The First Presbyterian Church July/August 2018 of Howard County Issue 7 Volcano in Guatemala

Dr. O. Morton Harris, Jr. Volcan de Fuego erupted in Guatemala on Sunday, June 4, just seventeen days Co-Pastor before a small delegation from First Pres headed to Guatemala for a scheduled Dr. Sue Lowcock Harris visit. We knew that our partner presbytery, Union Maya Quiche Boca Costa, Co-Pastor wasn’t impacted; I’d gotten replies to my email queries the day after the Virginia Callegary eruption. The message was, “Thank you for checking on us. We’re ok, but please Director of Christian Education pray for those who are hurt, displaced or can’t find their family members.” The James Galdieri Boca Costa region is west of Volcan de Fuego, and the winds blew the ash cloud Director of Music Ministries to the east. Our partners were safe, but we saw evidence of the damage as we Caroline Smith traveled between the Boca Costa region and Guatemala City. Church Administrator Patricia Travers We didn’t see any evidence of the eruption as we drove to our hotel in Bookkeeper Mazatenango from Guatemala City, but our return trip at the end of our visit Woody Collins took us closer to the volcano. Our usual route was impassable with as much as Church Sexton 3 meters (about 10 feet) of ash covering portions of the road. Even the detour Marla Youkers didn’t take us close enough to see too much of the impact. We crossed rivers Child Care Coordinator whose courses were diverted by large rocks deposited in river beds and saw gray Kathy Moore clouds that continue to rain ash near the cone of the volcano. Godly Play Coordinator We saw first-hand the power of nature in Guatemala, but this wasn’t the only The Rev. Ruth Bell Parish Visitor time a mission team from First Pres has dealt with the aftermath of a natural disaster. In recent years we’ve sent teams to help with disaster recovery in North Carolina, West Virginia, New York and Mississippi. We recently sent money to Cuba to repair the roof of our partner church there after a hurricane damaged it. Church member Pat Curran is a member the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) National Response Team. Our collective compassion is equally evident locally; individuals and groups within First Pres are involved in outreach projects is available online! too numerous to list here. We care about each other and creation. from the menu bar of www.firstpreshc.org Compassion and caring are part of the culture of our church family, and we do it and on well. If you want to be involved in any of the First Pres mission or other outreach activities, please talk with a Session member, Deacon or ourCo-Pastors. http://www.facebook.com/firstpreshc. There’s something here for everyone!

Becky, member of the Guatemala Project Leadership Team

Pa ge 2 Tidings July/August 2018 Worship, Art & Music (WAM) An Offering of Flowers Summertime gardens are full of beautiful flowers - the fruits of our gardens. Let’s share the beauty of God’s world in worship on Sunday! Borrowing from a worship Continues through tradition in Trinidad, this summer there are two more September 2, 2018 special days for you to share floral offerings from your own gardens. 9:00 a.m. First Worship On Sundays, July 29 and August 26 you are invited to bring flowers cut Thirty good minutes from your own gardens to worship. Bring your flowers, in a vase of especially friendly your own choice, to the sanctuary 15 minutes before the service you for families with plan to attend (either 9:00 or 10:00 a.m.). Please write your name on young children. the bottom of your vase on masking or painters tape, so that you are Everyone is welcome! sure not to lose it. 10:00 a.m. If you can donate your flowers to the Deacons’ flower ministry, please Summer Worship All summer we explore the best let the Deacon of the day know, and she or he will transfer your of First Presbyterian’s flowers to a church vase following worship for delivery. worshipping tradition! We can use as many arrangements as everyone can bring. You can It’s a gathering of the whole bring two or three blooms in a bud vase, or an arrangement. Any size, church to glorify God and any color combination, any shape – let’s just enjoy the bounty of enjoy God together. God’s earth this summer with an offering of fruits and flowers from Childcare available the garden! at both services

August 2018 Sunday Morning Worship 9:00 a.m. — First Worship 10:00 a.m. — Summer Worship

August 5 August 26 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Communion Special Guests Exodus 16:1-2, 9-15 & John 6:24-35 Dessa and Cobbie Palm Manna! PCUSA Mission Coworkers in the Philippines Preaching: Sue Lowcock Harris September 2 August 12 Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Communion The Rev. Jennifer Di Francesco, preaching Last Sunday of Summer Schedule Pastor for The Slate Project, Beginning of a Sermon Series a 1001 New Worshipping Community in Baltimore on the Letter of James James 1:17-27 August 19 Preaching: Morton Harris Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Proverbs 9:1-6 & John 6:51-58 Feast! For July 2018 Preaching: Sue Lowcock Harris Worship Information see back page

