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Jan3, 2011
Volume XXXXIX,No 1
the Herald
Inside this issue:
Lants Lines 2
Christian Educator 3
Church Happen-ings
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Annual Congregational Meeting of the church will
be on Sunday, January 27th following morning
worship service. The report booklets will be
available for pick-up on Sunday, January 20th.
Go forth in joy and
proclaim to the world
that you do know Jesus,your Lord and salva-
tion! Emmanuel. God
is with us!
Come to the Stable was presented on Sunday, December 16. 35
children and
youth (with 3 unable to attend) and 7 adults brought the message
of Jesus birthand salvation to the congregation. Thank you to
Amanda Davis and AmandaMang for their direction, Amanda Tramel and
Jean Shutt for costumes and props,Nancy Cobb Lippens and Julie Haan
for music leadership and John Moulton for
his trumpet fanfares.
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Thanks for the tasty cookiesthe Deacons made.
John & Leah Ramer
Thank Yous
To the church family:
Thank you so much for the generous Christmas gift.
We are so grateful for your love and support. Blessings to
each of you for the new year.
Lant, Scott, Cheryl, Mark, Jonathan, Alvin, Gayle, Aman-
da and Sarah
[Jesus said,] Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you
will find; knock,
and the door will be opened for you. (Luke 11:9 NRSV)
Lets reframe that. These are the words that I heard so often in
my seminary training. The ideabehind them is that an insight or an
activity can take on a different look, depending on the contextin
which it is viewed. Just as I am amazed when a piece of art that
Amanda has purchased at an artfair comes alive when she replaces
its original frame with a nicer one that brings out the qualities
ofthe painting, so I am sometimes surprised how reframing
experiences or actions can make me see
them differently.
As the New Year rolls in, we often joke about our resolutions.
For example, I saw a cartoon theother day about a man who was
making his resolutions on December 27. His friend congratulatedhim
on getting to his resolutions early. Nope, said the man, these are
my resolutions for this
year; maybe I can keep them for several days! In spite of our
best intentions, we often find that
our resolutions have relaxed or disappeared before the year is
more than a few weeks old.
But what would happen if we reframed those resolutions? Same
words, but instead of calling
them resolutions, what if we called them prayers. Suddenly, that
puts them in a new light. Forone thing, we are less likely to add
trivial things to our lists if we involve God in the
list-making.Also, when our resolutions become prayers, we are
encouraged to ask first whether they are withinwhat God would want
for our lives (Your will be done). Most importantly, when we pray
for self-improvement within the will of God, we can be sure that we
are not alone in our efforts. The Ho-ly Spirit keeps reminding us
of the resolutioneach time we prayand then gives us courage
andconfidence that we can do it. God wants each of us to develop
and grow in faith, hope, and love.
Why wouldnt God help us when we resolve to do it?A personal
note: I am so deeply grateful for the way each of you contributed
to a meaningful Ad-vent and a joyous Christmas in our church. The
decorations, the music, the help with buildingmaintenance, the
programs with children, the food (!)everything worked together for
a worship-ful and happy season. Amanda and I are grateful, too, for
your many cards and other expressions ofgood will during the
holidays. Our church staff, as always, is moved by your generous
Christmas
gifts. Thank you! And God bless you, one and all.
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Volume XXXXIX,
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION REPORT Cheryl Moles, Christian
EducatorPlease plan to stay after worship for a while on Sunday,
January 6 to help unhang the greens.The holiday decorations will be
packed away on Epiphany. This job always goes quickly and the
helping
hands are appreciated.
2012 was The Year of the Bible at Central Presbyterian Church!
We are finished!! Congratula-tions to those that read the whole
Bible and to those that are still workingdont quit now!. The
dis-cussion group for the December readings will be Wednesday,
January 2 at 6:45 pm at the
church. Come with discussion questions and comments!
Parents Night Out/Kids Night Inis Friday, JANUARY 11. Childcare
will be provided from 5:30
9:00 pm with supper served. Please notify the church office if
your child(ren) will be attending.
Sunday Schoolmeets every Sunday at 9:30 am. There are classes
for all ages with child care availa-ble from 9:15 to 11:45 am.
Sunday School will not meet on December 30. A new adult class on
par-
enting will begin on January 13.
Childrens Worshipfor children ages 4 years through 1st grade is
held following the Childrens Mo-
ment time in worship. It is led by Donna Paul-Bonham or Cheryl
Moles and meets in room 202.
T3EM Supper and Childcarewill resume on January 15 and all
commissions and committees will be
meeting.
The family prayer groupmeets on Mondays at the church. Come at
noon for lunch. The sharing of
joys and concerns begins at 12:30 pm followed by prayer.
The Lenten Serieswill be on Sundays, Feb. 17 through March 24
from 5:15 to 7:30 pm (supper, wor-ship and classes). Adults will
use an excellent book and video by biblical scholar, N. T. Wright,
Sur-prised by Hope,that reveals the amazing full scope of what Gods
Word has to say about the world tocome and the world that is.
Children will be learning Gods Surprises and the youth will have
their
youth group meeting. Childcare will be provided.
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Phone: 812-232-5049
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Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Lant B. Davis, Pastor
Scott Paul-Bonham, Parish Associate
Cheryl Moles, Christian Educator
Sarah Kelsheimer, Church Secretary
that is also being workedon at her church in Arizo-na. Come on
Monday,
January 7th, to learn moreabout this project. Bring a
sack lunch.
Womens Bible Study
The Womens Bible Study
will meet on January 22 at10:00 a.m. Unit 5 fromPsalms
(Interpretation Bible
Studies)by Jerome F. D.Creach will be discussed.More information
on thelocation will follow in the
Sunday bulletin.
Womens Book Club
The Womens Book Clubwill be taking a winterbreak this month. If
youwould like to get ahead onnext months reading, ANurtual Woman by
Carole
King will be discussed.
Monday Stitchers
Do you like fun and fellow-ship? The Monday stitch-ers have an
opportunityfor you to help on a mis-sion project and join in
thefellowship while sewing.Nancy McKee has giventhe group a project
calledLittle Dresses for Africa
Church Happenings
Central Presbyterian Church
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