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Shenkel Newsletter April 2014TRANSCRIPT
Shenkel United
Church of Christ
SHARINGS AND CONCERNS
April 2014
SHENKEL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
1580 Shenkel Road
Pottstown PA 19465
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
Shenkel United Church of Christ’s “The NEWSLETTER” is a monthly publication prepared, edited, and mailed by the leadership and staff to all members and friends of the church. It communicates news about our life, purpose, and mission as a Church of Jesus Christ. Information related to our partnership as a member of the United Church of Christ and wider church/community out-reach is included on a regular basis. The Church is located at Unionville & Shenkel Roads in North Coventry Township.
April 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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Church office is closed today
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Community Lunch Bunch: 11:30 AM Board of Chris-tian Ed: 7 PM
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Communion Youth Meeting after late wor-ship
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Home School Co-Op
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Quilters: 9:30 AM Consistory Meet-ing: 7 PM
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Easter Egg Hunt after worship
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Home School Co-Op
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Mid-Day Dinner Club: Noon at Lily’s Grill in Pottstown
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Wor Worship at 7 M
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Community Walk: 10 :30 AM in Pottstown
Worship at 7 PM
Vigil begins im-mediately after worship
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Easter Vigil ends at noon
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Easter Break-fast: 9:30 AM
No Sunday School
Communion
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Home School Co-Op
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Quilters: 9:30 AM
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Card Making Class: 10 AM Music and Wor-ship Meeting: 7 PM
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Family Movie Night: 6 PM
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Holy Humor Sunday
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Home School Co-Op
Community Meal: 11:30 at Christ Episco-pal Church in Pottstown
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1580 Shenkel Road, Pottstown PA 19465 610.326.3535
Email: [email protected] www.shenkelucc.org
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The Pastor’s Pen Pastor Bonnie L. Moore
484.524.8280
Office Hours:
Tues., Wed., Thurs.
9 AM to 1 PM
CONSISTORY
OFFICERS
President
Lynne Moyer
Vice President
Chris Gray
Secretary
Bill Faust
Treasurer
Ken Bevan
Financial Secretary
Chris Gray
Assistant Financial
Secretaries
Doug Allen
Judy Embriani
Interim Director of
Music Ministry
Susan Royer
Elders
Sherri Mocarski
Bill Faust
Chris Gray
Rick Viti
Deacons
Lynne Moyer
Aaron Gray
Andrew Foss
Ann Hartzell
Newsletter Editor: Judy Embriani Assistant Editors: Bill Baseley, Erika Augustine and Carol Lykens
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against
me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not
seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.”
- Matthew 18:21-22
We all know that Jesus regularly exhorted his followers to forgive, but if he ever taught
them exactly how they were to do that, that information (unfortunately) did not get re-
corded in the Bible.
Consequently, many of us find it hard to let go of anger and resentment – we’ve never
been taught how to do it! Sometimes we even believe that we have very good reasons
for not forgiving someone who has hurt us in the past. But forgiveness is not about deny-
ing or forgetting that something bad actually did happen, saying that it didn’t really mat-
ter, giving up on our values, or opening prison doors for people who have demonstrated
that they are not safe to have in society. Forgiveness is not about whether “they” deserve
to be forgiven.
Forgiveness is about whether we want to be free of resentment and live instead enfolded
in the reality of God’s unconditional love.
Join us on the Sundays after Easter as we learn how to forgive in response to the love and
forgiveness shown to us in the death and resurrection of the One who challenged us to
forgive “seventy-seven” times!
Be God’s,
Pastor Bonnie
What in God’s name is going on at Shenkel UCC?
Save Sunday, June 8, to find out! On that day, we will be engaging in an all-church
Appreciative Inquiry Summit with the goal of discovering and growing the life-giving
qualities of Shenkel UCC. When we have a unified vision of "what in God's name is
going on here,” we will be better at enabling more of these Godly things to be done
and participated in.
The summit will be led by the Rev. Deborah Spink Winters and Pastor
Bonnie, and will begin with worship at 9:30. More details will be
shared in the weeks to come. Please plan to be part of this important
opportunity to help imagine the future God is calling Shenkel UCC to!
SHENKEL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST PAGE 4
4/6
Horace Ingram
Horace Ingram
NEED SPONSOR
NEED READERS
8:30 CUL:
???
