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First Presbyterian Church Directory
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Senior Pastor
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The Rev. Dr. Andrew Martinez
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Clerk of
Session
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Susan Cook
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Interim
Family Life Coordinator
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Brittany Peterson
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Director
of Music Ministries
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Cheryl Knight
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Church
Secretary
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Sandra Lake
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Financial
Secretary
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Liz Atkinson
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Child Care
Coordinator
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Melissa West
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Church
Custodian
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Ronnie Blackmore
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Pastor Emeritus
The
Rev. Dr. Daniel K. Herlein
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Corporate Officers
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President
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Jim Mottern
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Vice
President
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Jim Goodall
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Treasurer
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Wayne Shuler
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Secretary
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Tom Calkins
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Assistant
Treasurer
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Jim Nothoff
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2012 Session
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Class
of 2012
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Class
of 2013
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Class of 2014
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William Clark
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Barbara
Cole
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Charlene
Hansen
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Susan Cook
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Sarah Miller
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Kathy Moore
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Penny
Novarro
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Nancy Muhlig
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Betty Tezak
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John West
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John Werner
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Erin Veliquette
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Vacant
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Douglas White
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Vacant
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2012 Board of
Deacons
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Class
of 2012
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Class of 2013
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Class of 2014
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Sandy
Blackmore
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Peggy Bushnell
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Bette Eckardt
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Dianne
Hall
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Denise Heeke
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Roger Gehrt
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Mark
Haskell
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Marcia Price
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Edna Hubbell
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Phyllis
Staley
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Jan Shurte
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Mona Nelson
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Cathy
Weidman
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Luella Wahl
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Kathy White
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2012
Board of Trustees
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2012
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2013
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2014
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Mark
Blackmore
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Jana Gillstrom
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Jon Heeke
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Thomas
Calkins
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Jim Goodall
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Jim Lagowski
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Kenneth
Cook
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Don Shurte
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Leonard Orzechowski
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James
Mottern
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Betty Sinclair
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Richard Schurch
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David West
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Pete VanDenBerge
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Anne Wiltse
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Ruling Elders
Ministry Team Assignment
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Christian
Education
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Betty Tezak, Erin Veliquette
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Communication
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Sarah Miller
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Fellowship
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Doug White
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Nominations
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Betty Tezak
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Nurture
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Charlene Hansen
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Outreach
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Barb Cole
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Personnel
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Bill Clark, John Werner, Charlene
Hansen
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Stewardship
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Worship
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Kathy Moore
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Youth
Ministries
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Nancy Muhlig
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Trustees
Committee Assignment
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Audit
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Jim Goodall
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Bus Coordinator
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David West
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Computer
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Pete VanDenBerge
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Facilities
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Jon Heeke
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Finance/Budget
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Jim Goodall
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Risk Management
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Mark Blackmore
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Tellers
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Don Shurte
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Others
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Acolyte
Ministry
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Elder Commissioners to Presbytery
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Bill Clark,
Penny Novarro
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Librarians
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Gary Fangboner, Jane Lund, Diane
Wagner
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Membership
Secretary
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Betty Sinclair
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Newsletter
Editor
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Sandra
Lake
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Stephen
Ministry
Referrals Coordinator
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Pam Shuler
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Webmaster
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Terry Miller
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Women's
Association
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Cheryl Knight, Jennifer Haskell
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Worship
Audio
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Terry Miller, Peter VanDenBerge
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2012
Women’s Association
Here are the dates to put on your calendar
for the next couple months of 2012. Please note the following activities.
February 8 –
Women’s Association Meeting
Our meeting will be held at the Church. Carol Sinclair will be our hostess.
12:30
– Stuff Envelopes for Bakeless
Bakesale Mailing
1:00
- Regular Meeting & Lesson #2
Confessing
the Beatitudes Study
March 8 – Women’s
Association Meeting
Our meeting will be held at the Church. Jan Shurte will be our hostess.
