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November 26, 2014

Volume XXXXX1I,Issue 11

the Hera ld

Inside this issue:

Lants Lines/

Christmas greetings

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Christian Educator 3

Poinsettias/Hymnal

news

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Project Milk Money

Farrington GroveChorale

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Celebrating Life/5thSunday Luncheon/Youth Group

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Calendar 7

Bazaar News 8

Thank Yous 9

Church Happenings 10

Christmas Eve

Candlelight Service7:30 p.m.

Carols, Lessons & Candles

Pre-service music begins as 7:00 p.m.

Childcare provided.

Special Services at Central

December 7 Holy Night of Miracles Cantata presented bythe choir & orchestra

December 14 Children will present Everyones Going to Love

It! written by Andrea Paul -Bonham during worship serviceDecember 24 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

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[T]he voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his pathsstraight. (Mark 1:3b NRSV) As many of you know, the church year begins with Advent, as we anticipate Jesus first and sec-ond comings, moves into the Christmas season, and then, after a period of ordinary time, con-tinues with Lent, Holy Week, and Easter, then Pentecost and more ordinary time until thechurch year comes to a close with Christ the King Sunday in late November. The Revised Com-mon Lectionary suggests scripture readings that coordinate with this schedule, cycling throughthe same biblical passages every three years. Each year a different synoptic gospel is empha-sized Year A is Matthew, Year B is Mark, and Year C is Luke. John is used in all three years.We are just now entering Year B, which relies principally on Mark.This reliance on Mark presents a problem when it comes to the Christmas season. While Mat-thew and Luke supply scriptural material for Christmas, Marks Gospel omits the infancy of Jesus

entirely, beginning instead with the preaching of John the Baptist, when Jesus already was an adultand poised to begin his ministry. Indeed, Mark does not even mention Joseph. As a conse-quence, in Year B we borrow from the other Gospels as we select scripture to coordinatewith Christmas.Marks absence of Christmas passages, however, should not lead us to devalue his Gospel. Per-haps more than any of the other gospel writers, he emphasizes for us Jesus suffering and deathfor our sake, as well as the necessity of self-sacrifice for all who call themselves disciples of Jesus.One might say that Mark gets straight to the heart of the gospel message.As a worshipping congregation we will have many opportunities to reflect upon the Christmasstory this year. The Advent devotional resource, which is authored by members of our congre-

gation, already is available for your use, enjoyment, and edification. Hanging of the Greens willbe on December 2. The Choirs Christmas Cantata will be presented on Sunday, December 7,and the following week the children and youth will offer an original Christmas play written by ourchurch member, Andrea Paul-Bonham. The official Christmas season (as distinguished from Ad-vent) will begin with our traditional Christmas Eve Candlelight service of Lessons and Carols andwill continue through twelve days including the following two Sundays (when we will continue tosing Christmas carols!). As we take advantage of all these worship occasions, maybe we can al-low Marks emphasis on the saving mission of the adult Jesus to help us interpret the storiesabout his birth. Seen in this light, Christmas is saved from sentimentality; and its true joy is re-vealed.

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Parents Night Out/Youth Movie Night will be December 5. Childcare and supper is held

at the church from 5:30 9:00 pm. Please notify the church office if your child(ren)will be attending.

Sunday School meets every Sunday at 9:30 am. There are classes for all ages withchild care available from 9:15 to 11:45 am. Infants to 2 year olds Nursery room101; 3 to 5 year olds Preschool room 108; Kindergarten to 2 nd grade Room 202;3 rd thru 5 th grades Room 103; Middle School Room 200; High School Room201 Adults: Coffee and Conversation FH Classroom A; Bible Study FH ClassroomB; Christian Parenting FH Classroom C

The family prayer group meets on Mondays at 11:00 am at the church. Lunch isserved ONLY on the 2 nd Monday of each month. Childcare is provided.

Hanging of the Greens will be Tuesday, December 2 from 5:30 7:15 pm. Comefor supper, decorating, and a brief dedication.

The Choirs Christmas Cantata is Sunday, December 7.

Christmas Program - The children and youth will present Everyones Going to LoveIt, a program written by Andrea Paul -Bonham, on December 14 during worship.

The Christian Nurture Commission has approved a new family program for

2015. Living I n Faith Everyday known as LIFE . This will be a time for families toaffirm the faith formation that happens in their homes. The first session will be atHanging of the Greens and the 2015 schedule will be distributed.

Christian Educators Report Cheryl Moles

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Best wishes for the Holiday season from the staff

of Central Presbyterian Church

Lant Scott Cheryl Sarah Mark Tiffany

Jonathan and Alvin

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Orders are now being taken for poinsettias to be used in decorating the sanctuaryfor the Christmas season. If you would like to order one of these plants, please completethe form below and place it in the offering plate, leave it at the church office, or mail it to

the church.

Their cost is 7.50 each. Payment for the plants is to be made when the order is placed. Orderdeadline is December 7.

The poinsettias may be picked up after the candlelight service on Christmas Eve.

I/WE would like to order ________ poinsettias to be used to decorate the sanctuary this Christmas.

________ Red ________ White

_______ I will pick up my plant after the Christmas Eve service on December 24.

This plant is to be in memory of or in honor of:

_______________________________________________________

Given by: _______________________________________________________

Helping Others at the Holidays - What Your Mission Committee has Planned

Your Mission Committee has organized ways you can help local and/or international,communities during the holidays. With respect to the local, we are supporting 14th &Chestnut in two ways, food for their pantry and clothes for older youth. In regard tofood, help us build the tallest Christmas trees possible in Fellowship Hall out of 28oz jarsof peanut butter and 12oz cans of tuna. In regard to clothes, tags will be available on

the actual Christmas tree in Fellowship Hall for the taking with various clothes items desperately neededfor older youth. Check donation tags are also available if you prefer.

