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The Good News
First Congregational United Church of Christ
314 West Maumee Angola, Indiana April 2015
Holy Week services
On Sunday we will have our Palm/Passion
Worship at 10 a.m. with the distribution of
palms and the scriptures that tell the story of
Jesus’ final week.
Then on Thursday at 7 p.m. we will have our
traditional Maundy Thursday Worship with
Holy Communion as we mark Jesus’ last Passo-
ver meal with his closest friends.
On Friday, April 3, we will host the Commu-
nity Good Friday Service in our sanctuary at
noon. This service will be led by ministers and
laypeople from several churches.
Plan to attend these Holy Week services to
help prepare you for the joy of Easter morning.
Easter morning opportunities
Sunrise Service: On Sunday, April
5, join us at 7:30 a.m. for an outdoor
Easter Sunrise Service on Ball Lake!
Gary and Sally VandenElst will host
the service; take a lawn chair and wear warm
clothes. Maps are on the Information Table.
Pancake Breakfast: Join us in Fellowship Hall
for a pancake breakfast from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on
Easter morning.
Easter Worship: We will
worship at 10 a.m. and this
service will include the cele-
bration of Holy Commun-
ion.
There will be no Coffee
Hour following worship.
From the Pastor’s Screen
Soup & Study to begin
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Beginning at noon on Tuesday, April 21, I will begin a weekly Soup & Study at Cahoots.
Each week, we will be looking at the lectionary text for the next Sunday. This not only helps me
with sermon preparation but will hopefully also help folks who participate to listen to the ser-
mon in a different way.
We will have some soup (or whatever you want to order!) followed by a discussion and be
done by 1 p.m. If you are able to take a lunch hour and join us, please do! On April 21 the lec-
tionary texts for the following Sunday are John 10:11-18, Acts 4:5-12, and I John 3:16-24.
On another note ... As we approach the end of Lent and move into Holy Week ... I hope
your journey has been meaningful and that you perhaps tried one of the six Christian Practices
from the book, Streams of Living Water by Richard J. Foster, to deepen your Lenten experience.
The six streams Foster works with in the book are Social Justice, Evangelical, Charismatic, Holi-
ness, Contemplative and Incarnational. Each of these has been explained on the back of our
worship bulletins over the past six weeks. All of them are important and Foster says the best life
keeps all of these in balance so that we are able to follow the way of Jesus in our daily lives.
In her book, An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor suggests an even simpler practice:
paying attention. Paying attention so that you have reverence for your own life and the life
around you. She offers this practice so that we can deepen our spiritual lives ... simply by notic-
ing the beautiful night sky, the marvelous sunset, the deer in the fields, the blossoms on spring
flowers ... and then give thanks to the Creator of all that is. At base, this is simple gratitude, per-
haps the most important spiritual practice of all.
Blessings,
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Links from the Prayer Chain
O God, we pray this day:
for all who have a song they cannot sing,
for all who have a burden they cannot bear,
for all who wander homeless and cannot return,
for those who are sick and for those who tend them,
for those who wait for loved ones
and wait in vain,
for those who live in hunger
and for those who will not share their bread,
for those who are misunderstood
and for those who misunderstand,
for those who are captives and for those who are captors,
for those whose words of love are locked within their hearts
and for those who yearn to hear those words.
Have mercy upon these, O God.
Have mercy upon us all. - Ann Weems
Cahoots’ campaign underway
Cahoots has until June to raise $20,000
that will be matched, dollar-for-dollar by the
Dekko Foundation!
This match requires first time donors so
please, if you have never donated to Cahoots,
think about donating now!
Cahoots continues to offer FAME in our
building, an after-school enrichment pro-
gram for middle school students, in conjunc-
tion with the Steuben County Literacy Coali-
tion as well as Tell It Like It Is, facilitated by
Crystal Havins, MSW.
Cahoots is now offering 3 MRT classes,
facilitated by Barb Bryan, John French,
Pam Feller, Crystal Havins, Phil Myers and
Dick Wolford, all of whom are trained in
Moral Reconation Training.
Cahoots remains a safe place for youth
where caring adults are always available for
tutoring or just talking.
Please con-
sider supporting
our wonderful
youth ministry!
2 - Maundy Thursday Worship 7 p.m.
3 - Community Good Friday service noon
5 - Sunrise service 7:30 a.m. VandenElst’s
- Easter Breakfast 8:30-9:30 a.m. Fellowship
- Easter Worship 10 a.m.
7 - Men’s breakfast 8 a.m. Timbers
8 - ‘Out-of-the-Bible’ Study 9 a.m.
- Bell Choir/Chancel Choir 5:45 7 p.m.
9 - Women’s Book Study 4 p.m. Pastor’s office
10 - Prayer group 9 a.m. Cahoots
11 - Women In Black 10 a.m. Courthouse
- Write Tribe 11 a.m. Cahoots
12 - Worship 10 a.m.
- Council meets 11:30 a.m.
15 - ‘Out-of-the-Bible’ Study 9 a.m
- Bell Choir/Chancel Choir 5:45 7 p.m.
17 - Prayer group 9 a.m. Cahoots
18 - Road Rally TBA
19 - Worship 10 a.m.
21 - Men’s breakfast 8 a.m. Timbers
22 - ‘Out-of-the-Bible’ Study 9 a.m.
- Bell Choir/Chancel Choir 5:45 7 p.m.
