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Pastor’s Corner 2

In Honor/Memory 4

March Calendar 6-7

Nursery Ministries 8

Second Fridays 1, 11

Children’s Ministries 9

Youth Ministries 10

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Celebrate Easter at The Fine Arts Center on Sunday, April 5th at 10:00 a.m. We invite you and your family to join us this Easter Sunday at Henderson Fine Arts Center for a powerful celebration of worship, memorable moments and a message of faith, hope and renewal! Pre service music begins at 9:30 a.m. Looking for easy ways to invite your friends and share information about Easter at the

Fine Arts Center? We will have invitation cards, posters and yard signs available in the fellowship hall, narthex or church office. Pick yours up today! Have lots of Facebook friends? Follow Chapel Hill on Facebook! You can find our group page here: www.facebook.com/groups/chchurch/. Be sure to share Easter at the Fine Arts Center announcements and updates with your friends! Want to get involved?

Be sure to be on the lookout for our sign ups for ushers and greeters! We definitely will need your assistance.

Family Portraits

We are blessed to have several photographers at Chapel Hill, and they will be taking Easter pictures in the lobby. These pictures will be uploaded to our Chapel Hill web site so that you can download and print.

Celebrate Easter

At the Fine Arts Center

Come Join Us on Sunday,

March 29th at 6:00 p.m. as our

choir will prepare their Easter

Musical "Eyewitness to Easter".

This musical will be performed

at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, March

29 (Palm Sunday). It is a 35-

minute journey from Palm

Sunday to Easter Morning. It is

narrated through eyewitness

accounts of 7 biblical characters.

Bring a guest and enjoy this

year’s Easter Cantata!

Easter Musical

March 29th 6:00 p.m.

This Sunday is the last Sunday to purchase your Evansville Icemen tickets. They will be available for sale in the narthex before and after the 9:30 a.m. service. We will be heading to the Ford Center on March 6th for

the Evansville Icemen versus the Indianapolis Fuel. The game begins at 7:15 p.m. The tickets are located in section 120. The cost is $13.00 per person (normally $23.25 for adults and $15.10 for children). We have 100 tickets available in

order to qualify for the discounted group price.

Church Wide Family Event

Evansville Icemen March 6th 7:15 p.m.

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March has arrived and college basketball fans all across America are ready for what is called March Madness. March Madness is the name given to the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to crown a champion each year. It is a time that fans anxiously watch their teams but also other teams, because of the excitement of tournament games. During the NCAA tournament there are always upsets, thrilling shots, crazy finishes and a lot of conversations about who should have won. This is a time of the year when excitement builds with a flurry of activity. When I look at our church calendar it feels like March Madness. Throughout this newsletter is a listing of all exciting events planned in March at Chapel Hill. You will see programming for our children and youth that includes Sunday mornings, Wednesday nights and a lot of other events. In this newsletter, you will find plans for a Maundy Thursday service, our annual Easter Egg Hunt and a

reminder of Easter at the Fine Arts Center. Within this newsletter are plans of spiritual growth, fellowship events, opportunities to minister and events that you will want to invite friends to attend. March at Chapel Hill has a lot of madness to it and yet we know it’s not for a sports team but for the Kingdom of God. March 2015 could one of our greatest months in the history of this wonderful church and I want to ask for your help. In Revelation 3: 8 it is written, “I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name.” In this verse Jesus tells the church, “You have an opportunity to walk through a door and make a difference. It is your decision, I will not make you do it.” Please hear me, you the good folks of Chapel Hill, we need to walk through this door and see all that God can accomplish through us. We need to participate in the activities of the

church, to help grow our faith, connect with other Christians and worship our God. I want to ask you to read through this newsletter and ask yourself, “What does God want me to be a part of, and where can I help?” God bless you and I look forward to March Madness at Chapel Hill. Grace and Peace,

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The Pastor’s Corner

What does God want me to be a part of ?

