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September 01, 2008
September Newsletter
Pastor's Pen
I remember a story about Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt. He was in the Badlands of North Dakota hunting Buffalo. He hadn’t arrived until the end of August and he missed a shot at a buffalo shortly after his arrival. Autumn and Winter arrive early in the badlands, and as Teddy’s search for a Buffalo continued, colder and wetter weather arrived. His guide wanted to return to the base, but Teddy was determined to shoot a buffalo even if it took all Fall and Winter. One morning the guide awakened to find Teddy still sleeping in a puddle of partially frozen water. He hoped that this might dampen Teddy’s spirits and bring about the end of their expedition. He was wrong. As he watched, Teddy awakened, looked around, got up from his wet resting place, smiled that famous Roosevelt smile and said “By Godfrey, but this is fun!”
I want you to know that Diane and I are having a great time being your Pastor and Pastor’s wife. Yes the Finance Committee and I are dealing with the decreased income we have received this past year and will soon be preparing a budget to deal with our financial realities. The Session and I are working out how we will respond to the denominational issues precipitated by the recent General Assembly. There are and always will be mini and full-blown crises in any church and ministry. But in the midst of them all, I want you to know that I really love being the pastor of Faith church. I am working hard, but “By Godfrey, …this is fun!”
I am nearly finished visiting with the Session members and the Deacons and their families. During this next month I should begin to visit with some of the rest of you. I look forward to visiting each of you.
Diane is having a challenging and fun time beginning her duties as the School Nurse at Tecumseh Middle School.
I have started teaching the Sunday School class on the Westminster Confession of Faith. We have had a good attendance the first two weeks but there is still plenty of room for you if you have not yet joined us.
The Bible Study of Acts has also started. We meet each Thursday at 7:00 P.M. at our home at 2125 Marconi Court in West Lafayette. You are invited to join us on Thursday evenings
Our Pastor Emeritus has returned from his studies in Israel and he will be participating in our Installation Service on September 7th at 4:00 in the afternoon. In case you didn’t know or hadn’t guessed, there will be a reception in the Fellowship Hall following the Installation Service. I hope you will be able to join us in the Installation Service and the Reception.
As I prepare this letter, it is the first day of classes at Purdue. Please know that I am praying for all of you who work there and for all of your students. I am praying for a successful, peaceful and joyful year for all of you.
Your Pastor,
Dave Horner
Worship Information
Sunday, September 7 Sermon: “The New Passover”
Exodus 12: 1 – 14
Revelation 5: 6 - 10
Communion
Sunday, September 14 Sermon: “Judging Other and Being Judged”
Romans 14: 1 - 12
Sunday, September 21 Sermon: “It’s Never Too Late”
Matthew 19: 27 – 20: 16
Sunday, September 28 Sermon: “Work Out Your Salvation”
Philippians 2: 1- 13
Sunday School Classes
Pre-Kindergarten Dan and Kathy Trinkle will be teaching units on learning to love, obey, and trust God.
Grades 1 - 2 will be taught by Amber Latour, Dorothy Bethel, and Christine Hall. They will be studying the old testament starting with Adam and continuing through David.
Grades 3 - 6 will be taught by SueAnne Bergmann who will lead their class in lessons of faith and trust.
The junior and senior high youth will be studying the book "The Jesus I Hardly Knew" with Glenn Sparks and Jane Stewart.
Pastor Horner will be teaching a class on the Westminster Confession(the standard statement of beliefs for generations of Presbyterians in the United States). We hope to see all of you in what we expect to be excellent opportunities to learn about God and the beliefs of our church.
Beginning Greek will continue with Jurgen Honing.
The Library Class engages The Battle of Beginnings - The Library Class (formerly the so-called young adult class) will be striving to sort out the implications for our faith of creation, evolution, and the Biblical account. Our primary resources will be the Bible itself and the book "The Battle of Beginnings" by Del Ratzsch. The class will meet, as the name suggests, in the library. The teacher is Mark Johnson.