10:45 CUL:
Andrew Foss
4/13
Palm Sunday
NEED SPONSOR
NEED SPONSOR
NEED SPONSOR
NEED READERS
8:30 & 10:45:
NEED USHERS
4/13
Maundy Thursday
7 PM CUL:
Lynne Moyer
4/20
Easter Sunday
NEED SPONSOR
Gary and Sue
Stultz
NEED SPONSOR
NEED READERS
8:30 CUL:
Rick Viti
10:45 CUL:
Sherri Mocarski
4/27
Lynne Moyer
NEED SPONSOR
NEED SPONSOR
NEED READERS
8:30 & 10:45:
NEED USHERS
“Flours” is a collection of pantry items or a monetary donation of
your discretion to the Cluster. If a cash donation to the Cluster is
made, a wheat arrangement will be placed on the altar. Altar
flowers are $30.00 and bulletin dedications are $6.50. Food Sculp-
tures are also gladly accepted.
You can also dedicate a Choir Anthem with a donation of
$30. With ever-increasing costs of choral music, this sponsorship
will help stretch our budget and continue to bring quality music
to Shenkel. Dedicate your anthem to someone special, an event in
your life, or just to the fact that you love music. Thank you for
this needed contribution to Shenkel. Blue envelopes are in the
Narthex for your sponsorships.
The are many dates open for sponsorship and dedication during
this and the upcoming months. Please complete one of the special
flower/bulletin/anthem envelopes below the sign-up chart, enclose
your payment, and either put it in the collection plate or in the Sec-
retary’s box by the office door. You should sign your name on the
chart in the narthex by the appropriate date after you have com-
pleted your envelope.
HOLY
COMMUNION
Shenkel UCC celebrates the
sacrament of Holy Commun-
ion at both services on the
first Sunday of each month.
This month, communion will also be served at
the Maundy Thursday service at 7 PM on April
17 and, of course, on Easter Sunday, April 20.
Each time communion is served, some of the
bread and non-alcoholic wine that has been con-
secrated at the altar will be saved in a traveling
communion kit, ready to go to the homes or
hospital rooms of members who were unable to
be present, and would like to receive the sacra-
ment. Please let Pastor Bonnie know if you, or
someone you know, would appreciate “distance-
communing” with their Shenkel Church family!
March Consistory Highlights….
Received a thank-you from the Cluster for sponsoring a hole for their golf
tournament (see details for the April 26 tournament elsewhere in this newsletter)
Approved an updated Fee Schedule for facilities use
Learned that interviews continue for the Director of Music Ministry position
Complete copies of Consistory Minutes are available from the church office upon request.
ADMINISTRATIVE NEWS…. PAGE 5
DO YOU HAVE NEWS FOR
THE BULLETIN OR THE
NEWSLETTER? Just a reminder that all bulletin an-
nouncements should be at the church office by each
Tuesday at noon to be included in that week’s bulletin.
Newsletter articles must be submitted by the 15th of
each month to be included in the next issue.
SAVE-A-TAPE
PROGRAM
This is the easiest way to help our
church financially. Just ask for a
Save-A-Tape card at the customer
service spot at your local Redner’s
store. Show your card at the regis-
ter when you check out, then bring your register tapes
to church and deposit them in the box in the Narthex.
These tapes are collected routinely, presented to the
store, and Redner’s donates a percentage of your total
purchase to the church.
Be careful to bring your tapes in regularly instead of
saving them at home, as they do expire if not re-
deemed within a certain time period. Also, please re-
turn the entire register tape. Redner’s will not accept
any register receipt that has any part of it removed.
Keep up the good work and thank you, Redner’s!
RECYCLING REMINDER….
We still accept aluminum cans at
the church for recycling. Please
continue to recycle your plastic
bottles and other recyclables at home.
PASTORAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE NEWS
The PRC will not be using a written questionnaire this year. In the early weeks of June a "Summit" will be held at Shen-kel. We hope this will provide a time for all of the members to become engaged and involved in our ministry. Please keep your eyes and ears open for more information concerning how we can all work together for the health of the church!
Congratulations to the Chester County Seeing Eye Puppy Club’s mini Calendar Contest winner....
JIMMY!!
This photo of Jimmy will be entered in The Seeing Eye
Calendar Contest. Jimmy is up against some cute
competition to see which top 12 pups make it as 2015
calendar pups! Visit www.seeingeye.org to see the
other “contestants” and to vote for our Jimmy!
