First Presbyterian Church of Glidden April 2021

NOTE FROM PASTOR ANNA Friends in Christ:

I hope all of you have a wonderfully celebratory Easter. Last year was an Easter like none of us have ever experienced. Not only could we not worship in person, but so many of us could not be with our families at large. This year will be a joyous one as together we celebrate that Christ is Risen indeed in person and online through the church’s Facebook page at Glidden Presbyterian Church. With more and more vaccinations available families are able to meet, hug and celebrate Easter together. How wonderful is that? I know I am excited that I can finally receive my first vaccination on April 1st. No fooling. We will also celebrate the unique love that Christ offers us in our Maundy Thursday service where we will celebrate communion. Please join us for worship to celebrate Easter on April 4th at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School for children will take place at 9:30 a.m.

I look forward to visiting with you in person as opportunities to be vaccinated become more readily available. If you want to contact me, please call me at 503/847-1938 or email me at [email protected]. I hope all of you have a great Easter. Jesus the Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed.

Blessings,

Pastor Anna Small

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Your gift of $250 was deposited in the Project Share account created by the Thank you for the cards, text, City of Glidden electric utility to assist needy Glidden households in paying and good wishes for our their wintertime energy bills and monthly meals. Those qualifying for help anniversary. Where did 60 are carefully identified by a local community action agency. All Project years go? Share contributions are available only to Glidden residents until funds are depleted. Thank you.

