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THE ANNOUNCER
Ascension Lutheran Church of Shelby
April 2015
Our Vision is to be an extension of the hands of Christ: Our hands extend
to a ministry pointing to Jesus, a ministry of prayer, a ministry of outreach, a ministry of affirmation and a ministry of calling others to service.
From the Pastor
April 5
Resurrection of Our Lord
6:30 Sunrise Service
7:30 Easter Breakfast
11:00 Festival Worship
with Holy Communion
April 12
Easter 2B
9:45 Faith Formation Activities
11:00 Worship
Relay for Life Jean Sunday
April 19
Easter 3B
9:45 Faith Formation Activities
11:00 Worship
with Holy Communion
Council Coffee after Worship
Relay for Life Jean Sunday
April 26
Easter 4B
World Malaria Day
VBS Kickoff
9:45 Faith Formation Activities
11:00 Worship
Relay for Life Jean Sunday
After our procession with the palms on March 29 we enter Holy Week where we will remember
Jesus’ life and persecution through Maundy Thursday and Good Friday as we await our Easter
morning celebration on Sunday, April 5. These are the holiest days of our Christian calendar as
we remember Jesus’ suffering on the cross and confront the grim reality that we often live in a
Good Friday world where we encounter sin and brokenness in our daily life. Thankfully, God is
here with us, and we have God’s promise that death is not the last word. On Easter morning,
we will celebrate our baptismal identity as God’s children as we hear again that the tomb is
empty and Jesus lives. Please invite your friends, family and neighbors to celebrate Easter at
Ascension!
The Easter season stretches fifty days. I will be preaching from the second readings during the
Easter season. These readings are all from 1 John, one of three letters that appears to address
Christians living around 100 CE. For its author, there is no more important expression of faith
and belief in Jesus than Christians’ love for other believers.
While 1 John 3 also reminds us that, no matter where we are in our lives, we are “children of
God,” on Sunday, April 26, teens, youth and children will be helping me lead worship as we
recognize World Malaria Day and kickoff “Catch the Buzz,” our 2015 Vacation Bible School
theme.
VBS will happen in the fellowship hall on evenings from Sunday, June 21 through June 25. VBS
is offered free of charge, and children in preschool through middle school are welcome. Please
invite children you know to participate in VBS, and join us on our last night at Shelby Alive! In
uptown on Thursday, June 25 from 6-9:00 p.m. The Breakfast Club Band (early 80's music) will
be playing. (We will begin more detailed planning for VBS at the April youth ministry meeting.
Please join us at 7 pm on Wednesday, April 8 in the conference room for that meeting.)
Our recognition of World Malaria Day also offers us an opportunity to do something significant
for the ELCA Malaria Campaign which began five years ago with a goal to raise $15 million by
2015 for programs to fight malaria. The ELCA Malaria Campaign is currently at work with Lutheran companion churches and partners in 13 African countries and has already raised more
than 90 percent of the original goal. A special offering will be collected during VBS that will go
to the ELCA Malaria campaign.
Please join us throughout Holy Week and the Easter season in our worship and ministries.
+Pastor Christina
Website-www.ascensionlutheranshelby.com Phone-704-487-5679 [email protected]
LEADERSHIP
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
CHURCH OFFICERS & CONTACT
Carol Berger 4/4
Ann Sipe 4/4
Bruce Long 4/12
Emma Blalock 4/13
Bob Jones 4/14
Dave Lambert 4/18
Parker Hart 4/22
Landon Hendrick 4/23
Lyn Paul 4/24
Lee Barry 4/26
Rick Jackson 4/27
President :
Daryl Cook [email protected]
Vice-president/Music & Worship:
Otto Olsen [email protected]
Secretary/Music & Worship:
Carol Berger [email protected]
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Treasurer/Finance:
Greg Blalock [email protected]
Mr. & Mrs. Dean Davis 4/9
Mr. & Mrs. Charles McCall 4/17
Property:
J. L. Setzer [email protected]
Education:
Mark Costner [email protected]
FLOWERS
If you would like to put flowers on the altar
please call the office 704-487-5679
Fellowship/Outreach:
Kelly Smolzer [email protected]
Stewardship:
Lyle Sturgis [email protected]
PRAYER REQUEST FORMS ARE AVAILABLE IN
THE NARTHEX.
