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Focus on Faith

Faith United Presbyterian Church Newsletter

October 9, 2014 

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

   

Pastor:  Rev. Dr. Kathy Stoner-Lasala

revkathysl@gmail.com  (609) 319-4030

 

     Church Email: faithup@maplecity.com      

Website: www.faithpresmonmouth.org

This Sunday - 18th Sunday after Pentecost

 October 12, 2014 

   10:30 a.m.

  

Sermon Title: "The Relational God" 

Exodus 20: 1-20     Psalm 119       Philippians 3: 7-14

 

         Liturgist: Janice Cunningham
Ushers:  Buff Hottle, Dalton Hottle, Sheila Wilson, Mark McVey, 
Brenda Runge, Job & Noah Runge
Greeters:  Rod & Hallie Lemon; Dominick, Stephanie, D.J., & Mariah Reading
Children's Church:  Crystal Sargent
Nursery:  Bonnie Heflin
Coffee Hour:  Sharon Simpson
CD Recording:  Ted Briscoe


Upcoming Meetings/Events 

 

Today, Thursday, October 9 - Fillman Fellowship - 11:30 a.m.

Monday, October 13 - Administrative Assistant back in office

Tuesday, October 14 - Deacons Meeting - 7 p.m. 

Wednesday, October 15 - Weekly e-news Deadline (Focus on Faith) - noon

Wednesday, October 15 - Wednesday Night Live - 3:20 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

Wednesday, October 15 - Adult book discussion on Acts of Faith
with Rev. Dr. Teri Ott (in adult lounge)

October 15 - 25  - Pastor Stoner-Lasala on vacation & study leave 

Saturday, October 18 - Delta Kappa Gamma - FUPC Social Hall - 11 a.m. 
                     (using Social Hall from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

Sunday, October 19 - Guest Preacher - Rev. Linda Baldwin

Sunday, October 19 - Youth Corn Maze

Fillman Fellowship - TODAY, Thursday, October 9 - 11:30 a.m.

 

It's time to check where you marked Thursday, October 9 on your calendar and join us today for Fillman Fellowship.  We gather at 11:30 in the Social Hall.  Remember to bring your sack lunch.  See you at 11:30 this morning!

 

Wednesday Night Live  - Next Session October 15    

 

October 1 - 15   Parable of the Talents

God wants us to do our best with the talents 

He gives us.  Matthew 25:14-30

 

Kitchen Team for October 15:  Brooke Anderson, Charity Duke, Karen Erlandson, Jonalyn Heaton 

 

Registration forms have been sent in the mail and are also available in the church office and in the Social Hall after church on Sundays.  Click here for a 2014-2015 WNL Registration Form that you can print and fill out (be sure to fill out both pages, including the photography consent form). 

 

Reminder to Parents: Please remember to turn in your registration and pay your child's fees.  Cost is $20 for the first child for one semester or $40 for the year.  If you have two children, it's $35 for the semester and $70 for the year. 

 

We can also use monetary donations for scholarships or supplies used at WNL. Finally, we need your weekly prayers for the success of this program.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions or know of someone who hasn't come before so I can get them the information.  Thank You! 

 

Debbie Dingman - WNL Director 2014-2015  

Would You Like a Free Subscription to Presbyterians Today Magazine?
                           
There is a free subscription offer from the publishers of 
Presbyterians Today.  This is a one-year print copy subscription available to new subscribers only.  If you are interested and not already a subscriber, please let Vicki know so that she can sign you up as a gift subscription recipient. I will need your name and address. There is no limit to the number of subscriptions, but this offer expires on October 31, 2014 and must be submitted by that date.  After the free one-year subscription, you can decide whether or not you want to continue the subscription at regular rates. 
You Are Invited - Installation Service - Sunday, October 12

The Presbytery of Great Rivers cordially invites you to the Installation Service of the Reverend Hannah Dreitcer as Associate Pastor for Family Ministry of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Springfield, IL (533 South Walnut) on Sunday, October 12 at 4:00 p.m. A reception will follow in Parish Hall. 

Presbyterian Youth Day at Monmouth College - October 25 - Register by tomorrow, Friday, October 10

Monmouth College will present "Making All Things New" Presbyterian Youth Day at Monmouth College on Saturday, October 25th, 2014 for Senior High Youth.  The day will start out at 9 a.m. with worship, energizers, keynote, and small groups in Dahl Chapel, followed by lunch in the college dining hall at noon.  Then there's the football game at 1 p.m.   It's a great chance to check out a Presbyterian Church-related college.  

