Pine Street Life - April 2010

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V o l u m e 3 0 , Is s u e 4 April 1, 2010

P INE S TREET L IFE INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Summer education

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Concert for youth trip

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MAPS: Morrison

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April scripture

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Undesignated Gift Fund

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DDB

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April calendar

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PSL deadline • Articles for the May issue of Pine Street Life are due

by April 15. They can be emailed to:

sstallsmith@pinestreet.org

Looking ahead to May • Silent Auction, May 1 • Kirkin’ of the Tartan, May 2 • Interfaith Service for the community, May 3 • Evensong for Ascension, May 14 • Officer Installation, May 23 • Memorial Day (Church and Boyd offices closed), May 31

S PAG H E T T I D I N N E R , AU C T I O N H E L P S E N D YO U T H O N T R I P As part of fundraising for their mission trip to Chicago in June, the youth of Pine Street are presenting Italian Bistro Night complete with a spaghetti dinner, entertainment, and a silent auction on May 1 beginning at 4:30 p.m.

Items being auctioned include original artwork, catered dinners, crafts, a weekend at a lake house, massages, jewelry, gift baskets, a week-long condo rental at the Hotel Casa Maya’s Imperial Fiesta Club in Cancun, Mexico, and a lot more!

The goal of the trip is to provide our youth with the opportunity to experience the realities of life in the inner city and the many facets of urban ministry, with the expectation that they will return with a new vision for how they can serve the Harrisburg community.

The trip is begin handled

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through CSM whose mission is to immerse youth in the inner city and transform their understanding of how their faith in Jesus Christ calls and equips them to reverse the trends of urban poverty.

So mark you calendars for May 1.

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Ticket are $10 each and are on sale at the Welcome Center

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Silent Auction will begin at 4:30 p.m.

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Spaghetti dinner at 5:30

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S T R E E T H O S T I N G I N T E R FA I T H S E RV I C E

You can’t escape a basic fact of our world today – religious diversity is everywhere. Not only has the economy gone global, but so also have world religions.

characterized by theological difference as well as unity.

We are one country, but we are many in terms of religion. Diana Eck in her masterful work “Encountering God: A There are over 1,200 Hindu families in Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras” asks: “Are we now at the Harrisburg served by the local Hindu beginning of an era that will see the temple. There are at least four bridging of civilizations, indeed a creamosques in the greater metro area. tive dialogue of civilizations? Or will There are several synagogues and a Buddhist organization. And Christianity (Continued on page 2) itself is not monolithic at all; it too is

Rev. Russell Sullivan Jr.

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SUMMER

E D U C AT I O N : THE JOURNEY CONTINUES Sullivan

By Cheryl Goode and Russell Sullivan

Vacation Bible School Mark your calendars for June 14-18. We will be joining Faith United Church of Christ and Chapel Hill United Church of Christ for Vacation Bible School this year. We will meet at Faith UCC on Drexel Hills Blvd. in New Cumberland for Bible school. You have likely heard the saying: “There is strength in numbers.”

We will have great numbers of children and great Christian learning and fellowship!

More details to come next month.

There are many kinds of journeys. We journey to and from work. We journey to school or to a soccer game. We journey for vacations. We are a people constantly on the go! And still there is another kind of journey that is centered on faith. Christian education is a big component of our faith journeys.

Christian education helps form and shape us in our faith and Christian life through many programs: music, art, small bible study groups, worship and church school on Sunday mornings. During the summer we take on a more relaxed manner but still offer quality education.

Children’s education this summer will include a combined class of grades preschool through fifth grade beginning at 9:40 a.m. June 20 in Room 108. They will be learning Old Testament stories.

Middle school and senior high youth may attend the adult forums (discussed below) or sign

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July 18: “Chicago Youth Mission Trip” — Youth Mission Trip Participants

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July 25: “A Novel Presentation: The Shack” — Dr. Lee Barrett, Professor of Theology, Lancaster Theological Seminary

up to assist in teaching the elementary age students. If you are interested in teaching you may sign up at the Welcome Center  or contact Cheryl Goode at 2389304 or cgoode@pinestreet.org.

Adult summer forums begin in McCormick Fellowship Hall at 9:40 a.m. on June 6. We have a variety of offerings this summer.

