Pine Street Pine Street Presbyterian Church
VOLUME 33 | ISSUE 4
New Mission Within Reach Rev. Alex Lang
The last time I spoke to you about Pine Street’s new mission, I conveyed that session had given approval to move forward with more research on the creation of a Pine Street GED Center. We needed to assess all the variables to determine if this idea is truly feasible for our congregation. For the last two months, the GED Planning Committee and I (Chris Ewing, Kathleen White & Craig Kegerise) have been working hard to research all aspects of what will be involved in the creation of a Pine Street GED Campus. Through much discussion with Jeff Woodyard (Tri-County OIC’s Director) and Annette Reiff (TriCounty OIC’s Volunteer Coordinator), we now have a very detailed understanding of what resources will be required of us. There are two elements necessary for this mission to come to fruition: 1) people who are willing to volunteer their time to teach students and
2) the monetary resources to pay for the GED Center itself. The committee determined that if the first element was lacking, then the second element was unnecessary. Therefore, we set out to see who would be willing to donate their time to this mission. We have already found 20 people who are willing to commit their time to teach students. This buy-in from our congregation propelled session to explore the monetary investment required to make the necessary refurbishments to classrooms in the basement of our facility where the GED Center will be housed. The committee brought in a series of contractors to bid on the work that would be required for the conversion and the figure is approximately $150,000 for the renovations. This includes installation of computers, construction to rooms, furniture, air conditioning and an improved security See GED on page 4
MAPS Presents Organist Ken Cowan by Tom Clark-Jones
Music at Pine Street is pleased to remind the Pine Street family that the next concert of the season will take place on Friday evening, April 12 at 7:30pm in the Sanctuary. We are pleased to present Ken Cowan, concert organist. Mr. Cowan is one of the most sought-after organists in North America. He has performed across the United States and Canada to critical acclaim. In addition he has won major prizes in competitions sponsored by the Royal Canadian College of Organists and the Yale Institute of See MAPS on page 2
APRIL 1, 2013
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Session Notes. . . . . . . . . . . 2 Trustee Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 DDB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 April Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . 7 April Scripture. . . . . . . . . . . 8
April At A Glance Bagels & Belief . . . . . . . . Apr 7 Congregational Meeting.Apr 7 Youth mission luncheon & drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . Apr 7 MAPS Organ Recital. . . . Apr 12 Men’s Breakfast. . . . . . . . Apr 13 Spring Seminar begins. . Apr 26
PSL Deadline Articles, photos and items of interest for the May, 2013 issue of Pine Street Life are due by April 15, 2013. Please e-mail to Sue Black at BL3COL@aol.com