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July Birthdays4 - Kris Brown, Lewis Laughead
6 - Kelsey Green
7 - LeRoy Lantz
8 - Norma Mettler, Jane Warfield, Whitney Pullen
10 - Steve Spainhour
13 - Greg Lewis, Courtney Agan
14 - Douglas J. Bowman, Echo Logsdon
15 - Hallie Hottle
16 - Gene Larson
17 - Jeff Rankin, Will Best
18 - Louise Roos
19 - Mark Lyle
21 - Lolla Ballard, Shari Glasgow
25 - Mary Distin
27 - Dee Ann Shuff
28 - Judy Andrews
29 - Eugene Inman
30 - Donna Larson, Emily Fisher
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Your church family wants to keep in touch with you. With this weekly e-newsletter, we bring you up-to-the-minute news of the latest events and happenings. It's all about staying connected.
"Jesus said... 'I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.'" -John 13:31a; 34-35
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This Sunday ~ Eighth Sunday after Pentecost ~ July 14, 2013
9:30 a.m.
Sermon Title: "Stories We Tell Ourselves"
Amos 7:7-17 Psalm 82
Colossians 1:1-14 Luke 10:25-37
Liturgist: Gene Larson
Ushers: Buff Hottle, Dalton Hottle, Mark McVey, Maggie McVey, Brenda Runge
Greeters: Deb Tomlin and Sheila Wilson
Children's Church: Ann Phelps
Nursery: Lolla Ballard
Coffee Hour: Jim & Lolla Ballard, Julie & Shirley Armstrong
Special Music: Barbara Gossett, harp
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Meetings
Sunday, July 14 - After-Worship Gathering - 10:45 a.m. in church library or Social Hall
Tuesday, July 16 - Visioning Group Discussion - 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 16 - Mission Committee - 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 17 - Visioning Group Discussions at 5:15 p.m. and at 7:00 p.m. NOTE: Deacons and Trustees will not meet in July; however, the Session will be meeting July 23.
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AFTER-WORSHIP VISIONING GROUP DISCUSSION - JULY 7, 2013
QUESTION 1: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN PART OF A GROUP THAT HAD A VISION?
QUESTION 2: GET INTO GROUPS OF TWO, TURN TO THE PERSON TO YOUR RIGHT, AND SHARE WITH EACH OTHER YOUR INDIVIDUAL VISION FOR THE CHURCH IN ONE MINUTE.
RESULTS: (This list is in the form of raw data)
1. Community church
2. Place of acceptance
3. Positive attitude
4. Energy
5. Involvement of all ages
6. A place to discover God
7. A place to discover God's image in each other
8. diversity of people
9. friendly outreach
10. help discovering your talents
11. creating new opportunities to volunteer
12. (try, learn, re-try)
13. use church members in church worship service
14. listen
15. listen to children -ask them to draw pictures of our church to share their visions of what our church is and does
16. volunteer as a church group as opposed to an individual
17. we have more strengths than we realize
18. have more celebrations (for example mother-daughter banquets); invite new college faculty to a dinner
19. hospitality and outreach; friendliness before church service begins
20. neighborhood groups
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Gathering School Supplies for S.T.A.R.S.
Jamieson Center and Community National Bank have sponsored the S.T.A.R.S. program (Supplies To Arrive Ready for School) for several years. This program benefits many area students, helping them begin the school year with the supplies they need. It also helps the parents of these children, as it can become very costly when you have several children who need supplies. When you are out and about shopping, please think about picking up some of the items on the list below and adding them to the collection box at church by the office. In order to help the most children, the supplies collected need to go to Jamieson Center by the end of July (summer vacation flies by quickly!).
THERE ARE ALSO S.T.A.R.S. SCHOOL SUPPLY LISTS ON THE OFFICE DOOR THAT YOU CAN TAKE WITH YOU.
S.T.A.R.S. SCHOOL SUPPLIES
(Needed by the end of July)
No trapper keepers
| glue sticks
| No pencil boxes
| 8-oz. white glue
| Kleenex
| Fiskar scissors - pointed
and round
| Crayons - #8, #48
| rulers
| Colored pencils
| solid-color 2-pocket folders
| #2 pencils
| loose-leaf wide-ruled paper
| pencil bags
| spiral notebooks -
wide-ruled
| black or blue ball-point
pens
| composition notebooks
| yellow highlighters
| protractors
| Crayola washable markers
| Index cards - 3 x 5
| Dry-erase markers - black
| three-ring, 1" notebook
(hard cover)
| water color paints
| hand sanitizer
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Pink Pearl erasers
| Zip-Loc bags: sandwich,
quart, large
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Presbyterian Youth Triennium
Please keep in prayer those who will be attending the Presbyterian Youth Triennium July 16 through July 20.
