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                          This Week At Old South Haven Presbyterian Church

 

Wednesday, April 11        7:00pm        Property and Finance Committee

                                                                  at the Manse

 

Sunday, April  15            10:00am        Morning Worship

                                                               Sermon:  “Gossip or Gospel Truth”

                                                               Lessons:  John 20: 19-31; I John 1:1-4

 

Monday, April 16             7:00pm         Session Meeting

 

Tuesday, April 17    12:30pm-6:30pm  Presbytery Stated Meeting

                                                               Memorial Presbyterian Church, Roosevelt

 

Wednesday, April 18        12:00pm      Brookhaven/Bellport Clergy Lunch

                                                               Father Gennaro DiSpigno’s,  Mastic

 

Thursday, April 19               5:30pm      Union Theological Seminary, NYC

                                                                175^th Anniversary Gala Celebration

                                                                Pastor Tom attending

 

Friday, April 20                 10:00am       U.T.S. Celebration: Pastor Tom attending

 

Saturday, April 21              11:30 am      Shawn Gallo/ Patricia Neuberger Wedding

                                                                 Thatched Cottage, Centerport

 

Looking Ahead                   

 Saturday, April 28                5:00pm      “Opera, Organ, and More” an afternoon recital

                                                          Ticket: $25 payable to SCEF, Inc.(memo B/G ticket)

                                                Mail to Karen Rowley, 325 Beaver Dam Road, Brookhaven

 

Easter at Old South Haven Presbyterian Church

 

 

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Thursday, April 5       7:00pm     Maundy Thursday in the Gallery

                                                             “Voices at the Table”

                                                     Holy Communion

 

Friday, April 6            7:30pm     Good Friday Service

                                                          Tenebrae  Service

                                                     Bellport Methodist Church

 

Sunday, April 8           6:00am     Easter Sunrise Service

                                                              Bellport Dock

                                                     Meditation: Dr. John E, Brandon

 

                                   10:00am                 EASTER

                          Sermon: “He Has Been Set Loose in the World”

                          Lessons:   Mark 16: 1-8   I Corinthians 15: 1-11

                          Dedication of One Great Hour of Sharing Offering You are invited to bring an Easter plant; place it in the vestibule  and the children will bring them into the sanctuary during the service.

 

                                   “Being the Resurrection”

                                       by Victoria Weinstein

The stone has got to be rolled back from the tomb again and again each year. Roll up your sleeves.

 

He is not coming back you know.

He is not coming back unless it is we who rise for him

We who lay healing hands on the reviled and rejected like he did

on his behalf –

We who rage for righteousness in his insistent voice

We who love the sinner, even knowing that “the sinner” is no farther off than our own heartbeat

 

He will not be back to join us at the table

To share God’s extravagant banquet

God’s love feast, all are invited, come as you are

And so it is you and I who must feast for him

Must say the grace and break the bread and pass it to the left

and dish up the broiled fish (or pour the wine) and pass it to the right.

And treat each one so tenderly

as though just this morning she or he made the personal effort

to make it back from heaven, or form hell

but certainly from death

to be by our side.

 

Because if by some miracle (and why not a miracle?)

He did come back

Wouldn’t he want to see us like this?

Wouldn’t it be a miracle to live for just one day

So that if he did, by some amazing feat

come riding into town

He could take a look around and say

“This is what I meant!”

 

And we could say

it took us a long time..

but we finally figured it out.

 

Oh, let us live to make it so.

 

You are the resurrection and the life.

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Thursday, Mar. 29        Pastor Tom at Yale Divinity School Library, New

                                      Haven. Checking the archives of the National

                                      Campus Ministry Association

 

Friday, Mar. 30     8:30am-2:30pm  “Working But Still Poor”

                                      Sponsored by Long Island Council of Churches

                                      Touro Law Center, Central Islip

 

Saturday, Mar. 31     9:00am  Church Yard Clean Up Day

                                     (12:15pm  South Country Peace Group

                                        South Country Library, Bellport)

 

Sunday, Apr. 1      10:00am   Palm/Passion Sunday

                                               Holy Communion

                                               Sermon: “The Point Of No Return”

                                               Lessons: Isaiah 50: 4-9a  Mark 11: 1-11

 

Thursday, Apr. 5    7:00pm   Maundy Thursday Service in the Gallery

                                                    “Voices at the Table”  -  Holy Communion

 

Friday, Apr. 6         7:30pm     Good Friday Service – Bellport Methodist

                                                       Tenebrae Service

 

Sunday, Apr. 8        6:00am     Easter Sunrise Service – Bellport Dock

                                                         Meditation: Dr. John E. Brandon

 

                               10:00am             EASTER

                                       Sermon: “He Has Been Set Loose in the World”

                                       Dedication of One Great Hour of Sharing Offering

                                       You are invited to bring an Easter plant; place it

                                        in the vestibule; and the children will bring them

                                        into the sanctuary during the Service

 

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Sunday, Mar. 25        10:00am    Fifth Sunday in Lent

                                             Sermon: “The Not-So-Simple Gospel”

                                             Lessons: Jeremiah 31: 31-34

                                                            John 12: 20-33

 

                                        6:00pm     Pot Luck Supper

 

Thursday, Mar. 30      Pastor Tom is at Yale Divinity School

                                    Library, New Haven, checking the archives

                                  of the National Campus Ministry Association.

