Lighthouse Presbyterian Church

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1 Lighthouse Presbyterian Church To grow in Christ, becoming like Him. October 13, 2016 Volume 10, Issue 21 Lighthouse Presbyterian Church PO Box E. 303rd Street Paola, KS Worship: Sunday 10:00am Help Us Help Haiti Our sixth trip to Haiti will take place November 5-12, roughly one month after Hurricane Matthew devastated this already impoverished island nation. We trust in God s sovereign timing and hope to travel to some of the areas most affected by the hurricane. Our group still plans to fix wells an ever-present need there but we also hope to take part in giving other kinds of much-needed relief as well. How You Can Help / What We Can Bring 1. Clothes & Shoes: The Haitian people tend to be of lighter and smaller stature often due to malnutrition and sickness. So we tend to need more small and medium sizes of both clothes and shoes. Along with food and water these items are needed the most. 2. Peanut Butter: Because Haitians tend to like peanut butter and we will have limited space in our extra suitcase, we encourage you to buy plastic, medium size jars of peanut butter, which we will distribute to those in need. 3. Financial Gifts: Whatever you feel you can afford will help. Cholera is currently on the increase in Haiti and is spread by impure water. When we arrive in Haiti we plan to buy 5 gallon buckets for people to fill with purified water. One new, clean bucket will help a single family collect clean water for only $5.00 apiece, so your family can help a Haitian family for a small gift. Trip #6 Participants: Brad Buescher Dave Slyter Chris Dyer Oliver Sparks Frank Healy (Hillsdale) Jeff Minter (Overland Park) Russell Lantz (Topeka) Ron Dowd

2 THE LIGHTHOUSE BEACON Page 2 CELEBRATE RECOVERY Celebrate Recovery is a support ministry for anyone who has hurts, habits and hang-ups and would like instruction, direction, fellowship and encouragement to overcome them through the power of Christ. Celebrate Recovery meets every Thursday evening: 6:30-8:30 pm in the worship area with a fellowship time beginning at 6:00 pm. Child care is provided. For more information, contact Bob Zoller at robertzoller@kw.com or October is Pastor Appreciation Month The Session of Lighthouse Church wishes to thank Pastor Kirk Johnston, Pastor Brad Buescher and Pastor T.J. Rose for their dedication to Lighthouse Church. We appreciate each of their gifts and know that we are blessed to have them as our spiritual leaders. We encourage each of you to find a personal way to acknowledge, celebrate, and honor them during this month. Carole Moore Clerk of Session OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SHOEBOX COLLECTION WEEK NOVEMBER Fill a Christmas Shoebox with gifts and share the gospel with children around the world. The next Beacon newsletter will be published on Thursday, October 27th. Deadline for all articles will be Friday, Oct. 21st. Thank you in advance for your help. You can bring in your own shoebox or pick one up at the church. Pick up a list of suggested shoebox items or find it online at what-we-do/operation-christmas-child. Boxes can be dropped off at the church between (Monday) Nov. 14 through (Sunday) Nov. 20. Suggested donation for postage per box is $7. If you make your postage donation online, you can print off a postage label to put on your box and you will also receive s that track your box as it goes through other countries on its route to its destination. Online at We are also looking for volunteers to help take in boxes during the collection week during the hours of 8:00am 4:00pm. We need volunteers to help sit at a table and help pack up the shipping cartons. You don t have to volunteer for the whole day, even an hour or two will be greatly appreciated. If you would like to help with this, please feel free to call the Church office at or contact Maria Heid at

