We entered another Season of Lent late last month and will spend all of this month coming together once again to acknowledge in a very particular way our “separation” from God, from one another, and even from our true selves. In prayer and with some more intentional conversations, studies, and worship we strive to “repent” and “return” to God through a better understanding for what we should be doing with our lives.

We will be focusing our attention on the gospel of Matthew, specifically Matthew 25:31-46. Take out your bible and open it to this passage. Leave it open through the season of Lent this year and return to it often. In liturgy, song, and sermon this month we will be considering:

What is the Son of Man? Who are the Sheep and the Goats? Where are the Hungry and Thirsty, the Naked and Estranged, the Sick and Imprisoned?

And, what have we to do with any of this?

The focus on “separation” is not the only context for the season of Lent. This season also finds us alongside Jesus and his journey: into Jerusalem, up to Calvary and the Cross, down to the tomb, all the way through his, and into our own, “redeemed life.” As we have been doing so far this year, let’s continue to see ourselves in the life and the love of Jesus. Let’s not find ourselves just reading about someone else (as wonderful a person as he must have been!), but learning about ourselves, or at least about who we were created to be. This is our story, too, remember. From our own lives: onto a cross, unto death, into new life. Our Lenten journey is our daily one, written large for the whole world to see

As always, this month’s newsletter is full of many ministries, mission engagements, educational offerings, and fellowship opportunities. Take note of them all and get involved where you can and where you feel led. And then … focus not on any one event, but on the season they lead us through and the life they call us to ...

See you in church,

Joel

The Least of These ... And Us

A 2020 Lenten Letter

Joel’s Message 1

Church News 2-4

Small Group 5

Mission News 6

Birthdays,

Anniversaries,

& Schedules

7

Calendar 8

Prayer List 9

March

2020

From the Desk of Reverend Joel Weible

C o r n e r S t o n e

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

In this issue...

Trivia Night

Illuminating Lent

Hygiene Kits

Confirmation

Class

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Pewee Valley Presbyterian Church’s

Sunday March 22, 2020

4:30pm – 7:00pm

COME ONE COME ALL,

(There’s a team that will NEED you!)

Teams will be a mix of ALL ages…

so you only have to know a little something about:

Religion, Science, Kentucky, TV, Movies, Pop Culture, Music, Sports, Food, or Disney

Most important is that you come

and enjoy the FUN and Fellowship

BRAGGING RIGHTS and PRIZES will be given

Brain food as well as Soup and Salad will be provided

“FUN NIGHT-TRIVIA NIGHT”

2020 ANNUAL ELDER RETREAT REPORT

On Friday, January 31st, your Elders gathered again for our Annual Elder Retreat – once again this year at the PCUSA’s Camp Cedar Ridge. We had dinner together and spent Friday evening getting to know each other better with informal activities and anticipated the time together the next morning. On Saturday morning after breakfast and a brief devotion, we sat together to take a closer look at our Team Ministries. Last year, we discussed our Team Ministry structure to consider whether it was meeting the current needs of the congregation or the vision we have of the years ahead. This year, we looked at the Team descriptions and make-up to see if we were still doing what we say we are doing and whether or not we need to be doing more! Ashia led us in a wonderful conversation that, as always, was just the beginning of a larger conversation that we carry into the year ahead. We are asking each Team, in their meetings this year, to “brainstorm” their own sense of the Team’s purpose, how they might collaborate with other Teams, and to share praise for what they are doing well. As always, pull an Elder aside and thank them for the extra time and discernment they give to all of us in their service on Session. We have been blessed with incredible leadership and imagination – two crucial needs for a vibrant and vital community.

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OLDHAM & JEFFERSON SCHOOLS

SPRING BREAK!!

March 30th -- April 3rd

Though this week typically keeps our families in short

supply on the Sunday before (March 29th) and the

Sunday after (April 5th), we are still planning on FULL

ministry opportunities for ALL ages. Hope to see

you, if you stay “in town!”

**NOTE: Church staff will be working a varied schedule

this week**

PVPC SEMI-ANNUAL FISH FRY

Friday, April 10th

4:30-7:30 p.m.

“ALL THE FISH YOU CAN EAT”

Come and enjoy the best fish in town!

Fresh Fillets of Cod ~ French Fries ~ Slaw ~ Dessert

A fun evening enjoyed in our church for 60+ years!!!

