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Thu 3/3 |
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Deacons |
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Sat 3/5 |
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Handbells |
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Sun 3/6 |
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Worship/Communion Scrip Orders Taken Pancake Supper |
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Wed 3/9 |
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Ash Wednesday Worship at Heritage
Presbyterian |
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Thu 3/10 |
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Worship & Music |
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Sat 3/12 |
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Handbells Daylight Savings Time |
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Sun 3/13 |
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Worship |
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Fri 3/18 |
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Staff Meeting Daylight Drivers Dinner & Talent Show |
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Sat 3/19 |
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Handbells |
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Sun 3/20 |
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Worship/Messenger Deadline Session |
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Sat 3/26 |
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Handbells |
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Sun 3/27 |
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Worship Milw. Area Handbell Festival at |
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Thu 3/31 |
TBA |
Special Presbytery Meeting at
Faith Pres. In |
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On-Going
Events at Play & Learn Extended Care Monday thru Friday Play & Learn Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 4th Monday – Health Department Immunization Clinic |
March 2011
Keeping in Touch
The liturgical season of Lent begins this month. If you ask people what they associate with Lent, many of them might think of giving things up. However, as Meda Stamper wrote, “the Lenten texts suggest that what we are called to give up are distractions that may make it harder for us to set out properly on the journey with Jesus, harder to see the treasures on the way and to feel the wind of the Spirit blowing over us and driving us toward the One who loves us and wants us to come home.” The Lenten texts all take us to
Jesus as he approaches
I provide here the First Lesson texts and the Gospel readings for the Sundays of Lent. Reading them and reflecting upon them may be for you a meaningful Lenten devotional as well as advanced preparation for our consideration of them during worship. The first Sunday in Lent: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 and Matthew 4:1-11; Second Sunday in Lent: Genesis 12:1-4a and John 3:1-17; Third Sunday in Lent: Exodus 17:1-7 and John 4:5-42; Fourth Sunday in Lent: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 and John 9: 1-41; Fifth Sunday in Lent: Ezekiel 37: 1-14 and John 11: 1-45; Palm/Passion Sunday: Psalm 118:1-2,19-29 and Matthew 21:1-11.
May our Lenten journey this year draw us closer to God, to our true selves, and to others in ways that create and strengthen community.
I take this opportunity to thank the following
Volume 2
the ‘What’s Next Committee’, Sally Daugherty is serving on the Permanent Judicial Commission and is a liaison to First Presbyterian Church of Waukesha for C.O.M. Elders are asked a number of constitutional questions when they are Ordained and every time they are installed to serve on the session. One question is “…will you share in government and discipline, serving in governing bodies of the church” (Book of Order G-14.0207 i). We are grateful for these elders who are now serving the presbytery and for those who have served in previous years. Thank you for strengthening the connectional nature of our church and denomination.
On the journey with you,
Rev. Roger
The Deacon on Call for March is Bill Bennewitz 262-784-0984.
If you know or hear of a prayer need and would like to have one started
on the prayer chain, notify the Deacon on Call for the month (see above) to
initiate your request. If you cannot
reach that Deacon, call the Church Office and speak to Pam, or leave a message
on the answering machine to be retrieved by her or Roger.
Remember our members at home in our prayers and expressions of concern
Elizabeth Joye Todd
Jim Feldhusen
Bill Haynes
Maureen Wise
John Ellingen
Ginny Kring
Mary Delwiche
If you know of someone who should be added to this list, please notify
the church office.
With Easter occurring late April,
about as late as possible, Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent is also
delayed. Ash Wednesday, usually sometime
in February, comes this year in early March.
The first Sunday in Lent is March 13.
The Gospel reading for this Sunday is always Jesus’ temptation in the
wilderness. This year the reading is
from Matthew 4:1-11. The choir will
expand on this theme by singing Hal H. Hopson’s arrangement of the American
spiritual, ‘Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley.”
“Jesus walked this lonesome valley, he had to walk it by himself; Oh,
nobody else, could walk it for him, he had to walk it by himself.” The Psalm appointed for March 20, the second
Sunday of Lent, is Psalm 121. The choir
will again turn to music by Hal H. Hopson, this time for his setting of Psalm
121: “I lift my eyes to the mountains
soaring above, I ask for help, help that only comes from the Lord, the Lord of
life, the God of gods, the maker of all heav’n and all the earth. Finally, on March 27, we have as the Gospel
reading John 4:5-14. It is the account
of the Woman at the Well, and Jesus’ wonderful promise to her: “those who drink of the water that I will give
them will never be thirsty. The water
that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal
life.” The choir will sing “In the
Valley Flows a River” by Nolan.
