The Trumpet March 2020 Volume 37 Issue 3

Firelands Presbyterian Church

2626 East Harbor Road

Care Giver’s Support Group
Port Clinton, Ohio 43452 March 18 3:00-4:30 PM
419-734-6211 Firelands Caregiver Support Group continues to meet on
the third Wednesday of the month from 3:00-4:30.
Fax 419-734-5411 Stein Hospice will be joining us for a discussion on end-
www.firelandschurch.org of-life care. If you are a caregiver and would like to find
support and camaraderie with others in similar
situations, please join us! For more information, call
Anne O’Malley (440-488-3055) or Carol Clemons (419-
732-0644).
Rev. Mark Cooper, Pastor

Dave Moore, Clerk of Session

Firelands
Susan Larcey and Kay McIntosh, Musicians
Family Friday
Vicki Wheatly, Treasurer
Feast
Rachel Johnson, March 20 at
Preschool Director
6 PM
Janine Dress,
We will meet at the Mon
Administrative Assistant
Ami on Catawba Island.
Mark Owen, Custodian This is our last dinner for
the winter. Please sign up on the sign in sheet on the
gathering table.
Table of Contents
News & Notes ....................................... 2
Christian Healing Conference .................. 3
Pastor’s Page & Monthly Prayer List ......... 4
Lenten Meditations
March Lectionary & March Celebrations .... 5
Saturday March 7,
Calendar .............................................. 6
21 and April 4.
Ministry Schedule ................................. 7
Alison Falls and Pastor Mark will
Musical Arts 2019-2020 Season .............. 8 be leading a time of Meditation
and prayer for our Lenten
Discipline.

Mission Committee
The Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep bed program will be
having our clients pick up their beds and bedding from
Portage Resale instead of having Portage Resale and
volunteers deliver the beds.
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Bistro163
Community 95,500 trees and seedlings planted around the world
Events 5,316 clergy, wage theft monitors, human rights
trainees, organizers, policy advocates, and indigenous
Monday March 9 leaders attended intensive trainings in the U.S.
Community
Dinner 5-7 PM 5,600 loans distributed for income generating projects
and cooperatives

Sunday March 15 Over 5,000 projects in economically poor communities

Brunch 9:30 -1 PM in the United States and around the world have had an
opportunity to develop solutions to their own challenges
since SDOP’s inception

One Great Hour of Sharing 946,000 pounds of fresh produce grown and prepared
by five PHP grant partners in the U.S.

213 certified PC (USA) Earth Care congregations in 47

Restoring Hope, Feeding the Hungry,
Empowering the Oppressed states helped care for creation

Typically received during the season of Lent, each gift to

One Great Hour of Sharing supports efforts to relieve God’s Sense of Humor
hunger through the Presbyterian Hunger Program,
promote development through the Presbyterian
Committee on the Self-Development of People, and Karen’s Sign
assist in areas of disaster through Presbyterian Disaster
Assistance. Envelopes and brochures will be in the
bulletins each Sunday in Lent.

When we all do a little,

it adds up to a lot.

Each gift to One Great Hour of Sharing helps to

improve the lives of people in challenging
situations. The Offering provides us a way to
share God’s love with our neighbors in need. In God’s Edit
fact, OGHS is the single, largest way that
Presbyterians come together every year to
work for a better world. Join us!

This is who last year’s giving helped.

5,676 PDA work team volunteers served in 2019

$3.2 million granted around the globe through PDA in

2019

$925,960 granted around the globe through PHP in

2018

329 farms and gardens provided healthy food to

families in need
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More information and registration form on

Gathering Table.
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Pastor’s Page
One of life’s greatest certainties is change. We sometimes hear it expressed this way: “The only thing constant in life
is change.” That is true. Nothing stays the same, at least not for very long. Some changes are quite nice. Later this
month, for instance, we will see a change on the calendar from winter to spring. I, for one, think that as a pretty nice
change.

Another way of expressing the reality of change in our lives is that we undergo periods of transition. Some of them,
again, are quite nice. We graduate from school. We begin our careers. We get married. We have children. Other
periods of transition are not so pleasant. That marriage we entered with such excitement and hope turns out to be
more curse than blessing, and we transition into a life after divorce. People we love die. Our children move away,
begin lives of their own, and we might feel as if we’ve lost them. We age. Our youthful healthiness becomes
something else. At some point we might simply want to say, “Alright, enough! No more change, please!”

