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May Memorial Messenger
Palm Sunday
Community
Holy Week
Service
at
St. Luke’s
Episcopal
Church
March 29th
The children will participate in the
Palm Sunday Service. An Egg
Hunt/Scavenger Hunt will follow
with lunch.
March 16,
2015
April 2
In the
sanctuary
Wednesday, April 1 at noon.
See Page 4 for details
April 5 at 11:00 a.m.
He Is Risen!
From The Pastor…I Was Wrong
Fred Craddock is perhaps the greatest American preacher of the second half of the 20th Century, and he died last weekend.
Craddock was the pastor of Cherry Log Christian Church in the mountains of North Georgia, Professor of Preaching at Candler
School of Theology at Emory University, and an innovator and giant in the field of preaching. His As One Without Authority
changed the landscape of homiletics in America, and nearly every preacher who stands in a pulpit today has been influenced by
Craddock in one way or another.
Craddock is remembered by many for his great stories. As a young preacher he began the habit of always carrying a
simple wire-bound notebook and recording stories as they happened. He would then read through those hundreds of pages
(Continued on page 4)
Easter Lilies
It’s time to order lilies for the Easter
Service. Forms are located at the
end of the pews, or in the church
office. Cost is $12.00 each. Last
day to order is March 29.
Rachael Circle Meeting
The Circle will be meeting at Lynne
Bradbury's home at 6:30pm Tuesday for a
St. Patrick's day pot luck dinner!
The May Memorial Youth will be
attending the
All Sons & Daughters Concert
@ PCC Powhatan Campus
March 22, tickets: $15
PCC is welcoming back the band All Sons & Daughters to lead a night of worship and conversation. This
will be a night of, just that, worship and conversation. All Sons & Daughters, beyond being one of my
favorite bands, is a very mature and faith-driven set of
worship leaders. This will be a great chance to experience worship in a different venue and open up our
hearts to deeper discussion about faith.
Easter Candy—For anyone
that would like to help provide candy for the Easter
Egg hunt, a basket will be in
the hallway by Sheri’s
office.
Race Car Derby!
RA’s/TeamKid Royal Racer’s Event will
take place on April 19th at 4:00 p.m.
It's very likely that this event will be sold out
quickly, so it is important to let Chris know that
you would like to go ASAP so we can
get tickets!!!!
PRAYER REQUESTS 3/16/2015
CHURCH FAMILY:
Family of Hazel Green
Jim Gregg
Donnie Hatcher
Bill Ketron
Bob Lathrop
Bill Painter
Nita Porterfield
Martha Reynolds
James Simpson
Moe Stoll
Anna Turley
*FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
Wilson Denoon, son of Snead Denoon
Freddie Boatwright—Amy Potter’s father
Dr. Bill Torres-son-in-law of Jackie & Paul Lindsey
Joell Roberts-granddaughter of Fred & Joanne Cole
Jimmy Conner—brother-in-law of Esther Fitch
Robert Duncan-friend of Lee Duncan
Connie Tiller-Sister-in-law of Jean Matthews
Sheri Sadie-daughter of Nancy Flower
Matthew Barnet-friend of Cindy Jamerson
Eddie Johnston– grandson of Audrey & Dover Johnston
MILITARY:
Hash, Johnny
Templeton, Brent
Scudder, Ben
Newman, Stephen
Danny Myers
Walls, Jay
Sutton, Quint
Newman, Lewis
*Please contact the church office if you would like your
family and friends prayer request to remain more than 2
weeks from today.
HOMEBOUND:
Jim Gregg
3695 Palmore Court
Frances Tilman
3904 Old Buckingham Road
Martha and Shirley Reynolds
P.O. Box 4
Anna Turley
1520 Mill Quarter Road
Nita Porterfield
2017 Rocky Ford Road
Attendance & Offerings
Weekly Amount Needed
$6,989.00
Sunday March 15, 2015
Attendance: Worship 150
General Fund
A Time to Build
Scholarships
Easter Lilies
Memorials
Special Offering
Total Giving For Period:
$ 4,778.00
$
70.00
$
25.00
$
60.00
$ 175.00
$ 260.00
$ 5,368.00
Scholarships-In Memory of Hazel Green
Ed & Nancy Alexander
MMBC Koinonia Class
Memorials—In Memory of Hazel Green
Lucy Ann Cella
Stewart & Jeanne Matthews
Louise Poore
Children’s Passport Camp—In Memory of Hazel Green
Snead Denoon
This week's meal is:
Fried Chicken, Potato Salad,
Green Beans, Applesauce,
Assorted Desserts
Sponsored by
the Koinonia Class
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Ushers: Jeff Osborne, Lee Howard, Bob Wood
Ewell Flippo, David Deal
Deacons of the Month: Paul Hollandsworth, Doug Bradbury
Scholarship applications
for the fall 2015 college term are now being accepted. Forms are available in the church office.
