UPCOMING EVENTS. . .
 EVERY Sun 8:30 AM Choir 9AM ESL
10AM Worship & Faithworks
2nd & 4th Mon. Hand in Hand, 7:30 pm
Wed 10 AM ESL Bible 3:30 PM Bible
Thu 10 AM Korean Bible Study at PCFL
 

Mon 5/5 M & O 4-5:30PM
Wed 5/7 Mission Meeting 8PM
Sun 5/11 Mother’s Day & Pentecost
Mon 5/12 Finance Meeting 7PM
Wed 5/14 Wom. Wed Lunch 12AM
Sat 5/17 Presby. Day WS Pres.Rwd. 9-4PM
Sun 5/18 Rose Pizzi Art Reception 11-1PM  Rev. Esther Kim
Thu 5/22 Men’s Luncheon 6:30PM
Sun 5/25 Rev. Bob Tomlinson
Fri 5/23 C. Buckley Vacation Day-Ofc. Clsd.
Mon 5/26 Memorial Day-Office Closed
Fri 5/30 PCFL Book Grp. An Irish Country Doctor

Book Club Plans

The Women's Book Club welcomes new participants Barbara Behrens and Joan Comstock. They join veteran book lovers Barbara Dennin, Barbara Fernstrom, Gwenn Guthrie, Barbara Kellam Scott, Anne Jadick, Joyce Maerz, Harriet Meek, Margaret Meek, Martha Meek, Kathe Rutler, and Gayle Thornton. It's a large group, but only about half of us can attend each month and we're always happy to have newcomers. We meet one Friday a month at 1pm in the Covenant Room. The following books will be discussed at the next 3 meetings:

5/30 An Irish Country Doctor  by Patrick Taylor

6/20  Innocent Man by John Grisham

9/26 World Without End by Ken Follett

Church Family…

Mary McColl brought greetings from her friend, Francine, whose house burned down to the ground last week. Francine thanks the PCFL congregation for their prayers. She and her family are doing "a lot better."
Chung Ja Chung thanked the congregation for their prayers for her health. She is feeling better.
Phil Harder prayed for Eunice Constantino who continues to heal after an accident and many broken bones.  
Okey Chenoweth prayed for his brother's family, his brother's wife has died.
Susan Friedl prayed for Rick and his new job and for Cash, who is facing surgery.
Ted Jaddick remembered in prayer Jack Lohr and prayed for Jack's success in his new adventure as interim pastor in Middletown, New York.
Mall Kiil prayed for the health of her eight month old granddaughter.
Barbara Fernstrom prayed that the community of PCFL may listen and hear God's word for our church and for the work we are called to do.

This Sunday Is Pentecost!

The Rev. Bruce Tischler will  preach this Sunday May 11,  Pentecost and Mother’s  Day. When you come to  Worship Service, please  remember to give him a big   welcome!

Multicultural Conference - ll

Let me try to give you some personal reflections to add to what Esther Kim presented last week. I went to the conference with two questions in my mind, and asked of me by others. 1) Why do we have to call it (give so much emphasis to) multiculturalism? Why can’t we just be a Christian church, open to all? And, 2) are we more multicultural by trying to welcome, and assimilate, people from other cultures, than a church which has three different congregations, each from a different culture?

The answer to the second question was more forthcoming. It seems that there are many ways to “do” multiculturalism, and you have to find what fits your particular church.

At first glance there doesn’t seem to be an answer for the first question. At least no one came out with a clear cut response when I asked those questions. But, after listening to three wonderful sermons, two panel discussions and taking part in three workshops, I came to the realization that multiculturalism can be summed up as New Member Outreach. That is, reaching out to the community around us to invite neighbors of all cultures and races to come and see what we have to offer at our church. Other churches are doing it and they are growing. We can grow also if we are bold enough to take this approach and really be open to all.

Please ask me to tell you more. In closing, I would like to paraphrase one sentence that really struck me, from the sermon Rev. James Kim preached on Friday morning. “If your church were to close its doors tomorrow, would the community even notice?” Think about it.  – Phil Harder

Center For Food Action

PCFL and CFA love an over-flowing food basket-thanks for last week’s generous food offerings. Keep those bags coming, please!

Dabar: Mystery Ephesians 3; 6:18–20

It can be an all-too-convenient way to throw the responsibility back on God for life's difficulties, to call events religious mysteries. And it can be used — and is even in the Bible — to insulate the "initiated" from the world. But mystery seems to be what religion comes down to, again and again, humbling us with the knowledge of how little we know. The danger is when we use it as an excuse for what we are unwilling to make the effort to understand. – bks

Memory Garden Grows

An energetic crew of 10 arrived early Saturday morning and managed to plant all the annuals and perennials in the Memory Garden, weed in front of the church and enjoy a barbecue. Thanks to Phil Harder, Anne and Ted Jadick, Esther Kim, Joyce Maerz, Pam and Peter McBride and Martha Meek for lending their green thumbs to the project.- B.&G. Fermstrom

Welcome Women’s Wed.Lunch

Please join us for fun, food, and fellowship at noon on May 14. We will meet at Chung Ja Cho's, 400 Hillview Terr., Franklin Lakes, 201-337-7933. Bring any type of food to share, enough for 6 people. Feel free to bring a friend, but let us know you're coming, so the hostess can be prepared. Signup sheet and directions are posted on narthex bulletin board. For further information, contact Esther Kim or Barbara Fernstrom.

Listening Sessions Begins

The first of our Listening Sessions begins this week. These are opportunities for the church leadership to gather information from the congregation as to how we should move forward. We want to hear from as many people as possible. Invitations were sent last week for four scheduled meetings in individual homes during the month of May. If you did not receive an invitation, please contact Chris Buckley at pcflmgr@yahoo. com or 201-891-0511.

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