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Focus on Faith

Faith United Presbyterian Church Newsletter

June 19, 2014 

Phone:   734-5129     Hours:  M-F   8 AM - Noon  and 1 -4 PM   

   

Pastor Charles B. Cunningham (emergencies after hours) 309-221-8168

 

Church Email: faithup@maplecity.com      Website: www.faithpresmonmouth.org

This Sunday - 2nd Sunday after Pentecost 

 June 22, 2014 

9:30 a.m. 

 

Sermon Title: "What Then Are We to Say?" 
 
Genesis 21:8-21                       Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17
Romans 6:1-11                           Matthew 10:24-39

 

  Liturgist: Edward Melvin
 Ushers: Buff Hottle, Dalton Hottle, Mark McVey, Brenda Runge, Job & Noah Runge
Greeters:  Armond & Betsy Akey, Janice Cunningham
Children's Church:   Ann Phelps
Nursery:  Lolla Ballard  
Coffee Hour:  The Session in Honor of our Confirmation Class
CD Recording:  Ted Briscoe 
Special Music:  Mark Moore 
 

Upcoming Meetings/Events 

 
Thursday, June 19 - Confirmation Class - 3:45 p.m. 
 
Thursday, June 19 - PW Salad Supper & Business Meeting - 6 p.m. 
 
Friday - Saturday, June 20-21 - Community Care Work Days
 
Sunday, June 22 - Confirmation Breakfast with Session - 8:30 a.m. 
 
Sunday, June 22 - Finance Committee Meeting - 10:35 a.m. 
 
Tuesday, June 24 - Committee on Ministry in Peoria - 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 
 
Tuesday, June 24 - Session Meeting - 7:00 p.m. 
 
Tuesday, June 24 - Monmouth Municipal Band Rehearsal - 7:00 p.m. 
 
Wednesday, June 25 - Adult Bible Study on Acts - 5:00 p.m. 
 
Thursday, June 26 - Isabel Circle Meeting @ Crystal Sargent's - 6:30 p.m.
 
Sunday, June 29 - Pastor Cunningham's last Sunday in pulpit

Congregational Meeting - July 20, 2014
 
The PNC has recommended a candidate to Session for congregational approval, the Rev. Dr. Kathy Stoner Lasala.  The Congregational Meeting for this candidacy will be after worship on Sunday, July 20, 2014.  
 
Charles' last Sunday in the pulpit will be June 29.  On August 3 he will begin an interim ministry at First Presbyterian Church in Pekin, Illinois.  The following dates will be the schedule of worship for the next few Sundays:  
 
July 6 - Pulpit Supply
July 13 - Pulpit Supply
July 20 - Rev. Dr. Kathy Stoner Lasala's candidating sermon (with a picnic event for the congregation to meet her on Saturday, July 19)
July 27 - Pulpit Supply
August 3 - If approved, new pastor begins   
 
Finance Committee Meeting - June 22, 2014   moneybag_graphic.jpg  
 
The Finance Committee (Stewardship, Memorial, Audit, Investment) will be meeting right after church on Sunday, June 22 at 10:35 a.m. 
 
Isabel Circle - Thursday, June 26, 2014      
 

Isabel Circle will meet at the home of Crystal Sargent at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, 2014.  Attendees will meet at the church parking lot to carpool to the Sargent's rural home.  Supper will be served.  For more information, contact the church office.  All members and friends are welcome to attend.

 

Sharon Graham will facilitate Lesson Nine: God's Abiding Presence from the 2013-2014 Horizons Bible Study. The key idea is that the tabernacle represented God's ongoing presence among the people in the wilderness, just as Jesus and the Holy Spirit represent God's eternal presence among us. There will be a brief review of Lessons 1 through 8.  The lesson will focus on how will we be God's tabernacle, how will we show God's abiding love and care, and how are we already tabernacles for God.

 


Pentecost Offering - 2014  
 
We are very happy to report that $515 has been donated to the Pentecost Offering, which surpasses last year's giving of $387. 
 
 Thank you very much for your support of the Pentecost Offering.  

Youth Mission Trip 
 
The youth have returned safely from their exciting week-long trip to New York City.  During the days they worked hard rehabbing two houses, doing dry wall and tiling floors.  It was a week of acquiring new skills and meeting new people in God's service. 

