Sunday, January 4, 2009

Happy New Year!
We will gather at the Incubator this Sunday at 5:00 p.m.
Our worship time will center around Ecclesiastes 3:1-13.
There is a time for everything...what time is it for you?

Sunday, December 28, 2008

REMINDER: We will not be meeting this Sunday. We will gather back at the Incubator on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Our worship time will center around the theme of love
as we observe the fourth Sunday of Advent.
We will gather at The Ministry Incubator at 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Today is the first Sunday of Advent.
We will gather at the Ministry Incubator today at 5:00 p.m.
and our worship time will center around the theme of HOPE.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

We will be gathering at the Ministry Incubator
this Sunday at 5:00 p.m.
Our worship time will focus on
Matthew 25:14-30,
the parable of the talents.
Remember that next week we will
observe the first Sunday of Advent.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

We will NOT be meeting this Sunday as we will be retreating at Holden Beach for the weekend. We will gather back at the Incubator on Sunday, November 16 at 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

We will gather at the Ministry Incubator at 5:00 p.m.
and our worship time will center on All Saints Day.

Therefore, since we are surrounded

by such a great cloud of witnesses,

let us throw off everything that hinders

and the sin that so easily entangles,

and let us run with persever­ance

the race marked out for us.

(Hebrews 12:1)

Sunday, October 26, 2008

We will be meeting this Sunday
at the Ministry Incubator at 5:00 p.m.
We will continue our Bible study series,
focusing on 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

We will gather for worship this Sunday
at the Ministry Incubator at 5:00 p.m.
Our worship will center around Philippians 4:1-9.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

We will be gathering at the Ministry Incubator this Sunday at 5:00pm for worship. Our worship will center around Exodus 20:1-20.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

We will be gathering at the Incubator this Sunday at 5:00pm.
Our worship time will center around Exodus 17:1-7.
Look forward to seeing you!

Sunday, September 21, 2008

We will gather at the Incubator this Sunday at 5:00pm. Our worship will be led by Joel Baucom, Catherine Campbell and Jason Horrell.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

We will NOT be meeting this coming Sunday, September 14.

We will gather back at the Incubator on September 21 at 5:00pm. Joel Baucom, Catherine Campbell and Jason Horrell will be leading our worship, sharing their summer mission experiences.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

We will be gathering at the Incubator this Sunday at 5:00pm. Please continue to remember Ashley, David, Pam, and Amanda in your prayers. Following are the plans for the funeral service for Garry Stephenson:

Friday, September 5, 10:00am - visitation with the family in the parlor at Forest Hills Baptist Church. The memorial service will begin in the sanctuary at 11:30am, with burial to follow at Montlawn Memorial Park.

Sunday, August 31, 2008

What's for breakfast?

Join us at 5:00pm for our 5th Sunday fellowship at the home of David and Ashley. Our theme is BREAKFAST, so bring your favorite breakfast dish to share with the group. Come join with friends for a time of fellowship and good food.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

We will gather at the Ministry Incubator today at 5:00pm. Our worship time will be led by Hugh Hollowell, inner-city missionary in Raleigh. You can learn more about Hugh and the ministry by clicking here.

Look forward to seeing you at HomeStar.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

We will gather at the Incubator this Sunday at 5:00pm. Our worship time will center on the story of the faith of the Canaanite woman as recorded in Matthew 15:21-28.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

We will gather at the Incubator at 5:00pm and our worship time will focus on Matthew 14:22-33, the story of Jesus walking on the water and Peter attempting the same.

Please remember to bring canned food items, pasta, rice, or hamburger helper type boxed meals. These items are needed for the Salvation Army food pantry.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

We will gather at the Ministry Incubator this Sunday at 5:00pm. Our worship time will focus on the story of the feeding of the five thousand, as recorded in Matthew 14:13-21.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

We will be gathering at the Incubator this Sunday. Our worship time will continue to focus on the parables of Jesus. We will look at five short parables found in Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52.




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Sunday, July 20, 2008

This Sunday our worship time will focus on the parable of the weeds among the wheat, found in Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Our worship time this Sunday will center
on the parable of the sower,
as recorded in Matthew 13:1-23.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

We will gather at the Incubator this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. Our worship will center around Matthew 11:16-30.

Sunday, June 29, 2008

5th Sunday Fellowship

All-American Cook-out

at the Cartledge home

5:00 p.m. this Sunday

Hamburgers, hot dogs and the fixings

will be provided. If you want to contribute,

please bring chips, soda or a dessert.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

We will gather back at the Incubator this Sunday at 5:00pm. Our worship theme will center around Matthew 10: 24-39.

Sunday, June 15, 2008..

We will not be meeting this Sunday due to many of our members being out of town. We will gather back at the Incubator on Sunday, June 22 at 5:00pm.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

What does it mean to be chosen by God?
Do you think that people today hear the voice of God
in the same way that Abraham did?
Is it possible to tell the difference between
an authentic call and one that is imagined?

Our worship this Sunday will center around
the call of Abram, found in Genesis 12:1-9.

Sunday, June 1

What foundation is your life is built upon? Is it sinking sand or the solid rock? When the rain, strong winds and heavy storms come, will you be able to remain standing firm in your faith?