July/August 2018 Tidings Pa ge 3 WAM News (Continued) 2018 Summer After-Church Grab some lemonade, and gather in the Parlor for conversation. We’ll try to begin about 15 minutes after the 10:00 a.m. service Origami Butterfly Project concludes. Watch First Day throughout the summer for more opportunities. Come join in this year’s summer craft project during July 15 – GA Report Lemonade on the Lawn. We’re folding origami butterflies Pastor Sue served as a Commissioner to the this year - and they’re much easier than last year’s cranes. 223rd General Assembly of the PCUSA in The butterflies will be used in VBS decorations. So linger St. Louis last month. after the service to enjoy some lemonade, snacks and fellowship while folding paper butterflies. July 22 – Israel and Palestine, part 2 Everyone is welcome! Pastor Sue continues to share about her experience in the Holy Land. Akwaaba Sunday Flowers July 28 – Travel Anyone? Many people have been asking Pastor Sue Help decorate the sanctuary for Akwaaba Sunday, to lead a trip – To the Holy Land? September 9, 2018, with some beautiful fall pansies in To Reformation Switzerland? To Scotland? various colors! In August, order forms will be available at Sue will talk about what’s involved, how the Welcome Desk and in the bulletins. much such a trip might cost, and what we The cost is $3.50 each for a 4 inch pot. might do and see in each of these places. The deadline for ordering is Sunday, August 26. We’ll see what kind of interest there is for a If you have any questions, please contact the church office, trip and where people might like to go first! 401-730-3545 x10. If you cannot attend this After-Church conversation, but are extremely interested Free Concerts in traveling, and have an opinion about Federal Brass of the U.S. Army Field Band will perform where you’d like to travel, please talk to innovative chamber music on Thursday, August 16 Pastor Sue! at 7:00 p.m. in the Spirit Center at Glen Mar Church, August 26 – Mission work in the Philippines 4701 New Cut Road, Ellicott City. with our guests, Dessa and Cobbie Palm, Visit www.glenmarumc.org/summerconcerts/ or call 410-465-4995 ext. 209 for more information. and Young Adult Volunteer Emma Warman. WAM Wants you to remember... The Fall Worship Schedule starts with Akwaaba! Beginning on September 9, 2018, the Sunday morning schedule will be:  8:30 a.m. Worship  9:30 a.m. Education Hour  10:30 a.m. Worship  11:30 a.m. Discipleship Hour with Ministry Fair Mark your calendars—paper and electronic—so you will be ready in the Fall! See you in Church!

Pa ge 4 Tidings July/August 2018 Christian Education TAKE OUT CHURCH! We try to remember that God goes with us wherever we go but sometimes that isn’t so easy. Pick up a “Take Out Church” box from the Welcome Center before your vacation to help you stay connected with God and your church while you are away. The take-out-church pizza boxes are for families with children or youth and contain individual and family activities, prayers, games, and a few tools to help you worship. There are also red folders available for adults to try Take Out Church. Pick one up today and take First Presbyterian Church on vacation with you this summer!

Children’s Story : coming soon to a pew near you… Thanks to The Howard and Pat Baughman Fund and The Memorial Fund we will soon be adding Growing in God’s Love: A Story to the pews in the Sanctuary. This will give children the opportunity to look at the pictures and read the stories of our faith while they are worshipping as part of the family of God. We also hope that the very presence of a children’s bible in the pews will reinforce the message that children are welcome in worship here. Look for Growing in God’s Love in the pews before the end of the summer!

Christian Education News CE wants all teachers and volunteers who helped make the Education Hour a success to know how much their work is appreciated. If you or your children attended classes this year, please take a moment to seek out the teachers of those classes to let them know how much you value their dedication and energy. We are always looking for new volunteers with ideas and enthusiasm. Please consider talking with someone on CE about whether you might serve in this way next fall, even if only to be an occasional volunteer. You can find out more by talking with Virginia Callegary, the DCE or any elder on CE or by calling the church office. A short survey is available online if you have ideas or topics you’d like to see for Adult Education next fall: http://firstpreshc.org/cesurvey/. Please take a few moments to fill it out and join in the conversation, even if you’ve never participated in the Education Hour. Right now we have commitments from Paula and Erin to continue the book studies on race next fall, as well as from Bill to do a ten-week series on Histories and Mysteries of Jesus and His Times. We will be adding other classes as we hear from you during the summer and fall. Enjoy the summer break, and we look forward to seeing you in September!

