Parkway Pulse
March 2010
LENTEN AND EASTER SERVICES
Please come to the Lenten Series each Wednesday evening
5:30 p.m. Light supper in the Fellowship Hall (cash donation as you
are able)
6:00 p.m. meditation/service in the Sanctuary
We have Parkway members, friends and Wake Forest Divinity School
students scheduled to lead us in these services. The cost for
the meal is by donation. We invite unemployed and underemployed
persons; no donation necessary. We encourage you to come
together in community for this time of reflection. Thanks to
Anne Owens who led the first Lenten Service on February 24.
Lent
March 3: Matt Stalnaker
March 10: Carol Penick, guided meditation
March 17: Debbie Collins, MDiv ’10, Blessings and Perils
March 24: Conner Evans, intergenerational activities
Holy Week
April 1: Maundy Thursday service
April 4: Easter Sunday, brunch and
service
MARCH CALENDAR
March 1 Search Committee, 7:00 p.m.
March 3 Personnel Committee, 6:30 p.m.
March 7 Pastoral Relations Committee Orientation
Meeting after worship
March 7 Joint Property/Land & Garden Committee Meeting
after worship
March 8 Worship Committee, 6:30 p.m.
March 8 Search Committee Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
March 10 Council Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
March 12 Julie Wilson on vacation; office closed
March 13 Hispanic Special Needs Support Group/Bill Donohue, 10:00
a.m., Fellowship Hall 1
March 14 One Great Hour of Sharing Offering
March 15 Search Committee, 7:00 p.m.
March 20 Spring Clean-up Workday
March 21 Worship, 11:00 a.m.
March 22 Search Committee, 7:00 p.m.
March 24 Missions Committee, 6:30 p.m.
March 28 Palm Sunday, Potluck after worship; no Confirmation
Class
March 29 Search Committee, 7:00 p.m.
Choir practice every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
Quilters meet every Thursday at 10:00 a.m.
Sunday morning childcare for preschool age begins at 9:45 a.m. for
children whose parent(s) attend Sunday School
Middle/High School - 10:00 a.m.
Elementary Activity Hour - 10:00 a.m.
Confirmation Class - 9:45 a.m.
Children - 11:15 a.m.
Adult Bible Study 9:45 a.m.
“God is Still Speaking” Adult Class - 10:00 a.m.
Sunday Worship Service -11:00 a.m.
SEARCH COMMITTEE UPDATE
Another UCC Conference that I’m very familiar with is having their
annual Ministers’ Retreat soon, and they’ll be focusing on “pastoral
over-functioning.” Do you know what that is? On that
Conference’s website, someone wrote (with tongue in cheek) that she
would be unable to come to the retreat because she’s really been
busy at her church lately, “proofreading the newsletter for the
church secretary, preparing a congregational mailing, overseeing the
youth group chaperones, depositing the Sunday collection at the
church’s bank, mopping the floors in fellowship hall and bathrooms
of my church, peeling potatoes for the church supper, stomping
grapes for communion wine, baking bread for communion, and sewing
new paraments for all the liturgical seasons.”
A pastor of a healthy church is not someone who does everything, but
is someone who is effective because a lot of good and necessary
details are being done by willing church members – youth and adults
– who are using their knowledge and skills in ways that are really
making a difference, and – no surprise – they are even doing some of
those things better than the pastor could. I confess that
there were times when I was a pastor when I locked the church doors
every night, put the sermon title on the outside church sign, and
repaired the mimeograph machine, along with all my other “pastoral”
duties. Tsk, tsk.
As your Search Committee continues to look at the Ministerial
Profiles (we’ve now passed the 100 mark), we find that there are
some genuinely over-functioning clergy out there, who don’t seem to
realize that some the activities and accomplishments which they’ve
listed in their Profiles are really not anything to brag about.
There are also a few who appear to be quite under-functioning.
But there are some wonderful people who really understand the role
of a pastor, and they shine! We’ve started having face-to-face
interviews with some of them.
