THE PRESBYTERIAN
March 26, 2008
Congregational Meeting
A Congregational
Meeting has been scheduled for April 13 following worship for the
purpose of
electing an Elder to
fill the vacancy for the Class of 2008
March 30, 2008
Greeters - Nancy and
Lay Leader - Leona Meadors
Ushers – The Ochampaugh family
Fellowship - The Neff family
Sound Technicians - Michael Heatwole and Mitchell
Watson
Across the Pastor’s Desk
Several people have wondered and asked about the Mission Study
Committee: Are they active? Are they just sitting on their hands? Have they come up with anything? When will we hear from them? These are
reasonable questions and to some degree Chairman Bob Law has answered some of
them in his Minute for
As your Interim Pastor, I began meeting with this group and our General
Presbyter the first week that I arrived.
Everybody helped me to get on board with what they were doing and
thinking. This Committee has worked hard.
It usually meets in two hour segments with precious little time wasted.
Most of the time it has met weekly. A lot of energy has been expended by them
in compiling and analyzing the congregational responses they received. Then
they began hammering out in simple language the Core Congregational Values that
were implied in these responses. Thereafter they developed Provisional Vision
statement, also in easy to grasp terms.
All of this may sound simple, like “We could’ve done this in two or
three weeks”. I assure you, that trying to develop statements that attempt to
reflect the legitimate concerns of a congregation this size is no easy
task! They had to look at what they
were writing down from the many different perspectives. Their questions were:
“How well does this catch the vision of our long-term members?” “How will this sound to new congregational
members?” “How adequately does this incorporate some of the basic concerns of
our youth?” “How will this read to potential pastoral candidates? Will they think that we are Bible-thumping
fanatics? Will they wonder if we support PC (USA)?” “Can we find the right
words to attract the kind of candidates we want?” And of course all of the
above had to be tested by the most critical question of all: “Are we seriously
reflecting the Biblical, the Reformed, and our local traditions?”
Now they have done the first leg of the work. The next leg is left to us
as a congregation. All of this committee work has the word “Provisional”
stamped over it in big, red letters. It was presented to the Session recently
with the understanding that their work was but a “first draft”. While the Session had neither problems with
it nor criticisms of it, the Session did not want to approve it for fear that
“approval” would imply that the work was final - “a done deal”. Far from
it! The Session commends it to you the
congregation for your consideration and for your additional comments. This is
also what the Committee wants!
Now the Committee is seeking congregational input. That means from you - the reader! Preparing the documents that will eventually
get into the hands of pastoral candidates may be one of the most decisive
things you could be asked to do for the next decade! The genius of our
presbyterian system is that we seek to involve the congregation in every phase
of the pastoral search process. The more and the better quality congregational
input this committee gets, the better able they will be to present to the Session
an adequate “Final Version”. Then we can get moving more quickly on the actual
search process.
Your interest and your ideas are
needed now!
Adult
March 30th
Dr. Hughes, the oncologist in Garden City will
be teaching an adult Sunday School class on the subject of cancer on March
30th.
Dr. Hughes is willing
to answer our congregations questions if he has them ahead of time. Mary
will have a board set up in the atrium today for you to post your questions.
Do You Have
A Graduate?
If you are graduating
or have a son or daughter graduating from High School, College or
SCHOLARSHIP
APPLICATIONS
Full-time college students are reminded that now is the time to apply
for our church scholarships. These forms are available in the church office,
along with the criteria used for selection.
After Prom Get
Together
Interested in an
‘after prom’ get together?
Starting at 11:30 pm
for Presbyterian Youth and friends.
There will be games,
foosball, ping-pong, a place to visit.
Breakfast will be
served at 5:30 am.
If you would like to
help chaperone or if you would like to
supply snacks or items
for breakfast,
please contact Kathy
Irvin at 275-7501.
Relay for Life
The Relay for Life
event will be held on May 2-3
Saturday, April 5 from 10:00 am to
noon
there will be a Cancer
Survivor and Caregiver’s brunch at the Community Congregational Church located
at 710 N 3rd.
For more information
contact Nancy Woods at 275-4951.
Help Wanted!!!
Each spring we seem to have a list of
items that require our attention around the church, replace lights, clean
gutters, etc. This year we have scheduled a work day for April 12 beginning at 8:00 am.
If you have some spare time please stop by the church to
help out. Thank you.
Presbyterian Women
Annual Spring Rummage Sale
Spring is in the air
and once again we start to think about the Presbyterian Women’s Spring Rummage
Sale.
This year’s Rummage
Sale will be held on
Thursday, April 24th
and Friday, April 25th.
4th
Annual Emmaus House Lasagna Dinner
St. James
Lutheran Church - 1608 Belmont
Saturday,
April 19, 2008
5:00 -
8:00 pm
Adults
$7.50 Children (11 and under) $4.00
Take Out
dinners available
Also,
available 9 x 13 pan of Lasagna either cooked or uncooked
Reservations
close Monday, April 14, 2008
Beach Party VBS,
June 16-20, 9:00-12:00
AM
VBeach Be-Attitudes, VSurf ’n’ Sand Science
Lab,
Vfun music, crafts and games.
(NOTE THE CHANGE IN TIME FROM
PAST YEARS.)
Adult & youth helpers will
be needed. – Can YOU help??
Sign up on the board in the
Atrium.
See Mary if you have
questions.