Just drop your prayer request in the offering plate.
Ludy Wilkie [email protected]
Youth:
Bob Bryant [email protected]
STAFF:
Rev. Christina Auch, Pastor
[email protected]
Renee Kimray, Secretary: 704-600-6349
Stephen White, Lead Organist
Cathy Hubbard, Organist
PRAYER REQUESTS
Rod Houser (friend of the Schiavos), Roland Rohrer (friend of
Renee Kimray), Hezekiah Lubas (friend of Renee Kimray), David
Ware (friend of DP & Lin Washburn), Robert Morin, Wanda Fitzsimons (friend of Priscilla Williams), Emma Davenport (friend of
Priscilla Williams), Pastor Gary Weant, Mack & Susan Jenkins
(friends of the Williams), Lynda Morrow (daughter of Dot Paul),
Gerald & Elvira Washburn (brother & sister in law of DP Washburn), Ruth Zulka (mother of Gail McKillop), Deborah Powell
(friend of Sandra Waldrop), Lizzie Swafford (aunt of Sandra Waldrop), Ralph Schmitt (cousin of Karen Long), Lisa Bradley (friend
of Allen Philbeck) Gary Simpson (friend of the Auchs), Susan Melvin, Howard Wilkinson (father-in-law of Bobbi Jones), Gilda
Hulsey (friend of the Jones’), Margie Tyner (aunt of Jean Sturgis),
Jo Scruggs (friend of the Lamberts), Jeff McGraw (friend of Donald Kimray), Dr. Gary Frenette (friend of Cindy Bryant)
Members: Bruce Long, Dale Guffey
Home Bound: Max Moser, Fred & Drucilla Morgan
EDUCATION MINISTRY
WELCOME TO GOD’S HOUSE
“Welcome one another, therefore, just as
Christ has welcomed you, for the Glory of
God.”
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER WORSHIP AND
FELLOWSHIP
Thursday, April 2
Maundy Thursday
Romans 15:7
Stripping of the Altar 7:30 p.m.
ADULT BIBLE STUDY
Friday, April 3
The adult Bible study discussion meets each Sunday in
the Mattie Blanton room in the Fellowship Building.
“We meet at 9:45am God’s time, 10:00am our time”
as our own Lyle Sturgis says. Discussion is led by Lyle
Sturgis.
Good Friday
CROSS + GEN FAITH FORMATION
(Sundays at 9:45 in the fellowship hall) is based on
Faith 5, a pattern for practicing faith that encourages
us to gather together, share our highs and lows, listen
to God's Word, pray together, and send each other
out with a blessing before worship. How many generations will you will learn and pray with? Join us on
Sunday morning and find out.
GODSPEED FOR BISHOP LEONARD BOLICK
SATURDAY, APRIL 25 AT 2 P.M.
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH, SALISBURY
On Saturday, April 25, congregations across the North Carolina
synod will gather at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Salisbury for a
Godspeed service and reception for Bishop Leonard Bolick. Bishop Bolick is retiring this year, after 18 years of faithful service as
bishop of our synod. Prior to his installation as bishop, Bishop
Bolick served on the bishop’s staff for 11 years. A new bishop
will be elected at the synod assembly in Greensboro at the end
of May and the installation of the new bishop will take place on
September 12 at Christ Lutheran Church in Charlotte.
Tenebrae Worship 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 5
Easter
Sunrise Service with Holy Communion
6:30 a.m. in the columbarium
Breakfast at 7:30 a. m. in the Fellowship Hall
Festival Worship with Holy Communion
11 a. m.
CONSTITUTION UPDATE
Since late last year, members of the Ascension Constitution
Committee have been working to update our congregation’s
guiding document.
It has been 12 years since the constitution was last updated,
and much of the committee’s work has been to bring Ascension’s constitution in line with the current model constitution for
congregations of the ELCA. Other proposed changes reflect the
current organizational structure of our congregation and lanIf you would like to carpool to Salisbury on April 25, please notify guage that allows for flexibility with a changing congregation.
Pastor Christina and meet at the church at noon.
CHURCH ASSESSMENT TOOL UPDATE
Thank you to everyone who participated in the church assessment tool (CAT). Your participation and input strengthened the
foundation on which the congregation council will make plans
for the future. The congregation council will be meeting with
David Misenheimer from Kairos Consulting on April 19 after the
council coffee fellowship to interpret the results of our assessment and move forward together.