Cheerful Givers
Our Deacons and Trinity Mission wish to thank all of our great cookie bakers at Faith Presbyterian Church. It was amazing to see how many of you made the effort to spread good cheer among the people who attended the Taste & See Festival. Our granddaughter, a new P.U. freshman, helped by bagging well over a hundred bags of cookies at our house. Hannis Thompson was on hand to help me set up the tent at 9:00 a.m., and to unload the coolers of bottled water, school supplies, table & chairs, etc. The families located around Trinity Mission started coming in full force at 10:00 a.m. Donna Lofgren, Dorothy Bethel, Barbara Knox, Ron Smith, and Tom VanHorn helped to hand out the packages of school supplies, bagged cookies, and bottled water. And as you might expect John Miller was a big hit with the younger ones, creating animals, wearable crowns, etc. from balloons. The adults wanted especially to pick up the school supplies for their children or grandchildren and, indeed, I had to make a run to Walmart to pick up additional school supplies that were eagerly taken by the late comers at the Festival. I believe at least 12 churches participated in the Festival providing cooked food, yard games, face painting, Christian Rock bands, and health nurses who were taking blood pressure of those who wanted that service. Thank you for helping to make this a successful Festival for Trinity Mission.
Polly Tyler, Deacon
Clerk's Corner
At its August 12, 2008 meeting the Session:
• Approved September 7, 1008 as the date of installation of the Reverend David L. Horner as Pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church.
• Accepted the financial report for July 2008 by Elder Carol Gentry. We are approximately $ 20,000 behind last year in receipts from pledges and donations.
• Approved the replacement of an aging furnace and of three nonfunctioning air conditioning units at a total cost of approximately $ 17,300.
• Scheduled the Annual Congregational Meeting for November 23, 2008.
• Designated Pastor Horner and Elder David McKinnis as the individuals charged with writing a draft a letter for approval by Session that deals with a response to the recent actions of the 218th General Assembly.
• Deferred to the Board of Deacons the request by LUM for a monetary contribution to their capital drive.
• Appointed Tammy Sandel as Director of the Handbell Choir.
• Directed the Clerk of Session to address a letter of thanks and appreciation to Barbara Knox for her generosity that provided for the acquisition of a set of handbells.
• Appointed Elders Grieke Toebes and Janet Hem as members on the Standing Nominating Committee for 2008.
• Set September 9, 2008 as its meeting date with the Board of Deacons.
• Honored a request by Daniel Trinkle for cosponsoring the activities of Habitat for Humanity.
J.M. Honig
Clerk of Session
An Invitation to Join Choir
If you wish to enjoy great company; if you can hum Twinkle Twinkle; if you can count to two, three or four; if you can tap your foot to the beat; if you believe that God must be praised with a joyful song...then this party is for you:
Faith Church Choir
invites you for
An Evening of Entertainment
(Choir Practice)
Date: Wednesday, September 3rd
Time: 6:30 pm
We look forward to seeing you!!
Cake, punch, and balloons will be provided
Ask and You Shall Receive...
And boy did we receive - COOKIES! The bakers of Faith Church really came through last week with cookie donations for the Evangelism Committee’s presence at Boiler Gold Rush at Purdue Tuesday, August 19.
Pastor Horner, Kris Stith and Lonni Kucik handed out approximately 950 “cookie bags” with a Faith Presbyterian Church flyer attached to freshman attending the Boiler Gold Rush Activities Fair. You can’t imagine the number of smiles and “thank you’s” we received for the homemade goody bags. We hope to see some young new faces in the coming weeks responding to our invitation to visit. As always, please provide a sincere Faith Church welcome to any newcomers – and help our Evangelism committee identify first time visitors so we may pass along a Welcome Bag with more cookies!