Adults $12.00 ~ Seniors $11.00 ~ Children $5.00

For more information,

call the church office: 241-4326

ILLUMINATING LENT A Lenten study in the Thoughtful Christian Class

From the Presbyterian Mission Agency

March 1 - Introducing Lent Session One discusses the background to Lent and some ways we can “give up” and/or “take on” in our daily lives. March 8 - Upward: What We Do for God Session Two introduces the first of the “directions.” The emphasis is on our lives as we glorify God. March 15 - Inward: What God Does in Us Session Three zeroes in on the “inward” sense of communion with God and having a lively sense of the presence of God in

our lives. March 22 - Downward: What God Gives to Us Session Four finds us focused “downward” to what God gives us for our lives, body, and soul. March 29 - Forward: Where God Leads Us Session Five focuses on the life of discipleship and our response to the call of Christ. Our lives as his followers will include

trials, temptations, and evil, as well. April 5 - Onward: What God Will Do The final Session Six is on Palm Sunday and looks “onward,” or beyond, into Holy Week and Easter using the closing

doxology of the Lord’s Prayer.

If you haven’t considered it before, consider for Lent 2020: JOIN US IN THE THOUGHTFUL CHRISTIAN CLASS

Second Floor Library in the Family Life Center

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Current Month Current Month

Budget

Year To Date Year To Date

Budget

Member Contributions $23,639 $22,138 $23,639 $22,138

Loose Plate Offerings $225 $167 $225 $167

CDC Contributions $8,250 $7,250 $8,250 $7,250

All Other Income $331 $1,160 $331 $1,160

Expenses $34,435 $36,260 $34,435 $36,260

January 2020 Financials

ANNUAL MISSION COLLECTION AT PVPC

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Project :

Mid-Kentucky Presbytery

We are once again participating in the Mid-Kentucky Presbytery’s hygiene kit project. The collection bin

will be in our gathering room through April. The supplies needed for donation are:

Toothbrushes

Unscented, wrapped bars of soap

Band-Aids

Wide-toothed combs

Washcloths

Hand towels

Ziploc 1-gallon bags

Monetary donations also accepted

CHAPEL SERVICES WITH OUR CDC

All are welcome!! Drop in for the prayers, music, meditations, and love that

are a part of the regular school-life of our boys and girls.

We’d love to see you there!

Chapel for March:

Tuesday, March 17th at 10:00 a.m.

Tuesday, March 24th at 10:00 a.m.

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March 2020 Calendar March 1 (Sunday): Re-creation thru Recreation, 11:45a- 2:00p

*Senior High Sunday School: 1 & 2 Kings

March 4 (Wednesday): Confirmation Class, 7:00p

March 8 (Sunday): No Small Group

*Senior High Sunday School: 1 & 2 Chronicles

March 11 (Wednesday): Confirmation Class, 7:00p

March 14 (Saturday): Hiking at Red River Gorge & Natural Bridge,

Meeting at PVPC- 8:15a; Returning around 5:30p

March 15 (Sunday): Small Group Ministry Team meeting, 11:45a-1:00p

*Senior High Sunday School: Ezra

March 17 (Tuesday): Advisory Team Meeting, 7:00p

March 18 (Wednesday): Confirmation Class, 7:00p

March 22 (Sunday): Trivia Night, FLC, 4:30-7:00p

*Senior High Sunday School: Nehemiah

Wednesday, March 25 (Wednesday): Confirmation Class, 7:00p

March 29 (Sunday): First Sunday of Spring Break. No Sunday School or Small Group.

MYSTAGOGIA 2020: CONFIRMATION AT PVPC!

Wednesdays through March

Confirmation Sunday on Palm Sunday, April 5th at our 10:30 a.m. Worship

During this month, six of our Youth are on a journey toward a more mature and deeper Christian faith through study in PVPC’s Confirmation Experience, Mystagogia. On this journey they explore the mysteries of God, Christ, the Church, our teachings, the Christian life, and their own professions of faith. They are preparing to step into active membership by being confirmed by us as a congregation in their lifelong journey of faith.

On Palm Sunday, we will confirm Katie Clark, Crain Gardiner, Jackie Meade, Will Meade, and Nico Williams into active membership at PVPC. Please be in prayer with all of them and plan to be with us on Palm Sunday!

PVPC had busy months in January and February and we are using our newsletter’s Mission Highlight

this month to thank everyone who volunteered and/or donated money, materials, or food to the

effort.

Mission: Comfort happened on two Sundays in January, the 19th

& 26th

. After worship, close to

thirty people gathered in the Family Life Center gym each Sunday for a light lunch of soup and

sandwiches and got to work on stuffing pillows for post-operation cancer patients and tying fleece

blankets together for the unhoused. It was a time of fellowship and mission as we met our goal of

making 50 blankets and 50 pillows.

Our inaugural Highpoint Charitable Services Winter Coat Collection began in late January and

finished up on Sunday, February 9th

. We collected and delivered 54 Jackets, 16 pairs of gloves/

mittens, 13 Hats, 10 Scarves, 1 muff, and 1 pair of snow pants!

