7 - Jenna Kimmerle 8 – Nicole Cantarella12 – Gianna Frank14 – Jean Biggar Jacqui Bowan18 – Georgie Levy Jack Solsman27 – Ami Sohns29 - Eleanor Metzgar30 – Joan Cross

Pastor Ken and Bonnie will be on vacation beginning

April 21st thru April 27th.

A P R I L 1 21:00 p.m. Bible Study

Girl Scouts

7:30 p.m.Choir Rehearsal

3 4 5

610:30 Worship

Communion

Minute for Mission Barbara Keller

7

Cub Scouts

8Boy Scouts

91:00 p.m. Bible Study

Girl Scouts

7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal

10 11Boy Scout

Pasta FagioliDinner

4 to 7:30 p.m.

12

1310:30 WorshipNew Members

Received

OGHS Offering dedication

Palm Sunday

14

Cub Scouts

15 Boy Scouts

Session 7:15 p.m. in

Chapel

161:00 p.m. Bible Study

Girl Scouts

7:30 p.m.Choir Rehearsal

17 7:30 p.m.

MaundyThursday Tenebrae

and Communion

Service

19

2010:30 Worship

Easter Sunday

21Cub Scouts

22

Boy Scouts

Earth Day

23Girl Scouts

7:30 Choir Rehearsal

24 25 26

2710:30 Worship

Rev. James Marsh,leads worship

28

Cub Scouts

29

Boy Scouts

30Girl Scouts

7:30Choir Rehearsal

Why Be Green?

In ”Green Like God (Faith Words),” Jonathan Merritt insists that caring

for the planet isn’t a “right-left” issue but a “moral-immoral” issue. When Christians find common ground about being stewards of creation, he says, we fulfill God’s divine plan and encounter him more easily. Merritt writes: “One of the reasons God is so protective of the earth and one of the reasons he charged us with keeping and caring for it is because he is singing through it …. That alone should produce in us a deep appreciation for the creation and a passionate worship

for the One who made it.”

Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now

coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year.

Boy Scout Troop 66 will hold their “41st Annual Pasta Fagioli Dinner”on Friday, April 11, from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. in our fellowship hall. Dinner is take-out or eat in and tickets are $8.00 per person. Complete details are on the bulletin board. For tickets contact: Kevin Conforti at 570-237-5214

SESSION CLASS OF 2014 CLASS OF 2015 CLASS OF 2016

Sue Cantarella Barbara Keller Everett FitchRalph Metzgar John Frank Nancy WalshJean Biggar Dick Loessy Don Williams

President: Everett Fitch Financial Secretary: Dick Loessy Treasurer: Sue Cantarella Clerk of Session: Sue CanarellaTreasurer of Endowments: Jack Cross

COMMITTEESChristian Education: Nancy Walsh, chair

Bonnie Forbes, Georgie Levy, Sue CantarellaFinance Committee: Dick Loessy, chair

Bev Solsman, Jack Cross, Sue CantarellaPersonnel: Don Williams, chair

Linda Muracco, Myrna Watkins, Dick LoessyProperty Committee: Everett Fitch, chair

John Frank, Ralph Metzgar, Jack SolsmanWorship Committee: Jean Biggar, chair

Betty Fitch, Bonnie Forbes, Linda MuraccoOutreach Committee: Barbara Keller, chair

Jean Biggar, Linda Bourbeau, Sue Cantarella, Georgie Levy, John Frank

Commissioner to Presbytery: John Frank 2014 Auditors: Barbara Keller, Nancy Walsh

The next Session meeting will be on Tuesday, April 15,

at 7:15 p.m. in the chapel.

BOARD OF DEACONS Class of 2014 Class of 2015 Class of 2016 Debbie Kimmerle Mary Grace Donati Georgie Levy Betty Lamm Bonnie Forbes Lisa PriceConnie Richards Myrna Watkins Betty Skorec

Moderator: Myrna Watkins Vice Moderator: Betty Lamm Secretary: Debbie Kimmerle Treasurer: Bonnie Forbes

The Board of Deacons continues to collect canned goods and non-perishable food items for the

Safety Net in Scranton. These items may be brought in at any time and left in the baskets in the vestibule or in the church office.

