Pastor Cynthia's Farewell Sunday

After 2 years of ministry with CPC as our
Interim Associate Pastor for Family, Youth, & Children's Ministries.
Pastor Cynthia's term will end with us this July.

On this coming Sunday, June 23^rd Pastor Cynthia will preach at both our 8:30 and 10 am worship services.  There will be a farewell reception in her honor after the 10 am worship service.

Pastor Cynthia's last Sunday at CPC will be July 7^th and her last day in the office will be July 16^th.

Please join us in wishing her and her family well!

special worship service june 9

This coming Sunday, June 9th all students in 1st grade and older will remain in the sanctuary
for the entire 10 am worship service. 
This worship service will include music from our children and youth,
a dramatic reading of scripture from several different voices,
and elements that are easily accessible for our youngest worshippers.

The nursery will be open for infant and toddler care.

All Pre-School and Kindergarten students will be dimissed from worship for Sunday School as usual.

Celebrating youth!

On May 18th, CPC welcomed 14 new members from our Confirmation Class at a breakfast with friends, family, and church elders.  On May 19th, our worship service was led by the children & youth of our congregation.  We featured youth musicians, youth artists, and youth liturgists.  We were blessed by two youth and one mom who preached!  It was certainly a joyous Pentecost weekend at CPC!


14 confirmation students worshipping with their families
after answering affirmatively the questions of new members



confirmation breakfast



summer family church event!

CREATION FESTIVAL

June 26^th - 29^th in Mt. Union, PA
80,000+ people

100+ Christian Bands and Speakers

4 days of music, worship, extreme sports, and inspirational messages

Camping, food, music, fellowship, road trip, FUN!

If you are interested please contact Pastor Cynthia

registration deadline is June 15^th.

Full event tickets are $105 which includes camping & all concerts.

This trip is open to youth 12 years of age and up
as well as families of every age!

CPR & AED training

The PTO of the CPC Weekday Nursery School & Kindergarten offered CPR and AED training to parents and caregivers recently.  The classes were led by Rev. Cynthia Betz-Bogoly.  23 individuals were certified to use the on-site Automated External Defibrillators at the church where the nursery school is located as well as provide emergency response to choking victims, peform rescue breathing, and perform CPR on infants, children, and adults.  Thank you to the PTO and those who came to the class, your willingness to learn will lead to a better chance of saving lives!

Pastor Cynthia leading the CPR/AED class

Senior High Mission Trip Fundraiser a success!

Thank you to everyone who made donations of volunteer time and items for our rummage sale this past Saturday.  We were able to raise money tp support scholarships for participants in our 2013 summer Senior High Mission Trip with the Appalachian Service Project as well as provide necessary items to those in need locally for a very discounted price!

If you wish to make further finanical contributions toward the mission trip you can support the bake sales on May 5th and June 9th after worship or simply desginate a financial gift toward the SH mission trip.

We have over 20 youth and several adults who will travel for a week to West Virginia to assist in home repairs for those in need this coming July.

HOLY WEEK EVENTS AT CPC

Please join us!

Thursday, March 28^th at 8 pm in the Sanctuary for our Maundy Thursday Worship including the Motet Choir, the Celebration of the Lord's Supper, worship leadership from Rev. Don Steele and several CPC members, as well as a service of Tenebrae candle lighting.

At 9:30 am on Good Friday, March 29^th all children and their families are invited to join Rev. Cynthia Betz-Bogoly in the annual Children's Walk with the many churches of Summit.

We begin in the CPC auditorium and then walk from church to church throughout town to hear, see, sing, and learn the story of Holy Week led by youth, musicians, and pastors from our neighboring churches.

We will walk from CPC to the Memorial Hall of St. Teresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church, then to the lawn of Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, from there we process to Christ Church’s Barnwell Hall, and then into the Sanctuary of Christ Church, from which we head to the Memorial Garden at St. John's Lutheran Church, and finally finish our walk in the sanctuary of St. John's Church.

At noon on Good Friday, March 29^th Rev. John Illian will lead worship in the chapel

On Easter morning, Sunday, March 31^st

·  Sunrise worship is at 6:30 am in the Memorial Garden with a message preached by Rev. Don Steele followed by a continental breakfast

·  9 am worship features the children flowering the cross in the sanctuary

·  11 am worship in the sanctuary

·  11 am children's crafts, snacks, and a movie in the auditorium