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April 01, 2005

April Newsletter

Pastor’s Pen

Stephanie Cardwell hasn’t been helping hold us together very long in the Faith Church office, but long enough to realize that writing a “Pastor’s Pen” is for me a gauntlet to be run every month. What I feel extremely important at one time gathers question marks afterward. “Who cares?” “What benefit will anyone find from this?” “ETC!!” So I try again, and sometimes again, and again, and again, before the deadline has come and I must let the last piece run.

Having just returned from Poland, and having spent five hours slowly walking through Auschwitz and Birkenau, my heart was heavy, and I wrote of this heaviness in my first attempt at a pastor’s pen. This past Wednesday evening, the lively group that meets in our home for study, fellowship, and prayer, read a chapter of John Wenham’s book, “The Goodness of God” that reminded us that atrocities of the Holocaust kind are not as uncommon in the history of the recent past as we might think. Very ordinary people have found themselves capable of executing atrocities, while not considering them atrocities at all. There is something latent in me, in most of us that is scary. Our own beloved land has dark stories we wish could not be told.

We little realize how we are “used” by ideas. In Proverbs we read (in the old KJV version that fixed this verse in my mind), “As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is.” So we’re advised, “Keep your heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life.”

The problem is that the ideas that are the issues of our lives are sort of like the DNA that makes us tall or short, and the like. They are so much a part of us we don’t recognize them as good or evil. We don’t even think of them as ideas at all; they are us. I say they are “sort of” like DNA because we can’t manipulate DNA, or I think we can’t—I’m no expert on this—but we can do something about the ideas that grab us. It’s hard, extremely hard, but it can happen.

We usually read what appeals to us, or watch TV shows that appeal to us. Few of us deliberately choose to read or watch what does not appeal to us. I deliberately resist reading or watching what I know will put evil ideas in my mind. I’m not of that view that says we have to know every seamy aspect of the modern world to minister to it. I will have nothing to do with X-rated anything, or even much R-rated stuff. I’m not strong enough to be impervious to evil.

I seldom read what I know represents a view I heartily detest unless I want to understand it as a means of refuting it. For example, I am convinced that racial prejudice is evil, and I will not read a neo-Nazi manifesto for inspiration. But when I come across an article that promotes hatred, I may read it so as to know how to respond when I’m shocked by such viewpoints in people I meet.

The positive thing I want to say, having written all the above, is that there are some very good magazines that inform the heart and mind. I read Perspectives regularly. It is edited as a labor of love by folk from the Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Church of America. Nobody gets paid for doing it, but it is a first class operation. In the February issue, Cornelius Plantinga’s article, “Christ the Fool” would warm any Christian’s heart toward Jesus. It made me take stock of whom I might be belittling. It is our duty to “guard each one’s dignity.” The writing in Perspectives is consistently good. The ideas are consistently important.

I also read Commonweal, a “liberal” Roman Catholic magazine. I’m a die-hard conservative in theology and morals, but I want to know about what’s going on in the thinking of Catholics, who have a terrific heritage and a troubled situation to deal with—as does our denomination. I’m frequently inspired by articles I read. Some of the ideas you hear on Sunday morning have been tweaked by Commonweal.

My friend Malcolm Elliot-Hogg, my host when I was in Poland, awakened me once again to First Things, a very thoughtful conservative magazine edited by Richard John Neuhaus, a former Lutheran pastor who is now a Roman Catholic. I used to subscribe, but got snowed trying to keep up with all the magazines I get, and opted to cancel it for a while. But having seen a couple issues again, I realize its articles are really important food for the heart. It also displays the common cause many Catholics and Evangelical Protestants have. It promotes the unity of the Church in a way I think must make Jesus rejoice—as He watches in our midst.

“Keep your heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life.”
-Pastor Robertson

Worship Information

Apr. 3: “After Easter, What?” Daniel 7: 13-18 Matthew 28: 16-20

Apr. 17: “Jesus: How much God,How much Man?”
Daniel 7: 9-10
Revelation 1: 9-18
Apr. 10: “The Scandal or the Wonder of Jesus?” (Baptism)
Isaiah 39: 13-14
Matthew 1: 18-25

