Pullen Update July 5, 2015

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

Sunday School Resumes Next Week with Addiction Summer Sunday School will resume July

12. The topic for our Adult Summer Sun-

day School this year is Pathways to Spiritu-

al Meaning. Here’s the remaining sched-

ule:

7/12: Addiction: Brian Crisp

7/19: Doubt: Bruce Spencer

7/26: Music, Ministry&Science: Larry

Schultz

8/2: Mental Illness: Lucy Daniels

8/9: Hospitality: Roger & James Crook

2016 Missions & Outreach Grants Believe it or not, it’s time to begin looking

toward our 2016 budget. One component of

the budget is our Missions and Outreach

grants to organizations and ministries meet-

ing 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 instructions

are available on the church website at

www.pullen.org/forms and in the church

office. The deadline is Monday, August 10.

We look forward to learning about all of

the wonderful ways Pullen people are making

a difference in our world.

Missions & Outreach Council

25 Pullenites Needed to Show Up Tuesday at 7 PM to Let City Council Members Know Affordable Housing Matters The Raleigh City Council has been

discussing ways to provide afforda-

ble housing for low income city

residents for years, but the supply

has actually been reduced as our

downtown has developed. While

some council members are very

interested in exploring ways for the

city to address this issue, it is also

possible that the council could vote

to sell city land and allow multi-

story buildings without any require-

ments that would expand affordable

housing in the downtown.

Right now it is expected that this issue will be addressed in a vote on

July 7 at 7:00 PM in the City Council chambers. So it is very important for

those of us who care about housing that lower income residents can afford

to show up and express our views at this meeting.

If you could join fellow Pullenites and people of faith in attendance at

the City Council meeting on Tuesday, July 7, at 7:00 PM, to say that af-

fordable housing matters to you, please contact me at ctamsberg@

pullen.org. This situation is fluid, so I’ll keep all who are interested

updated. Thanks!

Cathy Tamsberg

Coming Soon: New Pictorial Directory On-Line Sign Up Available Now at

www.pullen.org/directory

Sign Up at the church on

Sunday, July 12 and Sunday, July 19.

Photography Dates August 6-8 // September 22-26

Families with college students are encour-

aged to sign up in August before students

return to campus.

Stop Hunger Now Packing & Church Dinner Wednesday This Wednesday, join your Pullen

family for a simple meal and an ex-

citing hands-on, intergenerational,

service project. Stop Hunger Now is

an international hunger relief organi-

zation located in Raleigh that coordi-

nates the distribution of food and

other life-saving aid around the

world. Its Operation 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 nutritious 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. Childcare will be available for young children. School-

aged children and youth, along with adults of all ability levels, can help

with the packing.

Our meal, which will be a baked potato bar, begins at 5:15 PM

and last until 6:15 PM. After a br ief introduction, we will begin pack-

ing meals our 10,000 meals for Stop Hunger Now. We will stay until the

packing is done, which is usually around 7:30 PM to 8:00 PM.

Volunteers are also needed to help setup and unload supplies be-

ginning at 5:00 PM. Come ear ly for dinner , or come at 6:15 PM to help

pack. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to put a dent in global hunger.

Wednesday Night Committee

Peanut Butter & Jelly Collection for Urban Ministries Pullen Mission Women would like to invite you to bring

a jar of peanut butter and a jar of jelly during the

month of July. This is a contribution to Ur-

ban Ministries of Wake County to help

feed the children that are out of

school. Collection carts will be at

the information room and Fin-

lator Hall. Your participation is

appreciated.

Pullen Mission Women

LGBTQ Second Sunday Lunch 7/12 Please join us for the Second Sunday Lunch

on July 12 at Ciago's after worship. Ciago's

is located at 522 Saint Mary's Street, just a

four minute drive from the church! We will

have a section reserved so hope to see you

there!

Jimmy Smith & Laura Robinson

Ladies’ Night Out Thursday at Kimbap This is a group of Pullen women, many who

are moms. For our July get together, we will

meet Thursday, July 9 at Kimbap (111 Sea-

board Ave) at 6:30 PM for dinner. All women

are invited. Please bring a contribution for the

Round Table Fellowship ministry. For more

information call me at 919-360-0975. I hope

you can make it!

Rita Rakestraw

Sunday, July 5

11:00 AM Worship, Sanctuary

12:00 PM Peace & Justice Mission Group, Room 310

5:00 PM Coordinating Council, Room 122

Tuesday, July 7

2:00 PM Round Table Fellowship, Finlator Hall

Wednesday, July 8

12:00 PM Lectionary Lunch, Library

5:15 PM Summer Wednesday Night Meal, Finlator Hall

6:15 PM Stop Hunger Now Meal Packing, Finlator Hall

Thursday, July 9

2:00 PM Round Table Fellowship, Finlator Hall

6:30 PM Ladies’ Night Out, Kimbap, Seaboard Station

Friday, July 10

2:00 PM Pullen Readers, Quail Ridge Books, 3522 Wade Avenue

Sunday, July 12

9:45 AM Summer Sunday School

11:00 AM Worship, Sanctuary

12:15 PM LGBTQ Fellowship Lunch, Ciago’s, 522 St. Mary’s St.