We will be doing Lesson #3 on the Beatitudes Bible study.
“Confessing the Beatitudes” is our study for 2012. Here is a
summary of what you can expect. We will be taking a fascinating look at the
beatitudes that Jesus shared with the people of his day. Jesus spoke the beatitudes
to two different audiences. In Matthew 5:1-12, Jesus has a conversation with His
disciples that is often called the Sermon on the Mount. There He shares nine
beatitudes. In Luke 6:20-26, Jesus is teaching a crowd of people. This passage
contains four beatitudes similar to those found in Matthew, along with four
accompanying woes. This study follows the order of the beatitudes in Matthew
and places alongside them those found in Luke. We look forward to continuing
this study all year and invite you
to join us.
We look forward to seeing you at any of our
meetings and activities. Extra Study books are available in the Women’s
Association Mail Box in the Narthex of the church. If you have questions,
please call Jennifer Haskell 599-2946.
Contemporary Worship Service
Sunday,
February 26, 2012
10 a.m.
in
our Sanctuary
I
thought I’d let you in on some neat media and books I’ve recently looked at.
1st-The
PBS special, ‘God in America’ has made a deep impression on me. I highly recommend googling to watch on your
computer, like I did. The link address: http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/view/
This
special was one of the most historical and amazing I’ve seen. The role of biblical, Christ-centered
preaching, repentance, and the comprehensive role of Jesus Christ in our
country’s youth is beyond description.
One could truly say the founding of our country is a story of revival on
the level of Acts 2-8. The historical
back-up of this fact is remarkable.
The
first show in the series led me to read the two volume books on George
Whitfield, George
Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth-Century
Revival by Arnold A. Dallimore (Oct 1, 1970). This book is amazing: The life of a person who the PBS special
describes as being instrumental to the American Revolution. Why? Because Whitfield spoke of a personal relationship with God. This created the courage (warrior
spirit/faith) to break from England.
Imagine, the gospel directly led to the
founding of our nation because lives of people were changed by Christ.
Another
book I’ve read lately is for dog lovers, Colter:
The true story of the best dog I ever had.
If you love dogs, this book is a great read. I like Rick Bass. He lives in Minnesota and writes about a
man’s love for the great outdoors.
What
I hope you will do this year
1. Please pray our new associate pastor will be a person of excellent
moral character, Titus 2.2: Tell the older men (the word means ‘elder’) to be
temperate, serious, prudent, and sound in faith, in love,
and in endurance.
2. Please pick up an “Operation Andrew” brochure at the info
table and use it to remind yourself to pray for one unchurched
friend to become a Christian this year.
3. Please make every attempt to be in church every Sunday.
4. Please participate in a small group.
5. Please join the spiritual gifts class next time it is offered and
participate in other deepening classes (I hope to teach
once a month beginning
March 14 at six in the evening....topic for the first class, “How
to study the
Bible for all its worth”)
6. Please keep in mind our church has a challenge ahead this
year. The good challenge is
to design our church (our humming
bee hive) in a way that fulfills our excellent mission statement: INTRODUCE-DEEPEN-DEMONSTRATE.
7. Please keep in mind that in order to keep up the
great morale, go in the same direction, and make budget
and staff decisions,
we need to find our way to implement INTRODUCE- DEEPEN-DEMONSTRATE
so our mission statement is more than words....it becomes
our road map. A group is planning
recommendations to
session that will be presented at their retreat in April on this important
task of turning our
mission into a practical, church-wide road map.
And
here’s a family update: Lauren is
praying for summer internships to bolster and improve her photo-web
career. Peter is wrapping up paramedic
clinical hours and will be considering jobs before possible grad school. Joy Claire is waiting to hear from North
Carolina schools and one in Maryland.
I’m
so glad the bee hive is humming.
Naturally I’m aware of areas that need improvement. Prayer and working together, with grace, we
can pay attention to improving the bee hive.
