THE CHURCHMOUSE. Music & Worship - JoAnn Hinschberger

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1 THE CHURCHMOUSE Windsor Presbyterian Church December 2018 Music & Worship - JoAnn Hinschberger Decorating for Christmas Join us for a short time after worship on Sunday, December 2, to decorate for Christmas! Special Christmas Music The Drake Chamber Music Quartet will play for church on December 9. Their piece is "Requiem for 3 cellos and piano, opus 66," by David Popper. The personnel for the quartet is Anna Kucera, Anna Steenson, and Emma Sullivan, cellists, and Max Cichock, pianist. Come and enjoy hearing these talented musicians! If you have a musical contributions to share during Advent or on Christmas Eve, please talk with Natalie Steenson. Everyone -- from children to adults -- is encouraged to share! Choir Time Change The choir will rehearse at 6 PM in Ward Hall through December while WOW is on hiatus. Christmas Eve Worship Our Christmas Eve worship service will begin at 7 PM on Monday, December 24. We will have special music throughout the service. Please join us! Volunteers Needed Extra volunteers are needed on Christmas Eve for music, reading, welcoming, ushering, setting up, and fellowship. Sign up in Ward Hall if you are able to assist in any of these ways. Let s prepare our hearts to receive the Lord Jesus. Worship in December 12/2 12/9 12/16 12/23 12/24 12/30 First Sunday of Advent Habakkuk 1:1-7; 2:1-4; 3:17-19 Faith As a Way of Life Choir: While We Are Waiting, Come Second Sunday of Advent Esther 4:1-17 Esther Third Sunday of Advent Isaiah 42:1-9 Light to the Nations Choir: Come O Light of Christmas Fourth Sunday of Advent Communion Matthew 1:18-25 Jesus As Immanuel Christmas Eve 7 PM Choir: Wexford Carol First Sunday After Christmas Matthew 1:1-17 Genealogy of Jesus

2 Learning & Serving - Linda Newsom LEARNING The adult Sunday School would love to have you join their group for study and spiritual growth on Sunday morning at 9 AM in fellowship hall. The coffee is always on! The group will finish with Zechariah on December 2. On December 9 the class will conclude its study of the Minor Prophets by discussing Malachi. On December 16 they will study the scripture from Handel s Messiah. There is no class on December 23 & 30. Would you like to take a closer look at the coming Sunday s scripture? Then join the bible study on Mondays at 9:30 AM with Pastor Shamaine and friends. This is a rare opportunity to discuss biblical issues with not only our own pastor, but other local biblical scholars and Windsor friends. Windsor on Wednesday Windsor on Wednesday (WOW) is on sabbatical until January 16. Our children help with the processing of the elements, and other special worship tasks every Sunday during the holiday season. Afterwards, they can sit with their family or make their own seasonal crafts at the craft table in the back of the sanctuary. Babies and toddlers can play in the soft area in the back of the sanctuary as well during worship. Michal King and Kaitlin Mogel care for our youngsters. Help Children Stay Warm A donation box has been set up in Ward Hall to collect winter items for school children who are in need. Please donate mittens, gloves, caps, scarves, hats, and anything else you think a child might need to stay warm this winter. Contact Gloria Ashby if you have any questions. SERVING The next opportunity to serve dinner at Children and Families Urban Movement (CFUM) at Trinity United Methodist Church downtown, is on Thursday, December 6. If you would like to join us, we would love to have you. We need volunteers at Windsor PC at noon that day to help prepare the meal. We need donations of veggies, desserts, and milk, or dollars to purchase the groceries. We need six to ten hardy volunteers to help deliver the meal to Trinity United Methodist Church, help serve the meal, and do clean-up after. As a special treat this month, the ukulele choir will lead the diners in a Christmas sing-along! Next CFUM Dates: December 6 January 3 February 7 If you can t make it on December 6, don t worry. Mark your calendar for Thursday, January 3, and join us then, or for any one of the other meals we have scheduled throughout the year. Almost all our dinners are scheduled for the first Thursday in each month. Questions? See Jim or Linda Newsom or Jayne Owen. CFUM Family Christmas Gifts The family to which we have been giving Christmas gifts the last few years is no longer affiliated with CFUM. Janelle from CFUM is working to locate us a new family. When we have received information about that family, we will notify our members and you can pick out a suggested gift that you would like to purchase. Many are gift cards, which makes your shopping very easy! Randi Perez is our contact person for this ministry. The ChurchMouse Page 2

