SUNDAY BULLETIN

May 11, 2008Pentecost Sunday

SUNDAY WORSHIP BULLETIN

April 26, 20093rd Sunday of Easter

Westminster Presbyterian Church extends an enthusiastic welcome, in Christ’s name,to all who would worship here or join us in fellowship.

We affirm that there can be no exclusion within the body of Christ.We invite all children of God to join us as disciples of Christ

and participate fully in the life of our congregation.

1502 West 13th Street · Wilmington, DE 19806302-654-5214 · Fax: 302-654-5706 · www.wpc.org

Welcome to Westminster

Whether you are worshiping at Westminster for the first time or returning for a visit, the pastors and members sincerely welcome you in the name of Christ. Following our worship service, we invite you to meet an Ambassador at the back of the sanctuary. We have a gift for you, and would like to share information regarding our many programs for children, youth and adults. An Ambassador can guide you to the hospitality area to enjoy fellowship or lead you on a tour of the church. We hope you will make Westminster your church home and discover ways to grow in faith.

Children are welcome in worship! Westminster’s Kids’ Notes and worship bags are available each Sunday from the ushers. Kids’ Notes, a weekly companion to Westminster’s morning worship, emphasizes listening and seeing during worship. The bags include storybooks for children of all ages, coloring paper and crayons, a children’s bulletin for those age three to six, and bookmarks for hymns and Scripture.

Worship Aids - Large print Presbyterian Hymnals and hearing devices may be obtained from an usher. If you experience a problem with a hearing device, ask an usher for a new one.

Audio tapes and DVD’s of recent Westminster worship services are available. Please use the sign-out sheet when you borrow them from the front desk. Printed sermons are available on the literature tables the following week and on our website at www.wpc.org.

The Lord’s Supper is celebrated the first Sunday of the month at both services.

Baptisms - If you wish to schedule a baptism, please contact Suzie Hurlock (302) 654-5214, ext. 127.

The flowers in the sanctuary today are given to the glory of God and to celebrate the memory of my mother, Louise H. Poole on her birthday of April 26 from Stephen and Elizabeth Poole.

The rosebud at the side of the pulpit this morning is in celebration of the birth of Brody Grant Collins, born April 14, 2009, son of Megan and Bryan Collins and brother of Campbell. His grandparents are Donna and Clark Collins and his great grandparents are Phil Collins and Dolly and Don Windsor.

Sanctuary Flowers - Consider giving the sanctuary flowers for Sunday worship. Your gift of God’s natural beauty to remember or honor loved ones, or to celebrate an event, expresses praise and thanksgiving to God. Please contact Linda Watson during business hours at 302-571-6719or lwatson@ycst.com. Available dates for flowers are: May 10, 24, 31 and June 7 and 21.

Are you wearing a nametag? It is always a friendly gesture. Whether you are a longtime member or new to the church, wearing a nametag allows others the opportunity to meet you, greet you by name, and become more familiar with others at church. Nametags and markers are available in baskets at all major entrances. Extend hospitality, kindness and friendship by wearing a nametag every Sunday.

The deadline for the Sunday bulletin and the “Westminster Weekly Word” is Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.Send announcements and articles for either of the publications to news@wpc.org.

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Deacon Team of MonthCathy Edge, Barbara Fedeler, Carol Hopkins and Ralph Lewis

Sunday Morning Schedule 8:45 – Noon Child Care for Cribbery (birth – toddler)

9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service with Westminster Choir and organ

After TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN, if you wish, your children may leave the Sanctuary and go to:

Godly Care-An unique opportunity for children ages 2 – 4 to get to know God through music, crafts, prayers and stories. Classes are in the Under Six Classrooms A & B.

Godly Play-Children in kindergarten through second grade gather inthe Ruth Christie Room to learn the language of God’s people throughsacred space, stories, parables and liturgical actions.

10:10 a.m. “Prime Time” Sunday School Classes for all ages.

11:15 a.m. Worship with old hymns, new songs, and creative liturgy. Children are always very welcome in worship, however, childcare is available in Under Six for ages 2 – Grade 2.

Hospitality and FellowshipThe Holy Toast Café, located in Community Hall, is open from 8:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.