Those periods of transition are simply part of the fabric of our lives. We cannot stop them. If we are going to be
emotionally healthy people we cannot demand something from life which life cannot deliver - that is, a changeless
state. Changes will continue, we will undergo transitions. As long as we live we will enter new and different stages.
Again, if we are going to be healthy all we can do is be prepared for the changes which will definitely come in our
lives, accept them and adapt to them when they come.

People of faith have another resource when it comes to changes and periods of transition. That resource is the
assurance that we are not alone when the difficult changes come. God is with us. The apostle Paul wrote,

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7)

That is the great blessing of faith - knowing that when the difficult times come, we are not alone. We are supported
by the loving arms of God.

Wherever you are in the journey of life, hang in there. You are not alone.

Mark

Ongoing Prayer Concerns

For those receiving medical treatment or therapy, or undergoing medical tests:

Debbie Ballinger, Dan Barlow, Bonnie, Jenatha Boose, Phyllis Crisp, Harold, Kim Hudson, Diane Jordan, Craig
Kaiser, Stephen Kessler, Angjuli Lele, John McLaughlin, Ele McLaughlin, Simon Mercurio, Michael, John Prestbo,
Sarah, Sue, Jack Schmidt, Jeff Thompson, Justin Waugh, Gary Waugh, Ann Wagnitz.

For those facing the infirmities of age:

Jeanne Black, Jane Kaiser, Jamie Petty, Betty Rodwancy, Bob Rodwancy, and Irene Wilson

For those seeking freedom, security, and hope:

Bobby, Justin, Sara, Val, and CASA Families

For those in the service of our country:

SMGT Jeff Bundy, Steven Coffin, FBI; Brant Crandall, USA; Cole Daniel, USCG; Matthew Devries, USAF;
Stu Gliwa, USMC; Aaron Haynes, USA; Andrew Hogue, USA, Ted Livingstine, USMC; Sanju Shinde, USMC;

For those in mission for our Lord:

Esther Wakeman, our co-mission worker in Thailand:

The National Presbyterian Church of Mexico, Berea Presbytery;

To add or delete someone from this list, please contact Janine Dress in the church office.
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March Lectionary
March 1, 2020 Genesis 2:15-17; Psalm 32 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11
First Sunday in Lent 3:1-7

March 8, 2020 Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 121 Romans 4:1-5, 13- John 3:1-17
Second Sunday in Lent 17 or
Matthew 17:1-9

March 15, 2020 Exodus 17:1-7 Psalm 95 Romans 5:1-11 John 4:5-42
Third Sunday in Lent

March 22, 2020 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Psalm 23 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41
Fourth Sunday in Lent

March 25, 2020 Isaiah 7:10-14 Psalm 45 Hebrews 10:4-10 Luke 1:26-38
Annunciation of the Lord or
Psalm 40:5-10

March 29, 2020 Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 130 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45
Fifth Sunday in Lent

March Celebrations

Ernie McCullough 9 Pr. Jeanne Gay 25

Cindy Constien 14 Karen Vardyan 25

Bill O'Malley 16

Joyce DellaSantina 18
Is your birthday or anniversary
Shawn Rogers 20
missing or incorrect? Contact the
office so we can make the
Chuck Coykendale 21
changes to the list!

Janet Gray-Moore 24
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
9:15 Sunday 10 Bible Study @ OFFICE 10:30 Lenten
School Fulton St. Café CLOSED Meditation
10:30 Worship OFFICE OPEN
9-2

8 9 10 11 12 13 14
9:15 Sunday 5 – 7 Free 6 Power Squadron 10 Bible Study @
School Community Class Fulton St. Café
10:30 Worship Dinner @ 7 Session
Bistro163

15 16 17 18 19 20 21
9:15 Sunday 1:30 Pastoral 10 Bible Study @ 10:30 Lenten
School Friends Fulton St. Café Meditation
10:30 Worship 6 Power Squadron 3:- 4:30 Care
9:30-1 PM Class Givers Support
Bistro163 Group
Brunch

22 23 24 25 26 27 28
9:15 Sunday 6 Power Squadron 10 Bible Study @ Fellowship hall
School Class Fulton St. Cafe rented
10:30 Worship
3:30 MAS
Concert

29 30 31
9:15 Sunday 6 Power Squadron
School Class
10:30 Worship
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Don’t Forget Your Time to Serve!

