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Thee and Me
Plainfield Friends Meeting
Newsletter
105 S East Street
Plainfield, IN 46168
(317) 839-6490
www.PlainfieldFriends.org
March 2015
We celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on
Sunday, April 5 - just a month away! Here
are some thoughts about the resurrection
from Greg Laurie
-------------------------------What the Resurrection Means to Us
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all
shall be made alive.
— 1 Corinthians 15:22
What does the resurrection of Jesus mean
to you? What does it mean to me?
First, it assures our future resurrection.
Because Jesus both died and rose again,
we will be raised like Him. 1 Corinthians
15:20 says, "But now Christ is risen from the
dead, and has become the firstfruits of those
who have fallen asleep." The word
"firstfruits" speaks of a sampling, a foretaste,
a glimpse. Jesus is the firstfruit.
means, among other things, that God's
justice will ultimately prevail.
Third, the resurrection of Christ gives us
power to live the Christian life (see
Romans 8:11). Certainly the Bible does not
teach that we will be sinless in this physical
body we now live in. On the other hand, we
can sin less, not by our own abilities, but by
the power of the Spirit.
Christ can make us altogether different
kinds of people. We must believe that. "Old
things have passed away . . . all things have
become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17).God can
give you the power to live this Christian life.
-------------------------------Let's live in the resurrection of Jesus
Bill
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Jesus has died and has risen, so we know
that our resurrected bodies in some way will
resemble His resurrection body. To what
extent, we cannot be certain. But if they
were completely like His, it would mean that
we would be clearly recognizable.
Second, the resurrection of Jesus is a
proof of future judgment. Now that may
not sound all that exciting, but it's something
we need to know. We live in a society, and
indeed a world, in which justice is often
perverted and neglected. We look at things
that happen and say, "How can that be?
How could that happen?" The Resurrection
Highlights of the February
Monthly Meeting
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Minutes of 12th month were approved,
with corrections.
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Pastor Bill met with the Yearly Meeting
Program Committee and reported that
some restructuring of Yearly Meeting
sessions was being done.
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Pastor Bill left copies of “The Religious
March, so we will be able to ask them
Views of 20-Somethings” for us to read
questions afterward.
students reporting on their view of the
group will provide meals and their
role of faith in their lives.
preparation
as
Bill Heald and Ruth Hadley will serve as
supervision.
There was discussion on
co-clerks of Ministry and Counsel until
the use of the facilities without someone
Ministry and Counsel recommends that
and guidance.
we apply for a 2015 PME grant.
meeting with WYM Property Trustees
Approved.
and will ask for clarification.
Forms for Pastoral Evaluation of Meeting
decision was made.
and keep. It is a two page report on
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will provide housing needs.
Ruth is able to return.
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and Pastor were made available. They
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Kathy Clendineng reported on the
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Kay Carter reminded us to be sure to
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and asked if they needed certain items.
been donated to them, so they will use as
much of their own as possible and
practical. Mike Hartley has 9 churches
signed up.
Fairfield is hosting guests
from Family Promise the second week of
No
The new underwear collection is going
May 30th is the National Road Yard Sale.
light lunch offered. Report approved.
no problem with them using the kitchen
supplies in a van of their own that have
Jim Wilson will be
no bake sale this year. There will be a
the driver. The Kitchen Committee has
They have
overnight
We will be participating. There will be
will be using holds 12 people, including
what the kitchen uses.
as
on this month.
Family Promise program. The van they
have the Trustee's keep an accounting of
well
Another
from our meeting being there for help
are due back by March 1, 2015.
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Yearly Meeting
The Audit Committee will be talking to
Tom Newlin regarding the date.
The Visitation Committee made 13 calls.
Joys and Concerns: Marjorie Hampton. Bill
Lange has moved.
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“Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples
that she had seen the Lord.” John 20:18
Dave and I had the privilege of visiting the
Garden Tomb (and other Holy Land sites) twice.
The second time in June 1969, we had John (6
years) and Mary Jane (20 months) traveling with
us. There were many tourists in the Garden
Tomb site as well as in the Garden of
Gethsemane. Also, there were many chairs set
up for worship services held throughout the day.
It was crowded and noisy to say the least, with a
line waiting to look into the tomb where many
Protestants believe Jesus had been buried. I
wished then that John and Mary Jane could have
experienced the quietness and simplicity that I
had felt when Dave and I had visited those same
places in June of 1963.
At that time, Mildred White (former missionary
at Ramallah schools) was visiting and available
to show Dave and me some of the Holy Land
sites. When we went to the Garden of
Gethsemane, a few tourists were quietly
reflecting as we walked around, some possibly
stopping to pray. I thought about Jesus praying
there - Mark 14:36 “Abba, Father, all things are
possible for You. Take this cup away from Me,
nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.”
And then He went and found the disciples
sleeping and said, “Could you not watch one
hour. Watch and pray....the spirit is ready, but
the flesh is weak.”
Then Dave and I went to the Garden Tomb
where it was very quiet. After looking into the
empty tomb, I turned around and looked out into
the beautiful garden. Down at the end near a
wall, I saw a gardener working. I thought of
Mary Magdalene being there and her thinking
Jesus was the gardener when He asked her
“Whom are you seeking?” (John 20:15). I began
to take out my camera, but when I looked again,
the gardener had disappeared. However, to have
that “photo in my mind” was really all I needed.
I later learned that the gardener was a former
Quaker student at the Ramallah Boys School - he
passed away about 1965.