3 THE LIGHTHOUSE BEACON Page 3 Living Nativity Volunteer Opportunities This is our 5 th year of sharing the story of Christ s birth with our community through a living nativity. We are in need of volunteers; there is a place for everyone that would like to be involved! It is a wonderful way to celebrate the Christmas season with family and friends. Ways to be involved. Help needed the nights of the nativity: Acting parts for all ages (speaking and nonspeaking parts) Volunteers who can pretend to actively work a trade in the marketplace such as woodworking, hand-sewing, loom work, pottery, basket making, leather work, baking, selling furs, selling animals or anything from that period that you can dream up. This is a great place for a whole family to serve together. Being a tour guide Checking in and out costumes each night Serving refreshments Parking and security assistance Maintaining/monitoring fires, heat lamps, trash Caroling Setting up/cleaning up each night Helping with craft tables in the fellowship hall Reading a story to children in the fellowship hall Scene support (people who prompt children to say lines, etc.) Items to borrow: Christmas trees and decor Live animals such as donkeys, sheep, goats, chickens Bales of straw for marketplace decoration One fire pit for the fellowship area Pop-up canopies Stand-up portable heaters Help needed the week before and of the nativity : Organizing / decorating / heavy lifting in various barns Set up on Thursday, December 1st and Friday, December 2nd (all day) Cleanup on Sunday, December 4 th from noon until 4pm. Help needed now: Craft ideas and organization for the fellowship hall Living Nativity Event Friday-Saturday December 2 & 3 6:00-8:00pm Miami County Fairgrounds Please see the signup sheets on the registration table in the sanctuary or contact Tricia Sinclair at or at tricia@paolalighthouse.com for more information. Donations requested: Cookies we need at least 800. Heat lamp light bulbs Roll of green plastic tablecloth sheeting for fellowship hall Cans of hot chocolate (Swiss Miss brand only please)

4 THE LIGHTHOUSE BEACON Page 4 Vine A vine symbolizes Christ, the foundation of life and nourishment of all people, who, in turn, are like branches. When separate from the vine, we branches can't survive at least not spiritually. "Apart from me," says Jesus, "you can do nothing" (John 15:5, NIV). But as God the gardener tends this relationship, we branches grow stronger and more mature in Jesus and alongside one another.

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6 THE LIGHTHOUSE BEACON Page 6 OWNit365: One Story The OWNit365: One Story plan takes you through the key stories of the Bible in one year. The plan shows how the many stories of the Bible make up one interconnected story God s story. The plan calls for reading between one to three chapters of Scripture a day from three separate chapters (i.e. the main storyline and key cross references), six days per week. We have worked out all the 2016 dates so that you can simply go to our website: and look under Announcements, (in the right hand column) then click on the One Story Reading Plan for Yes, it s that easy! Here is the reading plan for Oct 17-23: Monday, Oct 17: Day 288 Jesus Stories About Money Dividing the Inheritance & People s Stress about Money Luke 12; 1 Tim 6:5-19; Phil 4:10-19 Tuesday, Oct 18: Day 289 Jesus Teachings on Israel the Parable of the Fig Tree (i.e. Israel) & Healing a Crippled Woman Luke 13:6-35; Mark 11:12-14; Hosea 9:10 Wednesday, Oct 19: Day 290 Jesus Teachings at a Sabbath Meal The Parable of the Supper; Pride, & Humility Luke 14; Prov 11:2; Prov 25:6-7 Thursday, Oct 20: Day 291 Jesus Seeking of the Lost Seeking for People like Seeking for Sheep, Coins, & a Prodigal Son Luke 15; Jer 50:6; Psalm 119: Friday, Oct 21: Day 292 Jesus Stories about Riches & Wisdom The Unjust Steward, the Rich Man, & Lazarus Luke 16; 1 Cor 4:1-5; Deut 15:7-11 Saturday, Oct 22: Day 293 Jesus Teachings on Forgiveness Jesus Teaches o Forgiveness & Heals 10 Lepers Luke 17; Prov 24:16; Psalm 50:22-23 Sunday, Oct 23: Day 294 Weekly Day Off / catch up Here is the reading plan for Oct 24-30: Monday, Oct 24: Day 295 Jesus Raising of Lazarus Jesus Raises Lazarus & the Pharisees Plot Jesus Death John 11; John 12:9-11; Rom 8:9-11 Tuesday, Oct 25: Day 296 Jesus Ministry across the Jordan Marriage, the Rich Young Ruler, & Sacrifices for God Matt 19; Mark 10:1-30; Luke 18:15-30 Wednesday, Oct 26: Day 297 Jesus Final Trip to Jerusalem The Parable of the Laborers & the Right Hand of Jesus Matt 20:1-28; Mark 10:31-45; Luke 18:31-34 Thursday, Oct 27: Day 298 Jesus Ministry Jericho Zacchaeus, the Parable of the Talents, & Healing the Blind Luke 19:1-27; Matt 25:14-30; Mark 10:46-52 Friday, Oct 28: Day 299 Jesus Triumphal Entry Entering Jerusalem, Cleansing the Temple, & Cursing the Fig Tree Matt 21; Psalms 118:19-29; Zech 9:9 Saturday, Oct 29: Day 300 Jesus Debates with Religious Leaders Debating the Pharisees, Sadducees & a Lawyer Matt 22; Rom 13:1-7; Psalm 110:1 Sunday, Oct 30: Day 301 Weekly Day Off / catch up

