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a Letter from Kathy yuKLAs a memorial to our beloved
friend, LCPC member Kathy Yukl, who went to be with the Lord on March 15, 2016, we pass along this list of Kathy-isms. It is taken from a letter that Kathy sent to her grand-daughter, Karrine Yukl, during her deployment with the US Navy in Spain. Karrine read the list at Kathy’s memorial service and gave us per-mission to share it in the Messenger.
Hi there, Grandotter!So here is the marvelous list
of an old person’s wisdom! Can’t guarantee it will make your life totally smoooth and pleasant, but if followed diligently, might help, cackle.
Keep up the good work in Seabees!
Lots of Love, Grammy
truths• Decide what we want...and what we’re willing to pay for it.• If we say we want something and fail to act, we don’t really want it.• Everything we do must have a payoff for ourselves, or we wouldn’t keep doing it. That payoff need be nothing more than the personal satisfaction in having done the right thing. • Emotional honesty is the single most important element in emotional health. We must always be honest with ourselves about our true motives in everything we do.• About the only thing other people can make us do against our will is die. Every-thing else we choose, however unpleasant these choices.• Economics is always the bottom line in all human affairs. • If we don’t like the way someone behaves toward us, change the way we behave toward them.• Anger comes from fear–feelings of being threatened, whether physically or emotionally.• “Love your neighbor as yourself.” We too often get so hung up on the first half, we ignore the second. If we balance our self on the same scale as our neighbor, sometimes “our self” comes out first. Chronic martyrdom is neurotic and non-productive.• The best gift we can give ourselves is self-discipline.• There is one area in life in which we are all equal–we each have the same 24 hours per day. • If we have it but can’t find it when we need it, it’s the same as not having it.• Love is a decision.
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Church Work Day on Saturday, April 30, from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM. There will be a whole lot of cleaning, polishing, trimming and sorting going on. Snacks, coffee, tea and water will be provided. Come to the sign-up table between services on April 17 and April 24 to reserve your favorite task. Youth are especially invited to help out!
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As a dad, a pastor, and (for 13 years) a youth pastor, I’ve learned that kids desperately need good teaching relating to money, and that parents and others who work with kids need
good training so they can be effective financial teachers. That’s why I’m so excited about the 6-week course we’re offering at LCPC at PEAK, “Smart Money Smart Kids.”
Dave Ramsey and his daughter, Rachel Cruz, developed this now-famous course to help parents to convey Biblical money values and strategies to their children. Like Financial Peace University, the course makes use of a series of provocative and highly-entertaining DVDs on a variety of crucial topics. After the short DVDs, participants work through a series of questions and challenges.
The course is sophisticated in its approach and is geared to people who want more than predict-able, conventional advice. Real life stories and ex-amples help to bring the principles and guidelines to life. Supplemental materials include a member workbook, online supplemental video and audio content, and the #1 New York Times Bestselling book, Smart Money Smart Kids. Parents will
learn how to help their kids make wise money choices and build character qualities that will help them win not only with money, but also in life.
All parents are invited and you don’t have to be a church member to participate. The course is especially relevant for the parents of younger children (preschool through 6th grade), though parents of adolescents will also benefit from the teaching. We’ll gather during Wednesday night PEAK, 6:30-8:00 PM in the Chapel starting April 6 and continuing through May 11. I will co-lead the course with a parent who has extensive financial training and experience.
Here’s the course line-up:
• Wednesday, April 6 – “Work and Responsibility”
• Wednesday, April 13 – “Spending and Wisdom”
• Wednesday, April 20 – “Savings and Patience”
• Wednesday, April 27 – “Giving and Generosity”
• Wednesday, May 4 – “Debt and Honesty”
• Wednesday, May 11 – “Contentment and Gratitude”
To register for the course, go to “DaveRamsey.com,” pull down the “Classes” menu, look under the “Smart Money Smart Kids” option, and choose “Find a class.” You will see a map of our region and a pointer over La Crescenta Presbyterian Church. Click on the pointer and you’ll be able to register for our class. The registration fee of $59 (same price for one or both parents) buys you full access to the extensive online content, the class workbook, and the bestseller, Smart Money Smart Kids. You have the option of attending the session on April 6 or 13 before deciding if you want to register, though it will be easier to track with the class if you register before we begin.
