Come join us for our Holy Week service

Easter Sunday, 4/5 at 11:00 a.m.

Easter Sunday Breakfast & Easter Egg Hunt

On Easter Sunday we will be having a pot-luck breakfast in Fellowship Hall at 9:30 a.m., followed by an Easter Egg hunt at 10:00 a.m. There are sign-up sheets in the back of the church for bringing a dish.

Choir Practice Change

Choir Practice on Thursday, April 2 will be changed from 7:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. due to the Maundy Thursday service at 7:00 p.m.

Walk for Justice — Good Friday

On Good Friday, April 3 — 9:30-11:30 am Christian faith communities from around the area will join in “The Way of the Cross: A Walk for Justice on Good Friday.” We gather at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Park on Chestnut Street between 6th and 7th Streets and conclude at Founders Square Park across from the Cathedral of the Assumption on 5th Street.

This is a 1 ½ mile walk through downtown. During the walk, people will pray for all those who experience violence, suffering, and oppression - the crucified among us - as they remember the final moments of Jesus’ life, stopping at stations along the way. It is a very powerful experience.

All people, cultures, and faith traditions are welcome at this free and prayerful event.

Mahjong Group

The Tuesday Fun and Games is now called the Mahjong Group! The members are having fun learning and playing Mahjong. Please feel free to join in.

Our next meet-up is Tuesday, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Prayer Group for the Middle East

Feel free to join us Thursdays on Zoom, in-person, or both. This group has enabled such support for one another as we all struggle to cope with the tragedies in the Middle East and the on and off cease fires and prisoner releases. The first Thursday of each month the group will meet in person. Please reach out to Soni for locations.

We would be grateful to have others join us. Email Soni at soni.castleberry@gmail.com to get the Zoom link and be added to the group email list for regular communication.

Did You Know?

What Presbyterians Believe...

The Book of Confessions and Ordination

The church does not require acceptance of the church’s confessions for church membership. All who acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are welcome to join and participate in fellowship. But to ensure that those who lead the church do so in faithfulness to its doctrine and form of government, the church does require ordained ministers, elders, and deacons to declare their adherence to the confessions of the church. In order to understand what they commit themselves to when they do this, it is important to note the sequence of questions asked at ordination and the precise wording of the third question.

The first five questions are:

a. Do you trust in Jesus Christ your Savior, acknowledge him Lord of all and Head of the church, and through him believe in one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?

b. Do you accept the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be, by the Holy Spirit, the unique and authoritative witness to Jesus Christ in the church universal, and God’s word to you? BOOK OF CONFESSIONS xx

c. Do you sincerely receive and adopt the essential tenets of the Reformed faith as expressed in the confessions of our church as authentic and reliable expositions of what Scripture leads us to believe and do, and will you be instructed and led by those confessions as you lead the people of God?

d. Will you fulfill your office in obedience to Jesus Christ, under the authority of Scripture, and be continually guided by our confessions?

e. Will you be governed by our church’s polity, and will you abide by its discipline? Will you be a friend among your colleagues in ministry, working with them, subject to the ordering of God’s Word and Spirit? 

These questions are very carefully worded to preserve in the church the same understanding of the authority of confessions characteristic of the Reformed tradition in general. That is, they seek to protect both freedom and variety in the church and the authority and unity of the church. The following two sections of this paper must therefore be held closely together.  

https://pcusa.org/sites/default/files/boc2016.pdf

April Birthdays

Please remember these wonderful folks in prayer and, if possible, reach out to them with a card, phone call, text, email or however you choose to honor them.

April 1 - Jim Bartlett Turner

April 4 - Lee Cybulski

April 9 - Jeff Boyd

April 10 -Claudia Foulkes

April 13 - Barbara Hedspeth

April 16 - Megan Cahill

April 22 - Tessa Hartmans

April 18 - Aaron Baer

To double-check your listing, contact the office at office@crescenthill.church or call 502-893-5381.

Deacon of the Month

April's Deacon of the Month will be Anita Cary. Anita can be reached at 502-220-1420 or at 4anitacary@gmail.com

Elder of the Month

April's Elder of the Month will be Soni Castleberry. Soni can be reached at 502-417-6481 or at soni.castleberry@gmail.com