Consol Energy Arena Friday and Saturday events start at 7:00 PM Sunday events start at 4:00 PM Doors open 90 minutes prior to the start.

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1 MCDONALD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AUGUST UPDATE 2014 AUGUST 15TH - 17TH Consol Energy Arena Friday and Saturday events start at 7:00 PM Sunday events start at 4:00 PM Doors open 90 minutes prior to the start. Franklin Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association are bringing the Good News of Christ to Pittsburgh. At past events, we ve seen churches work together and communities changed like never before. We re praying and believing that thousands will hear the Gospel and lives will be transformed for eternity. SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST: Friday, August 8th- MPC Pirate Game Tuesday, August 5th- Session Meeting Friday, August 15th- Three Rivers Festival of Hope If you are interested in attending, the sign-up sheet is in the parlor of Calvary or call the church office. Don t forget to bring a friend! We currently have 25 people that have signedup to attend. Sunday, - Monday, August 25th- Deacons Meeting AUGUST 24, 2014~10:00A.M. Our Worship Service will again be a combined service with the First Baptist Church of McDonald and several other local churches. Rev. Amsler will be bringing the Word to us that day. All members are invited to bring their own lawn chairs. Seating is also available on picnic tables for the worship service and for the meal. A covered dish contribution to the common meal is requested. Those in attendance with a last name beginning with A-P should bring a starchy side, vegetable or salad and those with a last name beginning with Q-Z should bring a dessert. Hamburgers and hotdogs are provided. One common offering will be taken so all members are asked to use your regular offering envelope to make contributions to your respective church. All loose offerings will be given to the McDonald Meals on Wheels. We are always looking for help with setup, grilling and so forth. If you are able to help, set up begins at 8:00 AM. Our Trustees will be meeting on Saturday, August 23rd to load equipment and tables so they will be ready for Sunday morning. Most importantly invite a friend to join us for this fun! INSIDE THIS ISSUE: RALLY DAY 2 VBS UPDATE 2 OCC 3 FOOD BANK 3 VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES 4 BIRTHDAYS 4 ANNIVERSARIES 4 CALENDAR 5 MCFALL FEST 6

2 PAGE 2 SUNDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 7TH ~ 9:30 A.M. This is the Sunday that our service of Worship returns to 10:45 a.m. and the Sunday School hour resumes at 9:30 a.m. At 9:30 a.m. in Trinity Center Sanctuary there will be a Rally Day gathering to launch the new Sunday School Year. The whole church is invited and we are looking forward to a dynamic and fun celebration. Don t miss this exciting day of worship and fun! The 10:45 worship at will also highlight some the accomplishments of the students over the summer VBS UPDATE & PICTURES Our Vacation Bible School was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who attended and who helped to put it together, especially our Director Heather Weiler. We had 97 kids in attendance on Monday, July 28th and are hoping for well over 100 children and teens by Friday. Check out the pictures below to get a taste of what we did. More pictures are available on our Facebook page! 125TH MCDONALD CELEBRATION The McDonald Borough 125 th Birthday Celebration Committee extends a special thank you for the use of the Trinity Center sanctuary for the community choir concert and the opening of the 1989 time capsule. The weather prohibited the function to be held in Heritage Park as planned and McDonald Presbyterian Church came to the rescue! Thank you.

3 PAGE 3 OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Our items for the month of August are SCHOOL SUPPLIES. Keep an eye out for all those Back-to-School deals! We have a surplus of notebooks from last year's Wal-mart donation, so...please focus more on pencils, crayons, and colored pencils. We are also in need of combs and bandanas. Thank you for any and all donations. Any questions, please contact Michelle Unruh ( ). Packing Party is Sunday, November 2, MCDONALD FOOD BANK ~ DONATION DRIVE UPDATE What a great feeling it is to have our goal of 1000 items for the McDonald Food Bank surpassed... a total of 4,000 items and still counting!!! McDonald and surrounding communities, led by you, have done it. We collected $1, to purchase additional items. We have also sent $570 in checks made out directly to the food bank for the purchase of gift cards for groceries. Thank God for these blessings...and thank you. The suggested items for the McDonald Food Bank for August are canned meats or fish. All contributions are welcomed. Please drop off your donation in the parlor of. If you have any questions, please contact Ed Nalesnick. From Nancy Turk: Thank you to everyone for the prayers, cards and delicious meals during my recent surgery.

