The Salt Shaker

“You are the salt of the earth . . .

You are the light of the world.” — Jesus (Matthew 5:13-14)

J ANUARY 2 0 2 0 Parkville PresbyterianOUR MISSION Church 600 × 337 “ To all who received Where Everyone him, who believed in is Loved, his name, he gave Where Everyone power to become Belongs children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of In this Issue : the will of man, but of God. 3. Pastor’s Perspective 4. SPEAC Renovation And the Word became flesh and One Service Sundays in 2020 and lived among us, and we 5. Extravagant have seen his glory, the glory Generosity, Per Capita as of a father’s only son, full 6. The Year in Pictures of grace and truth.” 7. “Be the Church” — John 1:12-14 8. Children’s Pageant

9. Featured Folks Your generous Christmas donations have been — or are being -- delivered. Among them: Christmas gifts for two families at Hillcrest Transitional Housing, coats, sweaters, and snacks for veterans at the VA Hospital in Leavenworth and homeless women at Cherith Brook. And bright, beauti- ful welcome bags for international students at Park University. The mis- sion team delivered 31 bags to Park University to welcome the incoming international students for the 2020 spring semester. A huge thank you to Hillcrest Gifts everyone who donated items, assembled the bags and helped with the de- livery. This ministry would not be possible without the help of the congre- GOD’S MISSION gation and the SPEAC food pantry, so again thank you! Park University is FOR US: very grateful for our partnership. A few students have already arrived but To accept, most will arrive January 9 and 10. embrace, and love all people, For your many gifts, in the best Park U. Welcome Bags through Christ spirit of the season, thank you! who loves us!

January Banneker Benefit—Feb. 24

Food Pantry

NEWS

1/1 Herb Tillinghast 1/3 John Broyles

SPEAC Food 1/4 Wanda Moore A few tickets remain! Pantry is being 1/5 Anna Davis 2020 Banneker School Foundation reconfigured Breakfast— Mon, Feb. 24 1/7 Steven Shrawder, Michael Gunn in January 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM— Park 1/11 Blair Walker, Jack Miller and only com- University—8700 NW River Park Dr 1/13 Finley Bogener modities will Mabee Learning Center 1/14 Paige Cook be distributed, Commercial Underground Please join us in our annual 1/15 Carol Lehman, Jessica Bloomer so NO SPEAC fundraiser breakfast! We will have 1/17 Bob Grant FOOD DONA- a keynote guest speaker as well as TIONS ARE an update with the restoration 1/17 Mary Ann Bleish BEING RE- project. Tickets are $35.00 1/20 Sandra Annis QUESTED AT 1/21 Laura Ozenberger THIS TIME. Spring All-Church Garage Sale 1/22 Hunt Listrom If one of your New Year’s resolutions 1/23 Ken Selvidge See article includes reorganization and cleaning 1/24 Randy Smith, Greg Nook, Melissa Overfelt about the pro- out those closets and storage 1/25 Aaron Wilt ject on page 4, containers, remember to set aside and we’ll an- items for the Spring All Church 1/26 Pamela Godlove, Jan Myers ticipate being Garage Sale. You can even price your 1/27 Missy Wilt ready to re- items as you set them aside. All 1/29 Sharon Adair proceeds will go toward local ceive dona- mission projects. The date will be set tions and cus- soon. tomers again Looking Back

in February! on Christmas Eve Blessed are they . . . Happy are those . . . We had three beautiful worship ser- However your New Testament vices on Christmas Eve. Thank you to the many folks who served as ush- renders the translation, Jesus’ Sermon ers, readers, Communion assistants, on the Mount is a favorite teaching and candle lighters. Thank you to for many of us. And during the Johanna Strother for staying through month of January we will have the all three services and helping in in- opportunity to study it with fresh numerable ways. Thank you to our eyes, ears and perspectives in the choir for their incredible offering Sojourners’ Sunday School class at of Messiah at 7pm. It was a beauti- ful Christmas Eve. Thank you!

9:40. Rev. John Brentlinger will lead the studies in Room 312. Join us!

