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BGPC Newsletter
1) Choir updates: Beginning in March, Wednesday choir rehearsals will be 7:30-8:30pm. The choir would love some more members to join (especially ladies!) to join, even if it is just for the Lenten season. Please contact Savanna Grigg if you are interested. 803-415-5383
2) Savanna Leeann Music Lessons: There are still a couple more Monday/Wednesday spots available for music lessons. Please contact Savanna Grigg if you are interested for yourself or for your child. 803-415-5383
March News
Sundays:
9:30 am Choir Practice
10 am Worship (in-person, Facebook Live, & YouTube)
10:30 am Children’s Sunday Program
Mondays: 1 pm Sew It’s Monday
Wednesdays: 7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal
Other Important Dates:
Wednesday, March 4: Lenten Study Series at 10 am in-person and 6:30 pm online
Tuesday, March 10: Circle 3 at 6 pm
Wednesday, March 11: Lenten Study Series at 10 am in-person and 6:30 pm online
Wednesday, March 18: Lenten Study Series at 10 am in-person and 6:30 pm online
Wednesday, March 25: Lenten Study Series at 10 am in-person and 6:30 pm online
Saturday, March 28: Leaderfest: Stephen Ministry 9 am – 3 pm
Sunday, March 29: 5th Sunday Offering for Compassionate Care Fund
Looking Ahead to April:
Thursday, April 2: Maundy Service with communion at 7 pm
Friday, April 3: Tenebrae Service at 7 pm
Sunday, April 5: Sunrise Service at 7 am; Breakfast at 7:45 am; Traditional Easter Service at 10 am
Tuesday, April 14: Circle 3 at 6 pm
Tuesday, March 10th at 6 pm
Ladies Circle
Circle #3 meets on Tuesday, March 10th at 6 pm in the Fellowship Hall. All women are invited to attend. If you have any questions, please contact Jeannie Reiss.
Forgiveness
A Lenten Study
By Marjorie J. Thompson
10 am & 6:30 pm Classes
Wednesday, March 4: Chapter 3
Honesty: Engaging the Inner Struggle
Wednesday, March 11: Chapter 4
Repentance: Getting a New Mind
Wednesday, March 18: Chapter 5
Forgiving: Embracing Freedom
Wednesday, March 25: Chapter 6
Beginning Again: Reconciliation and Restoration
Lenten Sermon Series
Second Sunday of Lent, March 1 at 10 am Guided by the Promise
Third Sunday of Lent, March 8 at 10 am Companion for the Journey
Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 15 at 10 am Journeying in Grace
Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 22 at 10 am Redemption Road
Extra Offering
On Sunday, March 29, please bring an extra offering to go into our Compassionate Care Fund to assist our neighbors in need. The offering will be collected as we leave worship that day. If you worship with us online and would like to contribute, be sure to mark your online contribution or check with “5thSunday.”
Holy Week
Palm & Passion Sunday Service: Sunday, March 29 at 10 am
Maundy Thursday Service: April 2 at 7 pm
Tenebrae Service: Friday April 3 at 7 pm
Easter Sunday Services: Sunday, April 5:
Sunrise Service at 7 am
Traditional Service at 10 am
Sunday, April 5 at 7:45 am
All are invited to join us for breakfast immediately following the Easter Sunrise Service. Brunch will include BGPC’s delicious breakfast casseroles, buttery grits, fresh fruit, hot coffee and sweet rolls. Join us for a hot, delicious breakfast and wonderful fellowship! Please contact Susan Flanagan or a member of the Congregational Care Committee if you’d like to bring a breakfast item.
Saturday, May 2nd from 10 am – 2 pm The Congregational Care Committee would like to invite all women of all ages to join us for a fun day of fellowship, friendship and delicious food! Reverend Pressley Cox from Foothills Presbytery will guide us in strengthening our friendships while honoring the mission of our church to serve Christ in our church, our community and our world.
The event will be held on Saturday, May 2nd, 10am-2pm at the Ministry Barn on Glenn Road. Please invite your friends and family to join us! Lunch will be served and there is no cost to attend. Please contact Susan Flanagan with any questions.
We are now accepting requests for our upcoming Praise and Play Summer Camp.
