June 5, 2016

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

Summer Months at Pullen: Staying Connected While we recognize that there is a different pace to the sum-mer months at Pullen, it is also true that there is a lot going on in our church in June, July and August. The opportunities to stay connected are numerous. As you make summer plans, here are some Pullen highlights to incorporate. You’ll find more details about these highlights in the pages of this news-letter.

ALL SUMMER:

Worship each Sunday at 11 AM

Intergenerational Choir for Worship—All ages are invited to sing easy and accessible music for worship. Gather for re-hearsal in Room 128-B each Sunday at 10:30 AM. There are no Wednesday rehearsals, and we do not meet in July.

Second Wednesday Dinner & Evening Program June 8—Hospitable Planet: Faith, Action & Climate

Change

July 13—Stop Hunger Now

August 10—Adult Cuba Program

Summer Sunday School—June 19 & 26, July 10, 17, 24 & 31, August 7 & 14

Children—Let’s explore the Golden Rule (Matt. 7:12). What does the Bible say about how to treat God, other people and nature with respect?

Youth—Parables and Pericope will engage us in the sto-ries Jesus told about peace, justice and the Kingdom of God

Adults—The summer theme is “Faith at Work.”

JUNE:

Sunday, June 5 Bible Presentation to 2nd graders in worship

Sunday, June 12 Laura’s last Sunday as Youth Minister

Painting the Sanctuary—Expect to see scaffolding for about three weeks beginning June 13.

Youth Mission Trip to Hazard, Kentucky – 11 youth and 3 adults will work with the Housing Development Alliance to build and advocate for better housing in Perry County.

In Our Own Backyard (IOOBY) – 8 middle schoolers and 4 adults will explore the work of the Hope Center, A Place At The Table, The Women’s Center and the Wedge Garden to understand how people work together to make community.

Baptist Youth Camp (BYC) - 22 youth and 3 adults will travel to Laurel Ridge springs to engage in biblical studies, special study groups, reverent youth-led worship and relationship building with our covenantal congregations.

Vacation Bible School—We will explore the story of the Good Samaritan. Each night, we will focus on a service pro-ject with and for one of our “neighbors,” both near and far.

Durham Bulls Baseball Game sponsored by the LGBTQ Committee on June 26

JULY:

Youth to Matanzas, Cuba - 4 adults and youth will pilgrimage to our sister church, First Baptist Matanzas, Cuba, to be in community with our Cuban partners and learn about the reli-gious and social landscape of Cuba.

Installation of the Sanctuary Art Project—The assembly of the frames and installation will be no small feat! Beginning July 18, expect to shift our seating patterns during worship to accommodate the final phase.

AUGUST:

Nicaragua Work Trip—Pullen pilgrims and AMOS mission partners travel August 6-16.

Sunday School Kickoff—On August 28 adults will learn what our adult Sunday school classes will discussing in the fall.

Sunday, August 28—Rite 13

As I think about the ways to stay connected as a church fami-ly this summer, another idea popped into my head: sharing our summer experiences outside of the church. If you take a trip this summer, do something fun and exciting, work on a project at home, visit family, see a good movie, go to a Dolly Parton concert (which I did this weekend!), read a good book, or take a long walk, write up a paragraph about your experience and email it to Morgan, our Communications Spe-cialist (news@pullen.org). Throughout the summer she will post these on our website as yet another way for us to stay connected to each other.

It is true that the summer offers a different pace, especially for families who have children in traditional year-round schools. June, July and August invite time away to the moun-tains or beach and also allow for time to rest and sleep in, especially on Sunday mornings. I, for one, think those things are important. AND, I also think, as a church family, staying connected to one another is important. So, over the next three months I look forward to seeing you at Pullen as well as reading about all the adventures that the summer of 2016 brings your way.

