MADISON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

202 Broadway Trumpet Notes Madison, IN 47250 812-265-2952 March, 2018 email: [email protected]

Holy Week and Worship Services

Sunday, March 25—10 a.m. Worship

Wednesday, March 28—Noon Lenten Worship & Lunch at Hanover Methodist Church

Thursday, March 29—7 p.m. Communion &

Sunday, April 1 Easter Sunrise Service Clifty Falls State Park—7 a.m. Easter Worship—10 a.m.

Ministry Updates

Membership Ministry: The Membership Deacon Treasurer: The first few months of Ministry is soliciting volunteers to help plan and 2017 my sister, Sondie, had health issues. In coordinate a members and friends retreat at Pyoca her absence I started paying her bills for her. Camp and Retreat Center that was previously an- She was paying more house and car insurance nounced in the December 2017 newsletter. This than I was. Her policies had not changed from activity would focus on providing current AND po- our parents except in her name. There was no tential new members with a better understanding discount for multiple policies and the deducti- of the Presbyterian faith and the workings of our ble was set too low. We corrected this and various leadership positions and ministries/ saved over $600.00/year. In talking to Sandra’s committees at Madison Presbyterian Church. In- sister, she had done the same process with San- terested volunteers should contact Membership dra’s mom the previous year. She, too, saved Chair Tim Busching or Pastor Scott Hookey. over $600.00/year. Compounding this, I can only think of once in the last ten years my sister and/or parents had made a claim; with the low ACES’ first monthly brown bag lunch will ACES: deductible they saved maybe $400.00. They be held on Tuesday, March 13, at 1:00 p.m. in spent $6,000.00 in the ten years to save that Fellowship Hall. Pastor Scott Hookey will present a $400.00. program on . Everyone is welcome.

Technology Committee: Suggestions provid- The insurance companies never advised them ed by congregation members during the 2016 Cafe to make the logical changes. How many of the Conversations continue to be addressed during church members have maintained the same committee and Session meetings. One particular policies over the decades, spending money un- area that has generated ongoing discussion is our necessarily? We suggest you look at your poli- use of social media avenues to promote church ac- cies, get competitive quotes, make sure you are tivities and attract potential new members. buying house, auto and any other asset insur- ance at the same place and getting discounts on The Session has recently approved a proposal all for doing so. Do not waste from Pastor Hookey and the Membership Ministry money on low deductibles that were set dec- to solicit volunteers to form a Technology Commit- ades ago. tee, whose purpose would be to review our cur- rent social media outlets (our website and our Fa- If you need help, ask me or your Deacon. If that cebook page) and provide recommendations to potential $600.00 savings is not meaningful to make these outlets more effective. Additional out- you, donate it to the church or Deacons’ Fund. I lets such as Twitter and Instagram will also be ex- guarantee we can put it to good use. amined for possible utilization as we search for viable ways to interact with a larger audience.

This is a great opportunity for anyone with social media knowledge and skills to become an active participant in the life of our church. Anyone inter- Dan Smith ested in joining this committee should contact Ja- Deacon Treasurer net at the church office via telephone (812-265- 2952) or email ([email protected]).

PRAYER LIST

Congregation: Sharon Auxier, Don Clapham, Mary Louise Grimes, Tony Harrell, Bob and Pat Hughes, Al Huntington, Beth Orrill, Harriette Parton, Staci Torres, Greg Ziesemer.

