Save These Dates
Rummage Sale
Friday, May 2nd: 12 noon - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 3rd: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Spring Clean-Up
Saturday, May 10th: 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon
FWSCS Meeting
Monday, May 12th: 7:00 p.m.
Mini-Retreat
Sunday, May 18th: 1:00 -2:00 p.m.
FWSCS Scholarship Application Deadline
May 30th
FWSCS News
By Kathy King
Our women’s society, the FWSCS, met on April 14th for an evening of fellowship, refreshment, and business.
We talked about the upcoming Rummage Sale on May 2nd and 3rd. Betty Doyle and Christine Horihan are co-chairing the event, and Kristen Reid is in charge of clean-up. Anyone interested in helping out should contact one of these women. A reminder: Please do NOT send in any media (books, tapes, DVDs, etc.)
We are hosting the annual Ecumenical Salad Supper this year on June 9th. Gretchen Reed will join us with her phenomenal voice in praising the Lord. All women are invited to attend. Look for more information in the June Newsletter.
We held a mini-retreat on April 27th. Betty Doyle helped us learn about Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11), and we learned what not to do from yet another “Bad Woman of the Bible.” These mini-retreats are one hour long, yet we women who participate come away satisfied and filled with God’s Word. Join us for our next one on Sunday, May 18th, from 1-2 p.m.
Our next evening of fellowship and business is on Monday, May 12th at 7:00 p.m.
Food for Folks
By Diane Moretti
Thank you to all of you who continue to donate to our food pantry. Through your generosity, we continue to help those in need throughout our community. I have posted a couple of “Thank You” notes from a few of the families that we helped during the holiday season. They are located very near the coffee hour sign up sheet on the bulletin board across from Karl's office. So, after reading the Thank You’s, PLEASE feel free to sign up to host a coffee hour. (You're welcome, Dawn!).
Pantry items that we could really use are: coffee, cat or dog food, small boxes of sugar, baking items, cake mixes, frostings and powdered milk. For those who buy at Stewarts, a great way to give milk is to donate a milk card fully stamped,
If you know of someone in need (may be too proud to ask) please let me know, all IS kept confidential.
Library News
By Kathy King
Answers Magazine: Building a Biblical Worldview is a magazine which comes out quarterly. Its aim is to help us understand our Creator and His world. Sally O’Brien has been giving a gift subscription to the church for several years. Come in and read some of the issues. The March-June 2008 issue is all about the Tower of Babel “which is not some myth, but a real event in history that dramatically changed our world and explains many things that would otherwise be mysteries, such as our differences in language and skin tones” (Ken Ham). Back issues cover such topics as astronomy (including a talk about the Big Bang), education / indoctrination, and Noah’s Flood. Also, each issue has a section for kids. The magazine is fascinating reading and proves over and over the reliability of God’s Holy Word.
Special Dates
Ascension of the Lord, May 1st
National Day of Prayer, May 1st
Worship Service Participants
By Dawn Blackburn
Greeters
4. John & Henry Kading
11. Bob & Nancy Cole
18. Harriet Cole & John Kading
25. Anne VanVlack & Darleen Walsh
Acolytes
4. Sophie Weller
11. Melissa Myler
18. Jordan Babbitt
25. Liam Wack
Responsive Readers
4. Tom Mayhar
11. Kendra Weller
18. Kathy Bruegging
25. William Raymond
Children's Sermons
4. Pastor
11. Katrina Wack
18. Pastor
25. Mandy Elliott
Coffee Hour
25. FWSCS
Communion Preparers
4. Diane Moretti & Anne VanVlack
Communion Servers
4. Jan Miller & Lorie Bedell
Stewart & Kristen Anderson
Coffee Hour Hosts Needed
You may have noticed that there is only one coffee hour scheduled for May. That’s because other than the FWSCS, no one has offered to host one. We all enjoy coffee hours, but few are willing to host them. It’s not as daunting a task as it may seem. A simply prepared coffee hour provides the same opportunity for fellowship as an elaborate one, and is equally appreciated by our congregation.
