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1 SUNRISE NEWS AND VIEWS March 2015

825 E Beloit, Salina KS 67401 www.sunrisepresbyterian.com 785-823-6344

March 2015 Volume 36, Number 3

SUNRISE NEWS AND VIEWS

SUNRISE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


“What does it mean that we are made of God rather than simply by God? In part it means that the wisdom of God is deep within us, deeper than the ignorance of what we have done. It is to say that the creativity of God is deep within us, deeper than any barrenness in our lives or relationships, deeper than any endings in our fami-lies or our world . . . . We can let the Divine spring forth and be reborn in our lives. We can be part of midwifing new holy births in the world.” J. Phillip Newell, The Rebirthing of God Our Lenten journey invites us take a good look at ourselves. We ask ourselves hard questions about for-giveness, love, and actions. We resolve to change – to do better – to live each day in its fullness. Once a year Sunday’s texts ask us these questions and invite us to examine our lives. However, Lent not only asks us what we have done that is hurtful, but Lent also asks us what we have done that is good. So often we worry about our anxiety. We get tied in knots by our inability to control things. We begin to hate others who think differently than we do. It is rare I think in Lent for us to ask ourselves the ques-tion Phillip Newell asks, “Where is the wisdom of God within us?” “Where do we see the creativity of God work-ing deep within our lives?” Often, we can allow the barrenness of our lives to overshadow the divine creativity that is within us. As we think on New Beginnings at Sunrise, as we reflect on new beginnings in our lives this Lent, let us take time to reach for the spark of creativity that is within all of us. Let us quietly seek the wisdom of God we each know. Let us pray for a new beginning which will spring from our wisdom and creativity. This spring I’ve completed a small pottery studio in my basement. I’m beginning to make some trays and vas-es. I find that working with clay helps me release my inner creativity in a new and different manner. Instead of words, my hands make shapes and designs I had not known were part of me. My soul is soothed by handling the clay – and creating a new object. Creativity is one of the most wonderful gifts God gives us. Creativity is necessary to make a new beginning. My Lenten prayer is that each of us find time to examine the divine within us – to thank God for it – to enjoy it – and to seek a new beginning in our lives which allows new births in this world. Love, Martha

MARTHA’S MUSINGS . . .


SUNDAY SCHOOL Sunrise offers clas-

ses for all ages which are fun, loving and educational. Bring a friend and join us at 10:45 each Sunday morn-ing.

YOUTH FELLOWSHIP meets each

week at 6:15 p.m. We play games, watch movies, share with one another and offer support to one anoth-

er. We’ve got a fantastic group of kids. Get to know them by eating with them each Wednesday evening at the SUNRISE DELI. The DELI opens at 5:15 each Wednesday for a quick supper and lots of fun visiting time.

FACEBOOK Follow us on Facebook: This really can be an extremely effec-

tive form of communication. All you have to do is search: Sunrise Presbyterian church page and then “Like” the page. From there you will receive any information from the wall. We will be posting any and all information about our Wednesday night and Sun-day school programs, weather closings, and any other information that you may need to know.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

The PNK Winter Youth Rally is March 7-8. There will be no youth Sunday School on the 8th.

There will be a lock-in for the youth on March 14.

The youth will again this year have a Garage Sale! Set up will be done by the youth on April 17 and the sale on April 18th. Please bring any items you’d like to contribute to north-east corner of the MPR room by April 17th. Thank you!

CHURCH YOUTH TIDBITS


3/05/15 9:00 AM PW Board 3/09/15 10:00 AM Leader Training: Patti Breeding and Mary Lee Arnold 3/26/15 9:15 AM Morning Circle in the Parlor Lesson: Patti Breeding; Hostess: Colleen Jewell and Rosie McKee 7:00 PM Evening Circle Lesson: Mary Lee Arnold; Hostess: Judy Christensen and Jean Adam; We still need used T-shirts for our sewing bee on April 30; any size or color will do for making diapers. Beth Miller, Moderator

IT’S MOVIE NIGHT!

The Clipper Mariners are hosting a movie night on Sunday, March 8th.

ALL CONGREGATION INVITED.

Come see the movie Chocolat’. Chocolat’ is a delightful tale of hospitality and tolerance. A perfect movie for the Lenten season to teach “love one another”. But first, taste delectable chocolate desserts at 6:00 pm, then on to the movie!


PRAYER NOTES

"Let me give up all

that is not good

within me.

Let me love God

with all that

I am and ...have.

