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April Birthdays

1 Lisa Wilder, Greg Thompson, Tony Brittin

2 Martha Fletcher, Sierra Boyd

3 Sharon Lasseter, Marc Ventry, Martha Howe

4 Butch Lasseter, Chris Rivera, Esther McCall, Joe May

5 Rachel Bowden

6 Chris Erde

7 Zoe Bergman

8 Finley Cook, Beth R. May

9 Grace Rhodes

10 Carolyn Higdon, Mark Thompson

11 Brooke Thomas

12 John W. Suber, Joseph Hackney, Jamie Maloy

14 Jennifer Bryan, Hilary Erde

16 Marcelle Rhodes

17 Elizabeth Wilkerson

18 Mary Jane Woodward

20 Elizabeth Sheward, Katherine Solz

21 Edward Woodward, Will Stegall, Hugh & Chase Thomas

22 Zack Ray, Susan Branson, Weezie Munroe

23 Hayes Woodward

24 Tom Bauldree, Kelly Ann Boyd, Rick Keyser

25 John Dooner, Vicki Bell, Slater Stephens, Sonja Suber

26 Mary Katherine Robinson, Atticus Stephens, Almeta Leverette, Kolton Lawson

27 Jared & Eliza Bell, Sharon Summerford

29 Jesse May

30 Anna Fletcher

Phone: 850-627-6576**Fax: 850-627-3328

E-mail: fpcofquincy@yahoo.com

We’re on the web: www.firstpresquincy.org

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Assisted Living/Nursing Home

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Sylvester Woodward (Harbor Chase)

Jessie Lee Joyner (River Chase)

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Nora Larsen

Esther McCall Jenna Palmer

Pauline Smith Ione Williamson

News of News of First Presbyterian Church AprilFirst Presbyterian Church April Quincy, Florida 2014Quincy, Florida 2014

Maundy Thursday Service

Centenary Methodist Church

Thursday Evening, April 17th at 7:00 pm

Please join us for worship and a service of communion

to commemorate the last supper Jesus shared with his

chosen disciples. As we anticipate the glory of Easter

Sunday we must never forget the uncertainty that the

first followers of Christ felt during the days preceding

that magnificent morning of the empty tomb. The

Maundy Thursday service will help to center us in the

moments just before the betrayal and crucifixion of our

Lord. Come and let us worship as a community, thank-

ing Christ for the amazing sacrificial love he has offered

to all of God’s people.

EASTER SUNRISE

SERVICE

7:00 A.M.

COURTYARD OF

CHURCH

Tenebrae

Service Friday

April 18th ~ 12:00

in the sanctuary.

The Tenebrae Worship

Service is a time to focus

on the amazing sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus

Christ. It is a service of Scripture and the senses as we

spend time with Christ during the betrayal, abandon-

ment and agony of Good Friday. Tenebrae, means shad-

ows in Latin, as followers of Christ we go with him into

the shadows, hopeful for the glorious light of Easter

Sunday.

Come and be a part of the

celebration Easter Sunday!

April 20th

In Honor of Scout Josh Wilder TROOP 201 builds the fire pit that was to be Josh’s Eagle Scout Project. Josh envisioned this to be a place for out-

door fellowship and worship.

P.W.E.C.T. Meeting

Monday, April 7th @ 4:00 p.m.

Responsibilities for

March

Circle #1 - CFM

Circle #2 - S.S.

Circle #3 - Newsletter

Circle #4 - Flowers/Plates

CIRCLE MEETINGS

Monday, April 14th

Circles:

#1@ 10:00 am- Beth May’s

#2@ 12:30 pm-Fellowship Hall

#3@ 12:30 pm-Parlor

#4@ 5:30 pm-Debbie Higdon’s

Page 2 *Elder & **Deacon for the month

Women’s Ministry

ANNOUNCEMENTS

✞ Heartfelt sympathy is extended to the family of Miss Rebecca Shaw on the

passing of her sister Sarah Routen Fortson; and to the family of Norma

Sherman Woodward upon her passing, March 22, 2014.