A coffee hour sign up sheet is posted across from the pastor’s office. I urge individuals, families, and groups to help keep coffee hours happening frequently at our church, and I’d be happy to provide guidance and assistance to anyone who might be interested in hosting one.
Thoughts and Prayers
Please keep in your thoughts and prayers the following individuals: Jill Dunlop, prayers for healing; Elizabeth Esmark, continued healing; prayers for Gerry Secor; Jackson and Jonathan McKnight, preemie twins--continued prayers for their normal development; Maureen Tonner, mother of Kelly Nielsen, at Northern Dutchess Hospital; prayers for Ken and Sue Robertson; Kay Ferris Whitehead, complete healing; Keith Adams, brother of Dave Adams; Bill Culbertson, brother of Kathy King, recovering from a stroke; Dick Cole, recovering from back surgery; Gordon Auchincloss, recovering from surgery for a detached retina; Karl Esmark, recovering at home; Nancy Perkins, recovering at home; Bob Cole, at Vassar Hospital.
May Birthdays
By Joyce Nielsen
2. Jay Youmans
3. Henry Kading
5. Rebecca Lyczkowski
6. Jack Cole
10 . Sojourn Campbell
Ralph Della-Volpe
Robert Dunlop,Jr.
Samuel Waldschmidt
11. Isaiah Curcio
13. Celeste Roeller
Bob Secor
14. Nancy Blayney
Isaac Lawyer
15. Ian Adams
Mallory Peterson
16. Marie Burr
17. AnnaBelle Secor
19. Joseph Adams
Stanley Benham, Jr.
20. Peg Conklin
Ryan Moretti
Helen Harper
Gwyneth Kehoe
23. Kathy King
Jan Miller
Lee Lomangino
Bob Reid
26. Erica Gartelmann
Kendra Weller
27.Charles Ferris
Helen Harris
Jeff Rarick
28. John Kading
30. Emily Lyczkowski
Richard Rarick
31. Kevin Conklin
Lori Lively
May Anniversaries
By Joyce Nielsen
3. Walter & Helen Doland
Gary & Diane Schoessow
10. Al & Peg Conklin
26. Joseph & Ruth Adams
Happy Mother’s Day!!
Seed Money
By Kristen Reid
SEED MONEY: A fundraiser that grows on you.
The fundraising committee would like to describe one way we plan to raise money this year. We are calling the project SEED MONEY. We are planning to plant some seed money with each of the willing participants in hopes that it will grow over the summer and come September, we will reap the harvest. We have it from a good source that this is an excellent way to include the whole church body in the project.
It works similar to planning a garden. First, you take the time to think and pray about how you could participate. We give you the seed ($). You plant, you weed, you pray for sunshine or rain. Then in September, you bring in the harvest.
The details for our part are already worked out. On May 4th, during our regular worship service, we will be passing out our SEED MONEY in plates (or baskets). We will pass these plates to every pew, so that each person (YOUNG & LESS YOUNG) may take from the plate the money they need for his/her project.
The details for your part will be varied and fun. If you plan to bake some goods for sale, you would take enough $ to buy your ingredients. If you (or a group of you) plan a car wash, you would take enough $ for soap. If you plan to provide a lawn mowing service, you would take money for the gas you’ll need. Or, you could literally plant some seeds, grow crops, sell them to friends and neighbors and bring in the profit.
Are you getting the idea? Then, you have the whole summer to make the time to follow
through on your idea. In the fall we will pass those same plates on September 14th and gather in the harvest.
For inspiration we look to the Parable of the Talents found in Mathew 25:14-28. The master gave a portion of his money to each of three servants. Each found a way to use those talents. I hope you pay particular attention to the first two servants, and not make the mistake of the third. My Bible noted that a talent was worth more than $1000. Our plan is to have $5, $10 and $20 bills so that you can take the amount you need. We will have special SEED ENVELOPES in which you can your money home and in which to return your harvested money in September. Let us each hear the words of our Lord “Well done, good and faithful servant!”