In the valley flows a river, gentle waters from the Lord, and those who
stop and drink there will never thirst for more.
In the valley flows a river, cooling stream that has no end, in its
grace we find forgiveness, cleansing fountain for our sins.
From the mountain springs it cometh to the deserts to the plains,
bringing life to all it touches, bringing peace where there is pain.
In the valley there is comfort where the peaceful waters flow, and all
who pause and pray there will find rest for their souls.
In the valley flows a river fed by heaven’s gentle rain, and all who
stop and drink there will never thirst again.
May the scriptures and music heard
here at
-Roger
Meyer
OFFICE HELP NEEDED
Please contact the church office
if you can volunteer your time to answer phones any day,
Thank You!
PANCAKE SUPPER
The 14th annual Choir
Pancake Supper will be held Sunday, March 6th from
Ash Wednesday Service will be held
at Heritage Presbyterian Church on March 9th at 7:00 p.m. The combined choirs of Heritage, Greenfield
Avenue, and Forest Park will be singing.
Heritage Church is located at S63 W13761 College Avenue, Muskego.
HELP WANTED
We are looking for additional
ushers and liturgists. If you are
interested, please contact Maureen
Wise. Thank you!
PICK N SAVE SCRIP
Pick n Save has discontinued its
“We Care” 1% rebate program, but is now a part of the SCRIP program. By purchasing SCRIP Pick n Save gift cards,
Forest Park will get a 4% return. SCRIP
orders are taken on the first Sunday of the month, so bring your checkbooks!!!
Dinner & Variety
Friday, March 18th 6:00 PM
Come one and all to
the Forest Park Friends and Family Dinner & Variety Show. The New
Wilmington group will provide dinner before the evening's entertainment
starting at 6:00 PM. A free will donation will be taken to cover the cost
of the meal as well as to raise funds for the New Wilmington group's trip to
the 2011 conference. Feel free to invite all friends and family to this
fun evening of fellowship. Please watch for a sign up sheet on the
narthex bulletin board.
One of my favorite parts of Angel Tree is
after Christmas when we sometimes receive thank you notes from the
prisoners. This year we received three. One before Christmas, as the prisoner was
being moved to another prison. He was
very appreciative of the gifts provided to his children in the last few years.
Another said thank you three times in his
letter for his daughter’s gifts. We
always give the caregiver a gift and he was appreciative for his mom’s gift.
Here is part of another prisoner’s
Letter. “I am writing to thank you all
for the beautiful gifts that you sent to my two children. In talking to my daughter, she told me that
there sure are some really caring people in this world to have given her these
nice things and that she is thankful for them and those who sent them to
her. She loves the sweet pea body lotion
and tried to tell me what the smell smells like. My son said he needed a new sweatshirt and
someone knows he is into skateboards to have given him a skateboard key chain;
he thanks you all for his gifts also. I
would like to thank you for the gifts you have given my children and may the
Lord bless you for it.” He was also
extremely grateful for his Christmas card and letter stating what gifts his
children received.
Thanks again for your help with Angel Tree
2010. There are some very grateful
prisoners.
Jodi
Godsell & Karen Zobel
Coordinators
for Angel Tree 2010 at Forest Park Church.
A friendly reminder to pick a Sunday and sign up on the chart in the hallway for flowers. More information appeared in last month's Messenger. !!!Acts Needed for the 2011 Variety
The Forest Park
Variety Show will be held on Friday, March 18th and we are seeking acts to
include in the evening's entertainment. Acts can include musical numbers,
dance numbers, solos, groups, skits, dramatic readings, jokes, magic - anything
you can think of - Unique or unusual acts accepted! There is no age limit
for any act! If you have the urge to give us a little time in the
limelight, please see information on the narthex bulletin board or see Kristen
Tan.
Forest Park Handbell Choir to Participate in the 25th Anniversary
Milwaukee
On Sunday, March
27th the Forest Park Handbell Choir will participate in the Milwaukee Area
Handbell Festival. Handbell choirs from all over the Milwaukee and
Southeast area of Wisconsin will get together for a joint festival where they
will work on music as a mass bell choir under the direction of Dr. John Behnke
from Concordia University in Milwaukee. At the end of the day, the choirs
will perform a concert at Milwaukee Lutheran High School and the public is
welcome. Please come to support our choir in this beautiful event.