Thank
you for listening to God in your private devotions. Thanks for being a humming bee (for your
patience and good will). Thanks for
having a servant’s heart like our savior, who
“For
the joy set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken
his seat at the right hand of the throne of God....
Consider him who
endured such hostility against himself...so that you may not grow weary or lose
heart.” (Hebrews 12.2-3)
The
Book of Kells
(detail view)
Mid 8th
Century
Trinity College,
Dublin, Ireland
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How The Irish
Saved Christianity:
Lessons From St. Patrick
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By
Dan Carollo | posted 03/15/2001 (SIC)
Just
hearing the word Ireland brings beautiful images to my mind: Celtic crosses and
illuminated manuscripts; the melancholy whine of uillean pipes, the pounding of
the bodhran -- and of course, the rolling, green hills and steep cliffs of the
Irish coast.
When
people think of religion in Ireland, they often think of the bloody conflict
between Protestant and Catholics that has plagued Northern Ireland for the last
30 years. The roots of the conflict are varied and complex, but it may be
argued that the conflict is more political, rather than religious in
nature. Recent years have shown signs of hope, however, with a cease-fire
in 1997 and the Good Friday Agreement of April 10, 1998.
In
stark contrast to this bloody conflict is the rich history of Celtic
Christianity dating back at least to St. Patrick in the 5th century
(and possibly earlier). Ireland is one of few places where Christianity was
introduced without violence or persecution. Rather, the spread of
Christianity in Ireland was marked by warmth and compassion and embracing all
of life as sacred. The well-known St.
Patrick may have been the first outspoken Christian to oppose slavery, and has
even been credited for the end of the slave trade in Ireland.
Celtic
Christianity was noted for its accommodation to Celtic culture (love of nature,
beauty, music, poetry and story) while at the same time, integrating Christian
spiritually into Celtic life. The Book of Kells is perhaps the most
beautiful artifact from early Celtic Christianity. The Book of Kells was produced about 800 A.D.
in a monastery founded by Irish monk St. Columcille on the island of Iona. The illuminated manuscript is written on
vellum and contains the Latin text of the four gospels along with prefaces and
other notes. The design elements of the
manuscript were borrowed largely from pagan Celtic art. The illustration here
depicts the Gospel of John (represented as an Eagle). The manuscript was given to Trinity College at
Dublin in the 17th century and can still be viewed today.
Timothy
Joyce, a Benedictine monk of Irish descent, writes in his book Celtic Christianity: "The
Celts quickly, easily, and thoroughly embraced the Christian faith. It spoke to their soul" (pg. 18)
Historian
Thomas Cahill in How the Irish Saved Civilization
observes that while the spread of Christianity on the European continent (after
Constantine) was often superficial and associated with political advantages,
the situation in Ireland was much different.
St. Patrick, he notes, was unable to offer worldly improvement to the
Irish and, "had to find a way of connecting his message to their deepest
concerns" (pg. 126). For example,
one way he did this was to transmute the Celtic pagan virtues of loyalty, courage
and generosity into the Christian equivalents of faith, hope and love.
Because
persecution and martyrdom of Christians was essentially unknown in Ireland,
Celtic Christianity became famous for its “Green Martyrdom”, in which some
Irish Christians would subject themselves to unusual and harsh trials. Some
would set out to sea in a boat without any oars – simply letting the current
and the wind take them wherever it willed.
In a more extreme example, Kevin of Glendalough was known to strip
himself naked, stand for hours in the icy waters of the lake before hurling
himself into a bush of nettles.
The
Celtic Christians also played a significant role in the preservation of
learning and knowledge long before the renaissance swept the European
continent. In fact, Cahill's book could have been titled "How the
Irish Christians Saved Civilization", for it was the Irish
monasteries that were responsible for the preservation of ancient civilization
through copying and preserving both secular and religious literature.