Remember, too, that we offer an excellent, inexpensive meal for your entire family every PEAK Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 PM in Koopmans Hall. And there are classes, fellowship groups, and choirs for every age group that happen during our class so you don’t have to worry about childcare.
Please help us spread the word about this unique opportunity. Pat Chambers, Ashley Pollock, or I will be happy to discuss it with you.
Love and good cheer,
Andy Wilson
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“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things have passed away; behold new things have come.” (2 Corinthians 5:17)
Spring has arrived in all her glory and, together with her two offspring hope and renewal tagging along, inspires us to clean our homes and souls – signs of God’s goodness and of LCPC. Thanks to the Cornerstone Crew and volunteers for all the work they do year round, new life is ev-erywhere including all around the lovingly tended grounds to make our church home beautiful. I’ve seen many people mesmerized by the vibrant fuchsia and orange flowering groundcover on the
“Old Oak Tree Canyon” median. Special thanks to Elaine Ross-Collins for providing that eye-sooth-ing respite from the otherwise bleak parking lot.
While admiring our lovely church, take a moment to seek out the plaque for Kenny Thomas who led the Cornerstone Crew for many years, generously donating his time. It is located on the garden bench outside the main office. The plaque was placed there in loving memory of Kenny who volunteered many, many hours taking care of the gardens here at LCPC.
Finally, one last reminder: Blood Drive Sun-day, April 10.
Happy Spring!Kathy Hill
What an awesome 2016 it’s been so far! One of our favorite events, the In-N-Out Formal, took place in March and was bigger and better than ever. We made a small upgrade this year, calling the event “In-N-Out Prom,” and adding a big dance party and extreme dodgeball (played in a blacked-out room with a strobe light and loud dance music) to the second half of the event. It was insane, and so awesome. We had more than 60 people attend the event, and you can see some of the fun in the pictures below.
We’d also like to officially announce the opening of sign-ups for Campus by the Sea, our Junior High Summer Camp, and Mount Hermon, our High School Sum-mer Camp! You can sign up by going to abidestudentmin.com, and clicking on the links on the front page to sign up. The dates for CBS for Junior High are June 7-11, and the dates for Mount Hermon are July 24-30. We have limited spots for each. So we hope you will sign up ASAP.
Josh
A B I D ESTUDENT MINISTRIES
“ 3 Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.”
(Luke, Chapter 1)
As we continue our 9-week study of the Gospel of Luke, I’ve been reminded of the powerful proc-lamation of the Kingdom of God. This is often a very confusing idea. Didn’t Jesus come so that we could go to heaven when we die? Isn’t Christianity a private, spiritual reality?
If you spent much time reading the Gospels, you know that Jesus had a lot to say about prayer and personal piety. But there is a much bigger picture. Jesus teaches us to pray “Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” In other words, God’s Kingdom is not about us escaping this wicked world, but rather the will of God breaking into our world and radically renewing and healing our brokenness.
Believe it or not, the Gospel has powerful political ramifications. Jesus is Lord; Caesar is not! The Gospel is political because Jesus has been given all authority “in Heaven and earth.” However, the Kingdom doesn’t use political means to change the world. Jesus’ Kingdom does not operate on power and coercion (to which even the noblest governments are limited), but rather the Kingdom grows through humility, forgiveness, and prayer.
This is why Christianity is so compelling. It’s not pie-in-the-sky escapism, nor is it social-political idealism. The Kingdom of God is the radical in-breaking of God to redeem and restore His broken world.