Apr. 24: “Jesus, Crucified for our Sake”
Isaiah 53
Matthew 27: 11-26

Clerk’s Corner

Michael Lockwood M.D. has recently been honored by his induction as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a well-deserved recognition. Congratulations!
After attending confirmation classes Olivia Lockwood, Carson McVay, and Douglas and James Varys were confirmed on Easter Sunday and warmly welcomed into fellowship with the Congregation.
A total of $ 4020 was collected and has been forwarded to the Wabash Valley Presbytery for the tsunami disaster relief. It is our understanding that this sum exceeds the amounts collected by other churches in the Wabash Valley Presbytery.
Faith Church will be the venue of one of the annual reviews of records and registers maintained by all Clerks of Session in our Quadrant of the Wabash Valley Presbytery. The audit will take place at 9:00 AM on Saturday, May 7, 2005. Please contact me if you are able to assist in setting up tables and chairs in Fellowship Memorial Hall on May 6.
The Inquirers’ Class has met on February 26 and March 7, 2005; Elders Michael Bergmann and Glenn Sparks have provided the instruction.
The Wabash Valley Presbytery has issued a call for elders to volunteer as substitute voting elders at meetings of the Wabash Valley Presbytery. Interested individuals are urged to contact Elder Dennis Dunn for further information.
Deb Johnson and Alice Landolt have volunteered to organize the Vacation Bible School for this summer. Please contact them if you can help out; further information is forthcoming shortly.
-J.M. Honig, Clerk of Session

A Christian is the keyhole through which other folks see God.
-Robert E. Gibson

Condolences

Our condolences go to the Stewart family on the loss of Jane’s mother and the Johnston family on the loss of Kevin’s father.

Boy Scout Troop #338

How many of us know that Faith Presbyterian Church has its own Boy Scout Troop? Faith Presbyterian Church is the chartered organization for Boy Scout Troop 338 and has operated Troop 338 for over 45 years. The charter is renewed annually and outlines some of the responsibilities of the Church and of the national scouting organization. Many of the young men who grew up in our church also grew up in Troop 338. On any given Sunday many of our pews are occupied by alumni of adult leadership positions with the Troop. Responsibilities borne by the Church include selection and approval of adult leaders for the Troop, oversight of Troop operation and provision of a suitable meeting space given reasonable notice for scheduling. Responsibilities of the scouting organization include record keeping, administration and provision of formal training for adult leaders. Included in the tenants of scouting is the fact that Boy Scout Troops cannot own property. All of the equipment currently stored on church property, and the items they now store off-site are, in fact, the property of the church. The Troop maintains a treasury that is used to pay for merit badges, equipment and other costs of operating the Troop. The money in the treasury was earned by the boys with activities such as greenery sales, a car wash, and working at the area cat show. Ben Johnston chose our church as the non-profit organization for his Eagle Scout Service Project. In the execution of this project, the youth and adult members of the Troop provided 106 hours of labor to improve the appearance of the church. On a separate occasion, the boys planted trees in front of the water tank that adjoins church property. When no one from the congregation volunteered to shovel snow from the sidewalks on Sunday mornings this winter, our scouts volunteered to handle the task. The next service project planned for the church is planting evergreens around the perimeter of the property. Boy Scout Troop 338 is not just a Troop that meets at our church. They are a group sponsored by Faith Church. This Troop represents part of the Faith Presbyterian Church heritage and a valuable service that the church makes available to our young men, and to the young men of the surrounding community. Our Boy Scout Troop welcomes all-young men ages 11 through 17. Anyone who is interested in joining or would like more information about the program should contact Kevin Johnston at 583-0739. -Myra Leap, Chair-Building & Grounds and Kevin Johnston, Scoutmaster, Troop 338

Count that day lost in which you have not tried to do something for someone else.
-Unknown

