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Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 | |
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 Dear Friends, "I will sing and make melody to the Lord." Psalm 27:6c
"It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; "To declare your steadfast love in the morning and your faithfulness by night;" Psalm 92:1-2
"O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into God's presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to God with songs of praise!" Psalm 96:1-2
The psalms are full of praises being sung to God. Both individuals and the faith community gathered for worship lift their voices to rejoice and give thanks to God.
Join us this Sunday to lift your own voice in praise and thanksgiving as well as listen to our chancel choir sing with their hearts glorifying God. It is choir recognition Sunday so come to show your support and to give thanks for the hard work they do all year in enriching our worship with their outstanding music.
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Sunday, June 19, 2016
10:00 a.m. - Worship/Chancel Choir Recognition
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Chancel Choir Recognition
 The third music group to be honored this spring is the Chancel Choir. The Chancel Choir meets every Thursday evening at 7:30 PM and is the most visible of the music groups in our church to be blessed with the honor of serving the congregation through music worship. Today we use the same format we have followed the past several years - a musical sermon. Pastor Linda has taken our six anthems and woven them into a very meaningful service. On a personal note, I would like to thank the choir members who generously give of their time and talent with special music. I especially thank Morgan Sarbello for sharing her exceptional talent on the flute. To the regular members of the Chancel Choir family, I want you to know how much you have blessed me with your weekly music. You all are a fine instrument that I have had the privilege to play as well as members of a supportive and caring church family.
And then there's Sara. What can be said after thirty-four years of her being my right hand in so many musical endeavors? Sara, you are the best; truly my musical "church wife"! Many thanks and much love to each and every one in the Chancel Choir.
The Chancel Choir, Sara and I are most grateful, too, for the continued support of this congregation.
Remember, there is a robe in the choir room waiting to be worn by YOU.
Bill Shoppell
Chancel Choir Director
CHOIR RECOGNITION SUNDAY - JUNE 19, 2016
William R. Shoppell, Jr. (34) - Musical Director
Sara B. Hoey (34) - Organist
Soprano: Alto:
Joan Auge (6)+ Peggy Bierach (33)+ Susan Beltran (N)+ Jean Campbell (11)+ Doris Pennypacker (56) Sandy Grebel * Marilyn Rice (11)+ Despina Koch (18)+ Sarah Sarbello (14)+ Janice Lippincott (19)+ Patricia Shoppell (41)+ Morgan Sarbello (5)+ Arlene Wacha (26)+ Shirley Snyder (50)+ Gail Ward (5)+ Jean Stoll (24)+ Donna Wittmann (9)+ Tenor: Bass:Charlie Wilder *+ Brady Everett (4)+ Jonathan Yount (11)+ Peter Farwell (9)+ Kevin Jasaitis (1)+ George Koch (18)+ Christopher VanDuyn (18)+ Ken Wasser * Matt Wells (N)+ + = singing in today's service * = guest/special music
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"Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." Philippians 4:6
The Prayer Family for the week of June 19 is the Hoey family. Let us be prayerfully aware of Bill and Sara, as well as all our members and friends.
Prayer Concerns: Carol Desch; Laverne Dwyer; Matt Freeman; Sue Hankins, Ross Jones and family (friends of the Lambie's); KC Lanagan (friend of Robin DeRosa); Paula Murdock (friend of Susan Robbins); Bill Williams; Sherri Williams.
Long term concerns: Jacob Basilotto; Cliff Brendler; Elsie Cason; Trey Childers; Gayle Ferry; George Griffiths (Cousin of Heidi Steinert); Maryanne Leach; Ethel Lemke (mother-in-law of Scott Smith); Margie McGhee; Jim Millar; Gerda Mooney; Edith Pula; Craig Recca (family of Heidi Steinert); Bob Ryan (Nancy Cook's brother); Londa Scarpone; Nancy Smilth; Mary Steinert; Les Thornton; Stan Thornton; Karen Winter; those struggling with addictions and mental illness.
Military: Morgan Daniels; Michael Fahey III; Matthew Warren; all those in our nation's service.