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Vacation Bible School 2018 Hero Central—Discover Your Strength in God

Monday-Friday, July 23-27, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 3 years (potty trained) through rising th5 graders Due to the overwhelming response, this year’s VBS is currently full. If you would like to be put on the wait list, please contact the VBS Director at [email protected] or speak with DCE Virginia Callegary.

VBS Volunteer Meeting Sunday July 8, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. All adult volunteers are encouraged to attend this VBS kick-off meeting. Receive class lists, lesson plans, see examples, learn about this year’s mission and more. *Yummy lunch will be VBS Needs … provided.* If you have any questions please contact Toilet Paper and Paper Towel Rolls for a craft [email protected] or speak with DCE Virginia project. We have 80+ kids so as many as we can Callegary. get is appreciated. Please leave them in the box in the Lower Commons under the VBS display.

Summer Camps, Conferences & Mission Trips Tuesday, July 10 - Friday, July 13 Massanetta Mid-High Conference, Harrisonburg, VA Sunday, July 15 - Saturday, July 21 Montreat - Senior Highs, Montreat, North Carolina Please keep our youth and their leaders in your prayers as they travel to the various camps, conferences and mission trips this summer!

Children’s Water Day Sunday, August 19, 2018 at 11:15 a.m. Meet outside by Lemonade on the Lawn. Activities for preschool and elementary-aged children. Wear clothes that can get wet and bring a towel. For safety reasons children must be accompanied by an adult.

Pa ge 6 Tidings July/August 2018 Fellowship Opportunities Discipleship and Caring Ministries Run a Lemonade Stand with all the benefits! Oh, the smiles that will reward you! Woody sets up the Lemonade. You bring a treat to share and give out smiles during fellowship after each service. Clean up is smooth with all that sweetness passed around. Gather kids, grandparents, fellow pew mates to man the stand. To sign up, look in the lower commons, call the church office, or leave word at the stand. We appreciate your service! Grab Your Float! When the last of summer is floating away...... after the 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. services on August 26, join us outside for a Root Beer Float. To remember the event, say this five times: Sweet Creamy Cold sucked up by a straw. Sunday, August 26, 2018—Root Beer Floats! Come join us for this sweet treat to celebrate the summer season!

Thank you to everyone who donated Lego® bricks for our Lego® Night in June. Thanks to you we had more than enough Lego® bricks to have a wonderful building party!

JUST ONE CAN …. PLUS!!! - July - Personal Dignity Products As part of the Board of Deacons’ continuing campaign against hunger in Howard County, our featured donation for July is PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS. Hygiene Products??? What do they have to do with Hunger? Food Stamps do not cover cleaning and hygiene products so your donations will free up cash that people can use for food and other necessities. The day-to-day struggle for food is hard enough without having to worry about the simple dignity of personal cleanliness. Recommended items: shampoo, deodorant, disposable razors, toothpaste, bar soap, detergent.