If you would like to see a schedule of what they are doing each day at Purdue University, click here
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TEDDY BEAR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER & PRE-SCHOOL NEWS
Teddy Bear will be closed from July 4 - July 19 for vacation. They will resume on Monday, July 22. Gary is still taking care of the greenhouse. Ask Gary what delicious things they are growing in there!
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Horizons Bible Study Books
The 2013-14 Horizons Bible Study books have just arrived in our church office and are available for $9.00. The upcoming study is "An Abiding Hope: The Presence of God in Exodus and Deuteronomy" by Janice Catron. This study was designed around the topic of migration.
Please make checks payable to "Faith United Presbyterian Church" and write "PW Horizons Bible Study" on the memo line. The church office is open M-F 8 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
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Faith Mission Focus in July & August - "Mission in Monmouth"
Faith United Presbyterian Church is providing assistance to the community by stepping forward to help the senior population and offering assistance with household chores through the Strom Senior Center. Strom has made available an application in their monthly newsletter for seniors who need volunteer help with tasks such as washing windows, cleaning the garage, raking the yard, etc., and has stated a July 12 deadline. The Faith UPC Mission Committee will then try to match volunteers from our church with the job requests. Members of our congregation are also invited to request assistance with chores around the house with which they need assistance - just call the church office and requests will be forwarded to the Mission Committee.
There will be a sign-up sheet on the office door for volunteers to sign up who are willing to do small projects. The Mission Committee will then match volunteers with work requests.
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Meals on Wheels - August
Faith Church will be assisting with delivery of Meals on Wheels during the month of August in cooperation with the Strom Center, which serves congregate meals M - F to those who are able to come to the center, and delivers packaged meals to the homes of the home-bound in the community. The driver leaves Strom Center with the meals promptly at 10:45 a.m. and deliveries are completed by 12 or 12:30 p.m.
A sign-up sheet will be posted on the church office door. You may sign up for a whole week, or whatever days you are available. We have had some sign-ups already. This is a wonderful and very tangible way to share God's love in our community.
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Sue Krummel Interviews Will Wetzel about the Recent Youth Mission Trip
Great Rivers Presbytery publishes a weekly e-newsletter and features a regular "General Presbyter's Perspective" with Rev. Sue Krummel. This week she shares with us a video chat she had with Will Wetzel, who is on staff at 1st Presbyterian Church of Macomb, working with both mission and youth. The youth from our church, together with Stephanie Reading and Heather Fisher, Ipava Presbyterian, and 1st Pres/Macomb, all combined for a mission trip to the Quad Cities last month. Find out more about what they did and why it is so important.
click here to watch the video
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Christian Education
Interim CD Director Position Opening
The Session, through a specially-appointed task force, has decided to hire an Interim Director of Christian Education. This paid position would last until the end of December 2013 and would involve approximately 10 hours a week. The CE Director would work with the Christian Education Committee and would report to the pastor.
The position will first be offered to our congregation. A tentative job description appears in the July 4th Focus on Faith newsletter (click here to access the newsletter with the full job description).
Please email John Marshall, Moderator of the Personnel Committee at johnbertismarshall@yahoo.com to submit a resume, or if you would like further information. You may also contact him by phone at (309) 536-0638.
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Strom Center Ice Cream Social - Tonight
The Strom Center Annual Ice Cream Social will be held at the Strom Center on Thursday, July 11 from 5-7 p.m., with entertainment from the Monmouth Municipal Band beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets for ice cream and homemade cake/pie and drink are only $3. If you would like to add a pork BBQ sandwich and chips, that's $3 more. Children 10 and under eat for half-price.
There will also be a raffle and 50/50 drawing at the event, with proceeds going to the Strom Emergency Services Program.
If you would like to volunteer to bring a cake or pie for this event, please call 734-5677.
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Heritage UP Church Ice Cream Social - July 15
Heritage United Presbyterian Church will have their ice cream social on Monday, July 15, from 5 - 7 p.m. The menu is a pork rib sandwich or hot dog, baked beans, chips, pie or cake, ice cream & a beverage, available for inside dining or carry-out. Donation is $6.
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In the Community
Relay for Life Event
This event is July 12th & 13th from 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. at Sunny Lane Field. There will be food, entertainment, celebrations, great music, luminaria ceremony, and a tribute to 2013 honorary survivor, Tracey Williams. Come join the fun!
* please take any donations to Sunny Lane Field
Warren County United Way Trivia Night II
Strom Center will host the Annual Senior Trivia Night on Thursday, July 25. Registration is 5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Each team of 8 will go 8 rounds of 8 trivia questions each round. The team with the highest number of correct answers wins a $200 prize; second-highest-scoring team wins $100. Categories are: food & drink, classic movies, random multiple choice, true/false, classic TV, 1960s, 1970s, and geography. You don't need to be a senior to play! For information and registration, call the Strom Center at 734-5677 or Warren County United Way at 734-6364.