The Salt Shaker P a g e 3 Pastor’s Perspective ~ Rev. Steve Andrews These are questions I hear all the time: three services reminded us of Christ’s hum- ble beginnings and the message that sent Why did Jesus say the poor will always about God and his values. be among us? It means something that, when he came What should I do when I see people beg- to Earth and took on human form, the One ging at the intersection? we worship did not simply give up the trap- How much do I have to give, and when pings of divinity, he chose not to adopt the and where should I give? trappings of a wealthy or prestigious human life. He did not come in fancy clothes. He did Am I a wealthy person, and what does not have a royal or noble birth. He did not that have to do with a camel and the eye grow up to seek a formal education. He was of a needle? not a great entrepreneur. In our day and When our God came to age, in our society, Earth, he was born in pov- questions of faith, erty, lived in poverty, and wealth, and poverty died in poverty, while are natural. We can teaching rich young rulers see signs of inequal- that they ought to give all ity all around us. We their possessions to the know of neighbor- poor (Mark 10:21), remind- hoods—or we come ing us that God will always from neighborhoods, meet our needs (Matthew or our family mem- 6:33) whether we are poor bers live in neighborhoods—where opportu- or rich, and declaring that the poor would nities are scarce, life is hard, and only the always be among us (Matthew 26:11, quot- exceptional kids feel they have a chance to ing Deuteronomy 15:11). move out and move up. What do we make of all this? How do we Surely Jesus, who speaks about matters answer the pressing economic questions of of money more than almost any other topic, our time, and how does Scripture inform has something to say about this. and guide us? These are the questions we’ll In our upcoming worship series, from be exploring from January 5th to February January 5th to February 16th, we will explore 16th, In our upcoming worship series, God’s these and other questions of faith, wealth, Economy. Join us, and let’s embark on this and poverty. We began, in a way, on Christ- journey together! mas Eve, where messages at each of our

Little Dresses for Africa Workday: Friday, Jan. 3, 1-4 pm, Whipple Hall SPEAC is Reconfiguring!

During the month of January, you will hear the sounds and see the sights of renovation in PPC’s basement. Our own SPEAC (Southern Platte Emergency Assistance Center) food pantry is reconfiguring the basement space to expand storage, add new refrigerators and freezers, and prepare to serve even more clients in the coming year. In these times, demands on food pantries everywhere are growing, and SPEAC is no exception. In addition, because of SPEAC’s relationship with the USDA, we are receiving new dairy commodities on a regular basis and need places to store them. In response, SPEAC is paying for renovations in the basement area of PPC, reconfiguring some of the walls you see when you walk in through the east doors off Route 9. The walls separating the main storage area from the current SPEAC office and waiting room will come down, resulting in a new, expanded storage area, and new walls will go up to define this space. At the same time, SPEAC will move its office to the back hall- way, and a new, smaller waiting area will be created there. The new space will better meet the needs of SPEAC operations and clients, and help our food pantry serve even more people in need in 2020. Praise be to God!

Save the Dates for ONE WORSHIP SERVICE SUNDAYS!

Mark your calendars for February 23rd, 2020, when we will gather for one worship service at 10am for Trans- figuration Sunday. Sunday School will be at 9am. For 2020, the Session has approved four one-service Sun- days: February 23rd (Transfiguration Sunday), May 31st (Pentecost Worship in the Park), October 4th (World Communion Sunday), and November 15th (Thanksgiving Sunday). Mark your calendars are plan to join us for all four of these special services of worship!

We enjoyed writ- ing Christmas greetings to Veterans on December 23!

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A Note about 2020 Boxed Contributions Envelopes and Per Capita Envelopes Please pick up your offering envelope box in the Narthex, placed in alphabetical order by last name. The 2020 per capita amount ($43.04) is written on the box and the per capita blue envelope is the first one in the box. A couple of notes about the offering envelopes: 1: Most giving numbers have changed for 2020 so please do not continue to use 2019 envelopes into the new year! 2: If you checked DO NOT want envelopes on your pledge card, there shouldn't be a box with your name on it. And that means you won't have a blue per capita envelope. However, there will be for you some per capita envelopes on the table beside the boxes of envelopes and we encourage you to take and remit as you are able. Again, the 2020 amount is $43.04. 3: If you DO want a box of offering envelopes and don't find your name, please let Jolene (office manager) know and we will get one for you soon! YEAR IN REVIEW — Some candid photos from PPC in 2019

The Salt Shaker P a g e 7 “Be the Church” Sunday - Dec. 28

We had a beautiful Be the Church Sunday on December 28th, enjoying streamlined worship and then engag- ing in service, either at the Hillcrest Thrift Store or by making Bags of Grace (filled with snacks, water, and resources for those in need). Thank you to all who participated!

Children’s Christmas Pageant

Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse!