PAGE 6 FOR YOUR INFORMATION….
Everyone is invited to join
the class at 9:30 a.m. in
the Social Hall.
Weekly program topics
TBA.
Hello Shenkel Families,
As a registered nurse, one of the greatest
needs in regards to healthcare is preven-
tion. Currently I have been at The Read-
ing Hospital for almost three years now, working the
weekends. Something new they are implementing is
personal goals that meet the organization’s pillars of
excellence in providing care to the community. I have
chosen to assist the Pottstown Senior Center with col-
lecting seventy-five toothbrushes and/or toothpastes
by the end of May. If anyone is interested in helping
out with this, it would be greatly appreciated. There
will be a collection basket located in the Narthex now
until the end of May.
Thank you so much!!!
Stephanie Viti
CAMPING
OPPORTUNITIES With the closing of Mensch Mill, the Penn Central Conference,
United Church of Christ, has graciously offered us the program
at Hartman Center Camp, Conference and Retreat Center as a
way to keep lifting up the importance of outdoor ministry for us
here at Shenkel. The Hartman Center offers weekly camping
sessions from June 15th through August 2nd with a variety of
specialty camps. They also offer discounted pricing for early
bird registration ($50 off camp fee if registered by April 1st.)
Please visit www.hartmancenter.com to check it out. Bro-
chures and registration forms are available at the church office.
And as always, Shenkel will reimburse campers from Shenkel
50% of the registration fee from our Campership Fund.
COMING UP….
6th Annual COVENTRY
WOODS FESTIVAL
at CAMP FERNBROOK
Sunday, May 18, 2014 from 1:00 — 5:00 PM
North Coventry Township will be hosting the 6th An-
nual Coventry Woods Festival on Sunday May 18, from
1-5 PM at the Fernbrook Access of Coventry Woods,
1954 St. Peters Road, North Coventry. This festival is
designed to recognize and celebrate North Coventry
Township as a healthy community and healthy lands.
The event will include food, music , community dIs-
plays, games and the 6th annual Fernbrook Derby
Goat Race. Come, enjoy a Spring day at Camp Fern-
brook. Shenkel UCC will have a table at the festival to
spread the word about our church. We
need volunteers to man the table for 1
hour shifts. Please call the church office
at 610-326-3721 if you can help.
Fellowship Happenings:
There are a number of events that the fellowship
Committee has planned for the year. For April
– here is what we have planned:
April 20, 2014 – we will hold the annual Easter
Breakfast between the two services. Please bring a
breakfast casserole or breakfast food item to
share. Coffee, tea, juice and milk will be provided.
The breakfast will start at 9:30 a.m. until 10:30
a.m. So if you come to the early service you can
eat before you leave church or if you are going to the late ser-
vice, come early and have breakfast, then go to church.
April 26, 2014 – Family Movie Night. We are planning
a family night at the movies right here at Shen-
kel. For refreshments, we will have popcorn,
candy and soda – just like at the movie theater.
The movie will start at 6:00 p.m. so if you want a
good seat come early and bring your friends!!
As a Fundraiser – we will be having a Rada Knife Sale. This is
the time to get a good knife, plus lots of other things. See Ruth
Klein or Louise Hine to place your order. All proceeds from
this fundraiser will go to the Church.
We have lots of other fun events planned, so check out future
Newsletters for this information. Mother’s Day celebration and
Ice Cream Social are just a few!!
Louise Hine
Chair, Fellowship Committee
SHENKEL LOVES TO GIVE….
REMEMBER
TOO…. The Pottstown Cluster
Food Bank collection
at Shenkel is the 1st Sunday of each month. Please
place your items in the large plastic bins in the nar-
thex.
AND...Please bring in your used cell phones and empty
ink cartridges and place them in the box
across from the nursery, or
in the box located on the
coat rack shelf across from the office. The
cartridges are recycled to Staples, and the
church receives credits toward the purchase of office
supplies. The used cell phones are given to the police
department to be distributed to abused women.
Pottstown Cluster News –
April 2014
The Cluster welcomes all cash, food and
clothing donations between the hours of
8:30 am to 12:00 pm on Monday through
Friday. We are located at 57 North Franklin Street in
Pottstown. Please come to the back door off the alley.
Parking spaces at the rear of the building are reserved
for people dropping off donations.
Pantry Needs : paper towels, laundry detergent
(small containers), all-purpose cleaners, dish soap,
toothpaste, toilet paper.
