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THE NEWSLETTER OF COLLEGE

PLACE UMC September 16, 2015 THE CONNECTIONTHE CONNECTIONTHE CONNECTIONTHE CONNECTION

The Spartan Open Pantry is ac-cepting donations on a continu-ing basis. The following items are the ones they run out of very quickly and continue to request to be donated.

Canned Fruits, Peanut Butter & Jelly,

Pasta Sauce & Noodles, Canned Tuna

Canned Chicken, Other Canned Meats

(Please no Green Beans or Corn)

Donations may be left on the stage at the front of the Fellowship Hall. Or if it’s better for you to give a monetary gift, please indicate “SOP” and

we can purchase needed items.

Mission Updates Project AGAPE is BACK! Project AGAPE is sponsored by our annu-al conference. One phase of Project AGAPE is the Christmas Boxes for the Children of Armenia (a land locked country between Tur-key, Iran and Russia). This is similar to the Shoe Boxes program from Samaritan’s Purse. Donations of boxes should be turned in by Sept 27th.

Lists of items needed are available from the office, in the en-trances, and on the church website under publications. Please include $5 cash or check made out to CPUMC and mark it AGAPE BOXES for shipping costs.

The only Christmas gift or humanitarian relief these

children receive this year may be through Project AGAPE.

Church Leadership Council Charge Conference

October 12, 6pm, John Wesley Room

UMW Project for September

Our United Methodist Wom-

en are receiving dona�ons of

socks and underwear for the

Pre-K thru 5th grade children

at Peck Elementary. Everyone is wel-

come to par�cipate. Your dona�ons

can be le$ on the bench outside the church

office. If you are unable to get out for shopping,

monetary dona�ons are also appreciated. Check

should be made to College Place UMC

and Peck School noted on the memo

line. For ques�ons please see any UMW

member. Thank you for your con�nuing

care for these students.

Wednesday, Sept. 30th @ Greens-boro Urban Ministry

College Place will be serving the evening meal at Weaver House Wednesday, Sept. 30th. Volunteers are still needed to help grocery shop, cook, set-up, serve and clean-up. Volunteers to make/bring desserts are also needed. Please sign up today to help out with this meal. Set up begins about 4pm, Meal is served at 7pm and clean-up follows. A sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board out-side of the John Wesley Room. You may

also call the church office at 275-3363 to volunteer.

College Place is headed to Greensboro Historical Museum

Join us on Wednesday, October 7, for lunch at Europa and a tour of the Greensboro His-torical Museum. We plan to meet at the church at 11:00 and carpool downtown. The tour will be around 1:00 and last around 1 or 1.5 hours. Lunch and parking will be the only cost. Sign up outside of the office or call to have your name on the list so we can make reservations.

Where: NC Zoo, Asheboro

When: October 17

What time: around 9:30

With whom: This trip is great for kids and their parents or grandparents. But other members can go to.

How much: We have entry passes, so the cost is only your lunch there and your transportation.

How to be apart of the trip: Sign up outside the church office or call to be added to the list.

HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED UP...HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED UP...HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED UP...HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED UP...

...at our front Tower?

The east side of the tower is above with a close up of the current condition of the east side louvers and vaults.

Section of 1919 blueprints of the tower section by famous Architect Harry Barton

In just a few years, the front tower of our building will have overlooked Tate and Spring Garden Streets for 100 years. Our church’s historic tow-ers have greeted years of progress and modernization, thousands of people have gazed upwards to the heavens following our 72 foot tower.

With all of our current modern elec-tronics and conveniences, we still wonder how the forefathers and foremothers of our congregation were able to have such an inspiring edifice constructed long ago.

However, if you’ve driven down Spring Garden or Tate St and looked up at the tower, you might notice that the wooden louvers and vault (the top, decorative wooden arch) are weather worn. No one can recall the last time it was painted. It needs repair and painting in order to con-tinue its work for the ministries of College Place’s congregation.

To learn more about what’s planned to care for the tower into the future, look at the reverse side of this sheet.

ENABLING THE FUTUREENABLING THE FUTUREENABLING THE FUTUREENABLING THE FUTURE

To Maintain and Improve

Work is already underway on the tower. In fact, if weather and schedules go ac-cording to plan the south tower louvers and vault will be reinstalled this Friday. We’ll be able to see improvement already on the parking lot side. While you may only be able to see a paint job from the street, there has been much preparation over the past two weeks.

Here’s what is happening:

◊ The louvers were cut out from the south side frames and the vaults removed.

