Otterbein Outreach

Announcements 6

Worship Help 8

Prayer List 10

Birthdays 11

South District 12

Bible Quiz & Christian Symbol

13

Puzzle Page 14

Calendar 15

Inside this issue:

Monday, April 12, 6:30-8:00 PM—for “Vaccines, Variants and the Road Ahead.”

That’s the focus of an upcoming webinar on Zoom, sponsored by the Eastern PA Conference Global Ministries Team. The team includes members of the Confer-ence’s former Health & Healing Council.

Two doctors of pharmacy (from St. John’s University in New York) will share what they know and can advise about the three new vaccines now in use to fight COVID-19. Dr. Elsen Jacob is an Assistant Professor at St. Johns University with a clinical residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Her sister Dr. Susan Jacob is a Clinical Pharmacist at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Both are board certified in pharmacotherapy, geriatric pharmacy and patient safety; and both are earning additional Master’s degrees from ivy-league medical schools. Learn more about their education and specialties.*

Dr. Elsen Jacob Dr. Susan Jacob

The two pharmacotherapists will tell us all about the Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson

April, 2021

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Experts to teach Eastern PA about COVID vaccines, variants

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& Johnson vaccines and related concerns. They will discuss the similarities and differences among the three vaccines and other related topics, including:

When should children be eligible to receive them?

What do we know and what can we do about the variants now spreading in the U.S?

What is the effectiveness of the vaccines in fighting the variants?

What should we expect in 2021 and 2022 in our fight to end the pandemic?

What should the church know and prepare for in the months ahead, including how to safely regather for worship and events?

Part of our Eastern PA Conference extended family, Susan and Elsen are daughters of the Rev. Dr. Christo-pher and Christy Jacob Kurien, along with their sister Ann Jacob, an Eastern PA Conference delegate to Gen-eral Conference.

“The Global Ministries Team is pleased to provide this program as a resource to enable churches to partici-pate in health ministry with their neighbors,” said Deaconess Barbara Drake, Global Ministries chairperson and missions secretary. “We are advocating for an understanding of the importance of vaccines for the protec-tion of the health of our entire communities.”

*Susan Jacob is a Clinical Pharmacist with a decade of healthcare experience. She is board certified in Pharmacotherapy and Geriatrics, and certified in Patient Safety. She obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from St. John’s University in New York followed by her pharmacy residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut.

For the past four years Dr. Jacob has served as an Attending Clinical Pharmacist in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She is passionate about interdisciplinary collaboration and edu-cation, population health and equity, patient safety, and transformative healthcare leadership. Susan is cur-rently pursuing her Master’s in Clinical Service Operations from Harvard Medical School.

*Elsen Jacob is an Assistant Professor at St. John’s University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She has a clinical practice site at the Mount Sinai Hospital, where she also serves as the In-patient Pharmacy faculty for the Mount Sinai Family Medicine Residency and Pharmacy Residency programs.

Dr. Jacob completed her Pharm.D. from St. John’s University and her Pharmacy Residency from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Epidemiology at Columbia Uni-versity. She is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist, board-certified geriatric pharmacist and a certi-fied professional in patient safety. In addition to being actively involved in several local and national phar-macy organizations, Dr. Jacob is also the founder and President of the Coalition for the Advancement of Pharmacy Practice or CAP.

Register Now at: www.epaumc.org/news/experts-to-teach-eastern-pa-about-covid-vaccines-variants/

Dear Family and Friends of Otterbein

In the absence of being able to physically attend church services, we have found a way to live stream our ser-vice right into your homes using your computer, IPad, or telephone.

We will meet virtually every Sunday morning at 10:00 AM

Below you will find a link that when selected on your smartphone, IPad, or computer will take you right into the zoom meeting.

For those who never used zoom before, it will prompt you to download, save, and run a file. This is a one-time feature and will not need to be repeated in the future provided you use the same piece of electronics each Sunday. I would suggest joining the meeting 10 minutes early to allow for the installation.

Every week on Sunday, April 4, 2021 10:00 AM (Easter Sunday) April 11, 2021 10:00 AM April 18, 2021 10:00 April 25, 2021 10:00 AM

Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/148495937 Meeting ID: 148 495 937 Password: 048052 One tap mobile +19292056099,,148495937# US (New York) Dial by your location

Meeting ID: 148 495 937 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/acwCnsTm0K

New way to listen on a land line phone Sermon by Phone: Dial 1-484-203-7564

Blessings, Pastor Deborah


COVID-19 REQUIRED PROCEDURES Church is open to anyone who doesn’t have internet access

In a continuing effort for members and friends safety during the Covid-19 Pandemic, the following proce-dures shall be practiced from October 25, 2020 until further notice. In order to attend these hotspot sessions, you MUST:

have your temperature taken at the door wash hands with hand sanitizer sign a covenant regarding masking and exposure agree to wear a mask at all times while in the church building OVER NOSE, MOUTH AND CHIN refrain from touching anything unnecessarily, shaking hands, hugging others commit to social distancing of 6 FEET OR MORE between immediate family groups leave right after the service is finished. NO SINGING ALOUD IS PERMITTED.

