HOLY WEEK EVENTS

GOOD FRIDAY potluck supper at 6:00

Last names beginning with A-K, bring a side to share,

L-Z, bring a dessert.

Main dish will be provided. 

 GOOD FRIDAY TENEBRAE service at 7:00.

EASTER MORNING BREAKFAST

hosted by Boy Scout Troop 335 at 8:45.

Join us for a festival celebration of the 

RESURRECTION OF THE LORD 

with preaching, communion, choir, and brass,

Easter Sunday at 10.

EASTER FLOWERS ON THE CROSS

All are invited to join the deacons in decorating the cross on the church front lawn before or after the Easter Sunday service. Come with your own flowers, real or artificial. If you forget, there will be extras on hand.

Boy Scout Troop 335 has a long standing tradition at Northmont of preparing and serving a delicious Easter breakfast prior to our Easter Sunday service. We hope you can join us for great food and fellowship on April 5th. All are welcome, even if you didn't RSVP.

Clef Notes

Music Director, Stephen Schall

stephen@northmontchurch.org

Tenebræ Service – Good Friday at 7:00 p.m.

Potluck Supper at 6:00 p.m.



Come and enter the solemn beauty of Tenebræ, a service of gathering shadows and quiet grace. By candlelight, we hear the ancient lament of Scripture unfold in chanted passages from the Book of Lamentations, woven with responsorial Psalms, two tender motets, and the voices of the congregation raised in hymns.

As light slowly fades, we are invited into stillness, into reflection, into the mystery of the cross. It is a time of hushed reverence and deep beauty, preparing our hearts for the first light of Easter morning.

Easter Morning Celebration

Then, with the dawn of Easter, the church awakens in joy. Organ and brass ring out, voices lift high with Alleluias, and the promise of resurrection fills the air!



Come and rejoice in a service radiant with music, hope, and new life. We look forward to celebrating with you.

EASTER SUNDAY FLOWERS

On Easter Sunday, the chancel area will be adorned with an array of beautiful spring flowers that have been purchased by our congregation members.

If any of you who purchased them are interested, Kathy Borkland has offered to plant those flowers on the church grounds either after you've taken them home and enjoyed them for whatever length of time works for you, or she can take them immediately after the Easter service is over.

Please contact the church office and Dianna will connect you with Kathy or you can reach out to her directly. Thank you.

BIBLE STUDY COURSE:

THE PERSON OF JUDAS

Join Pastor Ben as we explore together who Judas was and how we might understand him better.

This class will be held in the Berean Room at 11am on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th.

ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING SPECIAL OFFERING

One Great Hour Of Sharing special offering donations are welcome any time throughout the month of April.

Money distributed through One Great Hour of Sharing is split almost evenly between its 3 missions:

Presbyterian Hunger Program works to alleviate local, national, and worldwide hunger.

Self-Development of People advances partnerships with people who are oppressed by poverty or social systems.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance provides disaster response and refugee ministries.

As an example of how these Presbyterian missions can help, last year you gave a donation three times, through the stewardship of your mission committee, to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance in support of relief efforts throughout the U.S.: the California wildfire, the Texas flood, and Hurricane Melissa.

Please consider giving to One Great Hour of Sharing, using either the designated pledge envelope or a pew envelope marked for OGHS. The lives of many in great need can be significantly impacted by your contributions. Thank You!

CENTENNIAL TEAM UPDATE

The Centennial team met recently to establish plans for the final step in our year-long celebration of Northmont’s 100th year anniversary, the replacement of our cornerstone with a new time capsule encased within the stone. 

We have selected a stainless steel, tube-type time capsule for the purpose of replacing the copper, box-style container previously used. The team is now in the process of selecting items to be put into the capsule. If anyone has any ideas for capsule content, please bring it to one of the team members: Rev. Robbins, Kathy Dobson, Bonnie Elphinstone, Cheryl English, Ted Mills, Sue Scott and Gwen Spahr. The capsule and possible content items will be displayed on the table across from the office, as we accumulate them.

A special event to close out our year of Centennial celebration is now planned for May 17 during Fellowship Time, at which time the capsule will be ceremonially stuffed with the artifacts and memorabilia destined for rediscovery by a future generation of our Northmont

descendants. The stone mason will be scheduled to replace the cornerstone at a later date, but this will not be a planned centennial event. Please mark the date on your calendar for this final event on May 17!

Chancel Flowers

THE NORTHMONT DEACONS invite congregation members to purchase flowers to beautify our sanctuary on any given Sunday morning.

These can be in memory of a loved one, to honor someone special in your life, or to celebrate a birth, birthday, or anniversary. Arrangements are $30.

The sign-up sheet with specific dates is located in the hallway by the church office. Please contact Chris Sartori at 724-799-4884 or cwsartori@comcast.net if you have any questions.

SAVE THE DATE!

Church grounds clean-up:

May 9th, 8am-1pm.

More details to come.

Specialized Ministry

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