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First
Presbyterian Church
Natchitoches,
Louisiana
www.fpcnatchitoches.org
Rev. Kathy Muder, Pastor
(318)352-3016 March
2012
First
Presbyterian Church of Natchitoches
Mission
Statement
(Adopted
by the Session, September 18, 2011)
Called
as individuals to be a community, we are created by God.,
Saved
by Jesus Christ, and
Led
by the Holy Spirit to serve in this place, at this time.
The Church Office has a new email address. It is “officefpcn@gmail.com”.
The old email account was rendered useless by a bogus email. Please make
appropriate changes in your address book.
Dugdale
Hall is the regular setting for Fellowship Time before the Sunday morning
worship service. It is always a wonderful time to visit with old friends and
enjoy meeting new ones. Coffee, juice and doughnut holes are provided. Fair
Trade coffee is now available for sale during this time between Sunday School
and worship.
Join us for First
Sunday Lunch (3-4-12) – immediately following worship. Elder Linda Bissell is
the cook for the meal.
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Tossed Salad
Garlic Bread
Cake
The cost is $5/person – student and children eat for free.
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Daylight Savings Time begins on March 11. Remember to set
your clocks an hour ahead. You don’t want to arrive as the worship service is
ending.
Thank you for those who attended and participated in the
discussion at the evaluation event for New Beginnings. Representatives
from our church will attend a two-day workshop at Camp Alabama, on March
23-24. They will receive the report generated from the recent visit and data
submitted earlier. The workshop will center on how to interpret the report and
how to make future plans for our church.
A new piece of music, “The Journey”, by Richard Rose,
will be premiered by saxophonist Paul Forsyth and oboist Leah Forsyth on
Friday, March 9, at Magale Recital Hall on the NSU campus. “The Journey”, a
four-movement piece, describes events that happen in a relationship between two
partners: “Hello”, “Conflict”, “Love Song”, and “Happily Ever After”. The public
is invited to attend free of charge.
The Congregational Nurture
committee of the Session (Dawn Megee and Linda Bissell) are in the process of
revising our prayer list so that we might be more connected to those who we
lift up to the Lord in prayer. To that end, if you have addresses for folks
who are currently on the prayer list, please call the office or send the
information to officefpcn@gmail.com. In the future, if you wish
to put someone on the prayer list, please include an address so that we can let
them know that they are in our prayers. It would also be helpful if we knew the
ailment or issue we’re praying for. Those folks who are on the list will be
(unless we’re notified) removed from the list after 60 days.
At Home: Fred and Melba Rorex and family, CJ.
& Opal Lachney, Pat Maechling, Susie Lam, Glenda LaCaze, Iris Saez, Helen
MacAskill, Rob Lockwood, Ken Culverson, Jonathan Hammons, Molly Coleman, Rev.
Ken Peters, Kimberly Williams Self, Jonathan Crabtree, Kim Collins, Vickie
Rich, Patricia Possoit, Sis Durr, Alli Calender, J.W. & Callie Smith, Ted
Early, Johnny Antoon, Penny Weaver, Patsy Bentley, Karen Gordy, Darwin
Guillory, Amanda Sparks, Billy Bradley, Angela Boiven, Erin Marbut, Jeff
McAlpin, Clint Gibson, Sam Chance, Sara Kessler, Melissa Dunn, Linda Bass,
JoAnne Witkowski, Russell Zakarison, Chris Hampton, Andy LaMar, Ethan Hebert,
Tom Hoog, Ed McClung, Mary Alice Haynie, Rev. Fred Powell.
Hospital: Amanda Rozman, Emily Boydstun Raines,
Bobby Epperson, Ron Sheffield.
Long Term Care/Rehab: Katheryne Dollar, Rhetta
Poole, Margaret Harling, Susan Smith.
In the Military: Eric Maxwell, Kevin Hall,
David Coleman, John Hatley, Brian Johnson, Matt Williams, Trevor Bates, Gene
Bentley, Ann Brown, Scott Motley, Kyle Possoit, Coleman Martinelli.
Haiti, Syria, The United Church of Bangladesh; People
in the United States affected by storms, flooding, drought and heat.
