March 2, 2018

the H e ral d
Volume XXXXXVI,
No 3

Maundy Thursday Communion

March 29 at 6:00 p.m.
At Unity Presbyterian Church

Good Friday service

Inside this issue:
March 30 at noon
Christian Educator/ 2
Lenten series
Lectionary read- 3
ings/birthdays

Easter flower or- 4

der/Easter egg hunt
Mission news 5
Easter Sunday
Session notes 6
April 1, 2018
Per Capita 8
Sunday school for all ages
Pyoca family retreat/ 9
Easter dinner 9:30
HEMEfund update 10
Worship 10:30
Calendar 11
Special music by choir and brass ensemble
Church Happenings 12
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION REPORT - Cheryl Moles, Christian Educator
Sunday School 2017-2018
Classes meet each week from 9:30 – 10:20 am.
Preschool (3-5 year olds) Room 108
Kindergarten – 1st grade Room 202
2nd – 5th grades Room 103
Middle School Room 201
High School Room FH classroom B
Adults – Reading the Prophets Room 200
Marriage & Family Room FH classroom C
There will not be classes on Easter Sunday.
Parents’ Night Out is on March 9. Childcare with supper is at the church from 5:30 – 9:00 pm.
Please notify the church office if your children are attending.
T3EM supper will be March 20. Supper is served from 5:15 to 7:30 pm to provide a meal for eve-
ryone attending a meeting and their family. Christian Nurture Commission understands that eve-
nings are busy and not having to worry about a meal is a help. Childcare is available at the same
times. Please note that this is organized by CN as a church event and help with clean-up is wel-
comed and appreciated.
The family prayer group meets on Mondays at 11:00 am at the church. If you cannot attend yet
have needs for prayer, please email kaysf122@aol.com.

“Is it a difference that makes a difference?”

God’s Diverse World
“Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ
has welcomed you, for the glory of God.”

2018 LENTEN SERIES

at Central Presbyterian Church
Sunday evenings – February 18, February 25,
March 4, March 11, March 18
5:00 – 5:45 pm Supper Served
(vegetarian and gluten free items available)
5:45 pm Worship
6:00 – 7:30 pm Classes
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LECTIONARY READINGS FOR

MARCH 2018

3rd Sunday in Lent 4th Sunday in Lent

Exodus 20:1-17 *Numbers 21:4-9
Psalm 19 Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
*1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Ephesians 2:1-10
*John 2:13-22 *John 3:14-21
5th Sunday in Lent
*Jeremiah 31:31-34
Psalm 51:1-12 or Psalm 119:9-16
Hebrews 5:5-10
*John 12:20-33
Palm/Passion Sunday
Palms *Mark 1-11 or John 12:12-16; Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
Passion *Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11;
Mark 14:1-15:47 or *Mark 15:1-39 (40-47)
Maundy Thursday (if held at CPC)
Exodus 12:1-4 (5-10). 11-14
Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19
*1 Corinthians 11:23-26
*John 13:1-17, 31b-35
Good Friday
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Psalm 22
Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9
John 18:1-19:42
*--denotes probable texts for the day.

1—Megan Harder
4—Herbert Diekhans
6—Lant Davis, Drake McCoy, Sally Rubey
12– Jack Ragle
14—Anna Spydell
16—Diane Giltner, Min Seo
17—Peter Christ, Caroline Christ
19—Henry Darke
20—Simone Clime, Susan Powers, Shirley Slutz
21—Christopher Moulton, AnnaBeth Spencer
23—Ridge Holder
25—Brad Bough, Allen Holder
29—Michael Mardis
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Flowers for Easter

It has been our custom to place plants in the chancel area in memory or in
honor of our loved ones to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. Through a local
florist, we can obtain any of the following:

Lilies $8.75per plant

Tulips $8.75 per plant
Daffodils $8.75per plant

ORDER DEADLINE: Sunday, March 18

Let’s make our church a blaze of color as we celebrate Easter.
Donors: _____________________________________________________

In Memory of:_________________________________________

In Honor of: __________________________________________

Flowers must be paid for when ordered. Please leave orders in the church office or
place in offering plate.