7 THE LIGHTHOUSE BEACON Page 7 For the month of October 2016: Miscellaneous Issues Gwen Anthony Paul Argeropoulos (Linda Gibson) Ryan Beamgard (Rick Beamgard) Florence Bernard (Theresa Morrison) Sawyer Byrne (Tamara Ross) Jeff Clark Tammy Cole Tami Connell Tauna Connell Ken Cummings Matthew Cummings (Ken & Rosemary Cummings) Catelin Curns (Jerry & Pat Vincent) Leta Dameron (Bob Dameron) Don Dewey (April England) Ben Erwin Mary Flavin (JoAnn Curran) Brenda Grandon Lincoln High (Sandi Bal) Kevin Jacobson Angel Massie (Rebecca Sutton) Mike McCauley (Samantha Green) Debbie McCrackin (Rob Wood) Christine Owens Judy Pinneo (JoAnn Curran) Susan Ratliff (Harry Hellyer) Denise Reynolds Kristan & Matt Reynolds (Denise Reynolds) Gene Robinson (Keith Robinson) Kenny Ross (Janice Ingersoll) Tamara Ross William Sundquist Linda Sutterfield (Ruthie Gillen) Alex Theissen (Jeff Reeder) Diane Ufford (Bill & Lucille Ufford) Mia Volland (Brad & Kay Phipps) Karl Wesemann (Karen Dietrich) Peggy Willows Overseas Military Lindsay High (Sandi Bal) James Holloway (Sydney Dulgarian) Jonathan Spencer (Alicia Spencer) Cancer Lisa Morgan Coleman (Carol Knoche) Randy Cummings (Charlie Brink) Jim Donner (Charlie Brink) Sherry Duncan (Laurie Johnston) Carolyn Hertha (Helen Hertha) Rick Ising (JoAnn Curran) Ysleta Kiernan (Jeff Clark) Betty Matney (Evelyn Cowden) Brad Moon (Carol Knoche) Patti Ravnikar (Linda Gibson) Shirley Robinson (Jeff Clark) Teressa Ruggles Phyllis Scheuneman (Shelly Thomas) Ed Sichley (Stephanie Sparks) Tony Webster (Patrick Sweeney) Tracy White (Susie Atkins) (Names in parentheses indicate the church family requesting prayer) (Names will run for four weeks, so please notify the office if you would like to have a name left on this prayer list.) Our prayers and sympathies go out to the family and friends of: Melissa Beamgard (Rick Beamgard) Jay Burns (April England s uncle) Dorene Hodges (Donna Whiteford s aunt) Richard Olson (Rev. Carl Olson s father) Ralph Steward (Merilee Baughman) Lizzie White (Brenda Grandon) David Wassmer (Jeff Clark) HOW TO CONTACT US: Mailing address: 1402 E 303rd St. P.O. Box 404 Paola, KS Office Phone: Website: paolalighthouse.com Kirk Johnston, Senior Pastor: Brad Buescher, Executive Pastor: Eli Wedde, Youth Director: Tricia Sinclair, Children s Ministry Director: Rebecca Sutton, Office Admin: Tracey Hecker, Office Admin: godsquad@classicnet.net brad@paolalighthouse.com eliasray31@gmail.com tricia@paolalighthouse.com rebecca@paolalighthouse.com tracey@paolalighthouse.com