A big thank you to everyone in the congregation for their prayers, snack contributions to the goody bags, and heart-felt notes of encouragement.  


PW Salad Supper - TONIGHT, Thursday, June 19  salad.jpg
 
The PW Salad Supper is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 19.  Linda Miller, Coordinator for Peace, Justice, and Hunger for PW of PGR, will be speaking on "Presbyterian Women as Agents of Change."  Linda truly lives her convictions as a Christian.  Her presentations are very challenging. She is an active member of First Presbyterian Church-Macomb, where the Rev. Dr. Kathy Stoner-Lasala has served as pastor. Linda will also be conducting the installation of our officers. 
 
This is a potluck meal and all women of the church are invited.  Please bring a salad to share and your own table service. 

At the business meeting, we will vote on proposed changes to the 1989 by-laws of the Faith United Presbyterian Church PW.  Over the years there have been some changes which necessitate updating our by-laws.  In advance of the meeting, please pick up (a) a copy of the old by-laws and (b) a copy of the new proposed changes from the table in the Narthex or the table under the mirror by the office, so that you will be acquainted with the changes before you vote. 
 
VBS 2014    June 29 - July 3   9:30 a.m. - Noon

  

Registration is underway for the 2014 Vacation Bible School for children ages 3 through 6th grade.  We are also taking volunteer sign-ups.  There is a VBS Workshop of Wonders Information Center set up in the Social Hall.  Registration forms are available in the Social Hall and on the church office door. 
 
Wednesday, June 25 - VBS Training/Orientation  9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. (pick the one that is most convenient for you - you don't have to attend both!)
 
NEEDED:  Glue sticks and plastic tablecloths (in primary colors). 
 
To the Congregation:

RE:  Parking Lot

The Building & Grounds Committee has brought to our attention the deteriorating condition of the parking lot.  At this time, because of financial constraints, the Session is postponing having work done on it until 2015.  We have received an estimate of approximately $7,000 to repair and seal coat the parking lot.

The Session 
Card of Thanks

Dear family of Faith,

 

Thank you so much for the prayers and cards during my recent illness with mono. It took them awhile to figure out what I had, but as soon as they did, I was on the tail-end of it. But really, it means so much to me that even though I've been on hiatus, many of you haven't forgotten about me. Love you all!

 

Blessings,

Heather Fisher

 
Prayer Concerns

Nancy Bersted; Liberty Ernest; Joyce Lantz; Irv Lipp; Etta Jane Pullen (now at Seminary Bounce Back); Will Wetzel;  Ed & Lois Strickler; Bobbi Cady (Sarah Torrance's mother);  Bill Smallwood; Cathy Abernathy;  Jim McCurdy; Greg Haning; Bill Hoover; Blaine Robinson; Vern Mettler; Cinda Stansbury; Mary Johnson; Lindsay Murdock;  and Jim Paris.

Nancy Bersted is doing well after her hip replacement surgery on June 16. 

Irv Lipp posted on Caring Bridge.org on June 16.  In the next month he is going to participate in a study of treated T-cells that will attack the proteins of leukemia cells as a maintenance program to fight off the leukemia for now and keep it away. He says "thank the good Lord for his gift of life and thanks to everyone for the prayers bestowed on me." 

Birthdays

 

June 10 - Easton Hull

June 12 - Malik Reading

June 15 -  Mollie Murdock
June 17 -  Chris McLaughlin
June 19 -  Pete Sorensen
June 23 - Neil Agan, Esther White
June 26 - Michael Spainhour
June 28 - Linda Groves
June 30 - Betty Lee

 

Wedding Anniversaries

 

May 31   - Wendell & Dorothy Woodall (66th)

June 4   -  Bob & Dixie Wells (53rd)

June 12 -  Dominick & Stephanie Reading (10th)

June 20 - Jim & Carol McCurdy (61st)

June 23 - Tom & Eileen Giddings (46th)

June 23 - Ralph & Marjorie Butler (58th)

June 30 - Jarod & Nisha Spangler (2nd)

 
Fifty Years Ago This Month...
 
