May 6, 2019

the H e ral d
Volume XXXXXV1,
No 5

Pentecost Offering 2019—

Sunday, June 9
THE PENTECOST OFFERING --
BUILDING A LIFE OF FAITH

“O God, from my youth you have

taught me, and I still proclaim your
wondrous deeds.”
~ Psalm 71:17

The Pentecost Offering unites us in a

churchwide effort to support young
people in Christ and inspire them to
Inside this issue: share their faith, ideas, and unique gifts
with the church and the world. 40%
Bring a Friend Sun- 2 of the Pentecost offering will be kept
day/Farrington by our congregation with the distribu-
Grove Chorale tion to be decided at a later date.
CE News/ 3
Graduates Each year on Pentecost Sunday, we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit and the
birthday of the church. The Holy Spirit remains with us still, connecting us with
Session notes 4 the church of the past, continuing to inspire the church of today, and pointing us to
the church of the future.
Birthdays 5
Studies show that a foundation of faith established during childhood through
Youth News/Mission 6 young adulthood, helps ensure lifelong faith and service. Psalm 71 testifies to this
Food Pantry/Baby same truth. Verse 17 says “O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still
Shower proclaim your wondrous deeds.” The patterns and lessons established during
Calendar 7 these formative years continue to bear fruit throughout a person’s life.

Church Happenings 8 By giving to the Pentecost Offering, one of the four Special Offerings of the Pres-
byterian Church (U.S.A.), we are nurturing the faith of those who are the church
to come; children, youth, and young adults. We invite your congregation to join
with the worldwide church in building for our future, in building individual lives of
faith. Won’t you join us? If we all do a little, it adds up to a lot.
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Invite a Friend Sunday May 19

When you discover a great new restaurant or movie, chances are

you tell your friends. When you participate in a great church like
Central, do you do the same?

For many of us, sadly, the only sound we make about our church is
the proverbial crickets.

Perhaps the time has come to change this! On May 19 we hope every person currently a part of
Central will invite one or more friends to worship and fellowship with us. We will not recognize,
or otherwise set them apart, in any way. We will simply welcome them as we praise God to-
gether. The Deacons will lay on a little extra spread at fellowship time to provide even more
welcome after the service.

We have a wonderful, active, inclusive church. Why not invite people we already know and love
to join in it?

Farrington Grove Chorale

Celebrating The River
Come and celebrate “The Music of Creation” with the Farrington Grove Chorale on Tues-
day, May 14th, 7:00 p.m. at Unity Presbyterian Church, 1207 E. Springhill. This is a special oppor-
tunity to support your chorale members. They will be singing some familiar songs such as
“Amazing Grace” originally written by John Newton in 1779 during a violent storm while on a
boat, “Shenandoah” arranged by Kevin Memley and was originally written in the late 1800’s and
“The Gift to be Simple” which was also written in the late 1800’s by a family of Shakers. Refresh-
ments will follow the program.

There will also be a concert on Saturday evening, May 11th, at the Church of the Immaculate
Conception at St. Mary of the Woods College. This concert also begins at 7:00 p.m.

This chorale is lead by our own choir director, Dr. Mark Carlisle. Alan Harder, Kristen Fen-
ton, Maggie McCormick and Bruce McLaren are all part of the choir.
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION REPORT—Cheryl Moles

Sunday School classes continue each week at 9:30 am through May 26. Classes will not be held
during the summer. The fall kick-off will be August 18.

Parents’ Night Out is on May 10. Childcare with supper is at the church from 5:30 – 9:00 pm.
Please notify the church office if your children are attending.
Tuesday Meeting Night is May 21. Supper for the whole family and childcare will be available
beginning at 5:15 pm.

The family prayer group meets on Mondays at 11:00 am at the church.

“The Water of Life” Vacation Bible School will be June 17-21 from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm at St.
Stephen’s Episcopal Church. We are again joining with St. Stephen’s, Centenary United Methodist,
and Trinity Lutheran Churches to bring summer fun and Biblical education to our children age 4 to
rising 5th graders. Adult and youth leaders are needed for one or more days. Please talk to Cheryl
Moles to find out how you can help. We will soon be sharing a list of needed donations.

