Inside this issue: Anniversaries & Birthdays 3. Calendar 5. Congregational Life 6-7. Financial Report 3. Pastor s Pen 2. Session Highlights 4

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1 C O M M U N I T Y P R E S B Y T E R I A N C H U R C H O F W A L D P O R T THE WINDOW Pencil It In! JUNE 2015 June 07 10:30am Worship / Communion / Coffee Mingle June 09 5:30pm CPCW Read & Feed / Hawaiian Theme June 18 10:00am Stated Session Meeting / Guild Room June 19 & 20 10:00am-3:00pm Beachcomber Days Rummage Sale June 21 10:30am Worship / Happy Father s Day June 28 10:30am Worship / Potluck Heartfelt Thank You To... Charlie Hare for cleaning and painting the two benches in front of the church. Come and sit a spell! Patty Gewalt for planting the Easter flowers in our Resurrection Garden in the courtyard. Craig Seaman for working on the organ and making some much needed adjustments to the inner workings of the instrument. As Marcia says, It sounds like an organ! Eric and Craig Seaman for the flute and organ offertory. Baily Borgman for sharing her beautiful music on the piano during the offertory on Mother s Day. Such a joy! Sue Adams for working with our children to make personalized gifts for special occasions and keeping our children involved in the life and care of others within and outside the church. Judy Carey for selecting an exciting Vacation Bible School program for the community kids let s all help get the word out about VBS! Be the G-Force! The ladies of the church for hosting the gathering to remember Margaret Ann Fetterolf. Dale said, It was so nice to get some of our old friends together and share loving memories. Marcia Wilcox, Jason Hettervig, Angel Denson, and Betty Groth for researching, setting up and hosting the Doll Collectors Sale as a fundraiser for the Capital Campaign. Dale Estes for spearheading the Japan Read & Feed which was so fun. Thanks, to Jason & Jane for making it yummy! Chris Chase for assisting as liturgist during worship on the 17th and reading the obituary at the gathering for Margaret Ann. Inside this issue: Anniversaries & Birthdays 3 Calendar 5 Congregational Life 6-7 Financial Report 3 Pastor s Pen 2 Session Highlights 4 Did you know? The church has a brand new interactive webpage! Check it out at: Special Thanks 1

2 From The Pastor s Pen Susan V. Mills A couple of people have asked for more information on the Circle of the Church Year that I have been using during our Time with Young Disciples. I think the Circle of the Church Year is a wonderful visual that helps children (and adults!) understand the Church marks time differently than the rest of the world. We have Three Great Mysteries of the Church that help us tell time during the course of the year. There are two white blocks representing the mysteries of Christmas (the block marked with the star), Easter (the block marked with the cross); and then a red block that represents the mystery of Pentecost (marked with a flame). There are blocks of time leading up to each of these mysteries that help us in the church get ready for the mysteries. The church sets aside these times for us to get ready, because if we are not careful we can walk right though a mystery without ever noticing it! The mystery of Christmas is so great that it takes us four weeks to get ready for it. These four weeks leading up to Christmas are called Advent and they are shown in either blue, the color of waiting and hope, or purple, the color of kings. Easter is an even greater mystery than Christmas, and so we take six weeks to get ready for Easter. These weeks are called Lent and are known as the season of purple, the color of kings. Easter is so great that one Sunday cannot hold it! It keeps on going for six more weeks, and that season is often called Easter Tide and is represented on the church calendar as white blocks of time. This season helps us get ready for the third great mystery called Pentecost. Pentecost is shown as a red block because that is the time when the church was born and the Holy Spirit came with a mighty wind and tongues of fire. All the disciples who were present that day spoke in languages so that everyone could hear the story of God s great love. It was an exciting time in the life of the church! Then there are the great, green, growing Sundays. Part of the great, green, growing Sundays are represented by the season of Epiphany, filling the time between Christmas and Lent. The rest of the great, green growing Sundays fill the time after Pentecost and are called the Sundays after Pentecost. This is the time when school is out and summer days get longer. Families swim, play outside, go camping. Then school starts again, children get new clothes and go back to school and meet new teachers. Then the days get shorter and before we know it, we are back around to the beginning. Once again, it is Advent and we get ready to enter the mystery of Christmas. These colored blocks remind us of the great story of God s love. We just brought the 50-day Easter season to a close with the celebration of Pentecost In the month of June we begin to move into the great, growing season, a time of new beginnings. At Pentecost we were reminded that the Spirit comes in disturbing, powerful ways to open us up to new beginnings. So even though June is the beginning of what is known as Ordinary Time, we should keep in mind that this is the season where we are to be growing. May we open our eyes and hearts and be moved by the Spirit. And how do we do that? By making connections with one another in our church and its ministry, our ministry partners, our community, and the larger church. As you read through this month s newsletter, may you see how we at Community Presbyterian Church are being drawn by the Spirit to make those connections. Look for pictures and articles on our community Read & Feed dinner, the PCUSA Eco-Justice Team making a presentation to the Lummi Nation and the Seattle Corp of Engineers regarding coal transport through the Columbia Gorge (the larger church at work to protect God s beautiful creation), plans for an exciting Vacation Bible School, and note our new web page and Facebook presence that we hope will reach others more attuned to technology (see our web page at: and our Facebook page can be found at: On page eight there are several opportunities listed for using the gifts the Spirit has given us. May we all be moved by the Spirit, so that God s everexpanding covenant of love is shared with all whom we meet! Pastor Susan V. Mills Page 2