Family and Friends: Steve Aldridge, Lester Auxier, Mike Baker (Mary Davee’s brother), Congratulations! Congratulations to DaShawn and Michelle Barlow, Lloyd Bell, Robert Black, Destiny Kelley on the birth of their son, Dextry Miles Killi- Carol Blasdel, Donna Bowman. Todd an Kelley. Dextry was born on Tuesday, February 13th, Bredenkamp, Connie Brink, Mike Brown, weighing in at 8 pounds, 13 ounces, and 21 inches long. Chris Browning, Michael Busching, Becky Chase, Mike Cope, Sherry Craddock, Susan DeLapp, Hilary Drake Kathy Dunn, Phillip Prayer Vigil: On Tuesday, March 6, from 6:00 – 7:00 Eades, Erik, Don Firth, Trish Frye, Jessica p.m., a prayer vigil will be held in our sanctuary. Church Garvey and family, Pat Goley, Jo Gray, Shirley members and friends, as well as the community, are invit- Griffith, Charles “Poogie” Grooms, Chuck Hale, ed to come to the sanctuary for a time of personal prayer Peggy Hans, Millie Harness, Ryker Harris, and reflection. A guided prayer sheet, candles for lighting Brittany Henry, Bob Hudson, Bill Hughes, and music will be included in the service. Helen Hunt, the family of the Rev. Lawrence Jackman, Jr. , James Jackson, Lois Jackson, Community Lenten Lunch Series: Curtis Jacobs, Brittney Johnson and family, Ruth Johnson, Vince Johnson and his wife March 7: Hanover United Methodist Church Mary Jean Woodburn, Kaya Kabota, Candy Kahn and family, Cathy Kish, Michael Sean March 14: Resurrection Lutheran Church Kugler, Paul Limato, Jeff Lineburg (Janet Castor’s brother), Steve Livingston, Terra March 21: Trinity United Methodist Church Louis, Jason Mace, Madison Correctional Facility and Madison State Hospital, Mary March 28: First Baptist Church – Madison McClure, Tabatha Melton, Gaye Mill, Jeanine Hill Moran, Gary and Geneva Napier, Muriel (All services start at noon.) Newcomb, Pam, Joy Parks, Wanda Payton, Frank Pearson, Nak Phok, Jennifer Poggel, Michelle Powers, Jim Render, Jim Risk, LAFFS: LAFFS will not meet in March in observance of Roberto, Cora Russell, Susan Schafer and the community Lenten luncheon service but will meet in family, Jeff, Janna and Rachel Schmidt, Ken April on the 4th. Details will follow. Looking forward, Schneider, Donna and Travis Smith and pencil in July 11th. Judith Glass has volunteered to make family, Jessica Smith, Laryssa Smith, Linda arrangements for the second Wednesday of July. There Spann, Therese Spence, Tiana Stockton and now are monthly hosts for April through December. family, Roy Stone, Jody Sullivan, Mary Lynn Summerfeld, Denver Taylor, Trey Taylor, the family and friends of Laura Ure, Doug Vaughn, Concert: The Madison Performing Arts Foundation is Peggy Voris and family, Buddy Waller, Warren pleased to present Celtica, a six-member Celtic/Irish (friend of Bob and Judith Glass), Jaye Weaver, band, in concert on Friday, March 23, at 7:00 p.m. at Tom Weber, Laurel Lyn Wiest, Sue Williams, Trinity Methodist Church. The concert is free, and the Nick Wyne. public is warmly invited to attend.

One Great Hour of Sharing Offering Lent is traditionally a season of fasting and prayer. During this time, Christians pay close attention to spiritual disciplines that deepen our understanding of what God is doing in our lives and in the world. As a church, we spend time together hearing about and praying for the ministries of compassion and justice done through our support of One Great Hour of Sharing.

Jesus’ ministry was among those who were most vulnerable. He preached good news to the poor and release to the captives. One Great Hour of Sharing helps us share this same good news to those same vulnerable people in our world today: those who are hungry, who are suffering from disaster, who are dealing with oppression in society.

I’d also like to invite you to visit the One Great Hour of Sharing website, (www.presbyterianmission.org/oghs) to find out more information on how your support of OGHS helps people all over the world, and offer prayers for the projects and people who receive them.

When I was living in Montana, through my middle school years and up to my first year of high school, my vision of my future self was as a trombonist. I enjoyed the band very much and was also fortunate to play the bass trombone in the Missoula Youth Symphony the year before I moved to Georgia. The repertoire this exceptional group of young musi- cians played left a lasting impression on me. Imagine my delight when I discovered that two of my more favorite works from this endeavor exist as organ transcriptions! I now find myself reclaiming these pieces, so formative in my musical development, as an organ- ist, responsible for the entirety of the musical texture, instead of as a trombonist, limited to some version of the bass line. Below are links to videos of the orchestral versions of each: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Festive Over- ture. I make no promises as to whether I’ll be able to get either or both of these learned for a worship service in the future, but it has given me profound joy to play through each of them again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbDYtAHTQoE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gDZTah8J2A

I hope you enjoy the linked videos.

You are in my prayers. Jonathan

Easter Lily Time

EASTER LILIES: Lilies this year will be $9.00 per plant. If you would like to order a lily in memory or in honor of a loved one, please fill out the form below. Place it, along with your payment, in an offering plate or leave it with Janet in the church office. The last day to order is Sunday, March 11. —————————————————————————— In memory of/in honor of: ______Number of plants ordered: ______Amount enclosed: ______Given by: ______Will take plant(s) home after Easter service: Yes _____ No _____ MINISTERING IN MARCH March Sunday Schedule