CONGRATULATIONS and God’s blessings to our 2019 graduates:

Luke Bailey – Indiana University – B. S. in Political Science
He is the son of Frank and Carla Bailey and the grandson of Don Lowder

Katlyn Powers – Elon University – B. S. in Accounting

She will be a tax accountant at Ernst and Young in Greenwich CT and
New York City. She is the daughter of Josh and Susan Powers

Travis Rubey – IUPUI Law School

He is the son of Charles and Sally Rubey and grandson of Fred and Nancy Rubey

Will Rupert – Ball State University – B.A in Theater and Acting

He is the grandson of Chuck and Jean Shutt
 Session Notes from April for the May Herald

During its April meeting, session reviewed reports from commissions and committees and transacted routine business.
Highlights from the meeting appear here.

Featured Report: Church Life Commission

Reporting for the commission, Susan Hoffman noted this year’s name change from Church Life-Church Action to
Church Life. She reviewed the duties and activities of the commission noting that the aim is to make us feel more like a
church family. Session conveyed its thanks for the work of the commission.

Pastor’s Report:
Pastor Mike noted that his continuing education is to carry on working monthly with a church leadership consultant over
the phone. Over the next year he will cut back this arrangement and look for something new. He enjoyed the opportuni-
ty to teach during the Lenten Series. Over the next months we will discuss plans for the five-year review of the strategic
planning process. Before making any big changes, he wanted to learn the church and how we function. Much is working
very well, which is a characteristic of this church in general.

Treasurer’s Report
The report for the month of March, another month when we were within budget, was approved with thanks.

Operating Fund Sum- Month of March Balance Sheet Summary 3/31/2019

Beginning of Month $43,420.96 Current Assets $706,920

Income $29,631.26 Fixed Assets $2,980,000
Expenses $28,796.58 Short Term Liabilities $2647
End of Month $44,255.64 Long Term Liabilities $392,061
Net Worth (Fund Balance) $3,292,212

Christian Educator’s Report: Cheryl expressed her thanks to groups who provided dinners for the Lenten Series and
for the great attendance. Sunday School will not meet during the summer and will resume on August 18. The confirma-
tion class is finishing up and will meet with session on May 8 at 6:30. May 12 is confirmation Sunday and there will be a
reception during coffee hour. There are 24 registered for the family retreat at Pyoca and more are expected. Summer
camp registration is underway and she expects eight to attend. Seven from Central and two from Unity are going to this
year’s Presbyterian Youth Triennium. To help finance attendance, there will be a fund raiser at lunch time on May 5 with
a dessert auction. A new nursery worker has been hired and two more are being interviewed. Applications for the Sur-
rell Scholarship can be done online. Graduates will be recognized on May 5 and teachers on May 19. VBS will be June 17-
21 at St. Stephen’s. On May 4 we will have the first safety training for employees and others. Everyone is encouraged to
be vigilant about locking the building at all times and leaving the building in groups. Facilities was asked to consider op-
tions for more video surveillance such as a ring doorbell or tapping into our existing locking system.

Clerk’s Report: Communion was served during worship on Sunday, April 7. Home communion was served by the pas-
tor to Mary Jean DeMarr with assistance by deacon Nancy Rubey. Elders volunteered to serve communion in May. The
opening/closing duty calendar was updated.
Reports and Action Items from Committees and Commissions:
Facilities: Autobond, the masonry company, has inspected our tuck pointing and consulted with Arsee Engineering.
They are working on an estimate.
Finance: Bob Guell reported that the appeal to the congregation for help with the mortgage has generated about
$17,000. He will verify what is a one-time pledge and what is ongoing.
Worship: A question was raised about the balance between traditional and more contemporary hymns. We may have
another “hymns of our grandparents” service this summer. The idea of electronic giving continues to be discussed,
noting that the Book of Order requires offering to be part of every worship service but recognizing that not all offer-
ings are monetary. There is some concern that pages from the friendship pads are not making it to the appropriate
person for handling requests and contacting visitors. Palm Sunday worship will include both the celebratory and the
passion. The last hymn will be darker and the sanctuary will be stripped. There will be no postlude and we will leave
in silence.
Mission: the committee has met with volunteer coordinator Kelly Moy and things are going well. The committee will
place “bunny money” in the eggs that are used for the children’s Easter egg hunt. The children will then decide which
of three mission opportunities to support with the money they gather. Session approved a motion to use $325 of the
mission budget for this activity.
Personnel: the committee is leaning toward a five-year cycle for background checks for current employees.
Commissioner to Presbytery: Bob Guell will attend the May assembly.
Old Business: After prayer and consultation, the session has decided to offer $5,000 of support to the Seo family.
This was in response to a request from William, and comes from the Session restricted fund (not operating fund).