Come join us Wednesday nights in Koopmans North at 6:30 PM to continue our study and deepen our love and understanding.
l E E ’ S l at E S t
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At the February Session Meeting, the following items were discussed and
approved:
• Approved Session Committee assignments. Moderators are:
Adult Ministry - Doug Given,
Center for Children - Whitney Lescher
Children’s Ministry - Carol Hampar
Communication - Greg Wolflick
Deacons - Sue Pratt
Fellowship - Diana Given
Finance - Cindy Guenther-Williams
Financial Stewardship - Phil Van Horn
Mission and Outreach - Sarah Kauffman
Nominating - Jenny Schwing
Newcomers - Michele Fernandez
Personnel - tbdProperty - Geoff Bryan
Strategic Planning - Hilary Norton
Student Ministry - Michelle Blessinger
Worship and Music - Mike Ward
Rosarito Orphanage Task Force - Andy Wilson
Executive Committee - Andy Wilson
Members and friends of the church are invited to serve as members of
any committee that is not a closed committee (Center for Children,
Deacons, Nominating, Personnel, and Executive Committee). For
more information regarding specific committees, please contact
that committee’s Moderator.
• Approved Terms of Call for Rev. Andrew Wilson, effective
September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.
In Christ,
Sheri Gray
Clerk of Session
SESSION REPORT
How I loved celebrating Easter with the children of CFC! From waving paper palms in our own “Hosanna parade” to singing “Lead a Life of Love” at the top of our lungs in Chapel, the month of March was a blast. Easter is a time of great joy in the church, even as we remember Christ’s sufferings we know that the morning is coming and Jesus is alive! My hope and prayer is that spirit of joy will continue as we look at what happened after Jesus’ resurrection.
Throughout the month of April, we will talk about what it was like for Jesus’ friends to see Him after He rose from the dead. They talked to Him, touched Him and ate some breakfast He cooked for them on the beach. We will also answer the question, how can we spend time with Jesus now even though we cannot see Him or touch Him? I have a feeling that for some of our preschoolers, the most popular way to spend time with Jesus will be through singing and dancing for Him. We have some little ones who really like to rock out!
CFC FAITH
UPDATE
THE LCPC WILDLIFE TOUR JULY 17 -21, 2016The Hardest Part is Going Home
By Andy WilsonI’ve written many times in this venerable jour-
nal about the Wildlife Tour. You probably know that the trip involves hiking in the Eastern Sierras for four full days and sleeping in air conditioned hotels at night.
You’ve probably also heard that every aspect of the trip is carefully planned and choreographed. And that it’s open to anyone high school age or older. And that it’s a screaming bargain at around $280. And that we pray, worship, sing and are inspired by some of the most jaw-dropping scenery in North America.
Yet I’ve noticed that people still have miscon-ceptions about the Wildlife Tour. Allow me to clear up three of them for you:
1. No, participants are NOT forced to climb 13,000 foot peaks or hike 14 miles by sundown. Every day people have their choice among three or four hikes. Yes, one of them is, well…remarkably strenu-ous. But at least two of them are designed for novice hikers who aren’t in stellar shape and don’t want to hike all day. And no one is forced to finish the hikes!
2. No, it’s NOT true that, because we’re not backpacking, we only get a glimpse of the wilderness. The trailheads of the Eastern Sierra take you deep into the woods and begin at relatively high elevations. So even if you participate in the easier hikes, you’ll have the sense, every day, that you’ve
had a true backcountry adventure. 3. No, it’s NOT true that day-hiking is
basically like backpacking. Of course it’s liberating not to carry a heavy pack, cook your meals, set up camp and sleep on the ground. But the other great advantage of day-hiking is that you can visit a different alpine region each day. That enables you to actually see and experience more of the wilderness!
I hope you’ll consider joining us. Space is limited – sign up soon and don’t get left behind. Registration materials are available in the Narthex and Office, or you can contact Nancy Thomas and ask her to mail or email them to you: (818) 249-6137; [email protected].