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HOST FAMILIES WANTED - In July our community will be visited by a group  of students from Spain for 4 weeks. The students will arrive on June 24th and depart on the July 23rd. The students, age 15-16 are coming because they have a desire to learn about the American culture as well as improve their English. The students are well-motivated, English proficient, fully insured and have their own spending money. The basic responsibility of the family is to provide a bed, food, and lots of TLC by allowing the student to feel like a part of the family. Currently, there is a need of host families for 6 students. If you are able to host or desire more information please call Scot King (732) 892-2571, or email at Scot4Camille@gmail.com. Hosting is an extremely enlightening and rewarding experience for the entire family. Thank you.
SHORE DELIGHTS COOKBOOK - Are still on sale for $10 each. This beautiful and delicious cookbook is a must have for the 4th of July. The proceeds from the sale of the cookbook will be used to staff the nursery. Stop by the office and pick up yours today before they are all gone.  MEMORIAL GARDEN - As a reverence for the dead, the Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church has established a beautiful Memorial Garden. The Garden is located in the area directly in front of the Chittick Lounge bay window at the front of the Sanctuary building. The setting provides a quiet and dignified place of peace and beauty for remembrance, meditation, and prayer. No single plot of ground is set aside permanently for any single interment; rather, the entire garden is considered a memorial to all whose remains are interred there. A reservation contract can be made at anytime. There is a one-time contribution of $750, which may be paid in full or over a specified period of time. A bronze nameplate for the Memorial Plaque is included. You may call the church office to find out more. DR. WILTON TO BE AWAY - Dr. Wilton will be attending the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), from Saturday, June 18 to June 24 in Portland, Oregon. In case of pastoral emergency, please call the church office. After hours, please call the Rev. Linda Chase at (732) 232-5007. PHOTO DIRECTORY UPDATE For those who did not have their picture taken please email a photo to pppcdirectory@gmail.com. Files must be in jpg format. Also pictures can be brought into the office during the week for scanning. Thank you to those who have submitted a photo already. In order for our directory to be a success we are looking for everyone's participation.
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Congratulations to our Grads
Our High School Graduates
Corina Collins from Brick Township High School. She will be attending Montclair University in the Fall.
Max Rauffer from Point Pleasant Boro High School.
He will be attending Digipen Institute of Technology in Redmond, Washington.
Jack Satterlee from Brick Township High School.
He will be attending William Patterson University in the Fall.
Our College Graduates 
Kaitlin Pennypacker from The College of New Jersey
Elizabeth Laurel Pula from Montclair State
Lauren Rauffer from Rowan University
Kelly Satterlee from Penn State University
Sara Wisniewski from University of South Florida
I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion
by the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6
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 At their meeting of June 14, 2016, the Session took the following actions;
1. At a pre-meeting reception, said farewell and thanks to the following Session or Board of Deacons members who are finishing their terms: Deacon: Magda Giase; Ruling Elders: Ted Durante, Donna Norton, Maria O'Connor, Dan Scarpone, Scott Smith, Anna Landre.
2. Welcomed the following newly elected officers and made plans for ordination and installation on two different dates, June 29 and August 14:
Deacons: Dee D'Amore (2nd term), Maria O'Connor, Sue Perkowski, Marilyn Rice (2nd term), Karyn Smykowski (unexpired term 2017), Jonathan Yount, Youth Representative Joseph Maimone (2017)
Ruling Elders: Diane Legreide (2nd term), Sherry Hall, Dale Leasure, Marjorie Meklin, Susan Robbins (unexpired term 2017), Nancy Stout, Donna Wittmann, Youth Representative Hannah Ploskonka (2017)
3. Reorganized Session Committees. Carol Bonebrake will continue to chair the Caring Committee, Elaine Conheeney will continue as chair of the Outreach Committee until they meet and elect their own chair, Craig Lambie will chair the Resources Committee and the Worship Committee will elect their own chair at their next meeting.
4. Elected Diane Manzo and Marjorie Meklin as Session representatives to the Nominating Committee.
5. Elected Lynn Hahm and Nancy Stout as Commissioners to Monmouth Presbytery, with Dale Leasure as an alternate.
6. Craig Lambie will be President of the Board of Trustees, Maria O'Connor (although moving from the Session to the Board of Deacons) will continue as Vice-President, Sue Hankins will continue as Secretary and Pat Shoppell as Treasurer.
