Come worship with us on Sundays at 10:15 a.m.

begins the Lenten Season on February 26

This is a day of repentance, confession, and pardon. The pow-

erful symbols of Ash Wednesday help to lead us into the spir-

itual disciplines of Lent. Traditionally, these include the ashes

from palm branches that were waved the previous year on

Palm Sunday and brought out for use on Ash Wednesday. We

receive a cross-shaped sign on our foreheads as we remember that we are dust

and to dust we shall return.

Cherry Hill Church will offer an Ash Wednesday worship service on February 26,

at 7:00 p.m. in the chapel. The service will include the imposition of ashes (for

those who wish) and the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. All are welcome!

February 2020

24110 Cherry Hill Rd.

Dearborn, MI 48124

313-563-4800

Church Office Hours:

Monday - Friday

8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

cherryhillchurch.org

FOURTH ANNUAL SOUPER BOWL CHALLENGE! Ends February 2, 2020

Once again, St. Paul Lutheran Church challenges Cherry Hill Presbyterian, Good Shepherd United Methodist, Christ Episcopal, and First United Meth-odist to the annual “Souper Bowl Challenge.” Each church is asked to col-lect cans of food to benefit each church’s food pantry. Any type of canned food is gratefully accepted OR monetary contributions count as well, $1= 1 can. The challenge started January 1 and will continue until Super Bowl Sunday, February 2. The church that collects the most canned goods will win the challenge and will get to keep the coveted trophy for the next year. Cherry Hill has won the past three years! With your help, we may just be able to hold on to our title! All items and money received at Cherry Hill will benefit our Helping Hand Food Pantry. Please note: the pantry is in need of canned soup, tuna, fruit, and vegetables. Are we up to the challenge this year?

SOUPER BOWL SUNDAY LUNCHEON & THIRD ANNUAL BIBLE TRIVIA BOWL

Members of the Church Growth and Fellowship Committee are hosting this year’s Souper Bowl Sunday Luncheon on Sunday, February 2. The Com-mittee will provide salad, bread, and desserts. This year, members of the congregation will have the opportunity to sign up to bring a crock pot of their favorite soup for all to enjoy. A signup sheet is on the table in Weir Foyer for those wishing to bring soup. After lunch, the second annual Bible Trivia Bowl will take place! This was a great event last year and we are looking forward to another tasty and fun-filled afternoon.

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY OFFERING February 2, 2020

As is our tradition, we will receive the “Super Bowl” offering at the end of worship on Sunday, February 2. Those attending worship will be asked to put a dollar or more in one of the soup pots at the doors. All money received will be given to our Helping Hand Food Pantry.

YOU CAN’T STEP IN THE SAME RIVER TWICE

I love the story of the two United States Navy ships that were doing maneuvers in the Atlantic Ocean, just east of Long Island Sound. They realized they were coming straight at one another. The first ship signaled to the second ship, “Change your course 30 degrees to the south.” The second ship shot back, “Change your course 30 degrees to the north.” The first ship shot back, “This is the Admiral speaking, change your course 30 degrees to the south!” The second ship responded, “This is Seaman Second Class Shultz, change your course 30 degrees to the north.” The first ship shot back, “This is the ADMIRAL speaking, change your course 30 degrees to the south. I am a battleship!” The

second ship shot back, “This is Seaman Second Class Schultz. Change your course 30 degrees to the north. I am a lighthouse!”

Now there’s a sermon in there somewhere and the sermon is you can’t beat a fixed point in a world of change. 560 years before Jesus Christ lived, a Greek Philosopher named Heraclitus said, “Nothing endures but change. Therefore, you can’t step into the same river twice, for by the time you have stepped into the riv-er and stepped out of it and stepped back into it again, the river is very different.” The great philosopher, Al-fred North Whitehead, took the words of Hercalitus several years ago and update them even more. White-head said, “Not only is the river different, but every human being is changing physiologically and biologically, and even chemically in a sense, every moment.” We have a trillion cells in our body. Do you know that dur-ing this worship service a million of your cells will die. Don’t worry, a million cells are dividing and a million new cells are being born. Molecular biologists tell us that every week of our life our stomach lining changes. Our skin changes every month of our life. Therefore, by the time you put your foot in the river and step out and step back in again, you are a different person. So the same person can’t even step into the same river twice.