As we prepare for Easter I want to ask that you be in prayer for our Music ministry. We are at present preparing our choir Easter musical "Eyewitness to Easter". This musical will be performed at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday,

March 29 (Palm Sunday). We would love to have a large choir for this performance so please come out and rehearse with us on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. We will also perform a couple of the pieces at the Fine Arts

Center on Easter Sunday. This is a great opportunity to give of your talent. God Bless, Keith

From The Choir Loft

Keith Vincent

On Saturday, March 14th bring your breakfast appetite for some pancakes and support Chapel Hill’s Boy Scouts of America Troop 280. This fundraiser will help support our troop on trips, camps and more. The

doors will open at 7:00 a.m. and the United Methodist Men will be flipping pancakes until 10:00 a.m.

Enjoy a short stack for a tall cause!

Pancake Breakfast

Hosted by UM Men’s Group for Troop 280

SO MANY WAYSSO MANY WAYSSO MANY WAYS TO CONNECT!TO CONNECT!TO CONNECT!

Check out Chapel Hill Facebook Pages and Group today!

Lots of updates on all the activities going at the Chapel on the Hill

facebook.com/groups/chchurch/ facebook.com/ChapelHill

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Bend Gate/Spottsville Back Pack Program

PLUS Challenge

Celebrate Recovery is a program based on eight principles, the beatitudes, the twelve Steps and their Biblical Comparisons. Hello, everyone this is Sandra Heppler, Ministry Leader for Celebrate Recovery. My cell number is 270.577.5667, always feel free to call me. Adam Libbert is our new Assimilation Coach. He will be supporting the leaders and promoting Celebrate Recovery. What we need is a biblical and balanced program to help people overcome their hurts, habits and hang-ups. Celebrate Recovery is that program. Based on the actual words of Jesus rather than psychological theory, our recovery program is unique, and

more effective in helping people change than anything else I’ve seen or heard of. Regardless of whether your problems are emotional, financial , relational, or whatever you need help with God and He wants to help you. We invite you to Celebrate Recovery on Monday night at 5:00 p.m. We start with a light meal thanks to Jo Meeks and Cathy Hird. We have an opening of celebration led by Stacey Walker, Cathy Hird and Sandra Heppler. Please be sure and bring your family. We have a group for everyone. Two adult groups led by Janice Perry and LaDonna Stone PLUS 3 others from the community and Adam Libbert will be helping. We also have two teen groups. Teen Recovery

for boys led by David Thompson and Steve Hoskins. The Landing (Middle/High School) is our girls teen group led by Sandra Heppler and Brianna Shouse. If you like singing, fun and learning come join Celebration Station (first through fifth grade) with leaders, Leslie Hoskins and Cathy Owens. We also have child care by Cody Libbert, Ginger and Gracie Langley. Remember, persistent temptation must be tackled through a community of support Join us Monday. Mark your calendar for March 16th. Our guest speaker will be our very own, Kelsey Adkisson.

Newcomers always welcome!

Celebrate Recovery

Lifes Hurts, Hang ups, and Habits

Thanks to all who support the back pack program. The Bend Gate/Spottsville back pack program provides a weekend supply of nutritious food for children when school lunch/breakfast is unavailable (weekends/school holidays). Each food bag contains 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners, 2 snacks & 3 drinks. Due to the high number of children receiving food in this program from Bend Gate and Spottsville, Chapel Hill will be taking 3-4 bags each week until the end of April. Donations are greatly appreciated. Items needed for our program: Soups/Stews,

Peanut Butter, Saltines, Oatmeal, Ravioli, Pop Tarts, Granola Bars, and Fruit Cups. The drop off box can be located in the hallway across from the coat racks. Thanks so much! ~ Sara Shelton.

Children/Youth March Mission Project

The children/youth mission project for March will be a challenge. The challenge is: Pre-K: Drinks (Kool-aid, Capri Suns, Apple Juice boxes) K/1st (105): Oatmeal K/1st (106): Pop-tarts 2nd/3rd: Saltine Crackers/Granola bars/nutri-grain bars 4th/ 5th grade: soups (chili, beef stew, chicken noodle, tomato) Progresso and Campbell’s Youth: Peanut Butter (around 16 ounces.)