3 Church Financial Report Denise McPherson Year through April General Fund Income Budgeted $24, Year through April General Fund Income Received $23, Year through April Actual Expenses $22, Year-to-Date Total ($ ) We spent $ less than we took in Budget Personnel $35,541 Operating Expense $30,787 Mission Giving $ 6,600 Total $72,928 Sensei Pat-to sharing her treasures and experiences in Japan with the children Dale Estes in character, sharing a story with the children at the Japan Read & Feed Anniversaries & Birthdays June Anniversaries Jeremy & Maria Chase 01 Lyle & Joyce Read 07 Bill & Martha Borgman 12 Don & Betty Groth 13 Lee & Norma Butgereit 17 Paul & Barbara Chase 27 Frank & Mary Feister 30 John & Mabel Hockema 30 June Birthdays Chris Chase 09 Scott Chase 09 Baily Borgman 11 Shahaylee Brunton 14 Marcia Wilcox 16 Lyle Read 26 Ernie Diaz 28 Page 3

4 SESSION HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS OF STATED SESSION MEETING APRIL 23, 2015: Communion was not served on Sunday, April 5, 2015 due to illness of the Pastor. The average worship attendance in April was 37. Approved a Rummage Sale / Bag Sale during Beachcomber Days and the sale of tacos as a food item. All monies raised will go into the Capital Campaign Fund. HIGHLIGHTS OF SPECIAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING May 3, 2015 Barbara Hare was elected to fill the Clerk of Session position. Ordination & Installation of Barbara Hare as Ruling Elder to fulfill the role of Clerk of Session for Community Presbyterian Church Laying on of Hands by the Ruling Elders of Community Presbyterian Church in the Ordination of Barbara Hare Page 4