3 Membership & Fellowship - Sue Cooper The bulletin board in the hallway is now available for anyone who wishes to share Christmas greetings with the congregation. WPC will be ringing the Salvation Army bells at the east door of Scheel s in Jordan Creek Town Center on Saturday, December 15. We are covering two blocks of time, 10 AM noon and noon 2 PM. However, you can help us ring for any amount of time during our schedule; you do not need to stay for the full block. Come and join us ring the bells for the good of others! Contact Beth Schmitz for questions. Dear Windsor Members, Thank you so much for your kindness and support in walking our mother, Wanda Ori, home to God. This congregation made us feel like a warm embrace was surrounding us in a trying time. Warmly, The Ori Family Lorin Knapp has been moved to room 110 at Fountain West in West DM. Serving Schedule Ushers Worship Assistant Coffee Host December 2 Barb Pomeroy Ron Grohe Donna Dickerson December 9 Paul Bisanti Cindy Ray Angie King December 16 Beth Schmitz Don Beeson Leon & Lucy Sanderson December 23 Randi Perez Angie King S December 30 Don Beeson (Your name here!) B December Birthdays Taryn Ellis Brenda Enochs Rich Teig Bob Cooper Chris Zimmerman Kuel Kuany Madison Newsom Virginia Nichols Bill Mukhtar Katherine King Anniversaries Bob & Nancy Snyder Keith & Nancy Baker (Let the office know if we are missing your birthday or anniversary.) Recent Prayer Needs: Brad Behrens, Bob Cooper, Bob & Nancy Snyder Continuing Prayers: Michael Aksamit, Keith Baker, Chuck Bryan, Jim & Georgia Burnes, Jean Carlston, Dick Cox, Taryn Ellis, Glenna Grohe, Wanda Hill, Lorin Knapp, Duncan Leitch, Norma McWilliams, Jim Newsom, Virginia Nichols, Ross Paschall, Steve Pope, Judy Teig, Marylu Zimmerman Friends of the Church: Pat Ashby (Gloria s husband), Ted Bailey (friend of Barb Pomeroy), Bob Baker (friend of Barb Pomeroy), Roslyn Beers (Bob Snyder s niece), Mary Bishop (Bill s wife), Jean Bower, Rev. Bill & Vickie Brown, Will Cox, Darrel Cox, Donna Eckham, Gisma (Esther Chol s cousin), John Grinstead (Linda Newsom s father), Dan Hewins (Helen Jones grandson), Linda Hohertz (Dick Cox s sister), Ruth Howe (friend of Angie King), Anna Krull (friend of Jayne Owen & Dwight Tomes), David Leitch (Duncan s son), Charlotte Nelson, Larry Nelson (father-in-law of Nancy Snyder s nephew), Steven Pearson (friend of Angie King), Jemma Pope, the Ray Family, Vera Lee Tomes (stepmother of Dwight Tomes), Kelly Ray, Susie Anderson, Jasper & Quincy (friends of the Kings) The ChurchMouse Page 3

4 To the Flock... There are many things I love about being a Presbyterian flavor of Christian, but our reformed theology and our shared ministry leadership definitely top the list! Below is an article about our particular way of being church. Enjoy! Moses selected 70 leaders to help him. Jesus choose 12 disciples. The disciples named 7 deacons to assist in ministry. The word Presbyterian comes from the Greek term for elder, presbuteros, used 72 times in the New Testament. The Presbyterian movement began as part of the reformation and grew out of ideas about how the church should be governed. Some advocated for governing by bishops (Gr. episkopos) Episcopalian, some by elders Presbyterian, and some by the congregation Congregationalist. Our polity stresses the active, representational leadership of both ministers and church members. Shared leadership is a hallmark of Presbyterianism and authority is primarily vested in those members elected and ordained to serve as elders. The session is the body of elders elected to govern the congregation. Once ordained, an elder is always an elder, whether they are actively serving on session or not. They are elected by the congregation and so represent them. However, their call is, first and foremost, to seek and represent the will of Christ in their work. Elders are to strengthen and nurture Christian faith and exercise spiritual oversight over the life and work of the church. Deacons (Gr. diakonia), like elders, are elected and ordained. All Christians are called to ministries of care, witness and service, but deacons are set apart and given special charge for these duties. Their work is to lead the congregation in extending care to those in need, in the church and beyond its doors. At our Annual Meeting (the last Sunday in January) we elect members to the Nominating Committee, whose job it is consider the particular spiritual gifts of members and leadership needs of the congregation to discern who God is calling to lead the congregation as elder and deacon at this particular time. In January, they will bring a slate of nominees to serve as deacons and elders. Each of you can help them by naming the gifts you recognize in yourself and in others. They will gladly accept your thoughts and suggestions about what is needed and who might have the right gifts for this time. Please pray for the Nominating Committee in this important endeavor. And know that they will pray together as they faithfully seek to discern who God is calling to lead the congregation at this time. The members of the Nominating Committee are elected-at-large members: Elaine Hites, Jim Newsom, Rich Teig, and Dwight Tomes, as well as JoAnn Hinschberger (Elder representative, chair), Cindy Ray (Deacon representative), and Shamaine Chambers King (ex officio). Kaitlin and Makya Caleb, Michal, Makya, and Katherine Page 4 December 2018