Starting this year, one of the many goals for the Potts-
town Cluster of Religious Communities is to reach out
to more of our community members to keep them
more informed and up to date on all our programs, pro-
jects, fundraisers and needs. Your support, effort and
dedication has kept our doors open to serve the resi-
dents of Pottstown.
However, the Pottstown Cluster continues to grow,
serving more clients, developing new programs and
directing those in need to the necessary resources to
help move to self-sufficiency. To reach these heights of
development our support needs to increase.
UP3 Program (formerly Getting Ahead) will be
starting their third session next month.
Your Way Home – is a new housing resource cen-
ter located at the Cluster to help prevent and end
homelessness
6,900 families were served food; 548,000
pounds of food were distributed; 18,700 plates
were served by Community Meals; 21,600 hours
were dedicated by volunteers in 2013
Already this year 2014 – 2,333 individuals were dis-
tributed groceries!
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The Special Offerings for
April are:
April 6 Phoebe Ministries
April 17 — Maundy Thursday:
Our Church’s Wider Mission
April 18 — Good Friday: Prisoner Visitation Support
April 29 — Easter Sunday: Pottstown Cluster
B.I.T.E!
We’re halfway through the Appeal (which ends at the end of June) and we’re halfway towards elimi-nating the Current Fund deficit, thanks to the many people who have “gone the second mile” to help put “B.O.B.” (our Basic Operating Budget) back on solid ground! Thank you if you have already con-tributed, but if you haven’t, contributions will
be gratefully received through June.
And – at least as of March 15th – the PRIZE is still unclaimed! It will be awarded to the first person who correctly guesses what the acro-nym B.I.T.E! stands for. Here’s the latest clue: one of the words is a preposition. Mail,
email, or call in your guesses, and good luck!
YTD Current Fund O.C.W.M
Actual
No report this month. Budget
Over/
Under
BULLETIN BOARD…. PAGE 8
Mid-Day Dinner Club
Shenkel's Mid-day Dinner Club meets at 12 noon on
the third Tuesday of each month – and you’re invited
to join us! The next meeting date is Tuesday, April
15, and we’ll be eating at Lily’s Grill in Pottstown.
Yummy!
Mid-day Dinner Club is open to young-at-heart adults
of any age who enjoy eating out
and would like to get to know
other Shenkel members a little
better. Call the church office if
you’re able to join us!
SHENKEL QUILTERS
The Shenkel Quilters will meet in
April on Tuesday the 8th and the
22nd at 9:30 AM in the Church
Social Hall. HAPPY SPRING everyone!
Margie Allen
CARD MAKING CLASS
The card making class usually
meets on the third Thursday of
each month at 10 AM. This
month, because of Maundy
Thursday, the meeting will be
moved to the next week, April 24. The cost of the
class is $8.00 which will provide all participants
with three beautiful cards.
To insure there will be enough materials prepared
for everyone, please call Connie Armbruster at
610-326-6516 if you plan to attend.
Hope to see you on April 24th!
COME ONE, COME ALL….
FOR: Lunch,* fellowship and an interesting program.
For our April event, Gretchen Hardy, author and histo-
rian, will be here to speak about the history of our local
Native Americans. Come and learn about the fascinat-
ing people who called Pennsylvania home.
WHEN: Thursday, April 3
from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Shenkel UCC’s Fellowship Hall
1580 Shenkel Rd
Pottstown, PA 19465
*All participants are asked to contribute $6.50 to cover the cost of the lunch and the program. Please sign up on the sheet in the narthex, or call the Shenkel UCC church office at 610-326-3535 by the Monday prior to the pro-gram to reserve your spot.
For more information please call Ruth Klein
at 610-326-4520
COMMUNITY
LUNCH BUNCH
April 3, 2014
JUST SO YOU KNOW…. The last Sunday for two services
this season will be June 1st. We
will have our all church picnic that
day as well. Mark you calendars
so we can kick off the warm weather with some
good food, fun and fellowship. Watch for more
information in upcoming bulletin announce-
ments and the May Newsletter.
