Holy Week Worship Services

Services will be in the sanctuary. All are welcome!

March 28 Maundy Thursday 7 p.m.

March 31 Easter Sunday 11 a.m.

One Great Hour of Sharing

We will be receiving the One Great Hour of Sharing Special Offering at our Easter Sunday Service.

Your gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing are shared with the ministries of the Presbyterian Hunger Program, Self-Development of People and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. Please give generously.

To donate online, please visit pcusa.org/give/oghs.

Guatemala Gathering

This Saturday, March 30 - 

An hour-long conversation about CHPC's partnership with Eastern Guatemala's Q'eqchi' Estoreño Izabal Presbytery will take place at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 30 ("Holy Saturday," between Good Friday and Easter Sunday) in the Gathering Room in the back of the Education Building.

Everyone is welcome.

Prayer Group for the Middle East

You are invited to join with members of CHPC and other churches in prayer each Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., on Zoom. Paul Seebeck offered to lead this group after several folks met together a couple of times to share information and support each other during the aftermath of renewed violence in the Middle East. Here is the Zoom link if you would like to join in:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81578416917?pwd=cTBLeDd0WFBRbTliclE1aGZVMERwdz09

Meeting ID: 815 7841 6917

Passcode: 972269

March 30 Corn Festival

Stephen Bartlett invites CHPC members to attend the annual Corn Festival at La Casita Center (223 E. Magnolia) on Saturday, March 30, from 4 to 6 p.m. There will be tortilla making, tamales, bean and squash dishes—all from the “Three Sisters” crop harvested in 2023. There will be fellowship, a cornucopia, and a music jam. The event is sponsored by La Casita Center and Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville, which has been a partner with Stephen in the garden camps at CHPC.

Jean Leake Scholarship Fund

The Jean Leake Fund offers assistance to the children and youth of Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church for camping opportunities. Applications for the Jean Leake Fund are now available.

Please contact Patti Marcum at pdwmarcum@gmail.com or 502-403-8269 to request an application or ask questions.

Deadline for applications is April 15. Scholarship applicants will be notified of their award amount by May 1. Payment will be made according to information provided in the application.

A Story Shared by Jack Marcum

Ever wonder who the people were who have their names memorialized in our sanctuary stained-glass windows? I know I have. By a curious coincidence, I learned a little about David Reid, whose name is on the window at the back right (north side). I happened to meet Barbara Hartung, nee Reid, who was baptized and married at Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church. She told me that David was her uncle, and he died at age 14 or 15 in the 1930s after falling and getting an infection, which in those pre-antibiotic days couldn’t be treated. 

If you know stories about the other folks so memorialized, please send them to the church office at office@crescenthill.church.com.

Invitation to Be a Nursery Volunteer

The Nurture Committee is planning ahead and wants to be ready for young children and their parents who might need to use our nursery space during our worship services. Two volunteers will be needed at any time. All volunteers are required to have satisfactorily completed a background check before being able to volunteer.

Four CHPC members have already signed up. These include: Soni Castleberry, Claudia Foulkes, Eva Stimson, and Jerry Van Marter. If interested in serving in this ministry of our church, please let Soni know (502-417-6481).

Future Preaching Opportunities

Pastor Tami is putting together a list of individuals in the congregation who would like to be considered for filling the pulpit when she is on vacation or is out serving the larger church.

Please email or call the church office to be placed on the pulpit supply list. In the next six months, the dates for these opportunities are 4/7 (must be PCUSA ordained for communion service), 5/26, and 7/14.