July/August 2018 T idings Pa ge 7 LGBTQ+ Pride is for the Church Too by Peacemaking/Social Justice Committee At 1:20 a.m., on June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, in New York City--a safe space for gays, , , and many of the poorest and most marginalized citizens. The legal system, at the time, was bent on entrapping, harassing, and criminalizing anyone who was, or associated with, , , and transgender people. Tired of this system of injustice and oppression, patrons and neighbors of the Stonewall Inn fought back. This event triggered six nights of riots against police forces, who were deliberately targeting the LGBTQ+ community—these riots became known as the Stonewall riots. Peaceful demonstrations and marches have been held annually around June 28th to commemorate the events at the Stonewall Inn, the day that the LGBTQ+ community proclaimed its right to freely congregate and exist in public spaces. Fast forward to 2012, President Obama officially declared the month of June to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month in the . While these events were indigenous to the US, LGBTQ+ Pride is now celebrated around the world at various times of the year. Pride is not just for the LGBTQ+ community, but for family, friends, and all allies, too. The Church can also support and celebrate our LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters in Christ, who seek to fully live out their lives, and who pursue the Church’s mission of peace and justice. One, visible, way you can show your support is by attending Pride Parades and events. Furthermore, several organizations within the PCUSA and the body of Christ work with congregations and communities for the full inclusion and affirmation of LGBTQ+ Christians. During this season of Pride, consider educating yourself about the work of the Church within our denomination and the church universal.  More Light Presbyterians www.mlp.org Find out how our church could become a More Light Congregation.  The Covenant Network of Presbyterians www.covnetpres.org Strengthening the Church and working for full inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community .  Q Christian Fellowship www.qchristian.org National conference, gatherings for LGBTQ+ Christians and allies to worship & fellowship.  PFLAG “uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and [LGBTQ+] with families, friends, and allies” www..org How could you support our local chapter in Howard County? Most importantly, our church family can make every effort to be welcoming and affirming during the season of Pride and throughout the year. We are all part of the body of Christ! Cuba Mission Trip Elder Alice and Co-Pastor Morton Harris spent the weekend of June 24 with our partner congregation in Calabazar de Sagua, Santa Clara, Cuba. Arriving Friday, they found a large Cultural Arts Weekend in progress in the Central Park. Large crowds enjoyed food and drink stands, inflatable slides and children’s rides, parades, and huge music-videos playing loudly day and night. Alice and Morton enjoyed time with church members, talking and eating. They saw damage from October’s hurricane; the repairs made so far are pleasing to see, but there still is much to do. They saw the new/old pastor’s house which has come back into the ownership of the Church, saw homebound members, worshipped on Saturday and went to Sunday School on Sunday (the adult lesson was about climate change). It was a fruitful visit, with good

ideas sparked for our future involvement!

Pa ge 8 Tidings July/August 2018 Deacons Annual School Supply Drive

The Deacons will be collecting school supplies for the Running Brook Elementary School and Prepare for Success from Sunday, July 29 through Sunday, September 2. Please bring your donations to the Collections Center located in the Lower Commons. Look for the bins marked “School Supplies.”

Needed items are:  Backpacks  Notebooks (wide rule only)  Wide Rule Notebook Paper  #2 Pencils  Safety Scissors  Glue Sticks  Highlighters  Rulers  Pencil Boxes  Binders (1 inch wide, 3 ring)  Crayons- Boxes of 24  Markers- 8pk Thin & 8pk Thick  Colored Pencils- 12 pack  Marble Composition Notebooks (wide rule)  Dividers  Ziploc Bags- Gallon & Sandwich  Spiral Notebooks (wide rule only)  Pocket Folders (with and without fasteners)  Large Pink Erasers  Pencil Top Erasers  Facial Tissue  Index Cards  Sticky Notes  Fifth Grade items: Protractors and Expand-A-File

Many thanks to all who helped last year! Your help with this Ministry is greatly appreciated. Start looking for those sales! Please email the church office with any questions.

July/August 2018 Tidings Pa ge 9 The Green Page

Going Green and living more sustainably are becoming increasingly necessary as well as more attractive and satisfying. This "Green Page" will look at one sustainability topic each month, with ideas to consider and steps to use individually and as a congregation to care for and honor God's amazing creation.

Hurricanes and Climate Change While hurricanes are a natural part of our climate system, recent research suggests that there has been an increase in intense hurricane activity in the North Atlantic since the 1970s. To be classified as a hurricane, one must have maximum sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour (mph) (Category 1). The highest classification in the scale, Category 5, consists of storms with sustained winds exceeding 156 mph. Since the mid-1970s, the number of hurricanes that reach Categories 4 and 5 in strength has roughly doubled. Hurricane activity based on storm surge data from tide gauges further indicates an increase in intensity. For coastal communities, the social, economic, and physical scars left behind by major hurricanes are devastating. In the future, there may not necessarily be more hurricanes, but there will likely be more intense hurricanes that carry higher wind speeds and more precipitation because of global warming. Scientists are continuing to refine our understanding of how global warming affects hurricane activity. New research using modeling suggests that there has been an increase in intense hurricane activity over the past 40 years. The intensification of hurricanes over time has been linked to rising ocean temperatures. It is estimated that the oceans take in nearly all the excess energy created by global warming, absorbing 93 percent of the increase in the energy from 1971 to 2010. Since 1970, sea surface temperatures worldwide have warmed by about an average of 0.1 degree centigrade per decade. Sea levels are also rising as the oceans warm and seawater expands. This expansion, combined with the melting of land-based ice, has caused global average sea level to rise by about 7 to 8 inches since 1900—a trend that is expected to accelerate. Higher sea levels give coastal storm surges a higher starting point when major storms approach and pile water up along the shore. The resulting storm surges reach higher and penetrate further inland in low-lying areas. The risk is even greater if storms make landfall during high tides. Based on this evidence, many scientists project that, in general, hurricanes and storm surges will become more intense in a warming world. However, even though scientists are investigating this evidence, they caution that uncertainty remains for many of them. Hurricanes remain particularly challenging, because they are such complex and relatively rare events. By Jeff

Earth Forum of Howard County—2018-2019 Third Sunday at 2:00 p.m. 2018: October 21 and November 18 2019: January 20, February 17, March 17 and April 28 Mark your calendar and join us for the Earth Forum!