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When I was in fourth grade and on my elementary school’s student council, I remember working with the other 9-10 year olds to come up with something special that we could do at lunch once a month – something that kids would look forward to. In our great collective wisdom, we came up with “Ice Cream Thursdays!” For only a quarter, every Thursday you could buy an orange creamsicle or chocolate covered vanilla ice cream bar at lunch and no one would even check to see if you had eaten your sandwich or your apple or your cafeteria meatloaf. Brilliant! I hate to brag, but Ice Cream Thursdays were a huge hit and went on for years even after our student council had moved onto bigger and better things at Mead-owbrook Middle School.
Well, all that is to say I have been thinking lately about how to add some more excitement to our PEAK, FISH and Sunday School programs. What could be our LCPC version of Ice Cream Thursdays? The very fact that we can come together to worship our God is special in itself. So to say I have been looking for something to make the ministries special would be inaccurate. Really, I have been brainstorming ways to get kids more excited about bringing friends to LCPC. What can we offer that would fit into our Christ centered programming and help someone who has never been to church feel excited and welcomed? I hope the answer to that question lies in our new Wacky Wednesdays and Super Sundays!
Starting March 30, we will have special PEAK nights called “Wacky Wednesday” each month and to kick off this wacky idea, there will be three Wacky Wednesdays in a row – March 30, April 6 and April 13. Children are strongly encouraged to bring a friend to enjoy each week’s unique treat. On March 30, kids will enjoy a giant inflatable slide. On April 6, each class from Lively Lambs through SPARKS will participate in a dessert cook-ing project. And on April 13, we will have a “Wear Your Wacky Wednesday” competition where kids can come looking as wacky as possible and play some hilarious games during recreation time.
“Super Sunday” will take place once a month starting April 17. On Super Sunday, each Sunday School and FISH class will have a more elaborate activity that connects with that morning’s lesson. On April 17, children will be learning about Paul’s encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus. The lesson will include performing a science ex-periment and making edible eyeballs, since Paul loses his sight temporarily upon his encounter. I hope children will invite a friend to these Wacky
and Super ministry times and that those friends keep coming to continue learning about some-thing even more super than any experiment or cooking project or game – the love of Christ!
Also this month, the CFC and Children’s Ministries will be joining together for a family friendly movie outing to the El Capitan on Friday, April 8. We will be seeing the 4:00 PM showing of Zootopia. Children in 1st-6th grade are invited and family members are welcome to join! We will be carpooling from church at 2:45 PM that after-noon. Following the show, there will be a yummy
Italian dinner for the whole family in Koopmans Hall at 6:30 PM. The movie costs $10 per person and parents or siblings who come only to the dinner portion can eat for free. RSVP to this event by emailing me at [email protected] so that we can reserve enough tickets at the El Capitan.
April 10 marks one of my favorite Sundays of the year – Second Grade Bible Sunday! That morning at both our 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM services, children in second grade will receive a brand new Bible and the church will pray over them. It is always a privilege to share God’s Word and I hope each of our second graders is able to be at church that Sunday.
Last but not least, everyone is invited to serve at Children’s Hunger Fund on Saturday, April 23. We will meet in the church parking lot at 8:30 AM and be back by 11:30 AM. Hope to see you there!
Kids Say The Darndest Things(During a Palm Sunday lesson, Ashley
took photos of preschoolers standing next to a cardboard donkey.)
Ashley: “Okay, I’m going to take the picture so say cheese!”
3-Year-Old: “Hosanna!”Ashley: “That’s even better than cheese!”
7-Year-Old: “Ashley, Zootopia is really good, but don’t take Charlotte to see it! She will probably get scared of the animals because she is a baby.”
