COMMUNITY THEATRE PLAYERS

Community Theatre Players

proudly announces our Fall Production!

Oscar Wilde’s

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST

Adapted by Tim Kelly

AUDITIONS!

DATES:     Thursday, August 9, 2018 7:00 TO 9:00 PM

                 Saturday, August 11, 2018 1:00 TO 3:00 PM

PLEASE ARRIVE PROMPTLY BY THE START TIME ON THE AUDITION DATE OF YOUR CHOICE.  RESUME AND HEAD SHOT WELCOME BUT NOT REQUIRED. 

PLACE:     Community Presbyterian Church of Ben Avon                    7501 Church Avenue Ben Avon, PA 15202  

SHOW DATES:

Friday, Saturday, Sunday  October 19-21, 2018

Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10/25-26- 27/2018

SUMMER SESSION FOR ADULTS

Monday Night Bible Study 7:00-8:00 pm:

“God’s Promise: I am with you”

July 23, 30 and

August 6, 13, 20 & 27

Cost $10

This study traces God’s recurring promise of presence from Genesis through the Gospels—from the beginning to the end of the age. God’s “I am with you” promise is spoken in varied circumstances and to many  different people throughout scripture. Some may be quite familiar, while others might surprise you.

Participants will reflect on how the promise of God’s presence speaks  beyond the pages of the Bible, to their own circumstances. Individually and as a community, we will be encouraged to both see and seek God’s presence with us in the extraordinary and the ordinary experiences of our lives.

God “has said, ‘I will never leave you or forsake you’” (Heb. 13:5). This study will confirm that God has, indeed, made and kept that very promise, again and again.

Sign-up sheet available on desk in Narthex.

SUMMER SESSION FOR ADULTS

2 weeks of 5 Wishes

Sundays 11:15 am-12:30 pm

July 29 and August 5

Cost $ 5.00 

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!  A special gift for your family and your church!

Rev. Jean Henderson will lead a one-hour seminar until 12:30 with a light lunch.  The subject is FIVE WISHES, based on a booklet from Aging with Dignity.  The program is for those 18 or older, and in PA, it meets legal requirements for living wills.

 The wishes include: the person I want to make care decisions for me when I cannot; the kind of medical treatment I want or don't want; how comfortable I want  to be; how I want people to treat me; and what I want my loved ones to know.  AND, you will also be given a one sheet, two-sided document to complete entitled EXPRESSION OF MY PERSONAL WISHES FOR PROCEDURES AT THE TIME OF MY DEATH.

The first Sunday, July 29,  we'll review both documents; during that week you'll complete the two documents and bring them back to our second gathering on August 5.  We'll share some of our decisions, our questions, and next steps for using the completed documents

It's NEVER too early to be thinking about these issues, but you don't want it to be TOO LATE!!!

Please sign up in the Narthex or with Jean at jhhh21942@aol.com.

ANNUAL BACKPACK DRIVE

2018 ANNUAL CHURCH BACKPACK DRIVE

Please Return Filled Packs by  AUGUST 5, 2018

It’s that time of year again when the generous congregation of CPCBA provides backpacks filled with school supplies for children and youth of the 2nd UP Church in Wilkinsburg.  Watch for the Outreach Committee bulletin board in the narthex with removable backpack images on it.  Remove one of the backpacks and look on the back for the supplies needed.  Then buy the packs, fill them with the supplies and return them to the church by August 5.

The 2nd UP Church & CPCBA have been mission partners for several years. Please help to provide a tangible reminder of God’s love to the children in the Wilkinsburg community.

3RD ANNUAL JAZZ AND BBQ FEST

Sunday, August 26

5:00 - 7:00 PM

Mark your calendars.

More details to follow in church bulletin. 

Please help spread the word amongst your family and friends about our wonderful upcoming annual  fundraiser!

Once again, Tim Heavner and Vanessa Candreva will be leading the jazz combo.  Dinner will be served from 5:00 – 6:00 pm and you can expect excellent BBQ cuisine!  Come early to peruse the Gift Basket Raffle where there’s something for everyone.  And we’re hoping to fill air conditioned Fellowship Hall again!

Can you help?  Connect with Kate Colville, Diana Petruska, or Deb Sadowski or you can email

CPCBAJazz@gmail.com.  RSVP forms and more info are on our website:  JAZZ BBQ FEST.  Plan to join us and bring friends!