We’re enjoying our work, and have great respect for each other.
Tim Binkley has started attending our meetings as an ex officio
member, replacing Dorsey Dyer. Margaret Morris has taken a
leave of absence from the committee, caring for her mother.
Remember us in your prayers during March.
- Fred Kurkowski, for the Search Committee
MARCH BIRTHDAYS
March 1
Genie Carter
March 2
Zach Binkley, Laura McGee
March 3
Emma Nicklas-Morris
March 4
Susan Avery, Simone Reister
March 5
John Reister
March 6
Julia Howland-Myers
March 7
Tom Mann
March 13
Martha Ruskai
March 14
Midge Barnes
March 16
Paul Dixon, Andrea Radulovic
March 18
Cheryl Lovelady, Eddie Masencup, John Sundell
March 22
Eva Hill
March 26
Bill Donohue
March 30
Josie Hill
LGBT DINNER Robert Reister and Ana Tampanna are hosting
a potluck dinner for LGBT members and visitors at their home on
Sunday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m. Anyone interested in Open and
Affirming in the UCC is invited to attend.
CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY GIFT OF THE MONTH: Laundry Detergent
ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING The offering for One Great
Hour of Sharing will be taken up on March 14. So far this
year, we have received $1760 for the Haiti Relief fund. Last
year we received $1678 for OGHS. Brochures and envelopes will
be distributed during the first two weeks of March.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CLASSES
Preschool and Elementary classes
Each of these classes will be using UCC Lectionary
curriculum. Most weeks the lesson will follow the worship lessons
exactly. It is a wonderful way for parents and children to study
the scripture together, but in uniquely different ways. These
classes meet at the Worship Hour after the Children’s Time.
- Ages 3-5 will be located in the nursery. They will be doing
an arts-based curriculum from “Seasons of the Spirit.”
- Grades K-2 will be located in the Little Angels classroom
across from the nursery. This group will be studying an interactive
curriculum from Seasons of the Spirit.
- Grades 3-5 will be located in the first class on the right as
you enter the church. This class will be studying a thoughtful and
interactive curriculum by “Seasons of the Spirit.”
Youth Class
Youth (Grades 6-12) meet in the Irving Street house.
This class is a wonderful exploration of the Lectionary. We meet at
10:00 a.m. to discuss both Biblical and current events.
Adult Education Classes
- The Bible Study class meets in the Fellowship Hall
(right side) at 9:45 a.m.
- The Contemporary Spirituality Discussion class meets in the
Fellowship Hall (left side) at 10 a.m.
TUESDAY ANNOUNCEMENTS – announcements are sent by email on Tuesday.
If you would like to put an announcement in the email, send it by 9:00 a.m. Tuesday.
SUNDAY ANNOUNCEMENTS – Sunday announcements are sent by email on Friday afternoon and a “condensed” version will be used as an insert
in the Sunday bulletin in order to cut down on paper/copy costs. If you would like to put an announcement in the bulletin, email it by
9:00 a.m. Friday. Email announcements to Parkway UCC.
Worship, Celebrate Traditions, and Fellowship Service
Opportunities at Parkway UCC
-- Christmas Celebration Coordinator - This person or persons
will work with the Education Committee to help plan and
supervise our Christmas or Epiphany Celebration.
-- Maundy Thursday Service Meal Coordinator - This person or
persons will work with the Worship Committee to plan and
supervise the meal before the Maundy Thursday Service.
-- Easter Potluck Breakfast Coordinator - This person or
persons will work with the Nurture Committee to plan and
supervise the Easter Potluck Breakfast.
-- Summer Fling Potluck Coordinator - This person or persons
will work with the Nurture Committee to plan and implement the
Summer Fling/Ice Cream Social.
-- Fall Retreat Coordinator - This person or persons will work
with the Nurture Committee to plan and implement the Fall
Retreat.
Contact Janice Nelligan,
Nurture Committee Chair, for details on the above service
opportunities. Phone 778-0866.
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