May 21, 2025, Midweek

Today is the Sixth Sunday in Easter and Caring Sunday!!

Important Dates

Sat. May 17th: 11:30am Bible Study

Sun. May 25th: 10:30am Worship Service

Mon. May 26th: Memorial Day (Church          Office Closed)

Mon. May 26th: Pastor Je’s vacation begins

Birthday’s

Sat. May 24th: Bud Hunter

Tues. May 27th: Bruce McConnell

 

Pastor Je’s vacation

Rev. Alan Griffin will be preaching June 1st while pastor Je uses his last few days of vacation before the end of our fiscal year (May 31st).

The Caring Center

Did you know that the number of people living in food insecure households in the United States in 2023 increased to 47 million, including 14 million children, according to a report released on September 4, 2024, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture? This has been an increase from 44 million, including 13 million children from the previous year. I’m sure it has only increased over the last couple of years since this report came out.

Below is a list of their current food item needs, please consider donating this weekend to help our neighbors in need.

A blue and white sign with text AI-generated content may be incorrect.

Gourmet Seekers

The Gourmet Seekers are meeting Friday, May 30th at 12pm. We will try Vietnamese food at “What the Pho” (7280 Michigan Road, Indianapolis, IN). It is a 30 minute drive from the church and carpooling is highly recommended.

Malawi Project

Dick Stephens with the Malawi Project is in need of a building to sort, store and ship items. The current location is no longer available. In order for this ministry to continue, he needs another location before September.  Janet McConnell offered to call local churches to get the word out and see if any can help.

If you have other church contacts or a lead on a location, please let Janet know or contact Dick. There has to be a place to rent or use for this project to continue. They send about 3 shipments a year from Lebanon. Which is around 320 million dollars in aid to Malawi over the past 32 years.

 

Building needs are below:

 

·        A space about 40 x 40 to pack and prepare the pallets for shipment.

·        Concrete floor as we have a forklift.

·        Overhead door so we can get the pallets out to the trailer.

·        Good driveway so a semi can back up to the door for loading.

PPM News

It's hard to believe that we are wrapping up the school year. This year has been a busy but fun and exciting experience. In August we welcomed 90 students and 18 staff members in the building. We have served over 16,000 lunches this year,  WOW! That is a lot!!. We have learned to count to 100, learned fire safety skills, celebrated birthdays, we have had many dress up days, art projects, learned to be a good friend and most of all these 90 kids this year have learned that each one is loved by Jesus. We handed out 44 new Bibles this past Sunday. As our new friends were receiving these bibles I heard other children saying, " I have that at home" or "or that book is like mine". Since we started this tradition of handing out Bibles about 13 years ago we have given out anywhere from 45-60 Bibles each year. I am so thankful that we are able to continue this tradition for the children at PPM. As the year comes to an end, I will cherish the relationships made with parents and children that we have created this year. I will also be so very thankful for the amazing staff, of hard working and dedicated individuals who have made an impact not only in the lives of the children but mine as well. 

 

Blessings, Lori Rowe

 

Pentecost Offering

After Easter through Pentecost Sunday, we are collecting PCUSA’s another special offering, Pentecost Offering.

This offering unites us in a church-wide effort to support young people and inspire them to share their faith, ideas, and unique gifts with the church and the world. Psalm 71 testifies that a foundation of faith established during childhood helps ensure lifelong faith and service. The patterns and lessons established during these formative years continue to bear fruit throughout a person's life. By receiving the Pentecost Offering, you are nurturing the faith of children, youth, and young adults.

·  40% is retained by congregations to support work with at-risk children, youth and young adults in their local community.

·  50% supports ministries with youth and young adults.

·  10% supports child advocacy/children at risk.

Coming Sunday Hymns

 

Prelude:

Postlude:

Sunday Scripture and Sermon Title

OT Lesson: Isaiah 1:14-17

 

NT Lesson: Matthew 5:17-20

 

Sermon Title: Gotta Be Better Than the Pastors

Communion Server Sign-up

Do you want to serve the Communion by distributing the elements during the regular Communion on the first Sunday of each month? Please sign up on the bulletin board outside the church office or contact pastor Je. By the session’s approval, you don’t have to be an ordained elder to serve the Communion. June and July still need volunteers, so be sure to sign up on the bulletin board outside the church office.

