We enter another full month of our

Lenten journey this month. Well,

almost – we’ll spend the last four

days in the “son-rise” of Easter. Still,

even with almost a full month, I find

myself pretty pessimistic about how

we honestly observe Lent and what

we honestly get from this time

between Ash Wednesday and Easter

Sunday, these forty days, not

counting Sundays of late Winter and

early Spring.

As is often the case, I may be

revealing more about me and my

family than illuminating anything

about you and yours! You and your

families may be spending this Lent in

deep daily devotionals, sacrifices,

It’s Not Too Late ...

My Annual Lenten Letter

Special points of

interest:

Maundy Thursday

Service

Easter Worship

Service Schedule

Fish Fry

Wednesday Night

Dinner

CDC—Fieldtrip

In this issue:

Joel’s Message

1

Church News 2-4

CDC 5

Birthdays and

Anniversaries/

Schedules

6

Calendar 7

Prayer Requests 8

March 2016

Volume 16, Issue 3

From the Desk of

Reverend Joel Weible

Co rnerSto ne

P e w e e V a l l e y

P r e s b y t e r i a n C h u r c h

observances, and disciplines. But … I

doubt it.

I have our Denomination’s Lenten book

of devotions, Be Holy, sitting on a

cutting board in our kitchen, and I have

been reading it daily, though I confess

I’m not spending enough time reflecting

on it. I further confess that I’ve not

made it a “family event” in any way.

Someone else may have picked it up and

read a day or two, here and there, but I

don’t think anyone has followed it daily.

It’s so hard with kid’s schedules, wife’s

work, my other obligations … blah,

blah, blah. My educated guess is that

most of you are engaging Lent in similar

ways: With a cursory moment or two

every few days, a more significant

reminder on Sunday morning when we

gather in the Sanctuary, and maybe a

fleeting thought to “fish on Friday.” I

don’t do guilt too well, you know that,

so here’s where I’ll end this month’s

letter – It’s not too late!

We have all but five days (counting

Easter itself) of this whole month to

change the complacent approach to our

preparation for the biggest day of our

whole lives as Christians! Easter will

only be as earth-shattering and life-

changing as our preparations for it

allow. So spend some time this month

wondering: Where in the world are you

experiencing the Holy? (family, friends,

time alone, time itself) How in the world

have you treated the Holy as “less than”

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BASKETBALL, BEER & BBQ at CEDAR RIDGE CAMP Saturday Afternoon and Evening, March 19th

Our Friends at Cedar Ridge Camp are providing a big screen, good food, and fantastic fellowship for the

2016 NCAA Tournament Games on this day in Hopkins Hall! You must be 21 to attend, but the cost is

only $20 per person! Time is TBA at the camp. Visit the website for up-to-date information:

www.cedarridgecamp.com Hope to see you there!

BE HOLY: Our 2016 Daily

Lenten Devotionals from Presbyterians Today magazine

Lent began last month, but it’s not too

late to pick up a Lenten Devotional and

spend a little extra time in scripture and

prayer this year. This year, each day in-

cludes a Scripture passage, a reflection

on what it means to be holy, and a

breath prayer to carry with you through

the day.

From the writer, Brian Coulter: “Lent is

a sacred journey that has been set apart

– a holy journey that we are invited to

take with our holy God.” Walk on ….

Pick up a copy of Be Holy in the

sanctuary or Family Life Center

this month.

SECOND WEDNESDAY IN MARCH

Wednesday Evening – March 9, 5:45 to 6:55 p.m.

After Dinner: Lenten Prayer Stations

On this evening, after we share our common meal, we will have the oppor-

tunity to visit one of many prayer stations that will invite us to pray for dif-

ferent parts of our world and our lives and to do so in many different ways

– from writing, drawing, sculpting, sitting in silence, and more.

Please plan to join us for the only Lenten Meal we will share here this Season.

Call the church office for a dinner reservation: 241-4326.

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Holy? (not being available, not considering others, wasting your time) How

might you more fully recognize the Holy in your life? (slow down, share some

devotional time with others, pay attention to “the least” among us). It’s not

too late.

If you’re having trouble tuning in, I know something that will help you

get started … See you in church,

Joel

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HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SCHEDULE March 20 – March 27

Every year there are special services and traditions that are a part of the end of

our Lenten season and the celebration of Easter. This year is no exception and

while these dates come late for you in April’s newsletter, we sure hope to see

you on the following dates:

Palm Sunday, March 20: Worship service at 10:30 a.m.

Palm branches will be distributed at both services and our children and youth will

“process.”

