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Your April News & Updates
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Imagine a courtroom and picture the prosecutor attacking the defendant. The prosecutor says, "This man is a treasonous liar who is intent on destroying society as we know it. The defendant has no values and is stirring up trouble." His arguments are intense, spiteful, and hate filled and are intended to make the jury so angry that they will find the man guilty and call for his punishment. As I write I am imagining almost any courtroom drama on TV.
But the defendant doesn't respond the way we would expect. He says nothing. His defense team offers no rebuttal, nor do they try to justify his actions or proclaim his innocence. And when he is sentenced and the sentence is about to be carried out, instead of responding with hatred or seeking revenge, he merely says, 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." (
This illustration was inspired by Pat Damiani.)
Could I do that if I was in Jesus' place? My guess is that most of us would fall short of the love Jesus embodied in that moment.
Our journey from Lent through Easter this year has been all about how we can learn to Love Like Jesus. I hope you feel God working in our lives to help us Love Like Jesus in our worship. Join us on Sundays and for our special Maundy Thursday celebration during Holy Week as we explore the practical steps we all need to take so that we can love like that.
Our student minister, Frances Stanley will continue the series on March 31. I will return from vacation and see you all on April 7. If you have any pastoral needs remember to contact the Elder of the Month - Harold Manahan.
En Agape',
Michael
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Reggie Martin, Moderator
April 14, 4:00 p.m. (note date change)
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April Serving Schedule
Elders Meeting: April 9; 7:00 p.m.
Elder of the Month: Harold Manahan
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Genesis Elder/Greeter |
Elders |
Diaconate |
Acolytes |
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Judy Pierce |
Patsy Fowler |
Olivia Gant* |
Cassidy Penley |
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Dalton Pierce (G) |
Barbara Dykema |
Elana Gant |
Elena Highfield |
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Irene Wells |
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Pat Penley |
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Mark Highfield |
David Bremner |
Keith Davis* |
Avery Pierce |
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Ed Baugher (G) |
Ted Jones |
Barbara Davis |
Ben Peterman |
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Jared Pierce |
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Deborah Sadler |
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Maundy
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David Bremner |
None needed
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None needed
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Ted Jones
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Harold Manahan |
Gen Bohannon |
Jessica Colbert* |
Carrie Peterman |
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Carlton Shelton (G) |
Barbara Dykema |
Kelly Benson |
John Weeks |
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Ruthie Weeks (J) |
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Wendy Benson (J) |
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ONE Worship |
Madelyn Logan |
Carlton Shelton* |
Tristan Goodman |
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Youth Sunday |
Don Richardson |
Norma Miller |
Corinne Colbert |
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Chad Baugher |
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Alan Goodman |
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(G) Greeter; (J) Junior Diaconate
**Only Elders are needed to serve on Maundy Thursday
*If you are unable to serve please find a replacement or contact
Becky Baugher
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HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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THE CLAY SPRINGS RURITAN CLUB'S ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT
SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH AT 10:00 A.M.
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Click Here to Read
In this Issue:
- 2019 Craig Springs Camp Registration
- Craig Springs 2019 Work Weekends
- Search Committee Letter to the Region
- Craig Springs Camp Support Staff Opening
- Piedmont District Convention-Fifth Sunday
- Gathering 2019 Southeast Regional Fellowship (SERF) Collaboration Event
- Church Planting in Harrisonburg
- Save the Date! DW Retreat, May 31-June 2, 2019
- Care Fund Update
- Save the Date! VA Handbell Consort Concert-April 14, 2019
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Outreach Opportunities
Week of Compassion
To date you have donated $1812.64 to the Week of Compassion offering. Not only do we help those around the world find ways to sustain life, but we also make a difference in our own country when natural disasters occur. You may not think that your one donation makes a difference - but believe me, God uses your gifts in ways - More Than We Can Imagine! Week of Compassion serves around the world as well as around the year. It is not just a week - it continues to give all year long.
The Easter Offering will be received on April 14 & 21, 2019
"I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing." - John 15:5 NRSV
The 2019 Easter Offering will be received on April 14 and 21. Funds collected from this offering
support General Ministries of the Church. General ministries serve across the United States and Canada, and around the world. These ministries address broad areas of work, central administrative functions and specialized study and services to meet responsibilities of the Church in its mission of witness and service to the world. General ministries strengthen congregational life for the church's mission. As we celebrate the life of Jesus Christ, we hope that you will give generously to this mission - thereby enabling the life of the congregation to grow and strengthen.