Cahill
notes the practices of the Irish monastic universities: "Once they learned to read the Gospels
and other books of the Holy Bible, the lives of the martyrs and ascetics, and
the sermons and commentaries of the fathers of the church, they began to devour
all of the old Greek and Latin pagan literature that came their way. In their unrestrained catholicity, they
shocked conventional churchmen, who had been trained to value Christian
literature principally and give a wide berth the dubious morality of the pagan
classics." (pg. 159)
Just
as the Celtic Christians may be honored for "saving civilization", so
to could they be honored for "saving Christianity".
There are several important lessons the modern church might learn from the
Celts:
·
A
recognition that all areas of life were sacred (ie. no false dichotomy between
the “sacred” and “secular”)
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A
love of nature, art, beauty, story, music and learning.
·
A
concern for the oppressed.
·
An strong emphasis on spiritual
disciplines and the rejection of sin.
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A
compassionate and empathetic evangelism (bringing Christ to people where
they’re at – instead of imposing on them a presumed, and often mistaken, notion
of “Christian culture”)
To
learn more about the Celtic tradition of Christianity, see the following
links...
·
Poem
attributed to St. Patrick. Also known as “St. Patrick’s Breastplate”. It is actually not certain the poem was
written by St. Patrick himself, but it is certainly consistent with something
he may have written.
·
Christianity
Today’s feature on St. Patrick and Celtic Christianity: http://www.christianitytoday.com/holidays/stpatricks/features/irish.html
·
Celtic
Orthodoxy: Studying the Celtic Christian Revival: http://www.celticorthodoxy.org/documents.shtml
If You Would Like To
Sign Up For Flowers
The Flower
Calendar
is located on the bulletin board in Fellowship Hall. Arrangements can mark a
special occasion, a memorial or a tribute, or they can enhance the Sanctuary on
a Sunday morning. Flowers can be self-arranged, or can come from your favorite
florist.
Youth Ministry Update
by Brittany Peterson
Interim Family Life
Coordinator
We kicked off the New Year by
welcoming back Breakfast Club! We were
so happy to be able to offer this outreach service to our community once
again. Through B.C. we reach many who do
not attend our church or even our youth group, and we make sure that each
morning ends with devotion. If you are
interested in helping with this wonderful program, please contact Brittany
Peterson. We need cooks, clean-up help,
and food donations.
We want to thank everyone for
supporting our Youth by participating in our fundraisers. In February, we will once again offer the Super Bowl Party Packs, through a
silent auction. Many of our local
businesses donated gift cards and/or prepared food to help us create our Party
Packs. The Auction will end on Sunday,
January 29. Party packs can be picked up
on Saturday, February 4, between noon and 2 p.m.
We are also excited to offer The Sweetheart Dinner on Sunday, February
12. Chef Jon from T.J. Charlie’s will be
catering a wonderful meal. Our High
School Youth will be setting up, serving, and cleaning up. All our proceeds will support our youth on
their 2012 Mission Trip to Boston.
Reservations can be made by signing up in the narthex.
Our Middle School Youth will be participating
at the Winter Retreat at Springhill Camp on February 24-26. Springhill Camp holds an exciting and
captivating program with a solid Christian message. Our youth will be able to join in worship
with hundreds of other students. We
would appreciate your prayers as we prepare for this weekend and while we are at
camp.
Ash Wednesday Service
Wednesday, February
22
6 p.m.
Beginning at 6 p.m. we will gather together
in our sanctuary for an Ash Wednesday Service.
In addition to the Sacrament of Holy Communion, we will offer the
application of ashes as authorized by the Presbyterian Church (USA) Book of
Common Worship.
Seeds for Thought
“A diligent farmer plants trees, of which he
himself will never see the fruit.” – Cicero
The stewardship pledge information and the giving
results from 2011 (see Treasurer’s report for more details) show that we have
many “diligent farmers” in our congregation.
For example, the average pledge increased significantly from $1975 to
$2164, and 1/3 of the pledges we received last year were overpaid by
$32,300.