23 - Women’s Book Study 4 p.m. Pastor’s office
- Families of Inmates group 6 p.m.
24 - Prayer group 9 a.m. Cahoots
26 - Worship 10 a.m.
29 - ‘Out-of-the-Bible’ Study 9 a.m.
- Bell Choir/Chancel Choir 5:45 7 p.m.
Upcoming
9 - Plant sale
12 - Council meets
17 - Bi-annual Meeting
Calendar Markers
About the Community
Our sympathies are extended to Cecil Fugate, whose mother Nora Black passed away on February 2, and
also to Lynn Syler, whose mother Bonnie Foster died March 20.
In the Hospital … Adam Garza.
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Happy April Birthdays & Anniversaries
3 - Cathy Covell
4 - Walt Lilley
6 - Katie Brian
10 - Jana Olson
11 - Deb Miller
13 - Larry Watkins
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14 - Aaron Lloyd
21 - Tom Sagendorf
22 - Cheryl Myers
24 - Christina Krueckeberg
25 - Dick Powers
28 - Kim Couch
28 - Art Eberhardt
Volunteer Schedule for April
Date Liturgist Greeters Children's Sermon
Apr 05 Marty Diller Greg & Kathleen Burns Michelle Olson
Apr 12 Jim McEntarfer Joe & Linda Driver Celia Motz
Apr 19 Lois McEntarfer Steve & Betsy Eyrich Vicki Harris
Apr 26 Lynn Simons Michelle Olson, Kevin Burnell Rita Lechleidner
Date Usher Refreshments Counter
Apr 05 Ralph McDowell Easter Breakfast Gary VandenElst
Apr 12 Ralph McDowell Marj & Walt Lilley Cheryl Myers
Apr 19 Ralph McDowell OPEN Marge Mueller
Apr 26 Ralph McDowell Krueckebergs Gayle Newton
UCC Goes Across Angola …
Treasure hunt coming soon!
Watch for updates!
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Women’s Book Study will meet on Thursday
April 9 & 23 at 4 p.m. in Pastor
Deb’s office. Join us as we con-
tinue our discussion of Barbara
Brown Taylor’s book, An Altar
in the World.
News in Brief
Women’s Book Study
Men’s Breakfast group
The Men’s Breakfast
group will meet on April
7 & 21. All men are invit-
ed to these informal
gatherings on the first
and third Tuesdays of
each month at 8 a.m. at
Timbers. Questions? Contact Ron Hays.
Join us for our “Out-of-the-
Bible” Study, which meets on
Wednesdays at 9 a.m., in Fellow-
ship Hall! We are currently read-
ing Barbara Brown Taylor’s An
Altar in the World.
Women in Black
Women in Black will stand on
Saturday, April 11, in front of the
courthouse.
Folk are invited to gather from
10-11 a.m. and stand in protest of
war and domestic violence. WIB is
an international movement to end all forms of
violence.
The Friday Morning Prayer
Group meets each Friday at 9 a.m.
at Cahoots.
Friday Prayer Group
On Sunday, March 15, we wel-
comed Barbara Lotter and
Bradford Wade into our church
family.
Barb is a “cradle” member of the UCC, most
recently at Salem UCC, Fort Wayne. She is a
pharmacist and now lives in Angola.
Brad lives in Reading, MI and spent the past
six years caring for his father prior to his death.
New members welcomed!
‘Out-of-the-Bible’ Study
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Church Council met on Sunday, March 8, and the following items
were among those discussed/approved/reported:
A security plan will be developed for our building; Judy will be asked
to contact other churches and the national setting to see what’s
already available;
Pastor Deb reported that two people will join the church on
March 15;
Dave Syler reported that he had sent out final letters for the Capital Campaign, which is now
officially ended;
Council approved an additional week of vacation for Pastor Deb. She now has five weeks;
Kim Couch announced that she is planning a lock-in for the youth.
Our next meeting will be Sunday, April 12 following worship.
Complete minutes and financial reports are available in the church office.
Church Council highlights
Pinwheels for Prevention
On Sunday, April 12, colorful pinwheels will begin ap-
pearing all over downtown Angola as a part of Pinwheels for
Prevention - a way to mark Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Later in the week - on Friday, April 17 - the Department
of Children’s Services will partner with Cahoots for a can-
dlelight vigil walk - from Cahoots to the Courthouse - begin-
ning at 7:30 p.m.
There will be a reception at Cahoots following the vigil
sponsored by Steuben County Mental Health; the Trine Uni-
versity jazz band will be playing.
Mark your calendars now!
First Congregational United Church of Christ
314 West Maumee
Angola, Indiana 46703
The Reverend Deborah Davis, Pastor and Teacher
Rita Lechleidner, Licensed inister
Lynn Syler, Director of Music
Judy Goodrow, Office Manager & Ministerial Intern
Michael Eyster, Moderator
E-mail Judy at angolaucc@frontier.com
E-mail Pastor Deb at revdebdavis@aol.com
Our web site is www.angolaucc.org
Telephone us as 260-665-9362
Fax us at 260-668-1082
God is still speaking,
First Congregational United Church of Christ, as an inclusive and caring Christian
community, welcomes into its full life and ministry persons of every race, ethnic back-
ground, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, criminal
history and faith background. As we serve those within our church family, the
community and the world in the name of Jesus Christ, we celebrate each person’s
uniqueness and look forward to the gifts they bring to us.
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