Mark your calendar with these  interesting courses:

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June 6 and 13: “Reinhold Niebuhr: the President’s Theologian”, Dr. David True, Professor of Religion, Wilson College June 20 and 27: “Mission Today” — Eric and Becky Hinderliter, Missionaries to Lithuania

Aug. 1 and 8: “The Presbyterian Pendulum: Seeing Providence in the Wild Diversity of the Church” — Dr. Mark Englund-Krieger, Executive Presbyter, the Presbytery of Carlisle Aug. 15: “Eco-Ministry” — Pine Street’s Mission Committee

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Aug. 22: “Report on 2010 Arizona Mission Trip” — The Mission Committee

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Aug. 29: “Exploring a Latvia-Lithuania Mission Trip” — The Mission Committee

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Sept. 5: “An Intergenerational Activity “

July 4 and 11: “Christianity and the Religions: Interfaith Keep on the journey of growing Dialogue” -- Dr. Russell and learning this summer!

related and dependent upon one Pennsylvania Council of Churches, this event will feature another for our survival. prayers and fellowship with peoA journey to greater understandple from many religious tradi(Continued from page 1) ing can begin here in our very tions. Protestants, Catholics, pluralistic backyard. We have the Jews, B’Hai, Buddhists, Muslims, the decades ahead be marked by full range of religious expressions Unitarians, and others — all will rigid and rivalrous adherence to in our community, and finding gather to pray together in ways religious, cultural, and national ways to connect to people of unique to their belief and pracidentities?” other beliefs is a big step to tice. Following the service there bridging civilizations. To acknowlI would like to answer “yes” to will be a time for fellowship and the first question and “no” to the edge and celebrate this great gift food from many cultures in the of diversity, Pine Street is hosting second. Eck fundamentally beGathering Place. the Commonwealth Interfaith lieves the critical question is whether we humans will come to Prayer Service at 5:30 p.m. May Plan to attend, and sample our community’s religious diversity. understand and appreciate all of 3 in our sanctuary.

The world will be a better place our religious diversity, while recCo-sponsored by the Interfaith ognizing that we are all deeply Alliance of Pennsylvania and the because of it!

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CHOIR HELPS AND MONEY

RAISE SPIRITS FOR MISSION TRIP

Music at Pine Street is pleased to present another Broadway and Hollywood revue featuring the choir of Pine Street Church.

On three other occasions, we have presented music from the American Musical Theater and the great scores of Hollywood to an enthusiastic group. We hope to do the same again at 7:30 p.m.

April 9.

The tickets will be on sale by the time you receive this Pine Street Life, and are limited to 120 persons. The cost is $25 and this includes the music, dessert and coffee, and a generous donation to the youth mission trip to Chicago

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Many others are included with musical offerings from the choir, Chamber Singers, our soloists and a goodly number of our choir members

led by the Rev. Alex Lang. The youth who will be participating in the trip will be the servers for the evening.

The program will feature favorite songs from many decades of entertainment from both coasts. Among the selections are “Moon River,” “Let’s call the whole thing off,” “Over the rainbow,” “Give my regards to Broadway “and songs from “West Side Story.”

such a ganization.

whose talent will charm you and make you realize why the Pine Street Choir is wonderful or-

Also featured the piano art of Gail Foster and a selection from cellist, Estelle Hartranft.

Tom Clark-Jones is your host for the evening and will accompany at the piano.

PRESENTS CURTIS ORGAN PROFESSOR

Music at Pine Street is pleased to announce the annual Great Artist Recital for 2010. This year’s concert features Alan Morrison, the recently appointed organ professor at Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, at 7:30 p.m. April 23 in the Pine Street sanctuary.

Morrison stands in a line of distinguished organists to hold this chair at Curtis including the legendary Alexander McCurdy and Dr. John Weaver. Morrison is a graduate of Curtis and also the Juilliard School in New York.

He is a serious organist and pianist of great distinction and has played both instruments in concert.

ALAN MORRISON

He is considered one of the finest accompanists working in America. In addition, he teaches at Curtis and at Westminster Choir College in Princeton. He is the college organist at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa. Morrison has been a featured

soloist across North America and Europe for the past 15 years. His recitals have taken him to venues that include the great churches of New York, the National Cathedral in Washington as well as to Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas; the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the new Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia.

We invite you to join music lovers across central Pennsylvania who are sure to be at Pine Street for this concert. A suggested donation of $10 will be taken at the door. The South Street Garage will be open and free of charge for the event.