Any living organism experiences change or it dies. That is also true of churches. We only have life as we continue to change. These necessary changes don’t make the church a different place any more than ma-turity makes us different persons. But, clearly, challenges have to be experienced for a church to grow spiritu-ally and numerically.

The common wisdom on this topic claims that most people resist change. I remember a dear woman in my Ohio church named Ruth Bloom. I forget how old Ruth was when she died, but she was at least 90. I remember visiting with her one afternoon and saying with great enthusiasm, “Ruth, just think of all the chang-es you have seen in your lifetime!” Ruth sighed and said, “I sure have and I’ve been against every one of them!” I think a lot of us can relate with dear Ruth. However, according to Ron Heifetz of the Harvard Busi-ness School, what people actually resist is the loss that accompanies changes. I think that is a helpful correc-tive. Churches want to grow and continue maturing in their identity as the Body of Christ. We want to receive the new thing God is trying to give us. But we can only do that if we let go of the blessings of yesterday. There is no way to do that without grieving, and grieving is one of the most spiritual things. It is a way of giv-ing thanks for the blessings we received – yesterday.

All of this is to say, that it is OK to be sad when a program in the church comes to an end, personnel change, the worship service is different, or you realized that you don’t always recognize every single face on a Sunday morning. Dr. Craig Barnes says, “These are all experiences of the cross. The cross is always an invitation to the new life that only comes to empty and open hands.” Rev. Mark Phillips

FINANCIAL REPORT FOR

Financial Notes: * Please note that the actual year to date income reflects an approved transfer of $100,000 from the savings account to the general fund. * You may still pay your per capita for 2020 - $31.00 for each active member.

Actual for Period Actual Year-to-Date Budget Annual

Income $34,123.33 $370,627.07 $353,715.00

Expense $29,183.72 $286,845.04 $320,655.00

Total Contributions (Over)/ Under

Expense

$5,929.61 $73,682.03 $33,060.00

FEBRUARY 2020 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

KEY: MP-Memorial Parlor L-Library FH-Fellowship Hall C-Chapel N-Nursery

HFV-Henry Ford Village CP-Chapel Parlor PR-Pillow Room HH-Helping Hand CE-Christian Educa-tion YL-Youth Lounge

PW-Presbyterian Women CHUP-Preschool S-Sanctuary DPCC-Dearborn Pastoral Counseling Cen-ter ST-Star Theater

1 10am-2pm DHS

2 Communion/

Souper Bowl 10:15am Worship Ser-vice & Godly Play

11:45am Souper Bowl Luncheon- & Trivia-ST

3 12-3pm Sew What-

MP 3pm Bible Study

Group-CP 7pm New Member

Class-CP

4 6:30pm Boy Scouts-ST 7pm Peace Circle-MP 7pm Zumba-FH

5 9:30am-1pm Helping

Hand 10am Pikeville Circle-HFV 6pm Potluck Dinner-MP 6:30pm Yoga-ST 7pm Worship-C 7:30pm Choir Re-hearsal

