SWIFT  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH

A Church That Practices Fruitful Living

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MUSIC  NOTES
by Lisa Cardwell, music director

Our music ministry is busy preparing for Holy Week 2017.

The Joyful Tones chime choir is rehearsing after 10:00 services on Sundays. We are preparing “Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley” and “Near the Cross” for Maundy Thursday and “When I Survey The Wondrous Cross” and “There Is a Redeemer” for Good Friday. The congregation will be singing as we play.

The chancel choir is preparing a powerful Maundy Thursday anthem called “Awake, Alone in Gethsemane” incorporating the “Adagio” from Moonlight Sonata as the accompaniment and the hymn tune Aberystwyth as the vocal line. Aberystwyth is better known as “Watchman, Tell Us of the Night.” The anthem “How Beautiful” will also be sung on Maundy Thursday. On Good Friday, the choir will sing “Hope of the World,” featuring Erica Lovato on oboe. On Easter Morning, the chancel choir will sing “Communion Canon” with handbells.

The handbell choir will also be leading the Holy Week services. On Maundy Thursday, they will present “The Cross,” and on Good Friday, “Were You There?” Chris Rogers will have the honor of tolling the bell 33 times at the end of the Good Friday service, as we mourn the death of Jesus. On Easter Sunday, the handbell will play the prelude “Crown Him with Many Crowns.”

We welcome Jenni Rachel Cain as our 10:00 pianist. She has been playing for our 8:00 service for 11 years. She comes in at a busy time but has met the challenge with enthusiasm.

We pray that the many hours we collectively put in for Holy Week leadership are fruitful. We take leadership at this time of the year most seriously, as the events of Holy Week are powerful and humbling, reminding us of the amazing love of Christ for each of us.

WORSHIP REPORT
by Greg McNair and Kim Whitchard, worship elders

Holy Week is April 9–16, and the services at Swift Church promise to provide some interesting twists that should enrich your worship experience.

We pray these services will take you through Jesus’ steps in his final days walking the Earth as a man. We hope they will touch your heart and soul and help you to reflect on the amazing gift of God sending His Son Jesus to die and suffer again in the fires of hell to pay the price for all of our sins.

You won’t want to miss a moment — from Palm Sunday, when Jesus arrives triumphantly in Jerusalem, to Maundy Thursday, when Jesus is betrayed and taken away by the Roman soldiers, only to be humiliated, beaten and sentenced to be nailed to a cross and left to die on Good Friday. On Easter Sunday, we will celebrate Christ’s resurrection from the grave to become our Living LORD at God’s side in heaven.

For Palm Sunday, bring palm branches from home or get them when you arrive at church.

We will celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper twice during Holy Week — on Maundy Thursday at the 6 p.m. service and again on Easter Sunday morning.

The Maundy Thursday service will feature symbols of Christ’s rejection. We will wrap the cross in the Good Friday service at 6 p.m.

On Easter Sunday, bring flowers to place on the resurrection cross as we prepare to celebrate Christ’s empty tomb and his ascension to heaven. The deacons will serve breakfast between 9 and 9:45.

Please join us for April worship services at Swift Presbyterian Church.

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO SERVE
OUR CHURCH AS A PROJECTIONIST?

We are looking for folks to learn how to be a projectionist on Sundays. This involves loading up the bulletin material, any photos, announcements, etc., and operating the projectors on Sunday mornings. Usually, projectionists take a month’s turn at a time, which generally amounts to three times a year. It can be an interesting and fun way to serve the church. Those who already know how to do this will train you. Please contact the church office if you are interested.

SWIFT  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH

A Church That Practices Fruitful Living

——————

  
MUSIC  NOTES
by Lisa Cardwell, music director

Our music ministry is busy preparing for Holy Week 2017.

The Joyful Tones chime choir is rehearsing after 10:00 services on Sundays. We are preparing “Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley” and “Near the Cross” for Maundy Thursday and “When I Survey The Wondrous Cross” and “There Is a Redeemer” for Good Friday. The congregation will be singing as we play.

The chancel choir is preparing a powerful Maundy Thursday anthem called “Awake, Alone in Gethsemane” incorporating the “Adagio” from Moonlight Sonata as the accompaniment and the hymn tune Aberystwyth as the vocal line. Aberystwyth is better known as “Watchman, Tell Us of the Night.” The anthem “How Beautiful” will also be sung on Maundy Thursday. On Good Friday, the choir will sing “Hope of the World,” featuring Erica Lovato on oboe. On Easter Morning, the chancel choir will sing “Communion Canon” with handbells.

The handbell choir will also be leading the Holy Week services. On Maundy Thursday, they will present “The Cross,” and on Good Friday, “Were You There?” Chris Rogers will have the honor of tolling the bell 33 times at the end of the Good Friday service, as we mourn the death of Jesus. On Easter Sunday, the handbell will play the prelude “Crown Him with Many Crowns.”

We welcome Jenni Rachel Cain as our 10:00 pianist. She has been playing for our 8:00 service for 11 years. She comes in at a busy time but has met the challenge with enthusiasm.