Voted to change the date of the Youth Mission Trip to Chicago, from July 31 through Aug. 7, 2010, as originally approved to June 26 through July 3, 2010.

Approved a recommendation from the Evangelism Committee to use $50,000 of the reallocated program money from the Capital Campaign, to fund an intense advertising/ marketing campaign for the period July 2010 to December 2010, under the supervision of the Communication Team.

Approved Pine Street Church to host the Commonwealth Interfaith Service of Prayer at 5:30 p.m. on May 3.

A new member class is in progress, the first to participate in the 12-week training program.

Stewardship had a successful year with the financial goal reached for 2010. Credit goes to the professional staff and committee members for organizing a positive, inspirational drive that resounded to the congregation.

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APRIL SCRIPTURE Maundy Thursday, April 1 Lamentations 2:10-18 Psalm 27 Mark 14:12-25 Good Friday, April 2 Lamentations 3:1-9, 19-33 Psalm 22 John 13:36-38 Saturday, April 3 Lamentations 3:37-58 Psalm 43 Hebrews 4:1-16 Sunday, April 4 (Easter) Daniel 6:16-23 Psalm 118 Matthew 28:1-10 Luke 24:13-49

Sermon: The Rev. Russell Sullivan preaching Monday, April 5 Exodus 12:14-27 Psalm 97 Mark 16:1-8 Tuesday, April 6 Exodus 12:28-39 Psalm 98 Mark 16:9-20 Wednesday, April 7 Exodus 12:40-51 Psalm 99 Matthew 28:1-16 Thursday, April 8 Exodus 13:3-10 Psalm 47 Matthew 28:16-20 Friday, April 9 Exodus 13:1-2, 11-16 Psalm 96 Luke 24:1-12 Saturday, April 10 Exodus 13:17-14:4 Psalm 92 Mark 12:18-27 Sunday, April 11 Acts 5:27-32 Psalm 118:14-29 Revelations 1:4-8 John 20:19-31

Sermon: The Rev. Heather Sigler preaching

Monday, April 12 Exodus 14:21-31 Psalm 97 John 14:1-7) 8-17 Tuesday, April 13 Exodus 15:1-21 Psalm 98 John 14:18-31 Wednesday, April 14 Exodus 15:22-16:10 Psalm 99 John 15:1-11 Thursday, April 15 Exodus 16:10-22 Psalm 47 John 15:12-27

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CO M M I T TE E TAK I NG APPLICAT IONS T O D I S T R I B U T E A N N UA L G R A N T S

By Jack Shepley The Administration and Finance Committee is seeking your applications for grants from the Undesignated Gift Fund. Here are the application instructions: Select a committee or board who will be responsible for oversight of your program/project, and to whom you will report on a monthly basis. You may choose from the following Pine Street Presbyterian Church committees or boards (chair):

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Mission Committee (Deborah Olson)

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Personnel Committee (Robert Atnip)

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Session (Moderator, Dr. Russell Sullivan)

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Stewardship Committee (John Goodrich)

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Board of Trustees (President, Anne Guenin)

to aid the Administration & Finance Committee in selecting applications to forward along to Session for final decisions. If you have question about the process or how it works, please feel free to contact Jack Shepley by email jshepley@ipg-cir.com or call (M) 717-645-2254, (O) 717761-5070, or (H) 717-7285552.

Completed applications should be submitted with all suppleman) mental pages to Michelle KenThe application requires a signa- nedy, Pine Street office manture of the chair of the selected ager, 310 N. Third Street, HarAdministration & Finance Committee (Craig Kegerise) board, committee, or task force, risburg, Pa. 17101 or email mkennedy@pinestreet.org. She Christian Nurture & Education so please be sure to provide information about your procan be reached at 717-238(Bob Kerr) gram/project to the chairperson 9304 or fax at 717-232-9341.

Congregational Life Committee prior to approaching him/her for The Administration & Finance (Ted Dolbin) a signature.

Committee will then serve as a Congregational Nominating Complete the Undesignated clearinghouse for the applicaCommittee (Michael Gifts Application, which can be tions, and will make recommenBuffington) found at www.pinestreet.org, dations to Session for considBoard of Deacons but please do not limit your eration at their September responses to the minimal space meeting.

Evangelism Committee (Rich provided. Supplemental pages Brown) are welcomed and encouraged The deadline is June 30.