The concert will
take place at 6:30 PM and tickets can be purchased at the door for $6.00 each -
$5.00 seniors. (FYI- The concert is held in the field house and will have
primarily bleacher seating)
PARISH
As I write this I feel my glass is half full. Why? I am convinced the worst of winter is now
behind us, as it is a balmy 40° outside with a beautiful sunny sky! What makes me feel that spring is really
coming, are the two Forest Park spring events –
Wine Tasting
at the Hasselkus Vineyard
7PM on Friday,
April 1st and Saturday, April 2nd
Its back!!!! A $5.00 donation
and a hors’ d’oeuvre’ is the cover charge.
All proceeds raised these evenings will go directly to the church. Be sure to sign up early for this popular
event because space is limited.
The attendance sheet will be posted in the Narthex. Many, many thanks in advance to our hosts
Sally and Howard for once again opening their home and sharing their fabulous
wine with us.
2nd
Annual Repurpose 2 Renew
Saturday, June
18th
This year our sale is expanding to a flea market, art and craft
event. We will continue our own rummage,
bakery, food sales and collection day, but we will be renting space outside to
any interested vendors and organizations.
Additional details (some via Sam’s creative announcements) will be
forthcoming so please hold the date and kindly consider providing support to
make this day a success. In the meantime
if you have any questions or ideas please contact Sam or me at (414) 329-9688.
On second thought, I think my glass is now
Sheryl Dolan
There is a
new chair in our future! After months of looking, chairs have been found to
meet our needs. They are stack able, saving much needed space in the lower
level. They are molded polypropylene making them easy to keep clean and quiet
because they have no moving parts. Alfax, the company we are purchasing the
chairs from, says they are rated at 300 pounds. [We did our own testing by
having Reverend Roger sit on Don Larsen’s lap and the chair passed the test.]
The chairs will be manufactured in Green Bay so shipping will only be charged
from there. And best of all, those who sat in the “test chair” have found it
comfortable.
It has been
decided to purchase 150 new chairs to replace the old folding ones in
Fellowship Hall and the blue ones in the Hospitality Room. This will put a strain on the Building and
Grounds budget, as each chair is about $50. So we are asking members and
friends to consider buying a chair or a part of one. If you would like to
contribute, it would be helpful to have your donation in by the 20th
of March. Then, if all goes as planned, we could be sitting on them by Easter.
NORA B’S
VILLAGE COURT, 890 ELM GROVE RD
MARCH 18, 2011
Milwaukee
Magazine and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have given Nora B’s great reviews
as a good place to have breakfast and lunch. The Daylight Drivers will be
visiting on the18th of March at 12:00 to do our own reviewing. Every one is
invited so please sign up in the narthex and plan on being there. Please call
Sally Daugherty at 262-786-6041 for more information.
MARCH
BIRTHDAYS
3/2 Sue Mihelich
3/4 Art Reimer
3/5 Julie Giles
3/6 Pam Soto
3/7 Caitlyn Marr
3/10 Deanna Gillespie
3/10 Marissa McCallum
3/15 Mike Wise
3/17 Dennis Kling
3/18 Thelma Reimer
3/21 Kristen Tan
3/22 Anna Gillespie
3/23 Jayne Selin
3/23 Jim Grant
3/23 Brian Bennewitz
3/28 Donna Hoover
3/28 Kathy Hahn
3/29 Amber Riley
3/29 Nathan Wise
3/30 Sally Hasselkus
If you
cannot serve on your assigned date, please arrange a substitute and notify the
church office.
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5/1 |
3/6 |
3/13 |
3/20 |
3/27 |
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Liturgist |
Jim Gillespie |
Mike Washic |
CarolAnne Bozosi |
Lee Tan |
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Head Usher |
Gary Stigler |
Mike Marr |
Ron Reuteler |
Gary Stigler |
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Ushers |
Howard & Sally Hasselkus Pat Janecek |
Mike Bellek Cindy Barbieri Sue Mihelich |
Mike & Sue Washic Sara Grant |
Paul & Betty Peterson Art Reimer |
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Hospitality |
Marr |
Godsell |
Deacons |
Bennewitz |
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5/1 |
4/3 |
4/10 |
4/17 |
4/24 |
5/1 |
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Liturgist |
Sally Daugherty |
Jeff Krogmann |
Maureen Wise |
Sara Grant |
Sylvia Larsen |
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Head Usher |
Mike Marr |
Ron Reuteler |
Gary Stigler |
Mike Marr |
Ron Reuteler |
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Ushers |
Denine Dulde Bob Wall Linda Koszuta |
Pat Janecek Frank & Ann Marie McLeod |
Cindy Stigler Howard & Sally Hasselkus |
Mike Bellek TBA |
Sara Grant Sue Mihelich Art Reimer |
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Hospitality |
Koszuta/Bozosi |
Reuteler |
Daylight Drivers |
Helpful Hannahs |
Simpson |