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Men’s Breakfast 2

“Before Amen” 2 Study Group 5/20

“Feed the Funnel” 2

“Women of the Bible” Study 3

Budget Note 3

Sunday School 3

College Students 3

Save the Date VBS 3

Congrats to Seniors 4

Ushers Needed 4

Blessings from 4 Children’s Church

Nursery Workers 4

Calendar 5 & Birthdays

Coming Events 6

Scripture for May

“He has made everything

beautiful in its time. Also,

he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he

cannot find out what God

has done from the begin-ning to the end.

“I perceived that there is

nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good

as long as they live;

“also that everyone should eat and drink and take

pleasure in all his toil —

this is God’s gift to man.

“I perceived that whatever

God does endures forever;

nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from

it.”

Ecclesiastes 3:11-14, ESV

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

(Colossians 3:23-24)

We had a great Holy Week! I am grateful to everyone who attended; and especially grateful to those who worked so hard to make this week possible.

I dare not name names for fear I will omit someone. However, I thank everyone who provided food. I also thank those who worked in the kitchen. Not only did you serve us; but you cleaned up after us each day! Thanks to those in the AV booth and all our musicians and singers. Each day you helped assure we would hear the Word of God through song. I thank those who worked as ushers and greeters; you extended “southern hospitality” to all our visitors!

I thank those who prepared bulletins and provided bulletin information; you helped us do all things “decent and orderly”. I thank one of our own who brought us the Word of God in a powerful message – a message which called us to wonder what it must have been like at Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem!

In my opinion, all of you worked heartily for the Lord. You were not seeking applause but serving your Lord, so I pray He will indeed reward you for your service.

So often I think, “I’m the guy out front; but I’m certainly not the one making all of this run smoothly.” I am very proud of you, Church! I love the way you work and serve our church and community. I am truly blessed to be your pastor!

Danny

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YOUTH SUNDAY May 12, 11:00 AM

Plan to attend and support our youth.

Sunday, May 12, 9:30 AM

(NO Sunday School)

More details to follow!

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MEN’S BREAKFAST

SATURDAY, MAY 11, 8:00 AM

Blessing and meal,

Special Music, Scripture reading, Prayer Time and Devotional,

Project Report and Plans.

Dismissal at 9:30 AM!

2019 Feed the Funnel Mission Project

By: John T. Johnson

Thank you so much to those of you who helped with the Feed the Funnel event on Friday April 5th! Food insecurity and hunger unfortunately affect many of our friends and neighbors. As believers, we are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus in reaching out

to those in need. The Feed the Funnel event is designed to allow community members

to be a part of packing a massive number of meals in a short period of time for those in

need. The packaged meals are then distributed by local food banks, churches, etc. A

wealth of information about the program can be found online at www.thepackshack.com

During the event we packed and sealed 26,208 bags, each of which is a meal for four

people. That’s 104,832 meals and they all stay within the local area. In case you haven’t

participated before, here’s how the process works: Numerous assembly stations are set

up with about 5-6 people per funnel. Each person has an ingredient they scoop into the

funnel which dumps into the meal bag. After each person pours in their scoop, a

designated person at the assembly station places the filled bag into a waiting box and

puts a new empty bag under the funnel. This fast paced process takes about 5 seconds

and is repeated continuously.

Helping pack 26,208 meal bags in less than in hour is an experience not to be missed. We’ll keep you posted when next year’s date is set.

New Small Group Starting:

The Rise and Shine small group will meet Monday mornings at 10:00 AM

starting May 20, in the Fellowship Hall. "Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer" by Max Lucado is the

topic. Contact Ann McConnell for more information.

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SUNDAY SCHOOL

10:00 AM

Children 3 years and under:

NEED VOLUNTEERS!

Pre K-1st grade:

Ruthann Russell,

Susan Tabor

2nd-5th grade: Terri Birkett

6-12th grade: Derrick Williams

Adult Contemporary Studies: Kelly and Beth Witt

Adults: Gary Birkett

Breakfast snacks and drinks available at 9:30 a.m. every

Sunday morning. Come and join us!

Sunday School is not the only component of

Christian Education. Other events include Youth

Group meetings and outings, Vacation Bible

School for children, Bible Study groups, full length

movies, Men's Ministry and fellowship, the Acts

Bible Study taught by Betty Martin, and Women’s

Ministry.

KEEP OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS IN YOUR PRAYERS:

Cari Goins, Abby Hutchens, Julia Hutchens, Sydney

Kirk, Allison Lyon, Anna Shough, Mary Catherine

Stegall, Beth Williams, Grace Williams,

(Those in bold are Freshmen )

“WOMEN OF THE BIBLE” STUDY

The “Women of the Bible” Study

will meet May 2, 5:30 PM!

(Betty L Martin is the leader.)

SAVE THE DATES!

August 2-4

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

Ages: Pre-School - Grade 5

Friday evening, August 2:

Kick-off Hot Dog Supper and a

Movie

(Parents invited to attend)

Saturday, August 3, 9 AM - 1 PM

Lessons and music

Sunday, August 4 during

Worship

Activity presented to congregation

We look forward to seeing you there!