Thursday, March 24 : Maundy Thursday Service at 7:00 p.m. in the

Sanctuary

Communion will be served, the lights will fade, and our cross will be shrouded as

we proceed through Good Friday and Black Saturday.

Easter Sunday, March 27: Worship Services at 8:30 a.m. and 11:00

a.m.

Do note the “Special Times!”

On this, our highest Holy Day, we will gather together to flower the cross that

has loomed before us throughout Lent and now stands as our primary promise

of abundant new life for all.

Annual Easter Egg Hunt

Sunday, March 27

Join us on March 27, 2016 for our Annual Easter Egg Hunt! Our older youth will hide eggs filled

with goodies around the church, and our younger disciples will hunt for them all. Check for com-

ing emails, the church Facebook page, and the website for more times and details. Contact Jenna

Heery if you would like to fill eggs in preparation for this event. Hope you can join us! It is always

such meaningful fun, making memories that our children can carry with them through their life-

time!

South Oldham Inter-

church Council Easter

Sunrise Service!! Easter Sunday, March 27th at

7:00 a.m.

Join us as the sun rises on this

holiest of morning for the

whole church. We will gather

at the Goldfish Pond in Floyds-

burg Cemetery (inside Duncan

Memorial Chapel if bad weath-

er). Hope to see you there!

Continuing a Tradi-

tion: Flowering the

Easter Cross Easter Morning, Mach 27th

On this most special of morn-

ings please be sure to bring

flowers with you (and a few

extra for others who gather)

to flower the cross that has

been starkly present in the

sanctuary throughout Lent.

FISH FRY Friday, March 18th / 4:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

Adults $10.00 ~ Seniors $9.00 ~ Children $4.00

A fun evening traditionally enjoyed in our church for over 57

years!

Fresh Fillets of Cod ~ French Fries ~ Slaw

Pies (Fresh-baked by our women of the church.)

MISSION COLLECTION AT PVPC

Presbyterian Disaster Relief Project : Mid-Kentucky Presbytery

PCUSA churches in Mid Kentucky Presbytery have committed to packing 500 “Disaster Relief Hygiene Kits” for the

Mayor of Louisville’s “Week of Service,” and PVPC wants to help! We want to put together 25 kits and send them in by

April 18th.

Each PDA Hygiene Kit will fit into a one gallon zip lock bag and your Mission Team is asking that you bring in the fol-

lowing items in the month of March and put them in the Gathering Room donation bin:

1 Hand towel (16”x28” – no bath towels!)

1 wash cloth

1 wide tooth comb

1nail clipper

1 bar of soap (bath size in wrapper)

1 toothbrush in original wrapping

6 Band-aids or other adhesive bandage strips

The PCUSA Disaster Assistance office will cover the cost of shipping the hygiene kits to the distribution warehouse in

Arkansas.

Other ways that Churches are participating is by …

1. Praying for the people struggling to survive a disaster.

2. Volunteering to assemble more kits on April 23 at Strathmoor PC. Children welcome!

3. Donate and drop off supplies on April 18.

4. Contribute money to buy needed items.

Thank you for your commitment and love. Call the church office for more information!

January 2015 Financial

Current Month Current Month

Budget

Year To Date Year To Date

Budget

Member Contributions $32,966.00 $20,707.00 $32,966.00 $20,707.00

Loose Plate Offerings $383.00 $333.00 $383.00 $333.00

CDC Contributions $8,110.00 $8,110.00 8,110.00 $8,110.00

All Other Income $2,262.00 $1,707.00 $2,262.00 $1,707.00

Expenses $22,812.00 $26,953.00 $340,829.00 $371,489.00

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CHAPEL SERVICE

WITH THE CHILD DE-

VELOPMENT CENTER

10:00 a. m. Tuesday, March 8th

and Wednesday, March 23rd

We have two chapel services a

month, every month, for the chil-

dren in our care five days week!

Any and all who are able are wel-

come and encouraged to come!

Our time together usually lasts

about twenty minutes and includes

songs, prayers, a sharing from

scripture by Pastor Joel and a cele-

bration of the month’s birthdays.

Love to see you in our sanctuary

with the children!

CDC News!

Happy March! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Happy Spring! Happy Easter! Wow!

This is definitely going to be a busy month. I hope the ‘ole groundhog was

right and that Spring weather is just around the corner. It’s just not as much

fun hunting Easter eggs in the snow but it has been done. The children had a

blast but the parents—well, not so much.