Coffee and fellowship are free. A variety of breakfast foods is available for one dollar per item.

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ORDER OF WORSHIP AT 9:00 A.M.

PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP

Eternal God, maker of heaven and earth, we praise you for the world you have created to be our home. Show us how to love not only animals, birds and all green and growing things, but also the soil, the air and the water by which we live so that we may not exploit or pollute them for our own profit or convenience. May we demonstrate our gratitude for your good creation by our efforts to conserve and recycle the precious resources of the earth, and by our concern for a fair distribution of the riches of earth. In the name of Christ, we pray. Amen

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

*PASSING OF THE PEACE

PRELUDE “Let All Things Now Living”Reverberations Handbell Choir

CALL TO WORSHIPThe earth and all that is in it belong to God,

For God has made the sea its foundation and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep.

Let us rejoice in God and God’s good creation.We shall rejoice in the Creator of heaven and earth.

*HYMN NO. 473 “For the Beauty of the Earth” DIX

Verses 1 and 2: All Verse 3: Women

Verse 4: MenVerse 5: All

CALL TO CONFESSIONToo often we are driven by impulses rather than our faith in Christ.

We seek God’s mercy and yearn to be transformed.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Loving God, you proclaimed your love for all the world and called us to be stewards of your good creation. We confess that we wander from your ways when we overpopulate the earth and deplete its natural resources. We work against your desires when we pollute the environment and drive species of animals to extinction. Forgive us for our carelessness and our lack of concern for your creation. By your resurrection power, renew us to care for your gifts, lest we lose them forever.

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SILENT PRAYER

ASSURANCE OF GOD’S FORGIVENESS

At the asterisk (*), please stand as you are able.Passages in bold print may be said by all.

ANTHEM “Awake, Thou Wintry Earth” J. S. Bach Westminster Choir

Awake, thou wintry earth, Descended to the grave,Fling off, fling off thy sadness. Where our belov’d lie sleeping,Ye vernal flow’rs, laugh forth, Hath Christ return’d to savelaugh forth your ancient gladness. our hearts from woe and weeping.A new and lovely tale O earth, break forth and sing,Throughout the land is sped, Renew thy bright array,It floats o’er hill and dale With fairest blooms of springTo tell that Death is dead. Bestrew the Saviour’s way.

TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN Greg Jones

PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE Psalm 8 Josh Cox, Drummer

1O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

2Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger.

3When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; 4what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?

5Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor.

6You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet,

7all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, 8the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,

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whatever passes along the paths of the seas. 9O LORD, our Sovereign,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!Refrain

SERMON “What Kind of Dominion?” Greg Jones

*HYMN “The Earth Is the Lord’s” ST. DENIO

The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. Your rain forests nurture the world that we share.Creation reminds us, O God, of your love. Your wetlands give animals shelter and care.By grace we are learning, as year leads to year, Your coral reefs cradle the life of the sea.we’re called to be stewards, your caretakers here. You’ve shown us, in love, what your good world can be.

May we be good stewards of all that you give,protecting creation wherever we live.

May we be a church that renews and restores,and lovingly cares for this earth that is yours.

Words by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, 2001

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH

God made human beings together with all the other creaturesand charged them to care for the earthand all that lives on it.We acknowledge we share in the interdependencethat binds together all God’s creation.Yet God gives us power to rule and tame,to order and reshape the world.We hold the earth in trust for future generations of living things.The Lord forbids us to plunder, foul, and destroy the earth.The Lord expects us to produce, to consume, and to reproducein ways that make earth’s goodness available to all peopleand reflect God’s love for all creatures.The Lord wants us to use our technical skillsfor beauty, order, health and peace. A Declaration of Faith

OFFERINGDuring the offering, please sign your name and pass the red folders down each row.

As folders are returned to the center aisle, note the names of fellow worshippers on your pew.

OFFERTORY ANTHEM “Cause Us, O Lord” Ron Nelson

Cause us, O Lord our God, to lie down each night in peace, and to awaken to renewed life and strength. Hear our prayer, O Lord. Lord, help us to order our lives by thy council, lead us in the paths of righteousness. Lord, be Thou a shield about us, protect us, save our world from sorrow, from hate, and from war. Curb thou within us the will to do evil. Shelter us beneath the shadow of Thy wings.