WHY

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Worship Committee (Ron Poor-

E A R T H DAY ?

the beginning God gave us the Garden. Then Eve and Adam ate Why should I care? Change of the tree of knowledge, and happens! Does it really matter if they were turned out in sin to developers pave over large exstruggle and toil never to enter panses of green for shopping the Garden again. centers or that trees are clear In the New Testament Christ cut to reduce the cost of build(the second Adam) comes and ing housing developments?

What’s a little erosion or runoff brings us life and restoration.

We are to be Disciples of Christ going to hurt? and like Adam we are expected Progress is necessary; it boosts to return service to the earth the economy and means jobs (garden) that which sustains us for people, but does it have to and gives us life. Our work is to degrade our land, water and reconcile all things in Christ habitat for other living things?

(Romans 5: 12-17). The ancient As I read Genesis in preparation command to look after the Garfor the Lenten Angel series, I den is reaffirmed as the new was struck again by Genesis creation by the resurrection of 1:28. This passage, in context Jesus Christ and the gift of the with the rest of the Bible, shows spirit. us that God has given humans We are called to return creadominion as stewards of His tion’s service to us with service creation. We are not to be deof our own (1 Corinthians stroyers but caretakers of crea15:22-45). So, get off your dontion for the benefit of all life. In

By Bonnie Peckham

key, and be about the work of creation care-the earth and its creatures need you.

Join the Eco team of the Mission Committee as we honor God’s good creation on April 18.

Please come to the Gathering Space after the 11 a.m. service to meet members of the Math/ Science Academy — a Middle School in Harrisburg whose curriculum is based on service.

Share our treats and help yourself to handouts that will be helpful in lowering your energy costs.

Participate with us in giving service to a person in the community who needs help to keep their property intact. The Mission Committee is sponsoring a community rebuild project on April 24 along with Rebuild Harrisburg. Sign up in the Gathering Space.

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C A L L T O G U I D E C H U R C H ’ S YO U T H W A S W O R T H E X C R U C I A T I N G WA I T

By Alexander Lang

Friday, April 16 Exodus 16:23-26 Psalm 96 John 16:1-15 Saturday, April 17 Exodus 17:1-16 Psalm 92 John 16:16-33 Sunday, April 18 Acts 9:1-6 (7-20) Psalm 30 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19

It was about one year ago that the APNC called me to Pine Street. I cannot tell you how excited I was to have received that phone call from Gerald Miller. I shared with you all after my candidate sermon that, until Pine Street came knocking, I had reached a low point in my faith.

I saw my failure to procure a call as a reflection of my ability as a pastor rather than God wanting to me to be fit with the best church possible. Only in retrospect did I understand God’s plan and in the months since I have been at Pine Street, God’s plan has only become clearer to me.

APRIL SCRIPTURE

Sermon: The Rev. Russell Sullivan preaching

few parents who drive all over the greater Harrisburg area After Christmas we began a picking up middle schoolers, series with the high school our program has grown to more You called me to this church for called “Being Molded in the a number of reasons, but my Image of God,” which deals with than 12 youth. primary focus was to revamp I cannot tell you how truly joyful the ethics of the Bible and the and build a youth group. I imI feel when a parent of a youth middle school is learning 10 mediately split the youth into commandments and how Jesus comes to me and tells me how two groups — middle school (6- changed those commandments much their child and their chil8th grade) and high school (9dren’s friends love coming to in the New Testament.

12th grade). youth group. They look forward The initial numbers for the high to it every week and would not Since this split, the youth school have stayed very steady. want to miss it for anything! groups have met on separate We averaged about 10 people God brought me to Pine Street nights (high school on Sunday per week with our biggest evening and middle school on because it is where I belong. nights bringing in around 14 Wednesday evening). We hired youth. The middle school was a Every time I enter the building a worship leader for the youth, different story. The middle to lead a youth group, I am rea freshman from Messiah, Jon school was extremely small minded of where I was and how Lampe. Jon is extremely talwhen we started in September. far I have come thanks to God’s ented and comes to every youth There were weeks where we plan for my life. I love this comgroup, providing 15 minutes of had only 2 people attend. These munity and I love serving you worship time so the youth can all. I am especially grateful that were hard and tedious nights prepare and focus for our lesfor me, Jon and all the advisors you have called me to be a sons. To give you an idea of who assist with middle school. shepherd to your youth. Thank what we have been studying, you for calling me to this church However, I put out a challenge for the last 12 weeks of 2009, I to the youth: bring your friends and thank you for supporting taught the high school about to youth group. Slowly they be- my efforts to provide your chilthe Apostles Creed and the gan to meet that challenge and dren with the light of Christ! middle school learned about thanks to the dedication of a the book of Genesis.