If your child would like to participate, please complete the form at the link below:
https://forms.gle/An2PkhTVBhDHjEzT6
We encourage you to share this link with friends and neighbors so all who are interested may sign up.
Saturday May 16, 2026
BGPC is excited to host a “Seminar” on Paul’s letters to the Corinthians, led by a friend and Bible scholar (and former “Cloverite”), the Reverend Dr. Jim McConnel, who is the Interim Dean of the Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity.
Jim will lead a study of First and Second Corinthians (his working title is “Has Christ Been Divided? Challenges to Community in Corinth”).
The study, open to BGPC and our friends and family, will begin Saturday morning and continue into the afternoon after a catered lunch.
Activities and lunch for your children are being planned, so that we all can enjoy a time of relaxed fellowship and study with Jim.
More details to follow, but please Save The Date!
Outreach Committee News:
Committee members for 2026 are:
Karen Farris, Susan Flanagan, Debbie Jackson, *Jeff Jackson, Mayme Long, *Allison Love, *Carmen Myrick and Jeannie Reiss.
*New members!
Be watching for news related to our second “Lunch and Learn” event to be held in the coming months. Lisa will be teaching about “What it Means to be Presbyterian”.
THANK YOU, BGPC
To the Session of BGPC,
Circle #3 thanks the Session for their purchase of the large TV for the church.
We are using a TV show—The Chosen—as a basis for our yearly study and the large TV has made it easier for all to see—and more importantly—to read the closed captioning.
Thank you, Circle #3, BGPC
Dear BGPC,
Thank you so much for the box of food. It was greatly appreciated! I am truly blessed to be a member of this church! I love my church family!
Love, Barbara Cockrell
Dear BGPC,
Thank you for remembering me with a cash gift during the holidays.
I will use it to help offset Christmas gifts. I hope I’m doing a good job. If not, please let me know.
Scottie
Dear friends from Bowling Green Presbyterian Church,
Thank you for your generous gift of $1,322.00 to CWS Blankets program. Your contribution provides warmth, comfort, and hope to neighbors near and far. Because of you, Church World Service is able to respond when disasters occur and support is needed. Thanks to your compassion, we can—and will change lives.
Rick Santos President and CEO CWS
Thank you Voicemail from Heifer International:
Last week, we received a thank-you voicemail from Jake with Heifer International. This is what he said:
"This message is to everyone at Bowling Green Presbyterian Church. We recently received your very generous gift that will assist 13 families throughout the world to be self-sustaining. The animals (& the education) that you provided will give them an income that will support their families and community. You have consistently given us donations since 2013. We cannot imagine how many families have been touched by your generosity. We look forward to partnering with you in the future. Thank you again."
From Savanna:
1) Choir updates: Beginning in March, Wednesday choir rehearsals will be 7:30-8:30pm. The choir would love some more members to join (especially ladies!) to join, even if it is just for the Lenten season. Please contact Savanna Grigg if you are interested. 803-415-5383
2) Savanna Leeann Music Lessons: There are still a couple more Monday/Wednesday spots available for music lessons. Please contact Savanna Grigg if you are interested for yourself or for your child. 803-415-5383
March Birthdays:
2 Debbie Jackson
3 Jeannie Reiss, Mack Henry, Rachel Jones
5 Nate Woolard Burnett
7 Teresa Petty
10 Leia Winn, Luke Winn, Sarah Love
11 Brittiany Jackson
18 Allison Love
19 Ben Wilson, Clara Love
20 David Walker, Ernest Flanagan, Karen Lundquest
21 Reese Isabel Jackson
24 Ashley Shrader
27 Laverne Vinegar
30 Lisa Wilson
Anniversaries:
25 Bailey and Jaye Jackson
27 Gabe and Jayden Russell
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances."
Updated Prayer List: In order to keep our prayer list up to date, please let Susan Jackson when someone can be removed.
Church Family: Sis Bentley, Janet Burgin, Barbara Cockrell, Sully Drummond, Mike Dulin, Danny Duncan, Grant Farris, Ernest Flanagan, Betty Furtick, Teresa Glass, Ken Gordon, Mack Henry, Danny Jackson, Sarah Jackson, Beth Kirksey, Betty Love, Nina Miriello, Rich Myrick, Jake Rumfelt, Blue Setzer, Steve Stanton, Barb Witzel, and Dave Woods.
