Worship Service Sunday, March 28, 2021 |
Topic: Worship Service Sunday, March 28, 2021
Time: Mar 28, 2021 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Please remember to have your kids sign in for Zoom Sunday School at 10 am each Sunday!
Zoom ID: 760 186 7172
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Faith Grady Welcomes Baby Boy |
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Lennox Odell Gutter was born on the evening of March 22nd at Norton's Women and Children's Hospital. "We appreciate your prayers and would appreciate your continued prayers during our recovery." |
Earth Care Sunday School for March |
CHPC earth care team members Andrew Kang Bartlett and Stephen Bartlett will lead Sunday School for youth and adults on zoom in March on trees, land and agriculture.
Andrew is national staff for the Presbyterian Hunger Program, active in local Louisville tree-planting and harvesting, cultivates crops in his St. Matthews yard, and does food justice advocacy throughout Louisville. Stephen is head of the CHPC community garden and the summer garden camps hosted there, owns a farm in the Dominican Republic, is former staff for Agricultural Missions, and active throughout the Louisville community with gardens, trees, land and agricultural issues.
March’s focus will pick-up what COVID interrupted last March: a discussion of the importance, meaning, and place of trees in our community. Stephen will share about the tree planting at his farm in the DR and Andrew about his own tree-planting projects at home and in Louisville, and we’ll also learn about city-wide efforts at increasing the tree canopy, increasing fruit tree accessibility, and using land for marginalized communities to grow food.
We’ll discuss what we can all do—whether at church, in our own homes, in the city—to care for trees and all creation. Towards the end of the month, we will also explore public policy opportunities such as the THRIVE agenda and Green New Deal, to support broad environmental efforts.
Earth Care Sunday School – Food, Trees, Survive, Thrive
Time: Mar 28, 2021 09:00 AM Eastern Time *
Class begins at 9:45, but feel free to jump on anytime and chat with other early birds. Just save some worms for the rest of us…
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Why Use Personal Pronouns? |
". . . I have called you by name; you are mine." Isaiah 43:1
Our names matter. The language we use to refer to one another matters. It is meaningful to call someone by name, and to be called by name - they name we identify with. Some folks prefer to be called by their given name. Others prefer a shortened version of their given name, or use a middle name or nickname. We know the relationship and respect we have from someone when they address us by the name we prefer. The same is true for the pronouns we use.
So often we make gender assumptions about someone because of how they look. These assumptions are often wrong and can be hurtful. Using correct pronouns honors the way each person identifies. As a community, when we identify ourselves by our preferred pronouns, we offer hospitality to those who are often misidentified, and welcome folks as they are into the community, encouraging them to share their pronouns too.
Thank you to those of you who have asked this question in the Worship Chat, and to Stephen Bartlett for welcoming the conversation in Sunday School!
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Coffee Break and Conversation with Deborah Fortel |
Take a break on Monday mornings at 10:30 AM and chat with Deborah Fortel and other CHPCers. (Coffee is optional. Your presence is requested!)
Deborah Fortel is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Deborah Fortel's Zoom Meeting
Time: March 29, 2021 10:30 AM
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Meeting ID: 896 3942 0910
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Chat with Rebecca via Zoom Every Wednesday! |
Feel free to drop in on Wednesday anytime between 4pm - 5pm to chat with our seminary intern, Rebecca Mattern.
Topic: Meeting with Rebecca
Time: March 31, 2021 4:00 PM
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Passcode: 478161
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Join Us for Lunch on Thursdays at Noon! |
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Passcode: 276910
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March 28th:
Deacons Meeting 2pm
Session Meeting 3pm
To view the church calendar, click here.
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While Faith Grady Is on Leave |
It takes a team to cover for Faith. Members of the personnel committee have been working to pull together a team of volunteers to cover Faith's duties while she is on leave.
