August 28, 2015

Volume XXXXXII,

No 9

the Herald

Inside this issue:

Lant’s Lines 2

Christian Educator 3

Holypalooza 4

UCM BBQ,/church

directory/ Sermons

available

5

Bazaar items/

Church picnic/

UCM food pantry

8

Calendar 7

Church Happenings 8

The lasting value in a gift of peace During this Season of Peace, our thoughts turn to the meaning of peace and how, through Christ, we can nurture it inside ourselves and out in the world. Yet, to understand the value of peace, we must also understand the cost of conflict, and the many forms it can take.

Conflict can be individual: 1 in 4 U.S. students reports being bullied at school. Conflict can be collective: Up to 70% of women experience violence in their lifetimes. Conflict can be domestic: 1 in 3 women has been the victim of violence at the hands of

an intimate partner. 1 in 4 children has been physically abused. Conflict can be international: Conflict and political violence are on the rise in 48 coun-

tries. Conflict can be historical: Structural racism creates long-term deficits of opportunity. Conflict can be contemporary: Human trafficking and forced labor affect 3 of every 1,000

people in the world today. To help address these diverse challenges, the Peace & Global Witness Offering supports a range of ministries devoted to peacemaking and reconciliation. This includes bearing witness in communities of conflict around the world, hosting education programs to raise aware-ness, driving local peacemaking efforts, offering catalyst support to our mission co-workers, and much more. Imagine what a gift it is to those who have been hurt, in both their spirit and their communi-ty, to find a lasting peace and resolve conflict in its many forms. When you give to the Peace & Global Witness Offering your true gift is the peace of Christ, for all of God’s children. With each gift, we can begin to create a world of peace—together. Central Presbyterian Church will keep 25% of the offering given to assist with local peace-making ministries. Please given generously!

Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray. Proverbs 22:6 (NRSV)

When you have the opportunity, please welcome Mr. Connor Scanlon as the new

Youth Director for the Seventh Cents Youth Group, offered as a joint ministry of

Central Presbyterian Church and Centenary United Methodist Church. Connor

will succeed Tiffany Grossman in this position as of September 1, 2015. In the brief interim the youth

have been ably led by Jim Moles (Thank you, Jim!). Last Sunday’s downtown scavenger hunt was very

well attended, with about twenty youth present. The event ended at the frozen yogurt store, where

Connor was introduced informally to the youth. (A more formal introduction to the youth and their

parents will be planned by the Youth Design Team during the Design Team’s meeting next week.)

Connor is serious about his faith and about helping others come to their own saving knowledge of

Jesus Christ. When he, himself, was a youth, he worshipped and attended youth group on his own

initiative. Gradually, he became a leader among his peers. When he matriculated at ISU he soon

joined Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. There he repeated the same pattern, first as an enthusiastic

participant and then in various leadership roles. While at ISU he met Kendra Mang (Sean’s sister and a former child-care provider at Central Presbyterian Church). They were married this summer and

now live in Terre Haute, where she teaches at North Central High School in Sullivan County and he

is the assistant director at 14th and Chestnut Community Center. Bill Felts, the director at 14th and

Chestnut speaks highly of Connor’s communication skills and his rapport with the children. In order

to be available to youth and their parents, Connor will alternate worshipping in the two congrega-

tions on successive Sundays.

Just a reminder about the structure of our youth program: we operate on the “sustainable” model of

youth ministry. This means that much of the planning and preparation for youth meetings and events

is done by interested adults in the two churches. Of course the youth director participates in this

planning and offers important suggestions based on his knowledge of the youth, yet the burden of

planning and work is distributed among a wide circle of adult church members. The hope is that with

everyone doing a little bit for the youth program (e.g., planning and providing a meal for a weekly

meeting or planning one special event or outing), no one will be overburdened with work; and the

youth director will not “burn out.” I know that Connor and the Youth Design Team can count on

many helpful volunteers when they ask for assistance in the coming program year!

Lant’s Lines

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Christian Education — Cheryl Moles

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The family prayer group meets on Mondays

at 11:00 am at the church. Lunch is served ONLY on the 2nd Monday

of each month. Childcare is provided.

The next Parents’ Night Out/Youth Movie Night

will be September 11. Please let the office know

if your child(ren) will be attending.

T3EM is September 15. Supper and childcare will

be provided by the CN Commission.