Friends and Family:
Jonathan Armstrong—friend of Joanne McDaniel
Kenneth Ballard—father of Terry Stephens
Jenni Rose Bunkley—Joanne McDaniel’s cousin
Perry Burkholder—father of Lynn Jones
JJimmy & Judy Burton—friends of Debbie & Danny Jackson
Muriel Cocuzza—friend of Nina Miriello
Ed Cockrell—husband of Barbara Cockrell
Patsy Conrad—sister of Ed Jackson
Fred Counts—Brittiany Jackson’s step-dad
Cynthia Drake—daughter of Terri Stephens
Sharon Gable—Teresa Petty’s mom
Gene Gordon—son of Ken & Sarah Gordon
Baker Hampton—daughter of Pat Caldwell’s friend
Betty Hodge—former musician at BGPC
Fran Iovino—sister-in-law of Nina Miriello
Christopher Iovino—nephew of Nina Miriello
Carolyn Knox—friend of Joanne McDaniel
Geraldine Lilly—sister of Scottie Munsey
Barbara Love—mother of Duree Burnett
Pete Lynn—Ed Jackson’s brother-in-law
Dr. Garry Mangum—grandfather of Justin Shrader
Sidney Matowski—daughter of friend of Kenneth Love
Andrea McDaniel—daughter-in-law of Jimmy McDaniel
Delores Miller—mother of Diane Caldwell
Yvonne Mixon—Brittiany Jackson’s grandmother
Cathy Mullinax—sister-in-law of Sarah Gordon
Frances Munsey—Scottie Munsey’s aunt
Garrett Perkins—son of Donna Adams
Dean Putnam—friend of Danny & Debbie Jackson
John Sadler—husband of Joanne’s cousin
Katherine Shay—mother of Donna Adams
Kay Stewart—friend of Joanne McDaniel
Lauren Turley—friend of Scottie & Becky Munsey
Scott Pursley Wallace—friend of Susan Flanagan
Beau Whiddon—great-nephew of Nina Miriello
Lou Whiddon—brother-in-law of Nina Miriello
2) Savanna Leeann Music Lessons: There are still a couple more Monday/Wednesday spots available for music lessons. Please contact Savanna Grigg if you are interested for yourself or for your child. 803-415-5383
March News
Sundays:
9:30 am Choir Practice
10 am Worship (in-person, Facebook Live, & YouTube)
10:30 am Children’s Sunday Program
Mondays: 1 pm Sew It’s Monday
Wednesdays: 7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal
Other Important Dates:
Wednesday, March 4: Lenten Study Series at 10 am in-person and 6:30 pm online
Tuesday, March 10: Circle 3 at 6 pm
Wednesday, March 11: Lenten Study Series at 10 am in-person and 6:30 pm online
Wednesday, March 18: Lenten Study Series at 10 am in-person and 6:30 pm online
Wednesday, March 25: Lenten Study Series at 10 am in-person and 6:30 pm online
Saturday, March 28: Leaderfest: Stephen Ministry 9 am – 3 pm
Sunday, March 29: 5th Sunday Offering for Compassionate Care Fund
Looking Ahead to April:
Thursday, April 2: Maundy Service with communion at 7 pm
Friday, April 3: Tenebrae Service at 7 pm
Sunday, April 5: Sunrise Service at 7 am; Breakfast at 7:45 am; Traditional Easter Service at 10 am
Tuesday, April 14: Circle 3 at 6 pm
Tuesday, March 10th at 6 pm
Ladies Circle
Circle #3 meets on Tuesday, March 10th at 6 pm in the Fellowship Hall. All women are invited to attend. If you have any questions, please contact Jeannie Reiss.