Monday thru Friday 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. Pastor Forbes is normally in the office Tuesday thru Thursday mornings.

Please contact Sue in the church office should you pastoral care for any reason during the time Pastor Ken is away. After office hours call: 570-383-9298 or 570-954-5846. Church website: dunmorepresby.org

Church email: dunmorepresb@verizon.net dpcsecretary1@verizon.net

Pastor Ken: pastorkf@verizon.net The office will be closed, Monday, April 21st, if you have a pastoral concern or need anything, contact Sue at 570-95-5846.

JOIN OUR PRAYER CHAIN IT IS JUST ONE PHONE CALL BE ONE MORE LINK TO MAKE OUR CHAIN STRONGER

If you have any type of prayer need request for a friend or family member, please contact Pastor Ken at 570-344-3145, Sue Cantarella at 570-343-6807 (or after hours) 570-383-9298 or let a prayer chain member know.

Our chain: Bonnie Forbes Danny ClarkBetty & Evertt Fitch Betty LammLiz Hamborsky Norma MeccaNancy Walsh Eleanor Metzgar

Doris Keller

Unanswered Prayer When prayers go unanswered, we may ask if God hears. Is he listening? Is he even there? If he hears, why is he silent? Does he really love me? Does he care?

We may ask such questions in moments of desperation and discouragement. But let us consider an alternative

possibility, a truth supported throughout Scripture: No prayer goes unanswered.

As William Arthur said, “To someone who prays in faith, unanswered prayers are simply the evidence that the

answer is much closer.”

Palm Sunday, April 13, 10:30 a.m. Worship

Maundy Thursday, April 17, Tenebrae and Communion 7:30 p.m.

Easter Sunday Worship at 10:30

a.m.

On Sunday, April 27th Rev. James Marsh will lead our worship service and Patricia Koch will

be organist/choir director.

"The Gentle Gardener"

I’d like to sow the barren spotswith all the flowers of earth,

To leave a path where those who come should find but gentle

mirth;And when at last I’m called upon

to join the heavenly throng

I’d like to feel along my wayI’d left no sign of wrong. —

Edgar A. Guest

Thank You! to the Outreach Committee and all of our volunteers who helped with the planning, preparation and all that is involved in the Clam

Chowder and Bread Sale.Thanks also, to all who supported the

event.

Clothing and Shoe Drive sponsored by

The Mission Committee of Providence United Presbyterian Church

APRIL 4-MAY 2: Clothing and shoes drop-off donation boxes at Providence UPC, Scranton, to benefit Bread Basket Emergency Food Assistance Program.

The Presbytery of Lackawanna is holding spring Cluster Meetings and the cluster for our area will be held at: FUPC Lackawanna Valley in

Peckville on May 7th at 7:00 PM

Anyone interested in attending is asked to let Sue know. The meetings let people gather and share thoughts and ideas with those of other congregations.

MESSAGE

John’s Gospel, the fourth Gospel, doesn’t mention the Lord’s

Supper on the Thursday night before Jesus’ death. Instead, John says in John 13, that Jesus gets up in the middle of the supper, trades his robe for a knotted towel and washes his disciples feet. This action involves no bread, no wine, just feet – twenty-four of them at least, with terrible toenails, blisters, yellow corns where the hand-me-down sandals rub and thick calluses are uderneath the feet. When Jesus finishes washing them, he leans close to dry them, since his only towel is around his waist. Trust me, that towel is not something you want near your food, when the foot washing is over.

On the next to last day in his life, Jesus gives his disciples this example to follow once he is gone, the lesson that he hopes will continue to teach them forever. This lesson is

not in words either. It is a lesson in bodies, which the church of Jesus Christ has always cut a wide belt around.

On the whole, we prefer ceremonies with inanimate objects: a nice loaf of bread that doesn’t move, a cup of wine or grape juice that will not talk back. These things are much easier to spiritualize than a bunch of smelly feet, each one attached to a single human being with warmth, real dirt, real faith, real doubts. Jesus understood how it worked. You cannot take a foot in your hands without getting real close to another person; once that happens, God’s Word becomes flesh.