1964 - 2014
REGULAR MEETING OF THE SESSION - June 24, 1964

(condensed)   -- Part I    

 

The regular meeting of the Session of Faith United Presbyterian Church, Monmouth, Ill. was held in the church building, 200 South 8th Street, at 8 p.m., June 24, 1964 with the following elders present:  White, Beveridge, Connell, Keating, Simpson, Allison, Armstrong, Rankin, Rhea, Wallace, Carlson, Kritzer, Lipes, Parsons and Thompson.  Also present were:  H. D. Finley, moderator, Wm R. Phillippe, stated supply pastor, and David R. Moffet, chairman of the Board of Trustees.  Absent were:  Ebersole, Manley, Marshall, Patterson, Royer, Wells, Hallam, Jewell and Morrill. 

 

The Session approved requests from the following to be excused from the meeting:  Wells, Manley, Ebersole, Hallam, Marshall, Patterson, Jewell and Royer.  

  • Session approved that a transfer of letter of church membership be sent to First Presbyterian Church of Waverly, Ohio for Mrs. Robert Gibson, at her request.
  • Approval given for the E. R. Bullwinkle family to hold a family reunion in case of rain in the Parish hall facilities of the Second Church building, 200 South 8th Street, on June 30.
  • Request granted from Pastor-elect Buttrick for permission to purchase and charge to the church two small books to be given to Miss Barbara James and Mr. William Horner, prior to their marriage, which he will perform on August 8th in the Faith Church sanctuary.
  • Request granted for the use of the facilities of the former Grace Church for the wedding of Miss Kay Johnson on July 26th.  Miss Johnson was a member of the former Grace Church and was transferred to a church in Omaha, Nebraska, and made this request.
  • Approved the next meeting of Session to be set for July 15th.
  • Approved a request for the use of Second Church building by the Synod School, August 2 -7.
  • The question of dates for the next Baptismal Service was discussed and it was agreed that we set the date for as soon as possible after pastor-elect Buttrick arrives.  Motion carried.
  • Thompson of the Worship Committee moved that July 26th be the date for reception of new members and also for communion.  Approved.
  • Rev. Phillippe reported that the work of the Deacons was moving along very smoothly.   They have had a record of 16 greeters and 12 ushers each Sunday. They have made 61 calls this past month.  They also have transportation available, but no calls for its use have been received.
  • Moved by Thompson that the Junior Choir Director have a yearly salary basis, but that she not receive pay for any months that she was absent.  Carried.
  • CE Committee reported over 200 in Vacation Bible School and it was going well.  Dave Allison reported that arrangements for the consolidation of the First, Second and Grace Church Schools was all set for July 5, to meet in the Second Church building. 
85+ Birthday Party - July 27, 2014 
 
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The Deacons are busy planning a special birthday party on Sunday, July 27, during the coffee hour immediately following worship, to honor our wisest and most experienced members 85+ years young.  

 

We want to make sure we don't miss anybody!  If you are new to the 85 and over milestone group (or know someone who is), please call the church office so that you may be added to the invitation list. Also, if you have failed to get an invite in previous years  and should have been included (or know someone who has), please let us know.  So many of you wear your age so well - nobody has a clue - so please forgive us if we thought you were much younger and help set us straight!

 
 - Getting older is simply the price we pay for living a long time! -  
 
Washday Ministry  Washday Ministry

"Just calling to let you know that we got a washer and it's being installed today, so I don't think I'll be needing your help, but thank you so much for everything you've done for me and God bless." 

 

-- Washday Ministry Client referred by Mother-to-Mother    

 

Many thanks to Mary Baker, Donna Larson, and Ted Briscoe for serving as Washday Ministry volunteers this year.  If you would like to help support this ministry with a few of your hours of time a month, please contact the Mission Committee or the church office.  We are grateful for the volunteers we have but could always use a few more. 

 

Volleyball Summer Camp     

 

Galesburg Christian School is sponsoring a volleyball summer camp June 26-27 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and June 28 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. This is a beginners' camp for grades 3-12, designed for players wanting to learn the fundamental skills, improve techniques, and gain confidence in volleyball. Location is Bethel Baptist Church at 1196 N. Academy in Galesburg.  Download registration form at www.galesburgchristian.org or contact Emma at (309) 368-2248 for more information. There is no cost. Donations are appreciated.