MARCH 2018

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULEAs we look toward our resurrection celebration on Easter, please consider taking advantage of the special worship opportunities we have scheduled during Holy Week!

Maundy Thursday Communion | March 29 | 7 p.m.As we prepare for our celebration of Easter, we will hold a Maundy Thursday worship service in the Sanctuary. Join the ministers and choir in this service as we remember our Lord’s Last Supper with his disciples. Rev. Phil Hargrove will preach.

Good Friday | March 30Prayers around the Cross | 6 a.m.–2 p.m. The Sanctuary will be open and available for your personal and small group devotions on Good Friday. This can be a very meaningful time of meditation as you consider what Christ did for us on the cross. It can also be an opportunity to lay aside your burdens at the foot of the cross, and prepare your heart for a joyful Easter celebration.

Good Friday Service | 7 p.m. Join us in Steffen Hall for a Good Friday service of Scripture and music designed to help us all reflect upon Christ’s humility, suffering, and death on the cross.

Easter Services, April 1 6:30 a.m. Sunrise Service in the Old Stone Church 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Traditional Services in the Sanctuary, led by Choir and Brass, and ending with the Hallelujah Chorus 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Contemporary Services in Steffen Hall, led by the Praise Team and Band Childcare for kindergartener and younger is available during the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services.

CHURCH PLANTING MINISTRY AT BONHOMMEI don’t know about you, but I personally had been waiting eagerly for a Senior Pastor to come to Bonhomme (ever since my second month on the job!). After putting the church–planting initiative in slow gear for 18 months, I am so grateful to be working with Phil to plant our first church. Now that he is in place, and is getting oriented to the church and to his ministry priorities, we can move forward in a high gear to plant a church. Already, we’ve taken some important steps toward creating an organizational structure at Bonhomme. 1. We’ve named our planting initiative the Antioch Initiative, after the Antioch Church in Acts 13 modeled what it means to send out church planters Paul and Barnabas, and more importantly, 2. Session approved the creation of an Oversight Commission that will oversee all things involved in the Antioch Initiative at Bonhomme. Building on these foundations, we’ve set some other priorities for the spring. (Continued on Page 3)

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JANUARY FINANCIAL UPDATE

BONHOMME FINANCIALS

BALANCE IN RESERVE FUNDAs of 1/1/2018 $313,7182018 Surplus (Deficit) $30,648Current balance $344,366

OPERATING INCOME Actual Over (under)Month $227,409 $227,409YTD $227,409 $227,409

OPERATING EXPENSES Month $196,761 $196,761YTD $196,761 $196,761

ACTUAL INCOME VERSUS ACTUAL EXPENSEYTD Income $227,409 227,409YTD Expense $196,761 $196,761Surplus (deficit) $30,648 $30,648

SPRING BREAK

Due to Parkway School Districts spring break, our Children’s Choirs and Bells will not meet on March 28. This program will resume on the following Wednesday, April 4.

BONHOMME MUSIC

BONHOMME CONCERT SERIES AND CHANCEL CHOIR PRESENT "COME AS YOU ARE"MAY 6 | 4 P.M.

The Chancel Choir, Bonhomme Ringers, Maryville Symphony Orchestra, and others will present a concert entitled "Come As You Are." This concert will be presented in Steffen Hall and will be unlike anything we’ve ever done. You won’t want to miss this special opportunity to hear something new and very different—and PLEASE invite your friends!

If you would like to sing with us, you should join us for rehearsals beginning April 4. Rehearsal of concert music will begin at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday evening in the Choir Room.

MARYVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERTMARCH 18 | 3 P.M.

Under the direction of Paul Davis, Associate Professor of Music at Webster University, the Maryville Symphony Orchestra will present their second concert of the season at Bonhomme Church. This concert is a part of the new Bonhomme Community Concert Series.

Performing the finest of classic orchestral music, the MSO will feature flute soloist Paula Kasica on John Rutter’s "Suite Antique." Paula has appeared as soloist with several symphonies and performs throughout the area in many capacities. She plays as an extra with the St. Louis Symphony and is a member of the Equinox Chamber Players. She has performed with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the Aspen Music Festival, the Grand Teton Music Festival, the Fox Theatre Orchestra, and plays Principal Flute with the Webster Symphony, the Ballet Orchestra of St. Louis and the Bach at the Seminary Series.