Amen"

Submitted by Rosemarie Merrill

LENTEN PRAYER

COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTION

The Emergency Food Assistance Program

Hosted by The Volunteer Connection

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

4-H Building

12-2 pm

Items: Canned corn, grape juice, mixed fruit, canned

potatoes, orange juice, peanut butter, raisins

*Everything is distributed on a first come, first served basis.*

Participants are required to bring: Proof of income, photo I.D. or proof of local address & a

signed note if picking commodities up for someone else INCOME GUIDELINES (monthly) HH Size Income HH Size Income HH Size Income HH Size Income 1 $1,265 3 $2,144 5 $3,024 7 $3,904 2 $1,705 4 $2,584 6 $3,464 8 $4,344 * For each additional family member add $440

Contact The Volunteer Connection at 785-823-3128 with questions. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.


Welcome our newest Sunrise members, Jim and Nadine Griffin. This lovely couple comes to us after spending their lives on the family farm in the Holland community, just south of Abilene, KS. A few of Jim and Nadine's accomplishments include raising three sons on the very farm where Nadine was born and raised, keeping the family farm thriving and also being involved members of the Mt. Pleasant Presbyteri-an church of Abilene. Prior to starting their family in Holland, Jim lived in South-west Minnesota where his family raised him as a Presbyterian church member. The Griffin's oldest son, Jim, is a lawyer and he lives in Kansas City with his wife Susan. He has two children. Jay, their middle son, is living in Edwardsville, IL as a safety specialty educator for Mills. Jay and his wife Jane have two children. The young-est is Jon. He is currently living in Fort Worth, TX and is

working as a software engineer. Jim and Nadine laugh at the memories of having to spit out all three names, "Jim, Jay, Jon!" before getting to the one they intended to call for. Jim and Nadine are currently living at the Presbyterian Manor and have devel-oped a few relationships with neighbors, but welcome all their new adventures and friendships in Salina, KS.

BULLETIN FODDER

The Mayonnaise Jar and the 2 Cups of Coffee When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he

wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “yes.” The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed. “Now,” said the professor as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things — God, your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions — and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car. The sand is everything else — the small stuff.” “If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first--the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.” One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. “I’m glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.”


MORE BULLETIN FODDER!

A Monkey and a Typewriter

How long would it take lifeless chemicals under ideal conditions to evolve into a

living protozoan? Answer: it could never happen!

Let's simplify the problem. How long would it take a monkey, pounding irration-ally and randomly at a typewriter, to come up with the words of Genesis 1:1 (“In the

beginning God created the heavens and the earth”)?

In fact, let’s allow a million tireless monkeys to pound away at record speed

(twelve keys a second) on simplified typewriters with only capital letters.

Now, try to think of a rock so large that if the earth were at its center its surface would touch the nearest star. This star is so far away that light from it takes more

than four years to get here, traveling 186,000 miles every second.

If a bird came once every million years and removed an amount equivalent to the finest grain of sand, four such rocks would be

worn away before the champion super simians would be expected to type Genesis 1:1.”

God’s great handiwork baffles the greatest minds ever produced. His glory and his power are beyond the capability of man to comprehend and appreciate. “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; and night after night they reveal knowledge” (Psalm 19:1-2).

A LENTEN CUSTOM - A BIT OF TRIVIA

BURYING THE ALLELUIA

In the language of worship, there are words and phrases that are not translated, words that seem to need no translation. Amen is such a word, a Hebrew word that indicates assent, "so be it," and the word by which a congregation expresses its participation in a prayer said by the officiant. Kyrie eleison, Greek for "Lord, have mercy", is a phrase that continued in use long after Latin became the official language of liturgy of the West. Alleluia is a word that is heard throughout the Christian world, whether the language of the local liturgy is Latin or Greek, Slavonic or Armenian, French or English. It is a word that has occasionally been translated but, more often than not, has been left untranslated. It is the Greek and Latin form of the Hebrew word Hallelujah, a word which means "praise the Lord." In the West, alleluia came to have a particular association with the celebration of the most important feast of the Church year, Easter, and this led to some unique, beautiful, interesting customs.

The association of alleluia with Easter led to the custom of intentionally omitting it from the liturgy during the season of Lent, a kind of verbal fast which has the effect, not of depressing the mood of the liturgy, but of creating a sense of anticipation and even greater joy when the famil-iar word of praise returns. Indeed, when the alleluia does return, it is with an incredible flourish. Before the proclamation of the Gospel at the Great Vigil of Easter, alleluia is sung to an exceptionally elaborate tone. It is a moment of unrestrained fervor as a singer intones the elaborate alleluia, and the congregation sings it back. The cantor raises the pitch and sings the alleluia a second time, and again the congregation ech-oes it back. Once more, the cantor raises the pitch, and the congregation responds. And then the good news is proclaimed that Christ is risen from the dead. The dramatic effect of the return of the alleluia is heightened considerably by the fact that no alleluias have been heard since Lent began.