Our Boiler Gold Rush flyer offered transportation from campus to Church on Sunday mornings; and provided phone numbers to call to request a ride. If you would be willing to help provide transportation on Sunday mornings – please contact Dave Stith or Lonni Kucik.
We hope this outreach to Purdue students will encourage many to visit us. If there is student interest, we’d like to start a College Bible Study/Dinner one evening. We welcome your input and seek volunteers interested in helping with possible College-aged activities.
Thank you again for your generosity and response to our need. And a special thanks to Kathy Trinkle and Ann Freeman for helping bag all those cookies!
The Evangelism Committee
(Dave and Kris Stith, Donna Lofgren,
Marcella Verplank and Lonni Kucik)
Thank You
A special thank you to the following women who volunteered to man(woman?) the Church Women United food pantry at Hanna Community Center last week. They are Barbara Knox, Kathy Bowker, Kathleen Kirsch, Carol Graefnitz, Grieke Toebes, Helen Hard and myself. Some fresh produce as well as canned staples were distributed.
Marilyn Hinze
Did You Know????
Sunday school classes are in session again. There's a little bit of everything for adults, so why not expand your horizon and spend an hour after church in a time of learning and fellowship?
The New Testament Greek class would love to have you join us – we'll help with the hard words and teach you all the short-cuts (of which, unfortunately, there are none, but the effort is good for your brain synapses).
Pastor Horner is teaching a class on the Westminster Confession.
Mark Johnson leads The Library Class (young adults) in studying The Battle of Beginnings.
The Sunday Evening Bible Study meets at the Moore's from 6:30pm to 8:30pm and will be studying the careers of Elijah and his successor Elisha.
Tuesday Morning Bible Study meets at 9:30am at the church and is studying First and Second Timothy, and Titus.
Last but not least, Midweek Bible Study meets at the Horner's on Thursday evenings at 7:00pm and will be studying the Book of Acts.
A commission representing Wabash Valley Presbytery will install Pastor Horner as our Pastor on Sunday, September 7 at 4:00 pm with a reception to follow. Please come and celebrate this event with us.
Prayers and cards are needed for Janis Matouk who is now staying with her daughter. Her address is: 7105 W. Greenview Drive, Battle Ground, IN 47920.
Morgan Myers and his family also need prayers and cards. He is in a long-term health facility in Wisconsin and Dorothy is staying with their daughter: 30260 State Highway 137, Ashland, WI 54806.
A call-out for Java Heroes is announced – if you can make coffee (by following instructions on the wall in the kitchen), please sign up for a Sunday. Yes, this means you … are needed.
Your correspondent,
N. Dunn
Birthdays
September 1 Sawyer Latour
September 3 Hannis Thompson
September 4 Erin Van Horn
September 7 Fran Thompson
September 8 Michael Bergmann
September 14 Horace Tyler
September 11 Diane Horner
September 17 Becky Chapman
September 21 Kathy Trinkle
September 22 Nancy Dunn
September 26 Timothy Anderson
September 29 Jurgen Honig
September 29 Olivia Lockwood
September 30 James Varys
Anniversaries
September 3 Kenneth & Lois Wark
September 10 Thom & Eleanor McKay
September 16 Horace & Polly Tyler
September 28 Charlie & Pat Short
Community Worship Services
• Sun., September 7 St. Mary’s Healthcare 2:30pm
• Sun., September 14 Tippecanoe Villa 1:30pm
• Sun., September 14 Friendship House 3:00pm
• Sun., September 21 Davis Manor 3:00 pm
• Sun., September 28 Rosewalk Commons 2:30pm
The Deacons invite you to become a part of this ministry
Schedule Information
For those wishing to visit with Pastor Horner, his office hours are Monday and Thursday, 9:00am – 1:00 pm or by appointment.
Worship With Us
We invite you to join in the worship of God each Sunday morning at 9:30am and each Wednesday morning at 7:00am. We also invite you to participate 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 or call the church office at 743-3683.
Posted by faithpres at September 1, 2008 08:09 AM