When the committee’s work is finished, the new, proposed
constitution will be presented to our church council for comment and review. With any changes and final approval by the
council, the constitution will be sent to the N.C. Synod where
another review will take place.
The document then will go to members of our congregation
for comment and final approval.
YOUTH
Generally, on the fourth Sunday of the month, children and
youth will have afternoon activities after worship. Save the date
for these activities and watch for more details:
April 26
June 21-25
Youth led worship; “Catch the Buzz” VBS Kick
off (ELCA Malaria Campaign)
VBS
Meeting at 7 p.m. in the conference room for planning on April
8 and May 6.
SHHH! PLACE YOUR SILENT BID FOR YOUTH ART WORKS!
Our children and youth have created sixteen unique pieces of ceramic plates
and mugs. The artists are anonymous, so pick your favorite piece, and bid to
take it home. There are numbered tickets that you can use to keep your
silent bid anonymous, too. All proceeds will go to the youth ministry to support their fellowship activities.
The pieces are on display in the fellowship hall through Sunday, April 19. A
bid sheet is next to each item. Contact Lyn Paul with any questions.
JENNA LEE WASHBURN NAMED TO
PRESIDENT’S LIST AT CLEMSON
Students who had outstanding academic accomplishments during the fall
semester of 2014 earned inclusion on the President’s List at Clemson University. To be named to the President’s List, a student must achieve a 4.0
grade point average. Jenna is studying animal and veterinary science.
WHY “CATCH THE BUZZ”?
MALARIA: A word that raises concern from millions of parents
and children around the world. 200 million people contract malaria every year and as many as 600,000 people die. The widespread effects challenge communities and devastate economies.
In the face of such tragedy, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. But
the good news, the amazing news, is that malaria is entirely
preventable and treatable. Since 2009, the ELCA has been actively involved in this battle. Already more than $11 million has
been raised, and through partnerships with our colleagues on
the ground in malaria-ravaged areas, countless lives have been
saved and changed. Through our hands, God is working to bring
resurrection in the midst of death caused by malaria.
Our 2015 VBS theme, “Catch the Buzz!” invites children to add
their hands, their voices, their minds and their hearts to being
part of God’s work in the world. Through Bible stories, games,
crafts, snacks and songs, we will learn about malaria and how it
is affecting children around the world. We will have the opportunity to join the fight to end malaria. But, most importantly,
children will learn how much God loves them and all God’s children.
© ELCA
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Celebrated the founding of Scouts this year on Sunday, February 8, 2015.
Scouts all over the country attended church services in uniform. The young
men in the photos belong to Boy Scout Troop 101 of First Baptist Church in
Shelby, NC, Scoutmaster Al Hansen. Troop 101 is a part of the Battleground
District of the Piedmont Council, BSA. These young men earned their God
and Life Award this year, spending seven weeks studying the life of the Apostle Paul as recorded in Acts 9:1-31, and exploring their own call to a life of
discipleship. The God and Life Award is part of a program offered by P.R.A.Y.
(Programs of Religious Activities with Youth). Counselors were Libby Stone,
Teresa Walker and Sandra Yarbro, Asccension youth Parker Hart and Jacob
Stone are in the troop.
Our Relay Team had to pick a cancer to support this year. So it
was decided to support Childhood Cancer. Here are a few reason why......
MEN'S SHELTER
The men's shelter on Washington Street is still in operation
and we await their being situated in their new facility on
Buffalo Street. Until that happens, we will continue to serve
them a healthy meal on the first Wednesday of the month. In
March we served a fresh salad, baked potatoes, taco topping,
all the trimmings and a dessert. We used the potatoes purchased for the Shrove Tuesday meal and added a wholesome
protein. Thanks to everyone who supported our "Souper Bowl
Sunday" collection. Your generosity means we will be able to
continue feeding the men until they make the move to their
new facility. Clarann and the Lacys
RELAY FOR LIFE EVENTS
Beginning April 1st we will be selling AutoBell Car Wash tickets. They
will be $16.00. See a Relay member to purchase one.
We will be setting up a tent on April 15th downtown Shelby during
the "Paint the Town Purple" event. Please let Lisa Philbeck know if
you will be able to help.
