Living Waters. Swift Creek Presbyterian Church. From the pastor s desk. Dear Swift Creek Family,

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1 Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them. John 7:37-38 Volume 26, Issue 6 Swift Creek Presbyterian Church June 2016 From the pastor s desk Dear Swift Creek Family, For quite some time I have been considering preaching on the first eleven chapters of Genesis. That time has finally arrived. Beginning on Sunday June 12 and running through the remainder of the summer we are going to tackle this very important section of Scripture. I don t know that there is anything, other than perhaps what Romans tells us about our salvation, that is more important for the Christian s holistic understanding of faith than these eleven chapters. All of the foundations about how we understand what it means to be created in the image of God, our stewardship of the environment, the nature of work, the understanding of sin, the creation of marriage, and the nature of our sexuality are addressed in these eleven chapters. They are exceedingly practical. These chapters raise the curtain on what God has planned for us from the beginning of time. You have to know your roots! We can t clearly understand who we are and where we are going without coming to grips with how and why God created it all to begin with. These passages are essential to laying a foundation in our lives that is capable of resisting the winds of the culture today and that teaches us how to live faithful lives in Christ. I hope you will make as many of them as you can. I also would like to thank you for your generous response to the new playground initiative. I have been very pleased to watch the way in which the whole church has embraced this as a good and important part of our vision for the future and our outreach to the community. Your giving is a genuine expression of your deep faith in the Lord and brings both energy and optimism to our common life as a church. Gifts and pledges continue to roll in at a good rate while at the same time we get closer and closer to a final design and find more and more ways to economize in that process. We are in such a good position to minister to all of these new families moving in all around us and this is going to be a major step forward in that good hope. Thank you for supporting this. Grace, Tuck

2 2 June 2016 On a Mission We just received word that the 25,056 meals we prepared during our Stop Hunger Now event in April have been shipped to Nicaragua! The meals were shipped with over 250,000 other meals from Stop Hunger Now s Richmond warehouse. The Missions Committee held its quarterly meeting on May 15. A large portion of the meeting focused on whether we should go back to Haiti again in 2017 since our 2016 trip was such a success. And I m happy to report that we will, indeed, be fielding another team to head back to Haiti from March 4 March 11, 2017! Stay tuned for more information in the coming months. Jenny Jenkins, the missionary who hosted our 2016 team in March, will be at SCPC on June 19 to speak at both services so it will be a great opportunity to hear more about her calling in Haiti. Bike Day was unfortunately canceled in May but our rain date is June 25 so hopefully the weather will cooperate this time! Mission Hydrate Flint, in partnership with our friends up the street at Spring Creek Baptist Church, is in full swing so please bring your cases of water, hypoallergenic and fragrance-free lotion/wipes, and donations (checks payable to SCPC with memo to MHF ) to the church by June 5 at noon. Finally, a big thanks to all of those folks who organize and volunteer for our Friends Feeding Friends and Meals on Wheels programs. For information or interest in participating in any of our missions programs, please contact Greg Herceg at Operational Budget for May 2016 YTD Revenue: Expenses: YTD Net: 2016 Budget $187,000 $186,378 $ Actual $173,469 $196,923 ($23,454) Set up electronic giving at scpcva.org.

3 June SWIFT CREEK YOUTH YOUTH FELLOWSHIP Join us on Sunday evenings for a time filled with fun, food and fellowship! Middle School: 5:00-6:00 p.m. Combined Dinner: 6:00-6:30 p.m. High School: 6:30-7:30 p.m. We will meet on the following Sundays: June 5 & 12 (VBS Training) No meeting on June 19 (Father s Day) or June 26 (HS Mission Trip) WONDERFUL WEDNESDAYS Please mark your calendars with this year s Wonderful Wednesday events: June 22: Kings Dominion July 6: Uptown Alley July 17: Dave & Buster s Aug. 3: Sky Zone Aug. 10: Game Day at SCPC SUMMER BONFIRE Join us on Friday, June 17 for a bonfire to celebrate the beginning of summer! It will begin at 8:00 p.m. at SCPC. Snacks and drinks will be provided. Invite a friend! MISSION TRIPS The summer mission trips are approaching! The high school mission trip to West Virginia is June 26-July 1 and the middle school mission trip to Tennessee is July These are great opportunities for students to serve others and grow in their faith. The cost for each trip is $325. For more details or to sign up, please go online or contact Kevin. I hope everyone can experience one of these trips this coming summer! CONNECT Website: SwiftCreekPresbyterian.org Twitter: twitter.com/scpc_youth Facebook: facebook.com/groups/ SCPCYouthGroup