Forgiveness
A Lenten Study
By Marjorie J. Thompson
10 am & 6:30 pm Classes
Wednesday, March 4: Chapter 3
Honesty: Engaging the Inner Struggle
Wednesday, March 11: Chapter 4
Repentance: Getting a New Mind
Wednesday, March 18: Chapter 5
Forgiving: Embracing Freedom
Wednesday, March 25: Chapter 6
Beginning Again: Reconciliation and Restoration
Lenten Sermon Series
Second Sunday of Lent, March 1 at 10 am Guided by the Promise
Third Sunday of Lent, March 8 at 10 am Companion for the Journey
Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 15 at 10 am Journeying in Grace
Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 22 at 10 am Redemption Road
Extra Offering
On Sunday, March 29, please bring an extra offering to go into our Compassionate Care Fund to assist our neighbors in need. The offering will be collected as we leave worship that day. If you worship with us online and would like to contribute, be sure to mark your online contribution or check with “5thSunday.”
Holy Week
Palm & Passion Sunday Service: Sunday, March 29 at 10 am
Maundy Thursday Service: April 2 at 7 pm
Tenebrae Service: Friday April 3 at 7 pm
Easter Sunday Services: Sunday, April 5:
Sunrise Service at 7 am
Traditional Service at 10 am
Sunday, April 5 at 7:45 am
All are invited to join us for breakfast immediately following the Easter Sunrise Service. Brunch will include BGPC’s delicious breakfast casseroles, buttery grits, fresh fruit, hot coffee and sweet rolls. Join us for a hot, delicious breakfast and wonderful fellowship! Please contact Susan Flanagan or a member of the Congregational Care Committee if you’d like to bring a breakfast item.
Saturday, May 2nd from 10 am – 2 pm The Congregational Care Committee would like to invite all women of all ages to join us for a fun day of fellowship, friendship and delicious food! Reverend Pressley Cox from Foothills Presbytery will guide us in strengthening our friendships while honoring the mission of our church to serve Christ in our church, our community and our world.
The event will be held on Saturday, May 2nd, 10am-2pm at the Ministry Barn on Glenn Road. Please invite your friends and family to join us! Lunch will be served and there is no cost to attend. Please contact Susan Flanagan with any questions.
We are now accepting requests for our upcoming Praise and Play Summer Camp.
If your child would like to participate, please complete the form at the link below:
https://forms.gle/An2PkhTVBhDHjEzT6
We encourage you to share this link with friends and neighbors so all who are interested may sign up.
Saturday May 16, 2026
BGPC is excited to host a “Seminar” on Paul’s letters to the Corinthians, led by a friend and Bible scholar (and former “Cloverite”), the Reverend Dr. Jim McConnel, who is the Interim Dean of the Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity.
Jim will lead a study of First and Second Corinthians (his working title is “Has Christ Been Divided? Challenges to Community in Corinth”).
The study, open to BGPC and our friends and family, will begin Saturday morning and continue into the afternoon after a catered lunch.
Activities and lunch for your children are being planned, so that we all can enjoy a time of relaxed fellowship and study with Jim.
More details to follow, but please Save The Date!
Outreach Committee News:
Committee members for 2026 are:
Karen Farris, Susan Flanagan, Debbie Jackson, *Jeff Jackson, Mayme Long, *Allison Love, *Carmen Myrick and Jeannie Reiss.
*New members!
Be watching for news related to our second “Lunch and Learn” event to be held in the coming months. Lisa will be teaching about “What it Means to be Presbyterian”.
THANK YOU, BGPC
To the Session of BGPC,
Circle #3 thanks the Session for their purchase of the large TV for the church.
We are using a TV show—The Chosen—as a basis for our yearly study and the large TV has made it easier for all to see—and more importantly—to read the closed captioning.
Thank you, Circle #3, BGPC
Dear BGPC,
Thank you so much for the box of food. It was greatly appreciated! I am truly blessed to be a member of this church! I love my church family!
Love, Barbara Cockrell
Dear BGPC,
Thank you for remembering me with a cash gift during the holidays.
I will use it to help offset Christmas gifts. I hope I’m doing a good job. If not, please let me know.
Scottie
Dear friends from Bowling Green Presbyterian Church,
Thank you for your generous gift of $1,322.00 to CWS Blankets program. Your contribution provides warmth, comfort, and hope to neighbors near and far. Because of you, Church World Service is able to respond when disasters occur and support is needed. Thanks to your compassion, we can—and will change lives.