C h i l d r e n ’ s M i n i s t r i e s by Ashley Pollock
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We're kicking off the spring trimester at PEAK with a special gathering for parents of kids of all ages. Utilizing some of the remarkable resource people here in our church family, we'll discuss the people and programs in our community that can help when times are hard. God is our strength, but he often uses others to bless us. So if you've ever wondered where to turn - if you've ever wished you
had someone to confide in - if you've ever wanted to talk to parents who share your struggles, this gathering is for you. We won't solve all problems, but we'll share common concerns and valuable information. And we'll take time to pray for our kids. Parents, please set aside time to attend this special meeting. If you don't feel you need help at this time, maybe you can help someone else?
PeaK Parents’ forumWhere do you turn
When troubLe roCKs your famiLy?a Conversation With Counselors and Care-Givers
Wednesday, march 30, 6:30-8:00 Pm - the LCPC Chapel
Spring has officially sprung! I love all the trees in bloom and the flowers sprouting up around us. Thanks to everyone who brought flow-ers from their gardens for the Easter Flower cross that was in front of the church. It was a beautiful way to welcome attendees to our Easter services and bless the neighborhood. We had a wonderful Easter celebration around here, as always. We appreciate everyone who worked hard to cut palm branches, make Maundy Thursday soup, lead the Good Friday Campfire Vigil and make the worship services joyous celebrations of Christ’s resurrection. The choir and orchestra sounded spectacular!
We loved having dear friends visit LCPC last month, and bring new friends along with them. Erna Hackett and some of her band led an amazing worship service and shared poignant ex-periences from the Urbana concert last Decem-ber. A highlight was hearing the song she helped write about persecuted Christians. I sure hope that planted some seeds for our students to want to attend the next Urbana conference in 2018! We were also thrilled to see Darren Kennedy and hear his colleague Dr. Atef Gendy, President of Evangelical Theological Seminary, speak on forgiveness. He shared powerful stories he has witnessed working with Christians in Cairo, Egypt. Please continue to keep all these friends and their important ministries in your prayers.
The Mission Arizona team just got back from a fun and productive trip to the Vah Ki Presbyterian Church. Twelve adult leaders and about 20 students did projects such as roof-ing, concrete work, painting and maintenance on the church campus. This trip is such a great introduction to mission work for students and we are so grateful to Jerry White’s leadership and commitment to this ministry.
Save the date for our next mission trip – Mission Mexico, May 13-15. All high school boys and men are invited to build a house in day in Tijuana Mexico. You will have a great time and change a family’s life forever. Contact Greg Wolflick for more information.
If you’re stating to plan out your sum-mer, you’ll want to mark your calendar for the Wildlife Tour, July 17-21. Everyone high school age and older is invited to hike the trails of the Sierras by day, and enjoy fellowship and rest by night. VBS will be the week of July 11-15. Ashley will need lots of volunteers for this energetic week, so clear your calendars and get ready for the best week of your summer! Start inviting friends and family to bring their children ages 4 years – 6th grade.
Have you seen the fancy new security wall and gate at the back of the church in the park-ing lot? Isn’t it nice not to have to see those ugly air conditioning units and dumpsters? Thank you to Foster Dennis, Duane Fernandez
and Josh Kauffman for their hard work and generous donations to this project. Foster has been a huge blessing to LCPC on many of our recent construction projects.
Scott Tibbs, our praise band keyboardist, helped us get a great deal on a new electronic keyboard. Our old keyboard developed a serious problem that was too costly to repair. The new keyboard sounds great – thank you Scott!
Recently, the SPARKS kids heard an inspira-tional talk by Liana Hofer of Children’s Hun-ger Fund. She passed out small boxes for them to collect money to buy meals for families around the world. All of the SPARKS took this challenge very seriously and together raised enough money to provide more than 1,000 meals! Sarah Jones started a competition between the 5th grade classes at her school and raised more than $200! Our SPARKS kids rock!
Ashley was thrilled that she reached her goal of more than 100 Food Paks to donate to Children’s Hunger Fund. CHF is an amazing organization and if you’ve never gone out there to volunteer, you really must! Ashley takes a group out there almost every month and would love to have anyone, any age, join them!