God promised us a smooth landing, not a smooth sailing.
-Seen on a church sign

THE LIVERMORES

The ministry of Kristen and Scott Livermore is one of the missions that Faith Church supports.
They work with Campus Crusade for Christ in Orlando, Florida. Scott grew up in Indiana and joined the staff of Student Ventures shortly after graduating from Purdue. Kristen taught elementary school after graduating from Wheaton College and then earned her Masters’ Degree at Vanderbuilt. Scott has worked extensively with high school students where he discipled students through direct relationships. He began his work in Phoenix at Thunderbird High School in 1981 and was then transferred to Chattanooga in the fall of 1988. Scott and Kristen were married in the fall of 1990. Kristen then began her ministry by discipling high school girls. They now have four children – Jessica, Melissa, Daniel, and Jonathan. Now the two boys are actively participating in sports and the girls are involved in music.
Kristin has recently brought to the community a great event which their church sponsored for moms and their 8-12 year old girls. The Secret Keepers Girls event was an evening of fun and content directed at helping the girls understand the secret power God has given them. 450 moms and daughters had a wonderful time at the event.
After 16 years of working directly with students, Scott and Kristen moved to Orlando where he took on a new role – establishing ways of reaching students. Scott helped found the Challenge Alliance and selected a new name for his department – The Coaching Center. Here a new endeavor was launched – “The Coaching Minute” - a daily one minute radio feature providing training and encouragement for persons to adopt schools and share Christ with teenagers. It is felt that training students and youth workers to go to the school and share their faith is the most effective method to reach unchurched teenagers who at this time in their lives need hope and direction in our culture where all manner of negative influences are out to destroy their faith. They coach ministry leaders over the phone. Thus far ”The Coaching Center” has made some 10,000 contacts.
The ministry is moving forward with some exciting new plans. The staff has been working hard to determine what are the essential elements of coaching and the ministry and wrap these things into clear packages that the least informed can grasp and apply. They are redesigning the website and developing training modules that can be presented in a variety of ways adding video and Power Point.
The current need is for more ministry coaches. Scott and Kristin ask for our prayers for this need and for the funding necessary to make all the resources available to the local leaders. They need a programmer and a project manager to move the next projects from conception to move the production of useful materials. Scott and Kristen ask for our prayers as they provide day-to-day leadership for the team.
Another phase of the ministry is to develop a partnership with Christian recording artists to create a follow-up CD to give to those who respond to the gospel at a concert. Scott is trusting that God will draw the artists into the project.
An exciting project on the horizon is to use web-based training for those who work with schools and share Christ with teenagers. The Campus Crusade staff has found it difficult to coach and equip all those who want to make use of what they have to offer by telephone. It is felt that if they can package more of this training in an interactive manner that the body of Christ can be served more fully.
Scott has listed, as a present ordeal is the completion of a house they are building. They signed the contract last March and are hoping to be in it before the one-year birthday of the contract. He reports that the family is doing well. The kids are progressing in school. He states that they have been seeing fruit in the lives of the children as they learn and implement some of the basic Biblical principles such as putting others first.
-Fran Thompson

Missionary Support

Our son, Joshua McMillin, and his wife Tiffany, will be taking an evangelistic missionary trip to Thailand this summer, June 18 – July 22, a whole month! They will be traveling with Awe Star Ministries. They will be performing a musical drama of Christ’s life, wherever they are able (streets, parks, etc.). Then with interpreters, they talk with the people about Christ and how to accept him as their personal savior. Joshua has traveled with this group on three prior missions. Tiffany has missionary experience in Canada. This trip was planned before the Tsunami, but they have felt an added burden since then. Christ is our only source of true peace, especially in times of crisis. They are asking for our prayer support, especially considering Thailand is 95% Buddhist and 4% Muslim. As their trip expenses will be close to $8,000, they also could use financial support. Contributions are tax-deductible. To contribute, please make your checks out to Awe Star Ministries and send them directly to: Joshua McMillin 1783 West 4650 South Apt. P Roy, UT 84067 We also thank you, on their behalf, for your prayers and support. -Jay & Jenne McMillin

Presbyterian Habitat House 2005

There is a lot of good news about the next Presbyterian project with Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette. The eight Presbyterian churches in Tippecanoe County will be building a house on Kimmel Street in Lafayette. Excavation work on the construction site began on March 6th. Construction (framing) will begin on Friday, April 29th. There will be an official groundbreaking service on April 29th, probably at 5 or 5:30 (more details later). Faith will need volunteers to work on Saturday, May 14th (siding) and Saturday, June 11th (painting). We also need volunteers to provide lunch and snacks to the crew on May 14th. There will be sign-up sheets for these days. If you want to help with the lunch, please let me know as soon as possible. If you are interested in working some during the week and have construction skills please let me know. And last, but not least, we have nearly reached our fund raising goal. We need $44,000 for the construction of the Lafayette house and the tithing for foreign construction. We are currently only $3,500 short of that goal. -Dan Trinkle