The concert is open to the public with free admission. Make your plans now to enjoy our exciting new partner in music!

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BONHOMME CHURCH PLANTING

CHURCH PLANTING MINISTRY (cont'd)

Planting a church from a traditional church like Bonhomme is a beautiful yet opaque endeavor because we’ve never done it before. Priorities play a vital role in doing something this big, and I would like to share a few of our highest priorities that will kick off in April after Lent:

♦ Build Awareness: Communicate with the Bonhomme family. The sermon series, video presentations, town–hall–type gatherings, and print publications will shower all of us with information about the mission, vision, and strategy of planting.

♦ Gather People: All of us will be asked to consider how we can best support the Antioch Initiative. You will be invited to consider whether you will go with the Plant as a part of the launch team, whether you will offer some of your expertise to simply getting it started, or whether you will offer support from Bonhomme through prayer. All of these opportunities for support will be communicated clearly beginning in April.

Two Opportunities to Come and See:Sunday, March 11, and Sunday, April 8 at 4:30 p.m., the Planting Community gathering at The Pointe at Ballwin Commons. On the second Sunday of each month, we gather as a whole community to worship, pray, and strategize toward planting a church. You are welcome to come and see!

Prayers to Offer:Welcome the Holy Spirit to guide you in praying:

♦ That all Covenant Partners at Bonhomme will be blessed in participating in the Lenten small group studies. ♦ That God encourages the hearts of those who are leading the studies and equips them with compassion, discernment, and open-mindedness as they lead.

♦ That we as a Planting Community will be led to share our own stories of striving to lead a spiritual life. ♦ That we will pray for each other during these coming weeks, looking forward to our growth as an extended family. ♦ That we will patiently remember that through our study, God is continuing to prepare us to do his work.

If you would like to connect with the Planting Community, email me so that I can add you to one of our email lists: ♦ Planting Newsletter: events, lessons, articles, and prayer prompts ♦ Weekly Prayer Prompts

Blessings,Chris MackyAssociate Pastor of Church Planting and Missionscmacky@bonpres.org

ISAIAH 58 MEAL-A-MONTH

Please remember to help those in need by donating to the Isaiah 58 Food Pantry. March Menu: Chicken & Dumplings, Soup, Carrots, Green Beans, Peaches, Graham Crackers or Nilla Wafers, Deodorant

Peanut Butter is always a welcome addition. All fruit and vegetable contributions are to be canned and, if possible, low sodium and/or in their own juices.

Collection bin is located at the Mission Center in Kilby Commons.

"If you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday." Isaiah 58:10

BONHOMME MISSIONS

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BONHOMME MISSIONS

EASTER BASKET PROJECT

Circle 6 of the Bonhomme Presbyterian Women will be sponsoring the annual Easter Basket Project. We will need help from Bonhomme members and friends to supply these baskets. Boxes for your helpful donations will be found at the Mission Center in Kilby Commons and in Steffen Hall Lobby now through March 27. Ideas for donations include, but are not limited to: For children: small stuffed animals, school supplies, crayons, small books for kids, age infants through 16 years old. For seniors: socks, small games and gifts, and of course, candy.

We will assemble and donate baskets to Bonhomme shut–in members on March 20 at 9:30 a.m. in Kilby Commons. You are welcome to help us deliver baskets to our shut-in members. Baskets will also be assembled on March 27, 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m. in Kilby Commons for more than 90 preschool children at SouthSide Early Childhood Center, and more than 40 baskets to kids living at Salvation Army Family Haven Homeless Shelter.

Lunch will be served to our volunteers March 27. Please make a reservation for lunch to Marcia Speiser, 636-346-1916 or marciaemail@earthlink.net.

Thank you for your help with the Easter basket project.

DIAPERS AND BABY WIPES COLLECTION DRIVE

We are collecting diapers and baby wipes for our mission partner, Bethany Christian Services. Each month Bethany distributes 16,000* diapers to families from the metro area. About 40 percent of those served are immigrants living in South St. Louis.

