V OLUME 20, ISSUE 6 J UNE/JULY, 2013 Good Tidings... Darnestown Presbyterian Church Hello All! Address: CHURCH INFORMATION 15120 Turkey Foot Road Darnestown, MD 20878 Phone: 301-948-9127 FAX: 301-948-9135 E-mail: dpchurch@comcast.net Website: www.darnestownpc.org David R. McNeilly, Pastor Tamara Leonard Lara, Associate Pastor Michael Hooper, Director of Music Ministries/ Organist. Henry J. Postel, Pastor Emeritus This Pastor s Message is written on behalf of our Stewardship Committee. We ve been working on stewardship, even though it is not pledge time, and I have a request. Would you please consider remembering and blessing the future ministry of Darnestown Presbyterian Church by including your church in your estate planning? Of course such a step will have little impact upon our current ministry, but in the years ahead your gift might well come to DPC at a time when it is truly needed. Indeed, as the members of this church in the past have left us with a healthy church to worship and fellowship within today, so are we challenged to leave the future members of DPC with that same healthy and strong church. If you d like to prepare a bequest to DPC or would need guidance to so do, you are encouraged to be in touch with either me or the Chair of our Stewardship Committee, Dave Durham. Speaking for all who will be members of DPC in the years ahead, I thank you for considering such a gift! Blessings! Dave Vacation Bible School SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST: S UN., JUNE 30 S UMMER SCHEDULE B EGINS: O NE S ERV ICE AT 9:30 AM Sun., June 9, 8:00 am Pancake Breakfast Sun., June 16, 9:45 am Father s Day Wacky Tie Sun., June 30, 10:30 am Youth Car Wash & Deacons Ice Cream Social July 8-12, 5:30-8:30 pm Vacation Bible School God's Backyard Bible Camp: Under the Stars Focus: Serving everyone and serving God! Date: July 8 12, 5:30 8:30 p.m. Who: 3 years old - 8th grade, plus adult classes We are looking for men, women & high school students who: have taught in the past (or who have never taught at all), are creative and artistic (or who are creatively challenged), love to cook and clean (or who prefer to order out), love the outdoors (or love the air conditioning), love Jesus and want to spread his message! We want you all! We have a job for you! You can register your children for VBS at our website, www.darnestownpc.org., by filling out the form in the bulletin, or by calling the church office. Questions? Contact Jill Worley at worleyjill@yahoo.com or (301) 275-4527.
Page 2 GOOD TIDINGS... Mary Lydia Circle will meet Thursday, June 6 at 10:45 a.m. at Nancy Daughtry s home in Boyds. We will discuss Lessons 8 & 9, as September starts a new Bible study. Nancy will host lunch after we finish the study. Please e-mail by June 1 if you are coming benandnancydaughtry @msn.com. We do not meet in July and August, so our next meeting will be on Thursday, September 5. Have a happy, safe summer. Germantown HELP Food Pantry On the 1st Sunday each month at 1:00 p.m., we gather to package food boxes for the Food Pantry. The next trips will be on June 2 and July 7. If you can help or want more information, please contact Rob Garretson (rgarretson@ gmail.com). Newsletter Deadline The next deadline is July 15, for the August issue. Articles may be emailed to dpchurch@ comcast.net. DPW Update Thank you to everyone who attended our Spring Dinner! We shared a wonderful meal courtesy of chef Lisa Fiedler, heard Bible stories told in new ways by Tracy Radosevic, collected the Birthday Offering and had some updates on ongoing DPW mission and Bazaar efforts. In case you had not heard, our 2013 Woman of the Year is Jill Worley, who was honored for all the gifts and time she shares with various DPC ministries. We especially appreciate the work of the men who served our dinner! There is still time to sign up for the PW Mid-Atlantic Synod Gathering at Massanetta Springs, Virginia, in mid June. The author of next year s Horizons Bible Study, Rev. Janice Catron, will be there to introduce the study and provide guidance for teaching it, and a range of other workshops from prayer and music to jewelry making and home organizing will be offered. You can meet PW sisters from several states and share in outdoor worship and hands-on mission. Please contact Judy Wenig or Jan Summers for more information. Over the summer, the Bazaar craft teams will continue to make items for sale for the November 9 annual Bazaar. There is plenty of time to participate, and workers at any skill level can help including teens and men! Please watch your e-mail, bulletins and weekly updates for ways you can help. Kathy Agate can put you in touch with any of the craft teams, let you know where volunteers are needed, and advise you about supplies or other items you can donate. Please consider mission activities, possible speakers, or field trips you might like to have DPW undertake