TTPC The Skirl Skirl: Noun—the sound of the bagpipe, the sudden occurrence of an audible event, “the sound awakened them” Church Contacts: Call (813) 988-3514, Mon.-Fri. 9:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. or email us: [email protected]Rev. Kenneth Shick, Our “Bridge” Pastor: [email protected]Janice Owen, Music Dir.: [email protected]Mike Parr, Facilities and Finance: (813) 988-3514 [email protected]Gigi Marciano, Youth Dir: [email protected]TTP Weekday School, Carrie Gassen: (813) 988- 3038 or email them at TTPWEEKDAYSCHOOL @YAHOO.COM Presbytery of Tampa Bay (813) 868-4800 presbyteryoftampabay.com or www.pcusa.org From the Pastor's Desk Dear Church Family, Do you wonder how Jesus was able to make it through those last days of persecution, plots against his life, abandonment by his own disciples, torture and death? He prayed. I marvel at how Jesus did it and then I remember--he prayed. Jesus started every day with prayer: “And a great while before day Jesus went out to a lonely place and there he prayed.” (Mark 1: 35) When Jesus was in trouble, he prayed—ON THE SPOT! For example, in the Garden of Gethsema- ne he prayed for strength as he faced his arrest and trial later that night. Through prayer our Savior received God’s encouragement, guid- ance, peace, physical strength, and mental toughness. Jesus prayed often during those last days because he needed the Father’s help. Remember, he laid aside his divine power and became fully human. He had no direct line to the Father. He had to pray as we have to pray for divine help and empowering. But what do we do in times of trouble? We complain about the problem, grumble, tell our friends, write to Dear Abby, read a book about it, listen to Dr. Phil—in hope of finding an answer. We make prayer our last resort. By then we’ve messed up the situation or it has messed us up. We say, “Well, I guess all I can do now is pray.” When all human solutions failed, THEN we turn to God. What fear and anxiety we could save ourselves if we prayed first. We’d find the answers to our problems because we’d hear God speak in prayer. We’d have strength to make it through because God would give us his strength. We are in the season of Lent when we journey with our Savior to the cross. Jesus teaches us—PRAY FIRST, NOT LAST! It was the secret to all Jesus was able to do, including enduring the cross. Because he prayed and went to the cross, we received salvation and eternal life. Will you make prayer your first resort? If you do nothing else to enhance yourself spiritually this Lent, will you at least commit to improving your prayer life? You’ll feel the difference and you’ll be glad you did it. Journeying with Jesus to the Cross, Ken Shick MARCH 2015, VOL. 9, ISSUE 7 THE SKIRL IS A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE TEMPLE TERRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, TEMPLE TERRACE, FL 33617 TTPRESBYTERIAN.COM Visit us on Facebook at Temple Terrace Presbyterian - Fla and TTPC-Family
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March is another exciting adventure here at TTPWS!
Most of the very chilly weather is behind us, and we
are starting to discuss all of the fun aspects of Spring.
Many classrooms are hatching butterflies and lady-
bugs, growing gardens, raising tadpoles and discuss-
ing the scientific components that are involved with
all of those various activities! Many of the thematic
units being discussed this month include plants and
flowers, farm animals, and the life cycle of butterflies
and frogs. We also celebrate the birthday of Dr.
Seuss, and many classrooms will be sampling some
Green Eggs and Ham!
We currently do not have any open-
ings in our school! We do, however,
have openings for our 2015 Summer Camp program
as well as for the 2015 – 2016 school year. We are also
offering Summer VPK again this year, and are now
accepting registrations for that program.
Registration for these programs is ongoing until we
are full. If you, or anyone you know, are in need of a
quality preschool, afterschool or extended day experi-
ence, please have them contact the school office for
more information. We are a Voluntary Pre-K provid-
er (free preschool for children who will be 4 years of
age by September 1, 2015), a School Readiness pro-
vider, accredited by NAC, and are considered a Gold
Seal Provider by the state of Florida!
Carrie Gassen, Director
Phone (813) 988-3038
Upcoming Activities:
March 4 – Staff meeting to renew First Aid & CPR
March 9 ~ 13 – No Public School or VPK, TTPWS
open to full-time and school-age students
only
March 12 – Board of Directors meeting
* Black & White pictures TBA
The Baked Potato & Salad Bar
Luncheon was a success (again)!
Over 40 folks gathered after Sunday
worship, including the Congregational
Meeting, for lunch on a surprisingly
warm Sunday afternoon. As always, a
big THANK YOU to the Fellowship
Committee who keeps us well fed every
month!
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Pray for Our Military
Layne Gruman, from Alton Baril-
lier, Jr.; SSgt. Ryan Skelton, Bruce
& Virginia’s grandson; Patric
Samp-son, nephew of the
Sampsons; Mary Garner, the Jus-
tice family; Adm. Mike Shoemaker,
son of Helen Shoemaker; Robbie
Tyrney, Carrie Gassen’s nephew;
Annie Harroll, niece of Beth No-
A Word from Gigi,
our Youth Director January’s Fourth Saturday Youth Event “Playing for God’s Team” was a blast! With the Super Bowl in mind, a bunch of games were offered to the kids. It was really fun when they were challenged to tell a Bible story using Legos. At the end all winners received a medal and sun-glasses for the official photos! How can you help the TTPC Youth Ministry? Pray for the Youth *Sign up to be a “Youth Angel” on Thursdays, 6:30 to 8:30 pm Sign up to provide Pizza/or other snack for our Youth
Club on Thursdays *Sign up to be a Sunday School teacher in May (one,
two, three or four Sundays) Bring children from YOUR Neighborhood to our Youth
and Children Activities Gigi Marciano, Youth Director