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| Regularly Scheduled Fellowship Activities for Adults
FAMILY MINISTRY EVENTS - Usually on the third Saturday of the month, activities focusing on the family, but all are invited. PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN - Gather monthly for programs on the third Tuesday and in Circles for small group Bible Study.
MEN’S BREAKFAST - Meets at Mt. San Antonio Gardens at 7:25 a.m. each Wednesday.
SANCTUARY CHOIR - Adult choir which meets Thursday nights at 7:30 p.m. for rehearsals, then sings in worship each Sunday (September - June.)
FIRM BELIEVERS - low impact aerobic exercise classes, offered at 7:00 p.m. on Monday and Thursday evenings.
FIRM BELIEVERS II - a slower paced aerobic class offered Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 7:45 a.m. | |
| Bell Choir Forming Mark MacKenzie is forming an adult bell choir
to perform in church for special services. Rehearsals will be held Thursday evenings at 6:15 p.m. in the choir room. Easter Sunday will be the first performance. We hope to see you there. CPC Hunger Ministry Expanding CPC continues involvement in the Sumner Community Meal as one of seven congregations serving meals three Sundays a month on a rotating basis to people who are homeless or simply lack resources to adequately feed their families. These meals are served at Sumner Elementary School in Claremont. It is our turn to provide the meal again on Sunday, November 20. On that date, volunteers are needed to (1) prepare a food item for 20 people and bring it to Sumner School by 2:45 p.m. that day and/or (2) help serve the meal, visit with participants and prepare "to go" boxes. If you are interested in helping out, please contact the church office at (909) 624-9693. An additional opportunity to help feed the hungry has developed out of the CPC October Family Ministry event which was to prepare and serve dinner to the residents at Our House shelter in Pomona. Our House offers local transitional housing for individuals and families that are currently experiencing homelessness. The children, youth and adults from CPC who participated in this October event, sat and ate with the residents of the shelter ranging in age from 2 years old to 50+ years old. It was a wonderful experience, and CPC has been invited back to provide dinners at the shelter regularly. The second Sunday of each month CPC will provide the Sunday dinner at the shelter. Our next dinner will be on November 13. In November, our dinner will have an Italian theme. Anyone is welcome to participate. All you need to do is to prepare an Italian dish, salad, garlic bread, dessert, etc. at home and bring it to the church at 4:30 p.m. on November 13. If you would like to cook a dish for this dinner, but you are not able to come to the shelter to serve and eat the dinner with the residents, your contribution is most welcome. Elissa Elder and Krista Wuertz are coordinating these dinners, so please contact Krista at (909) 624-9693 (ext. 309) or krista@claremontpres.org if you would like more information, or if you are interested in participating in making or serving the dinner. If you cannot participate in either of these meals, you can still help! Bring food for the red wheelbarrow in our Narthex any Sunday. Non-perishable items such as dried beans, peanut butter, canned meat, cereal or rice are always needed and can be placed in the wheelbarrow on Sunday or during the week. Volunteers from CPC deliver this food to the Beta Center food security program of the Inland Valley Hope Partners which serves an average of 2800 individuals per month. Office Volunteers Needed
When the Lord called Samuel, the Lord did not get an answer right away. Samuel was busy serving Eli. So too, when people call the church office, the phone may not be answered because the Office Manager may be occupied with other tasks in different parts of our large campus. She may be explaining our needs to the gardeners or various repair folk. The church staff has the goal of always having the office open and phones answered, but there is a need for office volunteers. The support from volunteers helps in many areas. Having the phone answered and church office covered allows the office manage mobility to move about the campus for projects, repairs, etc.
Another area of support is financially. It saves the church money by not having to hire additional help to cover the front desk. There are many projects the volunteers help to complete. Without that help the church would have to pay an hourly employee to complete them. Volunteers perform such tasks as making copies, answering phones, greeting visitors and helping with mailers.