8. Discussed proposals to install new laminate flooring in the Chittick Lounge and in Point Beach Prep classrooms and decided to solicit some additional bids. The Point Beach Prep work will be paid for out of the Point Beach Prep budget, using funds that are available because the school is at full enrollment.
9. Heard a report about a World Café event to take place after worship on Sunday, September 25, a congregation-wide visioning and planning process. (Please hold the date!)
10. Discussed plans for the Church Picnic the morning of August 7, with the worship service and picnic to take place at Riverview Park in Point Pleasant Boro.
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Endowment and Emergency Giving
 The Endowment Fund provides a way for persons to give gifts that provide for the long-term future of the church. Since its inception in 1945, our endowment has been built up by the gifts and bequests of faithful members and friends, to strengthen the ongoing work of the church. These donors recognized the opportunity to give a gift that keeps on giving, since investment returns magnify the impact of their original gifts.
The Endowment and Emergency Fund was created for a two-fold purpose; the first and main reason is as an emergency reserve fund to be drawn upon in only the most extreme cases. The second is that when the fund reaches a desired goal, the earnings could then be used for Church support without lowering the principal of the fund. No monies from this fund are used for any purpose of the Church except in most serious emergencies affecting the very life of the Church, i.e., destruction of the Church building, area wide catastrophes, extreme financial depression and only with approval in a congregational meeting. Definite plans for repayment of the loan are required until the amount borrowed is replaced.
Friends and members can contribution in memory or in honor of loved ones or by making bequests through wills. Donations (currently a minimum of $1000) in memory or in honor of loved ones are recognized with an engraved plate in the rear of the sanctuary.
Your estate plan is a statement about what matters most to you. With a bequest, you can create a legacy that expresses your values, honors a loved one and supports those institutions that are most important to you and your family.
There are various ways to give to the Endowment and Emergency Fund, many of which may offer significant tax benefits to the donor. Here are some of the options to consider in charitable gift planning: * Cash * Appreciated securities * Bequest by will * Real estate * Personal property
* Name Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church as a percentage beneficiary of your retirement benefits * Name Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy * Life income plans (Charitable Remainder Unitrust or Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust)
If you would like to know more please call the office or speak directly with Frank Scarpone.
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This Week at Point Beach Prep
 We had another great year here at Point Beach Prep. There were 50 students enrolled! Wow! It is hard to believe the school year is over. We have had another great year here at Point Beach Prep! Our students have learned so much! Over the year, our class built their knowledge of letters and letter sounds by meeting all of our letter dolls from A-Z. They learned letter recognition and brainstormed words that started with each letter. They learned the sign language for each alphabet letter, and a sign language word. They practiced writing their letters with pencil power. We saw emergent writing when mock letters became stories! They enjoyed bringing in a Show and Tell item weekly for the different letters. Every week our Pre-K also learned a new word on our sight word tree.
The children learned their numbers and colors. They sang and danced to many great songs. We read SO many interesting books, and literacy was emerging! Our class explored with squishy shaving cream, and played with many different textures in our sensory table. They built a volcano and watched it erupt, and explored properties of magnets. Our artists used their creativity at creation station by painting at the easel, and making whatever they could imagine with markers, crayons, colored pencils, glue, scissors, etc. At our small group project table they made many projects related to our letters and themes. Imaginations were developed in our dramatic play areas. Through the staging of a Veterinarian's office, donut shop, train station, construction site, play school, horse barn, grocery store, the U.S. Post Office, and an under the sea area complete with a boat- the children built thinking skills and developed social, emotional and language skills!
Each child enjoyed being Student of the Week. They took Brown Bear home with them and wrote about their adventures. Our friends all loved having their special person come in with them during their week to read stories, play guitar, teach yoga, plant flowers, do science experiments, make cool crafts, and more!