Sunday School meets

every Sunday at 9:30 am. There are classes for all

ages with child care avail-able from 9:15 to 11:45 am. Infants to 2 year olds

– Nursery room 101; 3 to 5 year olds – Preschool

room 108; Kindergarten – 2nd grade – room 202; 3rd thru 5th grades – Room

103; Middle School – Room 200; High School

and Adults have an inter-generational “Let’s Dis-cuss…” group – FH Class-

room C; Adult Classes are: Study of the Book of

Confessions – FH Class-room B; Christian Parent-

ing – FH Classroom A. There will not be Sunday School on Holypalooza

Day – September 27.

Lunch and special pro-gram on October 25

There have been several requests for a program from the Christ and Haan

families to share their sab-batical experiences of the

past year. Christian Nur-ture Committee invites you to a carry-in lunch on

October 25 following wor-ship to hear about the

Christ’s year in Germany and the Haan’s time in China. Please bring a dish

to share. This will be a true carry-in meal; no

meat is provided. There will be drinks and table

service available.

Jesus’ Love is Bubblin’ Over – CPC Sunday School 2015-2016 Each Sunday 9:30 – 10:20 am

Nursery care for infants – 2 year olds – room 101

Rachael Bayless, Sarah Rose, Hannah Marlow, Danni Owens, Mia Craven Preschool Class – 3 to 5 year olds – room 108

Julie Haan, Tiffany Grossman Kindergarten – 2nd grade – room 202

Renee Newton, Suzanne Downs, Susan Bough 3rd – 5th grades – room 103 Beth Christ, Josh Powers, Scott Racop

Middle School (6th – 8th grades) – room 200 Cher yl Moles, Kirsten Ford, Andrew Conner

High School (9th – 12th grades) Let’s Discuss… intergenerational - Fellowship Hall C Scott Paul-Bonham, Jill Conner ADULT CLASSES:

Let’s Discuss… intergenerational – Fellowship Hall C Study of the Book of Confessions (continuing) led by Lant Davis – FH B

Christian Parenting discussion – facilitated by Rachael Spencer – FH A

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HOLYPALOOZA 2015

Service—Worship—Fellowship

Centenary United Methodist Church Central Presbyterian Church

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church United Campus Ministries

DAY OF SERVICE—SEPTEMBER 26

9:00 am—noon Serving Our Community

Outreach opportunities:

Signing up for your chosen activity by Sept. 21 is encouraged

ISU Community Garden

assist with harvesting, weeding, winterizing

(some plot owners will donate food to food pantry)

SAWS

Two work crews will build the ramp at a local house.

5 –6 people per work crew would be helpful. Carpenter skills

not necessary as SAWS personnel will be there to assist. Help

give someone more access to their world by making their access

to the outside much easier.

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

Join the Holypalooza team

Online registration is encouraged; fees apply

(Donations may be made without walking/running)

WORSHIP & FELLOWSHIP—SEPTEMBER 21

9:30 am—Gather at 7th & Cherry to Parade

to St. Stephen’s.

10:00 am—Joint Worship at St. Stephen’s

with Holy Communion

Childcare Provided for birth—3 year olds

11:30 am—2:00 pm UCM Barbecue Lunch

The traditional UCM Pig Roast has transformed into the

“Barbecue” and will be served at

Centenary United Methodist Church

Free Will Donation Cash *Debit* Credit

Pulled Pork, BBQ Chicken, Hot Dogs, Vegetarian option

served with sides, drinks & dessert

Audio recordings of sermons now available:

Did you miss a sermon? Oh no! But fret not, all is not lost; audio recordings of Lant’s

and Scott’s sermons are now available on the church website, www.thcpc.org. All of

the August sermons have been successfully added. There are also some (but not all) of

the sermons from earlier in 2014 and 2015. To find them, either go to this link: http://

www.thcpc.org/sermons/ or, from the church homepage, select “About Us” and then

“Sermons” to see the list. (Sometimes you may need to click on “Browse Series” once

you are on the “Sermons” page to see the most recent addition.)

Sermon recordings should normally appear on the website the same afternoon they

have been delivered

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UCM Barbecue Lunch

11:30 am—2:00 pm

The traditional UCM Pig Roast has

transformed into the

“Barbecue” and will be served at

Centenary United Methodist.

Free Will Donation Cash *Debit* Credit

Carry out at Centenary

Pulled Pork, BBQ Chicken, Hot Dogs, Vegetarian

option served with sides, drinks & dessert

A new church directo-

ry will be published

around the middle of Sep-

tember. If you or a family

member have moved re-

cently, changed phone numbers or email

addresses, please contact to the church

office to make sure the information we

have is current.