1 7:00 Property
Committee Meeting
2 World
Day of Prayer
4 Second
Sunday in Lent
Celebrate
the Gifts of Women
9:45
Sunday School
10:45
Fellowship Time
11:00 Worship – Communion
First
Sunday Lunch
6 6:30 Piano
Recital (Dot Robertson)
7 5:30 Choir
Rehearsal
8 7:30 Natchitoches-NSU
Symphony
10 8:30 Annual
Spring Cleaning Day
11 Daylight
Savings Time begins
Third
Sunday in Lent
9:45 Sunday
School
10:45 Fellowship
Time
11:00 Worship
14 5:30 Choir
Rehearsal
6:15 Church
Supper
18 Fourth
Sunday in Lent
9:45
Sunday School
10:45
Fellowship Time
11:00 Worship
4:00 Session
21 5:30 Choir
Rehearsal
6:15 Church
Supper
23 New
Beginnings Workshop
24 New
Beginnings Workshop
25 Fifth
Sunday in Lent
9:45 Sunday
School
10:45 Fellowship
Time
11:00 Worship
26 10:00 Cane
River Stitchers
28 5:30 Choir
Rehearsal
29 10:00 Irene
Wagner Circle
1
John Brewer 20 Ron Muder 25 Chris Evans
19
Mike Pierce 21 Lauren Megee 25 Matthew
Ganster
30 Brenda
Brockner
ANNIVERSARIES
21 Mike &
Teresa Pierce 25 Phil & Mary Lou Brown
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Say yes to God
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“Many think of self-denial as
giving up something during the Lenten season. Others have said that it is to
be dead to self, or even to hate self. I disagree with these opinions. When
Jesus referred to self-denial (Mark 8:34), he was not talking about denying
ourselves some luxury item or denying the reality of self or the needs of
self. Rather, he was focusing on the importance of renouncing self as the
center of our life and actions.
“In other words, self-denial is the decision of each of his followers to give
over to God his body, career, money and time. A true disciple is willing to
shift the spiritual center of gravity in his life. Self-denial is the
sustained willingness to say no to oneself in order to say yes to God.”
—Bill Hull
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"Being a good steward and a lover of good coffee co-exist
wonderfully when you drink a cup of Equal Exchange."
-
Pastor Paul Lang, Peace Presbyterian Church, Winterville, NC
The
Presbyterian Coffee Project is an innovative way to reach out to
small-scale farmers in the developing world while enjoying fellowship and
an excellent cup of coffee. As Christians we can address a consumer dilemma
by buying coffee that is fairly traded. Presbyterian congregations that
participate are supporting practices which help farmers in Latin America,
Africa and Asia earn a fairer share of income, obtain access to credit and
technical support, and gain a trading partner they can trust, a fair trade
organization called Equal Exchange.
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Betty and Jim Briggs and Ron Muder will be available in Dugdale Hall during
Fellowship Time with an assortment of coffee and tea. This month’s selections
are:
Organic
Breakfast Blend 12 oz. 9.75
Organic
Mind Body & Soul 12 oz. 9.75
Organic
Decaf 12 oz. 11.25
Organic
Green Tea 4.50
Checks may be made payable to:
Presbyterian Women
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
114 Bienville
Street
Natchitoches,
Louisiana 71457
• World Day of Prayer, March 2, 2012
• Second Sunday in Lent, March 4, 2012
• Third Sunday in Lent, March 11, 2012
• Daylight-Saving Time begins, March 11, 2012
• Girl Scout Sunday, March 11, 2012
• Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 18, 2012
• First Day of Spring, March 20, 2012
• Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 25, 2012
Presbytery of the Pines Presbyterian Women’s
Gathering
will be held on April 14, beginning at 10:00, at the First Presbyterian Church,
Camden, AR. Topics will include Clean Water and Solar Under the Sun and
Global Exchange Trip to India. Registration fee is $12 that includes
lunch. See Chris Evans if you are interested in attending.
Dear
Friends,
The
season of the church year we call Lent consists of the six weeks (40 days)
prior to Easter. I invite you during this season to listen deeply to Jesus’
word for you, to engage in Holy Listening. This Lenten season we’ll be
listening for Jesus’ words as we worship together and I pray that each day
you’ll be listening as you read scripture and pray to rediscover God’s
extravagant love for all creation – and that includes you.
The online devotional d365 provides a wonderful resource for daily prayer and Scripture.
You are invited on this journey, the Journey to the Cross. http://www.d365.org/journeytothecross
Pastor
Kathy