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*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (HYMN NO. 591)Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;Praise Christ, all people here below;Praise Holy Spirit evermore;Praise Triune God, whom we adore. Amen.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

LORD’S PRAYER (page 16 in The Presbyterian Hymnal, using “debts” and “debtors”)

*HYMN NO. 267 “All Things Bright and Beautiful” ROYAL OAK

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE Toccata in D minor Gordon Balch Nevin

*GOING FORTH

If you are visiting with us for the first time, we invite you to meet today’s ambassador, Suzanne Curry,following the service at the rear of the sanctuary by the baptismal font

to receive a gift and information about Westminster.

ADULT EDUCATION CLASSESToday, 10:10 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Forgiveness Leaders: Mike Gnade and Margo Reign, through May 17, in the Meeting Room. The Lord’s Prayer says, “forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” It is something Christ has commanded us to do. But it is often one of the hardest things we will ever do. Come join us for a five week class as we together explore, what is forgiveness, why we should forgive, and discuss two of the Biblical stories of forgiveness: Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors and The Prodigal Son.

Holy Adventure Leader: Greg Jones, through May 3, in Classroom 6. Using the book, Holy Adventure by Bruce Epperly, we will discuss ways for us to embrace life as the adventure God wants us to experience no matter what our age is. Holy Adventure is an alternative to Rick Warren’s book, The Purpose Driven Life. Warren (and the older vision of Christianity) believes that God determined a plan for your life previous to your existence and your job is to figure out God’s plan. Epperly, (and the emerging vision of Christianity) believes that your life is a holy adventure in which you are partners with God in shaping who you will become and what the universe will become.

Parents with Young Children Coordinator: Rick Thomas; Ruth Christie Room. Classes are built around a powerful, postmodern DVD series, called Nooma. These DVDs are short (11–15 minutes each) and potent. Each viewing session deals with a particular “real life” topic as seen through Jesus’ perspective, and serves as a means to generate discussion and sharing. Nooma is an invitation to search, question, and join the conversation.

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“The Search for Joy: C.S. Lewis, His Life and His Christian Faith.” This series about the author of the Chronicles of Narnia goes through May 17, in the Daughtry House Classroom across 13th Street. Due to the length of the videos, this class begins promptly at 10:10 a.m. As a teenager C.S. Lewis was a proclaimed atheist. But at the age of 33, he became a Christian. His friendship with JRR Tolkien, of Lord of the Rings fame, was a primary catalyst in his conversion. This is a powerful video series that looks at the man, his life, his writings, his friends and his faith – which brought him great joy. Senior High School students are welcome.

ORDER OF WORSHIP AT 11:15 A.M.

PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP

Eternal God, maker of heaven and earth, we praise you for the world you have created to be our home. Show us how to love not only animals, birds and all green and growing things, but also the soil, the air and the water by which we live so that we may not exploit or pollute them for our own profit or convenience. May we demonstrate our gratitude for your good creation by our efforts to conserve and recycle the precious resources of the earth, and by our concern for a fair distribution of the riches of earth. In the name of Christ, we pray. Amen

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE “Let All Things Now Living”Reverberations Handbell Choir

CALL TO WORSHIP

The earth and all that is in it belong to God,For God has made the sea its foundation and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep.

Let us rejoice in God and God’s good creation.We shall rejoice in the Creator of heaven and earth.

PROCESSION OF GOD’S LIGHT Acolyte: Julia RiveraAs the acolyte lights the candle, we remember that Christ is the Light of the world.

*HYMN “Creator of Mountains”

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Words by Jane Parker Huber, © 1996 Presbyterian Publishing/Westminster John Knox/Geneva PressUsed with permission OneLicense.net #A-715702

CALL TO CONFESSIONToo often we are driven by impulses rather than our faith in Christ.

We seek God’s mercy and yearn to be transformed.

PRAYER OF CONFESSIONLoving God, you proclaimed your love for all the world and called us to be stewards of your good creation. We confess that we wander from your ways when we overpopulate the earth and deplete its natural resources. We work against your desires when we pollute the environment and drive species of animals to extinction. Forgive us for our carelessness and our lack of concern for your creation. By your resurrection power, renew us to care for your gifts, lest we lose them forever.