Avery Smith will be helping to prepare worship materials like slides and videos for our Zoom worship services. Born and raised in Ohio, Avery Smith graduated from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in May 2019, and now lives with their wife and two cats in Atlanta, Georgia. A firm believer that all binaries were made to be broken, they are both Catholic and Presbyterian. You can usually find Avery ranting about Bibilical languages or disability justice, reading or writing poems, or working on their podcast, Blessed Are the Binary Breakers: A multifaith podcast of transgender stories. Most of Avery's ministry these days takes place online; find links to their various websites and writings at binarybreakingliturgy.com.
Please continue to send your emails to office@crescenthill.church. Our staff and the personnel committee will be working together to make sure that office emails are read and receive responses.
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Give to the One Great Hour of Sharing |
Each Easter season, Crescent Hill members join Presbyterians across the country in the One Great Hour of Sharing offering. The offering funds the denomination's response to disaster, hunger and poverty through Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, the Presbyterian Hunger Program, ad the Self-Development of People program. We will hear stories about the impact of the offering in worship on March 21 and 28, and you can read additional stories and learn more about the three programs at https://specialofferings.pcusa.org/offering/oghs/
Please support the offering by sending a check to the office marked "OGHS" or by making a contribution online at www.crescenthill.chuch.
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Stories of Presbyterians Facing Issues of Race |
APRIL ADULT EDUCATION (ADULT AND YOUTH)
“Stories of Presbyterians Facing Issues of Race”
April 11, 18 and 25
(We will not hold Sunday School on Easter Sunday, 4th)
Part of the Nehemiah Project is to get familiar with our denominational history of racial inclusion and equity. This series will feature stories that help us understand where we have been in the past and who we are and who we can be today. David Sawyer will facilitate the conversations.
APRIL 11 “How a Presbyterian minister was transformed in the civil rights struggle in the south.”
Bill McAtee, Executive Presbyter Emeritus of Transylvania Presbytery, author of Transformed : A White Mississippi Pastor’s Journey into Civil Rights and Beyond, and longtime friend to Louisville Seminary, tells his story as a window into how we all have been challenged and grown in relation to racial justice.
APRIL 18 “Stories of Northern and Southern Presbyterians history of race relations.”
Cliff Kirkpatrick, Professor of World Christianity and Ecumenical Studies at LPTS and former Stated Clerk of the General Assembly joins David Sawyer to bring our history and identity into clearer focus with stories from the two main Presbyterian denominations since the Civil War.
APRIL 25 “Stories of Crescent Hill Church’s history”
An opportunity for all of us to share our memories will be sparked by a couple of key stories from one of our long-term members and currently serving Ruling Elder, Lucy Steilberg.
Topic: Adult Sunday School
Time: APR 11, 2021 09:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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We're Now a Fair Food Congregation: Get Involved! |
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During the COVID pandemic, the risks undertaken by the people who help provide us with food - not only grocery store workers but also people out in the fields picking our fruits and vegetables - have become even more apparent. Outreach Committee and Session decided that CHPC should be formally designated as a Fair Food congregation. Outreach Council invites you to prayerfully consider how you might be involved in this fair food partnership:
- Pray for this important ministry. If you say grace before meals, include in your prayers both those who have grown/raised the food and those who have transported, sold, and/or cooked it.
- Be part of a team of 3 to 5 people who would help keep the congregation informed about fair food issues and help organize events, such as one coming up in a couple of weeks.
- Participate in a Louisville version of a nationwide set of Monday, April 5 events to pressure on Wendy’s to join an industry wide agreement to enhance working conditions and compensation for agricultural workers (in Wendy’s case, for workers who pick tomatoes for their sandwiches and salads).
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Deacon of the Month: March |
Allen Bridgman is our Deacon of the Month for March. If you or someone you know is in need of a kind gesture, please reach out to Allen at (502)314-5884 or email j.allenbridgman@gmail.com
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Claudia Foulkes is our Elder of the Week. She can be contacted by phone at (502)939-4129 or via email at cfoulkes3@gmail.com
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