Our worship time this Sunday will focus on Matthew 7:21-29. Jesus Christ tells us the one who listens to him and acts on his words is wise, like the person who builds their house on a firm foundation.

Sunday, May 25, 2008

More often than not, our priorities center around social status, wealth, acquiring material possessions, wearing the most current designer label and worrying about our reputations. The pursuit of such values can lead to much worry and anxiety. Our worship this Sunday will center around Matthew 6:24-34, where we find encouragement to trust in God's care for us. May we not be so preoccupied with getting so that we can respond to God's giving.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Service of Remembrance and Prayer
for Myanmar and China
5:00pm at the Incubator

Sunday, May 11, 2008

This Sunday at 5:00pm, our worship will focus on one of the most important holidays of the Christian church - Pentecost - the great festival that occurs fifty days after the resurrection of Jesus Christ and marks the birth of the Christian church by the power of the Holy Spirit.


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Sunday, May 4, 2008

We will gather today at the Incubator at 5:00pm. Our worship time will center on the story of Jesus' ascension as found in Luke 24:44-53 and Acts 1:1-14.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

We will NOT be meeting this Sunday. Quite a few of the group will be out of town or unable to attend for other reasons, so we decided not to meet. We will gather back at the Incubator on Sunday, May 4. Look forward to seeing you then.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

In Acts 2:41-47, we learn what was most important to the community of believers in the early church - teaching/learning, fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayer. We are told that they shared with others from glad and generous hearts.

What is the purpose of the church? What qualities or aspects are most important to you in a church or your community of faith?

This Sunday, we'll share together some of our thoughts and ideas about what is most important to us as members of the HomeStar community of faith.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

This Sunday we will gather at 5:00pm for worship at the Incubator. Our time will center around another post-resurrection story found in John 20:19-31. What can we learn from Thomas as we bring to mind the doubts that we deal with in our daily lives?

Sunday, April 6, 2008

We are meeting this Sunday, April 6 at the Incubator. Our worship time will center around the post resurrection encounter on the Emmaus Road. Look forward to seeing you at 5:00pm.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

5th Sunday Fellowship
Mexican Feast
Bring a favorite Mexican dish to share!
Great food, fun and fellowship,
starting at 5:00pm
at the Cartledge home (3912 Inkberry Ct., Apex)

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Easter Sunset Worship Service
on the island near the amphitheater at
Meredith College
5:00pm
Remember to bring a lawn chair.
We'll go out to eat together after the service.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Our journey through Lent brings us to Palm Sunday. Jesus is preparing to enter Jerusalem. How will we greet him? Will we follow him all the way to the cross?

"Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness and being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death - even death on a cross." (Philippians 2:5-8, NRSV)

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Our gathering for the 5th Sunday of Lent will center around the theme "from death to life," with emphasis on the story of the dry bones in Ezekiel 37:1-14. God didn't just revive the people of Israel. God gave to them God's own spirit. We also can find hope as we remember Jesus' words to Martha found in John 11:25-26: "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die."

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Our worship for the fourth Sunday of Lent will center around the healing of a blind man as recorded in John 9:1-41 and the epistle lesson comes from Ephesians 5:8-14. Jesus proclaims that he is the light of the world - may we continually seek to walk as children of the light.



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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Our worship for the third Sunday of Lent will center around the story found in Exodus 17:1-7.

Please be reminded that you can still give to the Heck-Jones Offering to support the missions and ministries of Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) of North Carolina.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

This Sunday we continue our journey through the Lenten season. Our worship time for the second Sunday of Lent will center around the call of Abraham. As Abraham was called to be a blessing to the nations, so too are we called to be the presence of Christ in the world. May we have the courage to take the risk of faith to be the body of Christ in the world.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

The season of Lent invites us to take a journey - a journey filled with opportunities for reflection, confession, giving up, taking on, and transformation. This first Sunday of Lent our worship time will center around Jesus' experience in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11). As you prepare for our worship time, reflect on these questions: Where is your place of wilderness? What are the temptations in your life? For what do you hunger most?

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Our worship time this Sunday
will center around the
Transfiguration story found
in Matthew 17:1-13.







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Sunday, January 27, 2008

Reminder: For those who would like to attend the memorial service for Shirley Haywood (Janice Haywood's sister-in-law), it will be held on Saturday, Janaury 26 at 2:00pm at Cornerstone Baptist Church, 5736 Inman Rd., Greensboro, N.C. 27410.

Our worship time this Sunday will center around the work and ministries of the Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) of N.C. We will view a recorded interview with Ruby Fulbright, Executive Director of WMU and also hear from HomeStar member Jan High, Leadership Development / Training Specialist with WMU.


Look forward to seeing you this Sunday at 5:00pm at The Ministry Incubator!

Sunday, January 20, 2008

We will be meeting this Sunday at 5:00pm.
The focus of our worship time will center around the observance of Martin Luther King Day. May we all hear and respond to the call to live as peacemakers and justice seekers each day.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

A post did not appear here before our gathering today, but we did meet! Jan Cartledge shared stories from the poverty simulation experience she participated in this past week in Birmingham.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

We will be meeting this Sunday at 5:00pm at the Ministry Incubator. Our worship will center around the Epiphany story found in Matthew 2.
Happy New Year!