COME AND SEE…

The Lenten Series continues each Sunday evening through March 18
Previous attendance is not required.
Adults are discussing the nature and relative importance of difference in society.
March 18 Presentation by Soulaf Abas (for adults & youth)
Soulaf Abas, (Souly) is an Assistant Professor of Art at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, She was born
and raised in Damascus, Syria. Her family is still in Damascus. Soully has shown her work nationally and
internationally, and traveled to many countries in the Middle East and Europe to participate in artist residen-
cies and exhibitions. Soully is the author of "Me and You" a book of pictures and letters created by chil-
dren in art therapy classes at Ryves Hall and at a Syrian refugee camp. All proceeds from sales of the book
fund blankets, food, school supplies and tuition for Syrian children to return to school. She will speak to us
about her project "Seen for Syria" which took place in some of the refugee camps in Jordan.
Children are learning how God made people the same and different

The youth group is looking at relationships with others

5:00 – 5:45 pm Supper Served (vegetarian and gluten free items available)
International students from ISU and RHIT will be joining on March 18
5:45 pm Worship
6:00 – 7:30 pm Classes
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Article Title: Refugee and Immigrant Events in Terre Haute in March

By: Josh Powers, Chair, CPC Mission Committee

People continue to be displaced around the world in large numbers for a variety of reasons and find them-
selves refugees. As Christians, we are called to be neighbors. During the month of March, there are a
number of refugee and immigrant activities happening and the Mission Committee hopes you will con-
sider attending one or more of them.

March 6: Terre Haute Human Rights Day (8am – 3pm; ISU Hulman Memorial Student Union)

This annual event has numerous speakers and sessions linked to various issues associated with human
rights. Terri Morris Downs, Executive Director of the Immigrant Welcome Center in Indy is a featured
speaker at 12:40pm (Room Dede III) for a session entitled, “Immigrants in Indiana: How to become
welcoming and inclusive”. The full schedule of speakers can be found at this website. A visitor’s park-
ing lot is at 5th and Chestnut (map here), across from the HMSU.

March 11: Meet Our Neighbors: A Story of Moving to Terre Haute from Syria (12:45pm; St, Bene-
dict’s Parish Center, 111 S. 9th St.)
Drs. Angele and Nawar Mercho will share their journey story of moving to Terre Haute from Syria.
This program is part of St. Benedict’s Lenten activities linked to the call by Pope Francis’ Share the
Journey campaign, challenging us all to pursue a culture of encounter and to see people on the move
with open hearts and minds.

March 18: Seen for Syria, a Presentation by Soulaf Abas (Dinner – 5-5:45pm; Worship 5:45-6pm;
Presentation 6-7:30pm; Right here at CPC as part of the Lenten Series)

Soulaf (Soully) Abas is an Assistant Professor of Art at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, She was
born and raised in Damascus, Syria. Her family is still in Damascus. Soully has shown her work national-
ly and internationally, and traveled to many countries in the Middle East and Europe to participate in
artist residencies and exhibitions. Soully is the author of "Me and You" a book of pictures and letters
created by children in art therapy classes at Ryves Hall and at a Syrian refugee camp.

March 23: Walk in a Refugee’s Shoes: A Simulation (10am – 2pm – tentative; Saint Mary-of-the-
Woods College, location TBD)

This powerful simulation is coming to Terre Haute, thanks to the leadership of the student community
at St. Joseph University Parish and Friar Mario Serrano. If you have not experienced a refugee simula-
tion, this one can provide powerful perspective on what it is really like beyond what one just sees in
the news. More information will be coming. For a perspective on what this event is like, here is a
link to the simulation done in Indy summer 2017.
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Session Notes from February

Current and new elders and deacons met for their annual joint meeting on Saturday morning, February 24. After intro-
ductions, participants discussed lessons for the church from the parable of the Prodigal Son and watched a TED talk video
about how great leaders inspire action. We considered the central “why” of Central Presbyterian.