4 PAGE 4 Nursery Helpers Hospitality Bakers Lay Leaders Greeters Children s Church AUGUST VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES Jillian Panizza Helper Needed Abby Weiler Helper Needed Molly Maxwell Betty Ryan Katie McDowell Mary Hawes John Casey Becky Gladden Dana Martin Katie McDowell Lana & Ed Gilbert Arlene Carr Patty & Jon Sember Betty McWreath & Luck Hawk Sarah Amsler Betty Ryan - Abby Weiler Adriane Ware Adriane Ware AUGUST BIRTHDAYS George Schmidt 8/1 Barbara Powell 8/3 Arlene Carr 8/5 Terry Bennett 8/7 Donna Toward 8/7 Doug Cooper, Jr. 8/8 Mary Bennett 8/10 William Berthold 8/10 Marilou Ritchie 8/10 Suzanne Casey 8/12 Janet Slack 8/15 Margaret Novak 8/17 Kathy Strand 8/19 Tom Garrett, Sr. 8/20 Kim Cook 8/24 Matt Errett 8/24 William Hawes 8/26 Sandy Meyers 8/27 Gary McGinnis 8/29 Charles Smith, Sr. 8/30 AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES Nancy & Andy Diamond (50th) 8/1 Jamie & Mark Slack 8/3 Michelle & Brad Unruh 8/3 Sarah & Justin Amsler 8/9 Amy & Mike Patishnock 8/11 Alicia & Dennis Slovick 8/14 Linda & George Schmidt 8/15 Mary & William Hawes 8/18 Carol & John McCarthy 8/20 Tina & Brian Kocian 8/24 Michelle & Jeff Keslar 8/25 Barbara & Pat Powell (25th) 8/25

5 PAGE 5 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Worship in the Park 10:00 a.m. Three Rivers Festival of Hope Garden Club Bible Club Trustees Mtg. 7:30 Trinity Library Boy Scouts 11 Session Meeting 7pm Trinity Center Fellowship Hall 18 Newsletter deadline ECO National Gathering 25 Deacons Mtg. 7pm Calvary Ctr. New Beginnings Room 12 Bible Club Boy Scouts 19 Boy Scouts ECO National Gathering 26 Boy Scouts 6 Office Staff Mtg. 10am 1 AA s Trinity Ctr. VBS WEEK 7 8 AA s Trinity Ctr. MPC Pirate Game AA s Trinity Ctr. Three Rivers Festival of Hope 20 ECO National Gathering AA s Trinity Ctr AA s Trinity Ctr Three Rivers Festival of Hope AUGUST 2014

6 McDonald Presbyterian Church Non Profit Org. US POSTAGE PAID MCDONALD, PA PERMIT NO. 9 Worship Site: 202 West Lincoln Avenue McDonald, PA Offices Located at: 119 Station Street McDonald, PA Telephone: 724/ August 2014 Newsletter AUGUST NEWSLETTER R ETURN SERVICE REQESTED Website: Rev. Justin Amsler Pastor justin@mcdonaldpres.org 724/ Dir. Of Children s Ministries/Accts. Payable Heather Weiler 724/ heather@mcdonaldpres.org Choir Director Syndria Lowe Organist Donna Klimas MYM Ministry Leaders Richelle Damico Jonathan Damico Jim McDowell Custodial Staff Pat Powell Supervisor Paul Winters John Libert Church Secretary Karen Richard karen@mcdonaldpres.org 724/ / (fax) Office Hours Monday 11:00a.m. 2:00p.m. Tuesday Friday 9:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. SAVE THE DATE MCFALL FEST OCTOBER 11, AM TO 4PM This is our Mission Project! Next Meeting August 13th ~ 6:00 p.m. ~ Pastor s Study at If you would like to volunteer contact: Pumpkin & Mum Sales: Mike & Marcia Jewell Children s Activities: Syndria Lowe Bake Sale: Lucy Hawk & Gerry Rossi Treasure Chest: Sandy Albertini Silent Auction: Linda Matchett Music: Justin Amsler Tent & Signs: Tom Maxwell Crafts & Vendors: Molly Maxwell Advertising: Molly Maxwell & Marilou Ritchie Procurement Officer: Ed Nalesnick Food: Deacons, Janet Crawford & Karen Cooper We need more Crafters and many, many helpers for the Oct. 10th set-up and Oct. 11th Fest!