Summer Camps at
See www.westminsterwoodscamp.com
for more info, but here are the dates:
3 & 4TH grades, June 1-4
5 & 6th grades, June 9-13
7 & 8th grades, June 16-20 9th
– 12th grades, June 22-28
Receive a $75 scholarship from
our church if you
complete registration and
pay by April 27th.
Jr. & Sr. High Youth
This looks to be another great mission opportunity for our youth! PCUSA is partnering with YouthWorks this
year. See www.youthworks.com
for sample daily schedules. Together with youth from other Presbyterian
Churches (Madison WI,
Come to Worship and Potluck on Wednesday, April
16
Amanda McVey would like to organize the Wednesday worship serve and
Family Potluck for her Buff Project on April 16, 2008. The theme of the worship
service will be
Don’t Miss It!!!
Ole’
Fashioned Chicken Dinner following Worship on Sunday, April 20. Chicken
provided by the Fellowship Committee with the congregation invited to bring
side dishes or dessert. Then join the old favorite music sing-along accompanied
by Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Hodges on the piano. We’ll be adding “
Presbyterian
Women Spring Gathering
Saturday, April
12, 2008
First
Presbyterian Church,
Registration
8:30 - 9:00 am
Cost $10.00
Lunch
reservations required - call
316-263-0248 by
April 5th
(Men are welcome
to attend)
Presbyterian Men’s
3 Person Scramble
Golf Tournament
Saturday, April 19th
$37.50 per person (includes: green fees; cart fees and deluxe lunch)
Registration deadline: April 5
PWissink@aol.com
FATHER & SON
Each year when the statistics of the
Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.) are
gathered it is found that many ask,
“Where are the
men”? The experience of Presbyterian
Disaster Assistance
(PDA) in response to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma has shown that there
are thousands of
Presbyterian men
active and interested in mission.
Register now for the
Father & Son
Minimum age is 14
years. It is not necessary to be part of
an organized group.
The PDA will create clusters and assign leaders for the responsibilities in the
village.
Register
now by calling 866-732-6121
TEE-SHIRT
DESIGN CONTEST
In an effort to draw
eye-catching attention to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s evangelism
efforts, the General Assembly Council’s Evangelism and Church Growth ministry
area is holding a contest to find the best graphic tee-shirt design in the
denomination.
Only middle school or high
school students from a PC(USA) congregation, new church development or Bible
fellowship are eligible to win. The winning design will be unfurled at
the Evangelism Breakfast at the upcoming 218th PC(USA) General
Assembly on June 26 in
For additional information
contact Robert Klouw, Associate for Communication – 8888-728-7228 ext. 5803.
April
Birthdays
Andrea
Brown 4/2
Michael
Tarwater 4/3
Steve
Irvin 4/4
Paige
Jones 4/4
Adah
Jenkins 4/5
Zachary
Hopkins 4/7
Yvonne
Allman 4/8
Lynda
Copple 4/9
Susan
Brookover 4/14
Anna
McVey 4/14
Judy
Cornett 4/24
Joan
Nichols 4/24
Kelley
Reeve 4/25
Joe
York 4/26
Aaron
Hamlett 4/27
Katie
Ford 4/28
Gay
Morgan 4/28
Marian
McNaught 4/30
April Anniversaries
Donald
& Carolyn Ochampaugh 4/9/1961
Church
Family and Friends in Need of Special Prayers:
Les DePew, Jim Hamlett, Larry Sanders, Rhonda Hutton, Rolland Mathias,
Marge Williams, Virginia Meschke, the Burnside family, Jack Reeve, Laurie Bock,
Gary Friesner, Greg Adams, Bob Whippo, Debbie Harden, Gladys Cripe, Dave
Sweley, Pat LeClerc, Susan Brookover, Dale Meadors, Linda
Friesner, Glen Woods, Wesley Sterling, Karen Dunbar, Adria Doll, John Hoxie,
Caroline Sundquist, Nancy Stegman, Belinda Fouse, Kim Eakes, Ruth Oliver.
(Please
call the church with your personal prayer request). God Bless All Of You.
The following families have
recently lost loved ones.
Please pray for Kathy Irvin and family.
This week’s prayer family: Ron and Janet Major and Mildred Rumpf.
This week’s prayer church: First Presbyterian Church in
Activities
Sunday,
March 30
Bell Choir @ 8:30 am, Sunday school @ 9:30 am,
Worship @ 10:45 am
Tuesday,
April 1
CE @ 6:00
pm, Praise Team @ 7:00
Wednesday,
April 2
Celebrate Kids! @ 5:00 pm, Youth groups @ 6:00
pm, Choir @ 7:30 pm,
Worship @ 8:30 pm
Thursday,
April 3
Lay
Ministry @ 6:00 pm, O & E @ 6:30 pm, Personnel @ 7:00 pm
Friday, April 4
PW Board
@ 10:00 am
Sunday, April 6
Bell Choir @ 8:30 am, Sunday school @ 9:30 am,
Mission Study @ 9:30 am
Worship @ 10:45 am,
Tuesday,
April 8
Praise Team @ 7:00 pm
Wednesday,
April 9
Mission Study @ 1:00 pm, Celebrate Kids! @ 5:00
pm, Youth groups @ 6:00 pm
Thursday, April 10
Circle I @ 9:30 am, Deacons @ 11:30 am, Circle II
@ 2:00 pm, Circle III @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 12
Workday @ 8:00 am
Sunday, 13
Bell Choir @ 8:30 am, Sunday school @ 9:30 am,
Worship @ 10:45 am
Congregational
Meeting