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The Mission of First Presbyterian
Church: Vital Worship…
Dynamic Growth…
Faithful Service
Deadline for the April 2014 Newsletter is
Wednesday, March 19
Dead- line for articles or information for News & Notes is to be turned into the office for the following month’s publica-
tion by the nineteenth of each month.
You are invited to email [email protected]
or fax 419-636-8252 as well as submit in written form!
Sunday Morning Worship Schedule
9:00 am Contemporary Service
10:00 am Sunday School
11:00 am Traditional Service
See you in church!!
NEWS & NOTES First Presbyterian Church, Bryan Ohio
March 2014
Remember our church in your will
Lent begins on March 5th this year and we will be kicking it off with a potluck dinner at 6:00pm in Fellowship Hall and worship at 7:00pm in the sanctuary.
Bring a dish to pass for the potluck. The Fellow-ship Committee will provide macaroni and cheese and hotdogs for the kids and also provide drinks and to guide clean up. The rest is up to us! This is a great time to connect with people who attend a different worship service than yourself on Sunday mornings.
Worship will involve communion by intinction (coming forward) and you will also have the op-tion of receiving the ashes of repentance. We will praise the Lord and seek His cleansing as we enter a season of the year that helps us look inward.
for dinner and worship.
MAN TO MAN
Helping Men Move Forward
Spiritual-ly
Every Wednesday we will be offering a
group for men! We will meet at 6pm for
dinner (part of Carpenter’s Workshop)
and then meet to talk about men’s issues,
do a Bible study and hopefully pray and
support one another. We will try to finish
by 7:30 each evening. Men need to meet
with men so we can grow in our faith and
deal with things from a male perspective.
Barry will initially lead this group with
the hope that group members will even-
tually lead this group for themselves.
Men! Plan on giving this group a try!
You’ll be glad you did! See Barry if you
are thinking of attending!
Return to the DR
We will be returning to the Dominican
Republic in 2014 for our annual mission
trip. It will be January 24-31. We will be
partnering with a church from Ft.
Wayne and we will offer both a medical
team and a construction team. Solid
Rock hopes to be building the new clinic
by next January so we are hoping to
have some people go on this trip to help
with that construction. If you are inter-
ested, see Barry as soon as possible.
PULPIT EXCHANGE
RESCHEDULED
FOR MAY 18:
Our Free Meal Ministry is still going
strong, but a couple of teams could use
additional volunteers. If you are willing
to join a team that serves a meal just
once every eight weeks, please contact
either Dee Spiess or Laura Andres.
Also there will be a Free Meal Cap-
tains meeting on February 11 at
7pm .
A Thought to Ponder: Down from His splendor in glory He came. Into a world of woe. Took on Himself all my guilt and my shame, Why should He love me so? Author unknown. Submitted by Joy Ames
March 2014
The season of Lent is upon us!
This is the forty days (not counting Sundays) before Easter. Lent traditionally is a time to prepare for and come to understand the sacrifice that Jesus made for each of us.
One of the ways some people do this is to “give up” something for Lent. This way they can appreciate
the Sacrifice of Christ. I think another way to get in touch with what God is “up to” in this season is to commit to give in new ways during Lent. Seek to be generous, to serve to volunteer, to be positive and not negative, to bless someone else each day during the forty days of Lent. If we seek ways to give back and to affirm others and build others up in Christ—to be intentional in this endeavor—not only are they enriched but so are we! In blessing others we get blessed!
You might also strive to be in worship every single Sunday during Lent. If you are travelling over a Sunday, seek out a local church to attend so you can be faithful to this decision. Jesus died for us, certainly we can be in worship each week for Him!
There are a lot of creature things one can do to stay focused on the meaning of this time. Seek our God’s ideas on how you can learn to ap-preciate Christ’s Sacrifice for you! Pray about it and then follow where He leads you!
Lent is a great time of year in which to deepen ones walk with God. Remember...He loves you like crazy! Love Him like crazy back!
See you in church!
Blessings,
Barry
From
Me to
You
Thank You:
We would like to thank the following people for help around the church lately:
Don Shrider and Tom Sprow for taking down the large decorative trees in the Sanctuary
Don Shrider for teaching the new men’s Bible study when Barry could not be present.