GATHERING MUSIC 4. Gregg Mayberry March 4 8:30 A.M. Adult Sunday School 11. Open 18. Greg Ziesemer 10:00 A.M. Worship/Communion Service 25. Jean Beaver Deacons’ Offering Children’s Sunday School USHERS 4. Jennifer Saroka and Bill Ohlendorf 11:00 A.M. Fellowship Hour 11. Libby Sheppard and Mary Davee 18. Brett Corbin and Crystal Dashiell ______25. Katie Mathews and Dan Smith March 11 8:30 A.M. Adult Sunday School LITURGISTS 4. Mike Dorsey 10:00 A.M. Worship Service 11. Dan Smith Children’s Sunday School 18. Jean Beaver 25. Don Clapham 11:00 A.M. Fellowship Hour Deacons’ Meeting GREETERS 4. Connie Huntington and Linda la Cour ______11. Dan Smith and Carole Hanson 18. Sheri Hookey and Connie Huntington March 18 8:30 A.M. Adult Sunday School 25. Bill Ohlendorf and Linda la Cour 10:00 A.M. Worship Service FELLOWSHIP HOUR HOSTS Deacons’ Minute 4. Fellowship Committee Children’s Sunday School 11. Larry and Valecia Crisafulli and Ron and Marlene Bateman 11:00 A.M. Fellowship Hour 18. Open Worship Ministry Meeting 25. Open

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March 25 8:30 A.M. Adult Sunday School

10:00 A.M. Worship Service Children’s Sunday School

11:00 A.M. Fellowship Hour

MPC Rotating Prayer Calendar

Week of March 4 Keith and Mary Beth Cullens Lucy 1. Carole Hanson Kirk and Debbie Mayberry Betty King 2. Kevin Carlson, Zach Ricketts, Allie Strandmark Week of March 11 3. Gunner la Cour Shannon Glass Carole Hanson 5. Richard Hoover Linda and Rick la Cour 7. Janet Rhodes Lucy la Cour 8. Al Huntington Week of March 18 15. Andy Ward Dianna Terry 16. Libby Sheppard Yvonne Ward 18. Shari Vaughn Andrew Ward Sam and Matt 21. Laurie Dorsey

23. Jacob Cook Week of March 25 24. Julie Curtis Alicia and Zach Ricketts Elsie Marie and Henry 25. Jonathan Stanley Ashley Reardon Eric Newman 27. Michael Joyce 28. Alex Adams, Emily Grier

29. R.J. Brown, Ginger Hernandez 30. Dick McCracken

Daylight Savings Time! A reminder 31. Keith Cullens to turn your clocks ahead Sunday, March 11th. Happy st. Patrick’s day March 17th

LENTEN AND EASTER HISTORY (Compiled in 2005 by Joyce Ashbrook of the Adult Christian Ed Ministry)

The Easter cycle is divided into three parts:  Lent – a preparation of our Lord’s Passion  – includes Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, , and  Easter Sunday – the week following is called “Week of Renewal” because of the great restoration accomplished by the Resurrection

LENT The name Lent comes from the Anglo-Saxon “lenction,” meaning “spring” or “vernal feast.” Lent, as prac- ticed through the centuries, is not taught in the New Testament. Although some of the early church Fathers affirmed that Lent was of apostolic origin, the New Testament is silent as to a specific Lenten period. At first, its duration was short and very severe and appears to have been confined to the forty hours between the time of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. Gradually, the period of fasting increased until it became forty days. The forty-day fast, which does not include Sundays, begins forty-six days before Easter on and ends on the Saturday before Easter Sunday.

There are several reasons for the forty-day season –-to commemorate the forty-day fast of Jesus in the de- sert after his baptism and before the beginning of the public ministry, to commemorate the forty days Mo- ses spent on Mount Sinai, the forty years wandering, or the forty hours Jesus was in the tomb.

Do you know: 1. The Lenten hymn, “Lord, who throughout these forty days for us didst fast and pray. . . “ (1898) is a po- em by Claudia F. Hernaman and was first published in her Child’s Book of Praise in 1973? It is on page 166 in our hymnal.

Lent is a time of repentance and prayer. This annual feast was recognized by the Nicean Council in 325 A.D. The early church is said to have stressed penitence rather than fasting. However, during the medieval period, rules for abstinence became strict. Today, fasting is more nominal than real. Supposedly, the Len- ten observance in its present form dates from the ninth century.

Do you know: 1. “Dies Cinerum” is the Latin name for Ash Wednesday? For nearly a thousand years, the first day of Lent has been known as Ash Wednesday. Prior to that time, it was called the “Beginning of the Fast.”

2. The use of ashes as a symbol of repentance is a ceremony of great antiquity and was first used for those doing public penance and later applied to all penitents?