Cost is $10 and includes the lunch and a t-shirt. Our church will cover the registration fee for you.  Registration deadline is coming up TOMORROW on October 10,  so if you are interested please let Stephanie Reading know by email at youth@maplecity.com or call her at 309-368-0457 so that she can include you in the group registration.                 
Christian Education News 
 
September 14 - 9:15 a.m.  Sunday School Begins!

Preschool children & parents - meet the teacher upstairs in the Noah's Ark room.  Use the East Hallway to get to the stairs and go upstairs. 

Elementary children - meet at 9:15 a.m. in the theatre upstairs for opening. 

Youth grades 7-9 - meet upstairs in the Youth Room of the Youth Wing at the NW corner of the church building.  Use the West Hallway to get to the stairs and go upstairs. 

Adults - Bible study on the Parables of Jesus.  Meet in the Adult Lounge.  Directions:  Use the West Hallway to get to the stairs and go upstairs. It's the  room on the far left. This study is an 11-part series.  October 12 - #38 Two Sons & #13 The Prodigal Son.  Readings are Matthew 21: 28-32 and Luke 15: 11-32

Rev. Kathy is leading a discussion class for adults on Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m. on the book 
Acts of Faith 
by Eboo Patel. Guest leader on October 15 will be Rev. Dr. Teri Ott.  Readings for October 15 - Chapter 5.  (Chapters 4 & 6 were covered on October 8). 

Youth Group - Began meeting in early September. More program details to follow.

Nursery will be available from 10:30 through the end of the worship service. 

Children's Church meets after the Children's Time in the service.  Children's Church helps children to learn to worship God and to understand what happens during worship.  Children 5 years old to 3rd grade are encouraged to attend Children's Church. 

Book Discussion Group  

Beginning on Wednesday, September 24, Pastor Stoner-Lasala will be leading a five-week book discussion group at 6 p.m. in preparation for the arrival of guest lecturer Eboo Patel on the Monmouth College campus on October 28.  

Sponsored by the Lux Center for Church and Religious Leadership, Dr. Patel will be speaking on "Interfaith Leadership in a Time of Global Religious Conflict."  He is the author of Acts of Faith:  The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation 
-- the book we will be discussing.

Eboo Patel's core belief is that religion is a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division.  Copies of the book are available in the office for $10.  
Faith and Life Class 

This is a Bible study on the Parables of Jesus, which meets in the Adult Lounge. The study is an 11-part series and has been led by Jeanne Robeson, Hallie Lemon, and Tom Best.  In the coming weeks these three, plus Lolla Ballard, Tim Phelps, Rod Lemon, and Marge Phelps will alternate in teaching the class.  October 12 - # 38 Two Sons and # 13 The Prodigal Son. Readings: Matthew 21: 28-32 and Luke 15: 11-32.
Prayer Concerns

The family of Irene Reynolds; Thomas Vaughn; Jim Keefe; Tamene Bekele; Jim Andrews;  Bobbi Cady (Sarah Torrance's mother); Bob McClintock; Robert Cooper (Bonnie Heflin's cousin); Louise Roos; Bill Smallwood;  Etta Jane Pullen;  Ed Strickler; Cathy Abernathy; Greg &  Joy Haning; Bill Hoover; Blaine Robinson; Vern Mettler; Cinda Stansbury; Mary Johnson; Lindsay Murdock; and Jim Paris. 

Retired mission co-worker Carolyn Weber asks our prayers for Tamene Bekele, one of her former students, who is in the second year of his master's degree studies in Ethiopia.  Tamene is battling prostate cancer after a surgery that was not successful.  He begins radiation treatments this week. 


Larry Byrne is doing well after hip replacement surgery on September 22. He is home now, doing well, and having outpatient physical therapy.

Thomas Vaughn was recently in the hospital at St. Francis in Peoria undergoing tests. 