There will be questions that all members and visitors will be asked prior to attending Otterbein worship ser-vice.

https://zoom.us/j/148495937

https://zoom.us/u/acwCnsTm0K


Bible Study on Zoom at 6:30pm Meeting ID: 881 8338 3515 Password: 429005

Special dates

Maundy Thursday, April 1, 2021

Good Friday, April 2, 2021

Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021

Administrative Professionals Day, April 21, 2021

Otterbein UM Church 181 Walnut Street Mont Clare, PA 19453

Here is the link to Allison’s YouTube channel which will have the Zoom services and also the Wednesday contemporary services. The Playlist with the contemporary songs is called "Mid-week Musical Mood Boost."

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2vGdAFrmGJQrETNi5httKA

and

Spring Melody 2020 - Ochie's Collections https://youtube.com/channel/UCJJkj67_eLzeVUTQdbjytmw

UMW Thursday, April 15

6:30pm

Saturday, April 3

Service Please have a small amount of oil ready

for anointing. 7:00pm on Zoom

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2vGdAFrmGJQrETNi5httKA


Cultivating kindness

An Easter prayer

Tying together the Testaments

From the grave’s depths, Lord Jesus Christ, you emerged, break-ing the hold of sin, death and hell, that those who trust in you might share in your righteousness, life and beloved community with God the Father and all God's children. We bow in awe before your maj-esty, giving thanks for your grace

Kind hearts are the gardens.

Kind thoughts are the roots.

Kind words are the flowers.

Kind deeds are the fruits.

Take care of your garden

and keep out the weeds.

Fill it with sunshine,

kind words and kind deeds.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In most non-English-speaking nations, the holy day of Easter is known by a word derived from the Hebrew word for Passo-ver: Pesach. In Greek, it’s Pasch; in Latin, Pascha; in Span-ish, Pascua; and in French, Paques.

Each spring, Jewish people ob-serve the Passover festival to

extended so bountifully to us. By the power of your Spirit who lives within us, may we share the astonishing news of your resurrection with others, that they also may know your saving grace. Amen.

commemorate how God de-livered them from slavery in Egypt. The Christian ob-servance of the Lord’s Supper (the Eucharist, Holy Com-munion or the Lord’s Table) originated with Jesus sharing the Passover Seder meal with his disciples the night Judas betrayed him. Jesus connect-ed the exodus story with his

own mission: becoming a “Paschal Lamb” to save his people from the slavery of sin and its consequences.

Worship Helpers


Counters

Altar Flowers In Memory of...

Greeters

4th

11th

18th

25th

To Call for Greeters

Months Responsible for Getting Greeters

January & February Vernon Readman

March & April Kay Kunsch

May & June Vacant-See Mona if you would help to get greeters

July & August Nancy Kukucka

September & October Lloyd Knauer

November & December Bill Epprecht

Readers (if needed)

4th Mila Lambert

11th

18th Betsy Ettinger

25th Dianne Fisher

During the coronavirus pandemic Mona Knauer has been getting the mail

and depositing offerings.

During the corona virus pandemic, if you have

flowers for the altar you may pick up an arrange-

ment at Beth Ann’s Flowers. Please call ahead of

time at 610-948-8999

If you are in need of assistance of any kind, please contact one of the church members listed below. Be assured that your church family will support you in every way possible. Pastor Deborah Gildart-Hanks (C) 484-356-4888 (H) 610-518-0231 Email: [email protected] Lay Leader & Christ Servant Minister: Dianne Maylen 610-983-0113 SPRC Chairman: Betsy Ettinger (H) 610-933-6371 (C) 484-802-0843 Church Secretary: Mona Knauer 484-880-9001 Church Office: 610-933-8690 Church Email address: [email protected] Church Website: otterbeinchurch.net

mailto:[email protected]


pull off our own righteousness, and not only lay it under Christ’s feet but even trample upon it ourselves.

A fitting tribute

A grand entrance

When Christ entered into Je-rusalem, the people spread garments in the way. When he enters into our hearts, we

Decades ago, as English ac-tress Gertrude Lawrence wait-ed behind the curtain for a play to begin, the queen up-staged her by arriving at the royal box to much applause. “What an entrance,” Law-rence remarked, to which her friend, playwright Noel Cow-ard, replied, “What a part!”

Jesus certainly made a grand entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, entering to adoring shouts of “Hosanna!” But worldly glory and fame weren’t his intent. Instead,

Setting captives free

basket.

