July 10 complete

(Above: Bill Dynes, Marko Petricic, John Wright, Ruth Moore, Krista Wright.)

Join us for our 11:00 am live streaming service.
- Post greetings to your Northminster friends during the service. On the streaming page, click Login and create your own account.
- Download and print the Sunday Bulletin to follow along during Worship.

Music in Worship
Psalm 62, Hal Hopson (born 1933) - Krista Wright, Soprano
SIMPLE GIFTS, arr. Mark Hayes - Krista Wright, Flute
Lyric Andante, Max Reger (1873 – 1916), arr. Charles Callahan - Krista Wright, Flute

Free Outdoor Concert - Sunday, July 12th at 8:00 pm
Musicians of the ISO Brass Band
Music by Blood, Sweat and Tears, Youngblood Brass Band, Slavic Soul Party, Jenni Rivera, and more!” Join your neighborhood friends in the Northminster south parking lot. A free-will offering will be received to benefit Gleaner’s Food Bank. Masks required. Please follow social distancing guidelines. Bring your own chair. RSVP your number of guests to rsvp@isomusicians.org Presented by: Musicians of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and hosted by Northminster Presbyterian Church.

Parking Lot Workout
Beginning on Thursday, July 9, from 7:30-8 pm in the North parking lot by the Preschool entrance, Josh Weyer, an across-the-street neighbor, licensed physical therapist and certified personal trainer, will offer a ½ hour “socially distant” workout for neighbors and the NPC congregation. (Read more ...)

Virtual VBS - Kit Pickup
VBS Kit Pickup was Wednesday, July 8th, but we still have some extra kits available. Virtual content will be available on July 9th. What is virtual Vacation Bible School? (details here...)

Love your neighbor, wear your mask
Are you planning a visit to the church? Please plan to wear a face mask. Northminster has some available if you forget yours. Staff members are currently working from home on some days, but are in the office on a staggered schedule, so not all are in the office on the same days. Please call the church office (317-251-9489) before stopping by.

Worship this Summer
What are the possibilities for our worship life as a congregation during this summer of continued social distancing as well as these days of national and international unrest? What will be our focus? (Read more ...)

Opportunities for Learning and Conversation
Sunday, July 19- 5:30 - 6:30 pm OR Wednesday, July 22 - 7 - 8 pm, discussion of the novel "Strangers at the Feast" by Jennifer Vanderbes. (Read more ...)

Children's Worship Leaders Needed
Have you been enjoying the cameo appearances of our members leading virtual children's time on Sundays? Have you found yourself inspired to be one of them? We would love to have you! Lectionary text is provided and submitting your at-home video is a breeze. Contact annericchiuto@yahoo.com to volunteer.

Missing your devotional books?
These Days devotionals (courtesy of Pat Freije) can be picked up from the Gathering Place porch in the plastic storage container.

How to contact the church staff
Go to our church website, click MENU, and then STAFF (under the About tab), and choose a specific staff person, or call the church office at 317-251-9489. In case of a pastoral emergency, call Pastor Ruth Moore, at 317-753-3164.

Staying connected with the ShelbyNext app is easy!
This might be the perfect time to download and use Northminster's ShelbyNext app to help you stay connected with other Northminster church members, update your contact information, check the calendar, or give online. Watch this short instructional video to learn how!

Ways to give
- Giving online: Go to the homepage of our website and click on Give at the top of the page, or simply click on Give at the top of each weekly email. You can give using your credit, debit card or bank account. (Did you know that if you use your bank account instead of a card your gift goes farther? The church doesn’t have to pay card processing fees when you use your checking account.)
- Checks can be mailed to the church: Northminster Presbyterian Church, 1660 Kessler Blvd. East Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46220.
- Contact Lori Schlabach to set up automatic giving from your checking account.

Memory of the Week
For virtual worship services during the pandemic lockdown, a dress code would be hard to define. There was a time when some folks tried, as Pennie Lumley remembers:

Before Ron Smith arrived in mid-1997 as our interim pastor, we’d been having an informal debate about whether it was appropriate to wear jeans to church. Soon after Ron started his ministry here, his family moved to Indianapolis to join him. The first time his stepdaughters Hannah and Megan came to hear him preach, they showed up in jeans. And that ended the debate.

Do you have a special Northminster memory that you haven’t already submitted for our 75th Anniversary—an event, a moment, a personal gesture? Something funny, poignant, inspiring? Just a paragraph or two? If so, please email it to John Purcell.