Communion Servers for June

·        Your Name

·        Your Name

·        Your Name

·        Your Name

Voice Actor Needed

Don’t you love hearing the dramatized Scripture Readings during the Sunday Worship Services? You can join the bliss of being part of it. Please let Pastor Je or Neal know if you would like to volunteer.

Wanna Be on the Visit Team?

If you want to help pastor Je visit our home-bound members, call or email the church office or pastor Je.

Prayer Request?

If you have a prayer request, please contact Phyllis Duff at raduff2@att.net.

Got News?

Do you have something you wish to share with the church family? Sharing good news will double it. Sharing sad news will halve it. Is your child or grandchild excellent? You can boast about them. Contact the church office if you want your story in the weekly Midweek or monthly Newsletter.

This Week’s Humor

Cartoon a cartoon of a person and a child AI-generated content may be incorrect.

Serving This Week

·        Liturgist: Lynna Shaw

·        Elder of the Month: Dennis Brannon

·        Pianist: Lisa Hutcheson

Contact the Church

·        Address: 128 E. Main St., Lebanon, IN 46052

·        Tel: 765-482-5959

·        Website: http://lebanonfpc.org

·        Office: office@lebanonfpc.org

·        Pastor: pastor@lebanonfpc.org

·        Blog: https://pastorje-lebanonfpc.blogspot.com/

·        Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/firstpreslebanon

·        YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@firstpresbyterianchurchofl3509

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

101: Thou Shalt Doubt (Sunday, June 12th, 2022)

Image
OT Lesson: Judges 6:33-40 (CEB) Some time later, all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other easterners joined together, came over, and set up camp in the Jezreel Valley. Then the Lord’s spirit came over Gideon, and he sounded the horn and summoned the Abiezrites to follow him. He sent messengers into all of Manasseh, and they were also summoned to follow him. Then he sent messengers into Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali too, and they marched up to meet them. But then Gideon said to God, “To see if you really intend to rescue Israel through me as you have declared, I’m now putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece but all the ground is dry, then I’ll know that you are going to rescue Israel through me, as you have declared.” And that is what happened. When he got up early the next morning and squeezed the fleece, he wrung out enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water. Then Gideon said to God, “Don’t be angry with me, but let me speak j...
Read more

Gathering at the Well of Grace (Sunday, March 19th, 2017)

Bible Reference(s): John 4:5-42 Sermon by Rev. Terri Thorn During this Lenten season, we have committed ourselves to telling the stories of scripture in a number of different ways including telling them by heart, using dramatic readings, incorporating visual arts, and singing them in song.  After all, we can never hear the stories of Jesus' life too often; and the stories...in and of themselves...are enough.  They are all we need, in order to be the church.   This week's story, is...shall we say...almost, more than enough?  There is so much in this story that it is a challenge to know where to begin.  For one thing, it's really long...just ask Ben and Bailie...they will tell you...37 verses long!  It also covers so much theological ground that we could probably come up with a month's worth of sermons on it.  However, I promise to not try to preach them all in one Sunday!  Instead, for today, let's just focus is on the what happens at the well - th...
Read more

God Doesn't Care

Image
OT Lesson: Isaiah 25:6-9 (CEB) On this mountain, the Lord of heavenly forces will prepare for all peoples a rich feast, a feast of choice wines, of select foods rich in flavour, of choice wines well refined. He will swallow up on this mountain the veil that is veiling all peoples, the shroud enshrouding all nations. He will swallow up death forever. The Lord God will wipe tears from every face; He will remove His people’s disgrace from off the whole earth, for the Lord has spoken. They will say on that day, “Look! This is our God, for whom we have waited— and He has saved us! This is the Lord, for whom we have waited; let’s be glad and rejoice in His salvation!” NT Lesson: Mark 16:1-8 (NRSV) When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint Him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. They had been saying to one another,  ...
Read more