Completed applications with required attachments
should be submitted to the church office no later
than March 31, 2015 for consideration. Eligible
applicants are current high school seniors and college students. For
additional information contact Lynne Bradbury @ lynnebradbury@verizon.net or 683-6008.
Centering Prayer Group
March 25
Salad and Potato Bar
Sponsored by the Youth
Disciple Bible Readings
(to begin Thursday,
March 19)
1. Acts 15:36-18:28
3. Acts 21-23
2. Acts 19-20
6. Ephesians 1-4
Lyle Saxton—Mar 16
Robyn Mitchell—Mar 17
Sharon Samuel—Mar 17
Erin Claud—Mar 17
Madalyn Johnson—Mar 17
Elizabeth Tomlinson– 18
Marilyn Catlett—Mar 19
Melinda Murray—Mar 19
Parker Smith—Mar 19
This Week at May Memorial
Wednesday, March 18
1:30 p.m. Staff Meeting
5:45 p.m. Church Supper
6:30 p.m. May’s Kids, TeamKid
Adult Bible Study
Youth Group
7:30 p.m. Adult Choir
Sunday, March 22
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Worship
5:00 p.m. Centering Prayer Group
5:15 p.m. Children’s Choir
6:30 p.m. Book Club at the home of Michael Edwards
Youth attending concert at PCC
Upcoming Events
Thursday, March 26—Relay for Life meeting at 6:00 p.m.
4. Acts 24-26
5. Acts 27-28
Jackie Lindsey– Mar 20
Graham Bilthuis-Mar 20
Dover Johnston—Mar 21
Halona Samuel—Mar 21
Joyce Smith-Mar 23
William Boelt—Mar 24
Austin Stewart—March 25
We will meet again this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. This is a prayer
time that consists primarily of silence, although we will have brief conversation, listen to a reading about a deeper prayer life, and share
prayer concerns. We are meeting in the Esther Sunday School classroom, and it lasts approx. 45 minutes. You will not pray aloud in front
of others.
If you have a need in your life of silence and a centering influence that makes you aware of the presence of God, this is for you!
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Join the Fun,
Sing for Joy,
Join the Choir!
Deacons: Gerald Hagen, Doug Bradbury, Maryvel Firda,
Nancy Wood, Russ Martin, Jeff O’Donnell, Ray Crump,
Ashley Osborne, Paul Hollandsworth, Chris Shust.
From the Pastor (Continued from page 1)
(dozens of notebooks) of stories as he prepared sermons, finding a story from his
own life that would fit the particular sermon. I’ve told many Craddock stories,
but have never told my favorite, one he titled “I Was Wrong.” I have included it
here, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
"My mother took us to church and Sunday school; my father didn’t go.
He complained about Sunday dinner being later when she came home. Sometimes the preacher would call, and my father would say, "I know what the church
wants. Church doesn’t care about me. Church wants another name, another
pledge, another name, and another pledge. Right? Isn’t that the name of the
game? Another name, another pledge." That’s what he always said.
Sometimes we’d have a revival. Pastor would bring the evangelist and
say to the evangelist, "There’s one now, sic him, get him, get him," and my father would say the same thing. Every time, my mother in the kitchen, always
nervous, in fear of flaring tempers, of somebody being hurt. And always my father said, "The church doesn’t care about me. The church wants another name
and another pledge." I guess I heard it a thousand times.
One time he didn’t say it. He was in the veteran’s hospital, and he was
down to 73 pounds. They’d taken out his throat, and he said, "It’s too late." They
put in a metal tube, and X-rays burned him to pieces. I flew in to see him. He
couldn’t speak, couldn’t eat. I looked around the room, potted plants and cut
flowers on all the windowsills, a stack of cards twenty inches deep beside his
bed. And even that tray where they put food, if you can eat, on that was a flower.
And all the flowers beside the bed, every card, every blossom, were from persons or groups from the church.
He saw me read a card. He could not speak, so he took a Kleenex box
and wrote on the side of it a line from Shakespeare. If he had not written this line, I would not tell you this story. He wrote: "In
this harsh world, draw your breath in pain to tell my story."
I said, "What is your story, Daddy?"
And he wrote, "I was wrong."
If you would like to read a little more about Fred Craddock, CNN featured a wonderful article on him a couple of years
ago. You can find the article at http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/27/us/craddock-profile/