We welcome into our membership several new members and families. We welcome Angelina Hayes, Karen Allen, JoAnne Robb, Roy Forrest, and Fred and Kathy Gvillo.
The Session approved at its January meeting to welcome Family Promise of Chatham County into the church building through offering office space and meeting space. Family Promise of Chatham County Executive Director, Faythe Canson Clarke, will be occupying the space where the copier is presently located as her office. Some rearranging is in process and along with the construction of a Worship Closet, we will be prepared later this Spring for her to move in. What this will mean is that PPC will support directly the ministry of Family Promise to Chatham County, host potential mentoring and other educational opportunities, as well as provide an office space for the Pittsboro side of Chatham. We celebrate this opportunity and the willingness of our leaders to partner directly with other groups throughout our county.
We will not have worship at PPC on Christmas Day, so that we can celebrate with our sister church, Chapel in the Pines. They have recently occupied their new building and we want to worship with them in that space. Worship begins at 10:30am Christmas morning. Directions: Take 15/501 N out of Pittsboro to Mann's Chapel Road, Turn Left onto Mann's Chapel Road, then at .5 miles, turn Left onto Great Ridge Parkway. Stay on the dirt road and the church will be on your right. SEE YOU THERE!
Worship on Christmas Day will be at Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church at 10:30am. Everyone is welcome to attend as we share this worship service with our sister congregation.
The Alban Institute, a church leadership/growth consulting group, recently published an article on Church Mission: What Happens when the Mission Changes? In the article, discussion is given to the congregation's ability and willingness to go against historic mission imperatives in favor of newly emerging ones. Going against the institutional memory can be difficult and feel threatening, but living with an outdated mission may lead to death.