If you would like to donate, please drop off any size diapers and baby wipes in the wooden box located at the Mission Center in Kilby Commons. To learn more about Bethany Christian Services, visit their website at bethany.org.

*4,500 are donated by the Diaper Bank; the rest are purchased by Bethany if donations are not received.

2018 MISSION TRIPS

Consider making 2018 the year you give yourself away in service to those in need by serving on a short-term mission team. The Missions Ministry is offering two short-term trips this summer:

Trip 1: Samaritan’s Purse Hurricane Harvey CleanupSunday, June 10—Friday, June 15. Travel costs—individual preferenceTen spots available for men and women age 14 years old and up. Over the next two years, volunteers will be repairing homes as well as doing new home construction in Pearland or Rockport, TX. $100 reserves your spot.

Trip 2: El Centro Integral, HondurasSunday, July 22—Friday, July 27. Cost: $1300. Registration deadline: April 15. Fifteen spots available for men and women age eight years and older. El Centro is a home for girls ages three–20. Bonhomme volunteers minister to the younger girls with VBS–type ministry, provide manual labor at the home, and minister with the girls and the Bonillas in the neighborhood schools. $100 reserves your spot.

Go to bonpres.org/missions and click on an application link for more information or to register and fill out an application. Matching scholarships available!

If you have any questions, email Chris, cmacky@bonpres.org.

BONHOMME EVENTS

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BONHOMME PRESCHOOL AND KIDS DAY OUT SUMMER PLAY

The Bonhomme Preschool and Kids Day Out Summer Play program provides an opportunity for children (ages six months through those who have completed pre–kindergarten) to explore fun topics in a learn–through–play setting.

A typical day might include books and stories, creative art projects, music and movement, and interactive learning experiences. It is a wonderful way to reconnect with friends over the long summer months or make new friends before school starts again in the fall.

Open enrollment begins March 1. Forms are available online at bonpres.org/preschoolkdo. Click on the Summer Play tab on the bottom right.

SESSION: Each camp session is Tuesday–Thursday, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.

COST: $75 per session for the first child; $65 for each additional child. Session 6 is $50 for the first child; $40 for each additional child.

SESSION DATES: Session 1: May 29–31 Session 3: June 12–14 Session 5: June 26–28 Session 7: July 10–12Session 2: June 5–7 Session 4: June 19–21 Session 6: July 3 and 5

GOOD NEWS EASTER EGG HUNT

Easter is coming and it's time to register for the Good News Easter Egg Hunt! Come celebrate the good news of Jesus Christ with a Jesus–focused egg hunt on March 24.

The celebration will begin at 10 a.m. in Steffen Hall. Children will hunt in three different locations based on age: three years and younger; four years through kindergarten, and first through fifth grades. Each child should bring an empty basket. We'll move the hunt indoors if it's rainy or too cold.

Register your family and friends today at bonpres.org/connect or pick up a form at the Children's Welcome Desk or Connection Center. For ease in online registration, please note the registration tip provided.

We greatly appreciate registration by March 20, but we can accept registrations after that date.

For questions, contact Mary Oldfield at maryoldfield@bonpres.org.

COMMUNITY POTLUCK | MARCH 25

Everyone is invited to the Community Potluck hosted by Adult Ministry in Kilby Commons after the 11 a.m. services. Come for food, fun, and fellowship. Adult Ministry leaders will be on hand to answer any questions.

P-B: Breakfast casserole (or other tasty brunch entrées)C-H: SaladI-O: Desserts

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BONHOMME EVENTS

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2018

Planning your summer vacation? Make sure you plan around Vacation Bible School (VBS). Your child won't want to miss Shipwrecked—Rescued by Jesus this summer, July 16–20, 9 a.m.–Noon. This VBS will be oceans of fun! Kids will venture onto an uncharted island where they survive and thrive by being anchored in the truth that Jesus carries them through life's storms.

Vacation Bible School is for children FOUR years old by July 16 through "rising 5th graders."

SAVE THE DATES

BETH MOORE EVENT

"Living Proof Live" with Beth Moore is coming to Columbia, Missouri on July 13–14. Plans are in the works for a Bonhomme group to spend a weekend away enjoying "Living Proof Live," fellowship with other women, spiritual growth, and great fun!