ASSURANCE OF GOD’S FORGIVENESS

RESPONSE ST. DENIO

Great God, now we come,our hearts grateful for dayswhen faith, like a drum-beat,keeps steady our praise.In song and rejoicinghopes stir and arise,

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our spirits now voicingtheir hymns to the skies.

TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN Greg Jones

SCRIPTURE Psalm 8 Old Testament, page 455

Words by Philip Frazier, © 1916 Walton MusicUsed with permission OneLicense.net #A-715702

1O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

2Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger.

3When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; 4what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?

5Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor.

6You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet,

7all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, 8the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

9O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Refrain

SERMON “What Kind of Dominion?” Greg Jones

SONG “Touch the Earth Lightly”Verses 1: All

Verse 2: Ensemble Verses 3-4: All

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Words by Shirley Erena MurrayMusic by Colin Gibson

© 1992 Hope Publishing CompanyUsed with permission OneLicense.net #A-715702

OFFERING

During the offering, please sign your name and pass the red folders down each row.As folders are returned to the center aisle, note the names of fellow worshippers on your pew.

ORGAN OFFERTORY Divertimento Percy Whitlock

PREPARATION FOR PRAYER

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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

LORD’S PRAYER (page 16 in The Presbyterian Hymnal, using “debts” and “debtors”)

PRAYER RESPONSE

*HYMN “Creative God, You Spread the Earth” KINGSFOLD

1. Creative God, you spread the earth 2. The planet teemed with living thingswith life in many forms: before all human birth,the deer and elk and columbine, and even fire and beasts of preythe bee in humming swarms. renewed the life of earth.Forgive us for each flow’r and bird Forgive us, that, the last to come,now vanished by our hand. We threaten sea and air.

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Teach us to treat with loving care Teach us to tend life’s fragile webthe creatures of the land. With wise and tender care.

3. O playful God, you fill the fieldwith lavender and blue.You paint the bird with indigo,with red or tawny hue.Forgive us that we grieve your heart,destroying what you do,and teach us simpler, gentler waysto live on earth with you.

Words by Ruth Duck, © 1994 GIA Publications, Inc.Used with permission OneLicense.net #A-715702

*BENEDICTION

*GOING FORTH Caring for God’s creation

Next Sunday, May 3 the congregation is invited to join the youth and their parentsfor a cook-out on the front lawn immediately following this service.

CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK

Sunday, April 26 Location 8:15 a.m. Westminster Choir Warm-Up Adult Music Room 8:30 a.m. Holy Toast Café Community Hall 8:45 a.m. Child Care Cribbery

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9:00 a.m. Worship Sanctuary 9:00 a.m. Godly Care for ages 3 and 4 Under 6 Classrooms 9:00 a.m. Godly Care for Toddlers and Twos Under 6 Classroom B 9:00 a.m. Godly Play for ages 5, 6, and 7 Ruth Christie Room10:00 a.m. Stephen Ministry Rowell Conference Room10:10 a.m. Adult Ed: The Search for Joy Daughtry Conference Room10:10 a.m. Adult Ed: Holy Adventure Classroom 610:10 a.m. Adult Ed: Forgiveness Meeting Room10:10 a.m. Adult Ed: Parenting with Young Children Ruth Christie Room10:10 a.m. Prime Time for Grades 7 and 8 Classroom 810:10 a.m. Prime Time for ages 2-3 and 4-5 Under 6 Classrooms10:10 a.m. Workshop Rotation for Grades 1-6 Classrooms 1-4 and 710:10 a.m. Workshop Rotation for Grades 1-6 Grace Hall10:30 a.m. Vocal Ensemble Rehearsal Adult Music Room11:15 a.m. Worship Sanctuary12:00 p.m. Stephen Ministry Rowell Conference Room12:15 p.m. Young Family Fellowship Wilmington/Western Railroad 2:00 p.m. Ulster Project Orientation Classroom 5 4:30 p.m. Youth Choir Youth Music Room 5:30 p.m. 180° Dinner Classroom 6 6:00 p.m. 180° Fellowship Classroom 6 6:00 p.m. Youth Sunday Rehearsal Sanctuary 6:00 p.m. Clean But Not Straight – NA Club Room 8:00 p.m. AA Club Room

