UCPC Community Care Line We invite all to faith in Jesus Christ and growth in discipleship through Word, Prayer, and Service. Special Points of Interest Pastor s Note Birthdays November 2016 Anniversaries Monthly Calendar Announcements & Events Session Highlights Church Contact Info Daniel Solie - Nov. 2 Arlayne Knox - Nov. 5 Tycho Talbot - Nov. 5 David Rohwer - Nov. 8 Nathan McKay - Nov. 13 Susan Carothers - Nov. 18 Larry Johnson - Nov. 21 Andrew McKay - Nov. 24 Donna Davidson - Nov. 28 Jim Durst - Nov. 29 Joe & Sue O Bryan - Nov. 25 Larry & Ruth Knapman - Nov. 29 It is already November, the stores are unleashing their Christmas push, and I am attempting to wrap my head around Advent and our Christmas Season. We are going to do something new this Christmas and add a noon time Christmas Eve Service for those who don't like to get out at night and for our families that have "Christmas" on Christmas Eve evening. I don't feel it will detract from our standard Candle Light service at 9:00pm Christmas Eve, but rather provide for a space for those who cannot make the late service for whatever reason. As fast as 2016 has flown by, we still have a lot of work before the New Year. Our Annual Meeting this Sunday, our Thanksgiving Dinner and Breakfast, Advent and of course Worship. Church is family, and Christ is at the head of the table. With this crazy year coming to a close, I think it is more important than ever for us to find unity in the Christian message, find contentment in God's love, and find respect for each other in Christ's gift of salvation and peace for all of God's Children. Prepare your hearts to join each other around the table, lend your voice to the singing of hymns and love on each other for the many blessings of which we know. Thanksgiving is a time of reflection, gratitude and humility; Advent is a time of preparation; and Christmas represents the Christian Promise: the promise of a new beginnings, a promise of salvation, and promises of love and nurturing. As we come to the end of 2016, rest in the reassurances of God's promise to each of us and be the agent where you can to extend that promise to those around you. Peace in Christ, Pastor Neill D. McKay Pastor s Note
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Room Abbr. Key : CE= Old Basement FH = Fellowship Hall C = Conference Room OL=Office Lounge M= Music Room N=Narthex S = Sanctuary HS=High School Room L = Lounge 6. Worship Service (S) 7. 7:30AM Women's Breakfast (Denny's) UCPC Annual Mtg Russian Church (S) Gospel Group (S) 13. Worship Service (S) Youth Chime Choir (S) Russian Church (S) 20. Worship Service(S) 1. World Series viewing 8. Bingle Board Mtg (L) 5:15PM Fellowship Mtg Sound Team Mtg (S) 14. Gospel Group (S) 21. 7:30AM Women's Breakfast (Denny's) Youth Chime Choir (S) Russian Church (S) Gospel Group (S) Thanksgiving Dinner 27. 28. Newsletter Due Worship Service (S) Gospel Group (S) Youth Chime Choir (S) Russian Church(S) Mission & Outreach Mtg (C) 15. 22. 12:30PM Regional VOAD Meeting (C) Sweet Adelines 29. 2. World Series viewing 9. 6:15PM Worship Committee (C ) 16. 23. 30. 3. Sweet Adelines Deacons (M) 10. Sweet Adelines 17. Sweet Adelines Session (L) 24. Church Office Closed 8:00AM Thanksgiving Breakfast 10:00AM Worship (S) 4. 11. 18. 25. 5. 12. Sweet Adelines (CE & FH) 19. 26. 2
We invite all to faith in Jesus Christ and growth in discipleship through Word, Prayer, and Service. Announcements & Events Elder of the Month for November is Brian Dixon Remember to set your clocks back before going to bed on Nov. 5th. Daylight savings time ends Nov. 6. UCPC Annual Meeting is Sunday, Nov 6 at noon in the Fellowship Hall. LOVE INC s 25th Annual Create-a-Gift Bazaar Saturday, Nov. 19 from 10am-3pm at Monroe Catholic School $10 per person, 2 years & under are free. UCPC is hosting a table and will be doing a sewing craft project. In the next couple of weeks, please bring in any cotton fabric you may have to Muffie Durst. -Sunday, November 20th at 5:30p.m. Watch the bulletin for the suggestion of items to bring. Also, if you are interested in cooking a turkey, mashed potatoes or stuffing, please sign-up in the Narthex. -Thanksgiving Breakfast, Thursday, November 24 is from 8:00am-10:00am. A worship service will follow in the Sanctuary at 10:00am. Children and Youth Sunday School meets @ 9:30am Preschool meets in the Nursery. K-4th grade meets in the Fellowship Hall Elementary classroom. 5th-8th grade meets in the Fellowship Hall Middle School classroom. Confirmed students through High School meet upstairs in the High School classroom. Sunday Adult Study meets in the Student Lounge. 9:00am-9:30am Coffee and Fellowship 9:30am-10:15am Teaching and Discussion Bible Studies Men s Study meets in the Narthex every Tuesday morning at 6:30am. Women s Study meets every other Monday at 7:30am @ Denny s on Airport Way. We will meet November 7 & 21. A Big Thank You... To all those who helped with the successful Presbytery meeting through housing, rides, meals, snacks, etc. It really could not have happened without you. You can view the Upcoming Sunday Bulletin on our web page each week on Fridays after 1 pm. www.ucpcfairbanks.org click on the link on our home page. 3