6

7 9:15-10:45am CHUP

Moms & Tots Class-N

5-8pm Troop 1111 Pancake Supper-FH

8 10am-2pm DHS

9 10:15am Worship Ser-vice & Godly Play

12pm Adult SS-CP 12pm Property Mtg-L

10 12-3pm Sew What-

MP 3pm Bible Study

Group-CP

11 3pm Mission Mtg-MP 6:30pm Boy Scouts-ST 6:30pm Church

Growth & Fellow-ship-MP

7pm CE Mtg-CE 7pm Boy Scouts-ST 7pm Boy Scout

Comm. Mtg-HH 7pm Zumba-FH

12 9:10am CHUP Bd Mtg

-MP/N 9:30am-1pm Helping

Hand 6pm W & M Mtg - CE 6:30pm Yoga-ST 7:30pm Choir Re-hearsal

13

14 9:15-10:45am CHUP

Moms & Tots Class-N

11:45am CHUP Clean Up Day-N

15 10am-2pm DHS

16 Loose Change

Offering-HH 10:15am Worship Ser-vice & Godly Play

12pm Adult SS-CP

17 President’s

Day

N o C H U P

Office Closed 7pm Boy Scout

Comm Mtg-HH

18

7pm Session-MP 7pm Zumba-FH

19

9:30am-1pm Helping Hand

6:30pm Yoga-ST 6:30pm Bd of Dea-

cons-MP 7:30pm Choir Re-hearsal

20

9am Men’s Breakfast @ Rex’s

21

22 10am-2pm DHS

23 Transfiguration of

the Lord 10:15am Worship Ser-vice & Godly Play

12pm Adult SS-CP 4pm Music at Cherry Hill Concert-Charles Miller, Organist

24 CHUP Resumes 12-3pm Sew What-

MP 3pm Bible Study

Group-CP

25 6:30pm Boy Scouts-ST 7pm Zumba-FH

26 Ash Wednes-

day 9:30am-1pm Helping

Hand 9:30am PW CT Mtg-

MP 6:30pm Yoga-ST 7pm Worship-C 7pm Troop Comm

Mtg-L 7:45pm Choir Re-hearsal

27 12-3 Colony Club

-MP

28 9:15-10:45am CHUP

Moms & Tots Class-N

29 10am-2pm DHS

1/17/20

ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CLASSES TO STUDY PARABLES

IN FEBRUARY

MONDAY AFTERNOON STUDY GROUP 3:00 p.m. - Chapel Parlor

A class favorite returns – a study of the Parables of Jesus with Dr. Ken Bailey. Ken Bailey spent 40 years teaching New Testament in Semi-naries and Research Institutes in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Cy-prus. In this study, Dr. Bailey interprets the parables of Jesus from a Mid-dle Eastern point of view. The Monday Afternoon study group has used this resource in the past, and we always come away with a new perspective and understand-ing of Jesus words. The class meets in Chapel Parlor at 3:00 pm.

Our schedule is as follows: February 3 The Sower and Two Builders (Luke 4: 8-15, Luke 6: 47-49) February 10 The Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke 18: 9-14) February 17 No Class – President’s Day February 24 The Farmer & His Servant, The Widow & The Judge (Luke 20: 9-19, Luke 18: 1-18)

February 2 Communion Afraid of Your Shadow? - Psalm 91, Exodus 14: 5-14 Liturgist: Sherry Brown

February 9 How Far Do My Words Travel? - Luke 7: 1-10 Liturgist: Sharon Dean

February 16 The Rev. Richard Peters, Guest Preacher Liturgist: Jan Holmes

February 23 Transfiguration of the Lord We Are Not Going to See the Wizard – Exodus 24: 12-18, Matthew 17:1-9 Liturgist: Wendy Solgan

ADULT SUNDAY CLASS February 9 – 12:00 Noon

In Chapel Parlor

Bob Jones will lead this class in a discussion of “The Scary Para-bles of Jesus” and will base the discussion on William Barclay’s book, “The Parables of Jesus.” This class will include an introduc-tion to the Parables in the New Testament, as well as, the various groups of parables (feel good sto-ries, informational, etc.). The Sun-day class will look at the Parable of the Rich Fool, the Wicked Tenants, and the Judgment of the Nations (Sheep and Goats). This group gathers in Chapel Parlor at 12:00 noon on Sundays!

GOOD NEWS! GREAT JOY! The Mission Committee would like to provide an update on our Christmas pro-ject, Operation Christmas Child (AKA: Shoeboxes). This year 10,569,405 gift filled shoeboxes were sent to children worldwide. Our 97 boxes were distribut-ed in Togo and Ukraine.