Monday, April 27 Location 1:15 p.m. Collegium Dr. Jones’ Office 5:30 p.m. Rainbow Chorale Adult Music Room 5:30 p.m. Trustees Meeting Meeting Room 7:00 p.m. AA Club Room 7:00 p.m. Session Meeting Classroom 6

Tuesday, April 28 Location 9:00 a.m. Staff Worship Rodney Chapel 9:30 a.m. Staff Meeting Meeting Room10:00 a.m. Mental Health Support Group Club Room10:30 a.m. Worship Planning Rowell Conference Room12:00 p.m. Listening to the Lessons Rowell Conference Room 1:00 p.m. Property Committee Rowell Conference Room 5:30 p.m. BPI Daughtry Conference Room 7:00 p.m. The Way of Prayer Ruth Christie Room

Wednesday April 29 Location 8:30 a.m. Literacy Volunteers Tutoring Session Conference Room B 6:30 p.m. Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts Classroom 6 7:00 p.m. Mental Health Support Group Club Room 7:30 p.m. Westminster Choir Rehearsal Adult Music Room

Thursday April 30 Location 9:00 a.m. Chimes Mailing Meeting Room12:00 p.m. Centering Prayer Rodney Chapel12:00 p.m. Women’s Depression Support Group Classroom 512:15 p.m. ESL Tutoring Conference Room B

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3:00 p.m. Stephen Leaders Rowell Conference Room 5:30 p.m. Yoga Rodney Chapel 6:30 p.m. Under Three Parenting Class Classroom 7 6:30 p.m. Disciple Class Meeting Room 6:30 p.m. Star NA Club Room 8:00 p.m. AA Club Room

Friday May 1 Location12:00 p.m. F.I.S.H. Classroom 5 6:00 p.m. Recovery on the West Side Club Room 9:30 p.m. AA Club Room

Saturday May 2 Location 7:30 a.m. Men’s Bible Study Club Room10:00 a.m. Yoga Grace Hall 4:00 p.m. Clean But Not Straight – NA Club Room 7:00 p.m. 180° - Youth Sunday Rehearsal Sanctuary

Think “Summer”

And save these dates for Vacation Bible SchoolFor your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and neighbors

July 27 – 31

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Please remember in your prayers:

Those recently hospitalized include Charles Reeder, Helen Thompson and Forrest Guth.

Westminster’s homebound family who can no longer attend worship with us. Send a card, say a prayer, visit! This week we ask you to remember Erma Bowen, Carillon Crossing, Number 204, 1515 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19803 and Rachel Lowthian, 330 Greenbriar Lane, West Grove, PA 19390.

Our brothers and sisters in global mission: Sue Makin, MD, Malawi; Delle McCormick, Southwest Border; Roger and Gloria Marriott, Dennis and Maribel Smith and the Mam Presbytery, Guatamala; Timothee Kalonji Matadi, Cecilé de Sweemer, MD, Pastor Jean-Marc Katujudi Nkuna and members of the Kamulumba-Ditalala Parish, Congo; Rev. Dr. Lyle and Terry Dykstra, PCUSA Mission Volunteers, Presbyterian University, Kenya. They are praying for us; let us also pray for them.

Pray for those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan often seem very far away and it is easy to forget that Americans, Iraqis, Afghans and coalition forces continue to die. As Christians, we are called to pray for an end to violence, and for the spreading of God’s kingdom of peace and justice. It is also important for us to remember in prayer the families who grieve the loss of their loved ones who have died in these wars. The number of Americans serving in our Armed Forces who have died in these two wars is 4,275 (as of April 23.) The number of Iraqis and Afghans who have been killed is many times greater, but no agreed upon number exists. Those Americans who have died most recently are:

Lance Corporal, Ray A. Spencer, II, age 20, of Ridgecrest, California, died April 16Private 1st Class Richard A. Dewater, age 21, of Topeka, Kansas, died April 15Corporal Francisco X. Aguila, age 35, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, died April 14

Pray for those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. If there is someone in your family who is serving in Iraq or Afghanistan please call or email Maureen Ogden (302-654-5214 ext. 126 or maureen@wpc.org) with his or her name so that we can put the name on a prayer list.

