Inside This Issue

1 Beware the Ides of March

1 Goings On…

2 Beware, cont.

2 A Message From Pastor Kaaren

2 From the PNC Chairperson...

3 Coming Attractions

3 Messages , Notes and News

3 Prayer List/Birthdays/Anniversaries

3 Just Another Day on the Bayshore

4 Volunteer List

Goings On…

This Sunday at Bayshore

9:30 am Sunday School 10:30 am Regular Worship

*** See page 4 for volunteer list!

March 29 Paint up/clean up/fix up

March 30 Special Musical Service Baptism of Evelyn Hammer Meyer

April 2 Lenten Dinner and a Movie

April 5 Paint up/clean up/fix up

April 13 Palm Sunday

April 17 Maundy Thursday Seder Dinner

April 19 Men's Breakfast

April 20 Easter Sunrise and Regular Worship

The Easter Sunrise Service will begin at 6:30 a.m. this Easter, April 20th. Given last year’s attendance, we are asking Bayshore members to car pool and park if possible in nearby remote locations. This is to encourage as many folks as possible to attend this inspiring service. We also recommend an early arrival to minimize traffic congestion in our neighborhood. Thank you for considering this.

Tidings

Bayshore Presbyterian Church March 21, 2014

Beware the Ides of March... You may remember the soothsayer’s warning to Julius Caesar to “Beware the ides of March,” but the term didn’t originate with William Shakespeare. The earliest Roman calendar, which consisted of ten months beginning with Martius (March), was believed to have been created by King Romulus around 753 B.C. At that time, dates were expressed in relation to the lunar phase of the month using three markers: Kalends (Kal), Nones (Non) and Ides (Id). The first phase of the moon, the new moon, was denoted by Kalends and signified the first day of the month; the first quarter moon fell on either the fifth or seventh day of the month and was referred to as Nones; the full moon fell on either the 13th or 15th day of the month and was referred to as Ides. The ides of March—March 15—initially marked the first full moon of a new year. During the late Roman Republic, a new year’s festival was held on the ides of March in which people would gather a mile outside of Rome on the Via Flaminia by the banks of the Tiber River. Participants celebrated with food, wine and music and offered sacrifices to the Roman deity Anna Perenna for a happy and prosperous new year. Between 222 and 153 B.C., the ides of March also signaled the beginning of the new consular year, in which two annually-elected consuls took office as leaders of the republic. In 46 B.C., after consulting with the Alexandrian astronomer Sosigenes, Julius Caesar reformed the Roman calendar by adding ten days to the 355-day year, instituting January 1 as the first day of the new year (beginning in 45 B.C.) and introducing a leap year every four years. Shortly thereafter, he was granted the title Dictator Perpetuus or “dictator for life.” Caesar, born into the Julii, an ancient but not particularly distinguished Roman aristocratic family, began his political career in 78 B.C. as a prosecutor for the anti-patrician Popular Party. He won influence in the party for his reformist ideas and oratorical skills, and aided Roman imperial efforts by raising a private army to combat the king of Pontus in 74 B.C. He was an ally of Pompey, the recognized head of the Popular Party, and essentially took over this position after Pompey left Rome in 67 B.C. to become commander of Roman forces in the east.

In 63 B.C., Caesar was elected pontifex maximus, or "high priest," allegedly by heavy bribes. Two years later, he was made governor of Farther Spain and in 64 B.C. returned to Rome, ambitious for the office of consul. The consulship, essentially the highest office in the Roman Republic, was shared by two politicians on an annual basis. Consuls commanded the army, presided over the Senate and executed its decrees, and represented the state in foreign affairs.

Caesar formed a political alliance --the so-called First Triumvirate-- with Pompey and Marcus Licinius Crassus, the wealthiest man in Rome, and in 59 B.C. was elected consul Although generally opposed by the majority of the Roman Senate, Caesar's land reforms won him popularity with many Romans.