Monday, April 19 Exodus 18:13-27 Psalm 97 Matthew (1:1-17) 3:1-6 Tuesday, April 20 Exodus 19:1-16 Psalm 98 Matthew 3:7-12 Wednesday, April 21 Exodus 19:16-25 Psalm 99 Matthew 3:13-17 Thursday, April 22 Exodus 20:1-21 Psalm 47 Matthew 4:1-11 Friday, April 23 Exodus 24:1-18 Psalm 96 Matthew 4:12-17 Saturday, April 24 Exodus 25:1-22 Psalm 92 Matthew 4:18-25 Sunday, April 25 Acts 9:36-43 Psalm 23 Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30

Sermon: The Rev. Russell Sullivan preaching

Monday, April 26 Exodus 32:1-20 Psalm 97 Matthew 5:1-10 Tuesday, April 27 Exodus 32:21-34 Psalm 98 Matthew 5:11-16 Wednesday, April 28 Exodus 33:1-23 Psalm 99 Matthew 5:17-20 Thursday, April 29 Exodus 34:1-17 Psalm 47 Matthew 5:21-26 Friday, April 30 Exodus 34:18-25 Psalm 96 Matthew 5:27-37

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Downtown Daily

By Elaine Strokoff Downtown Daily Brad was one of the few locations that opened and operated as usual during February’s snow storms. The men, women and children who ate lunch there were most grateful. They must have known instinctively that the kitchen

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would be open because the dining room was filled each day.

DDB clients wrote their thoughts in the soup kitchen’s guest book.

These are their words: “I was real glad you were open.

I was grateful to have a meal in a bad time!”

“It was my meal of the day.”

“It was a blessing!”

“I was grateful to have a meal in a bad time!”

“We all were glad.

Thanks for being open.”

“I was glad we had a place to feed the homeless for it was cold and nasty and the Daily Bread is a beautiful place. Thanks.”

“Everything was great!”

Downtown Daily Bread was able to function as usual thanks to the dedication of our devoted cooks. Our part-time cook, Blondie, walked to work so 97 clients could be served on Wednesday and Brenda made it to work for 100 clients on Thursday.

We at Downtown Daily Bread are very proud of our record of never closing. Over the 13 years I have been involved with the kitchen, DDB has only been closed for one day. That was due to a blizzard in 1986. Open for 26 years, DDB continues to serve the hungry and homeless and homeless of Harrisburg. We all should be proud to be associated with “the kitchen that never closes.”

FINANCIAL PICTURE

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Income Expense

January

April 17: Adopt-a-Highway. Signup in Gathering Place. Meet at 9 a.m. at the old Giant on Linglestown Road. Gloves, safety vests and trash bags will be provided.

Bring your smile and be ready to give us about two hours of your time.

April 24: Rebuilding Together.

Sign-up in Gathering Place.

Lunch and picnic dinner (5 p.m. at Fort Hunter) are provided by Rebuilding Together. We will be doing yard work and various

February

items of repair work on a home of a single, disabled, low income woman in Carlisle. Participants should dress for manual work, bring gloves and wear old clothes. Bring tools for yard work  if that’s what you would like to work on that day. We will probably meet for breakfast and ‘car train’ to the jobsite — further details will be provided nearer the work date.

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Update on Epiphany offering collected in January – PSPC

March

April

May

members rose to the call, again, giving over $1,000.

This money will be sent to Louisville, KY, to be used in world mission.

Arizona mission trip was again a success. Sixteen missioners worked on four properties of the Presbyterian church on the Tohono O’odham reservation. The short version is that we replaced underground water lines, repaired a ceiling

June

where bees had built a hive, repaired some walls (inside and outside), painted, cleaned, repaired windows and doors, painted, caulked cracks in walls and around windows, painted, and painted!!! Several natives worked with us this year and we shared our faith and hope in Jesus in the process — this is what we hope for and this is why we keep going back.

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April 2010 SUN

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Maundy Thursday service (Market Square), 7:30; Chanel Choir rehearsal, 7:30

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Easter Children’s Choir practice, 9:30 a.m.