✞ Family Meal ~ Sunday, April 27, 2014, following the Morning Worship

Service.

✞ Deacons will meet April 8th instead of April 1st.

✞ FLOWERING OF THE CROSS - Please bring fresh flowers from your

yard on Easter Sunday.

✞ Church office closed for Good Friday, April 18th.

Ushers for April

Dan Hooker

Rodney Joyner

Butch Lasseter

John Allen Smith

Charles Strickland

Hayes Woodward

Elizabeth Strickland – Jr.

Allen Smith – Jr.

Membership Team

+Syl & Martha Jean Woodward*

Rhonda & Hayes Woodward**

Butch & Sharon Lasseter

Anna Dooner

Mary Howard Edwards

Ian & Renee Henning

Dan Hooker

John Jackson

Rodney & Sandy Joyner

Mike Mock

John Allen & Sandra Smith

Pauline Smith+

Charles & Lori Strickland

Louise Stowell

Ashlee Weber

Elder & Deacon For April

Martha Jean Woodward*

&

Hayes Woodward**

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY

April 16th

Presbyterian Men

Wednesday, April 2nd

Nursery 4/16 - Louise Stowell

4/13 - Lori and Elizabeth Strickland

4/20 - Juliane and Lara Leigh Hackney

4/27 - Rache’l Layerd

Children’s Church 4/6 - Rhonda Woodward

4/13 - Mary Howard Edwards and Ashlee Weber

4/20 - Martha and Mary Pat Thomas

4/27 - Jackie and Maddie Bell

The Church Growth and Evangelism Committee needs your help to keep FPCQ and its neighbors connected by making information easy and fun to send and receive. Do you have talents you are willing to share in help-ing with projects such as recording Chris’ sermons and getting them ready for the church website or improving the church pamphlet? Please contact Susanne Mahaffey, Ben Powell, Bill Wert or the church office if you would like to help. We would love to have you on our team!

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

3-5pm T.T.

2

12pm Lenten

Lunch

5:45pm

Session

3

4

5

6

5th Sunday in Lent

Spiritual Gifts

7

4pm PWECT

8

3-5pm T.T.

6pm Deacons

9

Lenten Lunch

10

2:30pm-Rt. 456

Rock Gym

11 12

13

Passion/Palm

Sunday

14

PW Circles

15

EGG HUNT

3-5pm T.T.

16

12pm

Wonderful Wed

Lenten Lunch

17

7pm Maundy Thurs-

day Service @

Centenary

Communion

18

Good Friday

12pm

Tenebrae Service

Office Closed

19

20

Easter

7am Sunrise Ser-

vice

11am Traditional

Service

One Great Hour

Of Sharing

Communion

21 22

3-5pm T.T.

23

24 25

26

27

12pm Church

Family Meal

28 29

3-5pm T.T.

Presbytery Meet-

ing

Fellowship PC -

Tallahassee

30

APRIL 2014

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Youth to EMERALD CREST

MAY 2nd - 4th

Tuesday April 15th 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Everyone is invited to participate even if you are not a regular Terrific Tuesday partici-pant. Ages 3 years - 3rd grade. Congregation, please help us by contributing individual wrapped candy to stuff the eggs with. Please drop candy off by Monday, April 14th. Thanks for all the help!

Guess Who?

Relay for Life Gadsden County

Friday, April 25th MLK Street Track – 6 p.m. The event begins at 6 p.m. Friday evening and teams will work

through the night to keep one member walking as we bring awareness and funds to the fight

against cancer. Calling ALL our Cancer Survivors: We would love to honor you as part of the

Survivors’ lap at this year’s Relay for Life. If you are a survivor, the relay starts with a celebration

of your life!

