Meeting House News. First Presbyterian Church On the Square 2A North Hanover Street Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013

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1 Meeting House News First Presbyterian Church On the Square 2A North Hanover Street Carlisle, Pennsylvania Reverend Anne K. Myers, Temporary Pastor Debby Madden, Director of Educational Ministry Arthur Thompson, Organist Susan Shuey, Choir Director Jack Sprecher, Sexton Avis Allen, Administrative Secretary Church Administrative Office Hours: M, W, F, 9AM 2PM Phone (717) Rev. Myers phone numbers: (C) ; (H) Rev. Myers Debby Madden Website

2 September 2014 Page 2 Pastor s Note In This Issue Pastor s Note 2 Invite a Friend 2 Worship Highlights 3 Fall Kick-Off 3 Prayer Community 4 My Brothers Table 4 The Gulottas 4 Book Club (Sep & Oct) 4 August Session Meeting 4 Meet with Mark 4 Teachers Workshop 4 Krislund Fun 4 Ministry of Fellowship 5 Your PNC 5 Church Leadership 5 Lend A Hand Trips 6 Krislund Stats 6 Krislund Wish List 6 Pres. Missionaries 6 Ways to Support the Church 6 Project SHARE News 6 Sep. Birthdays 7 Sep. Worship Helpers 7 Sep. Calendar 8 Invite a friend to Worship, to Sunday school, to Book Club, to Faith Circle, to a Men s Breakfast Did you know that most people who eventually join a church do so because a friend made a personal invitation? Be that friend. Dear Members & Friends of First Presbyterian, Let me begin my first newsletter column with a thank-you for the warm reception I have received as your new Temporary Pastor. My first Sunday here I was greeted by friendly faces, hardy handshakes, and half of a tasty, large cake (the other half was a birthday cake for our Christian Educator, Debby Madden). I have enjoyed my past association with First Pres, and I look forward to the coming months of friendship and ministry among you. The goal is for me to serve until your new full-time Pastor is called and begins ministering among you in the near future. In the meantime, let me introduce you to the 12-part sermon series on the Ten Commandments that I will begin on the first Sunday of September. After an initial sermon when I will introduce the series, I will consider each of the commandments in order. The one exception will be on October 26th, when I have a prior out-of-town commitment. On that Sunday, my husband will preach on Commandment 6, You Shall Not Kill. The previous week I will preach on Commandment 7, You Shall Not Commit Adultery. The schedule for the series is: Introduction to the Ten Commandments: Heaven Fire and Brimstone Sep. 14 You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me Sep. 21 You Shall Not Make for Yourself a Graven Image Sep. 28 You Shall Not Take the Name of the Lord in Vain Oct. 5 Remember the Sabbath and Keep It Holy Oct. 12 Honor Your Father and Mother Oct. 19 You Shall Not Commit Adultery Oct. 26 You Shall Not Kill (guest preacher: The Rev. Dr. Buz Myers) Nov. 2 You Shall Not Steal Nov. 9 You Shall Not Bear False Witness Nov. 16 You Shall Not Covet Nov. 23 Conclusion: At a Distance The children will also be learning about the Ten Commandments in Sunday school during the fall. A combined (adult & youth) Intro class will be taught by Debby Madden on Sep. 14, Gathering Room. Again, let me say how thrilled I am that God has led me to this ministry in this historic church. First Presbyterian has a long history of superb pastoral leadership, hard-working and devoted lay leadership, and generous members and friends who give freely of their time and resources for the work of the Church. It is truly an honor to be a part of this strong fellowship devoted to the glory of God and the advancement of God s Kingdom. I look forward to getting to know you better in the coming months. Please pray for me and for our church as we journey together during this interim period in the life of First Presbyterian Church. Yours in Christ, The Rev. Anne K. Myers