Some of the fun things going on around here during the month of March in-

clude: a fieldtrip for our 4 year olds to Derby Dinner Playhouse to see

“Charlotte’s Web” on Wednesday, March 2, Chapel with Pastor Joel on the 8th

and the 23th at 10am, St. Patrick’s Day celebrations for everyone on Thursday,

March 17th and Easter celebrations the week of March 21. If anyone has some-

thing interesting to share about their Irish heritage, or any other heritage for

that matter, we would love to have you come and share with the children. Just

call the CDC office at 241-0177 or send an email to cdcoffice@bluegrass.net

and we’ll arrange a time.

Many thanks Jenna Heery for helping to deliver the canned goods the CDC

collected to the Portland Presbyterian Church Food Pantry (congrats to our Jr.

K class for winning the ice cream party)! And also, many thanks to Ron War-

ren for providing the CDC staff with a DELICIOUS soup and sandwich dinner

during our February staff meeting. Your efforts to support the CDC are great-

ly appreciated! Finally, thanks to everyone who has enrolled in the Kroger Plus

Community Rewards program and linked their account to the CDC. I am anx-

iously waiting to see if our enrollment has grown this quarter. I’ll keep you

posted in the next newsletter!

Have a blessed March!

Sharon Davis

Director

EASTER EGG HUNT AT CAMP CEDAR RIDGE! Saturday, March 26th from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Come one, come all – and bring the kids! Cedar Ridge Camp’s Annual Easter Egg hunt is

March 26th this year. The fun begins at 2:00 p.m. with crafts and cookies as everyone

gathers. The huge egg hunt begins at 2:30 p.m. and everyone may be certain of their suc-

cess in the search! There are games and prizes galore and all are guaranteed to have fun!

Visit the website for even more information about other activities, including Summer

Camps for 2016! www.cedarridgecamp.com

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March Birthdays

08 Vivien Reinhardt

10 Sue Hohman

10 Melody Lindsey

12 Carol Warren

15 Regan Moore

17 Caroline Davenport

19 Peggy Wood

20 Regina Bates

21 Ellen Weingardt

24 Julia Age

25 Gabriel Weible

27 Wendy Wilt

28 Hailey Age

28 Jordan Bates

28 Lily Gardiner

30 Alexander Pappas

31 William Chaudoin

31 Julia Hood

31 Arianna Wiser

March Anniversaries

10 John and Linda Heleringer

14 Zack and Carole Logan

17 Rod and Carol Culver

17 David and Melody Lindsey

17 Larry and Sandy McCarson

Refreshments

March

06 Rebecca Byford

13 Larry and Connie Vice

20 Karen Wood and Beverly Pierce

27 Ron and Carol Warren

Worship Attendance

02/07/16 10:30 63

02/14/16 10:30 60

02/21/16 10:30 85

02/2816 10:30

Ushers for March

03/06/16 Larry & Connie Vice, Ron and Carol Warren

03/13/16 Carol Culver, Vivien Reinhardt

03/20/16 Zack and Carole Logan

03/27/16 (8:30) Bob and Lois Hicks

(11:00)

Children’s Sermon

March

06 Joel Weible

13 Jenna Heery

20 Austin Wicks

27 Katie Weible

EVERYONE IS INVITED!

Annual WORLD DAY OF PRAYER Service

Friday, March 4, registration - 6:30, program - 7 pm

Buckner Baptist Church - 3714 W. Hwy. 146

"RECEIVE CHILDREN, RECEIVE ME"

The program was written by women of Cuba.

Fellowship and Food.

Please bring canned goods for Dare to Care.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