Proceeds from this year’s event will be donated to HEARTH.

Pirate Game

FAITH NIGHT AT THE PIRATE GAME

Friday, July 27

The 6th Annual Pirates “Faith Night” will be held on Friday, July 27 following the Pirates-Mets game at 7:05 p.m.  Anyone interested in attending should contact Brian Johnston.  Brian can be reached via email at bjohnstonteacher@gmail.com or 615-878-6599.  If we have more than 15 attending we can get group options and our name on the big board! 

Deadline for reservations is Monday, July 23!

HOLY PLACES FIELD TRIPS FOR THIS SUMMER

HOLY PLACES FIELD TRIPS

A trip to the Holocaust Visitor Center (826 Hazelwood Ave, Pittsburgh) will take place on Tuesday, July 24 at 10 a.m.  The Center was established in 1981 as a living memorial to honor survivors who came to Pittsburgh to rebuild their lives and local soldiers who helped liberate the camps.  Rather than build a statue or monument, community members wanted a comprehensive resource center that would help people learn about the Holocaust and counter intolerance and hate in all its forms.  A sign-up sheet is available on the desk in the Narthex.  Meet at church at 9:15 a.m. or at center at 10:00 a.m.

Also, a trip to Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, Oakdale, off the Parkway West, is set for  Wednesday, August 1.  Our private tour begins at 11 a.m. for about 45-60 minutes.  It is a 'limited ability tour' which includes the homestead site, the dogwood meadow and   the Asian pond - all with some bench seating.  Our volunteer tour guide is retired pastor John Free, an old friend of Jean Henderson's.  Fee is $10.00 per person, payable to registrar Jean Henderson by signup deadline - July 29.  We can take 15-20 on the tour.  Wear comfortable walking shoes.  We will meet at the church parking lot at 10 a.m. if you wish to carpool.  Otherwise, meet at the PBG visitors center.  Those who wish to have lunch together will go to a nearby restaurant (TBD) after the tour.  The Botanic Garden is  60 acres; on this tour we will see just a bit. Check out their great website!

Sanctuary Cleaning

WE NEED YOU HELP!!!!

The Property Committee is looking for volunteers to help clean the Sanctuary on              Saturday, August 4 from 9:00 AM -?.  We will be polishing the pews, dusting, cleaning the floors, etc.  This is a major undertaking and the more hands on deck the quicker we will have the Sanctuary ready for worship on September 9.  A sign-up sheet is available  on the desk in the Narthex.

Need more information?  Contact Jeffrey Houser, Sr. at jshouser438@netscape.net or               412-860-7255.

CHURCH PICNIC

ATTENTION CHURCH FAMILY!

CPCBA's ANNUAL PICNIC

THIS SUNDAY

SUNDAY, JULY 22

WHAT SHOULD YOU BRING?

Last names beginning with:

A-H  Salads       I-P  Desserts

Q-Z  Side Dishes/Veggies

Main course will be provided

JAZZ BBQ FEST

REQUEST FOR RAFFLE ITEMS FOR OUR

JAZZ BBQ FEST

If you've attended the Jazz BBQ Fest the past couple of years, you know what a wonderful assortment of gifts and baskets we have in the raffle!  If you have any items that you would like to donate to this year's raffle such as unused gift cards, sporting or cultural event tickets, or even new, unopened items, please see Diana Petruska or Kate Colville.  Items are needed by Sunday, August 5 as ticket sales for the raffle will begin on August 12.  Your donations are greatly appreciated! 

This year the Jazz BBQ will be held on August 26.

  Save the date!!!!!!

SUNDAY SUMMER WORSHIP

SUNDAY SUMMER WORSHIP

THRU  SEPTEMBER 2

10:00 AM

We will worshipIN our air conditioned Fellowship Hall

CPCBA at Work in West Virginia

The 21 youth and adults serving on the mission trip, including Pastor Donna, are tired but healthy and having some fun as they work at four work sites around the towns of Hampden and Gilbert, West Virginia. In addition to their labors, they spent their day off kayaking and then relaxing at the local community center pool. Some traveled to the historic town of Matewan, epicenter of the Hatfield & McCoy feud.

Read more about how our youth and their leaders are serving in Pastor Donna's blog entry.