3 P a g e 3 September 7 RETURN TO USUAL WORSHIP SCHEDULE (23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time) 9:30 AM: Intergenerational Sunday school, Fellowship Hall (see details below) 10:45 AM: Worship; Sermon, Heaven Fire and Brimstone ; includes Communion After worship: Fellowship time September 14 (24th Sunday in Ordinary Time) 9:15 AM: Prayer, sanctuary 9:30 AM: Education hour; classes for all 10:45 AM: Worship; Sermon, You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me After worship: Fellowship time (Celebrate September birthdays!) September 21 (25th Sunday in Ordinary Time) 9:15 AM: Prayer, sanctuary 9:30 AM: Education hour; classes for all 10:45 AM: Worship; Sermon, You Shall Not Make for Yourself a Graven Image ; includes Baptism After worship: Fellowship time Worship Highlights - September September 28 (26th Sunday in Ordinary Time) 9:15 AM: Prayer, sanctuary 9:30 AM: Education hour; classes for all 10:45 AM: Worship; Sermon, You Shall Not Take the Name of the Lord in Vain After worship: Fellowship time Prayer Community meets! FALL KICK-OFF SEPTEMBER 7th At 9:30 AM, we will have an Inter-generational Sunday School hour that will be based on songs we ve all learned at camp and Sunday School for example, The B-I-B-L-E. These songs will be the source of Bible-related illustrations led by Art Thompson and Debby Madden. (You won t want to miss this!) At 10:45 AM, Rev. Myers will begin a 12-part sermon series on The Ten Commandments. The sermon title is Heaven Fire & Brimstone. The Sunday school class curriculums for adults and children will be tailored to this series.

4 P a g e 4 In the Life of the Church Did You Know..the Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC) is meeting every Thursday evening! Candy & Chris Gulotta report that they are enjoying every minute spent with their newborn twin grandsons, Christopher Neil & Kyle William! Please note that their new is: lcgread@gmail.com. THE PRAYER COMMUNITY will meet after worship on Sunday, September 21. Join in! MY BROTHER S TABLE The Board of Deacons (and Friends) will serve the evening meal, known as My Brothers Table, at The Salvation Army on Sunday, September 14. If you wish to help or make a donation toward the purchase of food items, please see any deacon. KRISLUND FUN! RuthAnn Shoenfelt: Pup (Millie Koishal) and I had a wonderful, learning, inspirational, fun experience. She is already talking about going by herself next year. I m happy that she wants to keep going to camp, but am also sad that I have four years before I can go with the next grandchild. Debby Madden: It was a great privilege to volunteer as a chaplain for a week at Camp Krislund. I was blessed to lead a Bible study for volunteers, share worship leadership with Rev. Vern Gauthier, First United PC, Newville, and to pray for the campers and counselors. The new Camp director, Gene Joiner, has even better plans for Krislund s future. I hope to see more of our children and youth in camp next year. Also attending from First Church were: Sharon Miller & her grandson; Barb & Katie Crum; Rebert & Camryn Thompson; and Delaney Crim. BOOK CLUB September s Book Club selection is Jackdaws, by Ken Follett the story of a gang of all-female saboteurs who go behind German lines. In October, two books will be discussed: 1) Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Patterson. The title refers to the sibling rivalry between Jacob and Esau. The story takes place in the early 1940s on a small, fictional town in the Chesapeake Bay. 2) Pink and Say, by Patricia Polacco, is a true story of Pinkus Aylee (Pink), a black Union soldier, who finds 15-year old Sheldon Curtis (Say) left for dead and carries him home to be tended by his mother. Civil War history comes to life in this book! HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AUGUST 13 SESSION MEETING Welcomed Rev. Anne Myers to First. She did an excellent job with moderating and energizing this meeting. Grace Hofferica was hired as our nursery attendant, beginning duties in October. Bruce Ashbaugh will soon assume Treasurer duties from Harold Kretzing. THURSDAY (OR SATURDAY) WITH MARK The Presbytery of Carlisle invites you to meet with the Executive- Presbyter, Rev. Dr. Mark Englund-Krieger for a time of informal conversation, discussion and dessert! Invited are all elders and anyone interested in future directions of the Presbytery. These sessions will provide an opportunity to discern together where God is leading us as a Presbytery, as congregations, and as individuals. The gatherings are deigned to inform on a number of topics related to our Presbytery. Dessert will be served at evening gatherings and continental breakfast at the Saturday event. Thursday, Sep. 11, 7-9 PM, Monaghan PC, Dillsburg Saturday, Sep. 13, 9-11 AM, Presbytery Office, Camp Hill A WORKSHOP FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS Let s Think Outside the Box: Exploring New Models of Sunday School is the theme of an upcoming workshop being offered by the Presbytery of Carlisle (Region B). You re invited to attend this morning session on Saturday, September 27, 9-11:30 AM, at Silver Spring PC. The leader is Derry s Christian Educator Debby Hough, who is the APCE 2014 Educator of the Year. APCE is the group that our Debby is active in the Association of Presbyterian Christian Educators. Please see Debby is you re interested in attending/carpooling.