Togo is a small country on the west coast of Africa. You may remember that all of the shoeboxes we packed last year (81 total) were tracked to an orphan-age in Togo. Shoebox gifts sent to Togo this year were, again, distributed in

their many orphanages.

Including the ones from here, there were 107,682 shoeboxes sent to Ukraine this year. Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe. A great effort was made to reach the war-impacted villages outside of cit-

ies. Shoeboxes were delivered to orphanages, schools and churches. Some of the “Thank You” notes which were received: ..from a mother... Through our church, my children were able to receive shoebox gifts. Those pencils, markers, socks and toys - they are all so nice. And it is something we really cannot afford to buy at present situation. It was a great holiday for the children, and for us, too. We really saw the true meaning of Christmas. ~Nadia. ...from the pastor...The frontline means poverty, destruction and hopelessness. A shoebox gift is a real joy, real happiness for a child. I would like to thank everybody who takes part in this ministry. You are making a price-less investment into the lives of children. Thank you very

much. ~Pastor Anatolly

The Mission Committee wishes to thank the congregation again, for so generously and enthusiastically becoming involved in this project. It truly does bring us Great Joy, to work on your behalf.

Cherry Hill’s Mission Statement We are committed to discerning and doing God’s will, through worship, study, and mission

while becoming a more open, supportive community of members and neighbors.

Welcoming everyone. Including all. Adopted by Session December 17, 2013

The Mission Committee has decided to share God’s love with the patients at the VA Hospital in Detroit. Valentine Cards will be on the tables on Sunday, Feb-ruary 2 before church and on the tables during the Souper Bowl luncheon. Please sign as many as you wish. We will also have them available to sign on February 9.

LOOSE CHANGE

The first Loose Change Offering for this year will be held on Sunday, February 16. The benefactor is our Helping Hand Pantry. Please give generously!

PRESENTS...SPECIAL CONCERT THIS MONTH:

February 23, 2020 – 4:00 pm

CHARLES MILLER, ORGANIST

Our “Music at Cherry Hill” concert series is pleased to present organist Charles Miller in recital on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 4:00 pm. Charles began his music ministry at Cherry Hill on January 1, 2020 and was installed as Director of Music & Organist during worship on Sunday, January 12, 2020. We are thrilled to have him a member of our staff and our church family.

A native of Traverse City, Michigan, Mr. Miller graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance from the University of Michi-gan in the class of Robert Glasgow, and his master’s degree in choral conducting from the University of Connecticut. Prior to his appointment in Detroit, Charles served as the interim Associate Musician and Organist, Cathedral of All Saints (Episcopal), Albany, NY. From 2006-2013 he was Minister of Music and Organist at National City Christian Church in Washington D.C. and from 2001-2006 Associate Or-ganist and Director of Music at Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford, CT. Earlier positions in-clude Director of Music and Organist, First Church of Christ in Hartford (Center Church), Hartford, CT, Organist/Choirmaster, Trinity Episcopal Church, Tariffville, CT, Assistant Organist, Christ Church (Episcopal), Grosse Pointe, MI, and Organist, First United Methodist Church, Farmington, MI

Charles has been featured in solo recitals at the National Cathedral and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., St. Thomas Church and the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City, York Min-ster, England and St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. He performed three times for the Spoleto Festival in South Carolina and his 1995 performance there was featured on NPR’s Pipedreams.

In addition to his position at Cherry Hill, Charles will continue to serve as President and Owner, Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists (booking & PR agency for concert organists).

For his first concert at Cherry Hill, Charles’ program will include works by John Cook, Johann Se-bastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Jean Langlais, Cesar Franck, Herbert Howells, Frederick Swann, and Louis Vierne.

A free will offering will be received. All are encouraged and welcome to attend!

GIRL SCOUT COOKIE BOOTH

The Session has once again approved the Girls Scouts of America local troops to sell their cookies in our parking lot. They have been doing this for many years, and people look forward to being able to buy their favorite cookies in a drive-thru format.