6:30-8:30 Starz

Volleyball

2

9:00 CDC—

Fieldtrip to Derby

Dinner Playhouse

6:15 Bell Choir

7:00 Chancel Choir

7:00 Basketball

3

6:30-8:30 Starz Vol-

leyball

4 5

4-8:00 East End

Boys Volleyball

Banquet 8:00 AA Meeting

6

11:45 Worship

Team

7

6:30-8:30 Starz Vol-

leyball

7:00 Member Devel-

opment Team

8

10:00 CDC—

Chapel

5:30 Finance Team

6:30-8:30 Starz

Volleyball

9

5:45 Dinner

6:15 Bell Choir

6:30 Program

7:00 Chancel Choir

7:00 Basketball

10

6:30-8:30 Starz Vol-

leyball

11 12

8:00 AA Meeting

13

11:45 CE Team

11:45 Youth Group

14

6:30-8:30 Starz Vol-

leyball

15

6:30-8:30 Starz

Volleyball

16

6:15 Bell Choir

7:00 Chancel Choir

7:00 Basketball

17

6:30-8:30 Starz Vol-

leyball

18

4:30 –7:30 Fish

Fry

19

8:00 AA Meeting

20

11:45 Mission

Team

11:45 Music Team

11:45 Youth Group

21

6:30-8:30 Starz Vol-

leyball

22

6:30-8:30 Starz

Volleyball

23

10:00 CDC—

Chapel

6:15 Bell Choir

7:00 Chancel Choir

24

6:30-8:30 Starz Vol-

leyball

7:00 Maundy Thurs-

day Service

25

10:00 CDC—

Easter Parties and

Egg Hunt

26

8:00 AA Meeting

27 Easter

8:30 Worship Ser-

vice 11:00 Worship

Service

11:45 Youth Team

28

6:30-8:30 Starz Vol-

leyball

29

6:30-8:30 Starz

Volleyball

30

6:15 Bell Choir

7:00 Chancel Choir

7:00 Basketball

31

6:30-8:30 Starz Vol-

leyball

March 2016

Prayers and Concerns

Wayne Hartigan

Hunter Powell

Sarah Copley

Rebecca Byford

Gary Stoess

Friends and Family

David and Family (friends of Ann Berry)

The Family of Ruth Klingenfus

Amber Willetts (great niece of Richard Ray)

Keni Debbens (friend of Sally Bunnell)

Beverly Cunningham (friend of Jim Trimpe)

Ashley Jasin (niece of Wendy Wilt)

Bob Brent, Bill Hirtzel and Nancy Sinclair (friends of John and

D.D. Hendrickson)

Steve de Witt (family friend of Rock and Debbie Thompson)

John Heleringer

Reed Francis (son of friends of Dan and Laura Kinnicutt)

Amanda Baker (daughter-in-law to be of Gale Fox)

Andrew Love (nephew of Mark Lane)

Linda Beaverson (sister of Jerry and Jan Beaverson)

Matt and Vickie Rogers (husband of a co-worker of Clare Grant)

Fred Miller and Peggy Walhgren (friends the Hendricksons)

John Hendrickson

Phillip Parks (friend of Alex Pappas)

Adam O’Daniel (friend of Ann Weingardt)

Jeff Myer (husband of co-worker of Connie Vice)

Larry Sheets (nephew of Wilma Wayne)

Gabriel Kinderman and Family (friends of the Hendricksons)

Helen Schuck and Cecilia Billingsley (aunt and cousin of Kim

Pappas)

Lizzie Klehr (friend of Hailey Age)

Andrea Ansman (cousin of Myles and Pam Scott)

Mary Louise Boone-Abraham

Charles and Irene Littrell

Celeste New

Charlene Staats

Ruth Klingenfus

Tommy Boone

Zachary Corcoran

Members

Betty Miller (mother of Sharon Davis)

Francis Fox (mother of Gale Fox)

Zola Skaggs (daughter of a friend of Sharon Davis)

Norma Sheets (sister or Wilma Wayne)

Jay Bowman (friend of Kim Pappas)

Mason Wilt

Kimmy White (friend of Wendy Wilts’s daughter)

Jane Anna (cousin of Lee Goss)

Jim Stoien (friend of Ann Finney)

Ardeth Pappas (mother of Kim Pappas)

Peggy Edmonson (friend of Virginia Baumann)

Rhonda Raley (friend of David Clark)

David M. Ellis (nephew of David B. Ellis, John and D.D. Hen-

drickson)

Pat and Debbie Handlson (former pastor)

Kay Harrod (sister-in-law of Betty Deibel)

Allyson Powlus (sister of Rick Fletcher)

Bobbie Holihan (friend of Virginia Baumann)

Jeff McGee (friend of Sharon Davis)

Doug Germond (husband of Kathy Germond in the CDC)

Bob and Diana Polsgrove (friends of D.D. Hendrickson)

Monte Farmer (brother-in-law of Margaret Hill)

Linda Mahoney (sister of Gale Fox)

Aiden Johnson (son of a co-worker of Maria McCarson)

Jean Dugger (co-worker and friend of Regina Bates)

Kristen Hall (CDC parent)

Karen Bennett (cousin of Melody Lindsey)

Don and Camilla Crowder (cousins of Melody Lindsey)

Sara Hardin (sister of Mark Lane)

Stu Basore (brother-in-law of Jan Beaverson)

Ralph Haskell (cousin of Ann Finney)

Michelle M. Hendrickson (daughter of John and D.D. Hen-

drickson)

Ed Stoess (son of Jim and Ann Stoess)

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