First Presby’s Weekly News

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First Presby’s Weekly News

First Presby’s Weekly News

July 10, 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 is “Ancient Words: Soteriology” by Bill McCoy.

“On the Green” Hosts- Hot Dog Sunday! Fellowship and Recreation Division and Christian Education Division will be hosting.

 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.

Youth- During the worship service, the youth are invited to sit with Youth Director Payne Warner in the rear gallery.

Youth News– Due to traveling for work and vacations, regularly scheduled youth events will be taking a hiatus until the end of July. Notice will go out when events restart on a regular basis. Please pay attention to your email for notice of summer events such as pool parties, bowling, and movie parties. If you would like to get on the Youth email distribution, email Payne at youth@firstpresby.com.

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.

This morning we welcome the Family Choir to worship leadership.  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.  The Family Choir will sing for the last time this summer on August 14.  Come sing a new song with us!  All ages are welcome.

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.

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!

Knitting and Crocheting- The knitting and crocheting group will be meeting on July 19, at 10:00 a.m.,  in room E-406, August 2, at 6:00 p.m., at the home of Laura Ceperley, and August 16, at 10:00 a.m., in room E-406. For more information, please contact Laura Ceperley.

This Week’s Food Pantry Needs:  Cereal, Dry or Canned Milk, Peanut Butter

Art Camp- First Presby will be having Art Camp the weeks of July 18-22 and July 25-29. The deadline for registration is July 11. There are only two spots available in week two (July 25-29), and week one is booked full. 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.

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.

Please pray for the FPC Lyres Club as we minister in music to the families at Hubbard Hospice House this Tuesday, July 5. Gig Sheet 94 has been emailed to all harp players; hard copies are on the table in the hallway.

“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.

More about the music: We now have an important new resource, a volume of research on every tune and text in our hymnal written by the Reverend Carl P. Daw, Jr. M.A., M.Div., Ph.D. entitled, Glory to God: A Companion.  This book contains extended articles about each text and tune in our hymnal. Here’s an excerpt from the about this morning’s opening hymn text, “Sometimes a Light Surprises:”

“Although the imagery of this text may at first reading seem like a recollection of scenes from nature, it is also densely scriptural…‘rises/with healing in his wings’ echoes Malachi 4:2…‘clear shining…after rain’ is a quotation from 2 Samuel 23:4…stanza 3 is an allusion to a well-known portion of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:25-34//Luke 12:22-28).  Additional references to God’s provision for ravens can be found in Job 38:41 and Psalm 147:9, and ravens are a means of supplying Elijah with food in 1 Kings 17:4, 6.  Perhaps the most surprising biblical connections are in the fourth stanza, which is closely based on a seldom-quoted prophet, Habakkuk 3:17-18…Although it describes a human experience, it does so through the lens of Scripture.”

For more fun tidbits about our music and hymn texts, visit a church copy of the Companion in our church library or look through the copy on the piano at the front of the sanctuary after worship.

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, and be sure to include your name!

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.

First Presby Flood Response Update & Opportunities to Serve

The outpouring of support and help from First Presby members in response to the flood relief has been tremendous!  People have already given generously of their time and financial resources to help our neighbors in this very difficult and trying time.  As we are aware, many counties throughout our state have been devastated by the floods.  For the short term, and possibly long-term, our efforts are concentrated in the Elkview, Clendenin and Clay county areas, where we have access to serve and provide resources in a very tangible way.

There has been much work and coordination happening over the past two weeks seeking God’s leading and talking with churches and organizations that are in the trenches of the flood relief work. Those pieces have come together and will result, I believe, in very tangible and meaningful flood relief projects that will solicit the aid of everyone in our congregation – there will be something for every age and talent!

Provided below are ways that you can get involved:

