First Presbyterian Church of Puyallup

412 West Pioneer Puyallup, WA 98371 253-848-7243 www.fpcpuyallup.org

Rev. Sue Watkins, Pastor APRIL 2015

VOLUME 63, ISSUE 3

Palm Sunday

March 29

10:30 am

Maundy Thursday

Seder Dinner April 2

6:00 pm

Good Friday

April 3

7:00 pm

Easter Sunday

April 5

10:30 am

REACH & REFRESH

Begins April 12 The Lord is indeed working in our midst! Beginning Sunday

afternoon, April 12, 2015, we invite you to Reach & Refresh.

This will be worship featuring contemporary music

and a casual “come as you are” atmosphere.

Doors to the Fellowship Hall will open at 4:45pm for

mingling, snacks and coffee. We invite youth, young adults,

young at heart and anyone with a desire to deepen your

relationship with Jesus Christ, to join us each Sunday for

this unique worship experience. Nursery care will be provided.

From Our PastorFrom Our PastorFrom Our PastorFrom Our Pastor Rev. Sue Watkins pastorsue@fpcpuyallup.org

It’s all about redemption. It’s always been about redemption. Ever since the first people sinned the very first time, God has been in the business of redemption. OK> so maybe it’s really about love. After all, if God didn’t love us, he wouldn’t bother to redeem us. God made us. God made everything around us. God could certainly have written us off and started over again with new people, but he didn’t because he loves us.

When God stitched together a set of clothes for Adam and Eve even as he sent them from the Garden of Eden that was redemption. God was not going to give up on them, even though they had broken the relationship he had established with them. He clothed them and made them farmers. No longer could they just meander about and pick fruit from the trees in the garden. Now they would have to till the soil, plant and harvest crops, cook and eat them. But God was still with them, watching over them. And God still loved them.

The whole Bible tells us how God has redeemed his children again and again. In this first week of April we will be remembering and then celebrating God’s ultimate act of redemption. On Thursday we will have a Seder (Passover) meal. At the Seder we will break the bread and drink from the cup and reflect on what that night must have been like for Jesus.

On Friday, there will be the Cross Walk at 4:00 pm. We will gather in the parking lot a block east of the church and walk from church to church, following the cross. As we do this, we will consider what it means to follow Christ today. At 7:00, we will come to worship for a service called Tenebrae, in which the darkness of the crucifixion is remembered through scripture, music, and the snuffing out of candles.

Finally (Whew finally!) we will come together on Sunday morning to celebrate the resurrection of

Jesus! It will be a communion Sunday this year, but what a different moment from Thursday night’s

breaking of the bread! “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who

believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life.”

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Scripture Lessons for the Coming Weeks

You are welcome to read the lessons in preparation for Sunday Worship.You are invited to a Bible Study

with Pastor Sue each Wednesday at 9:30 am in the Parlor.

April 5, 2015

Resurrection of the Lord/Easter Holy Communion

Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; John 20:1-18

April 12, 2015 2nd Sunday of Easter

Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 133; 1 John 1:1-2:2; John 20:19-31

April 19, 2015 3rd Sunday of Easter

Acts 3:12-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48

April 26, 2015 4th Sunday of Easter

Acts 4:5-12; Psalm 23; 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18

Good Friday Walk Friday, April 3 4:00 pm

In times of economic difficulty, we sometimes want to fold in on ourselves and protect our spir-itual, emotional and material resources. Join us as we reflect upon Christ’s suffering and how he invites us by his example to maintain our sense of justice and charity even when our own securi-ty and survival feels threatened.

Meet at 4:00 pm in the parking lot between Powers Funeral Home and the Senior Activity Center.

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Monday, March 30: Isaiah 42:1-9 Psalm 36:5-11 Hebrews 9:11-15 John 12:1-11

Tuesday, March 31: Isaiah 49:1-7 Psalm 71:1-14 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 John 12:20-36

Wednesday, April 1: Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 70 Hebrews 12:1-3 John 13:21-32

Maundy Thursday, April 2: Exodus 12:1-14 Ps 116:1-2, 12-19 1 Cor 11:23-26 John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Good Friday, April 3: Isaiah 52:13—53:12 Psalm 22 Hebrews 10:16-25 John 18:1—19:42

Saturday, April 4, Great Vigil of Easter: Genesis 7:1-5,11-18; 8:6-18; 9:8-13

Genesis 1:1—2:4a Genesis 22:1-18 Ex 15:1b-13, 17-18 Ex 14:10-31, 15:20-21 Psalm 19 Psalm 16 Psalms 42 & 43 Psalm 46 Psalm 98 Psalm 114 Psalm 136:1-9, 23-26 Psalm 143 Prov 8:1-8, 19-21, 9:4b-6 Isaiah 12:2-6 Isaiah 55:1-11 Ezekiel 36:24-28 Ezekiel 37:1-14 Zephaniah 3:14-20 Romans 6:3-11 Mark 16:1-8

Freezing Nights Season Ends Our last Freezing Night of the season was

March 31, 2015. Thank you so much to all those who volunteered their time and talents to show care and hospitality to homeless people in our community. Our next season of Freezing Nights will begin in November.