Thank you again for your generous gift. Ron and Jane Burdine City of Glidden Where are they now? Ames. The three lived in an apartment while Kris and her mother finished their degrees in education. During those This month’s focus is on Kristie Junker Mohning, years, Kris said her mother became her best friend. daughter of Paul and Marian Junker . She was born in St Anthony Hospital in Carroll, Iowa and grew up in a house Upon graduation, Kris was seeking a teaching job th across the street from the Glidden Park. She had four when Principal Galen Franz called her. He had a difficult 6 siblings – Julie, Jerry, Sharon, and Jill. Throughout her grade class opening. He told Kris he didn’t usually hire young life, the family moved to Kentucky, Minnesota, and graduates but he was trying to find someone who wouldn’t finally resettled in Glidden with Paul and Marian running be shocked by the naughty things this class was guilty of the Busy Bee Café and adding the Frosty Mug Drive Inn. and he immediately thought of her. She was not shocked After Paul died the two businesses were sold, and Marian and enjoyed these little challenges very much. She th had to lead the family as the only parent and she did. continued to teach 6 grade math in Glidden for the next several years. One memory from these early years was when Paul came home with a Volkswagen Van, In 1972, Kris married Randy Peters in the First quite the vehicle in the early 60’s. Presbyterian Church in Glidden with Marian was not pleased. When the Rev. Bosman as officiate. The vehicle broke down in the hills of Presbyterian Church had been Kris’s Kentucky, it caused a stir as all the religious home growing up where she people came to gawk, never having taught Sunday school and was seen a vehicle like that one. confirmed. Throughout this marriage the couple celebrated the addition of Kris admits that school was two daughters, Mollie and Kate. easy for her but, also, admits she was a mischievous student causing grief to The couple left Glidden, and th some of her teachers. She played Kris accepted a job teaching 8 grade clarinet in the band under the in Alton, Iowa. Following this, she direction of Hugh Eiche. At the advice moved to Mount Ayr and taught for of her band teacher, she faked playing one year. Next, she was hired to th in concerts which she points out teach 8 grade in LeMars, Iowa. She pretty much describes her musical ability. There were no taught in LeMars until her retirement. Kris taught middle sports for girls at this time, so she became a cheerleader. school for over 40 years. Her brother Jerry said that she looked like a giraffe, but at In 1991, Kris married Steve Mohning in the least she had a loud voice. As a junior, girls’ track was Lutheran Church in LeMars. Steve had custody of his four added to the high school where Coach and Principal Dale children (twin boys Alex and Adam, older brother Matt, Johnson pitted her against Jerry at every practice. She and older sister Nichole). The twin boys and Mollie were remembers the time she finally beat him. Dale had the the same age, so everyone referred to them as the triplets. right idea because Kris ended up leading her relay to the Neighbors referred to the family as the “Brady Bunch” with state track meet. To the chagrin of her home ec teacher three girls and three boys. With all the children being and the laughter of her peers, she remembers winning the athletes, much of their time was spent in gyms. Kris Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow Award. Theater remembers one week they had over 20 basketball games. under Merle McCrea and writing with Ruth Robb are both Today, this blended family has expanded to include highlights from these years. thirteen grandchildren. The year was 1968, Kristie’s years at GR were For thirty years now, Kris has been a professional complete. She attended college at Wayne State in story teller. She got started after taking a graduate class Nebraska for one year and then transferred to Iowa State. on story telling taught by June Wishman. Kris began telling Her mother Marian decided she wanted to further her stories in coffee houses and joined the Story Tellers of education and along with 6th grader Jill, they moved to Sioux City. When she was ready to produce her first brochure, she needed a story telling name. She was telling When I asked Kris if she had received any awards, stories in Glidden to raise money for the new library. One she told me that her greatest award is when she meets story she told was the “The Wide Mouth Frog”. Later in adults and children to stop her to tell her about a story the day, she was sitting on her sister Julie’s front step they remember. Life passes very fast and so Kris’s advice is when a little boy rode by on his bicycle. He stopped and to enjoy every day, look at the glass half full, and never said, “Hey, aren’t you the frog woman? You sure are a forget to laugh. After losing her mother last fall, Kris points great frog!” Kris thought a minute and then excitedly out that it is the laughter that you will remember. replied, “Yes. Yes I am.” And the Frog Woman was born. Kris and Steve’s story is longer than normal, but we Kris continues to share the story of how she got her name with young children. Kris has told stories at festivals, should expect this from a great story teller. It was a churches, schools, clubs, and many other venues. Mother tremendous joy to spend ninety minutes with a lady who Marian became interested in storytelling, and their first grew up in Glidden and has done so well in life. telling together was at a Christmas party for the First National Bank in Glidden. Kris was glad to have had the opportunity to share stories at mother Marian’s assisted Kudo’s Korner living center. Another special moment with her mom was when both of them told stories for daughter Kate’s 3rd To the Scouts who led grade class. When Marian passed away last fall, Kate worship on Sunday, February 28th shared how special it was to be able to introduce both her mother and her grandmother to tell stories to her class. It and to their leader, Jeremy was a memory the three of them cherished. Douglas. Scouting is a great Even after retiring, Kris is still telling stories in her service for our community and First daughter Kate’s 3rd grade classroom. Now, there is a bulletin board in Kate’s room with a large world map. At Presbyterian was honored to host the top of the map is the title “Stories from Around the them. World with the Frog Woman”. Each Friday Kris selects a country, researches the country, dresses in her Frog To God for delivering his Son Woman clothes, takes her frog stickers, and heads to Kate’s room. She first tells the students some interesting facts as a sacrifice for our sins. Blessed about the country they are going to visit. Next, she puts a Easter to all. frog sticker on that country. Then she shares several stories from the country she has chosen. She is anxious for Covid to end so she can see the faces of the children as they share her stories once again. When her grandmother SYMPATHIES: Marian passed away last fall, Kate asked for her grandmother’s rocking chair to put in her classroom. Now, To Harry & Judy Reever & when Kris is able to go back into Kate’s classroom, she will families on the death of Rich Reever, see that chair and it will be like Marian is there listening to nd the stories once again. Harry’s brother on March 2 . Kris and Steve are now retired and reside in Adel, To Ron & Jane Burdine & Iowa. Attending sporting events of their grandchildren keeps them busy. Both of them list reading as their families on the death of Jeff Johnston, favorite hobby along with playing cards. Kris likes to play Jane’s brother on March 15th. Jeff video games and swim with her grandchildren and, of course, telling stories. Steve enjoys putting 1000 piece was buried at the Iowa Veterans puzzles together. They attend the Methodist church in Van Cemetery in Van Meter, Iowa. Meter.

