March 2015 March Events Page 2 3 Holy Week Events Page 4 April Events Page 5 Session Notes, Page 6 Calendar Page 7 One Great Hour of Sharing Page 8 Plainsboro Presbyterian Church Rev. Anita Milne, Pastor 609-799-0855 www.plainsboropres.org. office@plainsboropres.org 1
MARCH EVENTS MEN S BREAKFAST Sunday, March 1, 8:00 am All men and boys are invited for an hour of table fellowship, prayer and Bible study in the Fellowship Hall.. SUNDAY, MARCH 8 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS! Don t forget to set your clocks one hour ahead! THEATER OUTING Saturday, March 7 at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm Sunday, March 8 at 4:00 pm Cinderella, The UGGly Version: A Panto in the British Style Stuart Little Theater, Stuart Country Day School Road, Princeton Once again, our stars, Gretchen Zimmer and Eva Farrell are starring in this Princeton Arts Council theater production. Last year, it was Jack & the Beanstalk. This year they are doing Cinderella in the British Pantomime Style - 'Vaudville for Kids'. Lots of singing, lots of colorful costumes, plenty of interaction with the audience. Gretchen is playing the part of the Fairy God Mother! Be sure to get tickets early. Last year they had to turn people away! BOOK GROUP Sunday, March 15, 7:00 pm, Wicoff Library Neon Rain by James Lee Burke Detective Dave Robicheaux has fought too many battles: in Vietnam, with killers and hustlers, with police brass, and with the bottle. Lost without his wife's love, Robicheaux's haunted soul mirrors the intensity and dusky mystery of New Orleans' French Quarter -- the place he calls home, and the place that nearly destroys him when he becomes involved in the case of a young prostitute whose body is found in a bayou. Thrust into the world of drug lords and arms smugglers, Robicheaux must face down a subterranean criminal world and come to terms with his own bruised heart in order to survive. 2
LENTEN STUDY Tuesdays during Lent; 12-1 pm & 7:30-8:30 pm The noon meeting will include soup & bread lunch. The evening meeting will include dessert. Led by Pastor Anita we will study the Seven Deadly Sins and the Holy Virtues including: The history of these moral categories in Christianity. (Did you know that Aristotle considered humility a vice?) The appearance of these sins & virtues in the arts from ancient paintings and song to modern film. The place of these categories in Reformed (Presbyterian) theology. LENTEN VESPERS Thursdays in Lent, 7:00 pm Join us as we gather in the Sanctuary for a brief service of meditation. Find sanctuary in the Sanctuary! Dante in Lent 2015 Purgatorio: Onward and Upward! Here is the schedule of readings from Dante s Purgatorio for the remainder of Lent. Also included are the dates of the discussions at dailydante.com (from our friends at Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church): March 1 - The Envious - cantos xiii-xiv, March 22-24, 2011 March 8 - The Wrathful - cantos xv-xvii, March 25-26, 2011 March 15 - The Slothful - cantos xviii-xix, March 29-30, 2011 March 22 - The Gluttons - cantos xxii-xxiv, April 2-5, 2011 And then: March 29 - Palm/Passion Sunday - a reading of the Passion from Mark 3
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR APRIL!!! March 29 at 10:00 am Passion Sunday Service March 31 at 12:00 & 7:30 pm Bible Study April 2 at 7:00 pm Maundy Thursday Service April 3 at 7:00 pm Good Friday Vespers Service EASTER BREAKFAST AND EGG HUNT Sunday, April 5 at 8:30 am Everyone is welcome! Bring a friend! We will have a special egg hunting area for children under 3 years. We need volunteers to: bring egg casserole dishes, muffins, fruit and juice. help clean up and set up the day before at 11 am. donate nut-free candies Please contact the church office at office@plainsboropres.org if you can help! 4