Come for the Youth Group hosted Easter Egg Hunt on Palm Sunday, after 10:45 ser-vice. Bring a basket to collect eggs. Games and activities for all ages! Please sign up on the sheet in the narthex so we have an estimated count of attendance. A small Lunch will be provided. Thanks, Sam Pennell
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STEWARD’S CORNER
Hello Judy,
Here's your cute little mouse, ready to accommodate your need for news around Shenkel church to prepare and share in the monthly newsletter. The month goes fast, and it's time to do it again. I see you working hard in the office, and I think you do a terrific job for the pastor and the people who make up the congregation. So I like to help you by sending an article in time for your deadline.
These are good people who are members of this church. I see so many of them working in the kitchen for special occasions, people coming to meetings to help plan for some of the
activities here. I see some teaching in Sunday school classes, for adults and for children. I hear a group practicing and performing special music to share at the Sunday worship services. Then there's the Youth Group, involved in many activities to enrich the life of the church.
That's what it's all about...people working together, worshiping together, sharing in the work of God. I want to be part of the work of God, too. So I'm writing this article, to help Judy in her work, and to help all of you who are the people of Shenkel Church, to share in the work of God.
Cute Little Mouse, STEWARD
P.S. I got a call from someone named "BOB." Don't forget to share some of your money to help pay
whatever it takes to continue God's work. They call that "good stewardship."
Healing prayers are offered
on the third Sunday of each
month at both services of
worship.
The Prayer Chain list is continually
being updated. Request for prayers
should be placed in the prayer box in
the Narthex, or get in touch with any
member of the Wholeness Commit-
tee. If anyone has a special prayer
request, or is interested in minister-
ing on the Prayer Chain, please con-
tact Freda Wanner. Prayer requests
will be carried for one month.
Members of the
Wholeness Com-
mittee are Ann
Baccari, Ted
Gray, Tootie and
Louise Hine,
June Hartung,
Carol Stubbe and
Freda Wanner.
Holy Humor Sunday –
April 27th
Join us for joy-filled worship on
the first Sunday of Easter as we
celebrate “Risus Pachalis” (Easter
laughter) in celebration of the su-
preme joke God played on the
powers of sins and death – the
resurrection of Christ! Bring your Easter joy, your skeptical
friends and neighbors, your sense of humor and your favorite
jokes to share (er – at least the G-rated ones!) as we rejoice in
that foundational belief of our faith: Christ is risen! Christ is
risen indeed! Alleluia!
SAVE THE DATE Friday, August 22, 2014
Reading Fightin Phils vs. Erie Seawolves
Game Time: 7:05 PM
Keep this date open to help Shenkel cheer
on our Reading Phillies. As usual, we will have bus transporta-
tion provided, leaving the church at 5:15 PM. We have 25 seats
reserved and the ticket price is $10. Watch for more information
and a sign-up sheet in the narthex. Please see Barb Burhans
with any questions.
Dear Shenkel Faith Family,
I want to thank you on behalf of our entire family (the
Dietz, Craner, and Bracken family members) for your
overwhelming love and support in the wake of my Sister,
Tanya's death, and my Mother, June's recent death. Your
prayers, your cards, your e-mails, your text messages, and your phone messages
have sustained us (and continue to sustain us) through this time of grieving. I
also want to thank everyone who was so kind to prepare and to transport
meals to my Dad and Mom, as Mom made her journey toward eternity while
at home, aided by hospice. A thank you to Pastor Bonnie for special care sup-
port, and for helping to set-up the meal schedule. I was deeply moved
by everyone's support shown at the Memorial Service for my Mom.
As I've shared so many times in the past, I could not imagine living without be-
ing a part of a faith community; all persons should have the experience of
knowing God's love through family connected in faith! It is indeed, a precious
gift! You are a precious gift!
Deep peace, hope, and love,
Wanda Craner, (for my Dad, and all of our family, too.)
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Please join us for our fourth annual tournament to benefit The Cluster Outreach Center and its mission to meet the basic human needs of persons within our community and help individuals make real progress in moving from dependence to productive self-sufficiency.
Who: Golfers! Men and Women, Experienced or Beginner
Where: Spring Hollow Golf Course, Spring City
When: Saturday, April 26, 2014
Time: Tee off at 1 PM
Format: Scramble/Shotgun start
Registration from 11:30 to 12:40
Shotgun start at 1:00 PM
Reception starts at 5PM
Dinner/Awards at 6PM
In addition to a great afternoon of golf, partici-pants and guests will be treated to some great musical entertainment by Jeff Kercher and some great anecdotes from Frank Lemaster, former all-pro linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles!
