This Week at Binkley

Sunday 1/27 9:30 am Sunday School Classes SR, Lounge

11 am Worship Sanctuary

Monday 1/28 7:30 pm BPS Board Meeting Sunroom

Tuesday 1/29 10 am Staff Meeting Office

1 pm Sermon Shaping Library

Wednesday 1/30 9 am Morning Prayer Chapel

6 pm Children’s Choir Choir Room

7:30 pm Chancel Choir Choir Room

Thursday 1/31 5:30 pm Handbells Choir Room

Friday 2/1 6 pm Intergenerational Game Night Lounge

Sunday 2/3 9:30 am Sunday School Classes

11 am Worship Sanctuary

12 pm Church in Conference – Budget Sanctuary

5 pm Youth Choir CR

6 pm Youth Group

Thank you for serving in the Nursery today Staff: Kim Greene and Shania Draper

Volunteers: Tom Fewel and Joy Wood

Around the Church

CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS: Your 2012 gift contribution statements are now available.

JOIN US AFTER WORSHIP TO HEAR CHRISTINE ANDERSEN: share her recent experiences from her Women's Witness Trip to Israel/Palestine in the church lounge. The group's visits included Hope Flowers School and the Wi’am Conflict Resolution Center, both of which we support through our outreach budget. Light refreshments will be served in the Lounge.

CHURCH IN CONFERENCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER WORSHIP ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD: We will consider and vote on the 2013 Program of Ministry at that meeting. It is very important that all 2013 pledges be included in our discussion, so if you have not yet made a 2013 pledge, please drop your card in the offering plate, mail it to the church office, or email it to business@binkleychurch.org. Thank you to the individuals and families who have already pledged. Please make a pledge today.

A SECOND CHURCH IN CONFERENCE has been called for Sunday, February 10th following worship, for the purpose of discussing several proposed changes to the Binkley Baptist Church Constitution to restructure our Church Council and create new clusters of committees, as previously discussed with the congregation. More information will be made available to church members about the specific changes! This is an important meeting, and we hope you will be part of the discussion and vote.

SMALL GROUP MEETINGS:

Mostly Music: Monthly gathering to share songs. Bring an instrument if you have one. Newcomers welcome. Next date: Tuesday, January 29th, in the pocket room.

Sermon-Shaping Bible Study: Tuesdays, 1 pm in the library. All are welcome as we study the coming Sunday’s bible readings.

Wednesday Morning Prayer: 9 - 9:45 am in the Chapel.

Binkley Daytime Book Group: Tuesday, February 26th, at 10:30 in the library. Teeta West will be leading our discussion of, "In the Time of Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez.

Binkley Readers will meet Friday, February 8, at the home of Collins Kilburn and Martha Hamilton, Carol Woods #247. We will discuss "Adam's Gift" by Jimmy Creech. Please let them know (919-918-3493 or sckilburn@earthlink.net) if you plan to be there.

Primetimers will meet on Wednesday, February 13 in the lounge at 12:30. Dale Osborne will show a video of a 1985 "The Newlywed Game," when he and Suzy were participants. $8.00, if you plan to eat lunch.

WEDNESDAY MORNING COFFEE TIME: Join staff and others on Wednesday mornings from 9:45—10:30 for coffee in the church office. All are invited!

INTERGENERATIONAL GAME NIGHT: Friday, February 1 6-8 p.m., Lounge Kids of all ages are invited to bring your playful, competitive selves for an evening of pizza, board games, and silly jokes. Bring your favorite game and a dessert to share. Call the office by noon on Friday, 2/1, to put your name in on the pizza order.

SPRING ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES: New classes will begin on February 3rd with a mini-launch Sunday at 9:30 am. Classes include: ESL Bible Study; Leaving Well: Creating a Legacy; Paul: Chauvinist, Anti-Semite, Theologian?; It’s Just Not One Way; and Profiles of Faith, Courage, and Compassion. Please see the Friday update or the February newsletter for class descriptions.

MEMORIAL SERVICE: A memorial service for Bob Kruetzberg will be held on Saturday, February 16th at 2 pm, followed by light refreshments in the Fellowship Hall. Please continue to keep Betsy, David and Anne in your prayers as they mourn the death of their husband and father.

NEXT SUNDAY’S IFC ITEM: Tuna, Mac and Cheese, Pasta, Sauce, Black Beans (dry or canned)

Around the Community

JUSTICE UNITED will convene new listening sessions during the months of February, March, and April. This is a time for community members to come together and to share their most

pressing concerns for their community. Listening sessions allows Justice United to build the type of power capable of addressing the issues that are most important to us. Training will take place during the next Countywide Leaders Meeting on 1/28 from 7 – 9 pm, St. Thomas More Catholic Church. All are welcome. This is an especially good time for new people to become involved. For more information, please contact: Sheryl Scrimsher, Paul Lindsay, or Dale Osborne.