12:15 PM Stewardship Committee, Library

12:15 PM Missions & Outreach Council, Room 122

4:00 PM Deacon Council, Finlator Hall

Pullen Memorial Baptist Church,

founded in 1884, is a member of

The Alliance of Baptists

American Baptist Churches-USA

Association of Welcoming and

Affirming Baptists

Baptist Peace Fellowship

of North America

Church Women United

Community of the Cross of Nails

Historic Thousands on Jones

Street People’s Assembly

North Carolina Council

of Churches

Triangle Interfaith Alliance

Calendar for July 5—July 12

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The Hope Center at Pullen connects young people

aging out of foster

care in Wake

County with the

resources and

support they

need for a

successful transi-

tion to adulthood.

21 Summer Interns Begin Work The Hope Center has launched our new

Summer Internship Program. Last summer

we had three young people in a pilot pro-

gram . A lunch and learn session was held

last Wednesday in Finlator Hall for program

participants. This program will provide val-

uable work experience for our foster youth.

New Born Baby Items Needed We need the following items for a new born

baby girl expected in September: crib,

stroller, breast pump, changing table, dia-

pers/wipes, clothes, bottles. Contact Alex at

alane@hopecenteratpullen.org.

General Items Needed Washer & Dryer Needed

Laptop Computer Needed

Phone | 919-322-2751

Web | www.hopecenteratpullen.org

| fb.com/hopecenteratpullen

| @HopeCtrPullen Alex Atwell Lane | Youth Services alane@hopecenteratpullen.org

Stacy Bluth | Executive Director sbluth@hopecenteratpullen.org

Pat Hielscher | Special Projects phielscher@hopecenteratpullen.org

Rashidah Myrie | Youth Services rmyrie@hopecenteratpullen.org

Elisabeth Schroder | Development eschroder@hopecenteratpullen.org

Meredith Yuckman | Program Coordinator myuckman@hopecenteratpullen.org

Pullen Memorial Baptist Church | 919-828-0897

1801 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27605

Web: www.pullen.org | Twitter: @PullenChurch

Facebook: www.facebook .com/PullenChurch

Summer Donations for Cuba A group of Pullen Pilgrims will be traveling to Cuba in July and ask for

your help in collecting the following items to be taken to our sister congre-

gation, La Primera Iglesia Bautista of Matanzas, Cuba. Both generic brands

and name brand items are welcome. Items requested include:

migraine medicine; ibuprofen & acetaminophen; decongestants (adults &

children); cold & flu medicine (adults & children); pre-natal, children and

adult vitamins; polysporin; allergy medicine (adults & children).

children’s shoes

small office supplies; letter size envelopes; basic Bic type ballpoint pens

and pencils.

travel shampoo & soap; toothbrushes, tooth paste, floss.

embroidery floss; jewelry-making supplies.

Laura Foley

EnSpiriting the Body: A Pullen Conversation For centuries, philosophers and theologians have separated

the mind and the body giving preference to the intellectual

while disparaging the physical. This structure has heralded

minds that think alike and demonized bodies that diverge from

the norm. Creating a binary has had traumatic consequences

for differently gendered, differently abled, differently raced,

and differently sexed bodies. In the realm of the church, the

body is ignored, silenced, or treated with great disrespect.

EnSpiriting the Body is a three-part series offered on

Monday evenings this summer that looks at ways to em-

brace all bodies: Homosexual, Transgender, Heterosexual, Bisexual, Lati-

no, African American, Asian, Caucasian, Elder, Youth, Adult. These Di-

vine Incarnations will intersect with short stories, music, and reflection in

three discussions that will examine ways we are all called to embody com-

munity, love, and justice:

July 27 - Out of the Void. Creation and Genesis set the tone as we look

at our own bodies as points of theological reflection and calls to com-

munity and justice.

August 3 - Signs and Wonders. Touch, spit, drive, wash, listen, chase,

and feed are all verbs associated with Jesus. Using the embodied val-

ues from our creation stories, we will examine communal spiritual

practices that honor and communicate with differing bodies.

August 10 - Around the Table. The final session looks at communion

as embodied justice with the aim of retelling, re-orienting, and re-

enfleshing the whole Body. This series will be led by Brian Crisp at 7:00 PM in the chapel. Brian is a

member of our Pullen family who is currently a PhD student at Vanderbilt

Divinity School. All are welcome to join in this important conversation.

Adult Education Committee

Pullen Scholarship Recipients The GEMS committee is happy to announce

that $500 scholarships have been awarded to

Anna Landis, Holly Lewis, Allie McKinney,

Ryan Schultz and Jasmine Viar. Best wishes

to all of you in your educational pursuits.

Emily Cato, GEMS Committee