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The springtime in North Florida is glorious! Cool mornings, warm days, pleasant eve-nings and then is starts again. The flowers are starting to boom, the birds are singing and the squirrels are chattering, it feels like all of creation is waking up from its wintertime nap. Is it any wonder that in the middle of this springtime awakening we also celebrate the ultimate day of renewal, rebirth, resurrection actually, Easter? Easter is our day of new beginnings, it is the day that takes the sting out of death, and allows us to forever celebrate life. Easter is the gift of God's eternal Grace, wrapped up in nature's season of life. The Grace of Easter is taught to us through the life that made the tomb an empty place. The Grace of Easter allows us to live as though we exist in perpetual springtime. Easter allows us to for-ever be growing in mind, body and faith. Easter allows for us to question and doubt, and then allows us to be-lieve and grow, Easter is God's invitation to join and participate in the family of faith. During this season of life, I invite you to participate in the Christian hope of eternal life. Spend some time in prayer, take a walk outside, enjoy the gifts that God has blessed us with, be warmed by the sunshine on your face, come and worship with your church family, count your gifts and blessings, thank God for Grace and Hope, feel the Spirit prepare your heart, mind and soul for faith, and once again, welcome the Son into your life. Peace, Chris

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Pack 201 is proud to announce that Wilson Roberts, Kamren Smith, Emory Layerd, Gabe Stephens and Chase Drude all hold the arrow of light award and have successfully crossed over to Boy Scouts.

This is the highest award in cub scouts and prepares the boys for their Boy Scout career.

They have joined Troop 201 making it the largest Troop in the area.

One Great Hour of Sharing April 20, 2014

For more than fifty years, Presbyterians have joined with Christians throughout the nation in

supporting One Great Hour of Sharing, responding to Christ's love for all people by joyfully

sharing that love with people in need. The refugee and the stranger have found food and safe

shelter; those stunned by the aftermath of disasters have found relief and help rebuilding; and communities

seeking to take control of their future have found partners in development. Presbyterians' gifts support the

work of The Presbyterian Committee for the Self-Development of People, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance,

and the Presbyterian Hunger Program. The hundreds of millions of dollars Presbyterians have given over the

last half century have enabled a powerful witness to the love of the One who came that all might have life

more abundantly. Please take the opportunity on Sunday, April 20th, to support this cause.

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HELPING HANDS The Missions and Outreach and Faith in Action committees are joining together to start a new service for our members. If you need small jobs done around the house, we are here to help.

Need light bulbs changed? We can help.

Need a ramp built? We can help.

Small cleaning jobs, some yard work, small repair jobs, consultation on what to do about a bigger job, something you can no longer handle yourself? We can help.

If you have a need, just let us know by dropping a card in the Helping Hands box or by calling the church office at 627-6576. We will contact you about getting the job done.

If you would like to be a part of this exciting new service, call the church office or Sheryl Hinson at 627-9076, and we will add your name to our list of volunteers.

Spring has Sprung! And we are on count down till Easter. Thanks to everyone who has made our Lent season so enjoyable. The Lenten Lunches have been great and the “visitor” each week during the morning worship service has been very inspiring. We will continue to have a special “visitor” each Sunday until Easter.

Youth Fellowship will be participating in a few more activities before the school year is complete: Sr. High will go to Emerald Crest for beach retreat May 2-4th.

Route 456 will be going to the Tallahassee Rock Gym on April 10th to climb the rock walls. Cost is $20.00 per person.

Easter Egg Hunt April 15th (3-5pm) for ages 3 years to 3rd grade. We will need candy to stuff eggs (please no chocolate).

Looking forward to a great remainder of Lent and wonderful Resurrection Sunday!

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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

God filled the world with a lot of crazy creatures...including you! When kids feel weird, different, or lost in a crowd—nothing compares to the extraordinary love of Jesus.

“WEIRD ANIMALS” - Where Jesus’ Love Is One-of-A Kind

June 2 - 6, 2014 8:30 - 12:00 noon

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