Warren County Wellness Program
OSF Holy Family Medical Center and Warren County Health Department Present: Warren County Wellness Program
This free community program was designed based on the results of a recent Community Health Needs Assessment. It was discovered that only 7% of our population engages in exercise at least 5 times a week, and only 3% of our population exceeds the minimum recommended servings of fruits/vegetables in a day.
The 8 week program begins on August 27, 2013, and will offer free health screenings to participants, provide a weekly health and wellness program, a walking program, and a celebration planned for those who complete the program.
As previously mentioned the program is completely FREE to those that wish to participate, and screenings will be offered at the end of the program to determine if lifestyle changes helped improve numbers from initial screenings.
FREE SCREENINGS
The following screenings will be provided at no charge: Lipid Profile; Blood Pressure; Heel Scan; Peak Flow; Brachial/Radial Index; Mental Health Screening; Weight; BMI and Body Measurements. PSA screenings for men over the age of 50 will also be offered.
Call Kelly Kendall at 734-1404 to register. For further information and to see detailed descriptions of each of the 8 sessions, please click here
Red Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the New Warren County Health Department Building
There will be a Red Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony on Tuesday, July 30th at 3:00 p.m., with an open house following until 5:00 p.m. at their new expanded facility at 240 South Main.
Farmers' Market - June through October
The annual Farmers' Market began Friday, June 7th at the First State Bank parking lot from 7:00 a.m. - noon. The Farmers' Market will run each Friday through October.
Next Music Days in Market Alley - July 24
Sponsor: IPP Associates LLC
Food: Olivia's Cookie Jar
Music: Winter Blues All Stars
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Strom Center Ice Cream Social Thursday, July 11
Senior TRIAD Kick-Off
Thursday, July 11 6:00 p.m. Strom Center
Heritage UP Ice Cream Social Monday, July 15
Monmouth Cruise Night
August 2 Monmouth College New Student Move-in Day - Saturday, August 24
Warren County Prime Beef Festival
September 4 - 7
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Prayer Concerns
Please continue to keep in your prayers: Chuck Hallam (at Seminary Bounce-Back), Craig Watson (recovering at home from hip replacement surgery) Pat and Merle Brown (now at Monmouth Nursing Home) , Cinda Stansbury (now at Marigold), Vern Mettler (now at home), Irvin Lipp (now home), Evelyn Carlson (now at home), Tara Hanson, Mary Johnson, Sally McVey, Gary Youngblood, Lindsay Murdock, and Jim Paris.
William Bersted passed away Friday, June 28 while visiting friends in Florida. There will be a visitation August 5, 2013 at 10 a.m. with a memorial service to follow at Turnbull Funeral Home in Monmouth. Bill's wishes were to have the memorial be to the Nancy Bersted Trust.
Services for Janet Cunningham's mother, Jessie Lincoln, will be held this Saturday, July 13 at 11:00 a.m. at the Christian Church of Abingdon, with visitation one hour prior to services at the church. Hinchliff-Pearson-West Abingdon Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be made at h-p-w.com. Click here for a direct link to the funeral home website to view the obituary or for further information. The address of the church is 409 S. Main Street, Abingdon.
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Thank you so much for your heartfelt contribution to Teddy Bear Child Development Center. Your generosity is truly appreciated and will help us to fulfill our mission of teaching, caring for, and guiding our Teddy Bear Children.
Thanks again to our family at Faith.
Gary, Denise, and Catrina Pullen
Editor's Note: $510 in donations were collected during the Teddy Bear Mission Focus Month.
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Dear Friends at Faith,
Thank you all for the cards, visits, phone calls, and especially the prayers, both in the get well and then in the sympathy. Our congregation is a very special one to me.
Thank you again,
Evelyn Carlson
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2013 Session Committees
Moderator: Rev. Charles Cunningham
Clerk: Scott McClintock
Personnel John Marshall - Moderator
Brad Larson, Mary Distin
Worship Denise Turnbull- Moderator
Gene Larson, Deb Tomlin
Stewardship Mary Distin - Moderator
& Budget Scott McClintock, Rod Lemon
Mission Barb Byrne - Moderator
Gary Pullen, Ann Phelps
Outreach Heather Fisher - Moderator
Tammi Hottle, John Marshall
CE Ann Phelps - Moderator
Rod Lemon, Brad Larson
Fellowship Tammi Hottle - Moderator
Heather Fisher, Denise Turnbull
Audit Gary Pullen - Moderator
Kristie Murdock
Memorial Deb Tomlin - Moderator
Kristie Murdock
Investment Scott McClintock - Moderator
Deb Tomlin
Nominating Gene Larson - Moderator
Vicki Young Briscoe
Wash Day Vicki Young Briscoe - Moderator
Ministry Barb Byrne
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