C O M M U N I T Y P R E S B Y T E R I A N C H U R C H O F W A L D P O R T THE WINDOW April 2014 Pencil It In! April 9 April 13 April 17 April 18 April 19 Darkness to Light Child Abuse Prevention Training 1:00pm to 4:00pm Palm Sunday Service 10:30am One Great Hour of Sharing Offering Maundy Thursday Service at Yachats Community Presbyterian Church 7:00pm Noon Good Friday Service Community Presbyterian of Waldport 7:00pm Good Friday Song Service Yachats Community Presbyterian Church Easter Sunrise Service 6:30am Heartfelt Thank You To... Judy Carey and Eric Seaman for being the liturgists and skillfully leading worship during Pastor Susan s time off. Senitila McKinley for preaching in Pastor Susan s absence. Randy Helms for rebuilding the base of the cross that stands in our memorial courtyard just in time for Easter! Lyle Potts and Charlie Hare for mowing the church lawn. Chuck Selden for facilitating the Sunday morning class discussion on A Case for Faith. Come join us at 9:00am on Sunday morning for lively, interesting, faith-building discussion. Barry McPherson for demonstrating the love of Christ to the people of Mexico. We look forward to seeing pictures of his mission trip. Please keep Barry in prayer as he builds houses in Tecate, Mexico. Inside this issue: Anniversaries & Birthdays 3 Calendar 5 Financial Report 3 Holy Week Worship Schedule 3 Life in the Church 4, 7 Update on Mason Carney 6 Pastor s Pen 2
From The Pastor s Pen Susan V. Mills Many thanks to the church for granting me two weeks off to travel to Houston for vacation and to attend a Theology Conference as part of my Continuing Education. The first week has flown by! We were able to visit with both my parents and my daughter, her husband and the two grandsons. And all of us were delighted to attend the play that my oldest grandson was in called, I Never Saw Another Butterfly. It was produced by the Theater Arts Academy in conjunction with the AD Players of Houston. It is a play about the children in the Terezine concentration camp during the Holocaust which tells the story of children in horrendous conditions who were able to summon strength and hope to survive (or at least the will to survive) during that awful time. The children of Terezine had a very brave teacher who helped them tell their stories through song, poems and drawings. Teaching was forbidden in the camp, but they devised a method to fool the guards so that they could continue to learn. After the war ended, the poems and drawings of the children were compiled into a book. The children who participated in the production were all required to attend the AD Players production of The Diary of Anne Frank and visit the Holocaust Museum in Houston as part of their preparation for their play. They worked hard and learned much in the process. All in the hopes that history may never repeat itself! For me, it was a very abrupt introduction to the Lenten season, to be sure! We have all been driven by the Spirit at some point in our lives into the desert where we are forced to confront the dark places in the world around us or perhaps in our own hearts. During this Lenten Journey with Jesus we are told the stories of several individuals who met with Christ in the dark, out-of-the-way places: Nicodemus who had questions he could only ask Jesus in the cover of darkness; the woman at the well, who had questions so deep, she was convinced that even the Christ could not reach them; and then there was the young man who had been held captive to the darkness his whole life. My prayer this Lenten season is that the Spirit will lead us in our wandering and wondering, in our dreaming and awakening, and that we will be made anew as we meet Christ in the shadowy places of our lives. None of this can happen, of course, without the work of the Spirit in our hearts and lives. My friend, Jan Richardson, recently shared a prayer for the Lenten journey: Move over the face of my deep, my darkness, my endless restless chaos, and create, O God; trouble me, comfort me, stir me up, and calm me, but do not cease to breathe Your Spirit into my wakening soul. Yours for a meaningful Lent, Susan V. Mills Page 2
Church Financial Report Denise McPherson Year through February General Fund Income Budgeted $ 10,450.00 Year through February General Fund Income Received $ 11,518.52 Year through February Actual Expenses $ 10,973.50 2014 Budget Personnel $30,390 Operating Expense $27,200 Mission Giving $ 5,110 Total $62,700 April 13 10:30am Palm Sunday / Palm Parade Community Presbyterian Church Waldport April 17 7:00pm Maundy Thursday Service Yachats Community Presbyterian April 18 12:00pm Good Friday Community Presbyterian Church Waldport 7:00pm Anniversaries & Birthdays Good Friday Choral Service Yachats Community Presbyterian April 20 6:30am Sunrise Service Both Churches April 20 10:30am Worship Service at Community Presbyterian Church Waldport April Birthdays Gabriel Hernandez 7 Virginia Corey 13 Azura Stuart 20 Lowell Nightingale 20 Barry McPherson 22 Norma Butgereit 24 Lyle Potts 26 April Anniversaries We currently have no anniversaries listed for April. If you know of any please let the office know. Page 3