Rick Santos President and CEO CWS
Thank you Voicemail from Heifer International:
Last week, we received a thank-you voicemail from Jake with Heifer International. This is what he said:
"This message is to everyone at Bowling Green Presbyterian Church. We recently received your very generous gift that will assist 13 families throughout the world to be self-sustaining. The animals (& the education) that you provided will give them an income that will support their families and community. You have consistently given us donations since 2013. We cannot imagine how many families have been touched by your generosity. We look forward to partnering with you in the future. Thank you again."
From Savanna:
1) Choir updates: Beginning in March, Wednesday choir rehearsals will be 7:30-8:30pm. The choir would love some more members to join (especially ladies!) to join, even if it is just for the Lenten season. Please contact Savanna Grigg if you are interested. 803-415-5383
2) Savanna Leeann Music Lessons: There are still a couple more Monday/Wednesday spots available for music lessons. Please contact Savanna Grigg if you are interested for yourself or for your child. 803-415-5383
March Birthdays:
2 Debbie Jackson
3 Jeannie Reiss, Mack Henry, Rachel Jones
5 Nate Woolard Burnett
7 Teresa Petty
10 Leia Winn, Luke Winn, Sarah Love
11 Brittiany Jackson
18 Allison Love
19 Ben Wilson, Clara Love
20 David Walker, Ernest Flanagan, Karen Lundquest
21 Reese Isabel Jackson
24 Ashley Shrader
27 Laverne Vinegar
30 Lisa Wilson
Anniversaries:
25 Bailey and Jaye Jackson
27 Gabe and Jayden Russell
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances."
Updated Prayer List: In order to keep our prayer list up to date, please let Susan Jackson when someone can be removed.
Church Family: Sis Bentley, Janet Burgin, Barbara Cockrell, Sully Drummond, Mike Dulin, Danny Duncan, Grant Farris, Ernest Flanagan, Betty Furtick, Teresa Glass, Ken Gordon, Mack Henry, Danny Jackson, Sarah Jackson, Beth Kirksey, Betty Love, Nina Miriello, Rich Myrick, Jake Rumfelt, Blue Setzer, Steve Stanton, Barb Witzel, and Dave Woods.
Friends and Family:
Jonathan Armstrong—friend of Joanne McDaniel
Kenneth Ballard—father of Terry Stephens
Jenni Rose Bunkley—Joanne McDaniel’s cousin
Perry Burkholder—father of Lynn Jones
JJimmy & Judy Burton—friends of Debbie & Danny Jackson
Muriel Cocuzza—friend of Nina Miriello
Ed Cockrell—husband of Barbara Cockrell
Patsy Conrad—sister of Ed Jackson
Fred Counts—Brittiany Jackson’s step-dad
Cynthia Drake—daughter of Terri Stephens
Sharon Gable—Teresa Petty’s mom
Gene Gordon—son of Ken & Sarah Gordon
Baker Hampton—daughter of Pat Caldwell’s friend
Betty Hodge—former musician at BGPC
Fran Iovino—sister-in-law of Nina Miriello
Christopher Iovino—nephew of Nina Miriello
Carolyn Knox—friend of Joanne McDaniel
Geraldine Lilly—sister of Scottie Munsey
Barbara Love—mother of Duree Burnett
Pete Lynn—Ed Jackson’s brother-in-law
Dr. Garry Mangum—grandfather of Justin Shrader
Sidney Matowski—daughter of friend of Kenneth Love
Andrea McDaniel—daughter-in-law of Jimmy McDaniel
Delores Miller—mother of Diane Caldwell
Yvonne Mixon—Brittiany Jackson’s grandmother
Cathy Mullinax—sister-in-law of Sarah Gordon
Frances Munsey—Scottie Munsey’s aunt
Garrett Perkins—son of Donna Adams
Dean Putnam—friend of Danny & Debbie Jackson
John Sadler—husband of Joanne’s cousin
Katherine Shay—mother of Donna Adams
Kay Stewart—friend of Joanne McDaniel
Lauren Turley—friend of Scottie & Becky Munsey
Scott Pursley Wallace—friend of Susan Flanagan
Beau Whiddon—great-nephew of Nina Miriello
Lou Whiddon—brother-in-law of Nina Miriello