The meeting began with the examination of the new and returning officers. The two youth members explained why they
said yes to the call, and the adults explained why they were ready to serve.

The next point of discussion was the church’s emergency action plan. The basic goal is for the church to be on the same
page as first responders. Tom Bogigian discussed bulleted lists (now posted in strategic locations) for actions during fire,
weather, and medical emergencies and addressed the issue of active shooter response. Ushers will oversee any sort of
evacuation during a worship service with standby help from adults when youth are ushering.

At 11:15, deacons and session convened separate meetings.

Pastor’s Report
Pastor Buchanan participated in “Ashes on the Go” at ISU on Ash Wednesday and will moderate the Unity session until
at least April 1 when Rev. Andrew Black may be back at work.

Treasurer’s Report
The report was received with thanks.

Operating Fund Sum-

Month of January Balance Sheet Summary 1/31/18
mary
Beginning of Month $57,741.65 Current Assets $720,838
Income $43,291.70 Fixed Assets $2,980,000
Expenses $34,108.77 Short Term Liabilities $2218
End of Month $66,924.58 Long Term Liabilities $405,000
Net Worth (Fund Balance) $3,293,620

Christian Educator’s Report

Cheryl enjoyed attending the APCE annual event. The Lenten series is underway. Committees and commissions should be
sure to send a list of their members and leaders to the office and to alert the office to any scheduled events. Please sub-
mit minutes by the Friday morning before the session meeting so they can go into the packet. Elders signed the sexual
misconduct policy,

Clerk’s Report
Communion was served during worship on Sunday, February 4, and home communion was served to Bob Horneker (four
served) on January 14. The GA statistical report was reviewed. Elders volunteered to serve communion on March 4.

Reports and Action Items from Committees and Commissions

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Christian Nurture: the first Lenten study evening went well. The commission is recruiting more Sunday School
teachers and considering what offerings might be attractive to younger adults.

Facilities: the commission is investigating the cost to obtain a property appraisal so that we can see if the church is
insured for the correct full replacement value. The architects had provided information for replacement cost based
on square footage.
Mission: The committee proposed four motions, which were passed by the session.
Allow the use of the Peace and Global Witness offering $220.50 to be used to purchase food for the March 18th
international student meal.
Approve the donation of $1500 from the Local Benevolence fund for the HEMEFund to help William Seo with
his $5000 fundraiser.
Approve the Mission committee to do a fundraiser for the HEMEFund. A “Made in Afghanistan” cup will be given
to each person who donates at least $100.
Approve the use of up to $1000 from the Mission fund (not Local Benevolence) to aid William to reach his goal
of $5000 before he returns to Afghanistan if it is needed.

Personnel: the committee met to discuss annual reviews. Dan Bradley is still on the committee via email.

Nominating: Alan Harder agreed to be the session representative to the committee. The committee will need to
nominate an additional deacon.

Pastor Nominating Committee: the MIF has been posted.

Commissioner to Presbytery: session elected Alan Harder as our commissioner, and he will attend next week’s
meeting.

New Business
Session authorized serving the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper on the first Sunday of each month, Maundy
Thursday, at the Pyoca retreat, and at Holypalooza for the coming year.
The schedule for monthly featured reports was approved and will be distributed.
We will elect corporate officers and finalize session liaisons to commissions and committees at the March meet-
ing.

