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April 25, 2012 

Snakes, Snails and Walking Trails

Jonathan Stober catches a snake.

It's just a little snake...

The Jr/Sr High Sunday School class had a blast last Saturday playing “Stump The Ranger.” Jonathan Stober, who is a biologist for the Talladega National Forest took us around in the woods and we tried to stump him with questions, fast and furious.

But what happened is he mostly stumped us, showing us all about the plants and animals that live in this area. Best/scariest moment? When we found a snake crawling through the grass and he picked it up, just like “Croc Hunter.” It was non-poisonous though, so there wasn’t any real danger. Except when he let us smell it’s “musk” glands that were oozing with some snake-stink sauce. He told us it was a defense mechanism and it we all agreed. It worked. Nobody wanted to mess with that stinky snake.

Thanks to Jonathan Stober for sharing his bio-brain with our class.


February 10, 2012 

Empty Bowls, Full Hearts

Empty Bowl

Empty Bowls

Last month CPC partnered with the Carroll County Empty Soup Bowl Project to get ready for their upcoming event. 35 Presbyterians got their hands dirty creating a dazzling array of pottery bowls.

Potter Helen Helwig organized the program and our own potters and craftspeople, Randy Ayers, Penny Ayers, Amelia Huxley (and Ioan) rolled clay and helped us create our own masterpieces.

Dianne Cox made a delicious pot of soup for lunch and we ate it till the ladel scraped the bottom of the pot.

If you missed out on bowl making, you can still catch the Empty Bowls event at the Carroll County Ag Center on Feb 26th. Local restaurants will be serving up specialty soups in hand made bowls. Come enjoy live music and hot soup. The fun starts at 11:00.  Tickets are just 10 bucks.  All proceeds go to help finance the Carroll County soup kitchen.

For more information about the Feb event:

http://carrollcountyemptybowls.com/joom/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=4


February 5, 2012 

Scouting Sunday at Carrollton Presbyterian Church.

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Scouts Serve Breakfast

The Scouting program at Carrollton Presbyterian Church is more than just an activity for our youth to learn about the outdoors.

Scouting provides fun, fellowship, and training to our youth as well as youth in our community. It emphasizes honesty, self-reliance, and respect. Through a year-round program, it affects character, citizenship, and personal fitness.

But the success of our Scouting depends on our volunteers, who serve in a variety of leadership roles so that our young people may benefit from our Scouting ministry.

As the Boy Scouts of America celebrates its anniversary, we salute the splendid volunteers who serve as Cubmasters, Scoutmasters, and Venturing Advisors, and in other positions of leadership.


January 27, 2012 

The Power of We

Survey Checkmark GraphicWhat do you think?  For the past few months, that’s been an important question we’ve been asking at CPC.   Thanks to all who participated in the Carrollton Presbyterian Church, “Your Opinion Counts: Planning our future together – The Power of We” assessment.We had an amazing response– over two thirds of people who were asked to participate took time to fill out the thirty-minute member survey.  To make sure everyone had a voice, Mary Woodfin, our Christian Educator, also developed a survey that included our kids and youth.In the near future, we’ll be getting data back from the survey.  Then our Session and Strategic Planning Committee will use it to help steer our direction and make CPC’s 2012, as well as the years ahead, a time for change and a time for nurturing new relationships in both church and community.  Thanks again to everyone who participated.  Your thoughtful and prayerful opinions, along with the grace of God, will help guide CPC into the future.

January 24, 2012 

New Look

A Heart in the CityIf you’re reading this, you’ve noticed that the CPC website has got a new look.  We’re hoping it will be easy to navigate.  We’ll also be posting lots of great stuff for you to discover and enjoy.

There is so much going on in the church – so many disciples doing good work. If you are involved in a ministry that you feel passionate about – if you are part of a class that just rocks your world – if you’ve found a place where you can inhale OR exhale the love of God, let us know about it. We’d love to get pictures and thoughts to post here on the website.