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Samantha Garvens I grew up as the youngest of five chil-dren in a Brady Bunch style family, minus the matching outfits and choreo-graphed dancing. My mother attempted to raise us all as good Catholic children but it never really stuck, especially with me. Just before I started high school, my parents uprooted me from Wiscon-sin to North Carolina where I graduat-ed from Holly Spring and then Western Carolina University with a BS in Psy-chology (GO CATS!). As I came of age and advanced into the early stages of adulthood, I distanced myself further from the religious roots my parents tried to instill in me. Through some crazy, humorous, Shakespearian love story I was dragged to Pullen events and services where I began to realize

that spirituality does not necessitate sore knees and eternal damnation. In Pullen I have found acceptance and an aura that leaves me with a glowing smile and happy heart, as well as an eclectic group of souls who enrich mine in new ways I've never known to be possible. My partner Megan Joyner and I live in Raleigh with our dog/child Charli. Recently I started a new job with Carolina Partners in Mental Healthcare. I love all thunderstorms, Harry Potter and all things peanut butter! Thank you everyone for your unique and warming welcome!

Jen & Lauren Ritzert Jen grew up in Hartville Ohio and now works with children and families as an Education Coordinator at Bright Hori-zons.

Lauren grew up in Euclid Ohio, and now works as a Department In-structor at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina.

We have been together for eight years and were married November 15, 2014. We moved to NC together in 2009. We love to travel when we can and enjoy taking last-minute trips to the beach or the mountains. We have plans to expand our family by way of adoption and cannot wait until that day comes. We are very close to our fami-lies and enjoy spending quality time and cooking out with friends. The young adult group at Pullen has been so welcoming and we are so excited to have already met so many people and to have made such great friends.

New Members at Pullen

June 5, 2016

Summer Sunday School: Parables & Perisope

This summer Pullen Youth will examine the short stories told by Jesus known as the parables. Weekly we will dive into the meaning of the various interpretations de-termined by the contexts of the “historical Jesus,” gospel narratives, political and social agendas, and personal interests. From these stories we will examine how our faith calls us to participate in building a community of peace, love and justice. The Prodigal Son, The Good Samaritan, the Lost Items, and Rich Fools will be a few of the stories. From June 19 - August 14, we will have a little food, a little fun and a lot of buzz. #JesusSaidWhat?

Brian Crisp

Matching Gift Donation for Interna-tional Ministries

A Matching Gift Opportunity has been launched by American Baptist International Ministries (IM) until June 15, 2016.

All donors who give new or over-and-above gifts to support the entire work of IM or any IM global worker will have their gifts DOUBLED when they respond be-tween April 15 and June 15, 2016, or when the matching pool is depleted, whichever comes first. This is a chance to send sup-port funds to Glen & Rita Chapman, David & Laura Parajon, or Dan Buttry and his wife Sharon.

Gifts eligible for the 100% match must be clearly marked "Spring 2016 Matching Opportunity" and must be from a donor new to IM or over-and-above any recurring gift. Donors may choose how their gifts will be used:

100% to support the entire work of IM.

50% to support the entire work of IM and 50% to a specific global worker of the donor's choice.

100% to the support of a specific glob-al worker of the donor's choice. Please mail your check donations

to: International Ministries, P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482. To give online, go to internationalministries.org/drives/27. To give by phone, call Carol Snyder at 800-222-3872, ext. 2323, Monday-Friday, 7:30 A M - 3 : 3 0 P M , E S T . C o n t a c t : carol.snyder@internationalministries.org.

ABC Mission Group

Summer Office Hours Please note that beginning June 17, the church office will close

at 12:30 each Friday until August 19.

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Do Just ice. Love Kindness. Walk Humbly.

June 5, 2016

Second Wednesdays This Summer

This summer we will again gather once a month for dinner and a program to help us stay connected while our regular Wednesday activities take a break. This year it will be the sec-ond Wednesday of June, July and August. We’ll do dinner as usual at 5:15 and then the program at 6:15 PM (not 6:30). Our adult program schedule looks like this:

Pullen friend Steve Jurovics will sum-marize his new book Hospitable Planet: Faith, Action and Climate Change. Steve holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Columbia University and a PhD in Engineering from the University of Southern California. Aspects of cli-mate change mitigation have been the

focus of his engineering work for more than two decades. Steve studied the environmental teachings of Genesis through Deuteronomy, what Jesus called “the Law,” from his Jewish perspective. He found an abundance of applicable teachings and paired that with his desire to discuss ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. His resulting book includes quite clearly what actions to undertake, how to accomplish them, and why this course of action can attain its objectives.