Thanks and appreciation were expressed to retiring session members Brad Bough and Joe Harder.
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What is Per Capita

Each year you, as members of the congregation, are asked to consider helping support the
budget with an extra gift to pay our per capita assessment. As part of the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.), each of us is encouraged to take part in the ecclesiastical and administrative
work of the whole church through per capita giving. The reason for this encouragement ex-
ists in the connectional nature of the Presbyterian Church. Per Capita is a way to support
the work of the governing councils as they support each congregation. Per Capita provides:
--how Presbyterians are trained to become better ruling elders, ministers of the Word
and Sacrament, and deacons.
--how Presbyterians discern God’s call in their lives.
--how Presbyterians participate in the life of the wider church by serving on Presby-
tery, Synod, and General Assembly committees and commissions regardless of the
distance or the participant’s own economic situation.
--how Presbyterians participate in the life of the Church universal as we commit our-
selves to work and live in fellowship with “all person in every nation” (Book of Or-
der, G-4.0101)

We pay forward the benefits and service we, as a congregation, have received from the Pres-
bytery, Synod, and General Assembly. For instance, when a congregation is searching for a
new installed pastor, this benefit is especially evident. The Presbytery provides training and
resources for the Pastor Nominating Committee, the training and resources come from Per
Capita giving. In that way, all congregations, large or small, can assess the best possible can-
didates for their congregation even when they may not have to the ability to pay all the costs
involved.

While Central Presbyterian Church includes the Per Capita assessment in the annual budget,
individual members are urged to consider giving their fair share or more ($36 this year) to
demonstrate a willingness to participate in the ecclesiastical and administrative work of the
whole church. This congregation has demonstrated our faithfulness by giving the assess-
ment each year. Your support in this demonstration of faithfulness is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Some of the information for this article comes from a resource provided the Office of the
General Assembly. If you would like to know more, contact Pastor Kevin for a folder de-
scribing Per Capita.
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The all-church PYOCA SPRING FAMILY RETREAT will be April

27-29. This fun event is for all ages and abilities. It is held at
beautiful Pyoca Camp, Conference and Retreat Center in
Brownstown, IN. The weekend activities include relaxed fel-
lowship and fun with church family, working to help the camp
prepare for summer (this year will include a lot of planting
and landscaping), and worship. Registration will begin on
March 18 and the cost will be available at that time.

Members of Central participated in the 14th and Chest-

nut Bowling Fundraiser. Congratulations to Peter Christ
for winning the Top Youth Trophy, and Central Presby-
terian Church won the traveling trophy for having the
most in attendance! Thank you to all that helped the
Center while having fun.

EASTER DINNER
The Moles/Goltry family will host an Easter pitch-in dinner at church
following the fellowship time on Sunday, April 1. Anyone that would
like to join is welcome. Please bring a dish or two to share. Meat
and drinks will be provided. A sign-up sheet is in fellowship hall to
help us know numbers of people and what foods are being brought.
Help with clean-up is requested.

“I found one!” “Me, too!” “Look; there are a lot over there!”

On Saturday, March 24, excited children will be looking behind trees and un-
der benches to find hidden eggs at our annual Easter Egg Hunt. All Central
children through fifth grade are invited to join the festivities in Collett Park at
10 a.m. Children should bring their own baskets.
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A HEMEFund Update and Unique Fundraising Need