  • Home Repair and Other Work – This Saturday, July 9: We have an opportunity to provide our assistance to the areas of Elkview and Clendenin by way of mucking out houses, doing deliveries, and being available to visit and pray with people. Our work is being coordinated through Hands on West Virginia located at the Clendenin Church of the Nazarene. We will meet in the First Presby parking lot at 7:30 a.m. and ride together, or you may choose to drive on your own, although parking is limited there.       You will want to wear sturdy athletic shoes or work boots, long pants and long shirt are recommended and bring your own work gloves. Also, it is STRONGLY recommended that you get a tetanus shot if you have not had one in the last 5 years. Tetanus shots are available for free at local Rite Aid stores. If you have shovels, a wheelbarrow, buckets or bins, please bring those. Pack your own lunch. We will have a cooler to keep the lunches in. We will provide bottled water. Please let Sue Webster know if you plan to be a part of this work project no later than noon on Friday. That way the work coordinator will know how much and the type of work to plan for us
  • Free Camp: The YMCA is holding a free summer camp at Coonskin Park for all children who reside in flood effected area. First Presbyterian Church is helping to support those efforts with a financial donation to provide lunches. Camp counselors are needed (perfect opportunities to serve for High School Students) – please contact the YMCA if you can help in this effort.
  • 60 Double Size Bed Sheet Sets and 10 King Size Bed Sheet Sets: The Church of the Nazarene in Clendenin is receiving a donation of beds to be distributed to local families. They have a very real need of sheet sets to distribute with the beds. What a wonderful gift for people who have lost everything, to be given a clean bed to rest their weary bodies. See the Bed Sheet Bulletin board in the main church hallway to participate.       Praise update: Almost half of the bed sheets needed were donated to our churches efforts as I was writing this! More are still needed.
  • Backpack Project: St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, located in Pinch, is hoping to provide 100 children whose families have lost everything in the flood in the Elkview/Clendenin area with a new backpack filled with a lunchbox and school supplies. St. Andrews has identified and will work with the counselors of the schools that these children attend. How wonderful for these children to start the school year with a new backpack and supplies that they need. I know that we can come through for them! See the Backpack Bulletin Board in the main church hallway to participate.
  • Notes of Care: We will be gathering together teams of people together to write notes of hope to those who have been devastated by the flood and also to those who are providing grief counseling and coaching to those affected. We are now two weeks in to flood recovery and people are growing very weary. Help to encourage both the flood victims and the counseling and recovery teams by writing notes to show we care for them. Please contact Sue Webster if you would like to help with this ministry.   These cards will be distributed by Barbara Chalfant through the Presbytery.

For questions or more information, please call Sue Webster or Andy Ceperley.

Please remember, the flood relief needs are fluid and always changing.  And, while the needs are here and now, they will also be needed for a very long time.  Our goal is to employ the resources of our church members in a way that is most beneficial to those who have been affected while being worthwhile and safe for our members.  As the people who are in the midst and closest to those needs communicate them to us, they will be communicated to you.

1 Corinthians 12:5-7  There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.  Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

 Monthly Scripture Schedule for July 2016

Friday, July 1 Matthew: 22:15-22

Saturday, July 2

Matthew 22:23-40

Sunday, July 3

Mark 1:14-20

Monday, July 4

Matthew 23:1-12

Tuesday, July 5

Matthew 23:13-26

Wednesday, July 6

Matthew 23:27-39

Thursday, July 7

Matthew 24:1-14

Friday, July 8

Matthew 24:15-31

Saturday, July 9

Matthew 24:32-51

Sunday, July10

Mark 1:21-27

Monday, July 11

Matthew 25:1-13

Tuesday, July 12

Matthew 25:14-30

Wednesday, July 13

Matthew 25:31-46

Thursday, 14

Matthew 26:1-16

Friday, July 15

Matthew 26:17-25

Saturday, July 16

Matthew 26:26-35

Sunday, July 17

Mark 2:1-12

Monday, July 18

Matthew 26:36-46

Tuesday, July 19

Matthew 26:47-56

Wednesday, July 20

Matthew 26:57-68

Thursday, July 21

Matthew 26:69-75

Friday, July 22

Matthew 27:1-10

Saturday, July 23

Matthew 27:11-23

Sunday, July 24

Mark 2:23-28

Monday, July 25

Matthew 27:24-31

Tuesday, July 26

Matthew 27:24-31

Wednesday, July 27

Matthew 27:32-44

Thursday, July 28

Matthew 27:55-66

Friday, July 29

Matthew 28:1-10

Saturday, July 30

Matthew 28:11-20

Sunday, July 31

Mark 3:20-30

 

This Week at First Presby:

Sunday, 7/10:

Blood-Pressure Check

9:15      Covenant Class

Sojourners Class

9:30      Family Choir Warm-up

10:30    Worship

11:30    “On the Green” Hot Dog Sunday!

Monday, 7/11:

8:30      Aerobics

6:00      Stephen’s Ministry

Tuesday, 7/12:

5:00      Tasty Tuesday

Wednesday, 7/13:

8:00      Wed. Work Crew

8:30      Aerobics

7:00      Worship Team

Thursday, 7/14:

7:30      Shoney’s Group, Downtown

Friday, 7/15:

7:00      Men’s Group

8:30      Aerobics

Saturday, 7/16:

No Activities Schedule


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