The selling dates are: February 14 - April 5 The selling times are: Monday - Friday from 3-6 pm, Saturday & Sunday from 12 - 6 pm, extended hours during Spring Break are April 17–21 from 12 - 3 pm.

STAFF UPDATE

We want to let the congregation know that Lisa Levangie is no longer employed by the church as the office administrator. We are very grateful to Lisa for her nine years of service to Cherry Hill and wish her all the best in her future endeavors.

NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC A few of my favorite things: Hymn and Hymn Singing Thank you all so very much for your exceedingly warm and gracious welcome to Cherry Hill Presbyterian Church! It is indeed good to be here and to be making music with and for you in this holy place. I often am asked: “What is your favorite hymn?”. My usual reply begins with a bit of stumbling and stuttering, because I truthfully love almost ALL of the hymns of the church and find it difficult to choose a favorite. Being that I am the grandson of a church organist and the son of two dedicated choir singers, I believe my love for hymns began in the womb. I’ll jokingly tell people that when I was born, I didn’t enter the world crying, but singing a hymn! My early piano lesson repertoire and technical exercises were routinely pushed aside so I could flip open the hymnal and learn those tunes that my grandmother played. Of all of the duties I have as director of music, where my true passion lies as an organist, and what I take most seriously of all, is playing hymns and accompanying congerga- tional song. You will be happy to know that I am already remarkably impressed by the singing I hear from the Cherry Hill congregation on Sunday morning, and that you instantly have made my job here a a great deal of fun! Good hymn playing is the primary responsibility of any church organist – FAR more important than preludes and postludes, even though they are too integral to a good worship service. As we get to know each other better and worship more together, our congregational song will hopefully blossom even fuller than what it already is. So, as we walk together, I thought I would share few thoughts about my vision for hymn singing and hymn playing here at Cherry Hill:

• I consider myself being a bit less of a leader and more of a partner with everyone in the congregation. The organ and the congregation should be one large unified voice of praise.

• On the use of the organ: my long-time rule of thumb is that if I can’t hear you singing, I am playing too loudly. This is not to say that the organ will always be demure; I also challenge every congregation member to raise their voices louder so I can play louder!!

• The sound of the organ should reflect the text and the overall emotion of the hymn, and its volume and color will (and should) change for each verse of the hymn.

• My general instruction to the Choir is that the first and last verses of a hymn are those where everyone sings the melody, with the inner verses sung in four-part harmony, as the congregation members desire and feel comfortable. The last verse will often have an alter-nate harmonization, to give the hymn some “lift” and some variety.

• We will soon experiment with having some verses of a hymn sung only by the women, and then others sung only by the men. Or the organ may drop out for a verse. Challenge is ahead and the goal is to be a bit creative each week.

On hymn singing, John Wesley writes: “Sing all. See that you join with the congregation as frequently as you can. Let not a single degree of weakness or weariness hinder you. If it is a cross to you, take it up, and you will find it a blessing. Sing lustily and with good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength.” I truly look forward each week to lifting our voices together and challenge you to “raise the roof” with me!!

Happy Birthday to all who have a February birthday!

1 Susan Link 4 Kevin Swahn Bill Terrell Susan Waddell Linda Wall 5 Debbie Bechtel Bret Levangie 7 Erin Wensorski 8 Pamela Hollingsworth Jonelle Robinson 11 Rosemary Paul 14 Sophie Lee 15 Judie Fraser 16 Mark Houghan 17 Stephen Houghan 21 Doug Sherby 22 Lynda Kisell John Matthews, Sr. Linda Oke 23 Rebecca Dear 24 Winnie Murphy 25 Harvey Dean Ben Dear

If you find any birth date incorrect or realize that a birthday has been omitted, please contact the church office so that

a correction can be made.

Please keep these people in your thoughts and prayers as they rely on God’s strength to help them.

Pray for our Members to Remember who are un-able to attend worship: Helen Cumming, Wes Dalton, Shirley DeKarsky, Bruce Funston, Linda Krolik, Roxie Lowe, Annelies Nisbet, Sophie Pinfold, Evelyn Poti, Lewis Sequin, Doug Sherby, Lola Skog-mo, Steve & Nadine Szopo, Shirley Thomas, Flor-ence Wallace.