Registration fee ($110/golfer) includes golf, prizes, lunch, cocktail reception and dinner. Reception /dinner only tickets can be pur-chased for $35.
Visit www.pottstowncluster.org for informa-tion and/or registration.
04/01 Martin, Kelly
04/02 Painter, Kurt
04/03 Phillips, Celia
04/04 Trego, Bryan
04/06 Phillips, Gerald
04/07 White, James
04/10 KUTZ, SCOTT
04/10 Andrien, Judith
04/10 HOFF, DEBBIE
04/10 Rice, Mike
04/11 Rowe, Sandy
04/12 BURHANS, CRYSTAL
04/12 Stultz, Gary
04/12 Helmers, Taylor
04/12 Wanner, Julianne
04/14 YANNICK, JOSEPH
04/15 Rogers, Joshua
04/16 Sweinhart, Drew
04/16 Viti, Angeline
04/18 Hauze, Jennifer
04/20 Baseley, Carolyn
04/20 KUTZ, MARIE
04/21 Brown, Barbara
04/24 MARKLEY, ERIKA
04/24 Moyer, Mary Sue
04/24 KLINE, KAELYN
04/25 Hauze, Mark
04/26 KERLIN, FREDERICK
04/26 Metzger, Claire
04/26 BURHANS, TYLER KYAN
04/27 Pennell, Samantha
04/29 Laverty, Donald
SHARING WITH OUR CHURCH FAMILY AND FRIENDS…. PAGE 11
During the month of April, Shenkel will be praying for these randomly selected members and friends of our congregation:
4/6 Morgan Scharneck
Dawn Yocom
Josh Rice
Lori and Tom Klein
Elaine and Jim Bevan
4/13 Alyssa, Mike, Nick and Nate Rice
Ruth Adrien
Lindsey Martin
David Phillips
Linda, Andrew, Lexi, Brandon, Aaron,
Michael Foss and
Christina, Laura, Leslie and Mark Hauze
4/20 Amy, Craig, Nina and Anna Shenk
Sherri and Mark Dushanko
Kathy and Michael Iezzi
Gabriella Megni
Jill and Karl Hudick
4/27 Sheree and Rick Scheler
Jeff Luckenbach
Robin and Mike Martin
Taylor Murphy
Charlene Logan
April 13 Palm Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Come sing "Hosanna!" with the crowd and partici-
pate in this joyful celebration of Jesus’ arrival in
Jerusalem.
April 17 Maundy Thursday
7:00 p.m.
Please join us at 7 pm in the Social Hall to recall the events
of Holy Week. On this night, our Lenten journey will move
us from the company of the excited crowds that greeted Je-
sus in Jerusalem to a quiet gathering for Passover with
friends. Bring a cup or mug with you to this service –
you will take it back home filled with hope at the
conclusion of worship. Communion will be served.
April 18 Good Friday 10:30 a.m.
The Pottstown Community Good Friday Walk begins at 10:30 a.m. from the green between Zion’s UCC and Em-
manuel Lutheran on Hanover Street. Join us as we walk and pray for our community. Children, dogs and strollers
welcome!
Good Friday Service 7:00 p.m.
The journey continues as we experience the darkness that enveloped the world on the day of Jesus’ suffering and death on a cross. This service will begin at 7 pm in the sanctuary.
Good Friday Vigil
Immediately following the Good Friday Service, April 18th, the vigil begins, and ends on Saturday at
noon. This is a time of solitude and meditation. It is suggested that at least two people be present for one
hour all through the night. Materials will be provided on which to meditate, or you may bring your own
personal meditation to read. It is a time of quiet reflection. There is a sign up chart in the narthex for
people wishing to participate in the Vigil. If you cannot do it at the church, you can do it at home for the
specified times. If you would like more information, contact Barb Burhans or the church office.
April 20 EASTER SUNDAY
Come sing "Alleluia!" as we celebrate Christ’s victory over the grave, and are assured, once
more, that NOTHING can separate us from God’s love.
6:30 a.m. – Community Sunrise Service in the field across from Temple United Method-
ist Church at the intersection of Temple and Unionville Roads, Pottstown. Breakfast will be
served following the service – all are welcome!
Our 8:30 AM and 10:45 AM services of worship will include joyful, inspiring music, a celebratory message, and
Holy Communion. Refreshments will be served in Fellowship Hall between services. You are invited to bring a fin-
ger food to share. There will be no Sunday School that morning.
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