Maundy Thursday, or Holy

Thursday is the day before Good

Friday when Jesus gathered his

disciples in a room and celebrated what

we have come today to know as Holy

Communion. We invite you to join us

for this service at Chapel Hill where a

service is held in the sanctuary and

then we move into the fellowship hall

for Holy Communion. It is a

wonderful time to remember what

Jesus gave up for us and to receive his

sacrifice into our lives.

Maundy Thursday Services

Thursday, April 2nd at 7:00 p.m.

February Driving MinistryFebruary Driving MinistryFebruary Driving Ministry

Number of transports 12

Miles driven 242 miles

Volunteer hours 27.5

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Chapel Hill and Family

Please be in prayer for...

If you have a prayer need, want to submit a request on someone else’s behalf, or want to share a joy about how God has been at work in your life, or if you would like to join our email prayer ministry and be a part of praying for others, please email: chchurch@chchurch.org Please continue to remember all the following who have cancer and are undergoing treatments: Betty Abbott Mary Alexander Kristan Caudill Baird Donna Bateman Don Beaven Steve Bennett Sue Bradley Dianne Buerhle Sonny Burton Mary Jo Clark Margie Cleveland Dr. David Coffey Joe Condeni (Augusta Evans brother) Bishop Lindsey Davis

Betty Doty Jenny Evans Don Ezell Olivia Faith John Faught (in remission) William Forrester Ron Heustis Karen Houghton Donna Glass JoAnn Gower Bryant Gray Jenny Greenwell Claudia Bantley Hall Patricia Kessinger Kathy Lundy Jenna Maddux Karyn McIntyre David Moore Ravonda Murphy Jasmine Nanney Donald Nardozzi W.D. Owens Linda Parker Dale Payne Ora Peck Ron Pfingston Celina Pinkston Jimmy Powell Gina Rodriquez Bob Ross

James Sauer Brent Simpson Leslie Slankard Donnie Smith Dana Stone Kathy Strange Nancy Strouse Dr. Jerry Tenery Sandra Thomas David Timmons Lydia Tisserand Joshua Totton Phil Wagoner Eugene Weisgerber Mary Weddle Terri Whitaker Alan Wilson Ashley McCormic Wilkerson John Woodard Mike Woods Shelly Wyman

*********************** Please also pray for:

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The family of Violet Frields in her passing The family of Billy Edwards in his passing The family of Cody Wilson

in his passing Linda Baird Tammy Rice Emma Grace Dodson Jo Ann Gaunthier Olivia Johnson’s baby Jan Steimel Jake Sower Alonzo Pulley Nolan Floyd Zachary Tillerman Charlie King David Solomon David Littrell Marie Rutledge Arthur Patterson

***Apologies for any misspelled names***

Congratulations to Keri Kerr in the birth

of her daughter , Alexis Rose, on February 14th

Building Fund In Memory of Carolyn Busby Nancy Wilson In Memory of Lucille Adams John and Augusta Evans, Randy and Marla Owens In Memory of Jeremy Ranes Keith and Terri Buckman; Mike and

Paula Collins In Memory of Sean Powell Jan Bratcher In Memory of G.L. Campbell Keith and Terri Buckman In Memory of Ryan Owens Josh and Bridgette Mallory

New Genesis In Memory of Sean Powell Jan Bratcher

General Budget

In Memory of Sean Powell Jan Bratcher

In Honor and In Memory of

Chapel Hill Budget for FebruaryChapel Hill Budget for FebruaryChapel Hill Budget for February

Total February Budget Received $ 29,989.70

Total Budget YTD Needed $ 84,333.34

Total Budget YTD Received $ 63,468.48

Average Attendance for February 426

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Dear Chapel Hill Church family…. Thanks for the prayers, cards, visits and calls when I had surgery. Thanks to Brother Ted for his

visit to the hospital. Your concern is very much appreciated. Bonnie Travis

From the Ministry Team - Thanks to everyone for bringing all the items for the Henderson Christian Outreach. A special thanks to the Children’s department who provided over 182 bars of soap – what a great bunch of kids we have! LaNova Cook, Ministry Chairperson