4 4 June 2016 For June in Kids Sunday Club (10 am), we will combine K - 5th grade (rising 6th graders may move up to youth group, if desired). Spark for Preschoolers will explore Women at the Well, a Storm, The Centurion s Servant, and Jesus Blesses the Children. K - 5th grade class will explore Holy Moly s Ezekiel, Walking on Water, Pentecost and The Lord s Prayer. In Children s Worship for June, 9 & 11 am 5th - The Ultimate Victory New Series Begins - CSI (Christ Seen Investigations) 12th - The Lamb of God 19th - I am Healed! 26th - Is That a Rooster? Join us and bring a friend! Coming back this year FREE Summer movies June 21st Norm of the North June 28th Good Dinosaur You are welcome to bring your own snacks or purchase from our snack bar. Rylan Moody learned about Philip and the Ethiopian during Kids Sunday Club in May. Evangelism sure has touched her heart because she wanted to know what happened to the Queen, once the Ethiopian returned. July 11-15th 9 am - noon Mark your calendar now! This year we will be going on a Cave Quest! For 3 year olds - rising 7th Registration Open! Volunteers needed too! August 1-5th 9 am - 3 pm Rising 1st - 6th graders Cost $125 Register Camphanover.org Pam & Raul Conde have been serving in our children s ministry for over 15 years. They are currently serving in our nursery at 10 am. They are accomplishing our promise said at baptism to guide and nurture our children. Thank you for serving Him by ministering to our kids. Looking for a day camp close to home? Need a camp experience that s fits with your schedule? Not sure if you are ready for overnight camp? Camp Hanover s Day Camp at SCPC is just the thing!

5 June Sundays June 12 - July 31 Large Adult Classroom #Unevangelize #LoveOnesClosetoYou #Romans12:2 "... but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Stuart Holt from The Evangelism Institute has been with us in the pulpit, in our Sunday classes and recently lead us in Saturday seminar. We discovered such a renewed understanding of evangelism, that we asked him to teach our Adult Sunday Class during June and July. He has agreed to return and continue our introduction to evangelism as well as respond to our specific request for guidance when talking to family members. So... #Continue #Consider #Come

6 6 June 2016 June Birthdays 2 Rick Burfoot 4 Kevin Morton Vickie Scaggs Vinny Siggia 6 Kathy Acker 9 Ed Snowa 10 JoAnne Webb 11 Karen D Orazio 13 Jordan Jenkins 18 Pam Conde Daniel Ritchie 19 Janice Bell 20 Riley Lescault Rob Sydow 21 Debbie Murawski 28 David Frost 29 Bruce Thompson Sheri DeSimone Dave Edwards 14 Betty Crane 17 Caroline Perriello

7 June June 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday :00 AM Ladies Bible Study Communion Sunday Minute for Missions/Hydrate Flint 9:00 AM Contemporary Svc 10:00 AM Grad Breakfast 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Traditional Svc 12:00 PM Counters (rm 203) 12:30 PM Pam Sellew Piano Recital Rehearsal 5:00 PM Middle School Youth 6:00 PM Ladies Bible Study 6:00 PM Youth Dinner 6:30 PM High School Youth 6 7 9:00 AM Calendar Planning Staff Mtg 7:00 PM High School Next Level 8 8:30 AM Explore God Information Doug Hill Golf Tourney (tentative) 8:30 AM Pam Sellew Recital Practice 2:00 PM Kelsey Harrell s Piano Recital 12 9:00 AM Contemporary Svc 9:00 AM Youth Car Wash 10:00 AM Sunday School 10:00 AM Trustees Mtg 10:30 AM College Study 11:00 AM Traditional Svc 12:00 PM Counters (rm 203) 12:00 PM Pam Sellew Recital (noon-5:00 PM) 5:00 PM Combined Youth 6:00 PM Ladies Bible Study 6:00 PM Youth Dinner 6:30 PM VBS Crew Leader Training 19 FATHER S DAY Minute for Missions/Haiti 9:00 AM Contemporary Svc 10:00 AM Sunday School 10:00 AM Blood Pressure Screening 10:30 AM College Study 11:00 AM Traditional Svc 12:00 PM Counters (rm 203) 12:30 PM Friends Feeding Friends 6:00 PM Ladies Bible Study :00 AM Staff Mtg 7:00 PM Deacon s Mtg :00 AM Staff Mtg 1:00 PM Summer Movie 7:00 PM Session Mtg 15 Newsletter Deadline/Melinda Spencer 22 Wonderful Wednesday (Youth) 16 10:00 AM Ladies Bible Study 17 Last Day of School/ Chesterfield County 18 9:30 AM Quilters Group :00 AM Bike Day 26 Children s Message 9:00 AM Contemporary Svc 10:00 AM Sunday School 10:00 AM VBS Crew Leader Training 10:30 AM College Study 11:00 AM Traditional Svc 12:00 PM Counters (rm 203) 5:00 PM Middle School Dinner 6:00 PM Youth Dinner 6:30 PM High School Youth :00 AM Staff Mtg 1:00 PM Summer Movie Please check the online calendar for updates: Go to scpcva.org, then click Church Calendar at the bottom of the Home page.

8 8 June 2016 Don t Forget Our Rescheduled Bike Day! Saturday, June 25 It s not too late to sign up! It s not too late to donate bikes! Next newsletter deadline is Wednesday, June 15 for the July issue. Please submit articles to Melinda Spencer smrrspencer@verizon.net Articles for the newsletter may be placed in the newsletter box located in the church office or ed to the above address. Swift Creek Presbyterian Church 5900 Woolridge Road Moseley, Virginia Phone: Fax: We re on the Web! Worship 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Church School 10 a.m. Open to All Ages Address Correction Requested