Habitat for Humanity Faith Build
A couple of years ago, Slash participated in a Faith Build Home through Habitat for Humanity. We have that opportunity to participate again this year. A new home will start construction in the April/May timeframe and Slash will once again offer the opportunity to be a part of that rewarding experience. More information will be coming in the next month or two; but in the meantime, I hope that you will think about participating in that build. No special skills are necessary - just a desire to help. We can participate by having a group from Slash sign up for a particular day to help build and/or by helping to furnish lunch on some work day to other workers. This is a time that we can fellowship while being a part of a great experience in helping to build a home for someone else. And at the same time, we get in a laugh or two as well! If you are interested, please let Cathy Tillman know so plans can be made. But stay tuned for more information - - -
Relay for Life Event in May
This year Slash has special plans to honor or remember our friends or family members touched by cancer. On Sunday, May 19th we will light candles for our loved ones and friends and we will have a special collection for the American Cancer Society as we light those candles.
Other special events will take place that Sunday with a
luncheon after the ONE Worship service. Please plan to join us, make a special donation, light a candle and remember and honor those who have suffered whether as victims or as caregivers and friends. Let us HONOR and REMEMBER!
Easter Egg Hunt Sponsored by Clay Springs Ruritan Club
The Clay Springs Ruritan Club will sponsor its annual community wide Easter Egg Hunt at Slash Christian Church, 11353 Mount Hermon Road, Ashland, VA on Saturday, April 20th at 10:00 AM. (weather permitting).
Children 1 - 12 years of age are welcome to come and join in the fun. Prizes will be awarded. So come and bring your friends.
Easter Sunrise Service Breakfast will be served Sunday morning April 21st at Slash Christian Church following the Easter Sunrise Service. The Clay Springs Ruritans hope that you will be there for the Sunrise Service and stay for breakfast.
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Slash Youth News
April 7
, 5-6:30 pm: Youth Sunday Prep and Games
April 14, 5-6:30 pm: Youth Sunday Prep and Games
April 28, 2019, Youth Sunday
Make plans to join us for Youth Sunday. We will have
ONE Worship at 11 am.
May 5, Special Time: 3-6 pm: Kickball Tournament and PIZZA PARTY
May 19, 5-6:30 pm: Bible Study ahead of Mission Trip.
May 24-26, 2019 (Memorial Day Weekend) Youth Mission Trip
Spring Work Weekend at Craig Springs. Please return your registration form by April 28 and $10 per person for gas.
End of the Year Celebration Swim Party
We will select a date in June for a meal and swimming to finish off the school year.
CRAIG SPRINGS SUMMER CAMP 2019
Theme: Peace Works: Empowering the next generation of peacemakers
CAMP FORMS AVAILABLE NOW AND ARE DUE BY APRIL 28TH.
THEY ARE HANGING OUTSIDE OF MICHAEL'S OFFICE.
Remember Slash provides half price camperships to one camp for each youth in our church as well as paying 100% of the fees for our 9th-12th grade youth who volunteer as counselors at Nature Camp.
If you register online you will pay full price. If you want the half price campership print out the form and turn it in at Slash with a check made payable to Slash for one half of the cost.
2019 Camp Dates
Nature Camp - June 23-28
Special Camp - June 30-July 5
AMPDD Camp - July 8-13
Triple 1 - July 14-19
Triple 2 - July 28-August 2
New Covenant Camp - August 4-9
Family Camp - August 9-12
Fall Work Weekend - October 11-13
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2019
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
July 20-24, 2019
Des Moines, Iowa
#Abide2019 #CCDOC
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Flower Ministry
The 2019 flower chart is posted by the office.
If you would like to purchas
e flowers
in me
mory of or in honor of a loved one please sign up on the flower chart, fill in an order form and return it to the office. You may email or call the office (798-4520) to order sanctuary flowers.
The sanctuary flower price is $27.00 with checks made payable to Slash Christian Church. Orders do not have to be prepaid. April 7, May 19 & 26 are the next available dates.
Easter flower orders are due by Sunday, March 31st.