Spring Help Needed

Sometime in April we will receive 200 Norway spruce seedlings to be planted around the west and north borders of the church property. The Buildings and Grounds Committee seeks help in getting the soil prepared, seedlings planted and mulched and watered during the summer. Our Boy Scout Troop 338 has volunteered to help with the planting. Our first need is for a rear-tine tiller that can prepare the ground for planting. We would like to till a strip about four feet wide. We do not know when the seedlings will be ready for us to pick up. But, we should prepare the ground as soon as it’s dry enough to work. If someone has a tiller that could do the job, please let me or others on the Buildings and Grounds committee know. We would also appreciate names of anyone who could help with planting, mulching or watering. Thanks! -Hannis Thompson Buildings and Grounds Committee

BOLD TRUTH Youth Event

For youth & their parents – Fri., Apr 22 7pm – 10pm at Elkhart’s North Side Gym in Elkhart, IN. This one evening, three hour youth extravaganza is a combination of live drama, motion picture, lights, sound and music – all punctuated by the gripping questions: “What are you searching for?”; “What is the most valued treasure in life?”; and “Where are you trying to find it?” This is a Josh McDowell sponsored event targeted to bring students to an encounter with the evidence and reality that Jesus Christ is the one and only true source of meaning in life. Lonni Kucik will take any of our youth interested in going, but parents are also encouraged to attend. The discounted group rate is $17.00 and tickets must be purchased by April 1st. So all interested – please take with Lonni ASAP. -Lonni Kucik, Youth

Presbyterian Youth Retreat

Geneva Center, Rochester, IN April 30 – May 1, 2005. Central Presbyterian is planning a Youth Retreat & has invited the 8 area Presbyterian Churches to attend. The group will leave Central Presb. Church at 6am on Sat., Apr. 30. They have a 33-passenger bus chartered so that everyone can go together. On Sun., May 1, all will return home, leaving around 10am & arriving back to Central by noon. The programming for our day will include 3 or 4 hours on mission work (on-site), eating & relaxing, free time, games, making home-made ice cream & enjoying a campfire at night. We might find time to make some crafts too. The cost per person is $55.00. This includes lodging, 4 meals, bus & snack (ice cream). They have 32 openings – 28 openings for youth & 4 for leaders. This is a “first come, first serve” sign up. Please talk to Lonni if you are interested. Payment is required to book your reservation. -Lonni Kucik, Youth

International Friendship at Purdue

Open your doors and hearts. Nearly 80% of the 500,000 international students in the US never step foot into an American home. Purdue University’s International Friendship Program (IFP) provides the opportunity for local residents to open their homes and hearts to international students and experience a whole new world. The IFP was created to ease the transition into American culture and the university setting for new international students. The IFP matches and international student with a friendship family from the Greater Lafayette community. Throughout the year, the student and the family interact in activities ranging from dinner to outings. The IFP is looking for caring, qualified families, like yours, to become members of this rewarding program. There are no rules to successful friendships. What are required are not identical viewpoints, but an honest respect for each other’s ideas, customs, and worldviews. The Friendship Family can reap a wealth of enjoyment and satisfaction from the family-student relationship developed through this program. Provided that the proper atmosphere of acceptance and gentle curiosity is created, your family can learn an immense amount about your guest student’s country, culture and beliefs. You can also receive the reward and satisfaction of having made a truly significant contribution to the success of your student’s stay in America. The friendship that your family extends not only alleviates the student’s loneliness, but also secures him/her in his/her new surroundings and contributes to a successful academic career. For more information, please contact Purdue by phone at 765-494-5770 or by fax at 765-494-6859. You can also reach them online at: friendship@purdue.edu or www.iss.purdue.edu.

Invite Your Friends

Invite all the children you know to Faith's Vacation Bible School, June 24-July 1, (entering-K through 6th grade). We have a great staff lined up, but are still in need of volunteers. If you would like to help, please contact Deb Johnson (477-6569) or Alice Landolt (463-9897).

Congratulations Graduates

We want to know if you are graduating this year from High School, College or Graduate School. Parents and friends, please help us with our list. Contact Jan Hem 463-7870 and leave a message. A graduation reception will be held after church service on Sunday, May 1st.

