ENCOUNTER

Charge: to foster authentic community and encourage congregational life at LBPC.

Ministries: The following list is examples of areas within this committee. We are a work in progress:

Welcoming and assimilation of newcomers

Transportation

Celebrations

Food baskets for the needy

Friend-to-friend relationships

Hospitality venues

Connections

Helping hands

Support groups

Health team

Goal: While many of the above ministries are already happening, the Encourage committee will serve as an umbrella for present and future ministries, and promote communication.

Members of Encourage Committee:

Two Elders: Margarita Suarez andNorma Kastien;
Deacon Moderator: Beth Williams;
Representative of Presbyterian Women: Barbara Carlsen;
three key leaders of congregation: Jan Cox, Natalie Sarantos, Priscilla Stephenson

Upcoming Celebration

SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011: CHURCH POTLUCK LUNCH

Church Potluck Lunch and Celebration
and Opening of the MultipurposeRoom.

For comments or questions contact Norma or Margarita.

All Women Are Invited

Once each year all the women in the Presbyterian Churches in the Alaska-Northwest Synod are invited to attend the Annual Gathering. This year the Gathering is located in Seattle Presbytery. It is being held in the woodlands above the beautiful Green River Valley east of Auburn off Highway 18 at Camp Berachah, 19830 SE 328^th Place, Auburn, WA 98092.

Camp Berachah has fully accessible and comfortable rooms that include linen service, private baths and a large meeting room. Since Lake Burien Presbyterian Church is so close there are several ways to attend. One can attend for the entire conference from Thursday evening, May 5, at 4 p.m., through Saturday lunch on May 7. This full-time registration cost is $145, which includes six meals and lodging. There is also a full-time RV parking registration, which is $85 for the first person and $65 for the second person. A full-time commuter registration with meals but no lodging is $65. A part-time commuter with one meal is $15 and a part-time commuter with two meals is $25. In the registration form, you can choose your meals.

The theme for this PW Synod Gathering is "Mission - Women Called to Act." The scripture is "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another." - John 13.34

We are extremely honored to have five godly women as our guest speakers. Loanna Day is the Founder/President of MWEEP (Massai Women's Education & Empowerment Program) based in Kitsap County. She is a member of Central Kitsap Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Donna Frey DeCou, HR, has served churches throughout the Seattle Presbytery as head of staff and interim pastor. The Rev. Joyce Martin Emery is a Certified Christian Educator and currently Presbyter to the Synod of Alaska/ Northwest. Joyce grew up in Burien. Ann Ferguson is the Program Coordinator for Presbyterian Women in Louisville, Kentucky. She will lead us in an overview of the 2011-12 Horizon Bible study, Confessing the Beatitudes. Stephanie Johnson is the Director of REACH Ministries, a non-profit Christian organization located in Tacoma. They serve through the love of Jesus children and families suffering with HIV/AIDS. Theresa Schulz Norris is the President of Women's Enterprises Int'l whose goal is to equip women in developing countries to overcome poverty and transform their lives and communities.

Lake Burien Presbyterian Women encourage our women to attend this exciting opportunity to hear outstanding speakers and enjoy meeting Presbyterian women from our entire Alaska-Northwest Synod. We are lucky to be so close so that we can either attend part time or full time or have the opportunity to be a commuter. Please contact Gail Lane at 246-5898 for registration forms. The deadline for registration is April 14. There are no refunds after April 28. If you are available to bring snacks for one of the break times, please let Gail know.

Gail Lane

Gifts of Women Celebration  

Anne Tiernan and Dawn Wilson were honored on March 6 when Lake Burien Presbyterian Women (PW) presented them with Honorary Life Memberships to Presbyterian Women (U.S.A.). This award is given to a woman to recognize her faithful service in some area of church work. The donation given in their honor builds strong national programs for and with all women in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). For example, the Leadership Development Grant Program has been created to enable women to participate fully in the life and mission of Presbyterian Women and the church, which in turn strengthens the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Grants are given that fund programs to develop leadership skills and the funds also provide scholarship assistance to women who reflect the diversity of the church, so that they may participate in the Churchwide Gathering of PW.

Anne and Dawn were presented with a certificate of membership and a membership pin specially designed to portray the qualities of persons deserving the honor and recognition of an Honorary Life Membership. The following are some meanings found in the symbol.

• The caring, supportive hands represent women who seek to build an inclusive community of Presbyterian Women.
• The leaf represents growth of our personal and corporate response to Jesus Christ as we nurture our faith.
• The dove indicates our work for peace in our own lives and throughout the world, shown in the globe.
• At the center of the design is the cross, by which our sins are forgiven and we are freed to live in Christ who is at the center of our lives.
• The overall design is of a butterfly, a symbol of newness in Christ and the emergence of a new creation - Presbyterian Women. 

Anne Tiernan has shared her gifts of service in many ways. When her daughters were younger, she helped with the church school program. She has helped with our Alice Winters' Circle Silent Auction. She is a faithful member of our Bell Choir. Her most recent gifts are as an elder and Treasurer for our church. She has spent countless hours in this important role, often late at night. Many times after working all day, she comes to the church late at night to complete her finance responsibilities for LBPC.

Dawn Wilson has given her gifts of love to our children. She is a member of the Children and Youth committee. She has helped with Vacation Bible School, church school and is a faithful volunteer every Wednesday evening with the Remix dinner and programs. I know the children enjoy her hugs. She also shares God's love with her patients at Highline Hospital. This last year she taught an evening Bible study on Esther. Our women have enjoyed her service as Mistress of Ceremonies for our annual Advent coffees.

We are very grateful for these two women and the gifts they have shared with all of us. We are glad to be able to honor both of them.

Gail Lane

The engage team is led by Steve Glass and Carolyn Carpenter. We are looking for volunteers to be "ENGAGED" as liaisons with our building use partners. We are looking for people who may already be involved or wish to be involved with the following groups: Hospitality House, Boy Scout Troop 360, Orphan Relief and Rescue, Union Gospel Mission, AA Groups, Young Life, Presbyterian Women, and Alice Winters Circle. Other mission areas that deserve support are: New Horizons, Covenant Network, PCUSA, Earth Ministries, and Ugandan Springs. If you have a heart for helping out, we could use your involvement. We are meeting the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. just to check in and report to Carolyn and myself to see how things are going and to offer help and support. Meetings would not even be mandatory; an e-mail or phone call to check in with us would be great, although the Tuesday evening meeting is a great time for fellowship as well as getting mission work accomplished. Please e-mail me or give me a call if you wish to be involved in any of these ministries and let us help each other support these mission fields.

Steve Glass

glass.s@comcast.net

206-242-1765

From the Children's Department

Engage - Adult Education

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What is PFC? The Property and Finance Committee is part of our new session structure that provides for the maintenance of existing facilities and grounds, long-term capital improvements and the financial management of LBPC.

Lead by three elders, Steve Turner, Gordon Shaw and Paul Larson, we are in the process of building a committee that will take an active role in the campus and our financial health. We need all the "helping hands" to coordinate work parties, take on special building projects or clean up the grounds.

Included in our 2011 goals are completion of the multipurpose room remodel, schematic design for the commons area, campus landscaping and updates to areas within our CE building. If you love to work with your hands in the dirt, paint or build, we could use your talents. Please contact cyclist_paul@comcast.net or talk to one of us three elders.
 

2011 Budget as of March 31, 2011 

Budget            $337,950

  Income          $  74,240

  Expenses       $  71,670