Jim Andrews -- Good news!  He has been upgraded from ICU to Intermediate Care.  He is still on oxygen and dialysis and can speak through his tracheostomy, but does not have the use of his arms & legs yet. His family is looking into acute long-term care facilities.  New address:

Jim Andrews
8JCP, Room 8332 UIHC
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA. 52242
With Sympathy

Irene Reynolds, 92, of Monmouth, IL, passed away at 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at Monmouth Nursing Home.  To honor her wishes, a graveside funeral service was held Friday, October 3 at the Monmouth Cemetery, with Pastor Stoner-Lasala officiating.  Turnbull Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. The family has established memorials for Warren Achievement Industries and the Monmouth Nursing Home. 
Raise the Roof for Rainbow Riders - Saturday, October 18

Please join us for this boot-stomping adult event as we kick off our capital campaign to raise money to build a mini covered arena!  Rainbow Riders Therapeutic Horseback Riding Center serves individuals with special needs.
  • Saturday, October 18
  • American Legion Hall in Monmouth
  • Doors open at 5:30 p.m. 
  • Dinner served from 6 - 7 p.m. (Eddie B's BBQ!)
  • Live band featuring ETERNITY ROAD from 7 - 10 p.m. 
  • $10 per person
  • cash bar available
  • 50/50 raffle and silent auction
Maple Leaf Community Concert - Thursday, October 23, 2014

The chamber musicians group, Windsync, based in Houston, Texas, will present a concert Thursday, October 28 at 7 p.m. in the Dahl Chapel and Auditorium, Monmouth College.  For ticket information call the Chamber of Commerce at 734-3181 or go online at www.goMonmouth.com. 
Fifty Years Ago This Month...   
1964 - 2014
  
REGULAR SESSION MEETING - October 21, 1964

The regular meeting of the Session of Faith United Presbyterian Church, Monmouth, Illinois was held at 8 o'clock p.m., October 21, 1964 in the former First Church building.

Present were Elders Wallace, Jewell, Kritzer, Hallam, White, Royer, Beveridge, Allison, Keating, Connell, Manley, Marshall, Armstrong, Wells, Thompson, Simpson and Ebersole and the moderator, the Rev. G. Robert Buttrick. Also present was David Moffet, chairman of the Bboard of Trustees.

The meeting was opened with devotions led by Elder Manley.
Minutes of Session meetings of September 24 and 30, 1964 were approved with additions noted.

Moved, seconded and carried that associate memberships for Monmouth College students be made available and that college students be encouraged to so affiliate themselves with Faith Church during their college years.

Request noted from the St. James A.M.E. Church for use of the facilities of the Ninth Avenue center for services on November 1st and 8th and for the serving of their annual turkey dinner on the evening of November 19th. Duly moved, seconded and carried that any rules to the contrary be set aside and that this specific request in this instance be granted.

Moved, seconded and carried that the sanctuary of the former Grace Church be closed and that the policy of having this sanctuary open at all times for meditation and prayer be rescinded because of the fact this this building is no longer in any use by the Faith congregation.

REPORT FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES - Report made that a committee met with a committee from the Trinity Episcopal Church and that a proposal that Trinity Church be permitted to use the facilities of the former Grace Church for a period of two years with the option to purchase this building at the end of this time for $50,000. Following discussion it was duly moved, seconded and carried that this matter be referred to a joint committee of three from the Session and three from the Trustees, to be appointed by Mr. Buttrick, such committee to consider this proposal and, in consultation with Trinity Church, bring in a more specific proposal for presentation to the Session at a special meeting prior to the next meeting of Monmouth Presbytery and that the Session go on record as approving some suitable lease with option of the Grace Church facilities to the Trinity Church.

Following discussion it was moved, seconded and carried that a statement be formulated by the pastor to the congregation as to why two manses are being sold and why a different manse is in the process of being purchased.

Request noted for permission to hold a Thank Offering, including a food table and money offering, at the Ninth Avenue Center on November 15th. Moved, seconded and carried that this request be granted.

There being no further business to come before the Session it was moved, seconded and carried that the meeting adjourn. Adjournment followed prayer by Elder Connell.

Rev. G. Robert Buttrick, Moderator
David M. Hallam, Clerk

Birthdays

 

October 1      - Dorothy Behnke

October 2     - Lorna Blackford
October 5     - Barb Byrne
October 6     - Liz Nieman
October 7      - Michael Crosier
October 11    - Chloe Larson, David Spoerl, Paul Mason III
October 12    - Benant Bukari
October 13    - Megan Byrne
October 15    - Don Mills, Austin Johnson
October 17    - Thomas Best
October 19    - Mandy Lyle
October 20   - Jane Laughead
October 21    - Taylor Turnquist
October 29    - Marie Inman
October 30    - Lynn Biggs, Amanda Bowman, Kathy Lewis
 

Wedding Anniversaries

 

Does anybody have an October anniversary?