CGS Announcements Archive

See Our Graduate Recognition Page Here!

Then come help celebrate with our CGS 2010 Graduate Recognition at the 10:30am Service on May 23!

You are also invited to a reception honoring our seniors in Shepherd's Hall following the service.

Cool down in the springtime heat and suport EYC as they raise funds for summer service trips by purchasing a Locopop! Youth will seel the popsicles for $2.25 apiece (or whatever donation you'd like to give) during the Lemonade on the Lawn fellowship time after the 10:30am service. We will have four flavors for sale: Strawberries & Cream, Cookies & Cream, Pomegranate Tangerine and Cherry Lime.

Here's How It Works:

There are 88 keys on the Piano. You can become a supporter of our Music Ministries' 88 Key Campaign, this spring, by purchasing a piano key or keys for $50 each. The names of those honored or memorialized will be published in a commemorative brochure at the conclusion of the campaign.

See how your support will enhance our Music Ministry:

• 1-2 keys = New anthem
• 2-3 keys = Additional singer for 2 worship services or choir robe for any of our choirs
• 3-4 keys = Instrumentalist for 2 worship services or piano tuning
• 4-5 keys = Additional hand bells
• 5-6 keys = Choral Masterwork
• 9 keys = Organ tuning

 Donate On-Line or Download a Donation Form here!

 You are invited to come participate in our next service of Evensong 5pm in the Church on Sunday, May 23rd. The beauty of this service -- which begins with a dimmed, quiet, and reflective sanctuary that gradually becomes infused with the soft light of candle after candle flaring to life -- makes for a very special worship experience. This service is also a wonderful opportunity to get settled and centered as you get ready for another week--it is what is often spoken of as "contemplative" experience of worship. Dress is casual. Then...join us for a wine and cheese reception in the Duncan-Giersch Center following the service.

Evensong--5:00PM, 2nd & 4th Sundays each month

It's not too late to particpate in the Spring Ingathering of the United Thank Offering. We are able to accept donations through May 23rd!

If you collected coins in a blue UTO box, we ask that you simply write a check for the amount collected and drop in the offering plate on Sunday morning or drop it by the church office during the work week.

The United Thank Offering is a practice in our life in Christ that begins with daily prayers and gifts of thanksgiving. These gifts of thanksgiving--coins and bills in the UTO box--from each individual are combined with others at the parish and diocesan celebrations and finally within all of the Episcopal Church. Each year the gifts are given as grants for projects throughout the Anglican Communion. These grants continue to support and strengthen the mission and ministry of the Church throughout the world.

Special thanks and recognition was given to the 2009-2010 Sunday school teaching staff on May 16, 2010, during the 10:30am service. Teachers were called forward and generously thanked for their hard work and dedication. Teachers were applauded for helping to create fatih in children which is "a rock from which they can push off" into their adult lives. Further comments were, What you see before you today are a lot of rock builders. These are, in fact, very, very fine masons who chisel one spiritual block after another, one week after the next...Masonry work in arduous and slow, because great precision is required. Each chisel must be calculated.

We thanked our fine "masons" for their planning, implementation, and commitment and the love which they share with our children. They are an outstanding team, and we are proud of them.

This year's teaching staff includes: Michelle Brown, Emily Howard, Shannon Marbrey, Karen Sommerville, Nan Boyne, Kathy MacLeod, Tina Parker, Carolyn Wilson, Vive Kershaw, Robin Nixon, Elaine Perry, Patricia Holdaway, Jane Morrison, Elizabeth Sanders, Jeff and Marsha East, Nancy Peters, Betsy Pittman, Leslie Facello, Jennifer Hague, Natalie Valchar, Anna Howard, Jeff Whittaker, Kevin and Karen Light, Steve Lowe, Jack Boyne, and David Cawthorn.

A Teacher Appreciation Luncheon followed in Shepherd's Hall.

Everyone is cordially invited to Shepherd's Hall Sunday morning, May 23, following the 10:30am service for both a Reception to honor our seniors and our first Hot Fun in the Summertime project (inspired by Pentecost)! Also the EYC will begin it's summer fundraising Locopop Sale this Sunday, so don't miss this festive moment with your parish family.

We'll be recognizing our soon-to-be high school and college graduates at the 10:30am service on May 23 with a simple reception to follow in Shepherd's Hall after the service.  We also want to have an on-line page featuring our graduates. Please e-mail Wren Blessing (wren.blessing@cgs-raleigh.org) by May 14th with a digital photo, the name of the school you're graduating from, what college you are going to attend (for high school students), or what degree you have earned (for college students), and any other details about accomplishments, hobbies, etc. that you wish to share. We're looking forward to celebrating this milestone with you!

The Out & About Supper Club meets next on Sunday, May 16, at 6:30pm at the home of Jennifer and David Faircloth. Hosts will provide meat and soft drinks. Please bring an appetizer, side dish or dessert to share. BYOB. Remember to RSVP to the Faircloths!

The Amazing Grace Supper Club will meet on Saturday, May 22, at 6:30pm at the home of Chuck and Bonnie Wheeler. Hosts are providing meat. Bring a side dish or dessert to share & drink of your choice. RSVP to Chuck and Bonnie!