Saturday Community Breakfast at CPCW Don Groth dishwasher extraordinaire! Margaret making fabulous fresh fruit salad Sue Adams and the ladies serving up French toast, maple bacon and eggs Good Food, Friends & Fun Mike Adams & Ed Wood bringing home the bacon and frying it up! Ukulele Band playing with Margot on the hammered dulcimer Page 4
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A Prayer Update on Mason Carney As many of you remember, we offered prayers for Mason Carney during his kidney transplant last year. This update was sent from his family: Hello All, We hope this finds everyone doing well. With any luck spring is trying to emerge wherever you might be! It s hard to believe it s already been a year since Mason s kidney transplant but today March 11 th marks his one year anniversary, so we wanted to give a quick update! Our family has come a long way since last March but Mason especially! He has truly had an amazing year of growth and good health! He now sits close to the 50% mark on the charts having gained ten pounds and grown five inches since receiving his new kidney (I can t seem to shuffle the clothes out of his closet quick enough!). His kidney team is impressed and doesn t need to see him back in clinic until June! Labs (blood work) in six weeks he has never gone more than a month in between labs in his entire life. We met with his urologist yesterday and his recent urodynamics test (Feb. 28 th ) results showed a tiny bit of improvement along with normal pressures. His body continues to overcome amazing challenges which we re hoping will continue to work in his favor. Therefore, all remains well with the new kidney and we can follow up in six months. This is the first time Mason has gone an entire year without having had a surgery and the clock is going to keep ticking truly a wonderful thing! The kids spring break (March 24-28) just happens to fall in between Mason s one year postkidney anniversary (March 11 th ) and our upcoming ten year wedding anniversary (April 16 th ) so we are driving to Florida to celebrate as a family at the beach!! We are all looking forward to it after a really long and extra cold Chicago winter Thank you again to everyone for all your support in previous years and beyond XOXO All our love, The Carneys Matt, Katie, Owen, Mason & Alyssa Mason with his parents before his transplant Mason loves visiting the Oregon Coast with his family and exploring tide pools Page 6
In the Life of the Church Judy Carey leading in worship during Pastor Susan s absence Senitila McKinley preaching This Beautiful Land We Share Music Program by Seashore Family Literacy Mardi Gras! Read & Feed Page 7
COMMUNITY PRESBYTERI AN CHURCH Highway 34 & Bay Street PO Box 520 Waldport OR 97394 Phone: 541.563.2168 E-mail: waldportcpc@gmail.com Website: www.waldportpres.org Office Hours Tuesday Friday 10:00am-1:00pm All Are Welcome Come as You Are! COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH A place to connect to: God Each other The world Weekly Events Sunday 9:00am A Case for Faith Class 10:30am Worship Service followed by Coffee Mingle Tuesday 11:55am Silent Prayer 12:25pm Lectio Divina 6:00pm Read & Feed Dinner Wednesday 10:00am Women s Bible Study 4:00pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal Saturday 9:30am Community Breakfast Communion Communion will be observed on April 6 th. In thankfulness for all that Christ has done for us, we remember to reach out with Christ s love to those who are hit hard by this economic downturn. Please remember to bring in your food donations and drop them off in the Wishing Well in the front entry of the church, or you may simply choose to make a monetary donation to Waldport Food Share by including it with your Sunday morning offering. Simply make a notation on the memo line for Waldport Food Share. Food Share is currently experiencing a shortage of food and having to turn folks away. Our donation to Waldport Food Share for March totaled 116 pounds of food. Please remember to bring in your cans and other non-perishable items! Photos in this month s newsletter are of Seal Rock s Elephant Rock and the tide pools Community Presbyterian Church Of Waldport PO Box 520 Waldport OR 97394