Pray for those who have returned from serving in Iraq and Afghanistan and are suffering from wounds and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The scars are deep and long-standing.

Westminster’s Covenant Prayer Group is committed to praying weekly for specific needs of the faith community. Anyone with prayer requests may leave a confidential message on 302-654-5848, ext. 335, or fill out a prayer request card (in the pew pocket) and place it in the offering plate.

A Centering Prayer time occurs every Thursday at noon in the Ruth Christie Room. Anyone is welcome to participate. Basically, those who come spend thirty minutes in silence. Sometimes we have sacred music playing in the background. Silence allows us time and space to empty our minds, quiet our brains’ chatter, and be still and attentive to God.

If you need a listening ear and sympathetic heart – a Stephen Minister is available to meet with you following the service and to offer compassionate support. Go to the piano in the sanctuary at the conclusion of the service, and someone with a Stephen Minister nametag will be there to speak with you, and if desired, to pray with you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CONGREGATIONAL CARE AND PRAYER

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Calling all gardeners. Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 16. It’s time to plant the Clairvaux Farm garden. If you can help, please contact John Hunter at 302-652-3348 or johnhunterjr@toast.net. Plan to meet at the church parking lot at 8:00 a.m. for this mission project followed by lunch.

ECHO GIFTS?? …but it isn’t Christmas! But Mother’s Day is coming. Wouldn’t she be delighted when you show your love for her by making a gift to some needy person who is seriously hungry or without shelter? An Echo Gift card to your mother will show you really care. Pick up a blue Echo Gift Shopping List from a literature table, or just call Susan Baddorf, 302-654-3411; Sara Geuder, 302-478-2210; or Martha Tatnall, 302-654-8015, and you will get the scoop!

The apostle Paul wrote that “we are ambassadors for Christ.” Every Sunday a Westminster ambassador greets newcomers after worship at the baptismal font in the narthex. Presently, we need more volunteers to serve as friendly ambassadors. It’s an easy but important job: to meet and greet visitors (getting their names and contact information), give them a Westminster mug with church information, and answer any questions they may have. If you would be willing to serve as an ambassador at either the 9:00 or 11:15 a.m. service, maybe monthly or bi-monthly, please contact Robin Rosser, at rlrosser@aol.com, or 302-478-2738.

Yoga classes are held in Rodney Chapel each week Thursdays (5:30 – 6:40 p.m.) and Saturdays (10:00 – 11:00 a.m.) Yoga benefits the body, mind, and spirit. Wear comfortable clothing, bring a mat, and join us. Suggested donation is $10 to cover costs of instructor and building use, but pay as you are able.

Samaritans once again need furniture, especially beds. We have outstanding requests from people in need of furniture. If you have anything you can donate please call John Bowman at 984-1181 or email him at johnrbowman@comcast.net.

Close Knit. Be a part of our knitting fellowship at church to knit prayer shawls for members of our congregation and wool helmet liners for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our soldiers need these liners to make the helmets absorbent and more comfortable. Each knitter provides his/her own materials. See these websites: (http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/khs-prayerShawl.html and www.geocities.com/helmetliner). We provide help for beginner knitters! Join us from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Ruth Christie Room on the 1st and 3rd Mondays through May. Please call Pam Mann (302-234-6644,) Carol Shelly (302-478-3992) or Ellen Slade (302-654-3645) for additional information.

EARTH DAY is every day! You can take many actions to save our rapidly dwindling water supply – turn the water off while brushing your teeth or shaving. Reduce showers to five minutes. Fix leaky toilets and faucets. Collect and reuse your “warm-up” water. Ditch bottled water. Scrape, don’t rinse, your dishes before loading them in the dishwasher. Run your dishwasher only when full. Throw food scraps in a compost bin or in the trash rather the running them down the garbage disposal. Outfit your garden hose with an automatic shutoff nozzle. Use an eco-friendly car wash. Sweep or rake your driveway, sidewalk, patio or pool deck rather than hosing them down. Invest in a rain barrel.