Every student eagerly anticipated being given a special job daily. They learned responsibility by taking turns being the prayer leader, line leader, caboose, project helper, outdoor helper, bell ringer, snack counter, calendar helper, doing days of the week, weather, attendance, turning on/off the lights, holding the flag, being the librarian and the center checker. Outside, we played Duck Duck Goose, Farmer in the Dell, Simon Says, many games with the parachute, drew with chalk, rode tricycles, cars, scooters, and enjoyed the playground.
We loved having the Point Pleasant Beach Children's Librarian come in every month to read stories, sing songs, use our felt board, and do other fun things with us. We also enjoyed having Art Teacher Karen Norby come in several times to do lessons on shapes, line, and texture. We had 2 different dentists come in to teach us good oral hygiene and even had a visit from the Tooth Fairy!
We had many special events such as our Halloween Parade, Picture Day, Thanksgiving Show, Christmas Sing-a-long, Valentine's parties, Mother's Day Tea, and Graduation.
We have all had so much fun, it is hard to believe we were learning the whole time! (Shhh!!!) Thank you for a wonderful year. We wish our graduating students best of luck in kindergarten, we will miss you dearly! We are looking forward to seeing all of our returning students in September! Have a safe and happy summer!
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Groups Scheduled for our Volunteer Village in 2016
Saturday, June 18 Drayton Ave Presbyterian Church, Ferndale MI Sunday, August 21 - Lend A Hand Thursday October 6 - Lend A Hand Sunday, October 23 - Lend A Hand
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Point Beach Prep Graduation, 2016
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CHURCH CALENDAR - The latest edition of the church calendar is available online, on the church's website. 
Sunday, June 19 - Father's Day
10:00 a.m. - Worship/Chancel Choir Recognition
Tuesday, June 21
Wednesday, June 22
9:00 a.m. - Women's Breakfast at the Rainbow Diner
7:30 p.m. - Troop 6
Thursday, June 23
8:00 a.m. - Men's Breakfast at US Subs
5:30 p.m. - Capone/Dalle-Molle Rehearsal
(Chancel Choir Rehearsal moved to Sunday morning)
Friday, June 24
4:30 p.m. - Capone/Dalle-Molle Wedding
Saturday, June 25
Sunday, June 26 9:30 a.m. - Chancel Choir Rehearsal 10:00 a.m. - Worship/Chancel Choir 2:30 p.m. - Claremont Care Center |
BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS
June 19
June 20 Brian Cottrell, Glen Culos, Meggie Jinks, James McKay, Trudy Pedersen, Brooke Pennypacker, Jack Satterlee, Donna Wittmann
June 21 Nicholas Jalowski, Jake Norby, Lacey Rogers
June 22 Julianna Colantuoni, Michael Colantuoni, Vincent Colantuoni, Thurston Cooper, Mary McSweeney, Andrea Purtell, Eva Welch
June 23 Kathleen Bixby, Barbara Disbrow, Kendall Pearce, Alexandra Stierli
June 24 Joan Danziger, Jack Hudnut, Lacie Moran, Christie Rampone
June 25 Loren Donley, Gayle Ferry
June 26 Bryan Smith
June 27 Gage Bongiovi, Caitlyn Cook
June 28 Jaclyn Johnson, Ethan Landry, Aidian McGuire
June 29
June 30
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Sunday, June 26, 2016
10:00 a.m. - Ordination/Installation of Ruling Elders & Deacons
July 18, 20, 22, 2016 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Crocodile Dock Vacation Bible School
July 24-31, 2016 Interfaith Hospitality Network
August 7, 2016 Church Picnic at Riverfront Park, Point Pleasant Boro
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Pastors
The Rev. Carl Wilton, Ph.D., Pastor
The Rev. Linda Chase, Associate Pastor
Office Staff
Kim Gaydos, Church Secretary
Donna Ferry, Financial Secretary
Dee D'Amore, Volunteer Village Bookkeeper
Music Staff
Sara Hoey, Organist
William Shoppell, Chancel Choir and Choral Bells Director
Rebecca Muraglia, Acting Dove Choir Director
Christian Education Staff
Courtney Rzeplinski, Youth Connection Coordinator
Tricia Stoffers, Sunday School Coordinator
Devlin House, Point Beach Prep Preschool Director
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