we are wide open to new suggestions and ideas, both for summer and for fall. We re quite aware that younger women are busy and spend most of their spare time with families and that you may not be very familiar with women s ministries but we hope you will help us meet your particular needs by working with us to plan programs you would enjoy. You can put a note in the offering tray or communicate with any DPW board member contact information is available from the church office. Jan Summers, DPW President Mission Trip Pancake Breakfast Sunday, June 9, 8:00-10:30 a.m., Fellowship Hall Mark your calendars for June 9 when the mission trip participants host the annual Pancake Breakfast to raise funds for the summer mission trip to Towanda PA. Purchase tickets at the door $10 for adults and $4 for children under 12 (a $10 child maximum per family). Pancakes will be served from 8:00-10:30 a.m. in Fellowship Hall so that you can have breakfast and attend worship at 8:45 or 11 a.m. Please join us for breakfast and support this important mission event! VIPS All seniors are invited to attend St. Nick s Pot Luck Luncheon on Tuesday, June 18, from 11:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m. If you wish, bring a dish to share.
V OLUME 20, I SSUE 6 Page 3 Youth Group Schedule JUNE 2: 9:45 10:30 a.m. Courtney Steininger will provide information on her Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic this summer and a musical concert. Youth Group will supply bake goods and hold a bake sale during this time to support Courtney's efforts. 12:15 p.m. Youth Group will meet in the Social Hall for lunch and to pack up for Germantown HELP. We plan to be at the pantry by 1:00 p.m. and will stock shelves and pack boxes for weekly deliveries. Parents should pick up at Germantown HELP at approximately 2:00 pm. June 9: The Mission Committee will hold it's annual Pancake Breakfast in Fellowship Hall. All Youth Group members attending the Summer Mission Trip will be participating in the making of pancakes, serving, and cleaning up after the Breakfast. June 16: 9:45 am to 10:45 am. Youth Group will provide the refreshments and serve during Coffee Hour to help celebrate our Dads and all the wonderful men of DPC. Please be in touch with Terrie May if you can help to provide the refreshments. Youth members should be in the kitchen in Fellowship Hall by 9:15 to help with set up. The Deacons will host the annual Wacky Tie Contest as well that morning. June 23: This is the last day of two services until September. June 30: 2 nd Annual CAR WASH held by the Youth Group. We will start the car washing right after the church service. The Deacons will host an Ice Cream Social directly after church as well mark your calendar for this fun-packed Sunday. JULY 7: This is the Sunday prior to VBS week at DPC. Mrs. Worley and the VBS crew will need help with set up and decorations after church. Please come out to support the efforts of the VBS team. July 8-12: VBS Week please consider volunteering your time. It is a terrific outreach work for DPC and a lot of fun, too! Hope to see you all there. Contact Jill Worley if you are able to donate your time to VBS this week. July 16-20: Sr. High Youth members will travel to Perdue University to take part in the Triennium, a Presbyterian Youth Conference that will host over 5,000 Presbyterian youth. This will be a wonderful experience. July 28-August3: The annual Mission Trip for adults and youth of DPC. There is still room to go on the mission trip, so please contact the church office, the mission committee, Pastor Dave, or Dale May if you are interested in attending. We are looking for one more adult female specifically. Ladies, if you are free that week, please consider attending the mission trip in Towanda, PA this year. AUGUST 17: DC Fest Christian Artist Day-Long Concert. The concert starts at 3:00 pm and is over at 10 p.m. Matthew West and many other contemporary Christian artists will perform at the Patriot Center. Please contact Terrie and Dale May if you would like to attend this exciting day of praise and worship. SEPTEMBER 8: DPC Outdoor Worship Service and Annual Home Coming Picnic. This is great family fun. September 15: First Day of Sunday School at 9:45 am. Start of two worship services: 8:45 & 11:00 a.m. 12:15 pm: Youth Group Members will leave DPC promptly to go River Tubing in West Virginia. We should return to the church at approximately 5:00 pm. September 22: 5:00 pm Kick Off Picnic at The May's House parents and youth are invited. September 27-29: This is Friday night to Sunday morning. We will travel to the Pilgrimage Church in Washington, DC. Youth will participate in classes to better understand the homeless situation, buy groceries, prepare sack lunches, and deliver them to the homeless in Dupont Circle. More information to follow, please contact Tamara, Dale, or Terrie for questions and information.