If you live right each day, you will be neither afraid of tomorrow nor ashamed of yesterday.
-E.C. McKenzie

National Library Week

Get ready to clap, jump and dance as Jim Gill plays his banjo in a free family concert at 7:00pm, Tuesday, April 12, in the Ivey Hall Auditorium on the Ivy Tech Campus. Gill’s performance dubbed Family Night at your library celebrates National Library Week, this year held from April 10 – 16 under the theme, Something for Everyone at your library. No reservations are needed for this concert. Just bring the family and join along with Jim Gill and his banjo. Known since 1984 for concerts that are active, sing-along and clap-along, Gill says that his goal is to make everyone feel like playing together in the living room. A long-time child development specialist in the Chicago area, Gill holds a Master’s in Child Development from Erickson Institute for Advances Studies. He is also the author of May There Always Be Sunshine, winner of the 2002 Book Award from Philadelphia’s Please touch Children’s Museum. Based on the Russian folk song by the same title, the book encourages children to make their own list of what they hope there will always be.

Sweet Celebration of Life

Matrix Lifeline Pregnancy Center will hold its 10th annual dessert party benefit on Sat., April 9 at Evangelical Covenant Church, Life Center, 3600 S. 9th St. The guest speaker will be Sidewalk Counselor Mary Waalkes Verwys. Enjoy fabulous desserts and appetizers and help Matrix financially to support women in crisis pregnancies. Current supporters and all who wonder ‘just what do they do?’ are welcome. Ministry updates, client sharing, entertainment and a silent auction will be included as we celebrate the work of this live-saving ministry. Auction bidding opens at 6:00pm, the program will start at 7:00pm. Tickets are free, but required. Call 742-1533 or email matrixlife@aol.com to reserve your space for this special time of celebration and sharing by April 6th.

Thank you

Faith’s 2005 January and February Worship service attendees were “ushered in” (and collected from) by the following: Tom & Carol Goodrich, Pat & Charlie Short, Laura & Yancy Wilcoxson, Jan & Charlie Mather, Mark & Deb Johnson, Dan & Kathy Trinkle, Glenn & Cheri Sparks, Marilyn & Bill Hinze, Jerry & Emily Matthews, Dorothy, Jim & Graham Bethel, Don & Carol Gentry, Carolyn Kessler, Tom Van Horn, Dale, Ursula, Markus, Hans-Martin & Karsten Hess, Jane & Terry Stewart & Anderi & Svetlana Kirilenko. Many thanks for your willingness to serve in this needed capacity! A special thank you also to Fran & Hannis Thompson, Stan & Jan Hem & Dennis Dunn for ushering the Moody Bible Institute Women’s Concert in January. -Kathy Bowker

The miracle of giving is that giving makes miracles.
–Bishop Robert E. Goodrich

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. –Mother Teresa

New Tables and Chairs Arrive in the Fellowship Hall!

Our grateful appreciation is extended to Carol Gentry for assuming the responsibility of researching and finalizing acquisition of our beautiful new round tables and padded chairs for the Fellowship Hall. We now have 12 round tables, 100 chairs and 14 tablecloths. The tables are constructed of durable cast material; the legs and supports are high quality, which provide a sturdy (non-wobbly!) surface and which won’t interfere with chairs and dangling legs underneath. The edges are smooth and rounded so you won’t snag yourself! The folding chairs have padded seats and backs and double bar supports which will provide years of durable use. These, too, are smooth and rounded. The tables and chairs can be used during Fellowship Hour or at other times when people enjoy sitting and visiting. We hope you enjoy the convenience they will provide.
A hefty high-five to Doug Jones and Ron Smith and his truck for transporting and unloading the tables at the church, and to Ron Smith (and his truck) and Don Gentry for making several trips to Sam’s to transport 100 chairs. We are now awaiting the arrival of a table storage dolly. Thank you to all Building & Grounds members (Bruce Hall, Hannis Thompson, Pat Short, Carol Gentry and Bob Ketterman) for your input in these selections—and to Carol Gentry for her diligence in making all of this happen.
-Myra Leap, Chair, Building & Grounds

More Grateful Appreciation!