“I come to the garden alone, while the dew is
still on the roses; and the voice I hear falling on
my ear, the Son of God discloses. And He walks
with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I
am His own, and the joy we share as we tarry
there, none other has ever known.”
C. Austin Miles
Ruth Hadley
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Celebrating Easter at
Plainfield Friends
Thursday, April 2: Friends United Meeting
Chain of Prayer. Join with Friends around
the world in praying for what God is doing in
and through Friends. The focus this year is
on Energizing.
Friday, April 3: Plainfield Community Good
Friday Service at Noon, at Plainfield Friends
Saturday, April 4: Community Pancake
Breakfast at the Interurban Depot. Serving
from 9 to 11 am.
Easter Sunday, April 5:
Fellowship Meal &
Monthly Meeting
7:15 am - Sunrise Service at the Sugar
Grove Meeting House, with breakfast at the
Church following
March 15th
9:30am - Sunday School
Make plans to stay for the fellowship meal
and Monthly Meeting, following worship on
Sunday, March 15th.
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10:30 am – Worship
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Sugar Grove Clean Up
Please help dust, clean and sweep the
Sugar Grove Meeting House on Saturday,
March 28 at 8:30am.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
3
2
8:30 - Quiet Worship
9:30 - Sunday School
10:30 - Worship
3:00 - Worship at Westside Garden 7:00 Pack 429
Plaza
Den Meeting
4:00 - Area Meeting
Larry Ryan
8
8:30 - Quiet Worship
9:30 - Sunday School
10:30 - Worship
2:00 - Worship at Sugar Grove
Senior Living
5:30 - Movie Night
Jeff Mace
Rachel Mosier
Sharon Gibbs
15
10
Caroline Asava
Laura Hoage
10:00 Worship at
Friends Apt Homes
6
7
WYM Winter Retreat @ Quaker Haven
7:00 Choir Practice
11
12
7:00 Quaker Day
Planning
Lori Gilbert
Charlie Hubbard
7:00 Choir Practice
17
Saturday
5
10:00 Worship at
Friends Apt Homes
18
19
Jill Hutchens
Donna Kissick
13
14
20
21
10:00 Worship at
Friends Apt Homes
1:00 Quaker
Homebuilders
WYM Administrative
Council
7:00 Choir Practice
23
Michael Budd
24
Melissa Hackett
25
26
27
10:00 Worship at
Friends Apt Homes
1:30 Conversations
7:00 Pack 429
Pack Meeting
29
Friday
12:00 Missions Meal
1:30 Conversations
7:00 Pack 429
Den Meeting
8:30 - Quiet Worship
9:30 - Sunday School
10:30 - Worship
2:30 - Worship at PN&R
Mariya Jones
9
16
22
4
1:00 USFW
7:00 Ministry &
Counsel
7:00 Pack 429
8:30 - Quiet Worship
9:30 - Sunday School
10:30 - Worship
Fellowship Meal & Meeting for
Business
Thursday
7:30 am Quaker
Men's Breakfast
8:30 am Sugar
Grove Clean-up
7:00 Choir Practice
Laura Borcherding
30
31
Ruth Winsted
28
Carolyn Moore
Plainfield Friends Meeting
8:30 - Quiet Worship
9:30 - Sunday School
10:30 - Worship
105 S East Street
Plainfield, IN 46168
(317) 839-6490
www.plainfieldfriends.org
[email protected]
David Swann
March 2015
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
Plainfield Friends Meeting
105 S East Street
Plainfield, IN 46168
(317) 839-6490
www.plainfieldfriends.org
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[email protected]
5
7:15 - Sunrise Service
8:30 - Breakfast
9:30 - Sunday School
10:30 - Worship
6
7
8
7:00 Pack 429 Den
Meeting
12
8:30 - Quiet Worship
9:30 - Sunday School
10:30 - Worship
2:00 - Worship at Sugar Grove
Senior Living
19
8:30 - Quiet Worship
9:30 - Sunday School
10:30 - Worship
Fellowship Meal & Meeting
for Business
Dennis Asava
Matt Newlin
1:00 USFW
Beth Henry
13
7:00 Ministry &
Counsel
7:00 Pack 429
Chase Rhoden
14
12:00 Missions Meal
Fern Bauer
Diana Hadley
15
21
9
10:00 Worship at
Friends Apt Homes
6:00 MOPS Comm
Mtg
7:00 Choir Practice
Tim Newlin
16
Anna Pedigo
Kay Carter
22
23
8:30 - Quiet Worship
9:30 - Sunday School
10:30 - Worship
28
1:30 Conversations
7:00 Pack 429 Pack
Meeting
9:00 am Community
Pancake Breakfast
10
17
Ethel Moon
John Nease
Janet Pritchett
Debbie Dick
Mari Hutchens
24
18
John Hadley
29
30
25
Alexa Hampton
Justin Carpenter
10:00 Worship at
Friends Apt Homes
7:00 Choir Practice
Lloyd Lindley
Howard Maxwell
11
7:30 am Quaker
Men
8:30 am All Church
Work Day
7:00 Choir Practice
27
4
7:00 Choir Practice
7:00 Pack 429 Den
Meeting
Francis Graves
3
WYM Executive
Committee
10:00 Worship at
Friends Apt Homes
26
Saturday
10:00 Worship at
Friends Apt Homes
1:00 Quaker
Homebuilders
1:30 Conversations
20
Friday
FUM Chain of 2
Prayer
10:00 Worship at
Friends Apt Homes
7:00 Choir Practice 12:00 pm Good
Zachary Allen
Friday Service
Gloria Frost
Bob Garris
Logan Allen
April 2015