March 2015 Herald

Maundy Thursday Communion

and Tenebrae service

April 2, 2015 at 7 p.m.

Good Friday service

April 3, 2015 at noon

Easter Sunday

April 5, 2015

Sunday school for all ages 9:30

Worship 10:30

Special music by choir and orchestra

February 28, 2014

Volume XXXXXII,

No 3

the Herald

Inside this issue:

Lants Lines 2

Christian Educator 3

Youth Group 4

Flowers for Easter/

Thank Yous

5

Pyoca Family Re-

treat

6

Calendar 7

Church Happenings 8

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Lants Lines

[Jesus said,] and whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they

disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they

have received their reward. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your

face, so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in se-

cret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Matthew 6:16-18 (NRSV)

As I write these lines, we have just experienced two weekends of disruption due to winter weather

we had to cancel our officers retreat on February 21 and our Lenten program on March 1. The rain is

coming down now, but were told it may turn to ice or more snow tomorrow. For relief, we can turn

to a little country music. I offer for your enjoyment the following lyrics made popular by The Whites,

who were featured on the soundtrack album for O Brother, Where Art Thou?:

Theres a dark and a troubled side of life.

Theres a bright, theres a sunny side, too.

Tho we meet with the darkness and strife,

The sunny side we also may view.

[chorus] Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side.

Keep on the sunny side of life.

It will help us evry day; it will brighten all the way

If well keep on the sunny side of life.

The season of Lent is penitential and contemplativea time when we reflect prayerfully on our lives,

considering how we might improve our discipleship. But it is not a time when we beat ourselves up

and put on a sad face, as if to show how sorry we are that we are such worthless Christians. While in

the quotation above Jesus was probably focused mainly on the problem of hypocrisy, I think a second-

ary purpose may have been to encourage folks to focus on the joy of life with God. Yes, there is a

dark and troubled side of life, but (praise God) we do not have to dwell there. Because of the light of

Christ, and the forgiveness we receive through his great work on our behalf, we can always keep on

the sunny side. Indeed, Jesus also said, While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may

become children of light. (John 12:36 NRSV) If we find things in our lives of discipleship that need to

be changed, we do not linger in regret over those past shortcomings, but rather we rejoice that

through the Holy Spirit we receive constant support for doing better.

Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you for delivering me from the oppression of thinking that my shortcomings define

who I am; help me be the disciple that you know I can be. Amen.

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Parents Night Out/Youth Movie Night is March 6. Childcare and supper is held at the

church from 5:30 9:00 pm. Please notify the church office if your child(ren) will be at-tending.

Sunday School meets every Sunday at 9:30 am. There are classes for all ages with child care available from 9:15 to 11:45 am. Infants to 2 year olds Nursery room 101; 3 to 5

year olds Preschool room 108; Kindergarten to 2nd grade Room 202; 3rd thru 5th grades Room 103; Middle School Room 200; High School Room 201 Adults: Coffee and Con-

versation FH Classroom A; Bible Study FH Classroom B; Christian Parenting FH Class-room C

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES will combine for a 6 week study on FAITH AND SCIENCE.

The family prayer group meets on Mondays at 11:00 am at the church. Lunch is served ONLY on the 2nd Monday of each month. Childcare is provided.

T3EM is March 17. Supper and childcare are provided from 5:15 7:00 for all that are at-

tending meetings and their families. The Lenten Series continues each Sunday through March 29. Supper will be served from

5:15 6:00, worship from 6:00 6:15 and classes from 6:15 7:30 pm. Andrew Conner will be leading the adult study using the book Inhabiting Eden by Patricia Tull. The youth

have a study, A Look at Those Who Knew Jesus. Children are learning water stories from the Bible and doing activities from Living Waters for the World.

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Christian Educator Notes Cheryl Moles

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Seventh Cents Youth Group Updates

The youth had a very successful Souper Bowl of Caring event. Combined totals for

both churches are $842.36 in cash donations and over 300 canned goods. The canned goods

were donated to Unity Presbyterian Church food bank and the monetary donations went to

14th and Chestnut Community Center. This is fantastic! Thank you all for your hard work

and generous donations.

We kicked off our Lenten series on Sunday, February 22. Join us for the continuation

of The People who Knew Jesus through the end of Lent. We will meet at Central from 5-

7:30 pm.

Upcoming events:

March 1: Lenten Series 5-7:30 pm at Central





April 5: No Youth, Happy Easter

April 10-11: 5:30 pm-9 am, Youth Lock In! We start at Central then move to Cen-

tenary.

Silent Auction & Bake Shop

Sunday, March 8, 2015

4:00 to 7:00 p.m.

at St. Mark United Church of Christ

to benefit United Campus Ministries

Admission $10.0

Children 10 and under $5.00

Desserts extra

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Dear Church friends,

Thank you all for the get well

cards, phone calls, and food that

has been sent for me while I was recovering. Those were great

cheer ups for the last two weeks

and I feel stronger each day! My

family in Korea was also very

touched and they appreciated

your kind thoughts and prayers.