I would like to thank the many volunteers that proofread the bulletin and newsletter! Barbara Whitfield, Leona Matthews, Carol Odom, Janice Perry, and LaNova Cook and more. I also would like to thank the volunteers that come every month to compile, fold, tape and label the newsletter: Marsha Cates, LaNova Cook, Evelyn Jackson, Jan Kenney, Jo Meeks, Barbara Morgan, Allen & Pat Morris, Beth O’Nan, Carol Odom, Janice Perry, Marty Shaffer, Sara Shelton, Midge Utley and Nancy Wilson. Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!

Thank you...Chapel Hill

Lenten Luncheon Series

Wednesdays at noon

The Henderson County Ministerial Association has launched their annual Lenten Luncheon. Each Wednesday, the half-hour service starts at noon and is followed by a light lunch at the host church. Donations are accepted for the organization's Good Samaritan Fund (which goes to help folks who are traveling through the area in need of a night's lodging, a meal or fuel).

Here's the schedule: March 4: Community Baptist

Church, 1026 Pebble Creek Drive March 11: Presbyterian Church of

Henderson, 100 S. Main St. March 18: First United Methodist

Church, 338 Third St. March 25: St. Paul's Episcopal

Church, 5 S. Green St. April 2 (Maundy Thursday): Zion

United Church of Christ, 437 First St.

April 3 (Good Friday): Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, 525 Second St.

Don’t forget Maundy Thursday Service at Chapel Hill at 7:00 p.m.

Easter Lily order forms are available in the narthex. Lilies may be ordered for placement at the Easter Service at The Fine Arts Center in

memory OR in honor of a loved one. The cost will be $10.00 payable to Chapel Hill (memo Lily). Completed form (s) including the correct amount

may be placed in the collection plate or dropped off in the office. The deadline for ordering is March 22nd.

Lily Order for Easter

Deadline March 22nd

DID YOU KNOW????

Did you know that Chapel Hill has a web site specifically for areas to volunteer for our children/youth? This web site will be expanded for other areas of volunteerism as well. Here is how easy it is to serve at Chapel Hill.

Go to http://vols.pt/Bcg4WR. Enter your email address (no need to register). Sign up! Choose your spots and we will send you a confirmation

email and even a reminder 2 days prior to the day you are scheduled. Be sure to take the time and visit the above referenced site and see where you can use your servant’s heart for His kingdom. This opportunity to sign-up and offer to help is available to everyone 24/7. You can access from a computer or mobile device and it makes it easy for everyone to get

involved, plus you will receive automated reminders

Online Volunteer Sign-Up

Available 24/7

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Chapel Hill Nursery Ministry

Stephanie Powell 270.860.1071 / Laura Staples 270.724.0244

Jesus tells us to “love one another.” What does that even look like? Well, it looks a lot like the way Jesus loved people when He was here on earth. Through everything He did and the stories He told, Jesus taught us to love one another. And we want to teach our preschoolers to love like Jesus. So this month, our Bottom Line is “Jesus loves everyone,” and our Memory Verse is “Love one another.” John 13:34. What are we teaching preschoolers when we teach them to share? to take turns? to take care of those who are hurt? to help? to

show affection? Aren’t we teaching them to love one another? We’re teaching them, yes. But are we modeling it? Children learn more by observation than we ever realize (or want to admit). Do they see us loving one another as they watch us? Do they

see us sharing? taking turns? caring for those around us? helping? loving? Do they see us loving one another? Take advantage of a few opportunities this month to love one another with your preschooler. Deliver a meal to a sick friend. Send a card to a grandparent. Let the person with fewer groceries go in front of you in line. Whatever you do, know that you are a making a lasting impression on your preschooler, and he will learn to love one another, too.

