The Communion Offering (extra gifts put in the specially marked envelopes) is used for the Service Fund which is the pastor’s discretionary fund used toward special needs that arise in the congregation or community.  If you know a particular need, please talk to Jane.

The Presbyterian Coffee Project is a concrete way to help people in need while enjoying an outstanding cup of justice.  Coffee, tea, hot chocolate, chocolate bars, baking cocoa and other domestic fair trade items are available for purchase today in the Gathering Room after worship.

The 2008 NetWorkers Mother’s Day cards are here!  Since 2001 the NetWorkers Mother’s Day Project has made it possible each spring for Presbyterians in the U.S. to support malaria prevention programs in Africa while also honoring our mothers and other special women on Mother’s Day. NetWorkers Mother's Day cards are available in exchange for a donation to the NetWorkers Malaria Prevention Program.  Your gifts to the NetWorkers Program are used to purchase mosquito nets overseas and provide training and supplies for volunteer malaria prevention educators in our partner church communities. Cards will be available after worship in the narthex.

Lunch with Ruth Farrell: Join us for lunch today (everything will be provided) to learn more about fair-trade ministry in which CHPC member Ruth Farrell has been involved in Peru and elsewhere. Ruth will share her experiences and perspectives, and help us find out how we can help apply Biblical principles to global exchange. 

Thank you to those who helped with the plant and art sale last weekend. If you provided dishes for the event, you may pick them up in the kitchen today.

Youth group meets today at 4:00 PM in the Youth Room.

You are invited to the commissioning service of Fr. Michael Mernagh, who will be formally commissioned by Bishop Fred Sansone as pastor of and for service to God’s people of the Anamchara Catholic Community today at 5:30 PM at CHPC.  (Anamchara Catholic Community meets in our sanctuary on Sunday evenings at 5:30 PM.)  Fellowship will follow.

There will be a Peace Vigil today from 7:00-8:00 PM at Bardstown Road and Douglass Boulevard.  Bring a candle and sign expressing your feelings.

Tomorrow is our day to work at United Crescent Hill Ministries Kids’ Café. We need four or five workers to work from 4:30-6:30 PM.  It's not hard work and you'll be glad you did it.  Contact Izzy Jones (425-3943) for more information.

Women’s Knitting Group will meet on Tuesday, May 6, at 7:00 PM in the Fireside Room. You are invited to join us.

Children’s Choir and Fellowship (for children in kindergarten through fifth grade) meets on Wednesdays from 5:30-7:00 PM in the Youth Room. On this first Wednesday, May 7, parents are also invited to gather for a time of reflecting together on the intersections between faith and family life, then join the children for pizza at 6:30. A donation for the pizza will be collected.

Music & Meditations will present a deeply moving and creative encounter giving people an opportunity to experience both musical celebration and contemplation of God’s Word in a fresh, exciting jazz and multi-media encounter on Wednesday, May 7, 7:00 PM, at Bardstown Road Presbyterian Church, 1722 Bardstown Road.

Adult Choir will meet on Wednesday, May 8, at 7:30 PM in the Choir Room.

Pentecost will be next Sunday, May 11.  We will celebrate worship outside (behind the back building—weather permitting) followed by a potluck in Fellowship Hall. Plan to wear red, the liturgical color for Pentecost and bring a generous dish to share.

Cedar Ridge will be hosting a Golf Scramble on May 12th to support Camp Hope, a free camp for children of military families.  The scramble will be held at Oldham County Golf and Country Club beginning at 9:00 AM. Guests will receive a gift bag, light breakfast, and lunch as well as golf and carts. There will be prizes, including one for a new car. Cost is $65 per golfer. Sponsorships available. To sign up, call 267-5848, ext. 103.

United Crescent Hill Ministries is currently seeking volunteers to help with the Dare to Care food pantry. The position includes bending, lifting, standing and packing food orders.  If you have heart for helping others and availability on weekdays between 1:30-4:30 PM (our greatest need is Tuesday), please call Karen Tyler at 893-3046.