The monthly newsletter of WFPC

March 25, 2025

The Officer Nominating Team Wants to Hear from You!

The Officer Nominating Team has begun the process of seeking those who are called to serve Wake Forest Presbyterian Church as Deacons and Elders. Deacons serve for a three-year term and Elders serve for a two-year term beginning in January 2026. The ONT is seeking names from the congregation for those with the passion, skills, and experience for building up the community and helping to lead our ministries. If you are sensing God’s call to serve, a self-nomination is also appropriate.

All recommendations are appreciated and will be considered, but recommending a name to the Nominating Team does not mean they will be selected to serve at this time in the life of the church. Nomination forms will be available in the Narthex and names can be submitted online by clicking here and entering your nominations.

Our Palm Sunday EGGstravaganza Is Around the Corner!

11:00-1:00 on April 13

In the CLC and outside

• Lunch will be provided in the CLC for all, right after worship
• We will have self-guided stations for all to spend time in thought and prayer with crafts, activities, etc. ALL ages will have something meaningful to experience!
• After lunch, we will have egg hunts for ALL ages by age group, including an adult egg hunt!
• Love offerings will be graciously accepted to help cover the cost of lunch.

We need your help in making it fun and special for all ages and stages. Check out the Amazon wish list below and help if you can!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1KINHSG0KVRY5?ref_=wl_share

Easter Sunrise Breakfast 

April 20

Come share the love of Christ with a "Potluck Breakfast" in the CLC after the Sunrise Service (which will be held in the sanctuary at 7 a.m.). Please bring your dish to the CLC on your way to the service. We can use the warmer to keep things hot!

Youth Sunday 2025

THANK YOU to everyone who attended this past Sunday! WFPC always supports their youth, and that support is felt and appreciated.

The youth of this church, led by our YLT (Youth Leadership Team) did a FANTASTIC job planning and carrying out a meaningful worship service.

In addition, we collected over 50 pairs of shoes, which will be donated to A Note in the Pocket, whose mission is "to provide quality clothing to homeless and impoverished children and families with dignity and love."

VBS Interest Meeting

Wednesday, April 23

7:00 p.m. in the Youth Room

Are you brand new to the VBS world? Have you been at it for 20 years now? We need YOU! Join us for an informational meeting to learn all about this year's theme, specifics around needs, and to meet other enthusiastic VBS volunteers! Questions? 

Katherine Peiper (katherinepeiper@wakeforestpres.org) or

Amy Cebrick (amycebrick@wakeforestpres.org)

During the final week of Lent, we hear of the fullness of Christ's passion, his death, and resurrection.

Palm Sunday celebrates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. At WFPC we will observe Palm Sunday (April 13) beginning with a palm waving procession of the children of the church and the choir and continuing with a choir cantata. 

Maundy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper and begins the Triduum, a three day period that includes Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter. At WFPC we will observe Maundy Thursday (April 17) at 7 p.m. with communion. That service will end with a Tenebrae and the stripping of the paraments from the sanctuary. Childcare will be available.

Easter is a time of joy celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the new life that brings. At WFPC we will celebrate with a 7 a.m. sunrise service and our regular 10 a.m. service. Both services will be in the sanctuary. Child care will not be available for the sunrise service. Easter will be our new bridge interim John Milholland’s first opportunity to preach for us, so don’t miss it!

You will see the paraments change from purple for Lent to white for Easter and Eastertide. Eastertide is the liturgical season that lasts seven weeks, beginning on the Sunday of Resurrection (Easter) and ending on Pentecost Sunday (June 8).

Help Us Welcome John to WFPC!

We will formally welcome our bridge interim pastor, John Milholland, on Sunday, March 30, directly after worship in the lobby with snacks, fellowship, and conversation!

If you missed the announcement, you can learn more about John here.

Special Edition of Music Notes from Karen Reardon

Easter Flowering Cross

Did you know, symbolic flowering crosses can be found in Christian art as early as the sixth century? The flowering Easter cross has become a tradition at WFPC. You are invited again this year to bring your own fresh flowers or even silk ones to help decorate the Cross. There will be one cross in the front circle. Please come by any time after 12:00, noon, on Saturday, April 19. The Enhancement Team will create a greenery base and you may stand before the cross to place your flower(s) upon it with reflection and reverence. Eventually, the cross will be fully covered with colorful flowers. The Cross becomes beautiful, new and alive in celebration of the Resurrection of Christ. On Easter Sunday you are invited to come by for family photos. The cross will remain up until mid-week, April 23.  

Dedicate an Easter Lily

If you would like to celebrate, honor, or remember a loved one, we offer honrariums and memorials to purchase Easter lilies. The lilies will be used to celebrate our Lord's resurrection on Easter. All dedications will be printed in the Palm Sunday bulletin.

Twenty plants will be available to take with you following Easter Sunday, April 20 10:00 service. Orders are due April 7.

Rose Garden Dedication

Our Rose Garden Dedication will be held on April 27 after the worship service in the rose garden. Roses will be planted by families of WFPC members that we have lost in the past twelve months: Benny Hoots, Don Shupe, and Don McCorkle. Join us in the rose garden for a time of remembrance and celebration. (Note – historically this occurred on Palm Sunday, but we’ve rescheduled it to the first Sunday after Easter.)