We need office coverage for:
Tuesday afternoons 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoons 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Thursday afternoons 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
In conclusion, the Lord had to call Samuel four times before there was an answer. In order to prevent this from happening at CPC, we invite you to become an office volunteer. If you have some time and are interested, please call the office at (909) 624-9693 and speak to Joan Liebeck. Thank you! | |
Men's Breakfast Group The Men’s Breakfast Group invites you to join them at their weekly meetings which resume on September 2! They meet Wednesdays at Mt. San Antonio Gardens in a private dining room but take buffet breakfast in the main dining room. The time is 7:41 a.m. and the price is $8.00 per person. Parking is inside the complex just in front of the dining room in Visitor Parking spots. There is ample parking. Walking and carpooling are encouraged. Firm Believers I and II
I would like to invite anyone who has not tried our exercise class, or who used to attend but stopped, to join us in Fellowship Hall. Firm Believers I is Monday and Thursday nights from 7:00 - 8:15 p.m. Firm Believers II is Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7:45 - 9:00 a.m. So, what is the difference between the classes? The evening class is a little more strenuous, with a longer cardio-vascular workout, and more intense weight workouts. In the morning class we still warm-up, but do a lot of the exercises and stretches while sitting in a chair, but don’t be fooled into thinking you won’t get a workout while sitting.
Both classes begin with a warm-up to get our bodies ready to work and stretch. The evening class then proceeds to a cardio section, then on to large muscle (legs, arms, back, shoulders) usually with the aid of 2-5 pound weights. We then go down onto our mats on the floor to work our core, which are the abdominal and lower back muscles. Ending the program we do stretches and last but definitely not least (in fact many stay throughout the class just to do this part) a guided imagery and meditation. I incorporate some Yoga, Tai Chi, Pilates, and low impact aerobics to make sure we get a good workout.
The morning class begins with the warm-up, making sure all major joints; necks, shoulders, hips, knees and ankles are moving. We then work on balance by standing on one foot, by walking toe-heel, or just moving from side to side transferring our weight from right to left foot. Next we go to the chairs with our 1-3 pound hand weights and we work the legs, arms, shoulders, and even do some abdominal exercises. We stretch on the chair, and then move down to the floor, on our mats to continue working legs, abdominal, and core muscles. We end in more stretching, then the guided imagery and meditation.
We have a lot of laughs, and that in itself is an exercise in good health. Come join us. Bring your hand weights, exercise mat, towel and water to drink, and be ready to have fun Volunteer Tutors Sought
Claremont After-School Programs, Inc. (CLASP) has now been in existence two years, having merged the previously successful Claremont Tutorial Centers and the Youth Wellness Center, both of which were begun in 1995 to help at-risk Claremont students with their academic needs. Last year over 150 students attended CLASP, with the help of more than 100 volunteers. Over 95% of the students qualify as low-income, and only 35% come from homes where English is the primary language.
CLASP is unique in that the after-school programs are located in neighborhoods throughout the community, bringing the program closer to the families served. The three current sites are: Claremont Village Apartments on Arrow Highway, Vista Valle Town homes on San Jose Avenue, and Foothill Mobile Park on Foothill Blvd. A fourth program site is in Fellowship Hall at Claremont Presbyterian Church, where children from throughout the school district are bused to the site and then to their homes. At CPC, students receive one-on-one tutoring and organized outdoor physical activities. There is a Claremont Unified School District certificated staff member at each site, along with a professional Site Supervisor and volunteer tutors from the community, the Claremont Colleges, and the Webb Schools. The teacher serves as a liaison with the children’s classroom teachers, acts as a mentor to volunteer tutors, and works with small groups of individuals on specific academic tasks.
Ways you can help:
• Volunteer as a tutor one to three afternoons a week, or serve as a substitute
• Provide supplies, educational materials, books as needed
• Organize an enrichment activity
• Join a CLASP Committee – Fund Raising, Program, Public Relations
www.clasp4kids.org
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