5 MINISTRY OF FELLOWSHIP Beginning September 14, we will celebrate those who have birthdays in that month by enjoying a birthday cake during Fellowship Time. While not yet set in stone, typically this monthly party will be held the 2nd Sunday (unless otherwise announced). How can you help? During your birthday month, please bring a gift to the party. Your gift should be one of fellowship time supplies for the kitchen. This will help defray the expenses of our Parish Life Committee. Ideas include: juice/lemonade bottles ginger ale Crackers Chips Cookies Pretzels goldfish crackers juice boxes Remember that we are a peanut-free church! Thank you for your support of this ministry. Megan Crum, chair NOTE: We continue to need Fellowship Hosts to sign up now in Fellowship Hall! P a g e 5 PASTOR NOMINATING COMMITTEE Trudy Bailey Nancy Jacoby Harold Kretzing John Martin Peg Owen Jennifer Patterson (moderator) Dennis Rydberg Tom Shepherd Heather Thompson First Church Leadership BOARD OF DEACONS SESSION Class of 2014 Rachel Graver (Outreach) Steve Elsier (Service) Lynda Mann (Moderator)(Service) Peggy McKeehen (Caring) Class of 2015 Barbara Allen (Caring) Mary Jane Blosser (Outreach) Tracy Sommers (Sec y)(outreach) Class of 2016 Ellen Darr Kathy Mulvey (Treasurer) Sharon Miller (Caring) Class of 2014 Ann Gottlieb (Safety/Security) JJ Patterson (Nominating) Deborah Sweaney (Mission) Class of 2015 Megan Crum (Parish Life) (443) Lynne Hofferica (Education) Bruce Mulvey (Finance) Sylvia Thompson (Worship) Jarl Uilkema (Property) Class of 2016 Laura Crim (HR) Michael Gogoj (Worship) (215) Joe Shane (Clerk) Charlie Thompson (Mbrsp/Outr)

6 P a g e In Other News UPCOMING 2014 TRIPS WITH LEND A HAND (LAH) September 4: A one-day trip to Shamokin. Limit for this trip is 10 people (with 2 seats taken at this writing). There is NO fee for this trip. The group will leave at 7 AM from the Presbytery Office parking lot and return around 6:30 PM. Please bring a lunch. October 12-17: Point Pleasant Beach, NJ. This is LAH s last scheduled trip to this area. (Any trips for next year have not yet been discussed.) This will also be the last time for the $50 trip discount. Cost will be $100 if riding in the van; $50 if driving your own vehicle. This is the 22nd trip to the New Jersey area. Presently there are 7 people signed up for this trip. SUMMER 2014 KRISLUND STATS Resident Campers: 528 Traveling Day Campers: 300 Traveling Day Camps: 8 different churches / 6 different camps Specialty Camps: 5 (Fishing; Woodworking; Survivor; Wet & Wild; Foodology) Chaplains: 14 Infirmary Staff: 13 KRISLUND WISH LIST As summer comes to an end, you might be deciding that your kids have outgrown their bicycles especially the ones with 24-inch wheels. If you have any that are no longer being used, Krislund can use them. They would also appreciate bike helmets. (If they find they are unable to use your gifts, they will pass them along to another organization that can.) To donate, call the Camp office at ; ask for Mary or Tammy. FROM THE PRESBYTERIAN MISSION AGENCY Eric & Becky Hinderliter are serving in Lithuania at the invitation of the LCC International University. You are invited to support their work through prayer, and are encouraged to get to know them thru updates they send (see the bulletin board). If you are able, please support their ministry thru financial gifts. Individual donations may be made online at pcusa.org/give, or mailed to: Presbyterian World Mission, PO Box , Pittsburgh, PA You can the Hinderliter s as follows: eric.hinderliter@pcusa.org; rebecca.hinderliter@pcusa.org. Read more online at: pcusa.org/eric-and-becky-hinderliter. WAYS TO SUPPORT THE CHURCH & ITS MISSIONS Donate diapers, infant formula, soup for Project SHARE Turn off lights & fans when you leave Place items in proper recycling containers Volunteer to be a fellowship host Donate 3-ply yarn for use in knitting baby hats Support the Deacons My Brother s Table mission Report malfunctioning equipment (running toilet, dripping faucet) Donate & purchase books to support our Books for Babies mission Invite a friend to Sunday school and church Welcome a visitor Pray for the work of the PNC and other church leaders * * * * PROJECT SHARE NEWS * * * * Couldn t make it to church, or simply want to read or listen to Sunday s sermon again? Well, you re in luck find these things, and more, on the church s website: OCTOBER IS SAVE YOUR GIANT RECEIPTS MONTH It s that time of year again! In October, you are urged to save your Giant receipts. Giant Food Stores will donate $1 to Project SHARE for each October-dated receipt they receive. This includes all amounts of both gas and food. Please take your receipts to the Project SHARE office at 5 N. Orange Street during normal business hours (8AM- 4PM, M-F). GLEANING CONTINUES Gleaning is the act of cleaning out fields with unwanted/ unharvested, but useable, crops. You can help support the local Food Bank by gleaning on the following dates: September: 2, 9, 12, 15, 22 & 29 October: 4, 11, 18, 20, 25 & 27 Call for more information.