We will be having a Spaghetti Supper and Back Sale for Relay on April
18th. Please let Lisa Philbeck know if you want tickets ($8.00), would
like to help, or are willing to donate any items.
We will also be making 2 Bath Baskets (1 male & 1 female) for the
raffle event the night of Relay (May 15th). Let Lisa Philbeck know if
you have any items you would like to donate.
Relay for Life event will be May 15th at the Cleveland County Fair
More children die from cancer in the U.S. than any other disease
-in fact, more than many other childhood disease combined.
Before they turn 20, about 1 in 285 children in the U.S. will have
cancer. In the 1950s almost all kids diagnosed with cancer died.
Because of research, today about 90% of kids with the most
common types of cancer will live. But for many other types, progress has been limited, and for some kids there is still little hope
for a cure.
The cancer that strike kids are different than adult cancers.
Childhood cancers are not related to lifestyle factors, and little
can be done to prevent them. Some cancers almost never strike
after the age of 5. A child's cancer must be treated differently.
Children are not simply smaller adults. But even for kids who
survive, the battle is not over. Because of the treatment they
received more than 95% of survivors will have a chronic health
problem and 80% will have severe or life threatening conditions.
The results from surgeries, radiation and chemotherapies given
while young bodies and brains are developing causes lifelong
damage.
Also, the financial and emotional toll on parents must be remembered. Imagine this, standing at the door watching the
kids at the end of the road getting on their bikes and starting up
the road, and as they come by your house, in the middle of the
pack, you see her. She has no hair and she is flying by you on
her bike with the biggest smile on her face you have ever seen.
THAT IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR !!!!
If you have never been a part of a team, never been at the fairgrounds on Relay night, then you are truly missing out on a
wonderful experience that will touch your very soul for the rest
of your life. And, yes you will see children with survivor tee
shirts on walking the survivor lap, yes you will see the smiles on
their faces because no child fights this battle alone. Together in
our Faith and Trust in God, Together as a community fighting
for one common goal, we can and we will make a difference in
these children's lives. That is an awesome and powerful thing.
Don't miss it, join us.......
WANT TO VOLUNTEER?
Volunteers are asked to visit at least once a month and to commit for at least four to six months. In addition, volunteers are
frequently needed for administrative office work as well as fundDYING MATTERS (#dyingmatters)
raising and special events. Right now, one of their patients would
like to play bridge so the patient volunteer coordinator is looking
One of the lessons I learned in fundraising and gift planning was for a card shark! Please consider whether this is a ministry where
how many people die without expressing their end-of-life wishes you are being called, ask me about my experience or call and
with family, and how many people die without making a will.
speak directly with the patient volunteer coordinator, Krista
Those lessons, paired with my own experiences of shepherding
Haynes. She can be reached at 704-487-4677.
families in times of death and grief, are the foundation of my
own interest in end-of-life care and matters of death and dying.
In March, I took the opportunity to train as a hospice volunteer
with Hospice Cleveland County. Our congregation already supports hospice through their Watchmen program and through our
volunteer activities and offerings. Jennie Lambert also serves on
their board. This training was twelve hours of instruction about
hospice philosophy, discovering the different levels of cares patients can receive, and learning how volunteers are paired with
patients and families.
+Pastor Christina
MAKE YOUR OWN PLANS
SAVE THE DATES
Two Hospice Cleveland County events will be happening in the
next few weeks. On Sunday, April 19 at 2 p.m., there will be a
memorial service at First Baptist Church for hospice patients who
died between September 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015. On
Tuesday, May 5, there will be two memory bear workshops
(morning and evening) where families can make a bear from the
clothing of their loved one. Volunteers are available to help cut
patterns and sew the bears together. Contact Hospice Cleveland
County at 704-487-4677 and speak to one of the grief counselors
to reserve your space. Your loved one did not have to be a hospice patient for you to participate.
Have you made plans for your own end-of-life care? Take this
quick inventory to think more about your own end of life plans,
and shape the conversations you may want to have with family
members, medical professionals and financial or legal advisors.
At what age do you consider death to be no longer premature? Why?
Are your parents living? If not, write down when they died,
their age at that time, and the cause of death.
What life-threatening or life-endangering behaviors do you
engage in?