UCPC Session News Highlights from Session October 20, 2016 1. Worship Committee met Oct. 5 th and discussed music and worship needs for Presbytery. Lucile will play both services, and has a djembe drum that David LaMotte can borrow. There will be communion by intinction at Friday night service and Sunday morning. A one page bulletin will be provided for Friday Services. Lucile asked Patti Gallagher to preach during Pastor McKay's absence on Oct. 23rd. For Advent, we decided to go with purple for the color and Sarah Lanstra will order materials as needed for the Advent Candles. Respectfully submitted, Lucile Hackett, Worship Chair 2. Finance Treasurer s and Stewardship Report: UCPC account balances on October 20th, 2016: Operating Account: $53,070 (Sep 16th $57,208) Designated account:$74,892 (Sep 16 th $74,296) Fuel account was $3729 in credit (Sept 16 th $690, $5000 added from Operations) Savings account at Wells Fargo $504. Credit card $0. We have paid all bills presented. Our financial situation is satisfactory. Income from pledges, loose offerings and rents: August $18,074 September $18,554 October $14,284 after 3 Sundays The finance committee created the Narrative Budget brochure (mostly Sarah s work) which will be tabled at the 20 th October meeting to discuss the issues and opportunities. Roger Smith, Chair 3. Mission and Service: The Committee met on October 4 to finalize Presbytery. We discussed our plan to donate the 25% ($384) of the Peace and Global Witness PC(USA) Offering collected on Oct. 2 to A Homeless Ministry. The total Offering was $1535, of which $1061 was passed to Presbytery during the worship on 10/7. We discussed the mechanics of collecting recyclables (paper, plastic bottles, aluminum cans) at the Presbytery meeting Oct. 7 and 8. The David LaMotte concert on Oct. 9 will include canned food donations: the Fairbanks Community Food Bank will provide collection bins and pick up the donations. Pat Babcock will contact local media regarding publicity for this concert. We voted to use money available to this committee from the Free Trade Coffee Fund to pay for 3 nights stay at Wedgewood Resort for David LaMotte. The Coffee Fund presently contains $647. The offering taken at Presbytery worship on Saturday morning Oct. 8 was $829.12, and was donated to Bingle Camp. LOVE INC s Create-a-Gift Christmas Bazaar on Nov. 19. Muffie Durst is assembling a sewing craft project, and will begin calling for participants in worship service later this month. Pastor Neill did the on-line sign-up for UCPC to participate in LOVE INC s Adopt-a-Family program for this Christmas. The congregation will purchase gifts for our assigned family once we know their specific needs. Muffie Durst will discuss with Shelli Swanson to have the youth create needed-gift decorations that will be placed on a small tree in the narthex. The committee agreed to sponsor a viewing of a short film on Peacemaking and Reconciliation in Rwanda, to be held at UCPC in late October. Pastor Neill is obtaining more information about this so we can plan the event. Carol Nielsen, Chair. 4. Personnel: The nursey is being covered by volunteers and we are looking to hire someone to be there on Sunday from 9am to noon. If you know of anyone, please contact Carol Nielsen or David Rohwer. 5. Building Stewardship: Temperature set and ventilation for sanctuary is now working, as well as ventilation in the fellowship hall; Joe, Curtis and Brian have worked hard on this. Jim Durst reporting. 6. Nominating Committee: They have started the process. Carol Nielsen, Chair. Session Meeting Schedule: a. Annual Meeting: Sunday, Nov 6, 2016, Noon Fellowship Hall b. Thursday, Nov 17, 2016, 6:30pm Student Lounge c. Thursday, Dec 15, 2016, 6:30pm Student Lounge 4
UCPC Community Care Line 3510 College Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709 Phone: 907-479-6728 Fax: 907-479-8879 Email: admin@ucpcfairbanks.org Website: www.ucpcfairbanks.org Elders David Rohwer 378-2554 ~ Clerk of Session Jim Durst 479-8191 ~ Class of 2016 Carol Nielson 479-2955 ~ Class of 2016 Lucile Hackett 474-0212 ~ Class of 2017 Sarah Lanstra 456-4202 ~ Class of 2017 Paula Long 479-3043 ~ Class of 2017 Brian Dixon 452-2651 ~ Class of 2018 Doreen McNeill 488-8262 ~ Class of 2018 Roger Smith 479-8341 ~ Class of 2018 Deacons Pat Babcock 479-6651 Susan Carothers 479-8156 Georgianne Frank 479-4394 Sue O'Bryan 479-4095 Theresa Reed 456-7573 Celia Rohwer 378-7804 Pastor Rev. Neill McKay Email: RevNeill@ucpcfairbanks.org Office: 479-6728 Cell: 799-5534 Choir Director ~ Lucile Hackett 987-9947 Admin Assistant Whitney Robinson Office: 479-6728 Office Hours: Mon Fri : 9am 1pm Organist ~ Pianist ~ Kathy Dohner Vacant Sound Manager ~ David Rohwer 378-2554 5