In order to inaugurate the alleluia fast, the custom arose of "burying the alleluia" before Lent begins as a reminder that we do not use it at all during the forty days of Lent. We do not use it at church. We do not use it at home. We let it rest, as it were, during Lent, so that when it re-appears on Easter, we may hear it afresh. In fact, once it returns on Easter, we give it no rest at all, repeating it again and again, in celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus.


MISSION FAIR

CELEBRATING HELPING HANDS—

A SUNRISE VOLUNTEER MISSION FAIR

Sunday, March 22, 2015 – 10:30-11:45 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room

Come and enjoy our Mission Fair – as a seeker or a speaker!

1) Those of you who are involved with volunteering somewhere that you

enjoy…PLEASE sign up!! We need you! Plan to stand (or sit) at a table

and share with others, one on one, what you do.

2) We plan to have several organizations from Salina here to share how they

operate and what needs they might have for volunteers to help with.

3) Think of this as an Open House for an open heart…with double the

doughnuts! We KNOW Sunrisers are busy, helpful people. Let’s TALK

about it!

4) This is NOT a Horn TOOTING event…but rather, a Horn BLOWING

opportunity to share the good and invite others to join in.

Sponsored by the Mission and the

Nurture/Evangelism Committees

Questions, see Carol Viar, Tessa Bolen or Julie Parks


The Salina Souperbowl of Hope would like to thank all the different churches and business for their help in collecting soup this year. Our goal was to raise 49,000 cans of soup to be divided between the Salina Food Bank, Salvation Army, Salina Rescue Mission, Ashby House, and DVACK. It is our pleasure to announce that we have collected 52,140 cans this year which is the third time we have reached our goal. Again, a big thanks to all who were involved and we look forward to working with you again next year! The Salina Souperbowl of Hope Committee

NOTE OF THANKS

Thank you to my Sunrise Family for all the prayers, cards and food after my surgery. Betty Kerr


THANK YOU!

Thanks to the Sunrise members and friends who painted inside the current Habitat house during

February.

The homeowner visited a couple of times. She was very pleased with the paint job!

BUILDING KEYS: If you have a key to the church please let Sharon Hauser know. She is trying to get a good inventory of them. Thanks! WE NEED SUNDAY MORNING VOLUNTEERS: The Building and Grounds Committee is looking for some people who would take a turn at locking the building on Sundays after church. Ultimately we’d like a few people to volunteer so that there’s al-ways someone to do it in the other volunteers’ absence. Please see Don Slaughter or Sharon Hauser if you can help.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED


PNK MISSIONS

The Stewardship and Mission Committee is excited about our upcoming Mission Opportunities here in the Presbytery of Northern Kansas and we want to make sure that EVERYONE knows about all these opportunities! We have attached information about the following:

1. Living Waters for the World Partnership (brochure)

2. 2015 Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Mission Trip to Arkansas (registration information/form)

3. 2015 Hurricane Katrina Recovery Mission Trip to New Orleans (registration information/form)

4. Living Waters for the World -- 2015 Mission Trip -- Honduras (registration information/form)

In addition to the 3 mission trip opportunities -- we are looking for people interested in being trained at Clean Water University for the Living Waters for the World Partnership -- check out the information on the brochure and let us know ASAP if you are interested in this training!


DONATIONS NEEDED

Public Service Announcement

RUN: 03-01-15 to 03-31-15 For more information contact:

Steve Kmetz, Executive Director,

At 785-823-2610

.

NEEDS OF THE MONTH

The needs of the Salina Rescue Mission for March include:

Allergy Medicine

Cold & Flu Medicine

Facial Tissues

Lunch meat

Tennis Shoes

Size 3X-6X clothing

Peanut Butter Jelly

Mayonnaise Coffee

Egg Noodles

A tremendous THANK YOU to the community for already helping us with many

items of great need!

For more information, go on-line to www.salinarescuemission.com

This helps to feed and care for the hungry and homeless, it also stretches our general

fund dollars farther. Please help; donations can be dropped off anytime at the Salina

Rescue Mission at 1716 Summers Road in Salina, or call us at 785-823-2610.