Dining Out For Life. This Thursday April 30, AIDS Delaware is having its annual Dining Out for Life event. As we have done the past ten years, we extend a special invitation for you to participate in this event at Buckley’s Tavern, 6:30 p.m. Each participating restaurant will donate 33% of their total food profits to support AIDS Delaware’s case management services, education and outreach programs, counseling and testing initiatives, and its Food Closet. This is a fun and easy way to support AIDS Delaware and enjoy dinner with church friends. Please contact José Varela (302-652-6776, or email josecaleno@yahoo.com) by Tuesday if you are able to attend.

NEWS TO NOTE

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4:30 p.m. Youth Choir5:30 p.m. 180° Dinner6:00 – 7:00 p.m. 180° Fellowship

Join the Young Family Fellowship/Parents Of Loved Ones (POLO) group today, at 12:15 pm to ride the Wilmington & Western Railroad. This 1 1/2 hour long trip starts at 12:30 pm and is on the Mount Cuba line. The cost is $10 per adult, $8 for children ages 2-12, and $9 for seniors.

Spring Banquet for all Women of Westminster is Tuesday, May 5, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Come, wear bright clothing and enjoy celebrating CINCO DE MAYO. Enjoy fun, food, fellowship, and voices from our Youth Choir. Bring a dish to share (main, vegetable, salad, or side), and a friend, your mother, grandmother, sister or child. Beverages and Ice cream sundaes will be provided. We will be receiving the Presbyterian Women 2009 Birthday Offering which will support two missions: "La Mujer Obrera" of El Paso, TX; a project serving Mexican immigrant women who lost their jobs as factory workers with globalization; and the Children's Home for Orphans in Dzerzhinsk, Ukraine. More info is available on the literature table. Please sign up at the Receptionist Desk.

Congratulations to the Class of 2009Whether you are graduating from high school, college, or graduate school, you have worked very hard to get to this point. Westminster Church would like to acknowledge this event in your life and offer you our prayers and blessing as you move through this important rite of passage. We would like to recognize those in the Class of 2009 in our morning bulletin on Sunday, June 7. Please send an email to Susan Moseley (susanmoseley@wpc.org) with the following information by May 15th.

If you are graduating from high school:Full nameName of your high school

If you are graduating with a college or advanced degree:Full nameInstitution name and locationDegree

The staff and congregation are proud of each of you. May the blessings and peace of Christ be with you always.

180° TURNING OVER TABLES

YOUNG FAMILY FELLOWSHIP

WOMEN OF WESTMINSTER

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Upcoming Racial Justice Discussion Group Brown Bagsponsored by YWCA Delaware

Location: Community Service Building, 5th Floor, Multi-purpose Room, validated parking in the Community Service Bldg. Parking garage at 11th & Orange.

Fridays, May 1, 8, and 15th, 2009Time: 12:00-2pm

Participants are asked to commit to all 3 sessions.

Why join:RJ Discussions provide individuals with the public education and knowledge needed to deal with key social issues.Increase your ability to discuss issues openly, and decrease your prejudice and bias.Increase your ability to resolve problems outside of your own environment or “comfort zone.”Increase your ability to work within the community to promote racial and social justice.Identify actions to promote racial harmony at work and in social environments.

Questions? Call Kris Qualls at 302-652-7272

Please RSVP to: Faye Bonneau, Racial Justice Program Director, YWCA Delaware, 302-655-0039 ext. 227, fbonneau@ywcade.org.

Mission Focus on Housing Issues in May

The Urban Mission Committee May emphasis will be on local housing issues. Highlighting this will be three speakers at the Sunday Christian Education hour.

May 3: Mr. Kevin Smith, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity NCC will give us an update on current projects for providing low income housing.

May 10: Mr. Anas Ben Addi, Director of the Delaware State Housing Authority will speak about this vital state program that addresses Delaware’s affordable housing needs.

May 17: Jan Patrick, Realtor, will speak on “Understanding the Challenge of Today’s Housing Market.” Highlights include what it will take to get out of the current situation and also how the “Stimulus Bill” affects us.

Also in May will be a “parade of posters” of local non-profit housing corporations and a “build day” with Habitat for Humanity.