Thanks for reaching out through these two congregational mission efforts, PVPC!

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Coffee Clean-Up

March 1 D.D. Hendrickson

March 8 Karen Poole

March 15 Karen Wood

March 22 Connie Vice

March 29 Karen Poole

Worship Attendance

2.2.20 10:30 67

2.9.20 10:30 65

2.16.20 10:30 63

2.23.20 10:30 62

Ushers

March 1 Larry & Connie Vice, Ron & Carol Warren

March 8 Carol Culver, Vivien Reinhardt

March 15 Zack & Carole Logan

March 22 TBD

March 29 Rick Fletcher & Clare Grant

Children’s Message

March 1 Pastor Joel

March 8 Violet Sears

March 15 Ashia Stoess

March 22 TBD

March 29 TBD

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March Birthdays

07 Billy Meade

08 Vivien Reinhardt

09 Thom Guilford

10 Sue Hohman

10 Jay Willetts

12 Carol Warren

15 Regan Moore

19 Peggy Wood

20 Regina Bates

24 Julia Age

25 Gabe Weible

28 Hailey Age

28 Jordan Bates

28 Lily Gardiner

30 Alex Pappas

31 Bill Chaudoin

31 Julia Hood

Wedding Anniversaries

March 14 Zack and Carole Logan

March 17 Rod and Carol Culver

March 17 Larry and Sandy McCarson

March 17 Jay and Karen Poole

** STARZ Volleyball, Mon-Thurs, 6:30-8:30p Youth Events / CDC Events / Non-Church Events

March 2020

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Re-creation thru recreation

2 3 4 Confirmation Class, 7p

5 6 7

8 Team Meetings:

Fellowship, CE, Worship/Music, 11:45a

No Small Group

9 Session, 7p

10 11 Confirmation Class, 7p

12 13 14 Hiking Trip, 8:15a-5:30p

FLC Rental, 1-5p

15 Finance Team, 11:45a

SG Team Meeting, 11:45a

16 17 Chapel, 10:00a

SG Advisory Team, 7p

18 Confirmation Class, 7p

19 20 21

22 Finance Team, 11:45a

Fun Night - Trivia Night, 4:30-7p

23 24 Chapel, 10:00a

25 Confirmation Class, 7p

26 27 28

29 No Small Group

FLC Rental, 1p

30 31

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Members:

Mary Boone Sarah Copely Paul Culbertson

Betty Deibel Andre Faul Sis Marker

Bob Pace Clayton Stoess

Family and Friends:

Family of Ann Stoess Rev. James Byford (Rebecca Byford)

Judy Allison (Rebecca Byford) Todd Munson & Family (Kim Pappas)

Joan/Larry Doub (Peggy/Jack Wood) Kent Groff (D.D. & John Hendrickson)

Sarah McManus (Christian McManus) Jackie Maloney (Clare Grant)

Aunt Geneva (Larry Vice) Aunt Carrie (Larry Vice)

Glenda Stavinoga (Jan Beaverson) Chris McCoy (Marissa Browning)

James Hill (Margaret Hill/Regan Moore) Zachary Rankin (Claudette Schlader)

Steve Binggelli (Jim Trimpe) Steve Porter (Mark Lane)

Norman Schippert (Joanie Walser) Noel Avery (Ann Finney)

Fred Miller (D.D. & John Hendrickson) Susan Melcher (Ann Finney)

Rose Smith (Ann Finney) Sharon Perkins (Ann Finney)

Tommy Boone (Mary Boone) Kaleb Jones (Mike/Maria McCarson)

Linda Hyatt (Shirley Hawkes) Scott Hood (Shirley Hawkes)

Drew Esposito (Karen Wood) Isabella Anderson (Mary Jones)

Gavin Elder (Mark Lane) Alice Walser Booker (Joan Walser)

Shannon/Rich Smith (Ann Finney) Michelle Hendrickson (D.D. & John)

Mary Ellen Wilkins (Ann Finney) David King (Mark Lane)

Reed Francis (Laura Kinnicutt) Jim Browning (Ann Finney)

Heather Turpin (Ann Finney) Jim Stoien (Ann Finney)

John Hendrickson (D.D. Hendrickson) Ed Stoess (Jim & Ann Stoess)

Johanna Rohde (D.D. & John Hendrickson) Mary/Morris Kirchoff (D.D. & John Hendrickson)

Family of Stella Spoelker (D.D. & John Hendrickson)

To add or remove a name from, complete a Prayer Request Card

or email us at: office@pvpres.org

PRAYERS AND CONCERNS

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Pewee Valley, KY 40056

Tel: 502-241-4326

E-mail: office@pvpres.org

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