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Reaching UP
April 2021 Reaching U.P.
Inside this Edition
2 How to Get Involved
3 Per Capita Reminder
3 Birthdays and Anniversaries
3 Financial Report
4 Youth Flower Sale
5 Hill Climber Coffee
6 Love’s Separation
7 POV News
8 One Great Hour of
Sharing
United Presbyterian
Church
1701 E. Second Street
Bloomington, IN 47401
812 -332-1850
upcblooming-
http://upcbloomington.org
UPC Carefully and Slowly Reopens
In response to COVID 19, the Session Board of United Presbyterian rec-
ommended that worshippers stay home Sundays through and including
Sunday, April 4.
Update! We continue worship of our God and Christ strongly, yet differently.
On Sunday, April 11, the Sanctuary will open for masked, socially distanced morning worship at
10:00 a.m.
and for each Sunday following.
The Session Board requests that only those who have completed their
COVID 19 vaccination attend.
Reverend John Napoli, the liturgist, Music Director Benjamin Watkins
and the technical crew will be in the sanctuary each Sunday to conduct a
live service for those with completed vaccinations wishing to attend
in-person and masked. That service will also be livestreamed on the
UPC YouTube Channel at
UPC Bloomington - YouTube.
Please email prayer requests to Pastor John at
[email protected] by 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
The 6 p.m. Tuesday Bible study and 6:30 p.m. Thursday prayer services
will remain on Zoom with no in-person attendance offered. To partici-
pate, simply email Rev. John at [email protected], if
you haven’t already done so, and request inclusion.
Use of the UPC facility by community groups remains restricted.
On Wednesday an extensive, professional disinfecting procedure was
implemented by A Magic Clean on both levels of the church.
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How to Get Involved
Zoom Meetings Contact the church at [email protected] to
get signed up to receive email invites for Sunday wor-
ship, Tuesday Bible study, Thursday prayer meeting,
and more!
Utilize Scrip UPC receives a percentage from the merchant for each
gift card purchased. Place and purchase your order the
first Sunday of the month & pick up the following
Sunday.
Little Red Wagon The little red wagon is waiting to be filled with canned
goods and hygiene products for Monroe County Unit-
ed Ministries. For more information ask one of our
Deacons.
Video and Sound Systems If you are interested in learning how to operate the
sound system or help in taping Sunday worship service
please contact Don Root at [email protected].
Treasurer Assistant If you are interested in helping count and process do-
nations and other treasurer duties, please contact Andy
Hill at [email protected]
Reaching UP If you are interested in contributing articles or helping
to put together the Reaching UP newsletter, please
contact Andy Hill at [email protected]
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FEBRUARY FINANCIAL REPORT The financial bump we normally expect in January was late this year. Good news: It showed up in February. Feb-ruary income was $25,329 and expenses were $13,625 giving us a positive balance of $11,704 for the month and $11,266 for the year to date. It’s that time of year again, when we ask those who are able, to pay their per-capita, which is $44 per member for this year. Don Root
April Birthdays and Anniversaries
Apr 3 Stephanie Worden Apr 12 Cynthia Bauer Apr 25 Lance & Karen Like Anniversary
Apr 5 Tareq Hanania Apr 13 Mitch Coggin Apr 25 Elfrida Bauer
Apr 6 Jan Berend Heitink Apr 15 Noah Like Apr 27 Linda Coggin
Apr 7 Colleen Swanson Apr 17 Jesse McBride Apr 30 John Napoli (the younger)
Apr 12 Bill Worden Apr 20 Rachel Loop
Please Help with the 2021 Per Capita The Per Capita is an annual contribution made to the Presbytery of Ohio Valley, General Assembly, and Synod
for the services and support they provide to UPC. The church owes $2,728 for this year for our 62 members.
Any of you that can contribute $44 per family member are encouraged to. As always, thanks for your generous
contributions, both monetary and otherwise, that keep UPC going!
Thanks and blessings,
Andy Hill, Treasurer
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Hill Climber Coffee is Back!!!!! After many requests, that wonderful coffee from the Colby's His Eyes Mission has returned.
