Guatemala Trip Golf Tournament
March 28, 2008
On April 26, Escalon Presbyterian will be hosting a Golf Tournament at the Escalon Golf Course. The proceeds will be used to support our church’s 2008 mission trip to Guatemala with LifeWind. This event will include:
- Hole In One Closest to the Hole (9 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
- Nine Hole Tournament (shotgun starts at 2 p.m. please arrive by 1:30 p.m.)
- Dinner followed by an auction. (following the tournament; approx. @ 4:30 p.m.)
The cost for the tournament is $25 per person. For those coming for dinner only, the cost is $5. You can pick up forms in Faith Center or register at the Escalon Golf Clubhouse. Deadline for registration is April 20th.
Get On Board Help Support Those Going to Guatemala!
Ladies Spring Tea & Video
March 28, 2008
Come And Join Us Saturday April 19th
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Escalon Presbyterian Church Faith Center
For those of you who love to dress up a fancy table here is your opportunity to do so. You can host a table and decorate it as fancy or un-fancy as you like. Also for those of you who like to make special desserts, this is your perfect opportunity to make some really great things and bring for the tea. And for those who can’t host a table or bring desserts, please, just come and enjoy.
During our fellowship together we will be presenting a DVD from Women of Faith featuring Patsy Clairmont and also hosting a Spring Fashion Show.
Sign up sheets are in Faith Center. Please take the time to sign up to host a table or bring a fantastic dessert.
We look forward to seeing all our ladies here for this fun time.
Easter Morning!!
March 21, 2008
Please join us and invite friends, family, neighbors to our Easter morning gathering here at Escalon Presbyterian Church. We will be having a Pancake Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in the Faith Center. It is being prepared and facilitated by our Christian Education team and our own youth. Proceeds from donations given are used for scholarships for Calvin Crest Bible Camp. We send many middle-school and high-school students to Calvin Crest, and these donations are given to support their experience financially.
After breakfast, join us in the Sanctuary for our Easter worship service at 10:30 a.m.
Good Friday Service - 6:30 pm
March 18, 2008
CHANCEL CHOIR PRESENTS “BEHOLD THE DARKNESS”
Please join us this Friday at 6:30 p.m. as we hold our Good Friday Service - a time to reflect upon the death of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Chancel Choir will be presenting a musical offering, “Behold the Darkness” along with a small chamber orchestra. Please utilize the childcare which is provided for this serve.
A personal invitation from Joel Adams, our music director:
As we come upon Passion Week, the story intensifies and ultimately ends in our Lord’s torture and death. Our musical presentation on Good Friday carefully reflects upon some of the events during this final week, including His death. Our exclusion of bringing the story to the next level of “what that means for me” is very intentional. We spend most of our lives immersed in that question!
The focus during our service is Jesus and His Death. Let us spend a brief moment on Good Friday completely immersed in the Passion of Christ. As the Chancel Choir, we pray you will attend and let us help you spend precious moments in deep reverence and sorrow for the Sinless Lamb of God, offered for our sinfulness.
Youth 30-Hour Famine
March 17, 2008
Our Youth Group will be participating in World Vision’s 30-Hour Famine which raises money and awareness for the plight of people throughout the world who suffer from hunger and malnourishment. They will be engaged in a 30-hour famine from the evening of Good Friday to breakfast on Easter Sunday. Please pray for them as they participate in this event and consider giving donations towards World Vision and their program to help stop world-hunger. Please contact our Youth Director Mike Fahey or assistant Andy Schmidt for more details.
Here’s information from the worship bulletin inserts concering the famine:
You may be wondering why students would be willing to not only give their time, but also give up eating for 30 hours when they participate in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine. It’s simple: they are going without food so that others can eat.
But there’s more to the 30 Hour Famine than simply not eating. One of the many reasons groups do the 30 Hour Famine is to grow closer together-to create camaraderie by working side-by-side toward a common goal.
Another tangible result of the Famine comes through the simple act of going without food on behalf of children half a world away, drawing participants closer to Christ. They experience compassion, feeling the hunger of children who don’t have a choice about their own circumstances.
Assuming it takes you two minutes to read this insert, forty children under the age of five will have died by the time you have finished. FORTY CHILDREN. And those deaths are from hunger, poverty, and hunger-related diseases - all completely preventable. The good news is that our youth group has decided to do something about it: World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine.
The problem is huge, but the solution is not. Just $30 a month -roughly $1 a day - can help feed and care for a child in most developing countries.
As students go 30 hours without food, they’ll get a taste of what it’s like to be hungry, all the while reaching out to others in need. And as they do that, their compassion will grow: for people around the world, and right here at home.
Please help our youth group by:
- Praying for the Famine participants, and for those they’re working to save.
- Supporting Famine participants with a donation. It’s through your gifts that lives are changed forever
Thanks, and God bless!
Easter Lillies
March 17, 2008
Please bring your Easter Lillies this week or early Sunday morning to be placed around our Sanctuary. Bring them in memory of loved ones or simply to bring glory to one who rose again from the grave! Memorial names can be emailed or called into the church office.
One Great Hour of Sharing Offering
March 14, 2008
Friends, this upcoming Sunday, Palm Sunday – the day we remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into
I encourage you to prayerfully and joyfully give to the One Great Hour of Sharing offering this Sunday.