What is Second Fridays? Second Fridays is a Parent's Night

Out (PNO) on the 2nd Friday of every month from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

It’s date night for the Parents. Children, infants to 5th grade, will

enjoy crafts, games, St. Patrick’s themed night (SO WEAR YOUR GREEN), and movies.

Marie Rutledge and volunteers will lead the festivities for the night. Be sure to sign up for our next scheduled Second Fridays (aka Kid’s night out) on March 13th from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Registration is required and due no later than March 11th. Volunteers…we will need lots of them for this event.

Pizza and drinks will be served for $2.00 from 5:45 - 6:15 p.m. Parents if you child will be eating we ask that you stay with them til all our volunteers arrive. We greatly appreciate your assistance! Contact Marie Rutledge at 270.577.2224 if you would like to volunteer for this ministry.

Second Fridays March 13th

It’s a St. Patrick’s fun filled evening!

News from the Troop

Lots going on PLUS two fundraisers to support the troop!

Troop 280 had a good time last month at the Rideout Cabin, planning their calendar of activities for the rest of 2015. The boys had a good time in the woods, chopping firewood, cooking their meals, and building a footbridge over a creek. Although the weather did not cooperate initially for our Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser, we hope all can make it on Saturday, March 14, for a stack of cakes made by the best cake flippers around: the Chapel Hill Methodist Men. After the Pancake

Breakfast, the troop will also go to Sky Zone in Evansville for an afternoon of bouncing . . . After eating pancakes . . . I know. Ow. This month the boys will also be selling tickets for barbecued rib slabs. Slabs are $20, and the BBQ Rib Sale pick-up will be Sunday, April 19, at the Atkinson Park Pits. These ribs will be cooked by Robert Vowels. If you would like reserve a slab, please contact Bill Gary at 270-577-3174 or leave a message in the church office. All proceeds will go to repairing

the troop trailer and to fund this year's summer camp. Next month the troop will hold a Court of Honor for two rank advancements and a handful of merit badges. The boys are grateful to its Chapel Hill family and sponsors. With your support, we are creating community leaders for tomorrow. Thank you for investing in our future: these young men.

Yours In Scouting, Bill Gary Scoutmaster, T-280

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Nikki 317.696.4050 Carol 270.577.4049 Sara 270.724.9204

Chapel Hill Go! Children’s Ministry

How to talk to your children about Lent:

What Is Lent? Lent is the season of fasting and self-denial observed by many Christians in the days preceding Easter Sunday each year. The word “Lent” comes from a word meaning “lengthening days,” with the Lenten season consisting of forty fast days as days lengthen in early spring. Since Easter’s date moves each year based on the lunar calendar, Lent’s dates vary from year to year. However, each year it begins on Ash Wednesday, which occurs sometime in February or early March.

Where Did Lent Come From? Lent is neither commanded nor implied in the Bible. Instead, it is a tradition that developed slowly over the first several centuries of church history. During the first three centuries of the church Christians often prepared to celebrate Easter with a “short preparatory fast of one, two, or more days.” At about 190 AD the church father, Irenaeus, “knew nothing of any Easter fast of forty days,” but did mention Christians fasting for shorter periods of time before Easter. These early, pre-Easter fasts were used to mark the time between the death of Jesus and his resurrection, and to prepare one’s heart for Easter Sunday. How the short pre-Easter fasts of the first three centuries evolved into Lent is not entirely clear. Some early Christians in Egypt held a forty day fast beginning January 6 in imitation of Jesus’ own time of fasting. Those preparing for baptism on Easter in Rome would fast for three weeks prior, and something similar happened in other places at different times of the year. By the fourth century, “As Easter came to be seen universally as the primary occasion in the year for baptism … these customs coalesced everywhere into a standard forty-day season of fasting immediately before” the Easter festival. Canon 5 from the Council of Nicea (325 AD) mentions the period of “Lent,” and a few years later Athanasius, the bishop of Alexandria, wrote to his people and urged them to observe the 40-day fast which “all the world” was observing.