Kevin Sharpe (910-210-7036 or ksharpessi@yahoo.com)

Denny Ide (919-971-5909 or dennyide8@gmail.com)

Ryan Borowitz (919-368-3265 or ryan.borowitz@gmail.com)

Dementia Caregivers Class

Our April meetings will be on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. The topic is “Communicating and Documenting Medical Decisions: Living Wills, Do Not Resuscitate and MOST Forms.” Quality of life means different things to different people. Learn more about possible medical interventions that may be used in crisis situations and forms to ensure that you and/or your loved one can specify which interventions you want and don’t want.

The in-person class is from 10:00 until noon in the Youth Room located upstairs in the CLC. The same class will be held from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. via Zoom. Classes are open to anyone who is interested in learning more about care for individuals with any type of dementia. There is no need to let anyone know that you are going to attend.

Those who wish to attend the Zoom class and are not already on our mailing list may contact Pat Snyder via email (patsnyder137@gmail.com) to receive a link for the class. You may also view videos about dementia, including past classes, on Pat’s YouTube channel at Pat Snyder - YouTube or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrjzZYVyeopBjaslMmCLH3g. Click on the playlist to see all videos.

Backpack Buddy Ministry

Please join us on Saturday, April 12, at 9:30 in the CLC for our monthly packing event. We will be packing our usual 260 bags, so the more the merrier! Hope to see you there!

Also, we will be having a Backpack Buddy 15 year Anniversary Luncheon on Sunday, May 4, after the worship service. It will be held in the CLC. It's hard to believe that WFPC has been operating this program for so long!! There will be guest speakers, some trivia, an event to see how things are done and of course, the best part of it all... food!!! We would love to have you attend and learn more about our wonderful program! Monetary donations will be accepted. Please contact Kathy Tharrington with any questions or to RSVP! Thank you.

Spring Spruce Up

You are invited to join Premise Keepers on Saturday, April 12, as we do some indoor and outdoor "sprucing up!" We will gather at 8:00 a.m. in the lower CLC for coffee and doughnuts, and then head outside to spread pine straw and tackle other tasks to beautify our campus for spring. We will be working on some indoor projects, as well. No experience necessary. All are welcome! Questions? Contact Mindy HIdenfelter and Mike Chapman at wfpcfacilities@gmail.com

2024 Giving Statements

2024 Giving Statements have now all been emailed or mailed (depending on the preference we have on file for you).

If you did not receive your statement, you can do one of two things:

Print your own via Breeze. Instructions to do this can be found here:

https://support.breezechms.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041813113-How-to-Print-Your-Own-Giving-Statement

Email Jill Murr at financials@wakeforestpres.org and ask her to send you a hard copy in the mail.

Repairing The Breach - ISAIAH 58

March 5–April 20, 2025

Join with Presbyterians worldwide in sharing God’s love with our neighbors-in-need around the world by providing relief from natural disasters, food for the hungry, and support for the poor and oppressed.

Love Repairs the Breach

In Isaiah 58, we are called to be repairers of the breach. Showing our love, sharing our love, is how we are repairing the breach in so many of our interactions in this world, opening the path to a new season of justice, freedom and peace.

“Is not this the fast that I choose: to lose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin? You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in.” —Isaiah 58

Jesus calls us to love one another — with the kind of love that is shared freely with all people. Your gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing bring a beacon of love and hope in our world and put the power of healing into the hands of those who need it most through three life-saving programs:

PRESBYTERIAN HUNGER PROGRAM, Share your Bread with the Hungry

SELF-DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLE, Loose the Bonds of Injustice

PRESBYTERIAN DISASTER ASSISTANCE, Restore Streets to Live In

WAYS TO GIVE:

✚ Online at pcusa.org/give-oghs

✚ Text OGHS to 91999 to give

✚ Checks may be sent Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); P.O. Box 643700; Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700

Thanks to your heartfelt gifts, One Great Hour of Sharing currently supports projects in over 100 countries.

IF WE ALL DO A LITTLE, IT ADDS UP TO A LOT!

To learn more about how your gift to One Great Hour of Sharing makes a difference, visit pcusa.org/oghs

Offerings/Tithes vs. Expenses -- February, 2025

• Feb Monthly and YTD Offerings/Tithes are adjusted for full year pledges being made in full. ($8.6K MTH and $29.1K YTD)

Next Finance Team Meeting: April 14 at 7:00 p.m.

Next Generosity Team Meeting: May 18 at 11:15 a.m.

Next Engagement & Vitality Team Meeting: April 27 at 11:15 a.m.

Please join us in offering love and sympathy to Keith Thomas and family

on the passing of his mother, Olive Doris Thomas, on March 15 at age 96.

Jody Alston | Evelyn Patton | Dan Root

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Save the Date for these future events:

• May 2 -- Outdoor Movie Night
• May 12 -- Golf Tournament
• June 7 -- Sweet Potato Planting
• June 22-25 -- VBS