Knock knock. Who’s there? Hatch. Hatch who? God bless you!

What should you do after eating so many Easter treats? Eggs-ercise!

Why shouldn’t you tell an Easter egg a joke? It

—Augustus Toplady (1740–

1778)

More churches lately have been resurrecting (pardon the pun!) the early-church tradition of celebrating the second Sunday of Easter as Holy Humor Sunday, affirming the season’s joy. Need some jokes for April 11? Try these:

Easter is the only time when it’s perfectly safe to put all your eggs in one

might crack up!

An irate subscriber called the newspaper, demanding to know where her Sunday edition was. “Ma’am,” said the employee, “today is Saturday. The Sunday paper isn’t delivered until Sun-day.” After a brief pause, the caller spoke with a ray of recog-nition: “So that’s why no one was in church today.”

our Lord knew that his Fa-ther had prepared a sacrifi-cial role for him. Jesus han-dled the adulation with dig-nity and poise. The humble yet courageous Son of God knew that danger, des-pair and death awaited — but that he must endure it all to fulfill proph-ecy for humanity’s sake. The pageantry of Palm Sunday is a stark contrast

to the role of Suffering Serv-ant that Jesus faced a few short days later. Yet each event during Holy Week rep-resents victory — for Jesus

as well as for his be-loved children.

Palm Sunday is a glorious day, so let us wave palms and shout, “Hosanna in the highest heav-en!” The Savior has

come. What an entrance! What a part!


Pray List

Doc Batkyo

Sharon Beard

Tiffany, Michael and Tia Berkey

Sandy Berish

Dave Boljonis

Pete Bryant

Rosemary Colybas

Frank Cook

Walt and Timi Cory

Sarah May Dieter

Todd Hanks

Joe Kukucka

Kay Kunsch

Jason Lehman

Dolores Miller

Joanne Neitzler

Joanne O’Neal

Drew Patzuk

Marissa, Dustin and Denver Poole

Lisa Rumler

Maryjane Schum

Ben Stippich

Larry Trisch

Elmer Wadsworth

Bobby Watts and Stacy Ettinger

Kal-El Whitney

Iona Wilkinson

Bob Wilt

Serving our Country SSG Elizabeth Stippich 108th ASMC APO, AE 09017 MSGT Nicholas R Wilt In Our Neighborhood President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. All Our Government Leaders Pastor Deborah and family For those in storms and floods Victims of Shooting and bombings

Pray for our Homebound

Beatrice (Bea) Collemacine

Pennsburg Manor

530 Macoby Street

Room 215B

Pennsburg, PA 18073

Fran Erskine

Cynthia Isaacs

400 Walnut Street

#209

Royersford PA 19468

Betty Jaworski

233 Miami Avenue

Eagleville PA 19403

Janice Wood

625 Nutt Road

Phoenixville, PA 19460

Please let Mona Knauer know if you would like to add or remove someone from the prayer list. You can leave a message on the church office phone (610-933-8690 or email the church at [email protected]


If I have missed your birthday, please let me know. I am trying to update the birthday list. Thanks Mona

6 April (Cory) Huang

9 Jim Kunsch, Jr

10 Claire Hoffman

13 Grayson Bradbury

14 Ryan Watt

15 Bob Rodenbaugh

David Knauer

16 Janette Van Horn

Ronald Van Horn

18 Joe Wilt

Margie Cook

20 Betty Jaworski

23 Matthew Wilt

24 Mill Lambert

29 Greg Wadsworth

30 Matthew Wadsworth

Dillon Mourar


Eastern PA Conference and Local Church Events

SAVE-THE-DATES

April 11: Bishop Johnson Zoom Meeting with Confirmands. Learn More.

April 16-18: Dismantling Racism, Level 1, Virtual. Register. ●

April 22: Policing in African American Communities Seminar. 6:30 PM on Zoom.

April 24: This Holy Mystery: A UM Study of Holy Communion - Part 1. 9 AM - 11:30 AM via Zoom. Register.

April 24 & May 1: Virtual Urban Summit. April 24th from 10 AM – 12 noon and May 1st from 10 AM - 12

Noon for Adults. May 1st from 12 Noon - 2 PM for the Urban Youth Summit.

May 1: "Relating with Clergy Spouses" workshop by Artos. From 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM on Zoom. Download the

flyer. Register.