7 Birthdays - September 1 Deb Richcreek Barb Allen 3 Bonnie Deardorff 4 JJ Patterson 7 Peggy McKeehen 10 Sue Hammann Joan Line 12 Kara Fetter 13 Brad Martin 14 Jack Augustine Ruby Cameron 15 Dick Hammann Ron Richcreek 18 Jamey Dennison Sue Dennison Julia Gottlieb 21 Marita Neslund Samantha Gilbert 23 Alex Henry 24 Sylvia Thompson 25 Jarl Uilkema Joe Shane 27 Jack Martin 28 James Line 29 Howard Phillips Art Thompson 30 Judie Read Worship Helpers - September READERS Sep. 14 Sep. 21 Sep. 28 USHERS Sep. 14 Sep. 21 Sep. 28 NURSERY Sep. 14 Sep. 21 Sep. 28 Ray Thomas Nicole Alleman Lynne Hofferica Dick Hammann Clare Hamm; Mary Reneker; Dick & Tracy Sommers Peggy McKeehen; Joe Shane; Ray & Katie Thomas David Sheperd; Sylvia Thompson; John Martin Mary Jane Blosser; Heather, Camryn & Rebert Thompson Heather & Camryn Thompson Grace Hofferica Jen Blyth & Michael Cameron John & Elizabeth Martin CHILDREN S CHURCH Sep. 14 XX Sep. 21 XX Sep. 28 Jen & Grace Patterson FELLOWSHIP HOSTS XX Sep. 14 Dick & Sue Hammann Sep. 21 XX Sep. 28 XX COUNTERS Sep. 14 Sep. 21 Sep. 28 JJ Patterson; Michael Gogoj; Sylvia Thompson Bill & Ann Gottlieb; Bruce Mulvey Joe & Molly Shane Megan Crum & Deborah Sweaney CD RECORDING Ray Thomas FLOWERS Jean Thompson (chair); Lois Lloyd; Bertie Stoops COMMUNION SERVERS (): Ann Gottlieb; Lynne Hofferica; JJ Patterson; Deborah Sweaney

8 September 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 office closed PM: Choir rehearsal :30 AM: Intergenerational Sunday School hour 10:45 AM: Worship, Communion After worship: Fellowship time 8 7 PM: Deacons 9 7 PM: Session 10 7 PM: Choir rehearsal 11 7:30 AM: Men s B-Fast 7 PM: Book Club :15 AM: Prayer 9:30 AM: Education hour; classes for all 10:45 AM: Worship After worship: Fellowship time 4:45 PM: My Bros Table 15 7 PM: Fell. Hall in use PM: Choir rehearsal Harvest of the Arts Festival, Downtown 21 9:15 AM: Prayer 9:30 AM: Education hour; classes for all 10:45 AM: Worship, Baptism After worship: Fellowship time Prayer Community! 22 2 PM: Faith Circle PM: Choir rehearsal :30 AM: Sunday School Teachers Workshop (Silver Spg PC) 28 9:15 AM: Prayer 9:30 AM: Education hour; classes for all 10:45 AM: Worship After worship: Fellowship time COMING IN OCTOBER 5: World Communion Sunday & Peacemaking Offering received 18-19: (Tentative) A Presbytery-hosted Youth Retreat at Camp Krislund