April 13
Pastoral Care, Assisted Care Living
Ursula Barrett, Helena Square, Port Royal; Chick Dykeman, Sprenger, Port Royal, SC; Lucy Evans, Helena Square; Port Royal; Brenda Leming, Indigo Hall, James Island; Trudi Peevey, The Retreat, Lady’s Island; Earl Schlabach, Sprenger.
In the Hospital
Pete (Nancy) Pratt, MD Anderson, Houston, Texas
Prayers of Intercession
Tosh Carden, Jan (Lisa) Crawford, Bruce Crook, Mark (Mary Jo) Dievendorf, Deborah Perry Groot (sister of Karen Perry Cummins). Brian (Donna) Haupt, Doug (Ann) Hecht, Booge Lee (great nephew of Steve & Addie Lee), Perry Lee (brother of Steve Lee), Ray (Barbara) Lentz, Janell McClure, Cassandra Menning, Catherine Meeker (June Meeker’s daughter in law), Kirby Murdaugh (friend of Darryl & Kim Poovey) Pete (Nancy) Pratt, Doris Reynolds (mother of Barry Reynolds), Patricia Shealy (mother of Judy Horton), Shirley Stevens, Gail Watson, & Shirley Yoakum.
Christian Sympathy
Betty Lou Wall, Muncie, IN, mother of Carole Dykeman, entered the Church Triumphant on April 4, 2025. A private committal service was conducted at the Elm Ridge Cemetery in Muncie, IN. “Blessed are they who live and die in the Lord.” (John of Patmos, Revelation 14:13)
Stephen Ministry
A Stephen Minister is available in the sanctuary following the 8:30 and 10:30 worship services for anyone desiring a listening ear and a prayer of support and encouragement in a time of special need and care. +
Holy Week
Wednesday Kirk Night
Supper from Upper Crust, 5:30 pm
Small Groups, 6:00 to 7:00 pm
Lent is a time of preparation for Easter when we reflect on Jesus’ life and sacrifice, renewing our hearts in remembrance of his resurrection. Our small groups meet for the last time this week as we come together to experience the love of Christ in a personal way with out Lenten book drawn from Daily Guideposts, America’s favorite annual devotional.
Maundy Thursday
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
In the Sanctuary, 7:00 pm with the Kirk Choir
The gospel tells us that it was in the Upper Room when Jesus visited with hisdisciples, broke bread and shared the cup, washed their feet as a sign of humility and issued a new commandment, “I give you a new commandment, that you loveone another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Good Friday
A Vigil of the Cross
Stripping of the Paraments, 12 Noon
In one of the most moving scenes in all of the gospel that speaks to the compassion and mercy of Christ is the scene of the crucifixion when one of the criminals crucified with Jesus turned to him and simply said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” This simple but dramatic exchange illuminates the true meaning of the good news and our Christian hope. The Lord God is merciful.
Easter Morning: He is Risen!
8:30 & 10:30 am Worship Services
William H. Willimon, presiding Bishop in the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church, offers the following commentary about an Eastersermon the famed theologian Karl Barth preached to a congregation in April 1920,“Barth’s Easter sermon is the conviction that the resurrection is a world-shattering, deeply disruptive event that changes everything, disrupts everything,now. Paul is the man who woke up to a whole new world, and whenever weexperience the resurrection, we do too. Easter is God here, God now.