ANNUAL BACKPACK DRIVE

2018 ANNUAL CHURCH BACKPACK DRIVE

Please Return Filled Packs by  AUGUST 5, 2018

It’s that time of year again when the generous congregation of CPCBA provides backpacks filled with school supplies for children and youth of the 2nd UP Church in Wilkinsburg.  Watch for the Outreach Committee bulletin board in the narthex with removable backpack images on it.  Remove one of the backpacks and look on the back for the supplies needed.  Then buy the packs, fill them with the supplies and return them to the church by August 5.

The 2nd UP Church & CPCBA have been mission partners for several years. Please help to provide a tangible reminder of God’s love to the children in the Wilkinsburg community.

CHURCH PICNIC

ATTENTION CHURCH FAMILY!

CPCBA's ANNUAL PICNIC

THIS SUNDAY

SUNDAY, JULY 22

WHAT SHOULD YOU BRING?

Last names beginning with:

A-H  Salads       I-P  Desserts

Q-Z  Side Dishes/Veggies

Main course will be provided

SUMMER SESSION FOR ADULTS

Monday Night Bible Study 7:00-8:00 pm:

“God’s Promise: I am with you”

July 16, 23, 30 and

August 6, 13, 20 & 27

Cost $10

This study traces God’s recurring promise of presence from Genesis through the Gospels—from the beginning to the end of the age. God’s “I am with you” promise is spoken in varied circumstances and to many  different people throughout scripture. Some may be quite familiar, while others might surprise you.

Participants will reflect on how the promise of God’s presence speaks  beyond the pages of the Bible, to their own circumstances. Individually and as a community, we will be encouraged to both see and seek God’s presence with us in the extraordinary and the ordinary experiences of our lives.

God “has said, ‘I will never leave you or forsake you’” (Heb. 13:5). This study will confirm that God has, indeed, made and kept that very promise, again and again.

Sign-up sheet available on desk in Narthex.

SUMMER SESSION FOR ADULTS

2 weeks of 5 Wishes

Sundays 11:15 am-12:30 pm

July 29 and August 5

Cost $ 5.00 

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!  A special gift for your family and your church!

Rev. Jean Henderson will lead a one-hour seminar until 12:30 with a light lunch.  The subject is FIVE WISHES, based on a booklet from Aging with Dignity.  The program is for those 18 or older, and in PA, it meets legal requirements for living wills.

 The wishes include: the person I want to make care decisions for me when I cannot; the kind of medical treatment I want or don't want; how comfortable I want  to be; how I want people to treat me; and what I want my loved ones to know.  AND, you will also be given a one sheet, two-sided document to complete entitled EXPRESSION OF MY PERSONAL WISHES FOR PROCEDURES AT THE TIME OF MY DEATH.

The first Sunday, July 29,  we'll review both documents; during that week you'll complete the two documents and bring them back to our second gathering on August 5.  We'll share some of our decisions, our questions, and next steps for using the completed documents

It's NEVER too early to be thinking about these issues, but you don't want it to be TOO LATE!!!

Please sign up in the Narthex or with Jean at jhhh21942@aol.com.

SUMMER SESSIONS FOR ADULTS

Times to learn, grow

and experience God’s grace

Sunday morning Joy 11:15 am-12:15 pm 

July 1, 8, and 15     

We all need and long for more joy in our lives today.  This summer, you are invited to find some joy together.  Pastor Donna will lead the class reading The Book of Joy:  Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, with the  Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu.  Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people and travels extensively to promote kindness and compassion and world peace.  Desmond Tutu served as the archbishop of Cape Town, and whose policy of forgiveness and reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa has become an international example of conflict  resolution and reconstruction.  We will learn from these wisdom figures about how to find joy in our world today.  Please bring your own copy of the book.  Available in libraries, Amazon, Kindle, etc.  Sign-sheet available on desk in Narthex.  Questions?  Contact Pastor Donna at pastordonna@cpcba.org.

Sanctuary Cleaning

WE NEED YOU HELP!!!!

The Property Committee is looking for volunteers to help clean the Sanctuary on              Saturday, August 4 from 9:00 AM -?.  We will be polishing the pews, dusting, cleaning the floors, etc.  This is a major undertaking and the more hands on deck the quicker we will have the Sanctuary ready for worship on September 9.  A sign-up sheet is available  on the desk in the Narthex.

Need more information?  Contact Jeffrey Houser, Sr. at jshouser438@netscape.net or               412-860-7255.