The Joy of Easter As we celebrate the joy of Easter, I am reminded of a passage from Max Lucado’s book, The Applause of Heaven. I think it shows us the true source of joy that does not fade away. “‛I have everything I need for joy’ Robert Reed said. ‛Amazing!’ I thought. His hands are twisted and his feet are useless. He can’t bathe himself. He can’t feed himself. He can’t brush his teeth, comb his hair, or put on his underwear. His shirts are held together by strips of Velcro®. His speech drags like a worn-out audio cassette. Robert has cerebral palsy. The disease keeps him from driving a car, riding a bike, and going for a walk. But it didn’t keep him from graduating from high school or attending Abilene Christian University, from which he graduated with a degree in Latin. Having cerebral palsy didn’t keep him from teaching at a St. Louis junior college or from venturing overseas on five mission trips. And Robert’s disease didn’t prevent him from becoming a missionary in Portugal. I heard Robert speak recently, I watched other men carry him in his wheelchair onto the platform. I watched them lay a Bible in his lap. I watched his stiff fingers force open the pages. And I watched people in the audience wipe away tears of admiration from their faces. Robert could have asked for sympathy or pity, but he did just the opposite. He held his bent hand up in the air and boasted, ‘I have everything I need for joy.’ His shirts are held together by Velcro®, but his life is held together by joy."

Faithfully, Vic Priebe

Pancake Breakfast & Easter Egg Hunt April 3, 9:00a.m.

It is becoming a spring tradition in Versailles for Pisgah Church to put on an Easter activity for the children of the community. This year will be no different.

Festivities will kick off at 9:00a.m. with a pancake breakfast. After the breakfast the children and families can all gather around for an Easter story. At 10:30a.m., the dash for the eggs will begin. Every child who attends is guaranteed to get tons of Easter Eggs during their quest as there will be youth assistants strategically placed throughout the hunting area to ensure a fair playing field. The Easter Egg Hunt and Pancake Breakfast is a fundraiser event for Pisgah’s A Light in the Attic Youth Group. This year is especially important because the youth will be raising money to go towards their summer mission trip. In July, the youth group will be taking part in the Burnamwood Appalachian Mission (BAM!) project. For one week, the youth will stay at Camp Burnamwood in Estill County as their home base. Each day they will venture out into the surrounding communities of Eastern Kentucky to do various mission-based projects and help people who need assistance. So, mark your calendar, call your neighbors, and bring your kids to the Pancake Breakfast (small donation requested) and the Easter Egg Hunt (free) on April 3, starting at 9:00a.m. If you have any questions about the Easter festivities or the Mission Trip, please contact Melissa Scott (859.321.2183) or Cathy Johnson (859.806.1574).

Pisgah’s Organ

The Koehnken and Grimm organ at Pisgah was originally built in 1890. However the organ was donated to Pisgah in 1928 and was installed downstairs and to the right of the pulpit. It’s not clear exactly when the organ was moved upstairs to its current location. The organ is referred to as a “tracker” organ meaning that all moving parts are mechanical rather than electric. A tracker is a rod, of wood, that connects the keys or pedal with the valves that open and close air to the pipes. Originally air flowing through the pipes was provided by bellows powered by a hand pump. Today, the only electrified part of the organ is the blower that now moves air thru more than 700 pipes. Tracker organs are now making a strong return and are increasingly being preferred by today’s organists and organ builders. But our instrument is showing its years of service and is now in need of significant repairs to many of the mechanical parts including the pedals. You can help restore the organ by donating to the Memorial Organ Renovation Fund.

The Pisgah Post Pisgah Presbyterian Church Woodford County, Kentucky April 2010

Our Mission: to worship God, study the Scripture, practice the

teachings of Jesus.