Page 4 GOOD TIDINGS... Men s Breakfast The next Mens Breakfast will be held on Saturday, June 8, in Fellowship Hall. Please note that the meal will be served promptly at 7:30 a.m. All who are participating (men & women) in the Habitat Build are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to the church office. All are welcome! Dr. John Andrews April 4, 2013 Mission News Leading up to Easter and through the month of April, DPC participated in the One Great Hour of Sharing collection. Half of the $2,379 we collected went to our denomination by way of the Presbytery. The other half was earmarked for Imara, a DPC-supported organization in Kenya that aims to empower Kenyan women through education to build a self-sufficient future for themselves, their children and their community. Imara is in the process of raising funds for a much -needed vehicle to help transport members of the household to and from doctors appointments, to run errands, and to pick up visitors. Imara is very thankful to DPC for the donation and will put it toward that cause. Imara board member Kathy Welliver recently returned from a visit to Imara and had this to say: We returned from Imara 3 weeks ago it was a fabulous trip. The girls and babies are so beautiful. We had a dedication that was attended by over 70 people of the community, plus some family members. There is such support there for what (Imara executive director) Carol is doing. Today a woman is coming over to do aerobic dancing with the girls. She will come every week. Also, another lady, a teacher, wants to help. God is amazing and DEFINITELY at work in this place. One can experience it on a daily basis!! There is nothing like Imara anywhere else. These people will never be the same after a trip there. The babies will warm their hearts with their sweet, innocent faces. We hope to post news and pictures from Imara on the Mission section of DPC s web site, so please visit the site for more information. You can also visit www.imarainternational.org. Also, a big thank you goes out to the members of DPC s Purl and Pray group, who are working on knitting and crocheting projects for Imara residents. Thank you!!! Henrietta Elvie Jenkins, Daughter of Neil & Amy Jenkins March 18, 2013 Olexa Grace Lara, Daughter of Tamara Leonard Lara & Fidel Lara Habitat for Humanity Build, Saturday June 8 Join church members as we spend a day helping to restore a home in Gaithersburg. Volunteers will meet at the Maple Hill Housing Development at 8:30 a.m. sharp for the orientation and safety briefing. Work will go until 3:30 in the afternoon full day participation is required. Age 18 and up, or 16 and up if a parent accompanies the teen. No skills or tools needed, although people will be on their feet for long stretches of time. Plan to pack a bag lunch and bring a water bottle. IMPORTANT the number of participants is capped at 20, so please let Cara Garretson know if you d like to participate by June 1. She can be reached at cgarretson@starpower.net or 301-527-8587. The Summer Mission Trip to Towanda, PA is July 28 August 4. As of now, we have 14 people signed up for the trip, and we can take up to 20 people (we need at least one more woman!). If you would like to participate, contact Tamara at dpcassociate@comcast.net to be added to the list of people confirmed for the trip. The first organizational meeting for trip participants is Tuesday, June 4 in Fellowship Hall at 7:30 p.m. We ll go over important forms for the trips and talk about the Pancake Breakfast. Let Tamara know if you cannot attend.