July 13 – Stop Hunger Now

Stop Hunger Now is an internation-al hunger relief organization located in Raleigh that coordinates the dis-tribution of food and other life-saving aid around the world. Its Op-eration Sharehouse program is a volunteer-based effort through

which participants package high protein, dehydrated meals for use in crisis situations and which provides a highly nutri-tious meal to support school feeding programs in schools and orphanages around the world. On this Wednesday evening, the Operation Sharehouse Mobile Unit will come to Pullen so that our children, youth and adults can pack meals in Finlator Hall.

August 10—Adult Cuba Program This year our adult Cuba pilgrims arrived in Matanzas a week after our president’s visit to Cuba. In addition to sharing many wonderful pictures and stories of time with

our partners at First Baptist, on this evening our pilgrims will share their reflections on what has changed since their last visits and how the warming of our country’s relationship with Cuba seems to be impacting our Cuban friends.

Plan to join us for these informative Wednesday evenings together. More details about activities for children and youth on these summer evenings will be forthcoming.

Wednesday Night Committee

Joint Committee to Develop Consensus Proposal: Pullen’s Ministry of Relationship with Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness

To date the Joint Committee has met 5 times to discuss:

The norms or guiding principles for our discussion based on Pullen values;

Goals as developed for us by Jim Jarrard, Chair, Coordi-nating Council.

Pullen’s history with the issue of homelessness & individ-uals sleeping on our property.

The specific interests of each member of our committee so that we could perceive, from the beginning, where we share common ground and where our interests vary.

The “model development” process including expecta-tions for the development of any proposal being brought to a congregational meeting. Each individual was asked to develop their own model for this ministry.

“Model Elements” were identified from these documents and a “Model Element Decision Matrix” is being used which allows us to see at a glance how much agreement there is around specific strategies and issues.

This is helping us to hone in on a model that we can propose to the congregation.

Joint Committee members participated in additional meetings to enhance their knowledge of resources & philoso-phies about caring for the homeless including:

Tour of Wilmington Street Shelter (David Harris)

Love Wins Ministry Presentation (Hugh Hollowell)

Support Circles (Carolyn McLendon/Catholic Charities)

Young Adult Round Table—Interagency meeting to dis-cuss needs of young adults experiencing homelessness

We know that members have differing views. Our committee was chosen to reflect that diversity of thought. To assure in-clusiveness of all perspectives, please email comments you want to share with the committee to cms0510@prepsuccess.com.

Carolyn Sexton, M&O Chair, Convener

TurnOUT! North Carolina to Repeal HB2!

Legislators say they don't hear from voters against HB2 - let's prove them wrong! Join us to connect voters to their legisla-tors through voicemail. Training and supplies provided. Call Andrea Carey for information: (206) 227-2644.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5-8 PM, at AimHigherNow’s Wake Office at 3739 National Dr. #201, Raleigh.

Andrea Carey

Lunch Items Needed

We have recently procured a large supply of crackers from the Food Bank. Items needed for our next packing are cans of Vienna sausages, juice pouches/boxes and cereal bars. Please place any items you can contribute outside Cathy's office. Many thanks for your contributions!

Nancy Bradley

We Grieve With:

Kevin Lumbert and Greg Froom, in the death of Kevin’s mother Sandy.

Janice Hocutt, in the death of her mother Marie Hocutt. The family of Barbara Buchanan, whose memorial service was held

this past Friday at Pullen. Kristen and Jan Hibbetts and their family, in the death of Kristen’s

cousin Dylan, who was killed in a car accident. Don Walker, in the death of his mother Rita Walker.

We Celebrate With:

Megan Joyner, who was ordained at Pullen on May 15. Brian Crisp, who was ordained at Pullen on May 22.

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The PullenNews—June 2016

2017 Missions and Outreach Grants

Believe it or not, it’s time to look toward our 2017 budget. One component of the budget is our Missions and Outreach grants to meet human need in our community and around the world. Grants must be requested by a member of the Pullen community who is active with the organization for which the grant is sought. Application forms and in-structions are available on the church web-site and in the church office. The deadline is August 8. We look forward to learning about all of the wonderful ways Pullen people are making a difference in our world.

Missions and Outreach Council

Vacation Bible School—June

Vacation Bible school will be June 20-23 (Monday through Thursday) for children, three-years-old through rising sixth graders. The program will start at 5:45 PM and finish at 7:45 PM each night. Dinner will be availa-ble at 5 PM each evening. Registration infor-mation will be posted online in the next two weeks and sent out by email to families.