Why Do People Fast at Lent? In the Roman Catholic tradition Lenten fasting has been seen as a form of penance to the Lord for past sins. Christians from a variety of traditions see it as a time of prayer, repentance,

and self-sacrifice for the purpose of focusing their attention on Christ and His sacrifice in the days leading up to Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Lent begins on a humble note on Ash Wednesday when people make their way to church to receive an imprint of ashes on their forehead in the form of a cross. “These are to remind us of our mortality and our dependence on God” as well as the sacrifice of Christ, which makes it possible for sinful mortals to go to God.

Why Forty Days? Forty is a significant number in the Bible. It is a number associated with anticipation and preparation. Moses waited on Mt. Sinai forty days to receive the Law (Ex. 34:28), Israel wandered in the wilderness for forty years before entering the promised land (Ex. 16:35), Elijah walked forty days to meet with God at Mount Horeb (1 Kings 19:8), and most significantly, Jesus fasted for forty days in the wilderness before his temptation (Mark 1:13). Even after Christians had come to agree on a forty-day period of fasting before Easter, there was little uniformity in how churches counted the days. In Jerusalem Lent lasted eight weeks and people fasted Monday through Friday for a total of 40 fast days. In other places people fasted for six weeks, six days a week, making 36 fast days. Many in medieval times pointed to this period of thirty-six days “as the spiritual tithing of the year, thirty-six days being approximately the tenth part of three hundred and sixty-five.” Today Lent lasts six and one half weeks, with exactly forty fast days between Ash Wednesday and Easter. Sundays have never been included as fast days, since celebration rather than fasting should characterize every Sunday—the day Jesus rose from the dead.

What Do People Give up for Lent? Like much about Lent, what people give up and how often they abstain has varied throughout history and from person to person. For many years, Roman Catholics were called to fast six days a week. A fast was defined as eating only one full meal per day. Even during these meals they were to abstain from eating all animals (except fish) and animal products, such as milk, eggs, or fat. “This general prohibition of eggs and milk during Lent is perpetuated in the popular custom of blessing or making gifts

of eggs at Easter, and in the English usage of eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday.” The name “Fat Tuesday” may also stem from “a custom of frying foods before Ash Wednesday in order to use up all the animal fat in a household.” In the twentieth century the Catholic Church lightened the fasting requirements for Lent. Today, Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 are instructed to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday and to abstain from meat other than fish on all the Fridays of Lent. This helps explain McDonald’s increased marketing for its Filet-O-Fish sandwich every Easter season, and why many restaurants in predominantly Catholic parts of the country hold a Fish Fry on Friday nights (up until the mid-twentieth century, Catholics were instructed to abstain from meat every Friday of the year). While meat is the most common thing left out of one’s diet, people choose to give up all kinds of things during Lent. For example, some choose to abstain from something they enjoy such as chocolate, sugar, coffee, or television for the entire Lenten season. Others choose to fast from all food one day a week in order to give themselves to prayer and meditation on the work of Christ.

Do Protestants Observe Lent? At the time of the Reformation the traditions surrounding Lent “were almost entirely swept away, as part of the Reformers’ general rejection of the use of all ceremonies in worship that were at best not understood by ordinary people and at worst interpreted in a highly superstitious manner.” However, over the past two centuries Lent has made a comeback among Protestants. Today it is commonly observed by Anglicans, Lutherans, Presbyterians and members of other mainline Protestant denominations. In recent years other Protestants such as Baptists and non-denominational congregations have begun to adopt the practice of fasting from something during Lent. While the practices, timing, and even the theology behind Lent has differed over the years and continues to differ between churches and individuals, many Christians continue to prepare for Easter Sunday through some form of fasting. http://whatsinthebible.com/what-is-lent/

March 13th: 6:00pm -9:00pm: Second Friday (Parent’s Night Out)

March 4th, March 11th, March 18th, March 25th: 5:30-6:00 Dinner (EVERYONE welcome) $2 for children 6 yrs

and under, $4 for anyone older than 6. 6:00-7:15 GO! Ministries for ages 3 years old – 5th grade

March 29th: Children presenting Palms for Palm Sunday during the 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. services

GO! Dates to pencil in:

Rob Kerr Youth Pastor

270.827.2676 (mobile)robkerr@chchurch.org

S.T.A.T.I.C. is Chapel Hill’s Youth Program that includes

grades 6 - 12.

