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BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR WEEK OF 5/04/08
5/7 - Community Dinner 6:00 PM All Welcome
5/11 - Pentecost ***Mother's Day Worship 9:00 AM
[***Speak or read a second language? You are needed for Pentecost Sunday. See Pastor Kathie
5/11 PENTECOST SUNDAY Wear something "red."]
5/18 - Part II " What Does It Mean to be Presbyterian" Brunch included [Immediately following Sunday worship]
5/20 - Presbytery Meeting, Berlin, Maryland
ADULTCHRISTIANEDUCATIONSURVEY.doc
UPCOMING COMMITTEE CHAIR MEETINGS
Worship: June 10, 2008; 10:00 AM
Finance: June 12, 2008; 6:30 PM
Christian Ed: June 29, 2008, after worship
WEB SITES: chescitypresby.pbwiki.com
MONTHLY SUNDAY STATISTICS as of May 4, 2008
Date Attendance Offering
April 6 34 $715
April 13 38 $1007
April 20 38 $907
April 27 35 $1546
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PRAYER LIST
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A "GOD"LY THOUGHT
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Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. 
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PAST CHURCH EVENTS
Sunday worship, May 4, 2008, was led by Elder Allan Taylor who gave an inspirational message about the Ascension. Thanks to Allan and also to Wes Durrett, Jr. who aptly served as lay reader, and the choir, who provided worship music. Praise God for the leadership in the church.
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Holy Humor Sunday , March 30
On Holy Humor sunday, 35 members and friends of First Presbyterian listened to Blue Grass Music by local group "Chain Reaction" as they worshiped. The choir was outfitted in bathrobes and played "Just As I Am" on kazoos. Elder Allan Taylor juggled to the delight of all. Offering was taken in Easter Baskets and the prizes were given out for Bible trivia and other games. This entire Sunday service was dedicated to rejoicing in the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. [Watch for Photos soon!]
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MINI BIBLE SCHOOL
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CHESAPEAKE CITY
Good Friday Morning, March 21
9:00 AM – 11: 00 AM
Based upon the theme of Passover, Mini Bible School was held which included music, stories, crafts, and activities appropriate for ages 3 to 13. Snacks were be provided
[SEE PHOTOS UNDER CHURCH PHOTOS]
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MAUNDY THURSDAY SERVICES
On Thursday evening, March 20, at 6:30, Maundy Thursday was marked by an Agape Meal followed by a modified Tenebrae Service written by Kirk Bruce. These events were planned and led by members of Chesapeake City Presbyterian and Pencader Presbyterian
[Rev. Kathie S Pownall & Rev. Bruce Barstow]
[CLICK CHURCH PHOTOS TO SEE PICTURES]
What is an Agape Meal? The Agape Meal, or Love Feast, is a Christian fellowship meal that is often practiced in Covenant Discipleship groups or other small groups.
The New Handbook of the Christian Year gives this definition: "A simple, ritual meal in the context of which hymns are sung, Scripture is read, and testimonies and stories of faith are shared. All such meals derive from Jewish and early church meals such as are referred to by Paul, and they symbolize the unity of fellowship in the love of Christ which the saints at rest will share. Signs of the agape are the loving cup and bread."
What is a Tenebrae Service?
The word ‘tenebrae’ is Latin for shadows. The purpose of the Tenebrae service is to recreate the emotional aspects of the passion story, so this is not supposed to be a happy service, because the occasion is not happy.
The service was originally designed for Good Friday, but it can be used for Maundy Thursday as well. It has a place for long scripture narratives assigned to different readers.
The service may include other parts, such as solemn hymns, a sermon, and Communion, but the core of the Tenebrae service works like this: Room lit by candles [including the Christ candle]. The readers go up one at a time, read their assigned selections, and extinguish one of the candles, until only the Christ candle remains. At the conclusion, words of Jesus are quoted and the Christ candle is put out, leaving the congregation in near total darkness—and near total devastation. At this point, the service ends. There is no benediction and the people leave in silence. (The lights are turned up but remain dim so that people can see their way out.)
The purpose of the service is to recreate the betrayal, abandonment, and agony of the events, and it is left unfinished, because the story isn’t over until Easter Day.
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