Generous giving supports the work of the church
which is to
“Introduce
Jesus Christ to those who do not know Him;
Deepen the
faith and commitment of those who already know Him;
And demonstrate
Christ’s way of love in service to the world.”
Stewardship is an integral part of this
process. Our giving provides funds to
provide outreach programming like Vacation Bible School and the youth programs,
which reach non-member teens in the community.
These funds also provide the Sunday School
curriculum and small group study materials to help the development of spiritual
growth of our members. A large portion
of our giving supports missions through the work of the Mission Outreach
Ministry Team and the per capita we pay to support the work of the larger
Presbyterian Church.
Stewardship giving also benefits the giver. Stewardship is a form of worship, a measure
of discipleship, an act of obedience, and a symbol of gratitude. Therefore,
·
IF
Stewardship is a form of worship, our offerings to God are to be given first
with joy.
·
IF
Stewardship is a measure of discipleship, our offerings must be planned and
produced.
·
IF
Stewardship is obedience to God’s call, our offerings need to be regularly
given.
·
IF
Stewardship is a symbol of gratitude, our offerings must be generous.
“Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only
God can count the number of apples in a seed.” –Robert Schuller
Just imagine the apples God will harvest because
of your stewardship seed!
Pam Shuler for the Stewardship Ministry Team
Milestones
Wednesday March 14, 2012
The Milestones program is an opportunity for
the church to partner with families to provide instruction that promotes
spiritual growth. We celebrate, as children learn age appropriate steps in
their walk with the Lord. The Milestones are program is for children four years
old through the fifth grade.
We are trying something new
this year with a potluck dinner on a Wednesday evening and parent’s class with Rev.
Andy while the children are in class.
Childcare will be provided for younger siblings. Please watch for registration information in
the bulletin and on the website.
Vacation Bible School Week
Get ready for Operation
Overboard! Vacation Bible School will be held during the week of June 18-22,
2012. Kids will be diving deep and learning to depend on God, dare to care, claim Jesus, choose to follow, and change
the world!
Families,
children, and volunteers—please mark this special week on your calendar.
“Faith is the
reality of what
we hoped for, the
proof of
what we don’t see.”
Hebrews 11:1 CEB
Annual Lenten Dinner
Thursday, March 22
6 p.m.
Mark your calendars!
The
Fellowship Ministry Team will again be hosting our Annual Lenten Dinner on
Thursday, March 22, at 6 p.m. The ham dinner will be catered by Jon Heeke.
Fellowship Ministry Team will provide appetizers, punch, dessert, and coffee.
Watch for sign-up dates and ticket information to follow in the Sunday
bulletins. We hope you will join us.
Wayne Shuler Steps Down
as Director of Operations
In
January 2008, Session created the position of Director of Operations. This
position facilitated the transition from Pastor Dan Herlein to an interim and
finally to a new Senior Pastor. After
considering several volunteer candidates, an Ad Hoc committee recommended Wayne
Shuler for this new position and that recommendation was confirmed by Session
to be effective February 1, 2008.
Wayne
agreed to fill the position as a volunteer for one year during which he would
help us create a job description for the position moving forward. At the end of 2008, Session agreed that the
position was valuable to the church operations, but the budget did not allow
the church to hire a person to fill the position. Now, four years later, Wayne
is stepping down as the volunteer Director of Operations. He will continue to be our Treasurer, and we
are all very thankful for that.
During
his time in this volunteer position Wayne spent countless hours working to
improve communications among our ministry teams, our Session, the Trustees, and
our church staff; a major plus during this time of change for our church.
The
Session is deeply grateful to Wayne for his tireless work and the significant
ways he has enhanced the overall operation of our church. He served as an
invaluable resource to the Interim Sr. Pastor Hal Shafer and our new Senior
Pastor, Rev. Andy Martinez, helping to introduce them to our church, our
systems, and every day issues.
Wayne
has been instrumental in organizing many of our procedures and policies,
streamlining how our office functions, overseeing our computer network and
software, etc. As Director of
Operations, he also was the supervisor of the custodian, sexton, and the church
secretary.