ADDIE’S CORNER

Mary Lee Arnold has donated to Addies's Corner the children's book "I Have A Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and illustrated by Kadir Nelson.

From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s daughter, Dr. Bernice A. King: “My father’s dream continues to live on from generation to genera-tion, and this beautiful and powerful illustrated edition of his world-changing "I Have a Dream" speech brings his inspiring message of freedom, equality, and peace to the youngest among us—those who will one day carry his dream forward for everyone.” On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, Martin Luther King gave one of the most powerful and memorable speeches in our nation's history. His words, paired with Caldecott Honor winner Kadir Nelson's magnificent paintings, make for a picture book certain to be treasured by children and adults alike. The themes of equality and freedom for all are not only relevant today, 50 years later, but also provide young readers with an important introduction to our nation's past. Included with the book is an audio CD of the speech Jack Gillam has donated to Addie's Corner the children's book "Bible Stories form the Old Testament in Three Dimensions" by Chris-tos Kondeatis

"Bible Stories" Is a beautifully created pop up book of familiar Old Testament stories such as The Garden of Eden, Noah's Ark and

more. Each page is a beautiful 3 dimensional work of art. This would be a fun book for child and adult to share together.

Come check out these new additions to Addie's Corner!


MEMBER MILESTONES

MARCH

Date Name Date Name

1 Melba Buck 20 Cooper Hutton Jaley Jensen 21 Roger & Sharon Herrington

Anniversary 3 Kathryne Perney Bob Hagen Emily Ewing

4 LeRay & Bill Wilkie Anniversary 22 Clay Thompson Sheryl Weishaar

6 Jack Gillam 24 Ed Viar

7 Marty Christie Dexter Eggers & Ann Zimmerman

Anniversary 25 Jean Drees

Ellen Price 8 Beverly Krall Scott Lee

11 Karen Sutton 26 Dave Cooper Kim Gillam

12 Martha Bell Randy Tolbert Jackie Tolbert 27 Ray Boyer

13 Carol Vineyard 29 John Clapsaddle

14 Mary Lee Arnold Harry Tysen Roger Herrington 30 Ken Keller

15 Marina Coberly Jenna McFadden Scott Lee & Leslie Mangrum

Anniversary

31 Annie Ewing 17 Joy Bircher

18 Shirley Lang


March Acolytes 01 Kaylie Harmon 08 Ashlynd Merrill 15 Karee Adam 22 Ashlynd Merrill 29 Jace Hewitt

March Lay Leaders

01 Mary Lee Arnold 08 Jeff Merrill 15 Jane Alsop 22 Ken Miller 29 Sharon Hauser

March 1 Clay & Nancy Thompson East: Kathryne & Abner Perney Tom & Sylvia Phillips South: Mindy Johnson

March 8 Mel & Betty Abbott East: Carol & Ed Viar Melisa & Kevin McElwee South: Sharon & Roger Herrington

March 15 Lloyd & Rowena Arensman East: Pat Tomlins & Sharon Anderson Lewis & Gladys Reid South: Faye Morris & Ruth Self

March 22 Judy Christensen & Brenda Pilcher East: Jeff Merrill Family Maurice & Betty Kerr South: Jim & Ellen Price

March 29 Len & Lyla Buehre East: John & Sheryl Weishaar Noreen Slaughter & Vicki Moss South: Ken & Beth Miller

February

1st 70

8th 87

15th 107

18th 92

22nd 87

IN SERVICE OF THE CHURCH

MARCH


SUNRISE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

825 E. Beloit, Salina, Kansas 67401 785-823-6344 Fax: 785-823-6345 www.sunrisepresbyterian.com email: [email protected] General Office Hours: 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Mon-Frid Financial Office Hours: 10:00 am-12:00 pm, Monday & Thursday Pastor: Rev. Dr. Martha Murchison Dir. Of Music: Leslie Mangrum Dir. Of Handbells & Youth Choirs: Josh Tackett Organist: Sue Will Church Office Administrator & Newsletter Editor: Angie Koshgarian Church Treasurer: JoAnn Gile Financial Secretary: Karmel Spencer Custodian: Greg Kerr

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Sunday Mornings 9:30 a.m. Worship (Communion– First Sunday of Each Month) 10:30 a.m. Fellowship 10:45 a.m. Sunday School for All

Wednesday Evenings 3:30 p.m. God’s Kids 5:15 p.m. Sunrise Deli 6:00 p.m. Chancel Choir (adult) 6:15 p.m. Youth Group

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