Whether or not we celebrate this ceremony, it is there to remind us that Jesus Christ does not live inside a cross, a loaf of bread, or a cup.

Until we recognize him in one another, Christ is not here. Once we meet him in one another, there is no place he is not. This is my message as we head toward Easter.

Faithfully Yours,

Pastor Ken

Prayers and Concerns of our Church FamilyThoughts are with those of our church family in need whether it be a physical or other daily struggle. To those who have been recently been hosptalized, but are now at home:

Florence Gillespie Brown Everett Ftich

We extend our christian sympathies to those who have losted family and loved ones recently:

Barbara Soden, on the passing of her cousin, Scott.

Sara Martinelli’s sister-in-law, Phyllis Tenti .Barbara Keller, who lost a close friend, Joanne.

Bob Shoener, a dear friend and part of our church family, passed away on March 26, 2014. A memorial service was held at the church on Saturday, March 30, at 11:00 a.m. Please keep Bob, his closest friend, Betty Lamm, and Bob’s family in your thoughts and prayers.

Patricia Alyce Bowan became the newest member of The Bowan family on Thursday, March 6, 2014. We offer our congratulations and best wishes to Jacqui, Jason and to big brother Clark! Their home mailing address is:

36 Westview Drive, Scott Township, PA, 18411

To handle yourself, use your head. To handle others, use your heart.

Eleanor RooseveltThe men of the congregation will prepare a Mother’s Day Breakfast on Sunday, May 11, at 9:00 a.m.In order for food preparation, please sign the sheet when posted

on the bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall.

The Church Women United will hold its May Tea

at our church on Friday, May2, from 12:oo to 2:00 p.m.

May 2 is May Friendship Day

and a program will be presented, along with refreshments.

All women are invited to

attend.

The Presbyterian Women will hold a meeting following coffee hour on Sunday, April 6th. All women of all ages

are welcome to join and share ideas to help keep this group active in our church as well as

throughout our community and in missions.

The Presbyterian Women will be publishing a Mother’s Day Booklet supporting the Healthy Women Healthy Families in honor or in memory of mothers.    If you would like to remember your

mother, grandmother, aunt, sister or any special women in your life, please give your gift (in any amount) along with the form below to Sue Cantarella by May 4th.

Given By:

In memory of:

In honor of:

The Perks Of Giving National Volunteer Week April 6 – 12

It is a time to celebrate people doing extraordinary things through service. Established in 1974, National Volunteer Week focuses national attention on the impact and power of volunteerism and service as an integral aspect of our civic leadership. The week draws the support and endorsement of the president and Congress, governors, mayors and municipal leaders, as well as corporate and community groups across the country.

Every week thousands of volunteers help people in need. As volunteers can attest, sharing one’s time and talents leads to many intangible benefits.

New research shows that volunteering and giving also provide physical and emotional advantages. Givers report an improved sense of well-being, lower stress levels, better physical health, an enriched sense of purpose in life and increased happiness.

As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely help another without helping himself.”

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest

compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

—Leo Buscaglia

The Presbyterian Church of Dunmore137 Chestnut StreetDunmore, PA 18512Rev. Kenneth Forbes, Pastor dunmorepresby.org

Amaryllis Early one spring, I planted a couple of dozen amaryllis bulbs. With great anticipation, I watched for blooms. But weeks turned into months before the first sign of life appeared. By the end of summer, the bed of pink flowers I’d envisioned was nothing more than a scattering of green leaves.

So I pulled them all up to make room for other plants. I wasn’t about to waste another growing season.

Imagine my surprise the following spring, when a single delicate amaryllis blossom appeared. My delight quickly turned to dismay — for I realized I’d given up too soon. Had I the least bit of patience or a little faith, I might have had a glorious garden.

Then I wondered: Are there other things or people I give up on too soon? What might a little patience and faith do for a difficult relationship or troublesome circumstances?

—Kari Myers (adapted from Homiletics)