Due
to our current financial limitations, we are unable to replace Wayne as we feel
we should, so we are distributing his duties to a number of different people.
Given the depth and breadth of Wayne’s responsibilities, it has taken several
months to establish to whom and where the various parts of his duties would be
delegated. We expect that during the
next few months many additional things that Wayne routinely took care of will
surface.
Again,
with deepest gratitude, we express our sincere appreciation and a huge “thank
you!” to Wayne for all he has done and continues to do while serving our
church.
The
Session
2011 Year
End Update
2011 was a very positive year for First
Presbyterian with many blessings to be thankful for and we are excited about
the possibilities for 2012.
SUNDAY ATTENDANCE
2010 -
207/wk average
2011 Jan.
to June - 219/wk average
2011 June
to Dec. - 253/wk average
2011 CONTRIBUTIONS AND OPERATING EXPENSES
-
Contributions to support the budget - $440,822
- Revised
Budget -
$428,180
- Actual
Budget Expenditures - $415,398
The budget
surplus was created by the $19,403
not spent on staff salaries, as staff left and new
staff came to FPC.
Total
contributions include $4,306 of Per Capita
paid by 129 members.
BREAKDOWN OF 2011 PLEDGE GIVING
Of the 166 Pledges to support the 2011 budget,
- 60 paid
their pledge as pledged
- 57 paid
their pledge and then contributed an
additional $32,300
- 49
underpaid their pledge by $19,320.
BUILDING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS
In 2011, $159,168 was contributed to the Building
Fund and at 2011 year end the Building Fund debt has been paid down to
$254,860. It is projected that by the
end of 2012 the remaining debt will be below $200,000.
PLEDGES FOR 2012
(FPC has 290 potential giving units)
- Number who
Pledged - 156
- Amount
Pledged - $337, 536
- Average Pledge - $2,164
This compares to 2011
- Number who
Pledged - 166
- Amount
Pledged - $327,930
- Average
Pledge - $1,975
Wayne Shuler, Treasurer
Aims: A Student Program
(Armonia Indigenous
Mexican Scholars)
One of the most exciting programs
developed at Armonia is the AIMS program.
Started six years ago by Saul Cruz in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico, this
program provides an opportunity for poor Indian (indigenous Mexicans) teenagers
in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Southern Mexico to obtain a high school
education, and a chance for university education in Mexico City.
Saul Cruz writes, “their
chances for success were very bleak considering that they all had been born in
scattered and remote villages where there are no schools and most of
life-supporting services. Parents and
relatives had taught them all that they could, supported them through
education. But, what would they
get? Apart from a few years of basic
education, their fate seemed to be already written: to end as illegal migrants
to the US, to have extremely ill paid jobs in Mexico City, go to work as
peasants in a survivors economy back in their remote villages, unless they
would be truly loved and appreciated, unless they were given the support to
create possibilities together for a new future for themselves, their families
and their communities. They had to be
reached out by the love of our Lord Jesus Christ expressed by the words,
support and loving actions of his disciples towards them. And that is what we did with your support,
your visits, your prayers, and your interest.”
Armonia purchased land on the
outskirts of Oaxaca for the purpose of constructing a student residence. The residence now completed is in its second
year of being a home for forty students who leave their mountain homes and live
under close supervision and guidance while they learn basic skills (some speak
little or no Spanish), Christian training, and preparation for attendance at
local high schools. Prior to completion
of the dormitory students lived in rented houses in the city but lived together
dormitory style under the same supervision.
Two classes have completed their high
school education in Oaxaca high schools.
About fifteen students are now enrolled in law, engineering courses,
culinary arts, music, industrial design, computer engineering, and similar
fields of interest at the University of Mexico City. Several are enrolled in technical schools and
have finished their courses. Armonia continues to provide housing, guidance,
and Christian leadership while they are in school in Mexico City.
