HOLY WEEK SERVICES
April 2: Palm Sunday Service & Communion at 11:00 AM in BPC Sanctuary
April 6: Maundy Thursday Service 6:00pm in BPC Sanctuary
April 9: Sunrise Service 7:00 AM in the Sanctuary in front of the windows,
followed by food & fellowship in the Fellowship Hall
April 9: Easter Morning Worship at 11:00 AM in BPC Sanctuary
NEW ADULT SUNDAY STUDIES JANUARY 8, 2023, 9:30-10:30am
Adult Studies is a Bible Study: Matthew--chapters 19--28; Timothy 1 & 2, Titus, Philemon & Jude. It will be from Jan 8--April 2, 2023. The leaders are Clinton Bailey, Stanley Gates and William Warren.
PW Bible Study
(Meets the 1st Wednesday at 10:30 am in Classroom A.)
Balmoral Book Club
(Meets on second Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., in Classroom A (except where noted):
2023 BOOK SCHEDULE:
January 17, 2023 (meeting one week late because second Tuesday is so soon after the Holidays) -
We will start the year with a mystery, Maise Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspear, to be led by Jane Rousseau. This is the first book in a series of novels about English private eye Maise Dobbs, a former maid and nurse on the frontlines of WWI who makes her way in London in the 20s and 30s. While the Memphis and Germantown libraries have many of the later books in the series, I just noticed they have none of the original book, which is the best one to read first! However, I am providing Jane with my copy and I have purchased 6 additional used ones (only @ $4 each -- no one need pay me) and will bring them to church as soon as they come for in, for whoever needs one. (Others may want to buy one on their own -- they are widely available on-line, used and new.)
HERE ARE THE OTHER BOOKS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2023:
Tuesday, February 14 - As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, led by Ted Pearson
Tuesday, March 14 - Journal of a Solitude, by May Sarton, led by Jane Schneider
Tuesday, April 11 - The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History, by Molly Caldwell Crosby, to be led by Kathrine Getske
May 9 - EITHER A Chief Inspector Armond Gamache mystery, by Louise Penny, led by Cathy Bailey OR West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge, led by Janice Hill
June 13 -- The book we do not read in May will be our book for June (depending on leaders' schedules)
We will take a break in July, and for the second half of the year we will read the following books-- leaders and month to come:
The Library, by Susan Orlean
Ordinary Grace, by William Kent Krueger
Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi
The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles -- ? (I noticed some hesitancy by those present so we will consider again later in the year)
Poetry - month of December
Chair Yoga
(Meets Tiesdays & Thursdays at 12:30pm in Classroom B)
HEADSETS for improved hearing are available in the sound booth at the window side of the sanctuary for all Worship Services and Special events.
Colonial Park Food Drive: We work every 1st and 3rd Thursday at Colonial Park UMC, 5330 Park Ave. CONTACT SCOTT DAWSON (scott.dawson1956@gmail.com ) for more INFORMATION
Recycle your toothbrushes for TerraCycle by donating them, empty toothpaste tubes, empty dental floss containers and toothbrush packages. Baskets are near the food cart. See www.terracycle.com.
JOHNSON AUXILIARY collects items all year long—current needs are men’s casual shoes (all sizes, new or gently used), men's new underwear - large and XL, Women's shoes (casual) sizes 9 and up, women's plus size clothing, new women's underwear - all sizes,, and hygiene items (toothpaste; toothbrushes; large combs and brushes, particularly those for detangling hair).