The youth group enjoyed one of their favorite traditions, created years ago by Darren Pol-lock, the In-N-Out Formal! More than 50 kids dressed to the nines, and then scarfed down Double Doubles and Animal Fries! Afterwards Josh and Kim threw them a party in Koopmans.
A big shout out to Nancy Thomas who put in extra hours to get the Annual Report ready on time. Not an easy task to get all those people to turn in their contributions for the report. We are so fortunate to have Nancy keeping things run-ning smoothly around here!
This year we are trying to update everyone’s contact information. If you have a new email address, or prefer to be reached on your cell phone, please fill out one of the yellow cards in the pews, or shoot an email to Nancy at [email protected]. If you are not receiving our weekly email, let us know that too and we will make sure to get you on the list!
Have you seen the vegetable gardens that are planted around the church campus? The CFC kids have been working hard to tend their gardens and harvested enough salad greens to make a salad for the entire school! As the church mouse, I am vigilant to keep pests away from those special plants!
Tom and Allie Brown recently performed a concert at Westminster Gardens where long time members Tom and Lydia O’Neil now reside. I know their beautiful voices and talents blessed everyone who attended.
Gotta go devise the April Fool’s prank I plan to play on Pastor Andy! Talk to you next month!
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Sometimes a Director’s Corner I have written in the past feels like it should be repeated, like this one.
Humor is an important part of our every-day lives. As a form of intellectual play, it grows more sophisticated with age. The kind of humor children express depends, in part, on the level of cognitive development they have achieved.
An infant/toddler finds humor as a response to being startled or surprised such as a game of peek-a-boo or a parent changing a familiar sound of a voice. A child experiences humor in the second year of life in the context of playing with objects. A 3-year-old usually thinks it’s hilarious
to give objects or events names that she knows to be incorrect. She probably will giggle if a rabbit is called a bird. Most 4-year-olds laugh at objects primarily on the basis of their appearance. A drawing of a car with square tires, for example, might keep a boy laughing throughout the day.
Unexpected behavior also provokes laughter in young children. Seeing a grown-up jump rope or dress up in play clothes and wigs can send a kid into a fit of laughter. A description of an impos-sible event, such as the term “It’s raining cats and dogs” can also produce giggles.
Most 3 to 5-year-olds don’t understand many jokes, riddles, or puns that seem funny to older children. Younger children do enjoy changing the words of jokes and repeating them often. For example, “Why did the chicken cross the road? “Because he wanted to!” can break up a child. We adults may not understand the joke, but we can appreciate the reaction it brings to our children.
Humor is more than just a chuckle or a belly laugh. It releases pent-up energy and permits the expression of ideas and feelings. Growing up is stressful, and good mental health – which includes a sense of humor – allows children to cope with sources of conflict and distress. Make sure you find time to laugh with your children and behind your closed door at them, it helps with your stress too.
Pat Chambers
Director’s Corner
Classroom assignments for June will be released toward the end of this month. We will be moving ages into different classrooms this year to make the Center’s flow work better. Recent changes in licensing interpretations make these changes necessary. While a child may not be moving to a new room, they may have new teachers. But, regardless of the room or teachers, they will have age appropriate curriculum and new intended outcomes for the year.
Please remember the changing of rooms is stressful on the staff as well. As soon as the rooms and staff are released you can help the process by being positive about the changes that are coming. Let your child know you think they will have a great year. On May 24, there will be a parent meet-ing to meet your new child’s new teachers.
Kathy Yukl
Tax Invoices
The Center for Children lost a great friend and champion last month in a terrible accident. Kathy Yukl was a part of our CFC/LCPC fam-ily and served on our Board on many different occasions over the 47 years the CFC has been open. She also served on the church’s Property Committee and Session and always had the CFC
in mind when decisions where being made. For as long as I can remember, Kathy has
kept all our wheeled toys moving. She replaced tires, welded parts back on and fixed just about everything we sent her way. Her only payment was a box of dark chocolates. The kids used to say when she was on campus, “There’s the fix-it lady.” Betty White who was on staff at the beginning of CFC said, “Without Kathy in those early years, the CFC would have gone broke.” She was a good friend and faithful servant. She will be missed.
