Assaggios’ and the National Youth Gathering

Please plan to dine in or take out from Assaggios’ Pizzeria & Ristorante on Thursday, Feb 9th!  Lunch and / or dinner!!!  All you have to do to help us with this fundraiser for the NYG in New Orleans this summer is to put your receipt into the box at the counter when you pay.  Tom and Amy McGrath of Assaggios’ have graciously volunteered to donate 15% of all the receipts in the box that day to our NYG fund.  A big thank you to them and also to you, our fellow church members, for helping with this!!  Please tell everyone you know to support us on Thursday, Feb 9th and put their receipt into the box!  Happy Eating!!!

Thank you!  Assaggios’ is located on Sunset Lake Rd in the Kroger Shopping Center.  Here is the link to their menu.  Order ahead, pick up on the way home but don’t forget to leave your receipt in the box.  

http://assaggios-fuquay.com/menu.php

Fuquay-Varina Food Pantry

The Sunday School and Faith, Fun, and Fellowship are partnering up for a project benefiting the Fuquay-Varina Food Pantry.  On the first Sunday of each month throughout the remainder of the year, the Sunday School
children will bring in and collect food to be donated to the Fuquay-Varina Food Pantry.  This SundayFebruary 5th, please bring in canned juice.  We are excited to help provide food for those who are in need.
If you have questions, please contact Jo-Ann Spaits 919-557-2107 or jspaits@earthlink.net.

APPLE Seeds Open House/Spaghetti Dinner

A.P.P.L.E.Seeds Preschool will be hosting an Open House/Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser on Monday, February 6 at 6:00pm. Tickets will be $6.00 per adult, $4,00 per child (max $20.00 per family). Please come out and meet some of the A.P.P.L.E.Seed’s families and teachers and take a look around to see all of the fun that is going on here at the Preschool!! For more information or to order tickets, please see the flyer on the bulletin board in the Narthex or call 567-2000.

Faith, Fun and Fellowship Planning – February 6th

ATTENTION FUN PEOPLE!  Please join me on Monday February 6th to begin planning our Faith, Fun and Fellowship events for 2012.  We have all of the ideas and the dates so now we just have to start planning the fun. Please join me at 7PM at the Church.  If you are unable to attend but would like to be a part of the team, please contact me at 919-757-5810 or apexdebbie@aol.com.  We have many ideas but need your help to make them become reality.  Hope to see you on the 6th. Peace,  Debbie Worden

Strategic Visioning – February 8th

On Wednesday, February 8th, we will have a special presentation by the Strategic Visioning Team Re-Visited. This will be an important gathering to help stoke this important endeavor to discern our future together. The team will use this time to introduce many of you to the report generated several years ago, bring an update to where we are, and proceed to lay the groundwork for revisiting our vision for the future from this point forward. The following is a link to the article in this month’s Newsletter: http://www.doveandcross.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Abiding-Presence-Good-News-January-2012.pdf
This meeting will begin at 7:00 pm and go no later than 8:30 pm.

Calendar for the Week of January 29th

Sunday, January 29
8:30am – Contemporary Worship
9:40am – Sunday School
11:00am – Traditional Worship – Sanctuary

Monday, January 30
8:30am – 12:30pm – A.P.P.L.E.Seeds
6:00pm – 7:00pm – Girl Scout Meeting – God’s House of Rock

Tuesday, January 31
8:30am – 12:30pm – A.P.P.L.E.Seeds
6:00pm – 7:00pm – Girl Scout Meeting – God’s House of Rock
6:30pm – 9:00pm – Wake Tech Community College – GED

Wednesday, February 1
8:30am – 12:30pm – A.P.P.L.E.Seeds
9:30am – A.P.P.L.E.Seeds – Chapel
10:00am – 11:30am OWLs – Fellowship Hall
5:30pm – 6:45pm KOINONIA Wednesday! Meals
6:00pm – Music groups, dance, adult book study
7:00pm – AoB, High School Group, Chancel Choir

Thursday, February 2
8:30am – 12:30pm – A.P.P.L.E.Seeds
10:00am – Praise Band
11:35am – A.P.P.L.E.Seeds – Chapel
6:30pm – Women’s Recovery Group – God’s House of Rock
6:30pm – 9:00pm – Wake Tech Community College – GED
8:00pm – SWFCA Meeting – Fellowship Hall

Friday, February 3
8:30am – 12:30pm – A.P.P.L.E.Seeds
6:30om – Mustard Seeds – God’s House of Rock

Sunday, February 5
8:30am – Contemporary Worship – Sanctuary
9:40am – Sunday School
11:00am – Traditional Worship – Sanctuary

Share the DoveLove!

On Wednesday, February 8th, at 7:00 p.m. as part of our KOINONIA Wednesdays! you are invited to an evening of delicious hot cocoa, spiced apple cider and cookies as we come together during the month of love to share ideas about how APLC can move forward in the future together. The Strategic Visioning Team Revisited will lead you through an evaluation of how we’ve done since our last strategic visioning effort in 2007. We will celebrate our many accomplishments and begin to lay the groundwork for identifying our hopes and dreams (goals) through 2015. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to participate in your future, enjoy delicious warm drinks and fellowship.

Senior Adults Health Fair

At Christ the King, Cary: Thursday, February 9th at 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, 12th at 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. If anyone has questions or wants to attend contact SearStone at 466-9366 for information or reservations may be made at mlamphere@searstone.com.

Southern Wake Faith Community in Action (SWFCA)

A gathering will take place here at Abiding Presence on Thursday, February 2 at 8:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The SWFCA Board of Directors, the Executive Director along with the Church Partner Liaison Volunteer, Rev. Willem Bodisco Massink will invite you into a further congregation regarding our hopes and dreams in partnering as churches for the good of this important outreach into the community. If you would like to be a part of this ministry effort, please contact Mr. Jim Nelson who is on the SWFCA board and also a new member here at APLC. His e-mail is colg868@gmail.com.

ELCA National Youth Gathering Sub Sale

The participants traveling to New Orleans in the summer are selling submarines to help defray their travel costs. Please order yours today! Order forms are available on the display table located outside the pastors’ office. The subs will be ready for pick-up on Superbowl Sunday, February 5th.

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