CPC HAPPENINGS - OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST, 2018 Dear Cherokee Friends, I hope your summer has been relaxing and enjoyable and that you have had time to find some rest and make memories with your family. I also hope that you have set time aside to build your faith as well. I have enjoyed reading the comments of those on Facebook who have participated in the Summer of Jesus reading program. As I know from personal experience, it is all too easy during the summer months to neglect spiritual development. With autumn season looming ahead the time of vacations draws to a close and our attention turns back home. Many see this as a sign that we go back to the grind, return to school, or are forced to face the unpleasant obligations of daily life. However, I want to invite you to see this as a return to the adventure of life. Our regular days and hours do not hold the glamour of summer time, but this is the time the Holy Spirit often does most of Her work in us. This is a time to grow in our faith. At Cherokee, one of our core values is Grow and in this next coming season we want to make this a season of your growth. Coming soon we will offer many exciting opportunities for you to practice your faith, increase discipleship, and grow in the wisdom that leads us on the path of life. Keep your calendars open on August 26 th, we will have Rally Day and Faith Fair and present some of our fall opportunities to you. We hope you will join us for this time to not only celebrate what God has done in our lives, but open ourselves to the opportunities He presents to us to practice and cultivate our faith. May you be blessed in the coming days and continue to encounter our amazing God in all that you do. Peace in Christ, Rev. Robert Cely There are a lot of great things coming up this fall at Cherokee! Join us on Sunday, August 26th following worship to explore those things while we rally for the great things to come! God is indeed alive and moving through our congregation - how will Rem em ber: Newsletter deadline is August 20th! Staff Senior Pastor: Rev. Rob Cely Office Administrator: Judy Ball Music Director: Julie Dinkins Director of Children and Youth Ministries: Rev. Liz Cely Session Clerk of Session & Worship: Kristen Cranford Membership: Jim m y Hendrix Adult Discipleship: Nich Godfrey Evangelism & Service: Phil Clay tor Administration & Communications: Laurie Britt Stewardship: Lisa Moore Children & Youth Discipleship: Tom Moore Facilities & Maintenance: Richard Spangler Treasurer: Wendell Ligon Assistant Treasurer: Sharon Oliger Deacons Moderator & Flowers, Gifts & Holiday Prep.: Sue Bafford Congreational Care:
you continue to be a part of the ministry to which we are being called?! Do you have friends you would like to introduce to CPC? This would be a great day for them to see snippets of what we do and who we are. The different ministries of CPC will each have a table for you to visit while you enjoy your lunch and fellowship. We encourage you to stop at each table! For each ministry you visit and speak to the representative you will receive a ticket (the more you visit, the more tickets you get). Those tickets will then be entered in a drawing for some super awesome prizes to be awarded at 12:30 that day! So be sure to stay until the end! VBS UPDATE Vacation Bible School children raised $304 to send to the Society of St. Andrew to help get food, that would otherwise have gone to waste, to those who are in need. Way to go Cherokee Kids! Visitation & Cards: Wendell Ligon Secretary & Fellowship: Sharon Oliger Congregational Care: Meals: Pam Huckabee Worship Support Services: Susan DuBose Kitchen/Fellowship: Jenny Coward Upcoming Events August 4 CPC Night at Lex ington County Blowfish August 12 Y outh Pool Party August 14 Session Meeting August 20 Newsletter Deadline August 26 Fall Rally Day Ministry Quick Links CPC Calendar CPC Website Trinity Presbytery Join Our Mailing List Join Our Mailing List SUMMER OF CHRIST New Testament Reading Plan Join "CPC Bible Study" on Facebook to participate in our Summer Virtual Sunday School! Below, you will find the reading calendar for August.
Remind App: Would you like to receive text message alerts with daily inspirations and occasional, pertinent updates? If so, sign-up for our new Remind App. These will be "no reply" text messages. Sign up at the Servant Opportunities Table or email your name and cell phone number to info@cherokeepresbyterian.com. 2018 Youth Mission Trip June 16 - June 23, 12 of our Youth with 4 leaders traveled to Cedar Grove, West Virginia. While there, they scraped, painted, built, and ministered to the local residents as well as to one another and the hundreds of campers from around the country.