If you can not be in church either of the specified Sundays, please call Kristen Reid (677-5465), and we will work something out.
Baptisms
Baptized on March 15th, we welcome Timothy Ryan Simmons, Alison Leigh Simmons, and Justin Donald Simmons to the Family of Jesus Christ. They are the children of Craig and Brenda Simmons.
Baptized on March 16th, we also welcome Lucia Elizabeth Curcio to the Family of Jesus Christ. She is the daughter of Carlo and Taylor Curcio.
Also baptized on March 16th, we welcome Matthew Daniel Sparks to the Family of Jesus Christ. He is the son of Daniel and Karen Sparks.
Baptized on April 6th, we welcome Wanda Swartz and her son, Andrew Louis Swartz, to the Family of Jesus Christ.
May the Lord’s blessings be upon them always.
Annual Rummage Sale
Friday, May 2nd -12 noon - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 3rd -9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m.
LYALL CHURCH RUMMAGE HELPER
Submitted by Betty Doyle
I’m up to my eyebrows in rummage,
In castoffs & rejects & junk.
I’ve sorted six million girls’ blouses,
Forty-dozen old shoes and a trunk.
Men’s suits and shirts by the hundreds
I’ve piled in a pile on the floor,
And every time I go home,
I come back and find they’ve left more!
There’s old picture frames and a camera,
A white dishes set that looks great,
Motorcycle helmets, & bathrobes,
And 3 old prom gowns, size eight.
If you need any baskets or glassware,
Some yarn or a blanket or two,
Next week, (May 2-3) at Lyall, come buy it.
We’ll sell you a bargain, it’s true.
We’ve kids’ clothes & kids’ shoes & kids’ toys,
And puzzles with one thousands pieces,
And small knickknack vases and figures
Of kitties and birdies, and meeces.
I’ve spotted some rather nice loafers,
And a sweater that looks just my size.
There’s a mug I might get for my brother…
Since our prices are cheap, they’re good buys!
Yes I’m up to my eyebrows in rummage,
But you might see a gleam in my eye
As I think how to get past my husband
With the unneeded stuff I will buy.
>> Please come and bring your friends. Remember all proceeds go to numerous charities and missions!
FWSCS Scholarship Application
By Betty Doyle
The FWSCS is awarding a scholarship to a graduating senior who has met the following requirements:
1. He/She must be an active member of our church for one year or longer and have
been and is involved in one or more church groups (Sunday School, Choir, Youth
Group, Ushers, etc.).
2. He/She must be planning to attend a two-to-four year college or trade school.
Application forms are available on the FWSCS bulletin board in the room behind the sanctuary (assembly room).
Please return the form to the Scholarship Committee in the FWSCS mailbox by no later than May 30th. Applications will not be mailed.
For more information, please call Betty Doyle (868-7148).
Special Dates
Christian Family Week, May 5th - 11th
Pentecost, May 11th
Trinity Sunday, May 18th
Victoria Day (Canada), May 19th
Memorial Day, May 26th
Friendship Sunday
By Marion Bennett
Friendship Day will be on Sunday, May 18th. Bring a friend / friends to church and Sunday School.
The Search for a Minister
By Jan Miller
We are still in the search for an Interim Minister and starting the advertising for a permanent one. The task is a large one, and our committee is approaching it very carefully and thoroughly.
He Is God
He is the First and Last,
The Beginning and the End!
He is the keeper of Creation
and the Creator of all!
He is the Architect of the universe
and the Manager of all times.
He always was, He always is,
and He always will be…
Unmoved, Unchanged, Undefeated,
and never Undone!
He was bruised and brought healing!
He was pierced and eased pain!
He was persecuted and brought freedom!
He was dead and brought life!
He is risen and brings power!
He reigns and brings Peace!
The world can’t understand Him,
The armies can’t defeat Him,
The schools can’t explain Him,
Herod couldn’t kill Him, The Pharisees
couldn’t confuse Him, and The People
couldn’t hold Him!