SPC Budget Note

YTD Income: $59,875.33 YTD Expense: $67,147.64 Deficit YTD * - $7,272.31

(through March)

* $12,000 in annual Missions donations paid

Ellen Renegar, Treasurer

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Date 5/5 5/12 5/19 5/26 6/2

Nursery Eric and

Candice Fulcher

Danny and

Amy Smith

Nikki Handy

Samantha Joyce

Ada Fain

Angela Rose

VOLUNTEER

and

Lisa Williams

Patrick County High School

Daniel Smith

Emily Stegall

Class of 2019

USHERS FOR 2019

The Sign-up Sheet for Ushers is on

the board in the Walk of Faith just

off the vestibule. If you are willing

to serve, please sign up for a month! Ushers needed

for May-December!

Blessings from Children’s Church

By Terri Birkett

You may think that going to Children’s Church instead of getting to listen to Danny’s sermon is a burden. And, of

course, sometimes my flesh wants to just bask in the sweet worship atmosphere and be taught by our pastor. However,

I know a wild blessing usually awaits me in Children’s Church. (And I can be blessed by Danny’s sermon later since

it’s online!) I think it’s only fair that I share some of those blessings with you.

On Palm Sunday we talked about the fact that, hundreds of years before Jesus, an angel told Daniel when Messiah

would appear to the people, and that Daniel wrote that information down to be found in the Old Testament for anyone

who would read it and figure it out…so that they could be expecting Him. In addition, God put the amazing picture of

Passover in the Old Testament, when the Israelites were saved from death and freed from Egypt by their obedience to

the sacrifice of a perfect lamb and its blood covering, painted on the door of their homes.

We talked about how Palm Sunday would have been the day the people chose their perfect lamb, keeping it for a few

days before slaughtering it for their Passover meal. We mentioned how the Hallel (Psalms 113-118) was written many

years before the specific Passover that Jesus would ride into Jerusalem, but that the people knew it by heart as they

cried it out to Jesus who, for the moment, they proclaimed Messiah. The palm branches and the cry “God save

us” (Ho-Sha-nah in Hebrew) had been used by zealots as signal devices in their efforts to try to throw off the yoke of

Rome, so the people could only use those things outside Jerusalem. (I did not mention that this is because they

represented Jewish nationalism, so the people were proclaiming Jesus a victorious military leader they hoped

for rather than their Savior.) The palm branches, date palm Branches from the Mt of Olives, were forbidden to go into

the city.

And then, we noted how this picture of the Passover Lamb was repeated over and over again (by God’s instructions)

throughout Jewish history so that they would not miss Jesus coming to fulfill the prophetic picture. So, I asked,

“Why did they miss it?” In a flash, a sweet voice, no doubt inspired by the Holy Spirit, answered, “Because they

weren’t paying attention.”

Yes! Jesus is coming again.

Are we paying attention?

Nursery Workers for May

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1 2 Noon- 5:30 PM— MFC 5:30 PM “Women of the Bible”

3 4

5 9:00 AM Deacons 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Worship Noon-Ushers & Greeters Mtg.

6 9:00 AM- 1:00 PM-MFC

7 6:00 PM Session

8 5:30 PM- Hand Bells 6:30 PM— Youth Meeting 6:45 PM— Choir

9 Noon- 5:30 PM— MFC

10

11

8:00 AM

MEN’S

BREAKFAST

12 MOTHER’S DAY 9:30 AM—Mother’s Day Breakfast 11:00 AM Worship—YOUTH SUNDAY

13 9:00 AM- 1:00 PM-MFC

14

175 5:30 PM- Hand Bells 6:45 PM— Choir

16 Noon- 5:30 PM— MFC

17 18

19 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Worship

20 10:00 AM BEFORE AMEN Study 9:00 AM- 1:00 PM-MFC

21

22 5:30 PM- Hand Bells 6:30 PM— Youth Meeting 6:45 PM— Choir

23 Noon- 5:30 PM— MFC

24

25

26 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 AM Worship

27 MEMORIAL DAY 10:00 AM BEFORE AMEN Study

28

29 5:30 PM- Hand Bells 6:45 PM— Choir

30 Noon- 5:30 PM— MFC

31

If your birthday is missing

below, please contact

Geneva in the office.

May Ushers

, 2019

1 Cameron Rakes 2 Chris Byers

4 Dae Williams 5 Alex Tabor

10 Krew M Lindsey 13 Buck Davis, Nikki Hall, Nelson McConnell,

14 Ann McConnell 15 Ellen Renegar, Holly Willard

17 Nathan Forrest 19 Heidi Moore

20 Terri Birkett 24 Daniel Smith

27 Diane Bilbrey 28 Ben Joyce

29 Joe Glick, Mason Caswell 30 Jim Marion, Lincoln Rose

31 Betty L Martin

MAY BIRTHDAYS

Stuart Presbyterian

276-694-4628

Office E-mail:

stuartpresbyterian

@embarqmail.com

Pastor’s E-mail: sppastor

@embarqmail.com

P.O. Box 944 309 Staples Avenue Stuart, VA 24171

The Little Church With a Big Vision

COMING EVENTS

Thursday, May 2 5:30 PM, “Women of the Bible” Study

Sunday, May 5 9:00 AM, Deacons’ Meeting

Noon--Ushers and Greeters Meeting

Tuesday, May 7 6:00 PM, Session Meeting

Saturday, May 11 8:00 AM, Men’s Breakfast

Sunday, May 12 MOTHER’S DAY

9:30 AM, Mother’s Day Breakfast by Men 11:00 AM, Youth Sunday

Monday, May 20 and Monday, May 27 10:00 AM, Max Lucado’s Study “Before Amen”

Monday, May 27 MEMORIAL DAY

Sunday, June 2 9:00 AM, Deacons’ Meeting Communion will be observed!

Website: www.stuartpresbyterian.org