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April 2010 potpourri
First Presbyterian Church of Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Birthdays and Anniversaries and Calendar News of Note
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The potpourri lives! J After a six month hiatus to revise our newsletter focus and distribution, the potpourri is back. It has always remained a significant way for many in our congregation to stay in touch with the life and calendar of the church. We invite you to contribute – whether ideas, notes of thanks, announcements (or creative time and energy).
The first revision we’re making is in automatic distribution. Until last year, we were sending out over 300 copies of our church newsletter each month at a not-insignificant postage cost – to a list which included many who have communicated they prefer receiving much more of their news these days over internet and email. Our revised potpourri will be printed once a month and made available for pick-up at any time in the church lobby areas – plus it will be sent out via email at the same time it is printed. The potpourri will also be sent out by ‘snail-mail’ on request to home-bound members and friends of the congregation – and we invite you to help us make sure this list is up to date.
Because the preparation of the potpourri will now be much less labor intensive as well, our deadline for contributions and input will be the last Monday of each month – so that the newsletter can be made available by the first Sunday of each month. It is simpler in format, though still rich in potential. There will remain room for broadening the scope of the potpourri – as well as room for your creative input. Enjoy!
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APRIL BIRTHDAYS
1ST --- Caroline Kamerzel
2ND --- John Rutz
3RD --- Nedra Lopez; Stephen Raymond
4TH --- Maurice Deines
5TH --- Kirsten Edelbrock; Kathy Nielsen; Kathlyn Pazan; Lee Pinet; Timothy Wilson
6TH --- James Livingston; Doris Smith
7TH --- Brian Kleager
8TH --- Hayley Bruckner; Harold Heil; Peggy Sittner; Dell Weber
9TH --- Bennie Nagengast; Brancyn Scott; Donald Sweeney
11TH -- Jessica McLamb
14TH -- Jennifer Deitloff; Jody Wentz
16TH -- Maren Chaloupka; Esther Hara; Katherine Tuttle
19TH -- Richard Jackson; Shawn Scott
20TH -- Eugene Hort; Roy Johndreau
21ST -- Beth Babcock
22ND -- Wayne Hofmann
23RD -- Dwight Barbour; Dora Nuss-Warren
24TH -- Jessica Burton; Riley Lang; Chip Smith
26TH -- Amanda Thompson
27TH -- Kathryn Wilson
28TH -- Jack Baker; David Koehler
29TH -- Emily Sorensen-Santos
30TH -- Quintin Martin; Aaron Owens
APRIL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
5TH---Marion & Sally Lang; Brad Gustafson & Sally Sexton;
Gordon & Linda Rock; Jason & Jennifer Koch
12TH--Roger & Joan Frahm
15TH--Ronald & Carolyn Nuss-Warren
18TH--Robert & Kathryn Wilson
April Calendar News of Note
1st --- Maundy Services -at Midwest Theater at Noon; Afternoon Communion Services at Northfield Villa (2:00pm), Residency (3:00pm), Village (4:00pm); Evening Maundy Thursday Service at 7 PM at the Scottsbluff First United Methodist Church; Final Stretch Class at 9 AM till fall
2nd & 3rd --- 7PM Good Friday Service at First Presbyterian Church of Scottsbluff; 24 Hour Prayer Vigil from 8PM Good Friday evening through 8PM Saturday at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) A room with garden motif is prepared where participants may 'spend an hour with Jesus' during these dramatic hours of waiting.
4th --- Easter Sunday 6:30 AM Service at YMCA Trails West Camp; First Presbyterian Services at 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM ; Noon Services at the Midwest Theater
5th-13th --- Pastor Brad on Vacation
8th---Rae Whitney's Class will not meet today!
10th --- Men's Breakfast Group meets at 7 AM
11th--- 8:40 AM Café (pre-school to 6th grade); 9:30 AM Sunday Youth Service
13th--- Presbyterian Women's Circle meets in Session room at 10 AM, with Bible Study led by
Pastor Brad; Committee Night at 6:30 PM meet in your assigned room
18th --- 8:40 AM Café (pre-school to 6th grade); 9:30 AM Sunday Service
19th --- 11 AM Brad attends Berthoud Council Finance;
7 PM Darkness to Light with Sally Sexton in Chapel
23rd --- Presbytery Council in Greeley
25th --- 7:30 AM - 9:15 AM Mini Health Fair;
8:40 AM Café (pre-school to 6th grade); 9:30 AM Sunday Service
27th --- Combined Session and Deacons meeting at 5:30 PM at John & Cricket Simmon's home
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Church Phone --- (308) 632-2131 Fax – (308) 635-1755
Email ---
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Mail to --- 101 E 20th Street, Scottsbluff, NE 69361 or
PO Box 1438, Scottsbluff, NE 69363
Office Hours: 8-12 & 1-5 Monday thru Thursday --- Friday 8-12 & 1-4
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The stone was rolled away from the door, not to permit Christ to come out,
but to enable the disciples to go in." - Peter Marshall
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