Month: March 2022

The week begins with Palm Sunday, April 10 at 10:00 a.m. as we join together in worship to commemorate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem while waving palm branches and proclaiming our faith. This service will feature a full reading of the Passion story from the gospel of Luke. We welcome everyone to a special brunch following worship.

We continue the journey on Maundy Thursday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. with a different type of worship experience in the Fellowship Room as we remember Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples and his betrayal by Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane. This service will be more casual, with the congregation seated around tables and sharing the sacrament together.

Good Friday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. takes us to the foot of the cross in prayer as we share in a Tenebrae (“darkening”) service, extinguishing candles as the story is shared in scripture, poetry and music.

The good news is that we know the result of it all: The Lord is Risen! Easter Sunday, April 17 at 10:00 a.m. is our celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Bring your family, friends and neighbors to witness to our faith and rejoice in what God has done and is still doing in our world. The Sunday school hour will feature an Easter egg hunt for children.

Congrats Judy!

It is our pleasure to present this year’s well deserved Augusta Jeffrey Award to Judy Knutzen-Nerad.

Judy has been a member of First Presbyterian Church GB since 1974 and during that time has served multiple terms as Deacon and is currently serving in that role today. She also now serves as an usher and plays a leadership role in organizing ushers for all services.

Always giving of her time and talent, Judy is an active committee member having served on the CE Committee in the past, and currently serves on both the Funeral Committee and Worship Committee. For many years, you’ve received a newsletter because Judy helped in the office each month and when needed she also volunteers as a substitute for Leah.

The advent wreath we’re blessed to use in worship each year since 1977 is entirely thanks to Judy who donated this in memory of her first husband, Paul. This past year in 2021, the wreath as well as other Advent decorations in the sanctuary were updated by Judy and she also donated the Fellowship Room Christmas tree.

Each year the Augusta Jeffrey awardee designates the $600 award funds to an area of ministry in which the church is engaged and Judy has designated this year’s funds towards sanctuary beautification, with the purchase of a few new banners in mind.

Daughters, Kristin and Tammy, were in attendance at our recognition celebration on Sunday, March 27^th when Judy received the 2022 Augusta Jeffrey Award. As Covid prevented us from having a reception last year, we also celebrated 2021 awardees, Lisa Olson and Amy Wittman.

We are very blessed to have Judy as a member of our church. The next time you see Judy, please take a minute to give her a big thanks for all the generosity she’s shown our community of faith.

The April 24, 2022 worship service at 10am will feature the NEW Dixie Ramblers, a local traditional jazz group that’s been playing together since 2015.

Our own Bruce Deadman is a founding member of the band, and many of you have heard them before at church, Farmer’s Market, or at the Blue Opus. Let’s let Bruce tell the story:

“The Ramblers were founded by local attorney Jon Olson just so he and his wife Patti could have a live band at their annual Mardi Gras bash, ironically held just a few blocks from church at that BIG mansion on Oakland. Turns out that first gig exceeded expectations by a lot, so we decided to stay together and see what developed. Seven years later and we are still at it, although Jon and Patti have moved to New Orleans and we’ve had a few other personnel changes. We really enjoyed playing at the former Blue Opus, and our next favorite thing to do is playing for church services like ours. We are happy to give of our time and talent for your (we hope) inspiration and enjoyment.”

For more on the band visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NEWDixieRamblers/.

We’re so happy that Fellowship hour has returned each week following 10am worship, but we can’t do it without you! Not only do we need you for fellowship, we need host volunteers for fellowship to happen.

There’s nothing to it. You don’t need to make anything, don’t need to buy anything. Just set out the bowl of prepackaged snacks, turn the coffee pot on and mix up some lemonade. When fellowship ends, put everything back in its place and lock up. Easy-peasy.

Sign-up sheets are on the bulletin board for April and May or email us at office@firstpresgreenbay.org.

Please consider a Sunday that works best for you because without host volunteers, fellowship simply can’t happen.