June 19, 2016
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Worship is broadcast at 11:00 a.m. on WCHS-580AM
304-343-8961
Next week’s sermon will be given by Bill McCoy.
Congratulations to: Molly Drescher and Evan Widney who were married on June 4 in North Carolina and Perry Keller and Alanna Slack who were married in First Presby Chapel on June 10.
“On the Green” family sign-ups: We are trying something new for our “Fellowship on the Green” after worship this summer. Our usual small groups–classes and divisions–will cover fewer Sundays for bringing refreshments. This will allow 2 or 3 families to participate together on a Sunday of their choice. Sign up on the poster in the hall or call the office to share being the hosts of “On the Green” this summer. Instructions are included. Open Sundays are July 17, August 28, and September 4 and 11. Please take advantage of this new opportunity to share in the hospitality of First Presby this summer.
Second Hour Bible study: After Time with Young Disciples and the Passing of the Peace, all children in grades 1-5 are invited to join us for Bible Study in room E-113. Look for Janet Chambers. She will walk the children to their classroom. If this is your child’s first time visiting Second Hour Bible Study, please accompany them to the room so that you can sign them in and get acquainted with our teachers.
More about the music: The songs in our hymnal have notes of explanation about them at the bottom of each page. These notes were written by The Reverend Carl P. Daw, Jr. M.A., M.Div., Ph.D. Carl Daw is an Episcopal priest and is the Curator of Hymnological Collections and Adjunct Professor of Hymnology at Boston University School of Theology. He served as Executive Director of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada from 1996-2009 and is a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music. Several Geneva Choir members know Carl Daw personally because we studied with him at the 2010 Montreat Conference on Worship and Music. We found him to be an amazing musician and theologian, and we think he’s a really nice guy, too!
Carl Daw authored an important resource for our new hymnal entitled, Glory to God: A Companion which contains extended articles about each text and tune in our hymnal. Here’s an excerpt from the Companion article about “Ebenezer,” the tune we sing for this morning’s opening hymn: “This tune has sometimes been called Ton-Y-Botel (the bottle tune) from a fanciful and untrue story from around 1901 that the tune had been found in a bottle washed up on a North Wales beach. Whether because of that story or simply because of its musical appeal, the tune gained much popularity during the Welsh religious revival of 1904-1905.” For more interesting tidbits about our music and hymn texts, check our church copy of the hymnal Companion in our church library.
Join the Family Choir next Sunday, June 26! On Family Choir Sundays, we meet in the Choir Room at 9:30 a.m. to learn the anthem for 10:30 a.m. worship. We’re a different group each time, determined by the people who are in town on a given Sunday. After next Sunday, you’ll have two more opportunities to sing with the Family Choir this summer: July 10, and August 14. Come sing a new song with us! All ages are welcome.
Youth: During the worship service, the youth are invited to sit with director Payne Warner in the rear gallery. Youth Group will continue to meet at 6 p.m. on Sunday evenings and at 5 p.m. on Wednesday evenings throughout the summer.
Thanks to our child care volunteers today in our nursery, toddler and preschool rooms. All child care rooms are equipped with live video feeds of the worship service. Do you love children and babies? Call the church office, (304)343-8961, to volunteer in this special ministry.
Presbyterian Coffee Project: Coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolates, and nuts continue to be available for purchase after worship and during the week during church business hours.
Are you a Kroger Community Rewards customer? Kroger Plus Card shopper? The Kroger Company will make a contribution to First Presby each time you use your Kroger Plus card, when you designate the church as your choice of charity. (Participation does not affect your gas point total). To enroll your card, go to www.kroger.com/communityrewards and select First Presby as your church. If you need help, stop by or call the church office during the week, with your Kroger Plus Card and we will be happy to register it for you.
Electronic giving- Did you know that we can easily set-up a recurring gift to the church directly from your checking or savings account? This can easily be done on our church website. Also you can offer your financial gift to God electronically by scanning the QR code on the laminated card in the pew racks. These cards can also be placed in the offering plate as a sign of your faith and trust in God, if you already give electronically through your checking account or credit card.
Traveling this summer? Keep in touch with your church family several ways. You can participate in Sunday worship – the service is broadcast on the WCHS 580AM radio website at 11:00 a.m. Check out our website, http://firstpresby.com/ to read the weekly announcements and the bulletin, download past sermons to listen at your convenience. You can log in to the website as a member and set up a recurring gift directly from your checking account or credit card to continue supporting your church ministries while away. Members can also find contact info for other church family members in the member portal. Find us on facebook at www.facebook.com/FirstPresbyCharleston to see photos of the latest happenings. Stay in touch this summer- we’ll miss you when you’re not here!
Look for the big map on the bulletin board in the hallway! Whenever you travel, bring home a bulletin from the churches you visit, and we’ll “map” you on the board. By the end of the summer, our board will be full, and we’ll be connected to brothers and sisters all over the world! Leave your travel bulletins in the church office.