5 :00am Bible 10 10:00am Bible 11 10:00am Finance 7 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 10:30am Worship / Communion / Coffee Mingle 1410:30am Worship / Coffee Mingle Barbershop Concert 3:00pm Newport Performing Arts Center 21 10:30am Worship / Coffee Mingle Happy Father s Day 28 10:30am Worship / Potluck 13:00pm South Lincoln Resources Meeting :00pm Read & Feed Dinner-JP 6:00pm Read & Feed Dinner-CPCW Hawaiian Theme 6:00pm Read & Feed Dinner JP :00pm Read & Feed Dinner at St. Luke s :00pm Read & Feed Dinner-JP JUNE 2015 Study 5:00pm Choir Rehearsal Study 1710:00am Bible Study 2:00pm VBS Mtg. 2410:00am Bible Study 410:00am Worship 5 6 Committee Mtg Committee Mtg. Noon Weight Watchers 6:00pm Celebrate 1810:00 am Stated Session Meeting Noon Weight Watchers 6:00pm Celebrate Recovery 25 Noon-Weight Watchers 6:00pm Celebrate Recovery 9:30am Community Breakfast :30am Community Breakfast 1910:00am- 3:00pm Beachcomber Days Rummage Sale :930am Community Breakfast 10:00am-3:00pm Rummage Sale 9:30am Community Breakfast Page 5

6 Beachcomber Day s Garage Sale Garage Sale & Tacos! Bring in your items for the garage sale that will be held at the church in the Fellowship Hall during Beachcomber Days, June The sale will be from 10:00am to 3:00pm both days. Beef and chicken tacos will be sold during the sale. Pass the word to everyone you know. Please...no clothing, books, CD s, DVD s, VHS or electronics. Items for the sale may be brought to the church Tuesday through Friday from 10:00am to 1:00pm. You may call to have items picked up. Deadline for all rummage is Wednesday, June 10th. For further information please call the church office. Community Events VBS! Do you know of any children that would benefit from Vacation Bible School? Would you like to help, in some way, with Vacation Bible School? Community Presbyterian Church of Waldport, with the help of Yachats Community Presbyterian Church, is sponsoring Vacation Bible School August 10 14, All children between Kindergarten and the 5th Grade are invited to attend our G-Force VBS this summer. There will be lots of music, games, crafts, science projects, stories and snacks every day. Still needed supplies for VBS are natural materials (moss, small pinecones, small sticks and pieces of driftwood, small rocks), travel size toiletries, foil pie tins, gallon size freezer zip-lock bags, oatmeal containers (like Quaker) small or large. Your donations are welcome! Registration will begin May 23 at the Resource Fair during Waldport s Shelter Me Week celebration from 11:00am 2:00pm in the Shelter Me building. You may also pick up registration forms at the Page 6

7 You may be asking: What exactly is a Presbyterian Women s Birthday Offering? And where do the funds for the birthday offering go? When Halle Parson Winsborough, Superintendent of the Woman s Auxiliary in the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS), visited Miss Dowd s School for Girls in Kochi, Japan in 1922, she saw a great need. She challenged members of her women s auxiliary to give to the school and suggested each woman give one penny for each year of their lives (or a single dollar if a woman preferred not to reveal her age!). Though this offering was to celebrate the 10 th anniversary of the women s auxiliary, the idea of giving to a specific mission project each year caught on and the offering has continued to be collected each year. Since it s inception, the Birthday Offering has helped to launch nearly 100 major mission projects, which continue to improve the lives of women and children around the world. While the projects and donation amounts have changed, Presbyterian Women s commitment to improving the lives of others has not. We continue to need broad, consistent support from Presbyterian women and others in order to continue funding mission projects like the ones selected for The actual grant amounts for these worthwhile programs will depend on gifts received in There have been two specific projects chosen as recipients for the 2015 Offering: PW S BIRTHDAY OFFERING Project No. 1: Bethesda Christian Community Center in Barranquilla, Colombia Sister churches Oxford Presbyterian Church (Oxford, Ohio) and Seventh Presbyterian (Barranquilla, Colombia) want to improve the lives of women and children who live in the neighborhood of El Por Fin, one of the poorest in Barranquilla. Through Bethesda Christian Community Center, these sister churches minister to women and children fleeing the brutality associated with the drug trade, and promote social change in the lives of residents through tutoring programs, Bible study, sports and cultural programs. Your gift to the Birthday Offering in 2015 will help build a new community center to replace the inadequate structure that currently houses Bethesda s programs. This new space will include a new, well-equipped kitchen, storeroom, and dining area that can serve meals to approximately 100 undernourished children. Project No.2: The Community of St. Therese of Lisieux Memphis, Tennessee This nonprofit, two-year residential community, was created to meet the needs of women seeking to learn a new way of life after surviving prostitution, human trafficking and addiction. Its ecumenical, community based project Breaking Free provides support and education for the women it serves. It provides food, clothing and shelter to the women, coordinates various types of medical care for them, and works to help them transition to independence. Your gift will allow the purchase and renovation of the property currently being leased, and will buy equipment for training and vocational skills development. We have an opportunity once a year to join the thousands of Presbyterian Women in sharing God s love through the Birthday Offering. We ask that you give as you are led by the Holy Spirit. Please take time to view the beautiful poster commemorating the 2015 Birthday Offering on our Mission Bulletin Board. Page 7

