May 2014 The Chimes
COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Reflections From Pastor Dennis
Soon a new billboard will be going up at Hwy. 160 & “Y”. Nothing has been on that billboard for a long time and so this will provide a fresh look at that intersection and best of all it’s our billboard.
This has been paid for through a generous donation that was given for advertising. We are grateful for the gift. The committee decided on the image of the church, since that identifies our location, yet it doesn’t identify who we are. Who we are is in the phrase “always involved”. We are a people who are involved in many ways within and beyond the community. Our hope is that the billboard will lead more people to come, see and become a part of all the great things being done in and through Community Presbyterian Church.
It will help, yet the real work is done by you and me as we tell others about Christ and how we serve Christ in and through Community Presbyterian Church. Jesus said unto His disciples;
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20)
I believe this call to us begins in our own backyards and neighborhoods.
We’ll soon be getting new reusable shopping bags to give to others. When someone moves into your area, even if they are only moving across town, feel free to come and get a few to give to them as you welcome them as your neighbor.
I want to thank the committee that worked on the billboard and the businesses involved. My prayer is that God add His blessing unto this good work as we seek to reach out His name and share His love.
Also in this newsletter you’ll see a picture of the bench that sits in front of the church. It looks brand new, but it’s really the one donated to the church by Clayton Cooper in memory of his dad. Deb and Jim Robbers took it home, tore it apart, painted it and put it back together. It really is very attractive. On a nice springtime day, you just might find me enjoying a moment on it as I enjoy being pastor to the people of Community Presbyterian Church, to the community of Forsyth and Taney County.
Blessed May springtime to one and all, Dennis STATED MEETING DIGEST April 10, 2014 - 6:30 p.m. QUORUM PRESENT
Pastor Dennis Winzenried opened the meeting with devotional from Philippians 2:1-11, followed by prayer.
Communion to Homebound: April 9, 2014 Mae Leader, Johnie Jones, Pat Larsen, Eleanor Wright, Lenice Matthiesen, Joan Pierce, assisted by elder Vera Hardin.
Pastor Dennis also reviewed his current Presbytery and community responsibilities.
TREASURER’S REPORT (Clayton Cooper) – See financial reports in this newsletter.
OLD BUSINESS - GOALS FOR 2014 Signage (July, 2014) - committee Mary Parr, Pat Seals, Liz Rogers Work is progressing on the design of the billboard sign to be placed at Hwy. Y and Hwy. 160 inter- section. It will coordinate with the shopping bags, car decals and other advertising. A one-year con- tract (May 2014 to April 2015) is signed and paid for.
Small Groups - The first small group started with 18 participants and attendance has been fairly consistent throughout the six weeks. The Wednesday evening meetings will continue as we study the Bible scripture which ties in with the Sunday sermon. If there is sufficient interest in another topic of study, a second group may be coordinated.
NEW BUSINESS Request for Use of Hospitality Room Ozark Mountain Music, which is a 501C3 not-for-profit organization, requests the use of the hospitali- ty room to hold classes Thursday afternoon from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. for three or four students. The maximum number of students for the class would be seven and an instructor and a parent will be in attendance. They are also the proud sponsors of “The Possum Holler Fiddlers”. Approved by elders.
COMMITTEE REPORTS Care of Members (C. J. Gailey, Georgia Roe) A number of cards have been sent recently due to bereavement and illness, as well as visits and phone calls.
Worship (Reed Click, Georgia Roe) Reed Click, Georgia Roe reported Communion was served on Sunday, April 6, 2014 to 71 people dur- ing worship. Parish Activities (Mary Parr, Georgia Roe, Nancy Czerniak, Pat Seals, Jim Robbers) The March 26, 2014 Open House to celebrate Liz Rogers’ painting in fellowship hall was a great event which welcomed the community to share our hospitality.
Building & Grounds (Ralph Taylor, Liz Rogers, Mary Parr, Nancy Czerniak, Pat Seals, Ken Bavuso, Jim Robbers) Short-range Goals. - Progress is being made in accomplishing some of our short-range goals. On May 3, 2014 the committee/volunteers will gather at the church for a work day to identify items for the city-wide clean- up on May 8, 2014. Some items may need to be transported to the county-wide location as scheduled. Bids are in process for propane service for 2014/2015 and incoming propane line repair/replacement.
The next stated meeting of the session will be the third Thursday, May 15, 2014.
ADJOURNMENT On a motion by Pat Seals, seconded by Ken Bavuso, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Pastor Dennis closed the meeting with prayer. 2
Does not include end of month salaries or expenses.
