May 1, 2020
the H e ral d
Volume XXXXXV1I,
No 5
The next regular meeting of the Session will
be on Wednesday, May 13. At this meeting,
the Elders of Central Presbyterian Church
will make the decision when to re-open the
church for worship services and activities.
Please continue to join us for worship
through our virtual service each week. A
link for the service is sent through email on Saturday or Sun-
Inside this issue:
day morning.
Pastor writes/Bible 2
study and Beer/
Graduates
CE News/birthday 3
The Seven Cents Youth
Church Happenings 4 Group, which is composed of
Centenary United Methodist
Church, Central Presbyterian
Church and Unity Presbyterian Church, is seeking a new
Youth Director. Connor Scanlon, our cur rent Youth direc-
tor, is stepping down from the position for personal reasons.
Interested persons can contact the pastor of one of the
three churches to get a job description. If you are interested in
applying, you can submit a cover letter, resume that includes
3 references, a statement of your faith and your vision for the
youth group to one of the three pastors. Deadline for applica-
tions is May 31, 2020.
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Note from Pastor Mike Riggins
Just as the days blend together in the time of Covid-19, so also do
the weeks. We have already worshiped remotely six times. For the
seventh, this coming weekend, we will offer our first “remote com-
munion”. (I choose not to call it “virtual communion” because it
will be REAL, not virtual.) Wherever and whenever you watch, have a loaf of bread and a red liquid
of your preference handy. If you worship with others, serve each other.
We continue to try to learn how to minister one to another in these times. I have been calling
through the church roster over and over again. Linda and I have had driveway visits with maybe 60
Central folks. Church Educator Cheryl Mole is sending out Sunday school packets. Husband Jim
conducts Sunday afternoon sing-alongs. Your deacons have been contacting their “flocks”. Session
committees and commissions have been meeting online.
PLEASE: if you are afraid, angry, lonely, bored, or could use a shipment of tuna and toilet paper
CALL ME. I LONG to serve this church through these days. My cell phone number is 231-342-
1374.
Bible Study and Beer
Our new study group meets via computer each Wednesday evening at 7:30. The group is growing
and for the first time is including women. The conversation is sharp, the study insightful. But the
best part may be the minutes after we’re done, when we all just hang out on the virtual meeting, en-
joying seeing each other’s faces and hearing our voices. To participate, contact Scott Racop at
[email protected] 2020 GRADUATES – Graduation and all that goes with it aren’t go-
ing to be typical but it will be a part of your life’s story. You have
completed your studies and are graduating and we want to cele-
brate!
Please contact the church office if you have a graduate in
your family.
As a church family, we probably won’t get to honor our graduates in
person this year. The Youth Design Team suggests that church members and
friends “shower” our grads with cards and congratulations! W atch for
more information with the names of our graduates.
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION REPORT—Cheryl Moles
We aren’t meeting in person, however Christian Education continues.
A weekly “Sunday School at home” lesson is sent by email each Saturday. It is designed
primarily for preschool and elementary children but has good thoughts for all ages. If you
would like to receive it, let me know.
THANK YOU to our Sunday School teachers for this school year! It is disappointing that
we won’t be meeting again this school year. Hopefully we will be back in August. The
teachers were: Beth Christ and Corrine Foree in preschool; Andrew Conner, Linda Rig-
gins, Ellie Templeton and the high school youth in the elementary class; Kristen Darke,
Kirsten Ford, Cheryl Moles and Scott Racop with the tweens; Jill Conner and Connor
Scanlon in high school. Kevin Christ, Al Holder, and Mike Riggins led the adult classes.
Valeri Kershaw, Cheryl Moles, Donna Paul-Bonham, Joy Sutter and Isabelle Conner led
Children’s Worship.
At this time there is not a decision made about whether or not we will have Vacation Bible
School. I will let you know as soon as possible. The planning team is consider ing op-
tions depending on the timing of a lift of restrictions. Thanks for your patience.
May birthdays
1—Mary McLaughlin, Melinda Modesitt
2—MacKenzie Racop
5—Scott Racop
7 — William Seo, Luanne Tilstra, Victor Tilstra-Smith
8—Paul Ekstorm
9—Jon Harder
10—Maddison Judge
12—Jean Shutt
13—Danielle Payne, Christopher Spencer
15—Todd Whitaker
18—Becky Payne
19— Matt Glenn, Jennifer Skelton
20—Sally Moulton
30—Cody Scherb
Central Presbyterian Church
Central Presbyterian Church
125 North Seventh Street
Terre Haute, IN 47807 Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m.
Phone: 812-232-5049 Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Fax: 812-232-5040 Rev. Mike Riggins, Pastor
E-mail:
[email protected] Cheryl Moles, Christian Educator
Website: www.thcpc.org
Sarah Kelsheimer, Church Secretary
Church Happenings
Women’s Book Club
The Women’s Book
Club will be not be Women’s Bible Study
Next Herald meeting. Due to COVID
The Women’s Bible Study
-19, this group has decid-
Deadline — ed they will resume
will begin resuming meetings
when the Session has made
meetings when they can
May 26, 2020 the decision to reopen.
assemble together.
Watch your enews or
Please watch your emails
or enews for more infor- emails .
mation.