As part of the Holypalooza

events, monies given to

Central during the annual

Pentecost offering will be

given to the Vigo County

School Corporation to as-

sist in providing food

through their backpack program. The Mis-

sion Committee will send additional money

from the church to this needed and worth-

while project.

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When the Frost is on the Pumpkin. . . It will be time for the

Ladies Luncheon and Craft Day

October 31st

10 AM – 2 PM

The Bazaar Ladies invite all CPC women to

come early to create interesting items for

our Fall Bazaar. We'll work from 10 o'clock

until 11:30. After that it will be time to satis-

fy our appetites for lunch at noon. Prepare

your favorite, delicious salad recipe and bring

it to share with others. What a great way

to spend an autumn day!

Church Picnic —

Come join the fun at Deming Park Lions Shel-

ter 3 for our annual church picnic. We'll

begin gathering at 4:30. Bring games and lawn

chairs if you wish. CLCA will provide baked

and fried chicken

and ice water to

drink, as well as

plates, cups, and

utensils. Bring

your favorite side

dish and your ap-

petite! This is a

great time to dis-

play your wares gardeners, and dazzle us with

desserts bakers!

Central Presbyterian will be participating in helping to stock the shelves at the United Campus

Ministries. A grocery cart has been placed in the fellowship hall to accept your donations. Please

buy only items listed. These items need to be at the church no later than Thursday, September 24

so all items can be taken to St. Stephen’s for the Holypalooza event. Items wanted are:

Tuna Spam Mac & Cheese (in microwave pkgs.)

Ramen Soups (except Tomato) Pasta

Pasta sauce Canned fruit Cereal

Can opener Toothpaste Nuts or trail mix

Toothbrushes Deodorant Shampoo

Jelly Chips Dried fruit

Crackers Laundry detergent Rice

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September 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Youth Design Team 5:30

Kid’s Hope Training 7:00

Pat O’Malley, Abby Simmons

2 Bazaar Craft-ers 10:00

Deacons 5:30

Barbara Schmitt, Avis Whitaker

3 Women’s Book Club 7:00

4 5

Brad Chironna

6 Sunday school

9:30

Worship 10:30

7 Church Office closed.

8 Fine Arts Committee 10:00

9 Bazaar Crafters

10:00

Session 7:00

Patrick Mellor

10 11 Parents’ Night Out/Youth Movie Night 5:30

12

13Sunday school

9:30

Worship 10:30

Larry Clinken-beard, John Ragle

14 Family Prayer Group 11:00

15 T3EM sup-per/childcare

5:15

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Jon Ford, Phillip Mellor, John Whalen

16 Bazaar Craft-ers 10:00

17 18

Grant Racop

19

20 Sunday school 9:30

Worship 10:30

Mary Jean De-Marr, Lauren Mardis

21Family Prayer

Group 11:00

Carol Ennis, Eunice Pate

22 Seekers & Searchers Bible Study 10:00

Marci Shaw

23 Bazaar Crafters 10:00

24 25 26 Holypalooza Day of Service

27Holypalooza Worship & Lunch

Jennifer McPeak-Bailey

28Family Prayer

Group 11:00

29

Henry Conner

30 Bazaar Crafters 10:00

Personnel 12:30

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Worship 5:30

Finance 5:30

Mission 6:00

CN 6:30

CLCA 6:30

Facilities 6:30

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Central Presbyterian Church

125 North Seventh Street

Terre Haute, IN 47807

Phone: 812-232-5049

Fax: 812-232-5040

E-mail: CPCOffice@thcpc.org

Website: www.thcpc.org

Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

Rev. Lant B. Davis, Pastor

Cheryl Moles, Christian Educator

Scott Paul-Bonham, Parish Associate

Sarah Kelsheimer, Church Secretary

Women’s Bible Study

The 2015 study Bad Girls

of the Bible and What We

Can Learn from Them by

Liz Curtis Higgs will

continue. The group will

meet in the church lounge

(this is a video series) from

10:00 to 11:30 am on

Tuesday, September

22. All women are wel-

come.

Women’s Book Club

The Women’s Book Club

will be meeting on Sept. 3

at 7:00 at the church. The

books to be discussed is

Go Set a Watchman by

Harper Lee. Abby Sim-

mons will lead the discus-

sion. All women of the

church are invited to at-

tend.

Church Happenings

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Sept. 27, 2014