Benevolence Fund Report:
During April we helped 19 families: 4 with Diabetic Focus Group utilities, 3 with rent, 6 with transportation issues and 6 with medical needs such as The Forsyth Diabetic Focus glasses or prescription drugs. Group will meet on Monday, May 5, at 10 AM. A big thank We received many donations to the fund you to John Keith for filling in as from members and friends, many in Moderator last month. Speaker memory of Moss Prewitt. We also received a and topic still to be decided for generous donation from the Slusher Foun- the May meeting. dation. Thanks for your generous gifts! Regards, If you would like to make a donation to the Jack Kinkade
Benevolent Fund, please do so by marking 546-5856 or your check “special gift - benevolent fund”. [email protected] Those who receive our assistance greatly appreciate your gifts! 3
Special thanks to Steve Wood and Susan Bos- well for welcoming us on Easter Sunday morning for our Easter Sunrise Service. It was a glorious morning and wonderful way to begin our Easter celebration. Thanks also for the coffee, sweets and fruit that you provid- ed. Jesus Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!
We would like to update our list of (The picture below is of the sunrise that people who hold keys to the church. morning. Since the printed version is black and white, you’ll have to use your imagina- Do you have front door keys? tion! The sky is streaked with red and blue.) Do you have back door keys? Do you have both?
If you have keys, please let the office know….
Either phone or email [email protected] and let us know what you have.
Church Bar-B-Q Potluck! Sunday, May 18, 2014 Fellowship Hall, 11:30 A.M.
Barbecued meats will be provided
Please bring your special picnic side dish or desert to share
Come hungry!!
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May is such a busy month for everyone. There is Mother’s Day, baccalaureates, graduations, end of year programs and preparing for VBS and several other events I have probably forgotten. All great occasions for celebrations. As I read your newsletters and see the many ways you are pre- paring for such events, I also see how wonderful it is to be a part of the body of Christ. It is fun to get together, share ideas and plan special events when Jesus is your focus. It is also a time when we prepare to celebrate Pentecost. I will have to say that I wish churches celebrated Pentecost as much as they did Christmas and Easter. They are all significant times for the church. I am curious how many churches do have a special celebration on Pentecost and what that celebration entails. I would love to hear from you about your celebration. My email is [email protected]. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Pastor Susan
The Bookies Book Club
The next meeting of the Bookie Club will be Thursday, May 1, at 10:30 AM, in the Hospi- tality Room.
The book we are reviewing is Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years by Sarah Louise Delany, Amy Hill Hearth, and Annie Elizabeth Delany. Bench gets a glamorous makeover! The Delany sisters' collective meditation on American life since Sadie's birth in 1889 and If you wondered where the park bench Bessie's in 1891 in North Carolina. Daugh- ters of the first black Episcopal bishop, they has been-now you know- describe the experience of the duality of it was off getting a facelift! race and class in the segregated South. The sisters migrated to Harlem before 1920 and Thanks to Clayton Cooper for to Mount Vernon, New York, in the 1950s. donating the bench and to Please join us and bring a friend! Deb & Jim Robbers for the facelift!
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A child will soon forget the “presents” you give them, but they’ll never forget your “presence” in their life.
Spring is here! And that means it’s time to seek volunteers who would like to mentor a first grader at Forsyth Elementary School for this fall! We have found that meeting with the child for 30 minutes a week seems to work best. We’ve had fun getting to know our child through games and puzzles (available in the Game Closet in the room where we meet one-on-one with the child), through reading books, or eating lunch with them.
We currently have 61 mentors from 8 area churches who are enjoying their mentor- ing experience. Our goal is for our current mentors to continue this fall with the same child who will be advancing to the next grade. Hopefully there will be 20 new volunteers each fall to mentor incoming 1st graders. These are children who can benefit from a long-term, positive role model in their lives. If you have any ques- tions about being a mentor, please call Jeanne Legge at 546-3255 or talk with one of the other mentors to get some feedback about their experiences.
Many of us travel during the year but have been able to send postcards to the child while we’re gone and share our adventures/pictures with the child upon our return. So, your travel shouldn’t be a barrier in being a mentor.
Training will be provided to mentors in early September. Please pray about how you can be part of this great opportunity to show God’s love for the children of Forsyth and, in turn, have a rewarding experience.
If you want to volunteer, or are just curious and need more information, please leave this form in the church office or in the offering plate.
1 Student + 1 Mentor = 2 Lives, Changed Forever
Name______
Phone______
Address ______
Email address______
Will volunteer as a mentor______Would like more information ______
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Please remember this date! Wednesday, May 21, 1:30 p.m. This is the day of our Annual Sunday, May 11, 2014 P.W. Birthday Luncheon!