A New Face in the Pew they have all sorts of therapy animals). Therapy animals are there to help the emotional and mental If you have been to church recently you may have met being of someone other than their owner. The the recent church visitor. Tesky is a 1-year old mini cancer ward at a hospital, nursing homes, special aussiedoodle (Australian Shephard crossed with a needs classrooms, are all good examples of where a Poodle) who can normally be found hanging out with therapy animal may visit. Think of his 13 year old boy, Treynor Cose. the cancer patient who has been Tesky, who is named after a brand in the hospital for weeks or the of horse tack, weighs a whopping lady who has recently moved into 21 pounds and is a fluffy, fun little a nursing home and had to leave a dog who doesn’t shed (mom’s pet back with a family member. only requirement when picking The unconditional love of a pet can out a dog for the house). Treynor bring so much joy and happiness shows Tesky in Greene County 4- to these individuals like they do H. He does Rally (a course with their owners everyday. Therapy different commands), agility dogs must also be “invited” into a (obstacle course with jumps, place of business and must pass a tunnels, etc), and obedience. Canine Good Citizen test. Listed So why has Tesky been going to below are some of the things church? Have you ever heard of a Tesky will be evaluated on: therapy dog, service dog, or emotional support dog? -Greets a friendly stranger Well ever since Treynor got Tesky, he has talked about -Sits politely for petting wanting Tesky to be a therapy dog. Funny thing for a -Moves politely through a crowd -Reacts with confidence to distractions 12-year boy to want to accomplish. So, I asked him, -Walks as directed on a loose leash “Why?”. Treynor responded, “I like to help people -Welcomes being groomed, brushed, allows and this way I get to bring my dog with and show paws and ears to be handled. everyone what he can do.” So, let me educate you a little on all three types. A service dog is exactly that. Bringing Tesky to church helps him work on most of A dog trained to do a service or a job, like a seeing eye these requirements. So, unlike a service dog who should not be petted, we would love for you to come dog, or a dog trained to assist someone in a up and pet Tesky. You don’t want to bend down, no wheelchair or someone who has seizures. Service problem, just let Treynor know and he will bring Tesky dogs are generally trained by a professional dog to sit politely by you on a pew. The more opportunity trainer for someone else. They can and do go that Tesky gets to learn to “control himself” around everywhere with their owner and do not need to be strangers, the more prepared he is going to be when “invited in” to any place. They generally wear a we bring him in to get evaluated. Thanks for your help and thanks to the church for giving Treynor this “service dog” vest and they should not be pet while opportunity. “working”. An emotional support animal (as it could be more than just a dog) is an animal whose sole “The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the purpose is to give mental and emotional support to ability to love as unconditionally as a dog.” ~M.K. Clinton their owner. Sometimes, the owner has some sort of “Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as mental health condition (i.e. anxiety). Emotional soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation, and support animals don’t generally have any special almost as good for the soul as prayer.” ~Dean Koontz training and they must be “invited” into a place of business. The third type, is a therapy animal (again The PC(USA) is a Confessional Church The