Many of you have started to pay us through your bank’s online service. We get a paper check sent to us from your bank which works great. However, remember if you are paying by the month you need to count the number of Mondays in a month and multiply your weekly amount by that number. Billing on your account happens on Mondays. There are a couple months a year where there are five Mondays and your account can fall behind on those months. You can always pay as far ahead as you would like, but weekly payments are due by Wednesday of each week.
Payments
Classroom Assignments
for June
If you still need your tax invoice for 2015 you may email Teri Reid at [email protected] to have one sent to you.
On Friday, April 8, we will give our 1st - 6th graders the opportunity to go on the CFC vans with CFC staff to see Zootopia at the El Capitan Theater. We will leave as soon as school gets out, 2:45 PM. The CFC students will be joining chil-dren of LCPC and Ashley for this fun event, They will return to the church around 6:30 PM for an Italian dinner with parents and family. Look for sign-ups in the office.
Tickets are limited so we need your payment with your sign up. The cost is only $10 per child thanks to a Children’s Ministry subsidy of the event. CFC kids not going to the movies will have normal child care until 6:00 PM. If your child does not normally come on Fridays but would like to come to this event, please sign up in the office. Remember, we ask that you return to CFC at 6:30 PM that evening to either pick up your child or have dinner with us, no additional charge.
Zootopia
chuRch Staff Andy Wilson Pastor [email protected]
Lee Cook Director of Spiritual Formation [email protected]
Kim Cox Co-Director of Student Ministries [email protected]
Josh Horton Co-Director of Student Ministries [email protected]
Ashley Pollock Director of Children’s Ministries [email protected]
Gary Woodward Choir Director
Dan Blessinger Producer of Contemporary Music
Chuck Andrew Director of Finance [email protected] Nancy Thomas Office Manager [email protected] Pat Murphy Chambers Director, Center For Children [email protected]
Helen Tuma Assistant Director Teri Reid Office Administrator
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aPriL 3Message by Lee Cook: Luke – Fishing for People
For personal study: Luke 5: 1-11
aPriL 10 Message by Andy Wilson: Luke – Signs and Wonders
For personal study: Luke 7: 1-10
aPriL 17Message by Lee Cook: Luke – Raising the Dead
For personal study: Luke 7: 11-17
aPriL 17 eVensonG Prayer serViCe Led by
student ministries, 5:00-5:50 Pm
This beautiful worship time includes songs, readings and prayers offered by our youth and their advisors.
We’ll pray in a circle by candlelight on the Sanctuary chancel. Bring a friend who needs prayer!
aPriL 24Message by Andy Wilson: Compassion for Outcasts
For personal study: Luke 7: 18-23
Luke, the New Testament’s longest Gospel, shows us that the whole world ran according to a plan laid out by God. There we learn about the God-breathed life of Jesus, the life that sets the pattern for us all. We catch a vision God’s plan to pull together the fragmented and divisive elements of our broken world and of our role in that plan.
Join us each Sunday morning from April through August as we drink deeply from the magnificent “third Gospel.” Skip-ping over the familiar Christmas stories and the verses that are
repeated by other writers, we’ll zero in on the passages that are unique to Luke.
Learn to follow God’s lead in sharing your faith and growing his Kingdom (April 3). Catch a new vision of the nature and pur-pose of miracles (April 10). Join the movement of the Spirit, who calls people from death to life (April 17). Embrace your calling to lift up the poor and stand with the outcast (April 24).
This month’s Evensong Prayer Service (April 17) will be led by Student Ministries.
Let your friends know how God is changing lives – invite those without a church home to worship with you!