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Greetings from Mission and Evangelism

“For the beauty of the Earth, for the glory of the skies” …comes to mind as we witness spring spread across the Bluegrass. It was during another seasonal transition when Mission & Evangelism introduced a new service project for Pisgah members to support in recognition of Veterans’ Day, 2009. In our outreach to serve God and His Kingdom, M & E is charged to seek local and global causes for our church family to support. In addition to sending personal care packages and notes to our own men and women deployed in military service today, M & E selected to support the Thomson Hood Veterans’ nursing home in nearby Wilmore. T-H is a 300 bed facility providing long and short term care through skilled nursing care and rehabilitation for Kentucky residents. Opened in 1991, T-H has serviced over 2000 vets in its state of art facility. We learned that over 40 of the present 270 patients did not have family and had various immediate clothing needs including pocket T-shirts, sweat shirts, pajamas and grip socks. M&E asked the congregation to join us in a clothing drive for Veterans’ day. Do you remember Joe Johnson’s announcement as he striped away various layers of sweat shirts? Dear Pisgahterians and the Youth Group responded in good faith and contributed beyond our expectations. Our small church reminded us of “The Little Engine That Could”. Thank you. Pam Stilz and I had the pleasure of delivering the collected clothing to T-H and experienced a tour of the facility. We visited wards staffed by physicians and nursing staff, a library, craft room, T.V. lounges, outdoor patios, a game room, a well equipped rehabilitation room, dining halls, a gift shop. The surrounding grounds were well manicured. The many patients we encountered were resting or enjoying life together. Many had smiles and comments for us. We learned that there are several ways to assist at T-H. We could visit with residents, play games, work in the gift shop or craft room or read to a resident. M & E started our association with the vets by collecting clothing and will consider future active participation with the veterans. Stay tuned to M & E’s infomercials and bulletins to learn how you can outreach to our military veterans. Consider joining the M & E committee at our next meeting April 15 at 7:00p.m. “For the love which from our birth, over and around us lies.” “Lord of all, to Thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise!” In God’s loving grace, Bobbi Sweeney

Youth Take a Stand against World Hunger

On Friday, April 23 at noon, the Pisgah Presbyterian youth group, A Light in the Attic, will join in an international movement to fight hunger. Our youth group has participated annually in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine for many years. This is a mentally and physically challenging learning experience, and yet each year our youth eagerly choose to endure personal hunger while they participate in activities designed to teach them about the hungry and starving people of the world. Pisgah’s youth will each begin their famine on their own at home or at school. That evening, they will gather at the church where the youth will only be allowed to consume water or juice for the remainder of 30 hours. Hunger related games, activities, personal prayer, reflection and scripture reading will continue through the night and all the next day. On Saturday, the fast will be broken at 6pm with the serving of Holy Communion. This will be followed by a small feast that most people who are experiencing hunger do not get, but our youth are lucky to receive. Pisgah’s youth are serious about serving God and fighting world hunger. The 30 Hour Famine is an effective way for them to get a ‘taste’ of world hunger and see through the eyes of over one billion of the world’s people who do not get enough to eat. In case that number (1,000,000,000) is too big to grasp, that’s one out of every seven people go hungry on God’s bountiful planet Earth. For more information about the 30 Hour Famine, contact Melissa Scott, Cathy Johnson, or any member of A Light in the Attic.

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2010 Lenten Campaign Report

Thanks to your volunteer effort and the effort of numerous Boy Scouts and their parents, this spring we have seen improvements in several areas around our church:

Academy Building

New faucet in kitchen.

Heat and air “installed” in the upstairs middle school room. Blue room termite and mildew problem exposed. Drape hangers repaired. Dripping faucets repaired. Emergency Exit lights replaced.

Grounds Dead or dying trees removed (walnut lumber available, call Phil Bisbee). Many, many rocks and limbs picked up and disposed of (Thank You Scouts!).

Garage Cleaned up and organized. Window framing completed. Garage is now raccoon-proof.

Farm Water leak repaired. Fence rows cleaned up (Thank You Scouts!). Rotted fence removed.