HOLY WEEK

Holy Week celebrates the last days in the life of Christ and retells those events that have had particular sig- nificance in shaping the Christian religion.

Palm Sunday commemorates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.

Do you know: 1. Early Christians did not observe Palm Sunday until about the fourth century? Monday and Tuesday are not considered major feasts. Monday is thought to be the day that Jesus cleansed the temple of moneychangers; Jesus spent the rest of that day preaching and healing. To Tuesday is ascribed the incident between Jesus and the Pharisees when the latter tried to trap him into making a blasphemous statement; on the same day he talked to his disciples on Mount of Olives about the destruction of Jerusalem and the signs of the last day, the day Judas agreed to show the chief priests where they could capture Jesus.

Maundy Thursday arose from the incident of Christ’s washing the feet of his disciples and his command to them to follow his example, as told in John 13. This meal, partaken by Christ and his disciples, was the initiation of the Lord’s Supper.

Good Friday commemorates Christ’s suffering and crucifixion. At first, Christians had no special ceremonies for this occasion, but later it became an independent feast.

Do you know: 1. Good Friday is a legal holiday in England and Ireland and, also, in some of our states?

2. A food long connected with Good Friday is the hot cross bun? For the early Christians, the buns were flat and unleavened in imitation of the Passover bread eaten by Jesus. Later they were made from the same dough used in making the Host. The buns and bread baked on Good Friday were thought to contain many virtues.

Holy Saturday today is primarily a Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican observance. It commemorates the day Christ rested in the tomb, the only day of his ministry that he was not alive and present with friends.

Do you know: 1. Holy Saturday is observed with special ceremonies in some localities? In the United States, an unusual observance takes place, the annual “Blessing of the Animals,” which started several decades ago at a church in Los Angeles.

EASTER Easter Sunday honors Christ’s resurrection. Though the Feast of Easter was well established by the second century, among early Christians there was some controversy about when Easter should be ob- served. Christ rose on the first day of the week at the time of the Jewish Passover. The Jewish converts to Christianity celebrated Easter on the same date as the Passover. The Gentile converts, however, wanted the date to fall upon a Sunday. The matter was settled at the Church Council at Nicea in 325 A.D.

At first, the Protestants in the United States did not have any special rites for Easter. Not until the period of the Civil War did the message and meaning of Easter begin to be expressed as it had been in Europe.

After so many men died in the Civil War and homes were in mourning, ministers tried to comfort the fami- lies by conducting suitable services at this time. The Presbyterian Church is said to have taken the lead in this movement.

Do you know: 1. The first Easter sunrise meeting in the United States took place at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1741?

2. The famous “first” sunrise service in the United States was held on Mount Rubidoux in 1909 and was inspired by Theodore Roosevelt and Jacob Riis, a philanthropist? About one hundred persons attended.

3. It is said that egg rolling became popular based on the idea of rolling away the stone from Christ’s tomb?

4. It took an imported flower to promote the custom of the Easter lily for decoration? Suitable lilies in the United States bloom in the early summer and must be forced under hothouse conditions to flower earlier. A Mrs. Sargent brought the Bermuda, or white trumpet, lily bulbs from Bermuda to Philadelphia where it was accepted quickly, becoming the mainstay of Easter floral arrange- ments.

5. Many Easter songs date from the later Middle Ages? Newer hymns have been written in the past few centuries by Charles Wesley (1739) and John Mason Neale (1859), among others. More recent Easter hymn writers include Donald Fishel (1973) and Mary Jackson Cathey (1986).

Alleluia! Christ is risen!

Sources: All About American Holidays The Book of Religious Holidays and Celebrations Celebrations: The Complete Book of American Holidays The Easter Book Easter Garland The Lenten Sourcebook

Financial Report January 2018

Pledged $ 9,340.00

Unpledged $ 463.00

Restricted Funds Kroger Rewards $ 29.42

Subtotal $ 9,832.42

Banking Interest $ 2.81 Investment Interest $ 750.73 Subtotal $ 753.54

TOTAL INCOME $ 10,585.96

Personnel $ 7,809.25 Insurance $ 632.38 Office & Admin $ (1,104.76) Mission $ 185.68 Christian Ed Building & Grounds $ 3,136.97 Fellowship $ 148.25 Finance $ (248.00) Membership Worship $ 71.00 TOTAL EXPENSES $ 10,630.77

NET $ (44.81)

January Cash Positions General $ 59,576.25 Capital $ 27,818.40 Youth $ 2,683.73 $ 21,643.62

A huge thank you goes to everyone who has paid towards your por- tion of the Per Capita $1,323.00 was received in January!