YOUTH VOLUNTEER DAY

NHCO COMMUNITY GARDEN

Thanks for your help everyone!

ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING SPECIAL OFFERING

The One Great Hour of Sharing special offering is collected each year at Easter time. We usually collect it on Palm Sunday, which is April 13th this year, but donations are welcome any time in 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, you recently gave a donation, through the stewardship of your mission committee, to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance for assisting those affected by Hurricane Helene last summer and by the fires in California earlier this year.



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! 

HOLY WEEK POTLUCK

ON GOOD FRIDAY, April 18 at 6:30pm,

Northmont will be hosting a potluck before the 3-19 worship service. That service, which will begin at 7:30, will be Tenebrae — a service of shadows.

Main dishes will be provided; we are asking those attending to bring the following to share:

Last names A-K, bring a side dish.

Last names L-Z, bring a dessert.

Please RSVP below so we can plan accordingly for the main dish.

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 20. Please click below to RSVP by April 15.

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 cut flowers, real or artificial.

If you forget, there will be extras on hand.

An NBC Invitation For Honduras Hope Mission

Next Tuesday (4/15/25), the Northmont Brotherhood Club will be hosting Dr. Rob Potter, President of Honduras Hope, will be speaking about their recent trip to that country. This meeting will be open to all guests, so please spread the word and bring a friend to hear more about the current activity of this valuable mission organization and its work to provide medical care to the needy people of Honduras. The meeting will run from 9am to 10am in Fellowship Hall, with coffee, donuts and socialization during the hour prior to the meeting. Please join us!! (Contact Ted Mills for further information.)

Parking Lot Fundraising Campaign Progress

This is the next update on our fundraising campaign progress. We still haven’t received a specific date commitment for the milling and repaving of our deteriorating parking lot, and, at this point, it appears a little less likely that it will be completed in April as hoped. In the meantime, though, our fundraising continues. As you know, our target is to raise $95,000 by August 31^st of this year, and now, almost five weeks into our campaign, $39,119 has been committed and $23,319 of that has been received.

We extend our grateful thanks to those who have made commitments and contributions so far. Your generosity is very much appreciated.

To those who have not yet made a commitment or contribution (in addition to your annual giving), we hope that you will give it further prayerful consideration. Protecting this investment in our facilities is so very important and we hope you will agree with us that it is worth putting this effort into its current repair. Please indicate “Parking Lot Campaign” with your donations so your gifts can be properly accounted.

Thank You!

As we continue to celebrate Northmont’s 100th,

the Anniversary Committee is asking for your help.

They are working to compile a list of all group(s) or committee(s) that have existed during the life of the church. You can help by listing any that you were involved in. Even if they’re not longer in existence or convening.

Here are some examples of groups that members

were involved with that no longer exist,

to help trigger your memory: 

Long Range Planning Committee

Salty Sisters

Geritol Kids

Golden Agers/Golden Years Group

Kerygma Bible Study

Adult Topics Class

The goal is to compile a comprehensive list of all groups/committees over the years, to show the diverse number of activities that have kept this church family active over the decades, with each other and in the community.

Please email Kathy Dobson at mkdobson4@gmail.com

and include all groups or committees you've been a part of.

If you prefer, you can fill out a form that can be picked up in the library or at the sanctuary entrances. Place your completed form in the designated box in the library.

Please return the completed forms by May 1.

Thank you, in advance, for helping with this portion of the celebration!

Clef Notes

Music Director, Stephen Schall

stephen@northmontchurch.org

The Church enters Holy Week this Sunday with the observance of Palm Sunday. It may also be called Passion Sunday because, in fact, the liturgy addresses both events. We begin on the lawn with the singing of “Hosanna to the Son of David,” hear the story of Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, and process into the church waving palms and singing, “All Glory, Laud, and Honor.” BUT, the liturgy switches quickly to cries of “Crucify him!” and “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

I remember the first time I encountered this liturgy. It was surprising, confusing, emotionally wrenching, and tragic — rather like what I imagine the disciples must have felt as the week unfolded. Within the span of a few days they traveled the same emotional journey. 



Please mark your calendar and plan to attend the Good Friday Tenebrae service at 7:30. Members of the Wexford choir will join us that night. Ben will preach, but the rest of the service is musical. This quiet, shadowy, and somber service consists of chanted portions of the book of Lamentations, several responsorial Psalms, two beautiful motets, and two congregational hymns. It’s an opportunity for candle-lit quiet time and deep reflection, as well as great beauty, in preparation for the resurrection joy of Easter morning. And, don’t forget to register for the potluck supper before the service!

The Northmont Dining Out Group will gather Monday, April 21 at 6:30 at Monte Cello's in Wexford. All are invited to join!

THE CHURCH ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE will be closed April 21-25.

Specialized Ministry

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