Fortunately, not all the work has been completed. So it will still be possible to get a little fresh air and exercise, free of charge, on the third Saturday of each month thru August. Thanks again to everyone who donated their Saturday mornings to work and improve our church property. We simply could not have gotten the work done without you. Your Property Committee

A Note from the Administration Committee

We are already coming to the end of the first quarter of the year and our budget situation is still looking good. The March 15th Treasurers Report shows we are 21% of the way through the year and our pledged income is at 25% of budget. Our unpledged income is slightly off at 15% of budget, we will continue to monitor this area to make sure it does not become a problem later in the year. Our total income is good as we are at 23% of budget which means we are 2% ahead of budget at this time. We are looking good on the expense side of the report as well. We are currently 19% of budget for the year and 21% of the way through the year. This means our committees and staff are still doing the good job of holding down expenses they have been doing all year.

Our budget situation is good at this time. If everybody will keep up the good work giving and watching expenses it should be another good year at Pisgah. Jud Davis

Pisgah Scholarships

Attention 2010 graduating high school seniors and college students: Scholarship applications are now available in the church office. The submission deadline is April 15, 2010. Persons who are presently members of Pisgah Church and who are supporting, nurturing and participating in the fellowship and life of the Church are able to apply. Those seeking aid from this scholarship must be anticipating attending an accredited college, university or post-secondary vocational school as a full-time student for the 2010-2011 academic year. Scholarships are awarded one year at a time for a maximum of four years for the purpose of undergraduate studies. In order to be considered the applicant must have all application materials submitted by the deadline. Please return your application, essay and transcript to the church office at the attention of the Trustees. If you have any questions, please contact Michael Jones at 859-494-5193.

Life in the Church

Baptisms: On January 31, we celebrated the sacrament of baptism with Matthew Taliaferro Wolf. Sympathy was extended to: Cathy Johnson and her family on the death of Cathy’s

husband, T. J., on March 6 in Lexington.

Dear Pisgah Family,

I would like to hank my wonderful church family for all the love, prayers, support, food and flowers provided to us during T. J.’s illness and passing. With you all, we will make it through this difficult time. Sincerely, Cathy, Andrew & Taylor Johnson

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Snippets

o Congratulations to Frank Lake who was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by Governor Beshear and also received an Outstanding Youth Leadership Award from State Representative Carl Rollins.

o Glenn Fister was a member of the Southside Elementary School academic team that finished 2nd in the District 71 of the Governor’s Cup.

o We recently received a note from Lola Stokes Hagan saying that she used to pump the organ before it was electrified. She also played the pump organ downstairs for one year before a “real” organist was hired.

We are always on the lookout for more “Snippets.” Help us keep this column going by sending in any interesting little tidbits you hear!

Happy Birthday to You in April

1 Margaret Karsner 2 Sunny Dunlap, Lucy Lagrew MacCarthy 4 Sheila Baker 5 Jan Botkin, Lela Mitchell 9 Abe Fosson 11 Becky Moore 12 Missie Wood 13 Jim Miller 14 Janet Lake 17 Tom Clark, Martha Jane Hutcherson, Alice Kiviniemi 16 Chase Butler 19 Phil Wilder, Christine Brown 20 Anissa Davis 21 Bobby Stokes 22 Ligia Jones, James Lagrew, Caleb Martie, Dan McHatton 24 Travis Jones 25 Daniel Wilds 26 Phil Bisbee 27 Jessica Lynn, Margaret McIntyre, Beth McDaniel, Rebecca Watts 29 Phil Lacy

And in early May…

1 Taylor Johnson 2 Ann Harris, Doris Henton 5 Laura Shropshire 6 Jean Springer 7 Lisa Johnson Please help us keep this list up to date!

The Pisgah Post is published monthly by the Pisgah Presbyterian Church, 710 Pisgah Pike, Versailles, KY 40383. The deadline for the May 2010 issue of the newsletter is April 23. Please submit signed articles to the church office or email them to office@pisgahchurch.org.

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Sundays at Pisgah Church 9:45a.m. Sunday School 11:00a.m. Morning Worship

The Staff Email Vic: pastor@pisgahchurch.org Lynn: office@pisgahchurch.org

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Pisgah Church Staff Vic Priebe, Interim Pastor Linda Jones, Organist Lynn Davis, Secretary Ted Bendis, Bookkeeper Bob Keller, Groundskeeper Rhonda Ball, Nursery Worker

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