Most of the information comes from “What Unites Composed by John Knox and five others in 1560 in Presbyterians” by Clifton Kirkpatrick and William H. four days, the Scots Confession was, in a very real sense, a Hopper, Jr. political document, because it was written for the Scottish Parliament to be enacted at a time when Scotland might The Presbyterian Church (USA) is a confessional have become Roman Catholic. church, defining who we are and what we believe. The The is comprised of two ancient from the early church: the Apostles A different structure has been used for the and the Nicene Creed. Six come from the Reformation Heidelberg Catechism, since there is one question and one period: the Scots Confession; the Heidelberg Confession; or more answers for each Lord’s Day of the year, so it has the Second Helvetic Confession; and three written by a been readily adapted for Sunday school classes. Also group of Puritan clergymen of the Church of England --- written at a time of political and ecclesiastical high tension, often called the Westminster divines --- between 1643 and the catechism was well-known to the Reformed Church in 1649 at Westminster Abbey in London, The Westminster Germany at the time when Hitler wanted conformity in the Confession, the Westminster Larger Catechism, and the state church, but those who wrote and voted for the Westminster Shorter Catechism. Four are modern creeds: knew of the courage and conviction the Theological Declaration of Barmen from Nazi era in inherent in this catechism. Germany, the , A Brief Statement of The Second Helvetic Confession Faith – Presbyterian Church (USA), and The Confession of Belhar. The following are brief comments on each. Heinrich Bullinger was successor to Huldrych Zwingli after Zwingli was killed. As pastor of the The Nicene Creed: magnificent Great Munster Church in Zurich, Bullinger This is our oldest creed, and it came about because wrote the Second Helvetic Confession of 1561. The the Emperor Constantine wanted peace in the church as confession contains thirty chapters, “divided between two devout persons struggled to articulate their faith. So he major sections: the first on theology and the second on the called the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325. The principal issue church ministry, and sacraments, the latter incorporating revolved around the nature of Jesus. Was he human? Was the earlier teaching of Zwingli. he divine? The Westminster Confession with the Larger and The Nicene Creed is the only creed fully recognized Shorter Catechisms of 1647 by the church in the West and the church in the East, that Until 1967 these were the sole confessional is, by the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches in the documents of Presbyterians in this country, the theological West and the Orthodox churches in the East. When the glue that held the church together. The Larger Confession World Council of Churches meets, this is the one creed that has thirty-three chapters and “all” of Christian doctrine is familiar to and accepted by all. from the creation to the last judgment. The covenant of The Apostles’ Creed works with Adam is noted, as is the covenant of grace made in Christ. It needs to be said, first, that the Apostles’ Creed is not properly named – it does not come from the early The Theological Declaration of Barmen apostles – but is correctly named in that it accurately Written in 1934, at the time of Adolph Hitler was reflects the teachings and beliefs of Christians from very bringing every institution in the Third Reich under his early times. control, this declaration had political persuasion, passion, This probably the best known and most used creed and power. In it “the foundation of the Church was held to in the PC(USA). be in the Revelation of God in Jesus Christ and not in any subordinate revelation in nature or history, and her primary mission was defined as to preach the Gospel of the the church should stand by people in any form of suffering. free Grace of God,” It claims that individual, racial and social segregation is sin, and that all forms of segregation always lead to enmity and The Confession of 1967 hatred.

The theme of this recent confession is reconciliation, and the underlying biblical text is 2 Corinthians. At the 170th General Assembly in 1958 at April Birthdays and Anniversaries Pittsburg when the United Presbyterian Church of North America and the Presbyterian Church in the United States -2nd-Mark and Marlys Conner of America merged, a Special Committee was chosen to write a contemporary confession for the “new” Anniversary denomination. The Confession of 1967 was adopted in rd Portland at the 179th General Assembly in 1967, along with -3 -Gordon and Karla Cose adopting the Book of Confessions. Anniversary A Brief Statement of Faith -5th-Brad Mueggenberg The Brief Statement of Faith is a statement of faith adopted by the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1991 as a part -17th-Madison Douglas of its Book of Confessions. The statement was forged th during the union of the United Presbyterian Church in the -18 -Suzy Danner United States of America and the Presbyterian Church in th the United States in the formation of the Presbyterian -18 -Keith Danner Church (USA) after being composed by a Special -29th-Matt Conner Committee that was quite diverse.

The Confession of Belhar

The confession was adopted by the synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa in 1986. In 1994 the Dutch Reformed Mission Church in South Africa and the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa united to form the

Uniting Reformed Church in South Africa (URCSA). The confession was added to the Book of Confessions in 2016 by the 222nd General Assembly of the PC(USA) at its meeting in Portland.

From Wikipedia: According to the Belhar Confession, unity is both a gift and an obligation for the church. This unity originally referred to non-segregation between Christians of different races, but after the formation of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Africa (URCSA) in 1994, the word "unity" came to refer to administrative unity within the managerial structures of The heart is never ready, the time is never right the denomination. to say good-bye. Thank you for all the cards, calls, and hugs you gave us with the passing of Another key theme of the Belhar Confession is the my brother, Jeff. Your kindness will never be dichotomy of reconciliation and the justice of God. forgotten. Thank you. According to the confession, God is the God of the destitute, the poor, and the wronged, and for this reason Ron and Jane Burdine