Market Street Presbyterian Church

MSPC Monthly Newsletter:

Transfiguration of the Lord, February 19, 2012

The Sunday immediately before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent celebrates the Transfiguration of the Lord.

The Transfiguration (see Matthew 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8, and Luke 9:28-36), marks a transition in Jesus ministry in which He "set his face to go to Jerusalem."

In His Transfiguration we are assured that He is the hope of all ages. Jesus is revealed to be the fulfillment of the Law and the prophets, envisioned by Moses and Elijah.

Ash Wednesday
(February 22) begins the season of Lent. The day is so named because of the ancient practice of placing of ashes, as found in the Old Testament. Typically it denoted the mourning of death so when early church began the practice of the imposition of ashes it was to mourn our sinful condition. We wear ashes in the form of a cross to identify us a Christ-follower and to indicate publicly that we are sorry for our sins and strive to worship God with our whole hearts.
Lent
may have originated as a period of preparation for candidates for baptism, which would take place at Easter. Baptism is a way of acting out the Christian’s participation in the death of resurrection of Jesus Christ. So the time preceding Easter was a time of discipline and instruction, modeled after the Lord’s forty days in the wilderness.

Serving on Sundays in February

Feb 5 Guest Preacher: Dr Thomas Holmes
Lay Reader: Joe Fassett
Ushers: Jim & Susan Mekolites
Hospitality: Joe & Ann Fassett
Sanctuary Guild: Betty Gary
Chancel Flowers Harold & Mabel Fisher
Serving Communion:
Assisting Elder: Ruth Hardesty;
John Hutchinson, Flossie Jackson,
Susan Mekolites, Don Miller, Myron
Shank, Margaret Stevenson
Deacons (flowers): Flossie Jackson, Margaret Stevenson

Feb 12 Guest Preacher: Rev Dottie Kaiser
Lay Reader Jim Meredith
Ushers: Hospitality: Jim & Jan Meredith
Sanctuary Guild: Chuck & Mary Ditto
Chancel Flowers: Carl Ross
Deacons (flowers): Charles Schreck, Ruth Witter

Feb 19 Guest Preacher: Dr Thomas Holmes
Lay Reader: Julie Starr
Ushers: Hospitality: Jim & Jan Meredith
Sanctuary Guild: Dale Waltz
Chancel Flowers: Jim & Jan Meredith
Serving Communion: Assisting Elder:
Ruth Hardesty; Joan Bell, Mabel Fisher, John Hutchinson, Virginia Jacobs, Carl Ross
Deacons (flowers): Joan Bell, Charles Schreck

Feb 26 Guest Preacher: Rev Dottie Kaiser
Lay Reader: Natalie Heil
Ushers: Hospitality: Tom & Kathy Arnold
Sanctuary Guild: Jim & Susan Mekolites
Deacons (flowers): Janet Hussey, Patrick Frueh
Sound/lighting Technicians: Scott Conner,
Bill Gary, Barry Hardy, Seth Shank

If you would like to give the Chancel Flowers on a Sunday morning - please call the church office (419-229-9040) to let us know what dates you would like. After the services, the flowers are delivered to our members who are unable to attend the services.

(Cost is $40.00, payable to the church)

Thank you, Your Worship & Music Committee

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