Each week, the church receives calls from people seeking financial assistance for rent, electricity, gas and medicine. Because our budgeted funds for this purpose cannot begin to address the tremendous need, our Fifth Sunday offering enhances our capacity to respond. All cash placed in the offering plate on the fifth Sunday will be used to meet the basic needs of our neighbors. If you’d like to contribute by check, please note “5th Sunday Offering” on the memo line. Thank you for the generous support you offer to Pullen’s community ministries.

-Missions & Outreach Council

August 29

6:30–8:30 pm in Finlator Hall

Do you want to learn how a music pickin' jam circle works? The Pullen Pickers will lead an open jam circle and want to encourage other music-playing Pullenites to join. Pickers will be on hand to lead songs and explain the process. Singing and harmonizing are a big part of it all. Songs tend to be simple with 4-6 chords.

Jam-friendly instruments include the guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, bass, and banjo. Other instruments like autoharps, dulcimers, penny whistles, and clawhammer banjos are also welcome. And you can even be a beginner on your instrument. Jamming is a great experience! Come join the fun!

For more information, email Noelle Schofield or text Noelle at 919-274-6626.

-Noelle Schofield

Support Partners for Environmental Justice

September 6

8:45 am–noon at Big Sweep Litter Clean Up (Walnut Creek Wetland Park, 950 Peterson St., Raleigh)

Join the Pullen Earth Ministry for the Big Sweep Litter Clean Up and the ICCT 2025 Convention to support environmental justice and connect with others—register by August 23 and learn more about carpooling and complimentary lunch!

September 7

11 am–1:30 pm on Gregg Museum lawn (1903 Hillsborough St., Raleigh)

Join us for our annual outdoor worship service on the Gregg Museum lawn, followed by a potluck meal and an optional trash pickup with Partners for Environmental Justice!

Film Screening: My Name is Pauli Murray

September 12

7:00–9:30 pm in Finlator Hall

Remember local hero Pauli Murray—trailblazing activist, lawyer, and pioneering Episcopal leader—at a free film screening and conversation with Rev. Racquel Gill; RSVP today!

Summer Schedule

August 20

5:30 pm in Finlator Hall 

Join us at The Table for our last summer gathering.

Quarterly Giving Statements

The quarterly financial statements have been mailed to you. Please review your statement and notify the church if adjustments need to be made. If you are expecting deposits from retirement accounts, RMD deposits or other donations coming from stocks, etc., please check that they have been received by the church.

-Finance Committee

Final Call: Volunteer with AMOS in Nicaragua, November 7–16

Searching for hope amid conflict? Feeling a call to help others? Looking for adventure?

Advent Trip to Matanzas, Cuba

The commitment deadline for this trip is August 1.

Volunteer Childcare Workers — Luncheon Workshop

August 10

12:15–1:45 pm in Finlator Hall

All Pullenites who work with children in church programs are invited to a luncheon workshop. The Children's Committee is sponsoring this opportunity to strengthen our programs for children at Pullen. We are fortunate to have Sandra (Sandy) Reuschling — director at BlueSprig Pediatrics and Pullen member — lead this session on effective strategies for working with all children. Sandy is a master-level behavior analyst and has worked as a special education teacher.

Lunch will be served, and childcare will be provided. Please RSVP to Tommy Cook, so we can prepare for you.

Contact: Vanessa Jeter