With respect to the international, help the HEMEFund project in Afghanistanthrough the purchase of a sewing maching ($60). There will be tags for thispurpose also on the tree in Fellowship Hall. Check donations also accepted.

Both will start the evening of Hanging of the Greens on Dec. 2.

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THANK YOU ! ! ! Sun was shining inside and out during our Holiday

Bazaar weekend November 7 th and 8th. Weeks of planningand hard work resulted in an enjoyable fundraising event forour church. Many THANKS go to all who made this possible!

It began Friday evening with a delicious dinner prepared by many of our ownPresbyterian chefs, followed by a lively and lucrative auction. Our guest auctioneer,

Larry Kelsheimer, kept the bids coming and had folks laughing as donated items weresold. Next, Joyce Cook entertained the crowd with Heads or Tails. Many played hergame, but only Norma Shaw was the lucky winner of the popular door prize.

As people left for home, clean-up began and workers transformed the kitchenand fellowship hall for the Holiday Bazaar on Saturday. John Whalen and his crew ofcooks arrived early and prepared yummy all-you-can eat breakfasts for workers andearly shoppers. Attractive displays of crafts, baked goods, jewelry, gently used house-hold items and books were available for those who came to buy. Susan Bough, Sin-won Racop, and members of the 7 th Cents Youth group served tasty lunches, and hun-gry diners enjoyed conversation and laughter while they ate.

It was very satisfying to see our church community in action. Many peopleworked together doing many things and made the 2014 Holiday Bazaar a huge suc-cess! Profits made will provide funding for projects identified by the Strategic Plan-ning Committee, and also benefit others that are ongoing.

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The Central Presbyterian Church fami-

ly is growing. Join us in welcomingthese three precious little girls to ourfamily.

Hannah Rose Grossman, daughter of

Ryan and Tiffany Grossman, born on

October 21, weighing in at 7 lbs. 9 oz.and is 22 tall. Tiffany is Centrals

Youth Director.

Claire Marie Mang, daughter of Seanand Amanda Mang. Claire was born onNovember 12, weighing in at 7 lbs. 15

oz. and is 21 tall.

Hadley Olivia VanNahmen, daughterof Marshall and Cathy VanNahmen.,born on November 23, weighing in at

8 lbs. 1 oz. and is 20 tall. Hadley is

welcomed home by siblings Grant andClaire and her proud grandparents,Bruce and Connie McLaren.

Welcome to Centrals newest members:

Logan Williams

Ashley Norris and her daughter,

Karringten Winn. Ashelys younger

daughter, Abrianna, will become a mem-ber with the 2015 Confirmation class.

Take a moment to welcome thesepeople into our church family!

Advent Devotional

Our Parish Associate,Scott Paul-Bonham, has

coordinated and assem-

bled the 2014 Advent Devotional booklet.The theme of this booklet is Joy and

Hope. Each of the 26 devotionals was

written by a member of Central Presby-

terian Church. These booklets are availa-

ble for pick up in the fellowship hall.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Family PrayerGroup 11:00

Sara Stoffers

2 Presbytery Assembly 1:00Hanging of theGreens 5:00

3 Deacons5:30

4 WomensBook Club 7:00

Donna Wilson

5 Parents NightOut/Youth MovieNight 5:30

6 Cantata dressrehearsal 11:00

Chuck Shutt

7 Sunday School9:30

Worship 10:30

Youth Group 5:00Alisa Ennis,Tara Singer

8 Family PrayerGroup 11:00

9 Fine ArtsComm. 10:00

10 Session7:00 11

Barb Goltry,

Anna Weber

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Phil Farmer

13 ChildrensProgram Dressrehearsal 10:00

14 SundaySchool 9::30

Worship 10:30

Youth Party 5:00

Jim Moles

15 Family Pray-er Group 11:00

Ryan

Grossman

16 *** 17 Communi-cations 7:00

Monica

Hawkins

18 19 20

21 SundaySchool 9:30

Worship 10:30

22 Family Pray-er Group 11:00

MatthewFord, SamuelFord, MerriKelley

23

Katlyn Powers

24 Organ Con-cert 7:00Christmas EveCandlelight Ser-vice 7:30

25 Officeclosed.

David Giltner

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28 SundaySchool

9:30

Worship 10:30

29 Family Pray-er Group 11:00

30 31 ***Worship 5:30

Finance 5:30

Mission 6:00

Facilities 6:30

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Central Presbyterian Church125 North Seventh StreetTerre Haute, IN 47807

Phone: 812-232-5049Fax: 812-232-5040Email: CPCOffice@thcpc.org

Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

Rev. Lant B. Davis, Pastor

Scott Paul-Bonham, Parish Associate

Cheryl Moles, Christian Educator

Sarah Kelsheimer, Church Secretary

Womens Bible Study

The Womens Bible Study

will be taking a break dur-ing the month of Decem-ber. The next Bible studywill be on January 27. Thegroup will begin a newstudy on Bad Girls of theBible written by Liz CurtisHiggs. Books are availablefrom Cheryl for $12.50each.

Womens Book Club

The Womens Book Clubwill be meeting on Decem-ber 4 at 7:00 at the CountryClub for supper and bookdiscussion. The book to bediscussed is the Blue Christ-mas by M. K. Andrews withEunice Pate leading the

discussion.

Church Happenings

Next Herald

Deadline

Dec. 22, 2014