“The Experiment” is the perfect place to come and meet new friends and to reconnect with friends you haven’t seen in a while. “The Experiment” is structured in a big group, small group format. All middle school and high school grades gather

together for a message delivered in a variety of formats. Then we take the info given to us in the message to our small groups.

Hey 6-7th graders!, come join us for some Middle School Mayhem following the worship music EVERY Sunday!!!

THE EXPERIMENT WEDNESDAY NIGHTS 5:30—6:00 p.m. Dinner

6:00 p.m. Worship Service 7:00-7:45 p.m. Small Groups

SUNDAY NIGHTS 6:00—7:30 p.m.

Students Taking Action Together In Christ

The Best Thing for Your Kids

Do you have plans to go out on a

date with your spouse this

Valentine’s Day? The best

thing you can do for your

kids is to leave…for the

night…with your spouse.

We all love our kids and

want what’s best for them.

We sign them up for

activities and sports,

which is good. We want

them to have time with

friends, which is good. We

want them to make good

grades, so they will get

into a good college, so

they will get a good job, so

they______________, which is good.

We all want to fill in that blank with

good things. But if we are not careful,

we might forget to do the thing our

child needs most: love our spouse.

Philip Cowan, Ph.D., a professor at the

University of California, Berkeley, who

has studied families for decades with

his wife, psychologist Carolyn Pape

Cowan, Ph.D. says, “Kids whose

parents’ relationship has cooled are

more likely to have behavioral or

academic problems than kids of happy

couples. Even if you can’t see yourself

going out on a date for yourselves, do

it for your kids.”

My wife and I go on a date almost

every week. We take a few hours each

week just for us. We work out together,

see movies, have a meal, we talk, ask

each other silly questions, and do that

other fun thing couples do. We have

uninterrupted time to re-connect.

Dating lifts our heads from the chaos

of kids and work, and makes us see

each other. Dating matters. It really

matters, but not just for us, for our

kids. Carol Ummel Lindquist, Ph.D.

and author says, “The irony is that a

strong relationship with your spouse is

one of the best things you can do for

your kids. You and your spouse are

modeling a good relationship, which

sets your children up for better

marriages themselves when they grow

up.”

Dads, the best thing you can do for

your children is to love their mother.

Moms, the best thing you can do for

your children is to love their father.

Do you want your kids to

have a marriage like

yours? Because they more

than likely will. So, model

fun and connection and

priority in your marriage.

The best thing you can do

for your kids is to leave…

for the night…with your

spouse.

So, definitely plan

on going out to celebrate

sometime next week for

Valentine’s day, but also

think about how and

when you and your spouse will make

dating a priority throughout the rest of

the year.

Ted Lowe is the founder of an

organization called Married People, a

partner of Orange, which creates

resources and training tools for leaders

that work with married couples. Ted

also co-authored the book, “Married

People: How Your Church Can Build

Marriages That Last”. He lives in

Cumming, Georgia, with his four

favorite people: his wife, Nancie, and

their three children. Read more from

Ted on the Married People Blog or

on Twitter.

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March 3rd Crochet for Christ Crochet for Christ every Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. If you would like to learn how to crochet or would like to crochet with others, please be sure to join us. For more information, please contact Sara Shelton at 270.724.9204. Evangelism Team The Evangelism Team will meet at 6:00 p.m. Staff Parish Relations Staff Parish Relations will be meeting on Tuesday, March 3rd at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room.

March 4th The Nellie Group The Nellie Group will be meeting at 9:00 a.m. at Denny’s for breakfast. Any lady of the church is welcome to join us.