V OLUME 20, I SSUE 6 Page 5 Our prayers are with you... Our hearts are just broken for the parents. Our prayers are with you. These words from Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin echo how many of us feel after a massive EF-5 tornado destroyed parts of Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20. Homes and businesses were stripped to their foundations by the powerful winds and schools caved in on the young children who took shelter along their hallways. In just 30 minutes, 24 lives were lost, including nine children; more than 200 people were injured; and hundreds more were left homeless. It is in these immediate hours and days that Oklahomans deeply need your prayers and financial support. Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is there. PDA works directly with mid councils to ensure we re meeting the needs of the community. PDA also begins coordinating vital volunteer teams. It is in the weeks, months, and years that follow that PDA will remain. Now the heartland is hurting, but neighbors already are coming together, picking up the pieces, and moving forward. Will you stand in the GAP (Give/Act/Pray) to help communities recover from this devastating disaster? What You Can Do Donate now. Join the PC(USA) in its collective prayer. Register to become part of a volunteer work team. Learn more: get the PDA situation report and more information about the above at the website www.presbyterianmission.org. We ask that you stand in the GAP for those who are being affected by these devastating storms. GIVE: Even after the clouds have lifted, long-term challenges will face millions in Oklahoma; we ask that you prayerfully consider giving. Please make checks out to DPC and put DR000015 USA Disasters and Emergencies on the memo line. You can give now by texting PDA to 20222. ACT: Call the PDA Call Center at (866) 732-6121 to register your volunteer work team's interest to help with the repair and rebuilding and for details on how to volunteer your team s skills for efforts on the ground. PRAY for individuals and communities affected by the storm. Consider using the prayer and worship resources available on line. Pray that the hope of Christ will be evident in our response. Graduates Congratulations! High School: Justin Fowler from Wootton HS; Grace Reichardt from Richard Montgomery HS; Hannah Theurer from Northwest HS; Alexi Worley from Poolesville HS. College: Bill Bremer, Chad Hoggle and Chelsea Hoggle, all from the University of South Carolina; Sean Gordon from Oberlin Conservatory, OH; Kelly Kurkjian from Syracuse University. Father s Day Wacky Tie Fellowship Event June 16 All men who join us at 10:00 a.m. in Fellowship Hall on the 16 th will be entered in a raffle to win a gift certificate which can be used to purchase tickets to a Nationals Baseball Game, Nationals mementos, or food at the game. If you wear a wacky tie, your name will be entered twice! Drawing will take place at 10:15 a.m., and you must be present to win. Our youth will provide refreshments.
Column 1: Ape, bat, donkey, frog, owl, bear, ox, stork, lion, rat, hawk, ram, dove Column 2: Antelope, camel, leopard, horse, goat, deer, lizard, gazelle, hyena, weasel, sheep, pigeon, cattle Page 6 GOOD TIDINGS... Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 2 8:45 & 11 Worship 9:45 Sunday School 9:45 Concert/Fund Raiser 1:00 Germantown HELP work at Pantry 3 7:30-Session 4 6:30-DPW Board 7:30 Mission Trip Meeting 5 7:30-Chancel Choir 6 10 Mary Lydia Circle 7 1 8 7:30- Men s Breakfast 8:30-Habitat for Humanity Build day 9 8:45 & 11 Worship 8:00 Pancake Breakfast 12:15 Outreach 12:15 Purl & Pray 10 7:30 C. Ed. 7:30 Mission 11 7:30 Building & Grounds 12 7:30 -Chancel Choir 13 10 Bible Study 14 15 16 8:45 & 11 Worship 12:15 Worship Comm. 17 18 7:30 Stewardship 19 7:30 -Chancel Choir 20 21 22 23 8:45 & 11 Worship 24 7:30 Deacons 25 4:00 Presbytery 7:30 Congr. Care Comm. 26 27 10 Bible Study 28 29 30 ONE SERVICE 9:30 Worship 10:30 Car Wash & Ice Cream Social