Welcome to the Midtown Community Church newsletter! Here you will find information to connect with the people and ministries at Midtown as we seek to be renewed by Jesus Christ for the purpose of drawing people into community, growing as an authentic worshipping community, and sending them out to renew and create communities locally and globally.
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SUMMER SERMON SERIES
9:15AM • 2011 Ridge Road
Summer Sermon Series Began June 5th! This Summer we will be doing a sermon series entitled "The Way of Wisdom: Lessons From Proverbs." Life is messy and filled with so many difficult decisions. From navigating relationships, parenting, work, and our own stuff. Bottom line is that we need wisdom. Join us for worship this Summer as we use the Old Testament book of Proverbs as a blueprint for the wisdom that we need in life. In preparation for this series, we would encourage you to read a Proverb a day for the month of June.
Worship with us in-person or via livestream on our YouTube Channel.
Our Children's Ministry accommodates 9-months through age 3 in the summer months. We will return classes for age 4 through 5th grade this fall.
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Holly Springs
Salamanders' Game
Faith and Family Night•
Friday, July 8th • 7pm
Ting Stadium
101 Sportsmanship Way
Holly Springs, NC 27540
Go Holly Spring Salamanders! Join other Midtowners at the Holly Springs Salamanders' Faith and Family baseball game on Friday, July 8th. Get your tickets by clicking the link here.
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For any questions, email Jennifer Boney at Jennifer@midtown-church.org.
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Women's Upcoming Events
Ladies Summer Book Club
Wednesday, July 20th • 6:30 pm • Karen Howell's Home
The Midtown Women will be reading “Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World,” by Jennie Allen this summer, and we hope you can join us! We will be meeting at the home of Karen Howell on the third Wednesday of each summer month - July 20th, and August 17th, and will gather together to share a potluck dinner and great discussion! If you missed last month, definitely still join us in July and August!
If interested in participating, please let Meredith Schauer know at mereschauer@gmail.com.
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For all Women's Ministry inquiries, contact Catie Killinger at womensministry@midtown-church.org.
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Men's Upcoming Events
Men's Event: Intimacy in Marriage
POSTPONED UNTIL JULY
Location: Home of Oliver Williams.
Midtown Men, As some of you are aware the women had an event back in April on the topic of sex/intimacy in marriage featuring a licensed Christian therapist who specializes on this topic. Now it's time for the men. This discussion will include a male and female therapist who will guide us through a discussion on this topic. If you are interested in participating, email Pastor Lindsey at lindsey@midtown-church.org. We will meet at the home of Oliver Williams.
Million Dollar Bacon Club
June 17th • 7am
Location: First Watch • 4035 Lake Boone Trail
Do you love bacon? Would you like to get to know other dudes at Midtown Church? Join Midtown's men at First Watch on Lake Boone Trail every other Friday from 7:00-9:00am to eat breakfast and enjoy fellowship with other guys. Feel free to come any time between 7:00 and 9:00am and stay as long as you like. If you can only stay for a few minutes, we'll buy your coffee! If you plan to come and/or would like to be added to the text chain for this club, reach out to Pastor Lindsey (919-601-3903) or Christopher White (802-399-7645).
Disk Golf Tuesdays
Get outside for a lunch break for a quick 9 holes of disc golf on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month at 11:30am. Planning to come? Just let the contact for that day know.
- June 28 Cedar Hills Park in N. Raleigh. Contact: Matt Watts (919)274.8239
- July 12 Kentwood Park near NC State. Contact: Steven Hillerman (601)826.4249
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Outdoor Worship is Coming Back!
We are excited to bring back a pandemic favorite for Midtown Community Church. We will have Outdoor Worship on the 1st Sunday of the month during the Summer, which will be July 3rd and Aug. 7th at our usual 9:15am worship time. Note that on these Sundays we will NOT have livestream. Please bring either a camping chair or blanket on these Sundays. A great service to invite a friend!
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Midtown Community
Community Groups
Midtown's Community Groups are small groups of people who meet during the week for the purpose of developing authentic relationships with people and with God. We offer eight groups that meet throughout the triangle. Check out our Community Groups page for more information.
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If you're interested in connecting with others in this way, contact Pastor Lindsey at lindsey@midtown-church.org.
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PCA General Assembly
June 21-24 • Birmingham, AL
Please pray for the Annual Gathering of Denominational Leaders. Pastor Lindsey and ruling elder Wally Tinsley will be representing Midtown Community Church at the PCA General Assembly next week in Birmingham, AL. Please pray for Lindsey and Wally as they participate in this annual meeting. If you want to follow the happenings at this event you can go to our denominational online magazine here or follow them on Twitter.
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Children's Ministry News
Midtown Sprouts Volunteers
Please sign up to serve in our Summer Sprouts Classes (Acorns and Sunshine) . Use the link in the email that you received from Sarah or the sign-up sheets hanging on the door in the Preschool Building.
We are recruiting for the 2022-2023 school year, and we need 3 more teachers to staff our growing Sprouts classes. We are encouraged to have so many new volunteers, but we still need a few more. Won’t you consider joining us in Sprouts! Please let Sarah know if you have an interest or questions, sarah@midtown-church.org
Summer Classes for Children’s Ministry
Children’s Ministry offers two classes to serve our Midtown children aged 9-months through age 3:
Sprouts Acorns • 9-24 months • Room 5
Sprouts Sunshine • 2 & 3-yr-olds • Room 1
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For all Sprouts Children's Ministry inquiries, contact Sarah Breazeale at sarah@midtown-church.org.
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Midtown Youth
Upcoming Events
Tuesdays • 7-8:30pm
Our youth group meets in RRBC's education building for community and discipleship every Tuesday night from 7-8:30pm. All 6-12th graders are invited to join! If you have any questions or would like your teen/tween to attend, please contact our Pastoral Intern for Youth, Eric Major.
Interested in being a Youth Mentor?
Midtown is seeking adults to mentor the Youth of our church. If you have the desire to disciple Youth in a one-on-one/two/three setting, talk with Eric Major or send him a message at eric@midtown-church.org or 907-320-0065.
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Pastoral Resource
Pastoral Resource: Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Report
As many of you are aware, there has been a lot of recent news on the topic of abuse in the church, especially in light of significant allegations in the Southern Baptist Convention. Our denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America, recently published the work of a study committee looking into this topic. Prominent voices like Rachael Denhollander and Dr. Diane Langberg offered their direct assistance to our denomination in addressing this issue. Feel free to read their findings on how the church can address this issue. Please know that if you want to talk further on this topic, feel free to reach out to the Session and Women's Shepherding Team of our church.
https://byfaithonline.com/pca-abuse-study-committee-releases-its-report/
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2022 Family Table Recap
For those of you who were unable to attend our annual vision dinner on May 15th (aka Family Table), we are including a link to the presentation here so that you can get a sense of what we discussed. If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out to Pastor Lindsey or any of the other Midtown leaders for more details. A huge thank you goes out to Karen Howell and the team of folks who helped to put this event together. It was a huge success!!
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If you have any questions or comments, contact Pastor Lindsey at lindsey@midtown-church.org.
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Church Life
Giving
You can tithe ONLINE, by sending a check to
PO BOX 51674 Durham NC 27712, or when the plates are passed during Sunday Worship.
*All giving is tax deductible.
Baptisms
Sunday, July 10
August 14
We reserve the second Sunday of each month for the sacrament of baptism. If you would like to schedule a baptism, please contact Jennifer Boney at jennifer@midtown-church.org.
Communion
Sunday, June 19
Sunday, June 26
We will now partake of the sacrament of communion on the third and fourth Sundays of each month.
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