Thank you very much.

Sinwon Racop

Thank Yous

Flowers for Easter

It has been our custom to place plants in the chancel area in memory or in

honor of our loved ones to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. Through a local

florist, we can obtain any of the following:

Lilies $8.50 per plant

Tulips $8.50 per plant

Daffodils $8.50 per plant

ORDER DEADLINE: Friday, March 20

Lets make our church a blaze of color as we celebrate Easter.

Donors: _____________________________________________________

In Memory of:_________________________________________

In Honor of: __________________________________________

Flowers must be paid for when ordered. Please leave orders in the church office or

place in offering plate.

Thank you very much to all for

the beautiful baby shower. We

are thrilled to have such a warm

welcome for Hannah. We look

forward to watching Hannah

grow up in Central with all pre-

cious children in this church.

Love and Thanks,

Tiffany, Ryan, and Hannah

Grossman

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This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24

Catch a breath of fresh air as you rest, worship, play and work

with your church family at Pyoca

Who: Members & friends of the Central Church family of all ages

When: Friday, April 24, 7 pm to Sunday, April 26, 1 pm

Where: Pyoca Camp, Conference, & Retreat Center, Brownstown, IN (2 hour drive from TH)

All weather cabins with 4 rooms; each room has 3 bunks and a bathroom

What: Fellowship, Worship, Sabbath time, and service work for Pyoca.

Special activities for children and childcare during work times

Cost: $35 per person for adults and children over 10; $20 510 years; free for younger children

($23 and $12 for one night)

This covers two nights lodging, snacks, Saturday breakfast & lunch, and Sunday

breakfast. The cost of a Sat. pizza supper will be shared.

SAVE THE DATE

Family Spring

Retreat at Pyoca

April 24-26, 2015

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1Sunday school 9:30

Worship 10:30

Lenten Series

5:00

Megan Harder

2 Family Prayer Group 11:00

3 Mission Com-mittee 6:30

4 Deacons meet 5:30

Herbert Diek-hans

5 Womens Book Club 7:00

6 Parents Night Out/Youth Movie Night 5:30

Lant Davis, Drake McCoy, Sally Rubey

7 Presbytery Assembly at Mitchell 10:00

8Sunday school 9:30

Worship 10:30

Lenten Series

5:00

9Family Prayer Group 11:00

Sam Weber

10 Fine Arts Committee 10:00

11 Session meet 7:00

12

Eunice Os-

burn, Jack

Ragle

13

Claire

VanNahmen

14

Anna Spydell

15Sunday school 9:30

Worship 10:30

Lenten Series

5:00

J. P. Mellor

16Family Prayer Group 11:00

Diane Giltner, Min Seo

17 T3EM meal & childcare 5:15

Committee/Commissions**

Peter Christ, Caroline Christ

18 Communi-cations 7:00

19

Henry Darke

20Simone Cline, Susan Powers, Shirley Slutz

21

Christopher

Moulton


Worship 10:30

Lenten Series

5:00

23Family Pray-er Group 11:00

Ridge Holder, Tebby Miller

24 Seekers & Searchers 10:00

Youth Design Team 5:30

25 Personnel Committee 12:30

Brad Bough

26 27

Rachel Ourand

28 Celebration of Life for Sandy Mead 1:30


Worship 10:30

Lenten Series

5:00

Michael Mardis

30Family Pray-er Group 11:00

31Mission Com-mittee 6:30

**Finance 5:30

Worship 5:30

CLCA 6:30

CN 6:30

Facilities 6:30

March 2015

Dont forget

to Spring

Forward on

Saturday,

March 7

before you go to bed.

Daylight savings time

begins on March 8

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Central Presbyterian Church

125 North Seventh Street

Terre Haute, IN 47807

Phone: 812-232-5049

Fax: 812-232-5040

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.thcpc.org

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

Womens Book Club

The Womens Book Club will

be meeting on March 5 at 7:00

in the church lounge. The

book to be discussed is

Whered You Go Bernadette

by Maria Semple. All who are

interested are welcome.

Womens Bible Study

The Womens Bible Study will

meet on March 24 at 10:00

a.m. at the church. Session 3

on Lots wife from Bad Girls of

the Bible and What We can

Learn from Them by Liz Curtis

Higgs will be discussed. Mar-

sha Harder will be the hostess

and Cheryl Moles will lead the

discussion..

Church Happenings

Central Presbyterian Church

Next Herald

Deadline

March 24, 2015

There is not a 5th Sunday

Lunch in March

Please enjoy the Lenten

Series in the evening

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March 2015 Herald