NON-VIOLENT POPULAR RESISTANCE IN PALESTINE: The Charles M. Jones Peace and Justice Committee of the Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist is pleased to present Iyad Burnat, brother of photographer of 5 Broken Cameras, whose talk, Non-Violent Popular Resistance in Palestine, will address life in the beleaguered Palestinian town of Bil'in, 7:30 PM, Tues, Jan 29, Community Church sanctuary. Event is co-sponsored with the Coalition for Peace with Justice, Jews for a Just Peace, and Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East. For more information contact Community Church member Margaret Misch, 919-942-2535.

ABANDONED ALLIES, a film by documentary filmmaker Camden Watts, will be screened at Meredith College on 1/30 at 7 pm in Carswell Hall and also at the IMAX at Marbles on 2/3. “Abandoned Allies” is about the Montagnards, a tribal people, who served as American allies during the Vietnam War. Visit abandonedallies.com for more information on the film. For information about the Meredith College screening, contact: Alisa Johnson (919-760-2288), John Kincheloe (919-760-8457) or Jeff Martinson (919-760-2349).

FAMILY TO FAMILY: A free 12 week series of classes structured to help family members understand and support a loved one with a serious mental illness, begins Thursday, 1/31, from 6:30-9 pm in at the Seymour Center. To register, please contact Tana Hartman 919-619-6546 or tmhartman@nc.rr.com

FAITH CONNECTIONS ON MENTAL ILLNESS is presenting a day-long workshop to help faith communities engage, encourage, and serve persons who suffer from mental illness and those who care for them. Clergy, lay leaders, individuals, and professionals are encouraged to attend. "Faith, Mental Illness, and The Journey Toward Wholeness," will be held on Friday, March 8, 2013 at St. Thomas More, 940 Carmichael St., Chapel Hill, NC. The keynote speaker, Sister Nancy Kehoe, who is both a nun and a licensed psychologist, will discuss the role of faith and spirituality in treating mental illness. Four other mental health experts will also present. Lunch is included in the $20 registration fee, due by Feb. 15. Late registration is $30. Professional credits are optional for an additional $20 via Wake AHEC. Register online at www.wakeahec.org or call 919-350-0461 for a mail-in form. Faith Connections on Mental Illness is an inter-faith coalition of faith communities whose mission is to work with all faith communities to welcome, include, support, educate, and advocate for individuals and families who are living with mental illness. Visit faithconnectionsonmentalillness.org to learn more.

WEEKLY VIGILS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE: 4:30-5:30 pm every Friday at the corner of East Franklin Street & Elliott Road (near Whole Foods).

Prayer Concerns

Church Family Judy Trent Martha Henderson Robin Brice Bob Phillips Elise Goldman Claudia Cannady Willard Hamrick Dot Simpson Tom McCollough

Health Center Residents and Those in the Hospital Ann Overton Joan Ewing Marj Boltz Leo & Rusty Wagoner Hilda Moffitt Laurie Freeman Carolyn Wallace Jean Breckenridge

Extended Family Jim & Wendy Pease (friends of the Kings) Malone & Betty Thomason (Caryl Price's parents) Bill Patrick (brother of Rhonda Szostak) Tony Hogue (Lyn Lamont’s son & Tracy Berger’s brother) Mona Chahine (sister of Ralph Nissler) Joan Hammond (sister of Tim Bradshaw) Kim Carson (friend of Al Wheless) Cathy Melvin (family member of Libba Wells) Erma Darnell (Claudia Templeton's mother) Joel Johnson (friend of John & Yvonne Holt) Barbara Rovetto (friend of Ginny Lansing) Darryl Kirkendall (friend of Textoris')

JoAnna Anderson (Jody Hite's sister) Steve Emrich (friend of Joe & Nan Pardington)

Terri Robinson (friend of Billie Cox) Jackson Grove (Amy Jackson's nephew) Dot Peterson & family (Susan Resnik's aunt) Carley Pardington (Joe's mother) Ruby Switzer (Katherine Walker's grandmother) Linda Sisk (Mark Walters' mother) Janise Baker (mother of Donna Flattery) Lois Elmore (friend of Julie Lentz) Andrew Henley (Carl's son) Tara Hogan (Talmadge Walker's niece)

Ellwee Miller & Gail Mills (aunt & mother of Karin Mills)

Tan & Scott Coats (missionaries in Thailand)

Pastor Waldir & Igreja Batista Esperança & Congregação Batista Esperança

We extend our sympathy to the family of Angie Stuckman upon her recent death.

*please remember to contact the office to remove or add people to the above lists