Libby Stephens

Our first host home participant was placed last week! This incredible young lady has spent the past two years literally homeless, yet somehow managed to remain focused on her dreams and just started at Wake Tech last week. She just needed a place to call home. Our Host Home Program pairs volunteer host families with young people between the ages of 18-24 who have aged out of the foster care system who need just a little additional support before living

on their own. And this happened to be a perfect match. In just last week alone, we had four host home placements. If you are interested in becoming a host home family, please contact Rashidah Myrie at rmyrie@hopecenteratpullen.org.

“Host Homes” Needed by Hope Center

2016 will see the official launch of our Host Home Program, and we need your help! The Host Home Program will pair volunteer host families with young people between the ages of 18-25 who have aged out of the foster care system. The mission of this pro-gram is to help provide our young people with valuable independent living skills in a safe and supportive environment as they tran-sition out of foster care into fully independent living.

We hope you will consider inviting a young person into your home. We are looking for stable homes that have additional space for a young person to live and for people who are willing to enter into a mentoring relationship to help the young person make a successful transition to independence. We will provide a lot of high quality training and, of course, ongoing support to all of our volunteer families. The length of stay will vary: we are looking both for people to provide respite help (very short term housing) as well as a little longer stays (average length of stay 3-6 months).

For more information, contact Rashidah Myrie at rmyrie@hopecenteratpullen.org or 919-800-7352. Thank you!

Hope Center Staff

Summer Worship Choir - Begins May 29

In June and August, all youth & adults are invited to sing in Pullen's Summer Worship Choir, singing easy and accessible music for worship. We rehearse in Room 128-B each Sunday at 10:30 AM. Come a few minutes early to get a robe. There are no Wednesday rehearsals, and we do not meet in July. Join us!

Larry Schultz

LGBTQ Second Sunday Lunch

Please join us for Second Sunday Lunch on June 12 after worship at Brixx, 402 Oberlin Road, Suite 120. There is a parking garage available or Brixx would be walkable from church. Hope to see you there!

Jimmy Smith and Laura Robinson, LGBTQ Committee

June 5, 2016

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Sunday, June 5 11:00AM Worship—Bible Presentation, Sanctuary 12:15PM Peace & Justice Mission Group, Room 310 12:30PM Raising Hope Brunch, 500 N. Blount St.

Monday, June 6 5:30 PM Building & Grounds Committee, Room 122 6:30 PM Pullen Friends, Youth Room

Tuesday, June 7 2:00 PM Round Table Fellowship, Finlator Hall

7:00 PM Young Adults (get weekly details: http://bit.ly/PullenYA) Wednesday, June 8

12:00PM Lectionary Lunch, Library 1:00 PM Women’s Housing Meeting, Library 5:30 PM 2nd Wednesday Dinner & Programming, Finlator Hall 6:30 PM Joint Committee on Individuals Sleeping on Pullen Property, 3rd Floor

Thursday, June 9 2:00 PM Round Table Fellowship, Finlator Hall

Sunday, June 12 Kentucky Trip Begins 10:30 AM Summer Worship Choir, Room 128-B

11:00AM Worship, Sanctuary 12:15PM LGBTQ Fellowship Lunch, Brixx, 402 Oberlin Rd., Suite 120 12:15PM Missions & Outreach Council, Room 122 2:00 PM Finance Committee, Finlator Hall 2:15 PM Worship Council, Library 4:00 PM Deacon Council, Finlator Hall

Monday, June 13 Painting the Sanctuary Begins 7:00 PM Pullen Poetry, Glenaire Retirement Community, Cary (for a map or questions, contact Steve Braun: 919-851-8843)

Tuesday, June 14 2:00 PM Round Table Fellowship, Finlator Hall

7:00 PM Young Adults (get weekly details: http://bit.ly/PullenYA) Wednesday, June 15

12:00PM Lectionary Lunch, Library 4:00 PM Pullen Mission Women Dinner, Finlator Hall

Thursday, June 16 2:00 PM Round Table Fellowship, Finlator Hall

June 5, 2016

Invitation to the Benedictine Way

After years of monastic life, I have discov-ered that unlike spiritual fads, which come and go with the teachers and cultures that spawned them, the Rule of Benedict looks at the world through interior eyes and lasts…The Rule of Benedict has been the guide to the spiritual life for common people since the sixth century. Anything that has lasted that long and had that kind of im-pact in a throwaway society is certainly worthy of consideration.