This is UPC’s fourth 50 pound case of one pound bags!
Grown and harvested on the Honduran mountainside property of His Eyes,
it's a wonderful fund raiser for the mission.
Of the 50 one pound bags that came in on March 25 . . .
Only 20 left! Remaining are ten 1 lb. bags of regular grind and ten 1 lb. bags of dark roast.
Only $12 a bag! Get your order in now! Call Allen in the church office.
The Hill Climber Story.
His Eyes purchased property in Samepdrana Honduras (in the
mountains above Comayagua...you have to climb quite a few hills
to get there!) for the Church plant there in 2006 with the help of
Christ's Church in Jacksonville, Florida. The current church build-
ing and parsonage are both located on that property. Additionally
there were quite a few coffee plants. After selling that coffee to
use for the Church, the idea germinated and we started seeing how
we could plant and grow more coffee to help the Church and even-
tually the His Eyes Mission overall.
We now have farm administrators, volunteers and paid seasonal
help to take care of the now multiple properties, which include
nearly 20 acres above Sampedrana, and another nearly 20 acres
near another mountain village many miles (and climbing many
hills...sense a theme here?) in Las Botijas.
When you drink Hill Climber coffee, it helps us be able to pay our workers well, improve our facilities, and in
advancing this arm of the mission we eventually help us overall be less dependent on donations from abroad.
These photos illustrate the lush growing area found at each of the Hill Climber Coffee locations.
Bloomington Chamber Opera
Music Director Benjamin Watkins
Only two chances to catch this very special performance project
centered around Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte!
Liebestrennung:
Love’s Separation
Friday, April 16th | 7 pm
Saturday, April 17th | 3 pm Live-streamed from Bloomington’s FAR Center for Contemporary Arts
Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98--which broke new ground by
establishing the song cycle as a genre--will be staged and positioned
alongside the Four Arias and a Duet Op. 82 to create a memorable new interpretation of the mas-
terpiece. The project will feature soprano Anna Donnelly and mezzo-soprano Annmarie Errico in a
modernization of the story, exploring love and distance in a queer relationship.
Every ticket purchase comes with a complimentary ticket
for you to send to a missed loved one.
Reserve your tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/liebestrennung-loves-
separation-tickets-14793250510
Send your love. Reconnect. Create new memories.
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1-866-344-7853 www.presbyteryov.org
Register for the April Assembly! The next Assembly will take place on Saturday, April 17th via Zoom video conference. The meeting will be
gaveled to order at 10:00 am (ET), and we ask that participants begin logging in starting at 9:30 (ET).
You must register in order to receive a link to the meeting! Online registration for the Assembly is available
now at http://www.presbyteryov.org/assembly.htm. Attendees must be registered separately. The form may
be filled out more than once to register multiple individuals.
The packet and the minutes from the December meeting are available now for download from the assembly
web page at http://www.presbyteryov.org/assembly.htm.
Pyoca Spring Work Day: Saturday, May 15th Pyoca staff are working hard to get camp ready for returning staff and campers this summer and they need
your help! Folks are invited for a socially distanced day of service on May 15th.
Pack a boxed lunch and help make camp beautiful just in time for summer. Families are asked to sign up in
advance so that staff can plan ahead for social distancing and project prep.
2021 Camp Pyoca registration has begun. More details soon!
Contact the POV Staff
Susan McGhee, Executive Presbyter
Joe Kimmel, Stated Clerk
Jean Brown, Treasurer
Rhonda Seymour, Administrative Associate
Stephanie Page 7 United Presbyterian Church
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Because Healing Empowers
It’s Not To Late For . . .
One Great Hour of Sharing at UPC
It has been a tradition at UPC to receive the One Great Hour of Sharing offering during Easter
Sunday worship service. We certainly couldn’t do that this year. However, it’s still possible to utilize
the envelopes the Worship Team included in the Lent Packets mailed out just before Lent. The packets
contained two detail fliers on the One Great Hour of Sharing offering and its special envelope plus an
envelope addressed to UPC for return mail at your convenience. If you wish to participate in OGHS
this year, simply mail or drop off those envelopes at the church office by April 20.