In 58 B.C., Caesar was given four Roman legions in Cisalpine Gaul and Illyricum, and during the next decade demonstrated brilliant military talents as he expanded the Roman Empire and his reputation. Among other achievements, Caesar conquered all of Gaul, made the first Roman inroads into Britain, and won devoted supporters in his legions. However, his successes also aroused Pompey's jealousy, leading to the collapse of their political alliance in 53 B.C. The Roman Senate supported Pompey and asked Caesar to give up his army, which he refused to do. In January 49 B.C., Caesar led his legions across the Rubicon River from Cisalpine Gaul to Italy, thus declaring war against Pompey and his forces. Caesar made early gains in the subsequent civil war, defeating Pompey's army in Italy and Spain, but was later forced into retreat in Greece. In August 48 B.C., with Pompey in pursuit, Caesar paused near Pharsalus, setting up camp at a strategic location. When Pompey's senatorial forces fell upon Caesar's smaller army, they were entirely routed, and Pompey fled to Egypt, where he was assassinated by an officer of the Egyptian king.

Caesar was subsequently appointed Roman consul and dictator, but before settling in Rome he traveled around the empire for several years and consolidated his rule. In 45 B.C., he returned to Rome and was made dictator for life. As sole Roman ruler, Caesar launched ambitious programs of reform within the empire. The most lasting of these was his establishment of the Julian calendar, which, with the exception of a slight modification and adjustment in the 16th century, remains in use today. He also planned new imperial expan- sions in central Europe and to the east. Shortly thereafter, he was granted the title Dictator Perpetuus or “dictator for life.” Concerned with Caesar’s increasing power and monarchical leanings, a group of Roman senators stabbed the ruler to death on March 15, 44 B.C.—forever linking the ides of March with the assassination of Julius Caesar.

The group of conspirators believed that his death would lead to the restoration of the Roman Republic. However, the result of the "Ides of March" was to plunge Rome into a fresh round of civil wars, out of which Octavian, Caesar's grand-nephew, would emerge as Augustus, the first Roman emperor, destroying the republic forever.

Source: Ask.com

A Message From Pastor Kaaren

It may have looked like a serene Sunday morning to folks strolling down Bayshore Blvd. in front of the church on March 2nd, but this particular Sunday was anything but calm and quiet for the members of Bayshore Presbyterian Church. Inside ‘this old house’ and outside, life-changing events were underway.

Members of the Pastor Nominating Committee were meeting to review the resumes of interested pastoral applicants; the adult Sunday school class continued their viewing of the video series, From Christ to Constantine; the women’s choir rehearsed; our video wrangler was cueing up the projector with a film of a 1960 report by Edward R. Murrow about Florida migrant farmworkers in preparation for Sunday’s message from Dave Moore, Director of Beth-El Farmworker Ministries.

All this while bags of food and clothing for Beth-El were coming in the front and side doors that would soon be stuffed into Elder Moore’s truck, along with a check for $416.00,for his return to Wimauma. Meanwhile, the church’s storage shed was being reset on a new foundation. This greatly appreciated renovation was the project for an Eagle Scout candidate Julian Velez from Troop # 53. Plans are being finalized for 2 clean up, paint up, fix up days (March 29 and April 5) as this congregation continues preparing to welcome a yet to be named pastor.

With the receiving of new members, a Baptism, and a wedding on the calendar, this spring promises to be filled with joy, excitement, and a great new future!

Congratulations Bayshore!! What a wonderful testimony this past Sunday was to the work you have done this past year; to your care for one another; your generosity for those whom you will never know; your tenacity to remain steadfast; and your outstanding sense of call to the ministry of Jesus Christ. Well done, good and faithful servants. What an honor it is to be with you.

Kaaren

From the PNC Chairperson:

From Building and Grounds....

"We have noticed a rodent problem in the

kitchen. Please do not leave any food out in the

kitchen.

Place it in the refrigerator, the microwave, the

oven or in plastic bins."

MAUNDY THURSDAY

Come to the Upper Room - where Jesus spent an evening of fellowship with his closest friends. He washed their feet, and they shared a meal that would be The Last Supper they would spend together. Step into that moment with your church family on Maundy Thursday, April 17

th. Learn where our most cherished Sacrament

comes from. Come to the Table.