CHURCH OUTING PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY TOUR Friday, April 3 at 10:00 am Come see first-hand the exciting world of fusion energy research at PPPL! Visiting the U.S. Department of Energy s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory is a great opportunity to get a first-hand view of the laboratory where the quest to harness the power of the sun and the stars through fusion energy is taking place. The tours are led by engineers and physicists who can answer all your questions about magnetic fusion. View the new Star Power movie, take part in hands-on plasma demonstrations, visit the National Spherical Torus Experiment Control Room and see Quasar, the stellarator experiment! The tour is free, but you have to register. Register by sending an email to tours@pppl.gov, and they will send you a form. Let the church office know that you plan to attend and we will organize a group! CONTINUING STEWARDSHIP OF DEATH & DYING Sunday, April 19 during Sunday School Last year, we started a conversation about living wills, care choices and funeral options. We handed out Five Wishes, a book designed to help make important decisions about end-of-life care. On April 19, we will continue this conversation and finalize our booklets. If you need a booklet, contact the church office. SAFE CHURCH GIVING OPPORTUNITY Our Session has adopted a Safe Church Policy overseen by a Safe Church Committee. One of the tasks of the committee is to ensure that we have background checks on those persons who are with our children and youth. These checks cost about $15 each. We are asking those who cannot volunteer with our younger members to participate in their care by donating to the Safe Church fund which will be used to pay for these checks. If you can give $15 or $30, please bring it or send it to the church with Safe Church marked in the memo line. 5
MARCH SESSION NOTES The session of the First Presbyterian Church of Plainsboro met in the church library at 7:30 pm on February 25, 2015. Here are some highlights from the meeting: A half-day Session retreat has been scheduled on Saturday, April 18, 2015, for consideration of the budget and the future of our church. It was decided to withdraw from the parking lot agreement with WW-P School District and Plainsboro Township, in order to control usage of our portion of the lot. The President of Trustees will send a certified letter to the WW-P Board of Education and to Plainsboro Township advising them of this action. The Mission & Outreach committee was given permission to plan and supply the annual Easter Egg Hunt outreach activity with the intention of opening it to community. Eva Farrell was elected to serve as representative to the Nominating Committee, and Margie Molnar was appointed to serve as representative to the Memorial Committee. The Chess Club's request for use of the basement classroom, the Fellowship Hall, and the kitchen for one week of camp was approved (if the way be clear with respect to our previous summer camp tenant). The proposed Chess Camp schedule is M-F, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., July 27-31, 2015. The next session meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at 7:30 pm in the church library. Church members are welcome to attend. 03-07 Jessica Schultz 03-08 Kyle Newman 03-09 Natalie Rodefeld 03-16 Winston Xie 03-17 Gina Ochs 03-17 Lance Palmer 03-18 Alan Stefanowicz 03-21 Rob Schultz 6
2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 8 am Men s Breakfast 9 am M&O 10 am Worship 2 3 4 7:30 pm P&F 5 7:00 pm Vespers 7:30 pm Choir 6 8:00 pm Women s AA 7 7:00 pm AA 8 10 am Worship 9 10 11 7:30 pm Worship Comm. 12 7:00 pm Vespers 7:30 pm Choir 13 8:00 pm Women s AA 14 7:00 pm AA 15 10 am Worship 7 pm Book Group 16 17 18 7:30 pm Session 19 7:00 pm Vespers 7:30 pm Choir 20 8:00 pm Women s AA 21 7:00 pm AA 22 10 am Worship 23 24 25 26 7:00 pm Vespers 7:30 pm Choir 27 8:00 pm Women s AA 28 7:00 pm AA 29 10 am Passion Sunday 30 7:30 pm Deacons 7
One Great Hour of Sharing is an offering that makes the love of Christ real for individuals and communities around the world who suffer the effects of disaster, conflict, or severe economic hardship, and for those who serve them through gifts of money and time. Today, projects are underway in more than 100 countries, including the United States and Canada. In the 1990s, receipts have exceeded $20 million annually. While specific allocations differ in each denomination, all use their One Great Hour of Sharing funds to make possible disaster relief, refugee assistance, development aid and more. On Easter Sunday, April 5, we will collect the One Great Hour of Sharing offering. Special envelopes will be available in the bulletins on March. First Presbyterian Church 500 Plainsboro Road Plainsboro NJ 08536-2005 8