We pray that the many hours we collectively put in for Holy Week leadership are fruitful. We take leadership at this time of the year most seriously, as the events of Holy Week are powerful and humbling, reminding us of the amazing love of Christ for each of us.

WORSHIP REPORT
by Greg McNair and Kim Whitchard, worship elders

Holy Week is April 9–16, and the services at Swift Church promise to provide some interesting twists that should enrich your worship experience.

We pray these services will take you through Jesus’ steps in his final days walking the Earth as a man. We hope they will touch your heart and soul and help you to reflect on the amazing gift of God sending His Son Jesus to die and suffer again in the fires of hell to pay the price for all of our sins.

You won’t want to miss a moment — from Palm Sunday, when Jesus arrives triumphantly in Jerusalem, to Maundy Thursday, when Jesus is betrayed and taken away by the Roman soldiers, only to be humiliated, beaten and sentenced to be nailed to a cross and left to die on Good Friday. On Easter Sunday, we will celebrate Christ’s resurrection from the grave to become our Living LORD at God’s side in heaven.

For Palm Sunday, bring palm branches from home or get them when you arrive at church.

We will celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper twice during Holy Week — on Maundy Thursday at the 6 p.m. service and again on Easter Sunday morning.

The Maundy Thursday service will feature symbols of Christ’s rejection. We will wrap the cross in the Good Friday service at 6 p.m.

On Easter Sunday, bring flowers to place on the resurrection cross as we prepare to celebrate Christ’s empty tomb and his ascension to heaven. The deacons will serve breakfast between 9 and 9:45.

Please join us for April worship services at Swift Presbyterian Church.

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO SERVE
OUR CHURCH AS A PROJECTIONIST?

We are looking for folks to learn how to be a projectionist on Sundays. This involves loading up the bulletin material, any photos, announcements, etc., and operating the projectors on Sunday mornings. Usually, projectionists take a month’s turn at a time, which generally amounts to three times a year. It can be an interesting and fun way to serve the church. Those who already know how to do this will train you. Please contact the church office if you are interested.

SWIFT  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH

A Church That Practices Fruitful Living

——————

  
MUSIC  NOTES
by Lisa Cardwell, music director

Our music ministry is busy preparing for Holy Week 2017.

The Joyful Tones chime choir is rehearsing after 10:00 services on Sundays. We are preparing “Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley” and “Near the Cross” for Maundy Thursday and “When I Survey The Wondrous Cross” and “There Is a Redeemer” for Good Friday. The congregation will be singing as we play.

The chancel choir is preparing a powerful Maundy Thursday anthem called “Awake, Alone in Gethsemane” incorporating the “Adagio” from Moonlight Sonata as the accompaniment and the hymn tune Aberystwyth as the vocal line. Aberystwyth is better known as “Watchman, Tell Us of the Night.” The anthem “How Beautiful” will also be sung on Maundy Thursday. On Good Friday, the choir will sing “Hope of the World,” featuring Erica Lovato on oboe. On Easter Morning, the chancel choir will sing “Communion Canon” with handbells.

The handbell choir will also be leading the Holy Week services. On Maundy Thursday, they will present “The Cross,” and on Good Friday, “Were You There?” Chris Rogers will have the honor of tolling the bell 33 times at the end of the Good Friday service, as we mourn the death of Jesus. On Easter Sunday, the handbell will play the prelude “Crown Him with Many Crowns.”

We welcome Jenni Rachel Cain as our 10:00 pianist. She has been playing for our 8:00 service for 11 years. She comes in at a busy time but has met the challenge with enthusiasm.

We pray that the many hours we collectively put in for Holy Week leadership are fruitful. We take leadership at this time of the year most seriously, as the events of Holy Week are powerful and humbling, reminding us of the amazing love of Christ for each of us.

WORSHIP REPORT
by Greg McNair and Kim Whitchard, worship elders

Holy Week is April 9–16, and the services at Swift Church promise to provide some interesting twists that should enrich your worship experience.

We pray these services will take you through Jesus’ steps in his final days walking the Earth as a man. We hope they will touch your heart and soul and help you to reflect on the amazing gift of God sending His Son Jesus to die and suffer again in the fires of hell to pay the price for all of our sins.

You won’t want to miss a moment — from Palm Sunday, when Jesus arrives triumphantly in Jerusalem, to Maundy Thursday, when Jesus is betrayed and taken away by the Roman soldiers, only to be humiliated, beaten and sentenced to be nailed to a cross and left to die on Good Friday. On Easter Sunday, we will celebrate Christ’s resurrection from the grave to become our Living LORD at God’s side in heaven.

For Palm Sunday, bring palm branches from home or get them when you arrive at church.

We will celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper twice during Holy Week — on Maundy Thursday at the 6 p.m. service and again on Easter Sunday morning.

The Maundy Thursday service will feature symbols of Christ’s rejection. We will wrap the cross in the Good Friday service at 6 p.m.

On Easter Sunday, bring flowers to place on the resurrection cross as we prepare to celebrate Christ’s empty tomb and his ascension to heaven. The deacons will serve breakfast between 9 and 9:45.