Knitting and crocheting: All are welcome to join our knitting/crocheting group for our last meeting in June, Tuesday, June 21 at 10 am. Please let Laura know if you plan to attend. The meeting will be in Room 406 as usual. Contact Laura Ceperley at 304-389-3562 or by email, lceperley@yahoo.com, if you need help or inspiration.
Art Camp: First Presby will be having Art Camp the weeks of July 18-22 and July 25-29. We are accepting 12 students per week, and have room left during both. If you’d like to register your child, please go to www.firstpresby.com/children or pick up a form in the main hall. Art camp is for ages 4 and older unless accompanied by an adult. For more information, please call Janet Chambers at 304-343-8961.
Take me out to the ballgame! Join the Fellowship and Recreation Division on June 27 for First Presby at the Power Park. The game starts at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are available in the church office during office hours, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m., and are first come-first served. Grab some friends and let’s cheer on the Power!
Are you receiving the weekly announcements in your e-mail? If not, call the church office to update your e-mail address. In addition to the once a week announcement sheet, we will e-mail you only with very special or late-breaking news. We won’t “spam” your inbox. We promise.
BAREFOOT Sunday Report: The outpouring of your love expressed through your giving to Barefoot Sunday was overwhelming! 78 pairs of shoes and $2,200 was received through this very special offering. The shoes are in route to the children who reside at the Davis Child shelter on Greenbrier Street, to youth who reside at Davis-Stuart, Inc., as well as to children who are currently being cared for in foster homes. The financial gifts will be given to each of these agencies to be able to provide new shoes to children and youth as they enter the shelter and foster care system. As we are aware, most children entering the foster care system arrive with simply a brown bag of their belongings. What a blessing it will be for the agencies to provide these children with new shoes as they come into their care. Thank you for taking Matthew 25:33-40 to heart and for caring for the “least of these”.
Tasty Tuesday Report: A HUGE “Thank You” is extended to all who helped to make our first Tasty Tuesday of the summer a BIG success! Thank you to all who brought baked beans, salads, chips, desserts, chopped onions, hot dog chili and coleslaw to accompany the grilled hot dogs. Thank you also to the many who came to help serve, grill, clean-up, and be in community with our neighbors who joined us for dinner. What a wonderful evening of enjoying a meal and great music all while providing a delicious meal to those in our community who are cared for by the extension of the love of Christ. Our next Tasty Tuesday is set for July 12!
This Week’s Food Pantry Needs: Cereal & Meal Starters
Weekly Featured Mission Agencies: Your plate and pledge offerings are used in very significant ways in our community and world. This week in our Weekly News, a few agencies and/or organizations that are supported by your generous giving will be featured. We hope that this information will help you to know the breadth and depth of how your giving is being used to help those in need. The agencies are listed below and are all recipients of the Mission Grant Fund:
1) Davis-Stuart, Inc. For over 95 years Davis-Stuart has been changing the lives of West Virginia’s most vulnerable youth. First Presby has been privileged to be in partnership and provide support to Davis Stuart for many of those years. The grant funds received by Davis-Stuart helps to fund the Spiritual Life Program expenses allowing the residents to learn about, deepen and grow in their relationship with Christ
2) Daymark: Over the last 40 years Daymark has provided shelter and services to over 50,000 at-risk and homeless youth in our community. The funds that Daymark received from First Presby will be used to help fund the Patchwork runaway and homeless youth crisis shelter.
3) Faith in Action of the Greater Kanawha Valley: This organization helps support the independent living of senior citizens in Kanawha and Putnam counties by linking them with volunteers from faith congregations, businesses, and other community organizations who assist with transportation needs, friendly visiting, light yard and housework, and errand running. The funds received from First Presby provide Faith in Action with a web based service which is vital to matching their volunteer’s to their care receiver’s needs.
Mission Co-Workers
Rev. Jed and Jenny Koball, Peru
Rev. Bob and Kristi Rice, Congo
Rev. Renee and Justin Sundberg, Nicaragua
Rev. Kate Taber, Israel/ Palestine
Missions
Firelight Foundation, Africa
Hope for Children, Slovakia
Westminster Foundation, WV
WVMAW Work Camps, WV
Prayer Partners Near and Far
West Virginia
Ronceverte Presbyterian Church
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Shady Spring
Kenya
Parish- Rware
Pronounced: Roh-ARE’ray
This week at First Presby:
Sunday 6/19, Father’s Day:
9:15 Covenant Class
Sojourners Class
10:30 Worship
11:45 Service of Healing, Chapel
6:00 Youth Group
Monday 6/20:
8:30 Aerobics
Tuesday 6/21:
10:00 Knitting Group
6:00 FestivALL Gospel Fest
7:15 Boy Scout Meeting
Wednesday 6/22:
Activities Building Closed
8:00 Wed. Work Crew
8:30 Aerobics
5:00 Youth Group
Thursday 6/23:
Activities Building Closed
7:30 Shoney’s Bible Study, Downtown
Friday 6/24:
Activities Building Closed
7:00 Men’s Group
8:30 Aerobics
Saturday 6/25:
Activities Building Closed