Elk Rapids Church has and continues to
support the AIMS program financially and through mission trips helping in
construction of the dormitory, building beds, cabinets, tables, etc. The church
furnished the money to purchase the necessary tools for a first class wood work
shop. Our mission teams taught many of
the students who had not seen an electric drill or saw, acquire wood working
skills. They were able to continue many
of the projects after we left. A second
dormitory is under construction. About 75 or more of our congregation have gone
on mission trips to Mexico.
Submitted
by Stan Holzhauer
Personnel Ministry Team Update
Personnel
Ministry Team began a review of staff job descriptions to incorporate the
mission statement to “Introduce, Deepen, and Demonstrate” Christ. We also compiled a manual of forms and
policies. Each PMT member will have a
manual. This will help new members as
they join the ministry team, and the current members to have easy access to the
information we need. Budget
recommendations regarding salaries and benefits have been completed and
submitted to Session. Annual evaluations were to be completed by the end of January.
February
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Birthdays
2/01 Marilyn Bartel, Thomas D.
Cole
Joe Mariage
2/03 Marcia
Sumerix
2/04 John
Moore, Scott Rozema
2/0 2/05 Jan Johnson, Mathew Nicholson
2/06 Ken
Weitschat
2/07 Charl
Gray, Terry Miller, Marge Telford
2/0 2/09 Karen Briggs
2/11 Katy Derks
2/12 Patrick Brady
2/ 2/13 Don
Garrett, Kyle Smith
2/14 Connie
Riddell
2/15 Jane
Croftchik, Renee Fedrigon
Stuart
Ford
2/16 Maka
West
2/17 Terrence
Butler
2/18 Brittany Clarkson, Jordanna
Clarkson Thomas J. Cole
2/20 Greg
Croftchik Denise Heeke
2/21 Cindy
Hoch, Michelle White
2/23 Morgan
Gilreath
2/26 Edson
Murray, LuAnn Rozema
Edward
Shaw
2/27 Ellie
Holdsworth, Klaus Lehrer
Connor
Rieck
2/28 Valerie
Impellizzari
Anniversaries
2/05 George & Dixie Cronin
2/06 Ron & Ellen Dunbar
2/09 Gerald & Mina Thorley
2/13 Terrence & Frances
Butler
2/17 George & Cheryl
Knight
2/18 Bill & Connie Clark
Edward & Jacqueline
Weede
2/19 Eugene & Carissa
Davis
Michael & Amy
Parker
2/28 Douglas & Michelle
White
Flowers
2/05
2/12
2/19 Corey
2/26
PLEASE REMEMBER OUR SHUT-IN FRIENDS:
Louise Engstrom, Omer Foret, William &
Beatrice Geise, Vern Oxender, Cecil & Irene Smith, and Jeanne Townsend.
Small
Group Update
We
are excited about all that is going on with the Small Group Ministry at First
Presbyterian for 2012. There are five
additional Small Groups being formed at this time—and hopefully more will
follow. The new Groups include
Wednesday
morning Small Group Bible Study
Young
Adults (College Age/post college)
Young
Adults (Women)
Young
Adults (Men)
Young
Families Fellowship Group
We
encourage anyone not currently involved in a Small Group to pick up a Small
Group Brochure at the Welcome Center.
The brochure contains details about the Groups above as well as info on
all of the FPC Small Groups—(there are currently 18!!). Watch for Small Group updates in the bulletin
or feel free to contact any of the Small Group Coordinators for more
information if you are interested in joining a Small Group. Sign-up forms are also available at the
Welcome Center.
Small
Group Coordinators
Jennifer Haskell (599-2946)
Judy Matchett (264-6377)
All-U-Can-Eat Pancakes and Sausage
Tuesday, February 21
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
at the Lighthouse
$5.00 per person
Children 5 and under free
Dinner
includes sausage and pancakes with toppings galore! Coffee, orange juice, chocolate
milk, and milk will be served.
Come
and support our Middle School youth
in their fundraiser!