Ministry Names
Monthly Deacon of the Month Chuck Coykendale
Communion Steward Karen Dietz
Monthly Locking Karen Salzgeber
Mar. 1 Greeter(s) Ernie and Nila McCullough
Reader Shirley Stary
Communion Assistant Karen Coffin
Servers Nila and Ernie McCullough, Dick Dietz, Alison Falls
Nursery Volunteer Marta Vielhaber
Pianist Mary Breymaier
Mar. 8 Greeter(s) Dottie Douglass
Reader Marta Vielhaber
Communion Assistant Ernie McCullough
Servers Tim Flora, Chuck Coykendale, Bob Reynolds, Jay Viery
Nursery Volunteer Debbie Flora
Pianist Susan Larcey
Mar. 15 Greeter(s) Bob Reynolds
Reader Jean Witkowski
Communion Assistant Nila McCullough
Servers Ernie McCullough, Bill Sharp, Alison Falls, Marilyn Umlauf
Nursery Volunteer Susan Rogers
Pianist Susan Larcey
Mar. 22 Greeter(s) Dick & Karen Dietz
Reader Nila McCullough
Communion Assistant Bill Sharp
Servers Dick Dietz, Ernie McCullough, Joyce DellaSantina, Jean Witkowski
Nursery Volunteer Karen Salzgeber
Pianist Susan Larcey
Mar. 22 Greeter(s) Chuck Coykendale
Reader Karen Coffin
Communion Assistant Alison Falls
Servers Dick Coffin, Nila McCullough, Dave Moore, Susan Rogers
Nursery Volunteer Anne O’Malley
Pianist Susan Larcey
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The Musical Art Series / Port Clinton, OH

2019 - 2020 Season

TRIO DAVINCI
Sunday,
VIOLIN, ‘CELLO, PIANO
September 22, 2019
MAX RABINOVITSJ, MICHAEL CHERTOCK, PAUL YORK
3:30 PM
THREE WORLD-RENOWNED ARTISTS
SPONSORED BY:
Dr. Jay M. Mann

Sunday, CLEVELAND POPS JAZZ ENSEMBLE

October 20, 2019 HOT NIGHT OF COOL JAZZ
3:30 PM Sponsored by
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick and Jack Hilbert

Saturday, JOHN AND NANCY-WILLIAMS SHUFFLE

November 16, 2019 SCENES & SONGS OF THE STAGE
7:30 PM Sponsored by
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick and Jack Hilbert
EARL E. WARNKE MEMORIAL CONCERT
Friday
CLEVELAND’S BURNING RIVER BRASS
December 13 , 2019
7:00 PM OUR CHRISTMAS GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY
AT ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH
207 ADAMS ST.
PORT CLINTON, OH 43452
Sponsored by
CROWN BATTERY AND THE MUSICAL ARTS STEERING COMMITTEE

Saturday, KENARI SAXOPHONE QUARTET

January 25, 2020 CLASSIC SAX FROM BAROQUE TO JAZZ
7:30 PM Sponsored by
THE STOUFFER FAMILY AND CATAWBA ISLAND CLUB
GAVIN GEORGE, PIANO
Sunday,
March 22, 2020 TEEN INSPIRING AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE
Sponsored by
3:30 P.M.
ARBY’S PORT CLINTON AND MILLER FERRIES TO PUT-IN-BAY
YOUNG ARTISTS FROM THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC
Sunday,
April 26, 2020 A Triumph of Trios:
3:30 P.M. Sponsored by
BASSETT’S MARK
MARK KOSOWER, ‘CELLO AND
Sunday,
JEE-WON OH, PIANO
May 17, 2020
3:30 PM. A CELLIST FOR THE AGES
- THE PLAIN DEALER
Sponsored by
DUBBERT’S OUTDRIVE SERVICE AND 1812 FOOD & SPIRITS AND ROSIE’S BAR & GRILL
STEVE AND LISA BALL,
Sunday,
GUITAR, BANJO AND DOUBLE BASS
June7, 2020
3:30 PM GUITAR, BANJO, DOUBLE BASS RECREATE
CARTER FAMILY APPALACHIAN ROOTS MUSIC
Sponsored by
FREDERICK AGENCY