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Children’s Choir practice, 9:30 a.m.; Youth Handbell Choir, 4; Officer training, 4; SYF, 5; Taize Service, 7

25 Children’s Choir practice, 9:30 a.m.; New Members Class, 12:30; Officer training, 4

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Staff Worship, 8:45 a.m.; Staff meeting, 9:10 a.m.; Session meeting, 7:30

JYF, 6; Stephen Ministry training, 6:30; Adult Handbell Choir, 7:30

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Staff Worship, 8:45 JYF, 6; Adult a.m.; Staff meeting, Handbell Choir, 9:10 a.m.; Program 7:30 Committee meeting, 7

Children’s Choir practice, 9:30 a.m.; Congregational meeting, 12:15; New members class, 12:30; Officer training, 4; Youth Handbell Choir, 4; SYF, 5

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8 Chamber Singers rehearsal, 6:30; Chanel Choir rehearsal, 7:30

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Good Friday Set up lilies, 9 (Church and Boyd a.m.

Offices Closed) Tenebrae Service, 7:30

9 MAPS: Broadway Cabaret, 7:30

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Chamber Singers rehearsal, 6:30; Chanel Choir rehearsal, 7:30

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Staff Worship, 8:45 a.m.; Staff meeting, 9:10 a.m.; Trustees meeting, noon; Deacons Adm. Meeting, 6:30; Deacons meeting, 7

JYF, 6; Stephen Ministry Training, 6:30; Adult Handbell Choir, 7:30

Chamber Singers rehearsal, 6:30; Chanel Choir rehearsal, 7:30; Personnel comm.

Meeting, 7:30

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Staff Worship, 8:45 a.m.; Staff meeting, 9:10 a.m.; Presbytery meeting, 6:30; Admin. & Finance meeting, 7

JYF, 6; Stephen Ministry Training, 6:30; Adult Handbell Choir, 7:30

Chamber Singers rehearsal, 6:30; Chanel Choir rehearsal, 7:30

10 Men’s breakfast, 8 a.m.; Shawl ministry, 10 a.m.

17 Stephen Ministry training retreat, 9 a.m.; Progressive Dinner

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O NE G REAT H OUR (32 percent), PresRead John 21: 15-17. Jesus is byterian with seven of the disciples after Disaster His resurrection. They had been Assistance fishing and had eaten breakfast.

(32 perRepeatedly Jesus asked one or cent), and the other of them, “Do you love the Presbyme?” Repeatedly they told Jesus terian Hunthey did. And each time, in one ger Proway or another Jesus told them, gram (36 “Feed my sheep.” This was Jesus’ percent). last encounter with his disciples Four per— the message he leaves with cent of the them is “feed my sheep.”

PresbyteOne Great Hour of Sharing began rian Hunger more than 60 years ago, in reProgram sponse to the devastation of money is used for its work on World War II. A Saturday evening homelessness and affordable nationwide broadcast asked housing. None of the One Great Americans to give generously the Hour of Sharing offering stays at next morning in their churches.

Pine Street Church — it all goes to More than 75,000 churches rehelp those who have much less sponded — churches of many than any of us. denominations.

One Great Hour of Sharing continNow each denomination decides ues to offer hope for those most how their contributions will be hopeless. It works toward recovdispersed. PC(USA) divides our ery and wholeness with those contributions into three programs whose lives have been shattered — Self-Development of People

By Debbie Olson

HELPS OTHERS Please, actually read the bulletin inserts. These stories are about real people. People who none of us will probably ever meet. But they are God’s children, just like us. By chance many of them were born into poverty, into countries where there are no policies or infrastructure in place to provide for them. And they need us to reach out to them.

We, as members of Pine Street Church, are Christ’s disciples in today’s world. And as such, we are ALL charged with ‘feeding His sheep’ to show our love for our Lord. This is done by giving of our by disaster (as in Haiti recently). It time, talents, and money. YES, stands with communities facing I’m again asking for money — not the slower crises of hunger, disfor Pine Street Church, but for ease, unemployment, and environmental degradation that make God’s people in the world. Each them vulnerable even before one of us has so much more than disasters strike. In sharing reany of the people this offering will sources with people in need help. Please give generously — around the world, we not only again. God loves the cheerful witness God’s love in action in giver!!! Thank you. And those who their lives — we also feel it movwill receive the benefit of this ing in our own lives. offering thank you.