May birthdays
1—Mary McLaughlin, Melinda Modesitt
2—MacKenzie Racop
5—Scott Racop
7 — William Seo, Luanne Tilstra, Victor Tilstra-Smith
8—Paul Ekstorm
9—Jon Harder
10—Maddison Judge
12—Jean Shutt
13—Danielle Payne, Christopher Spencer
15—Todd Whitaker
18—Becky Payne
19— Matt Glenn, Jennifer Skelton
20—Sally Moulton
23—Andrew Mardis
30—Cody Scherb
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Youth News — Connor Scanlon

Past Activities
The auction was a huge help for the youth group in terms of raising money
for our summer mission trips and conferences. Thank you everyone who
was donated for that. We really appreciate it.
March 24th the youth had a great time going out for lunch and playing la-
ser tag at Extreme Laser tag here in town.

Upcoming Events
The youth have been hard at work preparing youth Sunday. It will be at
Central on May 5th and Centenary on May 12th. The sermon topic will be
“How serving God changes through different stages of life”. I hope many
of you can make it. It will be a great time to see the youth of the churches
glorify God.

May food pantry is for 14th & Chestnut for the months of May and
June. They need hamburger patties, ground sausage, large sized taco
shells, tater tots, granola bars, lunch meat, items for sack lunches, ap-
ple/orange juice, pancakes on a stick, texas toast loaves of bread, pre-
cooked bacon, uncrustables, sliced cheese, fruit cups and jello/pudding
cups. If you have any questions, please talk to either Connor Scanlon
or Molly Wadsworth.

Think Pink!

On Sunday, May 19 we will welcome Violet Marie Tarrh daughter of Brittany

Quiroz and Jon Tarrh and baby sister of Raven to our Church family. The
proud grandmother is Pam Quiroz and great grandparents are Peter and PJ
Ekstrom. This is an opportunity for us to shower Violet with our love and
blessings—— cards and gifts are also welcome.
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May 2019
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1 2 3 4

5 Sunday school 6 Family Pray- 7 8 Deacons 5:00 9 10 11

9:30
er Group 11:00 Grief Share 6:30
Worship 10:30
Session 6:30
Youth group
fundraiser 11:45

12Sunday 13 Family 14 15 Youth De- 16 17 Parents 18

school 9:30
Prayer Group sign Team 6:15 Night Out 5:30
Worship 10:30 11:00
Grief Share 6:30 Youth escape
Fellowship time
11:30 room event

19Sunday 20 Family 21 Third 22 Personnel 23 24 25

school 9:30
Prayer Group Tuesday meet- Comm. 12:30
Worship 10:30 11:00 ing supper 5:15
Grief Share 6:30
Fellowship time
11:30 Committee/
Commission
meet

26 Worship 27 Church 28 Seekers & 29 Grief Share 30 31

10:30
Office closed searchers Bible 6:30
Fellowship time study 10:00
11:30

Central Presbyterian Church
125 North Seventh Street
Terre Haute, IN 47807
Phone: 812-232-5049
Fax: 812-232-5040
E-mail: CPCOffice@thcpc.org
Website: www.thcpc.org
Next Herald
Deadline —
June 2, 2019
Central Presbyterian Church
Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Kevin Buchanan, Interim Pastor
Scott Paul-Bonham, Parish Associate
Cheryl Moles, Christian Educator
Sarah Kelsheimer, Church Secretary
Church Happenings
Women’s Book Club
The Women’s Book Women’s Bible Study
Club will be meeting The Women’s Bible Study
next on June 6 at 7:00. will meet on May 28 at
The book to be dis- 10:00 a.m. at the church.
cussed is The Leavers by The study will be on Short
Lisa Ko. Connie McLar- Stories by Jesus by Amy-Jill
en will lead the discus- Levine. Mary Horneker is
leading the lesson and Molly
sion.
Wadsworth will be the host-
ess.
May 12 is Graduates
Recognition Sunday.