Christ United

Presbyterian Church

Pastor: Nathan Byrd

3025 Fir Street,

San Diego, CA 92102

@CUPCSD (Twitter)

(619) 239-2346

www.christunitedsd.org

www.facebook.com/CUPCSD

Sunday Morning

Worship: 10:30 AM

JOIN US!

9 APRIL Palm Sunday Sanctuary @ 10:30 AM

13 APRIL Maundy Thursday Sanctuary @ 6:30 PM

16 APRIL Sunrise Service Plaza on Fir Street @ 6:30 AM

16 APRIL Youth Easter Presentation Creamer Chapel @ 9:30 AM

16 APRIL Resurrection Sunday Sanctuary @ 10:30 AM

23 APRIL Presbyterian Women Fashion Show Sanctuary @ 3:00 PM

21 MAY Animal Blessing Plaza on Fir Street @ 2:00 PM

April 2017 Monthly Newsletter

We look forward to our third annual

Sunrise service, with our cantor,

Becky Ramirez, on April 16 at

6.30AM on the plaza cross. A

breakfast hosted by Jennifer Henry

will follow the service in the

Fellowship Hall.

Both sunrise and sunset resonate

with me in special ways. The beauty

captures my attention and when I

witness them I feel the presence of

the great cloud of witnesses reciting

the psalms together in unison. I am

reminded of rebirth, new life, and

the power to live in a world that can

often discourage.

Join us as we sing,

reflect, and listen at our

Sunrise Service. We

also invite you to attend

other special events

during Holy Week.

This is truly a special

time of the year. Not

only do we celebrate

the most central

statement in regard to

our faith, the

resurrection of Jesus Christ from the

dead, we have Maundy Thursday at

6.30PM on April 13. As always, the

set design is something to behold.

The youth will present their Easter

program at 9.30 in the chapel.

Please mark your calendars.

Share in all the truth, majesty,

history, power, and faith of the ages

that all collide in what we call Holy

Week. Glory to the Father, and to

the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it

was in the beginning, is now, and

will be forever, world

without end.

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We hope that you will join us April 16, at 6:30 AM, for our annual Easter Sunrise

Service. Becky Ramirez, our cantor, will join us again this year. We will gather at

the painted cross on our plaza on Fir Street. A light breakfast will follow. All are

welcome. Please see our order of service below.

Easter Sunrise Order of Service April 16, 2017

6:30 AM

Prelude: Easter Sequence Easter Greeting:

Leader: Alleluia! Christ is risen! People: The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!

Psalm 118:14-24

This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad!

Prayer

Song: Your Words Are Spirit and Life

Your words are spirit and life, O Lord; richer than gold, stronger than death. Your words are spirit and life, O Lord; life everlasting.

Scripture Acts 10:34-43 Colossians 3:1-4 Luke 24.1-12 Lectio Divina

Song: He is Not Here He is not here, he is risen from the dead. He is not here, he is risen from the dead. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Blessing

Join us for breakfast inside in the Rev. George Walker Smith Fellowship Hall.

Sunrise Service 2017

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Maundy Thursday 2017

We invite you to join us for

our annual gathering for

Maundy

Thursday at 6:30 PM,

April 13th, 2017 in our

sanctuary.

Pastor Nathan and CUPC elder,

Cathy Ramsey, drove to Los

Angeles recently and was able to

visit CUPC member Zee

Griffith.

A big thank you to Delores

McNeely’s brother and sister-in-law,

Bobby & Geneva Ozier of Ozier

Enterprises for our new office

furniture!