By Ernie Danek, Member, CPC Mission Committee
William Seo, member of Central Presbyterian Church, addressed a group of interested CPCers
on February 11, and a meeting of the CPC Mission Committee last week. Seo is the founder of
HEMEFund Worldwide, which provides training in basic sewing and embroidery along with life
skills such as essential hygiene, basic literacy, and simple business math to students drawn
from Afghanistan’s estimated two million war-widows and orphans in their middle teens in age
(Note: An orphan in Afghanistan is a minor in a family whose bread-winner is dead or no longer
able to provide support.).
William, a former U.S. Army medic, began HEMEFund with a local Afghan doctor in 2010. At
first, they sought to supply items such as boots and clothing, plus basic health-care items such
as tooth brushes and paste. Then, they saw the enormous unmet need linked to the nation’s
large number of women and children who had lost their source of support when the man of the
family died during the seemingly endless state of war. Without a husband or male head of
household, these women are essentially destitute and with no way to send their children to
school. To date, the HEMEFund schools have realized almost 400 graduates, and more than
1,000 children of the graduates are now able to attend school as mom has a viable income flow
from the sewing and embroidery business they are equipped to start after the six-month pro-
gram.
Seo, an American citizen with roots in South Korea, has just returned from a multi-month period
in Afghanistan seeking to expand the HEMEFund’s mission there, and undergird it with a reve-
nue production model that seeks reduced reliance on charitable donations. Support and financ-
ing for the organization has in large part come from South Korean churches, with support from
CPC and others as well.
William has a rented living unit outside Kabul in one of the poorest neighborhoods, a location
that even UN staff won’t go. His ethnicity fortunately allows him to blend in with the local popula-
tion, at least until he speaks. The population has very much embraced him, and begged for a
second school in that area that has recently been launched (the original HEMEFund schools still
operate in Jalalabad, about 3 hours to the east). A latest innovation is the launch of an affiliated
for-profit clothing business that is at present being run out of three of the four rooms where he
lives. However, the noise of a requisite generator (power is limited or non-existent there) and the
employ of women for the business coming and going at regular intervals from the home of a
man is putting him at risk within the conservative Muslim community (although the ethnic popu-
lation there is less conservative than it is in Jalalabad). The landlord has asked him to move out
for fear of attack to his premises, if not to William directly. At present, William’s team there is
searching for somewhere to move so they can continue to develop the business and a new
place for William to live.
HEMEfund stands at a powerful moment nearing sustainability. They have been able to market
the products made and imbed an entrepreneurial spirit in the students in new ways. Further-
more, a wholesale organization is now purchasing all the product the new for-profit unit can pro-
duce. During his short 3.5 weeks in the states, William has a goal of raising $5,000 from Terre
Haute area churches to help them obtain the new space and equipment they need to truly
achieve solid sustainability, and a place where William can be safe. We invite CPCers to join
with the Mission Committee and help raise $1,000, with the first 10 donors of $100 or more re-
ceiving a unique Afghani cup to honor the contribution. Checks should be made out to HEME-
Fund and dropped off at the church office. This campaign runs through March 11 as we are ea-
ger to get the funds to William as soon as possible.
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

4 Choir 8:45 5 Family 6 7 8 9 Parents’ 10

Sunday school
9:30 Prayer Group Night Out
Worship
10:00 5:30
10:30
Lenten 5:00

11Choir 8:45 12 Family 13 14 Deacons 15 16 17

Sunday school
5:00
9:30 Prayer Group
Worship Session 7:00
10:00
10:30
Lenten 5:00

18Choir 8:45 19 Family 20 T3em 21 22 23 24 Egg hunt

Sunday school
9:30 Prayer Group supper & chil- at Collett
Worship care 5:15 Park 10:00
10:00
10:30
Lenten 5:00 Commission/
Committee
meetings
25Choir 8:45 26 Family 27 Seekers 28Personnel 29 Maundy 30 Good 31
Sunday school
9:30 Prayer Group & Searchers Committee Thursday ser- Friday service
Worship Bible study vice @ Unity
10:00 12:30 12:00
10:30
Lenten 5:00 10:00 6:00
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Address Line 4 Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

Phone: 555-555-5555 Rev. Kevin Buchanan, Interim Pastor

Fax: 555-555-5555 Scott Paul-Bonham, Parish Associate
Email: someone@example.com
Cheryl Moles, Christian Educator
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Church Happenings

Women’s Book Club

The Women’s Book Club discussed with Rev. Don’t forget to

“Spring Forward” on
will be meeting on April 5 Buchanan leading.
Saturday, March 10
at 7:00 in the church Connie McLaren will before you go to bed.
lounge. The book to be be the hostess. Daylight savings time
Next Herald
discussed is The Tea Girl of begins on March 11
Deadline —
Hummingbird Lane by Lisa
March 25, 2018 See. Connie McLaren will
lead the discussion.
Women’s Bible Study
The Women’s Bible Study
will meet on February 27at
10:00 a.m. in the fellowship
hall. The Last Week by
Borg and Crossen will be