Please remember to bring fresh cut flowers
for our Easter Cross on Easter Sunday morning!
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On behalf of ACES, please accept my deepest gratitude for the very generous donation of $800. ACES remains an all-volunteer organization and is supported solely by donations from our community - individuals, churches, businesses and civic clubs. Your generosity allows us to purchase needed food items for our pantry, assist with financial aid and/or sustain our senior rides program.
Sincerely,
Bonnie Hoskin
On behalf of the Virginia Council of Churches, please accept my gratitude for your continued support. It is the support of Covenant Churches like yours that makes it possible to make real the prayer of our Lord that we might all be one. Your gift of $120.00 is vital to the continuation and strengthening of the Council's ecumenical mission. Please continue to hold the VCC and our mission in Christ in your prayers.
Blessing,
Rev. Mary Anne Glover, Interim General Minister
On behalf of the rural families we serve I would like to express my deep appreciation for your generous donation of $275.00. Along with my gratitude, I send the appreciation of the staff of Rural Family Development of the Virginia Council of Churches. Your continued support is a blessing and an encouragement to us all.
LaNeen S. White, Executive Director
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Ashland Christian Emergency Services (ACES) is a church initiated, outreach, community service, focused on "the least of the brethern." Slash Christian Church and its members have supported this special ministry since its early days.
We continue to provide food, household items, and personal items to those in need iin Central Hanover County.
In 2018 ACES had thirty-five volunteers who gave 9680.5 hours of service to 1,642 families, averaging 136 families a month.
Food distribution served 1128 families - 2,310 individuals providing 45,056 food items.
ACES has initiated a Senior Rides Program for those without transportation to medical appointments, banks, and other trips i.e.pharmacy etc.with 98 riders in the database, 39 being added in 2018, 41 used the program. There are nine volunteer drivers who drove 14,170 miles to provide this important service in 2018.
ACES was open 127 days - 10.58 days average a month.
The management and volunteers do not receive any remuneration for their investment in providing ACES services.
Current Needs:
Adult Clothing:
Women's athletic shoes - all sizes
Children's Clothing:
Boy's and Girl's spring/summer clothing (sizes 12 and larger)
Pantry:
Boxed Potatoes (potato flakes),
Canned Meat (chicken, ham, tuna, salmon, etc.),
Apple Sauce, Canned Fruit and
Canned Peas
Toiletries:
Soap,
Shampoo
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Prayer Requests
Church Family
Julie Peterman, Madelyn Logan, Betty Pierce, Dianne Jones
Homebound
Beverly Vaughan, Doris Talley
Buck Hale, H.T. Loving (Hanover Manor)
For Healing
Jerry Tompkins (brother-in-law of Ted Jones), Gabriel Verrier-Naas (mother of Ava, daughter of Nancy Murdock), Jody (friend of Hellermann's), Rebecca Wyatt & baby Benjamin; (friends of Callee Young),
Kathy Whiteside (friend of the Moore's), Rhonda Dole (friend of the Hellermann's),
Beth Bareford and family (neighbor of Becky Baugher), Jessica Thompson (niece of Jessica Colbert), Robert Munn (friend of Tori Goodman), Lois Frith (cousin of Don Richardson), Justin Staples and family (friend of Nancy Farrell), Jerry Ferguson (co-worker of Julie Moore), Claude Beasley (friend of Judy and Dalton Pierce), Mark Scott and family (cousin of Gail Hellermann), Pam Brown (friend of Gail Hellermann), Joyce McDowell (aunt of Harold Manahan), Keith Boyer (husband of Nancy Boyer; former members), Bob Henderson, Rebecca Loving (granddaughter of Brooken and Sandra Loving), Sydni Meadows (friend of Amy Jones), Jerry Kersey (brother of Don Kersey), Linda Slayton (mother of Melinda Gillam), John Cox (mentor of Buddy Hill), Shelby Slaughter (friend of Elana Gant), Nick Harrison (father of Steve Harrison), Brenna Canning (granddaughter of Frank Burkett), Whitney Bush (friend of Patsy Fowler), Charlie League (friend of Patsy Fowler), Steve Rennick and family (friends of Shanna Penley), Elissa Hoyt (granddaughter of Frank Burkett), Iris Epps (friend of Gail Hellermann), All military personnel, first responders and their families, Unspoken prayer concerns
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