Group rate tickets are $59 and hotel rate will be about $134 per room. Deadline for registering is March 18.

To learn more, go to lproof.org/events.

EXCITING NEW BOOKS FOR CHILDREN IN THE CHURCH LIBRARY

In her 2017 Christian book award winner for ages three through eight, bestselling author Dandi Daley Mackall crafts a fresh presentation of the story of Jonah and the fish in a creative two-sided flip book, "Jonah and the Fish". Designed to tell the same story twice from two different biblical points of view, the book allows children to enjoy the story of Jonah and then literally flip the book to read the story from the perspective of the fish. Utilizing humor, adorable illustrations, and an innovative format, these books provide young readers with the added bonus of two books in one.

Your children will also enjoy these other new two–sided flip books, "The Lost Lamb and the Good Shepherd" and "Zacchaeus and Jesus."

You can check out all our new books on our online catalog,bonhommep.mysurpass.net.

VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED FOR LANDSCAPING

In the past have you enjoyed the island in front of the Commons entrance? Or have you or your children enjoyed the raised bed in the children’s playground?

We had dedicated volunteers taking care of each of these two areas. However, each has moved to be closer to family members leaving us with two new, huge holes in our Volunteer Landscape Program. Spring is around the corner and our most pressing current need is for volunteers to keep these particular areas tidy (weed–free). Please consider helping Bonhomme in one of these spaces or even in one of our smaller available sections. For more information call Joan Kilby, 314-469-3164, or John Green, 314-808-5101.

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CONTACTING THE CARE LINEIf you are wondering what our current prayer concerns are on any given day, you can always call the Church Office anytime to find out! Every weekday, Irma Holycross updates this list with a Scripture for the day, the current status of Covenant Partners who are hospitalized or released, as well as births and deaths. To reach the Care Line, simply call the Church Office, 636-532-3487, and press “3” on your phone’s keypad, and this will take you directly to the Care Line.

PRAYERS FOR GOD’S PEOPLEIrma Holycross also publishes Prayers for God’s People each Friday. This information includes all information from the Care Line, as well as ongoing prayer concerns, names of our homebound Covenant Partners, and those residing in local retirement communities. There is a stack of these sheets on the ledge of Irma’s desk, nearest to the whiteboard, and also on the table in the corner of the Narthex.

CONFESSIONS IN TRADITIONAL WORSHIPMost Sundays in Traditional Worship, we confess our sin as a part of the worship of our Lord. Beginning on Easter Sunday, and continuing through the season of Eastertide (April 1–May 13), it is our custom to set aside confessing our sin and confess our faith instead. We do this because Eastertide is a season during which we celebrate our faith in Jesus and his resurrection. Beginning on the Sunday of Pentecost (May 20) we will resume confessing our sin most Sundays until next Easter.

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME–SPRING FORWARDDaylight Saving Time will begin on March 11 this year, so be sure to set your clock ahead one hour before you go to bed on Saturday, March 10.

