Dear Caldwell, Our church family is blessed to have a range of people “of the cloth” in our midst, ordained ministers both retired and still serving. One is Rev. Elizabeth Hyland, an ordained Presbyterian pastor who fills many roles here – social/fellowship chair, always-ready worship liturgist and preacher, counselor and comforter, friend and inspiration and more. …
Dear Caldwell, After traveling through time last Sundayin worship, to 1912 and back, we return to current-day worship this Sunday. So bring your clapping, swaying, joy and whatever else makes Caldwell churchl for you. It’s Pentecost Sunday, after all, so the Holy Spirit is front and center and Rev. Rogers will preach a sermon titled “Prophecies, …
Dear Caldwell, The church campus is astir. We’ve just wound up a worship service commemorating the first worship service by this congregation on this date in 1912. Now members and friends from Caldwell, the Charlotte Bilingual Preschool and Caldwell House are equipped with vacuums, hand tools, rags and buckets, giving the church a once-in-a-century scrub …
To the saints of Caldwell, I hope you are planning to be a part of this weekend’s “historic” events: * On Saturday, beginning at 1 pm, we will gather to mark 100 years since the congregation’s first worship service. After a brief worship service in the Shelby Room (did you know that was Caldwell’s first sanctuary?), we will fan …
Dear Caldwell, This Sunday we will kick off a 6-week Newcomers Class but don’t be fooled by the name. It’s a class for anyone who has come to Caldwell in the last year or so (I am ashamed to say it’s that overdue). But it’s also for anyone else who is interested – interested in …
Dear Caldwell, The weather seems fitting for today’s voting in North Carolina. One moment the clouds crowd the sky and the rain falls hard – the next, the sun breaks forth and pushes the clouds aside. If the polls turn out to be right, the proposed Amendment One to the N.C. constitution is likely to pass today. For many …
Dear Caldwell, As meaningful as it was for the three dozen of us who worshipped last Sunday at the multicultural church conference, it will be good for us all to be together again Sunday. Come Sunday, our “cup overfloweth:” We will celebrate both sacraments – communion and a baptism. In the sermon we will …
Dear Caldwell, I wanted to update you on two developments relating to our property and our ministries. 1. The word came yesterday that a key element of the funding for the proposed supportive living development at 333 Hawthorne (property that is adjacent to the church) has fallen through. The developer and would-be operator of the proposed …
Dear Caldwell, A number of Caldwell folk have been participating in this week’s PCUSA National Multicultural Church Conference in Charlotte. It has been a true festival of sights and sounds – a Burmese Choir associates with Albermarle Road Presbyterian is going to sing in just a few minutes. But it has also been an opportunity …
Dear Caldwell, Just wanted to tip my hat to our member Tracy Godfrey, who spoke up when the Observer needed a new perspective on the proposed Amendment 1. The issue has sparked as many varying faith opinions in the African-American population as it has with the population at large … yet one more sign of the dynamic, …