Sr. Joan Chittister

Many of us struggle to stay spiritually centered. To help us consider another way, we will gather on three Tuesday evenings in July to talk about the Rule of Benedict and how it might provide a more centered rhythm for our lives.

There are helpful books about using Ben-edict’s Rule in contemporary life. For this se-ries, reading any one of these books before or during these weeks will be helpful. If you’d like to participate, I will be happy to recommend some reading. It will be helpful in planning our reflection to have a rough headcount of those who plan to participate, but pre-registration is not required.

The dates are July 12, 19 and 26 and the time is 7:00-8:30 PM. The location will be de-termined by the size of the group and posted on the back door on the first evening. Contact me at ctamsberg@pullen.org or 919-828-0897 if you have questions. All are welcome.

Cathy Tamsberg

Pullen Scholarship

The Pullen Memorial Baptist Church Scholar-ship application is due by June 15, 2015. See pullen.org/scholarship.

Emily Cato, Chair of GEMS Committee

Durham Bulls Outing—June 26

Save the date! The Durham Bulls Outing is a church wide event and will be on June 26 at 5 PM. It is sponsored by the LGBTQ Committee. We look forward to seeing you there!

Randall Brady

Sacred Sound Circle—June 12 Come be “bathed” in ancient healing sounds from around the globe including guitar, overtone singing, chimes, Tibetan bowls, flute, gong, frame drum, tuning forks and didgeridoo. Musician Garth Robertson has studied the healing modality of music among shaman in the Amazon. While the music washes over you, you are invited to relax in restorative poses, sit in meditation or explore free movement of the body

through gentle stretching and/or dance. Poteat Chapel, 6 PM, June 12. The session will last loosely one hour, with

flexibility to stay longer. You may wish to bring a blanket, cushion and/or yoga mat. All are welcome. Donations appreciated.

Morgan Siem

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Sunday, June 19—Father’s Day 9:45 AM Sunday School—Faith at Work: Jay Butler

11:00AM Worship, Sanctuary 12:15PM Housing Stability Mission Group, Room 203 12:15PM Personnel Committee, Library 12:15PM Finance Committee, Room 309 7:00 PM In Our Own Backyard Begins

Monday, June 20 In Our Own Backyard 5:00 PM Vacation Bible School 7:00 PM LGBTQ Support Group, Poteat Chapel

Tuesday, June 21 In Our Own Backyard 2:00 PM Round Table Fellowship, Finlator Hall 5:00 PM Vacation Bible School 6:30 PM Joint Committee on Individuals Sleeping on Pullen

Property, Room 122 7:00 PM Young Adults (get weekly details: http://bit.ly/PullenYA)

Wednesday, June 22 12:00 PM Lectionary Lunch, Library 5:00 PM Vacation Bible School Thursday, June 23 2:00 PM Round Table Fellowship, Finlator Hall 5:00 PM Vacation Bible School Sunday, June 26 Baptist Youth Camp (BYC) Begins 9:45 AM Sunday School—Faith at Work: M’Liss Koopman 11:00 AM Worship, Sanctuary 12:00 PM After-Worship Gathering, Finlator Hall 5:00 PM Durham Bulls Game, sponsored by LGBTQ Group

Congratulations Lucy Daniels!

Each year the North Carolina Psychological Association (NCPA) presents the Mary Clarke award, NCPA’s highest honor to a psychologist who has made outstand-ing contributions over a number of years to psy-chology in North Caroli-na. This year’s recipient is Lucy Daniels, PhD. While maintaining an active private practice,

she has spearheaded long-term research projects, mentored young and seasoned clinicians, contrib-uted to getting insurance companies to recognize therapy and provide coverage for mental illness, and made it possible for NCPA to have a perma-nent home. She formed the Lucy Daniels Founda-tion to help in the psychoanalytic treatment of creative individuals who had become blocked. She established the Lucy Daniels therapeutic preschool which provides a spectrum of services for children with special needs as well as developmentally nor-mal children. She continues to present papers na-tionally and internationally.