BONHOMME NOTES

MARCH BIRTHDAYS8 Cathy Russell Helen Wilson

9 Gloria Goetsch Barbara Keim Adam Luther Alyson Muehlman

10 Jon Benigas Beth Brand Terry Speiser

11 Andrew Altermatt Len Patton

12 Mark Bennington Lauren Cantrell E. Joann Stevenson Don Williams

13 Mike Fleissner Denise Hall David Peevers Kevin Stump

14 Courtney Guenther Nancy Hillhouse14 Dennis Leary Kellie Magnuson David Naylor

15 Drew Lindberg

16 Sharon Arnot Joanie Brown Chris Ruhlman Kyle Tabor

17 Pat Hotze Kenneth Hunt Bryan K. Trimmer

18 Mary Lewis Marge Matthews Linda McMillan Travis Williams

19 Jean Hagen

1 Steve Henderson Tom Leeker Sue Palmer

2 Cypress Garrett

3 Pat Galvin Jeff Kokal Matt Reuter

4 Randy Baker George Baldwin Carl Barthold Ron DeGuerre Mckinzie Duesenberg

5 Dave Ganz Dolores Hill Rachel Krumrey

6 David Barrett Bill Hollingsworth Blake Stonecipher

8 Abby Brand Ron Chalfant

20 Jim Dick C Kemper Jr Sandy Ziegenfuss

21 Pam Douthit Martie Fenger Ryan Ganz Kari Longenecker Diane Matson

22 Byron Hagen Rachel Wilkinson

23 Wayne Bennetsen Tricia Creel Tiffany Dekraker Kathy McQuillan Baxter Watson

24 Steve Cantrell Alexandra Knight Kelly Kyriakos Melanie Trimmer

25 Danielle Dragan Cherry Ohms Lisa Stump

26 Mary Brown Dale Orrick

27 Dottie Bello Joyce Haven

28 Sara Beck Sharon Goedeke Lisa Gouwens David Hagerman

29 Renate Anderson Gary Gordon Steve Hiatt Ann Morrison

30 Diane Henderson

31 Bob Morris

MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENTA “Sound Investment” may be made in memory or in honor of a special person or persons. Your gift will be placed in a special fund to supplement the music budget for music, special printed programs, orchestra, and other instru-mentalists who are employed from time to time to enhance worship services and special musical presentations. If you desire, the name(s) of the person(s) to be honored or memorialized will be printed in the program for the Chancel Choir Spring Concert, scheduled for Sunday, May 6.

Please make checks payable to Bonhomme Presbyterian Church. Donations may be made at any time, but checks must be received by Sunday, April 30 for names to appear in the concert program.

Please enclose the following information with your contribution:.

Name: ___________________________________________________________ Phone #: __________________________

Amount of your contribution: _____________ Wording for Bulletin: _____________________________________________

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EASTER LILIES

Name (of donor/s): _________________________________________________ Telephone #: _____________________

In Honor of: ______________________________________________________________________________________

In Memory of: _____________________________________________________________________________________

In Thanksgiving for: _________________________________________________________________________________

Any additional message: _____________________________________________________________________________

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Number of plants: _____ @ $11.00 per plant = Total $ ______ Do you want to take your plant(s) home?: Yes____ No ____

Please have your requests and monies into the Church Office by Monday, March 26 so we can be sure to print your name and message in the April 1 bulletin insert.

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We are planning for Easter and the lilies that will adorn the Sanctuary. If you would like to participate, please fill out the form below and place it in the offering plate any Sunday morning, or send it to: Deanna Simpson, Bookkeeper, 14820 Conway Rd, Chesterfield, MO 63017. Please make checks payable to Bonhomme Church.

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DATED MATERIAL — PLEASE DO NOT HOLD

Sermon Series: Making All Things NewMarch 4: Disciplines of the Spiritual Life: FastingPhil Hargrove (Traditional) Don Everts (Contemporary)

March 11: Disciplines of the Spiritual Life: Prayer and SolitudeDon Everts (Traditional) Phil Hargrove (Contemporary)

March 18: Disciplines of the Spiritual Life: CommunityAndy Seers (Traditional) Don Everts (Contemporary)

March 25: Disciplines of the Spiritual Life: GivingChris Macky (Traditional) Tom Hobson (Contemporary)

April 1: Easter SundayPhil Hargrove (Traditional) Don Everts (Contemporary)

TRADITIONAL SERVICE IN THE SANCTUARY Sundays at 8:30 a.m.

and 11 a.m.

GROWTH HOUR FOR ALL AGES

9:45 a.m.

CONTEMPORARY SERVICE IN STEFFEN HALL Sundays at 11 a.m.

SERMON SCHEDULEMarch 48:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir: “The Peace of God”

March 11Bonhomme Bells (both services)8:30 a.m. Lynn Packwood: "Jesus, the Very Though of Thee"11 a.m. Chancel Choir: “Kumbaya"

March 188:30 a.m. Chancel Choir: "Kumbaya"11 a.m. Lynn Packwood: "Jesus, the Very Though of Thee"

March 25 Palm Sunday8:30 a.m. Karen Roche11 a.m. Chancel Choir: "Be Thou My Vision"

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