March 5th Care Givers Support Group The next Caregiver Support Group will meet Thursday March 5th at 4:00 pm. We will discuss " times when, laughter, singing and foolishness are appropriate". We would love to see some new faces at our group. Also, we are having a special program Thursday June 4th from 3:00 until 5:00 p.m. The presenter will be Helene French with the Alzheimer's Association. The program will be Effective Communication Strategies. I hope some of our Chapel Hill people can attend. Sandra Heppler 270.577.5667.

March 6th Church Wide Event ~ Icemen We will be heading to the Ford Center on March 6th for the Evansville Icemen versus the Indianapolis Fuel. The game begins at 7:15 p.m. The tickets are located in section 120. The cost is $13.00 per person (normally $23.25 for adults and $15.10 for children). We have 100 tickets available in order to qualify for the discounted group price.

March 8th Spring Forward

March 9th Finance Committee Meeting

The Finance Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. in room 108.

March 10th Administrative Council Admin. Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. in room 108. Admin Council is open to everyone at Chapel Hill.

March 11th Second Fridays (PNO) Deadline March the 11th is the deadline to register for Second Fridays.

March 13th Second Fridays (PNO) Drop off the kiddos...it is date night!!! Second Fridays is a free parent’s night out program that Chapel Hill offers. The hours are 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. and is for infants through 5th grade. REGISTRATION by March 11th is required.

March 14th Pancake Breakfast The United Methodist Men will be hosting a pancake breakfast on behalf of BSA Troop 280 on Saturday, March 14th from 7:00 - 10:00 a.m. Bring a hearty appetite and support Chapel Hill’s Troop 280.

March 16th Worship Team The Worship Team will meet at 6:00 p.m. in room 204.

March 17th Hilltoppers Tuesday, March 17th at 11:30 a.m. the Hilltoppers will gather for our monthly program. This month our hosts will be Tom Perry and Roger Whitmore. Meat, drinks and bread will be provided; bring salads, side dishes or desserts. This is a great monthly fellowship opportunity so come on out, bring a friend, bring a dish and have a great lunch fellowshipping with your Chapel Hill family! United Methodist Men Come join the UM Men’s Fellowship at 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. This monthly event is a great opportunity to gather with other men in a time of fellowship, food and event! The United Methodist Men is open to all men at Chapel Hill.

March 23rd Discipleship Team Meeting The Discipleship Team will meet at 6:15 p.m. in room 204.

March 24th Trustees Meeting Trustees will be meeting on the 24th at 6:00 p.m.

March 26th Fellowship Team The Fellowship Team will meet at 6:30 p.m. in room 204

March 29th Easter Cantata The choir will be performing their Easter Cantata at 6:00 p.m. Palm Sunday

********************* April 4th

Easter Egg Hunt Join us in Static Hall at 10:30 a.m. and a lunch will follow.

April 5th Easter Service Join us at the Fine Arts Center. Music begins at 9:30 a.m. and the service begins at 10:00 a.m.

April 19th Quarterly Info Meeting Grow! (nursery)/Go! (children) /Static (youth) Quarterly Informational Meeting will be held April 19th following the 9:30 a.m. church service. This is for EVERYONE interested in our GROW!/GO!/STATIC! Programming. Parents, Aunts, Grandparents, Uncles, ...YOU’RE invited. We will be discussing our Sunday morning curricula (preschool and elementary), Wednesday evening curricula (elementary and middle/high school), as well as mission projects and upcoming calendaring events.

April 26th Children and Youth Sunday

May 3rd Baby Shower for Stephanie Powell Laura Staples, Sara Shelton, Carol Odom, Nikki Hutchinson and Sarah Courtney would like to invite you to a baby shower on Sunday, May 3rd from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Stephanie’s selections are at Wal Mart and Babies “R” Us.

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COME WORSHIP WITH US on Sunday

8:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service (Fellowship Hall) 9:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service (Sanctuary)

11:00 a.m. Peter (trad’l) & Paul (contemporary) Worship Service (Sanctuary) 9:30 a.m. Sunday School

Communion is offered in the chapel following the 8:00 a.m.

service every Sunday except the 1st Sunday of the month.

Office Hours 9:00- a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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