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COMING ON MAY 16 – FELLOWSHIP DINNERS

Sign up now for Saturday, MAY 16, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. when WPC members will gather in small groups at members’ homes to get to know each other better, share fellowship, and enjoy a meal together. Here’s how the dinners work. The host provides the main dish and his/her home and 4-6 attendees provide an appetizer, side dish, or a dessert—depending upon what the host needs them to bring. The host tells the organizer how many people they can seat at their dinner table and the organizer assigns those who want to attend to an available host.

The dinners are fun, easy, and a great way to meet others within our Westminster family in a casual environment. Who knows? The Fellowship Dinner you attend this year could be the start (or continuation) of some great friendships!

If you are interested in either hosting or attending a Fellowship Dinner, please contact either Polly Pyle-Carter Ph: 302-764-6448 email: pylecarter@comcast.net or Carla Krupanski Ph: 302-234-1753 email: ckrupanski@hotmail.com no later than May 6. We hope you can join us!

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PASTORAL STAFFGregory K. Jones, Head of Staff

Anne R. Ledbetter, Associate Pastor for Congregational LifeChad M. Miller, Associate Pastor for Mission

CHURCH EDUCATORSUSAN MOSELEY

MUSIC STAFFPaul Fleckenstein, Organist/Director of Music

Mary Beth Davis, Director of Music for Children, Youth and HandbellsSandie Reinicker, Director of Sunshine Choir

Section Leader/Soloists: Diana Milburn, Noël Archambeault, Neil Darling, Brian Carter

YOUTH MINISTRY TEAMSusan Moseley, Mary Beth Davis and Chad Miller

SUPPORT STAFFSusan Alexander, Receptionist

Debbie Brown, Church AdministratorJerry Hunter, Financial Assistant

Suzie Hurlock, Administrative SecretaryCarol Marshall, Secretary, Membership and Congregational Care

Maureen Ogden, Church SecretaryJerry Reed, Facilities Manager

Nikki Thorn, Communications Coordinator and Chimes EditorSextons: Roger W. Atkins, Robert King, Kevin Krick, Joan Truitt

WORLDWIDE MINISTRYMalawi – Sue Makin, M.D., Southwest Border – Delle McCormick

Guatemala – Roger and Gloria Mariott, Dennis and Maribel Smith and the Mam PresbyteryCongo – Timothee Kalonji Matadi, Cecilé de Sweemer, MD, Pastor Jean-Marc Katujudi Nkuna and

Members of the Kamulumba-Ditalala ParishKenya-Rev. Dr. Lyle and Terry Dykstra, PCUSA Mission Volunteers

SESSIONLiz Bacon, Meg Burich, Martha Carper, Jim Carter, Clark Collins, Suzanne Curry, Charlie Depfer,Mark Gerstenschlager, Ross Getty, Shelley Gnade, Denison Hatch, Mary-beth Howard, Fred Iobst,

Barbara Jobe, Don Kuespert, Sue Linderman, Bunny Michener, Jan Patrick, Bruce Petrovick, Margo Reign, Jerry Spilecki, Alex Sprague, Kathryn van Amerongen, Frank Waldburger

BOARD OF DEACONSKen Barnaby, Beth Bowersock, Kim Carrick, Jack Coleman, Peggy Carroll, Ginnie Chagnon, Craig Checkel,

Bob Cox, Eadie Churchill, Tammy Daley, Kris DeMesse, Cathy Edge, Eric Etshman, Barbara Fedeler, Todd Gray,Carol Noggle Harris, Carol Hopkins, Carla Krupanski, Ralph Lewis, David Mathe, Carolyn McKeown, Carol Mosher, Ruth Nace, Donna Nelson, Polly Pyle-Carter, Teri Richmond, Patti Ridout, Robin Rosser, Ann Shadduck, Ellen Slade,

Cora Sparling, Mike Sprague, Melissa Stabler, Judy Stoffer, Julia Stone, Sally Thomas

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TRUSTEESBob Chagnon, Don Furry, Sara Geuder, John Johnston, George Krupanski, Bob McKeown,Bill Nace, John Richmond, Christine Schiltz, Stan Stevenson, Philip Timon, Helen Walker

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