Meanwhile, the New Hope Resource Center will begin summer hours on April 1, 2015. Those hours will be Monday-Friday 11:30am–5:30pm; Saturday 11:30am–6:00pm; Sunday 9:00am–12 Noon. Lunch will be served Monday, Wednes-day and Friday. Dinner will be served on Satur-day, and breakfast on Sunday. If you would like to volunteer at the Center or donate items or food, or for any other information, please contact Pat Walton (253-875-3262) or Phyllis Smith (253-848-5734).

Sunday Morning Service Thanks to all who filled out a Worship Survey

on Sunday, February 22! We added these to

those who e-mailed Pastor Sue in response to

her Chimes article asking the same question. Of

the 85 who weighed in, a full 80% would like to

see us continue to have some praise songs in-

cluded in the morning service. Our Contempo-

rary Worship Leader, Dave Campbell, will be

moving to Reach and Refresh, the new after-

noon service which begins April 12. Many of the

Praise Team members will continue leading the

praise songs in the morning service under the

leadership of Wayne Chan. Thank you also for

your comments and suggestions. We will take

them into consideration as we plan our morning

service.

News from Presbyterian Women

Did your wedding go as planned? Was it the wedding of your dreams or was there a story to re-member? Our April 6

th Gathering will be an enter-

taining event. Debbi Jaquish, Wedding Planner, will be sharing her stories and experiences in help-ing brides plan their special day. Join us for lunch at Noon followed by our program. Also included at this gathering will be the election of our 2015-2016 PW Leaders and the Dedication of the Birthday Of-fering. Marian Duncan has challenged us to give ten cents for every birthday we have celebrated. Hope you plan to attend.

The Miracles of Jesus The Adult Sunday School Class will be continu-

ing the Lenten Devotion discussion through Easter Sunday.

Beginning after Easter, we will start into a discussion of the 37 miracles attributed to Jesus. We will look at the impact on the message and his ministry. This study will also look at the different interpretations of the miracles across all of the Gospels.

Join us Sunday mornings at 9:00 am in Library.

Supper Club

Our April 25th Supper Club will be a most inter-

esting and educational evening. You are invited to the potluck dinner which begins at 6:00 pm fol-lowed by our program at 7:00 pm.

Night Witches is the amazing story of Russia’s women pilots. Night Witches is the English trans-lation of Nachthexen, a World War II German nick-name, for the female military aviators. The Witches flew only in the dark. They had no radar or para-chutes and navigated their paths through the night skies with maps and compasses.

Roger Neill, our presenter, is a friend of the Da-visons and is a retired United Airline Pilot (Captain). He and his wife were both born in Cana-da and Roger served in the Canadian Air Force. They lived in Germany during part of his service years. They moved to Sumner, WA where they have lived for many years. The family all be-came US Citizens when their children were in school. Roger has been a Docent for the Museum of Flight and developed the Night Witches program a few years ago and presents the program fre-quently.

Please mark your calendars and come enjoy this most fascinating and informational program.

You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene,

who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here.

Mark 16:6

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Scholarship Applications Now Available

First Presbyterian Church is offering schol-arships to students who are continuing their ed-ucation. Applications are available in the church office and church website www.fpcpuyallup.org/scholarships.html and are due back to the church office by Friday, May 1st at 12 Noon. There are two different scholarship programs and each requires a separate application.

Both scholarships are open to applicants continuing their education in a four-year univer-sity, community college, technical school, or graduate school and ‘running start’ students. Scholarship recipients will be announced Grad-uation Sunday on June 7.

April Birthdays 1st-Ray Coleman

2nd-Karen Cockle

2nd-Evert DeYoung

6th-Keith Johnson

8th-Diane Gibbons

9th-Amanda Henry

9th-Bill Marsh

11th-Dorothy Lee (101) 12th-Elaine Morey

13th-Drew Lehmann

20th-Gail Downs

23rd-Lauren Picha

23rd-Regen Picha

27th-Alex Giltner 28th-Mary Ann Grover

28th-Teresa Allen

28th-Teresa Allen

April Anniversaries 6th ~ Tim & Nancy Westmark,

celebrating 42 years!

Thank You Brothers & Sisters of my church family: I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to those of you that sent cards & prayed for my recovery during my recent illness. I’m very lucky to have such good friends around me. Thanks be to God and you

good friends for my ongoing recovery. Marilyn Burnett

I want to thank all my church family for the continued prayers, cards, calls, visits, caroling and poinsettia. What a blessing you all are in my life. I keep you all in my prayers each day, you mean the world to me along with our Lord. Pastor Sue, thank you for coming and holding my hand when I was pretty scared. My love &

prayers to all In Christ, Cora Molnar.

Congratulations to Deb & Russ Hale on the birth of

grandson

James Orris Cox, V

on March 12, 2015

to James & Mindy Cox. He was 6lbs, 6 oz. Great-grandpa is Evert DeYoung

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412 West Pioneer Puyallup, WA 98371-8625

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