May 2: CONAM Spring Learning & Fellowship Event (Zoom)

This Holy Mystery: A UM Study of Holy Communion A study on Zoom offered by the Board of Ordained Ministry The Eastern PA Conference Board of Ordained Ministry offers a new study of Holy Communion led by the Revs. Candy LaBar and Gary Knerr, in two sessions on Zoom:

Saturday, April 24, 9:00-11:30 AM

Saturday, May 8, 9:00-11:30 AM John Wesley called the Lord’s Supper the means of grace par excellence. Do pastors believe the same as Fa-ther John? Do our congregants? How important is communion to our relationship with Christ & our Chris-tian spirituality in general? Is Christ really present in the consecrated elements? Or is the Lord’s Supper a meal that merely recalls Jesus’ sacrifice? Is it truly a gospel feast or a dessert after the “meat & potatoes” of the sermon? This This Holy Mystery: A UM Study of Holy Communion, via Zoom, is designed to help all church leaders — and in particular, our licensed local pastors and lay-supply pastors — to wrestle with this theological foun-dation of Holy Communion. To participate, individuals should read Gayle Carlton Felton’s This Holy Mystery (available at cokesbury.com), including Wesley’s sermon, On the Duty of Constant Communion (in the workbook). Al-so, share any questions with the study leaders via email. (Real-world questions — as in: What do I say when a person from my church says… ? — are most welcome!) The registration deadline is Tuesday April 6. Class sessions will take place on two Saturdays, April 24 and May 8, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM via Zoom. (Zoom links will be sent upon registration.) 0.5 CEUs will be offered to those who complete this course. You must participate in BOTH classes as they will not be rec-orded. To register, visit: https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=603087&

http://cokesbury.com/

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Bible Quiz Christian Symbol


LILY—The lily that blooms around Easter is a sym-bol of Christ’s resurrection because it rises from a seem-ingly lifeless bulb decaying in the ground. It is also used as a symbol of Christ him-self. The lily, a symbol of purity, is often used to repre-sent the Virgin Mary.

ANCIENT WORDS OF WORSHIP You may know more ancient Hebrew than you realize. In fact, you’ve probably used the language in worship. A number of words form Hebrew (and the closely related Arama-ic) have become part of Christian church ser-vices through the centuries. Hallelujah means “Praise the Lord!” Look closely, and you’ll see the short form of God’s name, jah (short for Jahweh or Y ahweh), at-tached to the Hebrew word for praise. Hasanna is often heard in Palm Sunday ser-vices, since it was shouted during Jesus’ Tri-umphal Entry into Jerusalem. Originally meaning “save us,” it was the sort of welcome you’d give to a victorious general riding in to a free your city form oppressors. Amen is Hebrew for “surely,” “so be it,” or just plain “yes!” It has long been uttered at the end of prayers, but Jesus often used it at the beginning of key teachings. “Truly, truly, I say to you….” Maranatha was an Aramaic word meaning “Our Lord, come!” The Apostle Paul ex-claimed this as he anticipated Christ’s return to earth (1 Corinthians 16:22).

People in the Bible MARY MAGDALENE; A.D. 1 century;

Matthew 27:56 As Jesus and his disciples traveled from town to town, a group of exceptional women followed and financially supported them wherever they went. Mary Magdalene was among these women. Indebted to Jesus, who had liberated her from demon possession, Mary followed him and gave money to his ministry. Unswerving in her devotion, Mary was at the cross, where she observed Jesus endure this cruel method of Roman execution Watching opposite the tomb where Jesus’ body was taken, she also witnessed his burial by Joseph of Arimathea. She saw the Romans roll an enor-mous stone in front of the tomb, closing off and sealing Jesus’ burial place. After leaving the tomb, she main-tained a vigil through the Sabbath until the dawn of the next day and then returned to the tomb with anointing spices. Atop the stone that had been rolled away from the en-trance of the tomb sat a luminous angel-a truly frighten-ing sight for the Roman guards and for Mary. John’s Gospel says Mary saw to=wo other angels inside the tomb who asked her why she was crying. Mary then turned to see a man she thought was the gardener. She asked him to tell her where he might have carried Jesus’ body. But when the man spoke her name, Mary recog-nized his voice-it was Jesus. For further study, see Matthew 27:56-61; 28:1; Mark 15:40-47; 16:1-9; Luke 8:2; 24:10; John 19:25; 20:1-18.

We know the name of only one of the two disci-ples to whom the risen Jesus appeared on the road to Emmaus. Who was he? A. John B. Paul of Tarsus C. Joseph of Arimathea D. Cleopas Answer: on page 12


Answer: D (See Luke 24:18.)

Otterbein United Methodist Church

181 Walnut Street

Mont Clare, PA 19453

Office Phone: 610-933-8690

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: otterbeinchurch.net

Building a Family of Faith through Christ’s Love

Growing As Disciples of Jesus Christ

Pastor Deborah Gildart-Hanks

Cell: 484-356-4888 Home: 610-518-0231

E-mail: [email protected]

181 Walnut Street

Mont Clare, PA 19453

10:00am Worship

First Sunday of each month is Communion

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Password: 048052

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