Pray for those with health concerns: Peder Blohm, Elaine Filiak, Janet Hollingsworth (Dave’s Mom), Don Murphy, Kelly Pemberton, David Ruselink, Q Simon, Gary Tisdale, Gil Strachan, John Nichols.

Session Highlights January 21, 2020

•Approved Sunday, June 7 for the Church Picnic which will be held again this year at Ford Park.

•Approved the dates for Communion in 2020

•Approved the four special offerings to be received in 2020: One Great Hour of Sharing, Pentecost Offering, Peace & Global Witness Offering, and the Christmas Joy Offering.

•Approved the dates for the Loose Change Offerings in 2020: February 16, June 28, and October 18.

•Named Suzanne Wallace and John Matthews, Jr. to serve on the Nominating Committee.

•Received the resignation of Elder David Ruselink.

•Heard that a new pictorial directory will be produced this year with photography taking place on May 4 and 5.

•Approved the purchase of a new software program for the organization and reference of choral.

•Words of appreciation were shared regarding the arrival of our new Director of Music & Organist, Charles Miller.

•Heard that Rev. Phillips will be conducting a new member orientation on Monday, February 3, at 7:00 pm.

Our sincere condolences go to the families of Florence M. Brighton who passed away on January 14. Florence was the mother of Kathy Kerr and Dede Schellang.

2020 WOMEN’S RETREAT

All women of Cherry Hill and their sisters, mothers, and any of your female friends are invited to join us this year for our annual women’s retreat in a new location at the Weber Retreat & Conference Center in Adrian, MI. The retreat will be the weekend of April 17-19. Look for more information to follow.

FIRST WEDNESDAY POTLUCK DINNER & WORSHIP

February 5, 2020

Join us for our first potluck dinner for 2020 on Wednesday, February 5 at 6:00 p.m. in Memorial Parlor. Bring a dish to share and enjoy a delicious dinner and warm fellowship. A signup sheet is on the table in Weir Foyer for those planning on attend-ing. After dinner, join us for our monthly Wednesday worship service at 7:00 p.m. in the chapel. This month’s service will be a special service of Prayer for Wholeness and Health. All are welcome!

THANK YOU FOR LENDING A HAND!

Many thanks to everyone who helped "undecorate" the Sanctuary on January 5! The decorations were taken down and stored in rec-ord time. The Worship and Music committee is very grateful for the help and support from the congrega-tion! Tracey Turbett Moderator, Worship and Music

Have you been attending Cherry Hill Church for a while and would you like to learn more about who we are as a congregation? Are you interested in becoming a member of our church family? If so, please join us for our next Inquirer’s session sched-uled for Monday, February 3 at 7:00 pm in Chapel Parlor. The class will include a tour of the building and will provide an opportunity for questions as well. Those interested in attending are asked to please contact Rev. Mark Phillips (vicarmark@aol.com).

ZUMBA COMES TO CHERRY HILL!

The time has come! Come and Zumba with Michelangelo “Angelo” Molinari at Cherry Hill Church on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm in Fel-lowship Hall beginning February 4. There is no charge for the class, just a free will donation. Bring water, shoes to dance in, and a sweat towel if you wish. For more information contact Angelo at zian-gelo5919@gmail.com!

Cherry Hill Presbyterian Church

Leadership

The Session

Class of 2020 Class of 2021 Class of 2022 David Hollingsworth Margaret Blohm Josh Elling Gilbert Strachan John Kill Leslie Garber Tracey Turbett Martha Whitfield John Matthews, Jr. Suzanne Wallace Vacant Jeff Wensorski Mary Boudreau, Clerk

The Board of Deacons

Class of 2020 Class of 2021 Class of 2022 Cora Houghan Susan Dalton Carolyn Carr Shirley Mayland John Nichols Kathy Kerr