Who died in your most recent death experience? When was
that and what were the circumstances?
At what age do you anticipate your own death might occur?
If you could choose it, where and how would you prefer
your death occur?
What are your questions about death, dying and grief?
If you had only six months to live, what would you like to
do?
WHAT IS THE MUTUAL MINISTRY COMMITTEE?
Judy Bridges, Allen Philbeck and Alex Seagle are the first members of Ascension’s new mutual ministry committee. The Congregation Council encouraged members of Pastor Christina’s call
committee to participate in the committee’s work at its formation. Members will serve three year term and rotate off in
succession. Other members of the call committee, as well as
congregation members, will be invited to serve in the future. The
mutual ministry committee offers these benefits to the congregation:
1) developing open communication about the expectations,
attitudes, and concerns within the congregation, the
community, and the staff;
These are difficult conversations to have, but they are also really
2) identifying early warning signs of misunderstandings;
important and courageous conversations to have. Please sit
3) becoming a “Listening Post” for pastor and people;
down with the people in your life who need to know your wishes
4) serving as a group where the pastor and staff could test
and talk with them. If you’d like to talk to me about any of your
new ideas; and
questions or wishes, I would welcome your phone call, email or
5) acting as a “sounding board” in time of personal, profesvisit, too.
sional stress.
It is important to note that the committee is not a ‘filter’ for
+Pastor Christina
complaints from the congregation. Pastor Christina welcomes
direct communication with her, and encourages you to speak
with her openly about your concerns.
A motion was made and unanimously approved to have our
Lenten Coin Offering go toward the Columbarium.
Council approved our first Noisy Offering on March 29th should
go into the Pastor's Discretionary Fund.
TEMPLE TALK
The meeting opened at 7:00 p.m. with Kelly Smolzer giving the
Devotion and Opening Prayer.
Treasurer's Report: Greg Blalock noted that in February we
paid $750.00 for the first quarter of Benevolence to Synod and
paid $500.00 to Heritage Oaks Assisted Living for their fundraiser. Receipts in 2015 are starting out a little slow, about
$1700.00 behind this time in 2014. Our current deficit is
$4500.00, which includes a $1200.00 donation to Opportunity
House in January and the $500 donation to Heritage Oaks in
February.
Stewardship: Ludy Wilkie has asked Renee, our Church Secretary, to get a quote on the cost of new pledge envelopes designed in the form of a weekly ledger, which may prove easier
to use if they are cost effective. Pastor Christina will check an
on-line program for paying pledges as well.
Council has agreed to participate in a Church Assessment Tool
per Pastor Christina's suggestion which includes a congregational survey to run through March 31st. The survey will be made
available to all Ascension members and will collect info on the
direction church members would like Ascension to move over
the next few years.
STEWARDSHIP
TREASURER’S REPORT
Actual
Ascension Unified Fund vs.
2015
Actual Budget Budget
Unified receipts through
2/28/2015
$20,389 $24,531 $(4,142)
Unified disbursements
$(24,885) $(24,531) $(354)
through 2/28/2015
Surplus or (deficit) year-to
-date
$(4,496)
$(4,496)
Transfers from Emergency
Action Items: Council voted unanimously to participate in Luther Reserve
Seminary's Bible Initiative Pass It On Program. Our congregation
will be gifted with approximately 80 Bibles free of cost, which
$(207)
may be used by our members and taken home if they do not Designated items - net
have a Bible of their own. We are required to replace these
Bibles at our own cost as part of a ministry which allows us to
$(4,703)
Year-to-date change
place scripture in the hands of those who need it.
- Council approved a vacation request by Pastor Christina for
April 7-8.
Beginning cash balance $52,722
1/1/2015
- Council unanimously voted to move the April Council Meeting
to Tuesday, April 14, 2015.
Ending cash balance 2/28/2015
$48,019
- A motion was made and unanimously approved to accept
CALLING ALL THRIVENT MEMBERS…
Alex Seagle, Allen Philbeck and Judy Bridges as members of the
Mutual Ministry Committee. They will meet with Pastor ChristiThanks to Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Ascension has rena on March 4th and work with her throughout the year offering
ceived thousands of dollars over the last few years. Thanks to
guidance in the direction Ascension wishes to move and accord- those faithful members who have designated Ascension as
ing to Mutual Ministry procedures.
their CHOICE, for their CHOICE DOLLARS program. Please
check periodically to make sure YOUR share is still being alloThe Property Committee has obtained several quotes to replace cated to Ascension.
the church office heating system. They range in price from If you would like more information about Thrivent Financial
$4,813 to $7,000. The committee will meet soon to discuss please talk to Kelly Smolzer or Willi Lacy and they can point
you in the right direction.
these quotes and to make sure they meet our requirements.