8 Community Life Making a Difference? There are many ways to make a difference in the hearts and lives of others in our community as well as at Community Presbyterian Church: Assist with Read & Feed Dinner (crafts, cooking, cleaning, serving, visiting with guests) Assist with Saturday Community Breakfast once a month or every Saturday morning (cooking, cleaning, serving, visiting with guests) Assist with Vacation Bible School (making decorations, assisting with crafts, games, snacks, storytelling, drama, etc.) Assist with yard work (trimming bushes, weeding, etc.) Assist with building maintenance (changing light bulbs to painting to hammering a few nails) Be a phone buddy for our members and friends who cannot make it to church for worship Bring in canned goods on Communion Sundays and place in the Wishing Well Bring in personal hygiene items for children to create hygiene kits as a mission project Join the Chancel Choir or offer to play an instrument during worship Join those who take a turn working with our children in Children s Church Send encouragement cards to those who are ill or home-bound Serve as Liturgist during Sunday worship To volunteer, call the church office or leave a message on the church phone at Children hand out hand made cards, flowers and angel bookmarks to the Women of the church on Mother s Day Triston gives Ms. Esther a flower Baily gives a flower to Ms. Norma Page 8

9 Community Life Thanks Volunteers! Craig Seaman as guest organist during a recent visit with his family Gifts made for the women of the church by our children: Baily, Ily, Triston, Jairden Beautiful flower arrangement for Mother s Day thanks to Patty Gewalt Central Coast Chorale s Spring Concert, Anything Goes Our PCUSA Eco-Justice Team at work in Seattle on the Coal Transportation Issue Newly painted benches by Charlie Hare Page 9

10 COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Highway 34 & Bay Street PO Box 520 Waldport OR Phone: Website: Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Weekly Events 10:30am Worship / Coffee Mingle 6:00pm Read & Feed Dinner 10:00am Bible Study 12:15pm Weight Watchers 6:00pm Celebrate Recovery 9:30am Community Breakfast Office Hours Tuesday Friday 10:00am-1:00pm All Are Welcome Come as You Are! COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH A place to connect to: God Self Each other The needs of the world Communion Communion will be observed on May 3 rd. In thankfulness for all that Christ has done for us, we remember to reach out with Christ s love to those who are hit hard by this economic downturn. Please remember to bring in your food donations and drop them off in the Wishing Well in the front entry of the church, or you may simply choose to make a monetary donation to Waldport Food Share by including it with your Sunday morning offering. Simply make a notation on the memo line for Waldport Food Share. Food Share is currently experiencing a shortage of food and having to turn folks away. Our May donation to Waldport Food Share 167 pounds of food. Please remember to bring in your cans and other non-perishable items! AMERICAN HARMONY The Coastalaires Barbershop Chorus 20th Anniversary performance, featuring the Salem Senate Aires, will be Sunday, June 14 th at 3:00pm at the Newport Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $13 in advance and $15 at the door. Order tickets online at coastarts.org or call ARTS. Community Presbyterian Church Of Waldport PO Box 520 Waldport OR 97394