The program planned for the day should interest all of us. Leslie Wyman will do a presen- tation on the “White River Historical Society” with a tour to follow. Please come and lend Leslie your support. The “Birthday Offering” this year stays in the U.S. The money collected will go to the “Blue Corn Mother’s Alliance” in Albuquerque, N.M. They work their mission out of the Presbyterian Church of Albuquer- que. We have issued and invitation to the P.W. of Hollister to join us. Please attend and make them feel welcome. While we know that you likely can not make Make plans to join us that day Kristi’s graduation, if for fellowship, refreshments and to you would like to send cards of congratulations, gain some knowledge of our county, bring them by the office along with supporting Leslie in her and we will make sure they get to her. presentation. Also, please support your P.W.! See you there!
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BIRTHDAYS
6 Rodney Parsons 8 Joyce Jensen 11 Beverly Feirtag 16 Jonas Stillings Special thanks to Pastor Dennis, 23 Ron Frostman, Ken Lestrud Gretchen Keith, Pat Seals, Lyla 24 Mel Ballard, Bill Winkert Girth and Denise Carr for the 26 Vera Taylor many hours they have devoted to 27 Charles Baker, Nancy Miedema helping with the Panther Partners 30 Bonita Kissee-Soutee Mentor Program over the past 7
years. Their involvement has ANNIVERSARIES made a huge difference in the 16 Ken & Gayle Bavuso, 44 years success of this program. 26 Arliss & Linda Stillings, 39 years 31 Jeff & Allison Merrell, 14 years Jeanne Legge
To my church family,
Many thanks to Pat Seals and her commit- tee for putting together such a lovely open house for the presentation of my stained glass window paintings. The decorations were beautiful and the luncheon was per- fect. Monday, May 26, 2014
I very much appreciate the attendance by Freedom has its life in the hearts, the my many church friends and others who actions, the spirit of men and so it must chose to come. A big bonus for me was that be daily earned and refreshed– else my three children from Alaska, Illinois and like a flower cut from its life-giving Oklahoma, who grew up watching me paint roots, it will wither and die. over the years, came to support their mom and to see my art. -Dwight D. Eisenhower
Many thanks to Dennis for suggesting this event and for inviting others in town to come. Sincerely, Liz Rogers
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Every Sunday 1 2 3 Sunday School 9:00 am Exercise class Worship 10:00 am 10:30 am The Bookies 10:30 am Bar Assoc 11:30 am Mentor Celebration 4:30 pm AA 7:00 pm
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Yoga 9:00 am Wmn’s Breakfast Exercise class Diabetic Focus Exercise class 8:15 am 10:00 am Men’s Breakfast Group 10:00 am 10:00 am 8:30am Chamber Lunch
11:30 am Lectionary Study
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AA 7:00 pm Choir 7:00 pm AA 7:00 pm
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Yoga 9:00 am Wmn’s Breakfast Exercise class Esther Circle Exercise class 8:15 am 10:00 am Men’s Breakfast 11:00 pm 10:00 am 8:30am Chamber Lunch Calico Cutups 11:30 am 10:00 am Lectionary Study Session Meeting 5:00 pm 6:30 pm AA 7:00 pm AA 7:00 pm Choir 7:00 pm
18 19 20 CHIMES 21 22 23 24 Deadline Wmn’s Breakfast Exercise Class Yoga 9:00 am 8:15 am 10:00 am Church BBQ Exercise class Men’s Breakfast 11:30 am 10:00 am 8:30am
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1:30 pm Piano Recital Lectionary Study AA 7:00 pm 3:00 pm 5:00 pm Choir 7:00 pm 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Yoga 9:00 am Wmn’s Breakfast Exercise Class Exercise class 8:15 am 10am 10:00 am Men’s Breakfast 8:30am
Lectionary Study 5:00 pm AA 7:00 pm Choir 7:00 pm AA 7:00 pm 9 COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH P.O. Box 486 Forsyth, MO 65653-0486
Community Presbyterian Church C O M M U N I T Y PRESBYTERIAN C H U R C H
PO Box 486 271 Main Street Forsyth, Missouri 65653 (417) 546-2584
Dennis Winzenried, Pastor
Website: www.compresby.org
Email: [email protected]
Staff Members
Pastor...... Dennis D. Winzenried Secretary…………………………………….....Denise Carr Choir Director………………………………….Arliss Stillings Organist………………………………………….Linda Stillings Custodian……………………………….……...Paul Weeks
Sunday School 9:00 am Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am 10