5 Session Highlights - Angie King November 8, 2018 Session met on November 8. After the opening prayer, Session had a time of reflection using an article entitled The Gift of the Spirit by Joan Gray. The Holy Spirit begins working in us before we believe in God. Reaching the point of believing in God is a sure sign that the Spirit is at work in us. The unlimited resource of power of the Spirit opens our horizons. What could we do and how would we act, as individual Christians and as the church, if we could receive more of the Spirit? A gift worth asking for every day. Dick Woods requested to transfer his membership to the Presbyterian church in Montezuma. The contract for the property sale has been signed and we are waiting for the down payment. We are reviewing our child safety/well being policy. If you have ideas for activities, mission outreach projects, or other priorities you want our church to consider as we prepare for next year s budgeting and planning process, please talk to an elder. Next Session meeting is December 13. Ann & Don doing church yard work Pastor Shamaine, Jim, and Sue Deacon Curt in action on Beth s birthday Presenting the elements of worship The ChurchMouse Page 5

6 Sunday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday December :00 AM Orthodox Church (Basement) 9:00 AM Adult Sunday School (WH) 10:30 AM Worship Fellowship 1:00 PM Ethiopian & Eritrean Church (Room 209) 2 First Sunday of Advent Choir Sings Decorate Sanctuary 9 Second Sunday of Advent Drake Chamber Music Quartet performing for worship Monday 9:30 AM Bible Study 11:30 PM Art Class 1:00 PM Mixed Media (Room 202) 3 Deadline to order poinsettias Tuesday 10:30 AM Drop In :00 AM Wednesday (WOW resumes on January 16) 6:00 PM Choir (Ward Hall) 6 PM Choir 6 PM Choir Thursday 8:30 AM Music + Play (Room 207) 12:00 PM Drawing Class (Room 204) 6 12:00 PM CFUM Food Prep 4:30 PM CFUM Meal Ukulele Choir at CFUM 13 6:30 PM Session Meeting (East Hall) Friday 10:00 AM Siblings Art Class 4:15 PM Siblings Art Class (Room 202) Saturday 10:00 AM Ethiopian & Eritrean Church (Room 209 & Nursery) 16 Third Sunday of Advent Choir Sings Food Pantry Deacons 23 Fourth Sunday of Advent Communion PM Christmas Eve Worship Candlelight Worship 6 PM Choir O f f i c e C l o s e d Office Closed Coming in January: 1/3 Thur. CFUM Dinner 1/6 Sun. Epiphany 1/16 Wed. WOW Resumes 1/27 Sun. Annual Meeting Page 6 December 2018

7 Stewardship & Finance - Ron Grohe October was a good month, financially, for Windsor, thanks to the generosity of our loyal, giving members. The Operating Fund ended with a Net Gain of $2,500 for the month. Total income ($12,823) was $500 over the budget for the month. Total General Contributions were over budget by $2,600 for October. Miscellaneous Income was $2,200 under budget as we are currently receiving money from only one rental property as we wait for the Offer to Buy to close. Total Expenses ($10,343) were $2,000 below the budget for the month as all expense categories were under budget. The Capital Fund showed a break even for October. Total Income was $3,700 under budget and Total Expense was $3,700 under budget. Rental Income is not coming in as all but one house has been vacated. Local Mission giving for November has not been determined at this time. Property Update November 15, 2018, was to have been the latest, agreed upon date for closing the sale of our property south of University. The closing and the sale did not happen. The investor could not come up with the cash to either make the down payment or pay the contract amount in full. The developer, Jon Koester, is frustrated, as are we, in that the agreement has not been consummated. Jon has expressed confidence that he will be able to find another investor within a short period of time. It is our hope that something more definitive will happen by the end of this calendar year. ~ Ron Grohe, Sale and Acquisition Committee Financial Report October 2018 October Month Budget Year to Date Actual Year to Date Budget General Contributions 10, , , , Operating Income 2, , , , Operating Expenses 10, , , , Net Gain (Loss) 2, (35.02) Capital Income , , , Capital Expenses , , , Net Gain (Loss) (5.80) (7,018.20) Honoring our Veterans on November 11: Keith Baker Don Beeson Rich Teig Bill Bishop Bob Snyder Dick Cox Dwight Tomes Leon Sanderson Page 7 December 2018

8 Windsor Presbyterian Church Return Service Requested 6301 University Avenue Windsor Heights, IA Phone: We re on the Web! It is the mission of Windsor Presbyterian Church to be a warm, supporting family for worshiping God, learning and practicing Christ s teachings, and sharing Christ s good news with others. Like us on Facebook! Staff Shamaine Chambers King, Pastor Ann McGowan, Administrative Assistant Natalie Steenson, Director of Music & Arts Ministries Jim Behrens, Organist Deb Hibbert, Accountant Duda Plavulj, Custodian Michal King & Kaitlin Mogle, Children s Ministries Session Sue Cooper (2019), Membership & Fellowship JoAnn Hinschberger (2020), Music, Worship & Arts Linda Newsom (2020), Learning & Serving Richard Ankeney (2021), Buildings & Grounds co-chair Ron Grohe (2021), Stewardship & Finance Dwight Tomes, Clerk of Session Angie King, Assistant Clerk Deacons Cindy Ray (2019) Laura Ward (2019) Ann Beeson (2020) Beth Schmitz (2020), Secretary Donna Dickerson (2021) Curt Weatherby (2021) Christmas Eve Worship Service Join us for our beautiful Christmas Eve service Monday, December 24, 7:00 PM with special music.