Yvette Zedaker for taking minutes for the Annual Meeting this year.
Jim Wilder and Bruce Brown for preaching for Barry when he was out of the pulpit for the funeral and study leave.
Ric Beals and Dorothy Ritchey-Moore for being “on-call” while Barry has been out of town.
Words of Thanks! Thank you so much for all your caring and love during Judy’s mom’s illness and
subsequent death. The flowers from the church
were beautiful! The Sprows and the Harringtons came up for the funeral and that brought us great
comfort. We appreciate all the cards and all the caring sent our way! You are great people!
—Barry and Judy
COMBINED SERVICES
COMING UP!
Occasionally we hold worship services that
combine both the contemporary and tradi-
tional worship styles. Below is the list of up-
coming combined worship experiences:
Please try to attend these special services so
you can connect with whose who attend a
different worship service than you attend.
February 2 10:30am Annual Meeting
June 1 9am Graduation Sunday
August 31 10:30 or 11 am
Labor Day
MISSION NEWS: The collection of house-
hold items for the Sanctuary was a great suc-
cess. These items will be greatly appreciated. –
Mission Committee
Below is a list of what Barry will be preach-ing on this up coming month:
March 2: The sermon title is: “As the Stars of Heaven.” It looks at the story of Abraham and Isaac. It is a story about pri-orities and obedience and who comes first our lives.
March 5: Ash Wednesday—We will ex-plore “What Is—But What Can Be!” As we walk with Jesus through Lent we will begin by looking at the positive—What Can Be!
March 9: Barry begins a sermon ser ies based on the book Grace by Max Lucado. It will be positive and upbeat! This week we explore what Grace is!
March 16: We explore “Grace Equals Freedom” this Sunday. We see how God frees us from the junk and sin of our lives.
March 23: We look at being adopted by God— “Chosen by Him to be His Child!”
March 30: We look at the impor tance of confession as it relates to Grace as we “Come Clean with God.”
NEWS & NOTES is published monthly by the First Presbyter ian Church, ▪ 506 Oxford Drive, Bryan, OH 43506. ▪ Tele .# 419-636-4208. ▪ Fax # 419-636-8252.
▪ E-mail: [email protected], ▪ Web site: www.firstpresbryan.org ▪ Staff: Rev. Barry Sweet, Pastor ([email protected]); Judy Sweet, Children and Youth Ministries Director
([email protected]); June Webster, Director of Music and Arts; Hyla Sharrock, Organist; Joanne Israel, Office Administrator; Mary Ann Peters, Financial Secretary ([email protected]); Larry Clappe, Custodian.
1 – Connor Robinson 2 – John Hamilton 2 – Lori Ely 2 – Mike Robinson 4 – Robert Meuleman 8 – Pat Goshorn 12 – Marjorie Buell
12 – Larry Clappe 13 – Elizabeth Benedict 13 – Hannah Goodrich 14 – Mike Culler 14 – Gillian Davies 15 – Evelyn Witzerman 18 – Brian Andres
18 – Judy Shilling 19 – Jana Horton 20 – Tim Hollabaugh 21 – Harry Dalby 22 – Judy Karnes 23 – Martin Killgallon 27 – Patrick O’Dwyer
30 – Danielle Culbertson 30 – Joe Tokunaga
ANINVERSARIES
5 – Chris and Diana Moore Eschhofen 16 – Russ and Bev Davies Sr.
31 – Ralph and Deanne Beerbower
Please put these events on your calendar so you can plan to attend! March 5 ---------------- Ash Wednesday March 13-16 ---------- Men’s Great Banquet March 20-23 ---------- Women’s Great Banquet April 20 ----------------- Easter Breakfast & Easter Worship May 1 ------------------- National Day of Prayer June 1 ------------------ Graduation Sunday, 9am service June 8 ------------------ Pentecost with Communion June 22-23-24 -------- VBS June 29 ----------------- Community Service at the Ice Rink
BIRTHDAYS
FOR MARCH
Our thoughts and prayers have been with Judy and Barry Sweet upon the death of Judy’s
mother, Jean Scott., on February 13 in Harbor Beach, Michigan. Barry officiated the funeral on
Saturday, February, 15 in Harbor Beach