Please join us for April worship services at Swift Presbyterian Church.

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO SERVE
OUR CHURCH AS A PROJECTIONIST?

We are looking for folks to learn how to be a projectionist on Sundays. This involves loading up the bulletin material, any photos, announcements, etc., and operating the projectors on Sunday mornings. Usually, projectionists take a month’s turn at a time, which generally amounts to three times a year. It can be an interesting and fun way to serve the church. Those who already know how to do this will train you. Please contact the church office if you are interested.

SWIFT  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH

A Church That Practices Fruitful Living

——————

  
MUSIC  NOTES
by Lisa Cardwell, music director

Our music ministry is busy preparing for Holy Week 2017.

The Joyful Tones chime choir is rehearsing after 10:00 services on Sundays. We are preparing “Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley” and “Near the Cross” for Maundy Thursday and “When I Survey The Wondrous Cross” and “There Is a Redeemer” for Good Friday. The congregation will be singing as we play.

The chancel choir is preparing a powerful Maundy Thursday anthem called “Awake, Alone in Gethsemane” incorporating the “Adagio” from Moonlight Sonata as the accompaniment and the hymn tune Aberystwyth as the vocal line. Aberystwyth is better known as “Watchman, Tell Us of the Night.” The anthem “How Beautiful” will also be sung on Maundy Thursday. On Good Friday, the choir will sing “Hope of the World,” featuring Erica Lovato on oboe. On Easter Morning, the chancel choir will sing “Communion Canon” with handbells.

The handbell choir will also be leading the Holy Week services. On Maundy Thursday, they will present “The Cross,” and on Good Friday, “Were You There?” Chris Rogers will have the honor of tolling the bell 33 times at the end of the Good Friday service, as we mourn the death of Jesus. On Easter Sunday, the handbell will play the prelude “Crown Him with Many Crowns.”

We welcome Jenni Rachel Cain as our 10:00 pianist. She has been playing for our 8:00 service for 11 years. She comes in at a busy time but has met the challenge with enthusiasm.

We pray that the many hours we collectively put in for Holy Week leadership are fruitful. We take leadership at this time of the year most seriously, as the events of Holy Week are powerful and humbling, reminding us of the amazing love of Christ for each of us.

WORSHIP REPORT
by Greg McNair and Kim Whitchard, worship elders

Holy Week is April 9–16, and the services at Swift Church promise to provide some interesting twists that should enrich your worship experience.

We pray these services will take you through Jesus’ steps in his final days walking the Earth as a man. We hope they will touch your heart and soul and help you to reflect on the amazing gift of God sending His Son Jesus to die and suffer again in the fires of hell to pay the price for all of our sins.

You won’t want to miss a moment — from Palm Sunday, when Jesus arrives triumphantly in Jerusalem, to Maundy Thursday, when Jesus is betrayed and taken away by the Roman soldiers, only to be humiliated, beaten and sentenced to be nailed to a cross and left to die on Good Friday. On Easter Sunday, we will celebrate Christ’s resurrection from the grave to become our Living LORD at God’s side in heaven.

For Palm Sunday, bring palm branches from home or get them when you arrive at church.

We will celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper twice during Holy Week — on Maundy Thursday at the 6 p.m. service and again on Easter Sunday morning.

The Maundy Thursday service will feature symbols of Christ’s rejection. We will wrap the cross in the Good Friday service at 6 p.m.

On Easter Sunday, bring flowers to place on the resurrection cross as we prepare to celebrate Christ’s empty tomb and his ascension to heaven. The deacons will serve breakfast between 9 and 9:45.

Please join us for April worship services at Swift Presbyterian Church.

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO SERVE
OUR CHURCH AS A PROJECTIONIST?

We are looking for folks to learn how to be a projectionist on Sundays. This involves loading up the bulletin material, any photos, announcements, etc., and operating the projectors on Sunday mornings. Usually, projectionists take a month’s turn at a time, which generally amounts to three times a year. It can be an interesting and fun way to serve the church. Those who already know how to do this will train you. Please contact the church office if you are interested.

 RADICAL  HOSPITALITY 

‘TWO OR MORE’ GROUP WILL JOIN LENTEN LUNCHEON

The “Two or More” Lunch won’t be held this month. Instead, on Thursday, April 6, at 11:30 a.m., the group will attend the final weekly Community Lenten Luncheon at Foley United Methodist Church, 901 N. Pine St. The Rev. Joe Aldrete of Calvary Chapel Fellowship will give the devotion.
 

  
MEN OF SWIFT

The next event, scheduled for Saturday, April 8, at noon, is a visit to the naval aviation museum at Naval Air Station Pensacola.

The plan is to gather at the “Cubic Bar” Cafe (within the museum) for lunch at noon. A guided tour for our group will begin at 1 p.m. (it lasts 1½–2 hours). You can revisit any of the special exhibits and/or attractions afterward or view shows at the IMAX theaters. Admission is FREE, but donations are appreciated. Contact: phone/voice-mail/text Jim Runtz at 251-923-8169; e-mail jimruntz@gmail.com.