 

Friday, Mar. 30         8:30am-2:30pm  “Working But Still Poor”

                              Sponsored by Long Island Council Of Churches

                               Touro Law Center, Central Islip

 

Saturday, Mar. 31      9:00am    Church Yard Clean Up Day

                                       (12:15pm South Country Peace Group

                                              South Country Library, Bellport)

 

Sunday, April 1  10:00am     Palm/Passion Sunday

                                               Holy Communion

                                               Sermon: “The Point Of No Return”

 

 

Session Report  3/19/12

1.      Report that outdoor lighting work has commenced

2.      Approved plans for Palm/Passion Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter.

3.      Approved every other week for meeting of church school

4.      Report that we will again sponsor the Peacemaking Essay Contest at the High School with essays into us the second week of April.

5.      Approved having a Session Retreat in September

6.      Approved hosting the Presbytery Meeting of April 16, 2013

7.      Approved participating in the Sacred Sites Open House, sponsored by the New York Landmarks Conservancy. May 19-20, 2012

8.      Approved exploring possible membership in the Bellport Chamber of Commerce.

9.      Fund Raising Committee considering periodic “table games” nights on Saturdays; also looking at sponsoring Gilbert and Sullivan event.

   10. Approved having piano and organ tuned before April 28

          program

11.     Reminder that date of Yard Sale is Saturday, May 26.

12.      Pastor Tom indicated that he would like to celebrate his 50^th year in the Christian ministry with he and his family sponsoring a couple of ‘educational” programs during the summer and/or fall for the church, the local community and the Presbytery utilizing resources of Union Theological Seminary.

                  

 

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Sunday, March 18         10:00am         Morning Worship

                                Sermon:   ”Strange Times, Strange Places,

                                                  And Yet A Song To Be Sung”

                                Lessons:    II Chronicles 36: 14-23

                                                  Psalm 137   John 3: 14-23

 

Monday, March 19         7:00pm        Session Meeting

 

Thursday, March 22      10:00am       Clergy Study Group

                                                            Presbytery Center

 

Saturday, March 24       12:30pm       Planning Meeting for

                                                            Easter Sunrise Service

                                                            Christ Episcopal, Bellport

 

Sunday, March 25          10:00am       Morning Worship

                                                  Sermon:  “The Not-So-Simple Gospel”

                                                  Lessons:  Jeremiah 31:31-34

                                                                  John 12: 20-33

 

                                          6:00pm       Pot Luck Supper

 

The Spring 2012 Newsletter is now available at http://oldsouthhavenchurch.org/Newsletters/2012Issue1(Spring)/2012-Issue1(Spring).pdf

And in the USPS mail today.

(Note:  You may notice that the church’s web site has become a bit corrupted.  We’re working to fix it.)

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Be sure to get articles to Linda Scott by Wednesday for the next Newsletter which is being prepared this week

 

            Daylight Savings Time begins this Sunday morning

 

Sunday, Mar. 11    10:00am   Third Sunday of Lent

                                Sermon:        “The Anger of Jesus”

                                Lessons:  Exodus 29: 1-17

                                                John 2: 13-22

        The Sunday School Singers will sing “Truly God is Good”

 

Monday, Mar. 12      7:00pm   Finance and Property Committee

                                                       The Gallery

 

Sunday, Mar. 18      10:00 am   Fourth Sunday of Advent

 

Monday, Mar. 19       7:00pm    Session Meeting

 

Sunday, Mar. 25          6:00pm      Pot Luck Supper

 

 

Holy Week

     April 1             Palm Sunday

     April 5             Maundy Thursday

     April 6             Good Friday

     April 8             EASTER

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Sunday, March 4               10:00am      Second Sunday in Lent

                                                              Holy Communion

                                                              Sermon:  “The Community of Faith”

                                                              Lessons:   Genesis 17: 1-7, 15-16

                                                                               Romans 4: 13-25

                                                                               Mark 8: 31-38

 

Tuesday, March 6              1:00pm       Lunch Bunch at Nancy Best’s

 

Wednesday, March 7        11:00am      Celebration of Rev. Bill Rambo’s

                                                                         100^th Birthday

                                                                 Northport Methodist Church

                                            (Bill was the General Presbyter of L.I. Presbytery

                                                           for a number of years)

 

Looking Ahead

        Monday, March 19         7:00pm           Session Meeting

 

        Sunday, April 1             PALM SUNDAY

   

        Thursday, April 5          MAUNDY THURSDAY

 

        Friday, April 6               GOOD FRIDAY

 

        Sunday, April 8              EASTER

 

 

Once again on both Palm Sunday and Easter there will be the opportunity to give to the One Great Hour of Sharing Offering. Beginning on the Third Sunday of Lent (April 22) our morning worship will include a Minute for Mission describing the three programs of our denomination that receive financial support from this offering. One of these is the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Fund. Presently monies from this Fund are being channeled into Syria where tens of thousands of people are caught in the crossfire between government and opposition forces resulting in thousands of Syrians fleeing their homes to escape the violence. Monies will be used to help meet basic humanitarian needs of the affected people.