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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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