Easter Sunday
April 5, 2015
Youth Sunday
April 12, 2015
April 19, 2015
April 26, 2015
TABULATORS
Daryl Cook
Daryl Cook
Daryl Cook
Daryl Cook
Kelly Smolzer
Kelly Smolzer
Kelly Smolzer
Kelly Smolzer
Assist.
Mark Costner
Bob Bryant
N/A
Minister
Sandra Waldrop
Reader
USHERS
ACOLYTE
Ray Lacy
Robert Buchanan Larry Wilson
Jake Smolzer
Allen Philbeck
Ludy Wilkie
Toni Gunderson
Rainey Wallen
Zack Jackson
GREETERS
Chase Buchanan
Zach Jackson
Devyn Paul
Max Smolzer
Zach Smolzer
CRUCIFER
Jacob Stone
Torch
Zack Jackson
Bearers
Chase Buchanan
Max Smolzer
Parker Hart
Logan Lacy
B
B
B
ALTAR
GUILD
COMMUNION
B
Lyle & Jean
Carol Berger
Sturgis
Becky Stillwell
ASSISTANTS Carol Berger
Elizabeth Hoffman
April 2015
Sun
Mon
5
6
Sunrise Worship
Breakfast
Worship
Communion
Office closed
12
13
Adult Bible Study
Cross + Gen Formation
Worship
19
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
Tickets for Autobell car wash go
on sale
Maundy
Thursday
Good Friday
Adventurers’
Group
8
9
10
11
Youth Meeting
Council reports
due
14
15
16
17
18
Council Meeting
Paint the Town
Purple
Article deadline
7
Spaghetti Supper
Bake Sale
20
21
22
Adult Bible Study
Cross + Gen Formation
Worship
Communion
Council meeting
26
Adult Bible Study
Cross + Gen Formation
Worship
Lutheran Men
(Fayetteville)
23
Newsletter
Released
27
28
29
Council reports
due
30
24
25
Godspeed for
Bishop Bolick
(Salisbury)
April 1– Tickets for Autobell Car Wash go on sale $16.00. See a Relay member.
April 2, Maundy Thursday - Worship with Holy Communion and Stripping of the
Altar 7:30 p.m.
April 3, Good Friday - Worship (Tenebrae or Service of Shadows) 7:30 p.m.
April 4– Adventurers’ group meet at Denny’s at 9 a.m.
April 5, Resurrection of our Lord - Sunrise Worship with Holy Communion 6:30
a.m.; Breakfast at 7:30 a. m.; Festival Worship with Holy Communion 11 a.m.
April 6 - Church Office Closed
April 8 - Youth Committee Meeting 7 p.m. (VBS planning)
April 9– Council reports due
April 12 - Adult Bible Study and Cross + Gen Faith Formation 9:45 a.m.; Worship
11 a.m.; Confirmation 12:30 p.m.; Jeans for a Torch
April 14 - Congregation Council Meeting at 7 p. m.
April 15– Paint the Town Purple; see Lisa if you can help
April 16– Deadline for newsletter articles
April 18 - NC Lutheran Men in Mission Annual Gathering (St. James, Fayetteville);
Spaghetti Supper & Bake sale for Relay, tickets are $8.00. See Lisa if you can help
or donate items
April 19 - Adult Bible Study and Cross + Gen Faith Formation 9:45 a.m.; Worship
with Holy Communion 11 a.m.; Jeans & green Earth Day; special meeting of the
congregation council from 1 - 2:30 p.m.
April 23– Newsletter released
April 25– Godspeed for Bishop Bolick, 2pm @ St. John’s in Salisbury. Reception follows.
April 26 - Youth Sunday; Adult Bible Study and Cross + Gen Faith Formation 9:45
a.m.; Worship 11 a.m.; No Confirmation; Jeans & Relay for Life T-shirt
April 29– Council reports due