The Salt Shaker “And a little child shall lead them.” — Isaiah 11:6 P a g e 9 Featured Folks — Janet and Steve Walker

Janet and Steve Walker are long time members of PPC. In fact, Janet was baptized, married Steve here and they raised their two daughters, Nicole and Alyssa, in our church. Both are elders (many times over) and Janet is completing a term as our treasurer for which service we are very appreciative! Thank you, Janet.

Many required chores are somehow mysteriously done at PPC and Steve is one of those who makes that happen. For about eight years he has been the lawn mower operator which requires mov- ing the mower from back to front by means of the elevator. Steve is semi-retired from FleishmanHillard where he is in public relations.

Although, not their professions, music is a close second to being that. Steve plays with three different groups including the Park- ville and NorthWinds symphonic bands and The Little Big Band and is usually to be found on Sunday playing drums or the trum- pet at PPC services. Janet is a member of the Parkville Symphonic Band and frequently joins Steve playing at church. Family is im- portant to the Walkers and so not surprisingly the daughters and their husbands – all music profes- sionals as educators—have occasionally joined in. Janet’s parents and a brother and sister-in-law were also active in the music program of PPC. AND young Catie Chapple, Steve and Janet’s oldest granddaughter sang (quite beautifully!) a solo in our recent Christmas program. (It has been sug- gested [source not cited] that you cannot be a member of the family unless you are musically gifted.)

Married 40 years the couple met—drum roll—in the marching band at Park Hill High School. Thanks Janet and Steve for all your contributions to the life of Parkville Presbyterian Church!

Thank you to Celtic Artist and Kansas City native Connie Dover for sharing another splendid evening with us in December. Parkville Presbyterian Church January 2020

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 10:00a.m. Morning 1:00p.m. Little Circle Dresses for Africa

OFFICE CLOSED 7:00 p.m. Right Side 5:30-7:30p.m. Girl Of the Tracks Scouts #1505

5 8:30 a.m. Worship 6 7 8 9 10 11 9:40 a.m. Sunday 1:00p.m. Marjorie School Williams visitation 11:00 a.m. Worship 2:00p.m. Funeral 6:00p.m. Cub Scouts Service 4:30p.m. Middle School 5:30p.m. IFD & High School Youth 6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts 6:00p.m. Bible Study 6:30p.m. Session Group 7:00p.m. Boy Scouts 700p.m. 20/30 7:00p.m. Evening Vision Young Adult 7:00p.m. Choir 7:00 p.m. Right Side 6-7:30p.m. Scouts Circle @Church Group Of the Tracks

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10-1:00p.m. Days for 8:30 a.m. Worship 10-2:00p.m. SYNOD 9:00a.m. Worship 2:00p.m. SPEAC Girls 9:40 a.m. Sunday Committee Board Meeting School

11:00 a.m. Worship 7:00p.m. Generosity, 9-11:00a.m. Girl

Risk Taking, Mission,& Scout Troop #1505

B&G 6::00p.m. Cub 5:30-9:00p.m. Scouts 6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts NORTH soup swap

3-5:00p.m. Girl Scout 7:00p.m. Boy Scouts 7:00 p.m. Right Side 6:00p.m. Bible Study 7:00p.m. Choir Troop #3114 7:00p.m. 20/30 Of the Tracks

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:40 a.m. Sunday OFFICE CLOSED 8:45-11:00a.m. Girl School MARTIN LUTHER Scout Troop #1505 11:00 a.m. Worship KING DAY 6::00p.m. Cub Scouts 4:30p.m. Middle School 7:00 p.m. Right Side of & High School Youth 6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts 6:00p.m. Bible Study the Tracks Group 7:00p.m. Boy Scouts 7:00p.m. 20/30 7:00p.m. Choir Vision Young Adult 26 27 28 29 30 31

8:30 a.m. Worship 9:40 a.m. Sunday 6::00p.m. Cub School 11:00 a.m. Worship Scouts Noon: February Salt 7:00p.m. Final Friday Shaker News Deadline 6:00p.m. Bible Study Community Concert 7:00p.m. 20/30 6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts Vision Young Adult 7:00 p.m. Right Side of 4-7:30p.m. Pine Derby 3-5:00p.m. Girl Scout 7:00p.m. Boy Scouts Group the Tracks Cub Scouts

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Sunday Worship 8:30 & 11:00 Salt Shaker published monthly by a.m. PARKVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Church School: 9:45 a.m. The Rev. Steven Andrews, Pastor Church Office: 816-741-1641 Paul Erickson, Director of Music and Arts & Organ- E-Mail: [email protected] ist www.parkvillepresby.org Jolene Shaw, Office Manager News Deadline is NOON — Last Sunday of Month