are not budgeting realistically for our maintenance needs.

Unfortunately, there is further news. The sanctuary chiller is on its last legs and we are nursing it carefully for what we hope to be no more that another six weeks of very hot weather. It will have to be replaced next March, and my guess is that it will cost around $80,000. Replacement of these units has about a 4-6 week lead time so hustling to replace it now is not feasible.

The Finance, Building & Grounds and Development committees are in dialogue about how best to address our future repair needs. We will keep you informed as we enter the 2017 budgeting season.

Brooks Wicker, Church Administrator

Support Circle Participants Needed Are you concerned about the individuals and families who experience homelessness in a community with resources like ours? Would you like to team up with other Pullenites to sup-port someone who is eager

to find stable housing? If so, we would like to talk with you about joining a new “Support Circle” to assist an employed woman who needs housing and support as she transitions to a stable living situation and a hopeful future.

Training is provided and the experience, though not without its challenges, is life-giving to all who participate. If you are inter-ested in working with a group of Pullen people to help a woman in our community move from homelessness to a stable life, please contact Cathy Tamsberg at 828-0897, x-214 or ctams-berg@pullen.org for more information.

Housing Women Team

New Sunday Group for Parents

On September 18 there will be a new “Sunday Group” for parents of children and youth. Kelly Furr, Katey Zeh and Matt Todd will lead this new educational offering. If you are a par-ent looking for personal and spiritual support as you engage in the daunting exercise of rais-ing healthy children, we invite you to check out this new opportunity.

Education Council

Weekly Wednesday Nights are Back!

On Wednesday, September 7, we resume our academic year Wednesday evening activities. Dinner will is from 5:15—6 with program-ming for children, youth and adults to follow.

The September 7 program for youth and adults will be Worship in the Round led by our youth. They will reflect on their experiences during the Kentucky Mission trip, In Our Own Back Yard, Baptist Youth Camp and their pilgrimage to Cuba. The preschoolers, kinder-garten and first grade children will have Music Discovery and Playtime. The 2nd-5th graders will participate in Children's Choir (starts at 5:45), followed by Micah Kids, a lesson and activity time.

Join us as we begin a new year of Wednesday nights together. Come for the meal (reservations not required) or join us at 6:30 PM for Worship in the Round as we recieve this thoughtful gift from our youth.

Wednesday Night Committee & Staff

Bull Session

Anyone is welcome to join a few Pullen men who meet to chat in the food court at Crabtree on Tuesday mornings 8—10 AM (except on first Tuesdays when we meet in the café at Glenaire between 8:30—9:30). The group be-gan 23 years ago! Questions? Call 848-7003.

Elmer Johnson

Food Donations We can always use food

items for our Round Table Fellowship. Please consider bringing Vienna Sausages, juice pouches/boxes and cereal bars and leaving them outside Cathy’s office. Thank you!

Nancy Bradley