Be sure to thank Mickey Latour for his diligence pruning and removing dead branches from trees off the courtyard and for disposing of the big brush pile in the back. He and a buddy took spring break week to take care of these jobs. We all appreciate your work, Mickey, not only with this big job but everything else you do! Emily and Jerry Matthews have taken on the responsibility of being the contacts for our custodian and keeping her stocked with supplies and maintaining the supply closet, among many other things. Thanks, Emily and Jerry! Dave Kucik is our local painting expert—thanks again for spending your vacation painting the Fellowship Hall! Hannis Thompson has fixed non-working outlets (a blown fuse!) and handled other pesky tasks large and small—he’s the one with the screwdriver in his suit pocket. He also installed a new sink in the kitchenette and was last seen turned upside down reattaching the plumbing. Thanks, Hannis! Pat Short’s creative spirit has given us the new spruced up look in the restrooms. Thanks, Pat! Bruce Hall spent a Saturday fixing the shelf and installing a support in the storage closet off the Fellowship Hall. Now we don’t need to worry that the shelf will come crashing down at the slightest jar. Thanks, Bruce! Carol Gentry spent quite a bit of time pursuing Von Tobel people to get our new tile in the entries in place. Thanks, Carol! Bob Ketterman used his experience and carpentry skills to repair the pew in the Fellowship Hall—it’s so solid it’s guaranteed to last 100 years. Thanks, Bob! These great people are still at it—more repairs and replacements are on the way.
We are always eager to have volunteers help with projects, large or small. Let us know your area and level of interest or expertise and we’ll add you to our family of Building & Grounds volunteers. Children, teenagers and adults are welcome! (This is one of the most fun and enjoyable families in the church!)
-Myra Leap, Chair Building & Grounds

Communion Schedule

The next Sunday morning Communion will be on Pentecost Sunday, May 15th. At Wednesday morning prayers we will celebrate Communion on April 20th.

Help Needed?

Are you unable to get out of your house without assistance? Do you need help doing things like shopping, errands run, something done around your home or just a visit? There are those at Faith who would like to help you. If you are interested, call the church at 743-3683 or call and leave a message for John or Lola Miller at 743-5781.

Courage

Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in you house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody’s looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you’re misunderstood. -Charles Swindoll

Sunday School

There is a class for everyone! Pre-kindergarten & Kindergarten: Amber Latour & Lou Ann Johnston Grades 1-3: SueAnne Bergmann Grades 4-7: Carolyn Kessler Grades 8-12: Michael Lockwood College Class: Pastor Robertson Young Adults Bible Study: Mark Johnson Adult Bible Study: Glenn Sparks New Testament Greek: Jurgen Honig Bible 101: Michael Bergmann

Schedule Information

You can contact Pastor Robertson by calling the office, 743-3683, on Wednesday mornings any time and Fridays, 9:00 a.m. to noon. Pastor Robertson's day off is Monday. Outside of office hours please feel free to call Pastor Robertson at home at 497-2162.

Community Worship Services

• Sun., Apr. 3 - St. Mary Healthcare 2:30pm • Sun., Apr. 10 - Tippecanoe Villa 1:30pm Friendship House 3:00pm • Sun., Apr. 17 - No Davis Manor • Sun., Apr. 24 - Rosewalk Commons 2:30pm

The Deacons invite you to become a part of this ministry

Birthdays & Anniversaries

April 1 Ian Wark

April 3 Ward & Camille Hanson

April 5 David Stith

April 7 Travis Dale
Tristan Lynn

April 9 David Sparks

April 13 Robert Dale

April 17 James & Marti McIntyre

April 22 Sophia Bergmann

April 23 Brandon Bosler
Daria Kirilenko

April 29 Liz Evers

April 30 Camille Hanson
Oliver Janovitz

Worship With Us

We invite you to join in the wor-ship of God each Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. We also invite you to partici-pate in the prayers, fellowship, work and activities of this church. For more information about this opportunity to be involved at Faith Presbyterian Church, please call or talk to any member of Session, Pastor Robertson or call the church office, 743-3683.

Faith Presbyterian Church
3318 State Road 26 West
West Lafayette, IN 47906-4666
(765) 743-3683
E-mail: office@faithpresbyterian.org
Home page: http://www.faithpresbyterian.org
An answering machine is available.
Fax number: 765-746-5955
Stuart D. Robertson, Pastor
Ralph Smith, Parish Associate
Stephanie Cardwell, Admin. Asst.
Ordinarily submit articles to the church office by noon on the last Friday before the last Monday of every month except November and December when deadlines are announced.
You are welcome to worship with us at
9:30 a.m. each Sunday.

What does the church do best?

What doest the church do best that no other organization on earth can do? We tell the story of Jesus Christ. We try to preserve the truth of God’s inexplicable love for his creation. Who can tell the truth about the Father better than the members of his own family? No school, no business, no government, no other institution can adequately describe our God. So we come together each Sunday. Like at a weekly family reunion we share family stories, the memories, and we create new memories, inviting others to be part of this great family. -Jim Tinkey, First Presbyterian Church, Bellefonte, PA

Posted by faithpres at April 1, 2005 02:07 PM