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NORTHMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NEWSLETTER Thursday, April 27, 2017

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL Sunday, April 30 Pastor Rich will begin a three-part series on "The Resurrection"

THIS WEEK'S SCRIPTURE READING GOSPEL READING: Luke 24:13-35

THIS SUNDAY "Does What Happens in Emmaus Stay in Emmaus?" by Dr. Rich Holmes

Last Week's Sermon: " Who Was Thomas? " Click Here to Read the Sermon Click to Listen to the Sermon

Pregnancy Choices BABY BOTTLE CAMPAIGN Begins this Sunday, April 30 Baby Bottles can be picked up at the Welcome Desk

APRIL FELLOWSHIP HOUR This Sunday, April 30 In addition to our fellowship time we will be celebrating the upcoming marriage of Emily Reels and James McKelvey Jr. with a  CO-ED WEDDING SHOWER!

( Emily and James are registered at Bed, Bath & Beyond )

MINISTRY LEADERS

Liturgists are needed for the following dates: June 4 & 25 Click Here to View the Current Schedule

WELCOME BAGS Hartville Migrant Ministry   All items are due this Sunday, April 30. ITEMS CAN BE LEFT IN THE CHURCH OFFICE or WORKROOM IT'S HELPFUL IF YOU PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR BAG

WOMEN'S CIRCLE Tuesday, May 2, at  12:30 PM In the Parlor

SHAWL MINISTRY

A big THANK YOU goes to those women of Northminster who have made prayer shawls for our shut-ins and given out 41 shawls. I still have many balls of yarn which have been donated over the years.  The container of yarn is NOW in the back room of the church office. If you need yarn to knit a prayer shawl, please come and take whatever you need. Thank you for making this a meaningful mission of our church.                                                     Jayne Kidder

YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL this Sunday, April 30 9:15 to 10:30 AM There will be NO Youth SS on May 7. FOOD & FELLOWSHIP NIGHT Tuesday, May 2 We will meet at Steak 'n Shake 5:30 to 7:30 PM Could you host a fellowship on Tuesday, May 23? Talk with Nick to schedule.

YOUTH ALL-NIGHTER Friday, May 5, at 8:00 PM to Saturday, May 6, at 8:00 AM Cost is $5.00 per person. Sunday, May 21 Joint Youth Service with Calvary

CONTACT NICK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING YOUTH ACTIVITIES nick.zaccone@northminsterlife.org

NEXT SUNDAY, MAY 7 AKRON AREA & STARK COUNTY  HUNGER WALK You can help the cause by giving a monetary donation . Cash or check. Checks should be made out to AAIC.

You can also donate non-perishable food items. LEAVE FOOD ITEMS IN THE CHURCH OFFICE. ALL DONATIONS SHOULD BE MADE BY MAY 7.

APRIL / MAY BIRTHDAY'S  27 - Geraldine Course 29 - Dayid Oyer    1 - Liam Hill & Karen Moore   3  - Elaine Clark    8 - Courtney York 11 - Tina East 12 - Rick Felton 14 - Bill Griffin 16 - Jeanne Shepard & Sam Verble 18 - Adam Dowell 27 - Brett Jacobsen 29 - Kyle Marcus 30 - Rich Holmes

NORTHMINSTER HOMEBOUND This Week's Featured Member JEANNE SHEPARD c/o Susan Ridgway 11359 William Penn Ave. NE Hartville, OH  44632

MAY ANNIVERSARIES 15 - Bill & Joyce Rake 15 - Walter & Janet Watkins 19 - Larry & Nancy Marcus 21 - Bill & Michelle Giffin 23 - Rich & Judy Felton 30 - Greg & Karen Moore SUNDAY MAY 7 9:30 AM BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION with Calvary in  Fellowship Hall

PRAYER REQUESTS PLEASE CONTACT THE CHURCH OFFICE TO UPDATE OR REMOVE REQUESTS

Nancy Curtis upcoming knee replacement. No date scheduled. Doris (grandmother of Courtney York) is recovering from back surgery. Denise Geiger (friend of Joanne Sogan) - Brain Surgery Bill Griffin - Cancer Barb Laney (Debra Pierpont's sister) - Cancer Yoichi Matsumoto - Prostate Cancer David Moore (Steven Brunt's uncle) is recovering from a heart attack. Betty Vincent (friend of Joanne Sogan) is in treatment for breast cancer. Micki Williams is recovering from surgery. Courtney York is recovering from her C-section.

ON the CALENDAR  Tuesday, May 2 Bible Study at 10:00 AM in Fellowship Hall Sunday, May 7 Hunger Walk - 3:00 PM Registration for Hunger Walk - 2:00 PM Sunday May 14 "Mothers and Others" A fellowship with Calvary celebrating mothers and those who serve others in a motherly role. 9:30 AM in Fellowship Hall Monday, May 15 Session Meeting at 7:00 PM in the Parlor Tuesday, May 16 Canton Health Care Visitation Sunday, May 21 Joint Youth Service with Calvary ALSO Clean Up Day following the morning service.

DEVOTION OF THE WEEK by Bruce Swaffield in Memoriam

Loving His Way Our earnest desire should be to use our passion for God to become more compassionate toward others. We can learn to be sympathetic and understanding with everyone, and not just with those we like or accept. Even a worldly person can do this. We have to be better--to reach out to the ones who turn their backs on us. There is but one way to love our enemies. We have to love them as God does. First, we must see them through his eyes: as children. To him, they are the same as us. All of us are sisters and brothers in his family. What possible good can there be in rejecting a member of our own household? We might disagree with one another on occasion, but we should never mistreat a sibling. No matter what happens among us, we must still accept them. Our passion for God can enable us to be compassionate to those we want to ignore. If our sole desire is to please him, then we will find fulfillment in doing what we cannot do alone. The key principle is this: the greater our delight in serving him, the easier we find it to love like him. For we will quickly see what doing his will--in loving everyone--is more important than anything else. Loving others through him is possible even when we find it impossible to love through our own feelings. Swaffield, Bruce C. Devotions for Life: New Ideas from Old Ways. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars, 2013 p. 82.