◊ The removed parts were taken to a workshop in Southern Pines where the old lead paint was removed and boiled linseed oil was applied to the pieces to rejuvenate the old growth pine wood.

◊ The old paint was removed and the surface of the frames and molding was prepared while remaining in the tower.

◊ The louvers and vaults are primed and painted in the workshop and then returned to the tow-er.

◊ A new “rack system” will be installed in the frames enabling future maintenance to happen from inside the tower at a fraction of the cost of outside scaffolding. The system will not change appearance of the tower louvers.

◊ The vaults and louvers will be reinstalled and the contractors will move to the next section and then repeat the process tower until all four sides are complete.

Three louvers in various states: Center: louver just out of the frame with old paint. On right side: paint stripped

off louver and linseed oil applied. On the left side: a primed and painted louver ready for reinstallation.

Before and after pictures of the center south vault. It is made of

eight pieces of wood and no one is sure it could be remade today. It’s part of the beauty of our building’s

exterior. You can help our congregation

prepare for the future.

Of course a project that both preserves and protects the woodwork in our tower like this doesn’t come without cost. The total estimated cost for the whole project is over $18,000. Yes, a huge sum for one person, but shared among our members and friends, this project is more than manageable for our congregation. If you would like to help make this project complete, please consider a gift - either small as one dollar or as large as $18,000 - indicate tower on your gift. Together we can help ensure a place of ministry for many years to come. If you have questions, you may contact our Trustees, Chairperson Brian Baker, Dennis Farlow, & Lynette Sicola or Pastor Jason.

College Place United Methodist Church seeks to be a Christ centered, diverse

community open to everyone as they are. We believe all people are worthy of being

loved and worthy of loving others. We strive to show God’s grace, make disciples, and

change the world with our hands, our hearts, our minds, and our words.

College Place United Methodist Church is a diverse community welcoming all persons

and embracing differences of age, racial and ethnic background, national origin,

sexual orientation, gender identity, family configuration, socioeconomic status, and

physical and mental ability. We invite all to join our journey of faith toward greater

love, hope, and acceptance in every aspect of our Christian life together.

Vocal Ensemble and Handbells

Practice Schedules and News

Vocal Ensemble: Sept. 20th and 27th, 9am

Rainbow Ringers prac�ce: Sept. 20th & 27th at

10:30am, playing for 11am worship on the 27th

Adult Handbells prac�ce: Sept. 27th, 9:30am

playing for 11am worship on the 27th

Dates to Remember

• Dental Society meal/mee�ng, Sept. 17, 6-9pm

• Sunday Night Live, Sept. 20, 8pm, Robert Brewer, preacher

• Massengale Band prac�ce, Sept 21, 7pm, Fellowship Hall

• Project AGAPE Christmas boxes for the children of Armenia are

due to be turned in Sept. 27

• Massengale Band prac�ce, Sept 28, 7pm, Fellowship Hall

• Weaver House meal, Sept. 30, 4:30-7:30pm, Greensboro Urban

Ministry

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Congregational Concerns and Prayer List

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COLLEGE PLACE

UNITED METHODIST

509 Tate St. Greensboro, NC 27403

Phone: 336-275-3363 Fax: 336-275-3364

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PERMIT 102

(Jul. 22) Larsen Jones (by Dale Farlow), (Jul. 28) Faith Hilton (Carol Johnson’s granddaughter), the Snyder Family (by Melody Chamberlain), Collier Hart and family (by Emily Mails), Forrest Campbell, Martha Smith, (Aug. 9) the family and friends of Gene Barton, (Aug.

17) Lorena Copeland, (Sept. 8)

Fra Jackson (by Betty Teachey)

Due to space concerns, we are limiting our prayer list to a two month period per request. If a person is undergoing long term treat-ment, please indicate when request is made or request them to be on the list for a specific amount of time. Requests made not need-ing two months, may be removed by contacting the church office.

Prayers our members who aren't around the church as much as they used to be: Frances Caudle, Vivian Earnhardt, Agnes Kim-bro, Helen McNeill, Nelson & Joyce Rone, Chester & Margaret Anne Southern, Red Strader, Ty Sugg, Ruby Suitts.

HOPE Circle meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 22nd, 6pm, John Wesley Room

Evening Exercise group, Wednesday, Sept. 23rd, 6pm, Fellowship Hall. For more details see Connie Scott

The Annual Chili Festival is coming in October 25 after worship. More details will be announced in the near future!!