While raising four children she received her doctoral clinical psychology degree at UNC-Chapel Hill. After working at Umstead and the Durham VA, Dr. Daniels began and maintained a private practice in Raleigh for the past 35 years.

At age 22, Dr. Daniels published a novel which became a bestseller and the next year she won the Guggenheim fellowship and published her second novel. After this she stopped writing. Eventually overcoming her own writer’s block, she began to help others deal with the emotional issues in their lives that blocked their creativity. Currently there is a documentary of her life, “In So Many Words” that has been met with critical acclaim. It deals with the barbaric treatment for anorexia inflicted upon her as a teenager and her profound recovery through psychoanalysis which gives hope and inspiration to those who suffer from their own personal struggles.

Professional and philanthropic contributions aside, Lucy has helped many people by coura-geously sharing her painful and triumphant life story. Lucy is a warm, sincere and modest person. She is a fine writer, therapist, leader, teacher, mother, grandmother and friend. Lucy has recent-ly published her latest novel Maritime Magistery.

Congratulations Lucy!!

Grope Group Sunday School Class

June 5, 2016

Volunteer with Our Round Table Fellowship

On Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2—3 PM in Finlator Hall, a group of Pullen volunteers offers hospitality to 50-60 persons from our neighbor-hood, most of whom experience homelessness or are otherwise struggling to meet their basic needs.

Volunteers arrive around 1:15 and have tasks like preparing food, dis-tributing snack bags and bus tickets, welcoming our guests, cleaning-up af-terward and, for some, picking-up donated food ahead of time. Although we have two teams of faithful volunteers, we could use more help. If your schedule allows you to be here regularly on a Tuesday or Thursday for about two hours, please contact Ginny Going at colleagues.interplay@gmail.com or 919-821-3723. We hope you will consider joining us as we make new friends and share stories.

Round Table Volunteers

Summer Food Donations for Roundtable Fellowship

The Roundtable Fellowship often serves food that is left over from our Wednesday night dinners. Our guests very much enjoy this. Now that Wednesday night dinners happen only once a month in the summer, we’re asking the congregation to donate foods items that can be served in June, July and August. Items we’re seeking are spaghetti sauce, pasta, canned tuna or canned chicken, pickle relish and mayonnaise. Please leave these items on the cart outside Cathy Tamsberg’s office. Thanks!

Roundtable Fellowship Volunteers

Youth Cuba Trip Requests Pullen Youth & their leaders ask for your help in collecting items for our sister congregation, La Primera Iglesia Bautista of Matan-zas, Cuba. Both generic brands and name brand items are wel-come. Items requested include:

Laptops, used is great but need to be in good condition

HP 22 Tricolor ink cartridges (not black)

First aid antibiotic cream

Travel-size shampoo & soap

Colored pencils, ballpoint pens, markers

Ibuprofen & Acetaminophen products

Decongestants (adult & child)

Cold & flu medicine (adult and children)

Pre-natal, children and adult vitamins

Jewelry-making supplies, in-cluding metal fish hook ear-ring wires

Flonase

Nasacort Please bring items to Cathy Tams-berg's office.

Vickie Leigh

Consider Tutoring in the Fall

We just wrapped up our Wiley-Pullen tutoring for the school year. Tutoring in this program is a labor of love, and we are grateful to eve-ryone involved.

We are looking for new tu-tors next fall to work with stu-dents from Wiley Elementary School. The time commitment is from about 4:15 to 5:30 PM each Wednesday from mid-October through mid-May.

We hope you will consider making a difference in the life of a child in this way once school re-sumes. For information, please contact me at 828-0897, x-214 or ctamsberg@pullen.org. Thanks!

Cathy Tamsberg

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June 2016 Pul lenNews

June 5, 2016

“Faith at Work” Summer Sunday School Begins June 19

Our Adult Education Committee has worked hard to develop a Sunday school series for the summer that will challenge and inspire even those who aren’t regular attenders of Sun-day school. Our topic is Faith at Work and it will feature members of our Pullen family as they reflect on ways they try to live out their faith at work, where their faith or spirituality is challenged and how they cope with these challenges in their work settings.