This special service will begin at 6:15 pm. Reserve your place at the Table by contacting Kalliope at admin@bayshorepc.org RSVP DEADLINE: Sunday, April 6

th.

Each month we pray for members and friends. This month, please pray for:

Henk and Ans Alberts, Helen Allen, Rey and Josette Bulnes, Bob and Bobbie Chaffee, Ken Cooley, Allison Edwards, Sam Cooley, Max and Margaret Dufeny, David Ebinger, Harry and Ginny Ellis, Warren and Lona Elly, Henry Gomez, Nan and Bill Grothmann

Kaaren cell: 727-3896397 -Home: 727-378-8299

Kaaren cell: 727-389-6397 Home: 727-378-8299

April Birthdays/Anniversaries 1 Nan Grothmann 7 Warren and Lona Elly Aaron Guild 3 Caroline Heagey Bud Smith

COMING ATTRACTIONS

Sunday, March 30th, 2014

Special Musical Performance Pianist Grigorios Zamparas with selected students and a special duet with Carolyn Heagey Once again we welcome the concert pianist, who performs both as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles. He is an active clinician for piano competitions and has given master classes around the world. He has received critical acclaim for his versatile performing career as recitalist, orchestra soloist and chamber musician in Greece, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, former Yugoslavia, Russia, Latin America, South Korea and the US. He is currently on faculty at UT.

We will also celebrate the baptism of Evelyn Hammer Meyer, with fellowship and goodies to follow...

Men’s Breakfast Group to meet at the very popular Pach's

Place located at 2909 Bay -to Bay Blvd at 8:00 AM. All male church members and their guests are cordially invited.

Just Another Day on the Bayshore

Ust oreBayshore…

From Henk and Ans Alberts Herewith we want to thank you for the beautiful surprise and all the goodies you sent us for Christmas , indeed it was great of you to think about us. The basket even had a ballpoint - a reminder to write you a thank you note, but my writing is so bad ,that I use the computer. We are doing reasonably well and slowly improving as far as that can, but we are still house-bound . I am trying to get back with driving but that would be only in the neighbor hood, but would be a big help. Once again thanks so much for the basket and thinking about us. God bless. Ans and Henk

Men’s Breakfast Group to meet at the very popular Pach's

Place located at 2909 Bay -to Bay Blvd at 8:00 AM. All male church members and their guests are cordially invited.

VOLUNTEER LIST

DATE

LITURGIST

USHERS

GREETERS

SCHOOL

COMMUNION SERVERS

Feb 23

M. Dufeny

Elly's

J. Bulnes

Bulnes

March 2

A. Shaw

Bulnes

L. Elly

Dufeny

G Knapp, M Zitek, M Hausman, L Johnson

March 9

L. Johnson

Cooleys

B. Smith

Dufeny

March 16

H. Ellis

Knapps

H. Gomez

Dufeny

March 23

H Allen

L Johnson, B Smith J Bulnes

Dufeny

March 30

K Cooley

H Allen, L Elly

Guenthers

Dufeny

April 6

M Zitek

Guenthers

L. Elly

M Dufeny, Huff, Allen

April 13

W Elly

Bulnes

B. Smith

April 20

D Guenther

Cooleys

H. Gomez

April 27

G Knapp

Henwoods

J Bulnes

May 4

J Bulnes

L Johnson, B Smith

Guenthers

D. PRIDGEN, L. ELLY, T.

SMITSON, B. SMITH

May 11

W Elly

H Allen, M Dufeny

L. Elly

May 18

M Dufeny

Knapps

B. Smith

May 25

A Shaw

Bulnes

H. Gomez

June 1

L Johnson

Cooleys

J Bulnes

A. SHAW, K. Morris, R.

BULNES

June 8

H Allen

Henwoods

Guenthers

June 15

H Ellis

L Johnson, B Smith

L. Elly

June 22

M Zitek

H Allen, L Elly

B. Smith

June 29

K Cooley

Guenthers

H. Gomez