Sunday School Classes are now on break. Our Fall Rally day will be held on Sunday, August 26th, at 11:00 a.m. Sunday School hour will resume Sunday, September 9th. Salt-n-Light is a ministry of CPC for 6th-12th grade youth that seeks to help them be the Salt of the Earth and the Light of the World through study, service, prayer, mission, and fun. Contact: Rev. Liz Cely, liz@cherokeepresbyterian.com 803-466-3253 Elder: Tom Moore
Upcoming events: Pool Party Kick Off - Sunday afternoon, August 12th 462 Triangle Road / Bring appetizer or dessert YOUNG MUSICIANS: Young Musicians is a choir for children in 1st - 6th grades. Practices are on break for the summer and will resume after school starts. YOUTH MUSICIANS: Youth Musicians is a choir for our Youth. Practices are on break for the summer and will resume after school starts. SANCTUARY CHOIR: Sanctuary Choir is a choir for Youth and Adults. Practices will be held on an "as needed basis" through the summer. For questions or more information, please contact Julie Dinkins at 803-446-2097. DID YOU KNOW? You can give your offering by bank draft! Drafts are done on the 10th and 25th of each month. Please contact Judy Ball at 892-6740 or info@cherokeepresbyterian.com to get the paperwork necessary to get started. Please note that if you or your group have any information for the September, 2018 issue of Happenings, it must be delivered to Judy Ball no later than August 20th. In this section of the newsletter we will review the June, 2018 finances and attendance statistics. Our June average Sunday attendance was 96.3 down compared to 105.8 in May. June in 2017
avg. was 83.3 The YTD average Sunday attendance is 101.7 for 2018. Financially, our June revenue was $15,559.00 against a budget of $21,625.86. June's operating expenses were $23,579.81 resulting in a loss of $8200.81. The average giving/week was $3890. Against a 2018 budgeted average giving/week of $4990. YTD average giving per week is $4275. Cash decreased $9,161.84 over last month with a cash balance of $162,814. For reference, June 2017 cash balance was $155,554. Total Equity (Assets-Liabilities) is $93,314.31. For reference, Equity was $85,259.00 for June 2017. The current mortgage balance at the end of June is $488,067.77 having dropped $2,439.00 over last month. Remember we borrowed a total $713,488 in 2009 with our first mortgage payment being in January of 2011. If you have questions you would like answered, please call or email me at the number or address below and I will work to incorporate your questions into the Treasurer section of the newsletter. Blessings, Your Treasurer, Wendell C. Ligon 803-528-4131 Wclig1018@hotmail.com From the Treasurer June YTD Total Revenue $15,559.00 $106,875.50 Total Expense $23,759.81 $108,771.56 Excess Income/(Expense): ($8200.81) ($1896.06) Monthly Task List (Worship) August, 2018 Edition Date Liturgist Children's Church Ushers Nursery Safety Team 8/5/201 8 Cecilia Clay tor Claire Dinkins Jimmy Hendrix, Dav id Jordan, Wendell Ligon, Frank Kinsel, Bane London Laurie Pitts Mark Wesolowski, Joey Leech 8/12/2018 Jenny Coward Liz Cely Richard Spangler, Giov anni Castro, A lonzo Merida, Brandon Susan Crosby Bill Amick, Larry Huckabee
8/1 9/201 8 Frank Kinsel Shelly Secoy Cranford Gary Morgan, Zach Mendenall, Tom Moore, Buddy Morgan, Dav id Kinsel Portia Morgan Norm McCarty, Richard Spangler 8/26/201 8 Jimmy Hendrix The Godfrey s Larry Huckabee, Ben Secoy, Ricky Coward, Bill Amick Sandy Moore Frank Kinsel, Buddy Morgan Counters -August, 2018: Laurie Britt, Sherry Carroll Com m m union Serv ers - August, 2018: Phil Claytor, Kristen Cranford, Ron Bartlett, Richard Spangler Contact Inform ation Judy Ball Church A dministrator 803.892.67 40 info@cherokeepresby terian.com