June 19 Jay Butler, lawyer/lobbyist

June 26 M’Liss Koopman, veterinarian

July 3 NO SUNDAY SCHOOL

July 10 Canaan Huie, private attorney

July 17 Paige Moody, landscape business owner

July 24 Clinton Wright, private school music teacher

July 31 Beth Reed, environmental scientist

August 7 Jim McMahan, international health program manager

August 14 Karla Oakley, educational consultant

In the summer, we combine our summer school classes for eight weeks. We will skip July 3, the Sunday closest to the July 4 holiday. The time is 9:45-10:45 AM with the adults meeting in Finlator Hall. If you can attend the entire series, please do. But know that each of these sessions will stand alone and provide valuable insight drawn from personal sto-ries about how fellow Pullenites live their faith at work.

Adult Education Committee

Stamps for Missions is Closing Now

In an issue of "Presbyterians Today," Cary Estes wrote about Peggy Reinhold and her

work with Stamps for Missions: “It doesn't

take much for Peggy Reinhold to try to im-prove a small corner of the world. All she needs is a small corner of an envelope.”

For nearly 20 years Reinhold has been the driving force behind ‘Stamps for Missions.’ The concept is simple. Individual donors and businesses send Reinhold used com-memorative and foreign stamps, everything from civil-rights stamps to the Mup-pets. She organizes the stamps, and then sells them to companies who in turn sell them to stamp collectors.

Through this project Reinhold has raised approximately $70,000 for mission work in the Congo. A member of Massanutten Virginia Presbyterian Church, Reinhold is a former missionary to Congo.

Reinhold says. ‘As I write and thank people who have sent stamps, I tell them some-thing about the Congo. And I request that each time they save a stamp, they pray for the people of the Congo. Reinhold says she usually spends from four to six hours a day work-ing with the stamps. She soaks the stamps, dries them, sorts them by stick number and then places them in one of 14 files.

‘It's a lot of labor. If I were doing it for pay, I would never do it. It's a labor of love.’ Since 2005 Pullen members have donated cancelled stamps to benefit the Congo due

to the work of Peggy Reinhold, 92, in Harrisonburg, VA. This project has closed effective February 1, 2016. My stamp collection box is still in the Information Room next to the sanctuary if you have stamps or stamped envelopes saved that you have not yet donated. Please contact me at starfish1901@att.net or 919-834-4513 if you have questions.

Lois Gibbon

Peggy Reinhold, who with her husband began “Stamps for Missions,” files stamps for stamp dealers for purchase. In the background is a reminder of the Congo where Peggy lived and worked for twenty years. The colorful wall hang-ing was made from fabric she had saved from their missionary time.

Pullen Memorial Baptist Church 1801 Hillsborough Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27605 (919)828-0897 ▪ Fax: 919-833-9364 www.pullen.org

Pul lenNews June 2016 Use of Pullen’s Facilities in May As part of our outreach to the community, the following groups met at Pullen in May:

Alcoholics Anonymous

36 Chambers Group

Another 24 Hours

The Light Group CSJ Prisoner Re-Entry Group El Pueblo Hope Center

Board Meeting

Parenting Group

United Way Meeting Interplay Islam Community Group John Walsh – students’ civil rights tour group Legal Aid of North Carolina

Free Clinics on Custody Law & Divorce Law Love Wins – use of showers Meditation Group North Carolina State History Department Graduation SafeChild Triangle Gay Men’s Chorus TurnOut: Trans Storytelling Training Voter Registration Training

A New “Framework” for Worship—Literally

Final preparations for painting the sanctuary are being made and the summer obstacle course will begin very soon as we tackle two interrelated projects:

Painting the Sanctuary—The installation of scaffolding will begin on June 13. The project will take three weeks, and we anticipate the need for all of us to sit on one side of the sanc-tuary on June 19. On June 26, we’ll be able to use each sec-tion of the sanctuary except the chancel. If you are highly sensitive to paint fumes, perhaps take these two Sundays to visit the newly renovated Duke Chapel. And if you are not highly sensitive, be sure to be in worship as you never know just how creative our worship might be!

Sanctuary Art Project C h e r y l Stallings has been keeping us abreast of the good work of Pullenfolk in completing

the frames. The assembly and installation will be no small feat! Beginning July 18, we will shift our seating patterns dur-ing worship to accommodate the final phase.

Thanks for your flexibility and cooperation!

Brooks Wicker