Pa ge 10 Tidings July/August 2018 Mission News Success! th Cold Weather Shelter End of Year Wrap Up On May 20 we held our first trivia event, with the aim for The CWS coordinators met at our church last month to review the raising money for our pilot year. Of the 18 participating congregations, First Presbyterian by far University Scholarship program had the most guests and the highest total bednights. Our census in Guatemala. 40 people ranged from 19 to 31 guests per night (next highest was attended, and the competition Kittamaqundi right after us with 24-26 guests). Our second week had was tight from the beginning. 192 bednights (total of heads in beds for the week), the next highest However the dream team of was again Kittamaqundi right after us with 175 (mostly due to us). Luke, Bruce, and Dede managed The guests ranged in age from 1 to 68 and 88% of them had never to break out of the pack and been in the CWS before. Many of our guests had jobs which is a good win the coveted extra fancy thing, but it was a particular challenge to get them to work on time. crowns. Be sure to congratulate Christ Memorial Presbyterian would like to partner with us next year them on their hard-won victory. to supply as needed drivers. The family of 5 who was with us is now The event brought in $2556.10 in permanent housing. for the program, and a great Thank you, thank you to everyone who worked extraordinarily hard time was had by all. to make this such a success. We have a reputation for a well run shelter thanks to all of you. Margot

9th Annual 5K Family Run for Coffee Report Thank you to the congregation for your generous support of the 9th Annual 5K Family Run For Coffee. 36 runners, 33 walkers, and over 30 volunteers, plus a number of families, friends and even pets enjoyed a fun morning at Hopewell Park on April 28. Corporate and individual sponsorship raised over $9000 and allowed us to meet our 2018 goal of helping 20 families from the Union Maya Quiche Boca Costa Presbytery (our partner presbytery in Guatemala) increase their family income by growing coffee on their land. This brings the number of Mayan families supported over the first nine years of this project to over 180 families. The money raised in April has been sent to Guatemala and spent by local Presbyterian Church leaders who purchased and distributed the coffee plants and fertilizer. The majority of the new fields have already been planted. These fields will flower and produce coffee fruit a year from now. In just a few years the coffee plants will reach full maturity and the sale of the coffee will increase a family’s income by an average of 20%. Thank you to our corporate sponsors: Columbia Association, Assured Partners Benefit Advisors, Benchmark Motors, Charm City Runners, Cigna, Financial Foundations, Inc, EClass Fitness, HC Walterhoefer, Longfellow Nursery School, Paul Davis Restoration, RoadRunners, and Walnut Springs Nursery, Inc. And to the planning committee: Conrad (chair), Kathy, Joe, Kristin, Woody, Andy, Pat , Doyle, Kimberly, Becky and Trey .

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Conversations on Race Updates by Paula

We would like to thank everyone for their support and interest in all our activities this year. We tried to do a little more this year, in addition to our book discussions and Conversations On Race monthly meetings. We were able to view a short documentary produced by students from Morgan State about the national anthem. We met with a representative from The Center to discuss ways we can do more in our community. We provided bulletin inserts and shared some videos during February for Black History Month. We met with some of the Mission Team and other church members to come up with ways we can do more outreach in Howard County. And in April, I was able to attend the Baltimore Presbytery’s Presbyterian Women (PW) Spring Gathering, and share some of our work with the attendees. We have some great things planned for next year in all these areas. There has been a lot of interest in the books we are reading as a group. We wanted to share the tentative list for next year. Not all of these books will be taught, and the list is subject to change. We will be starting with Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong by Paul Chaat Smith. This discussion will be led by Genevieve and Sequoyah Simermeyer. Other books being considered are: We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates; Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo by Zora Neale Hurston; An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice by Khizr Khan; The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein. In addition to these books, we have spoken to Morton about teaching a book that he is interested in sharing with the congregation. We also hope to have a couple movie viewings with discussions. Thanks for all your support and love.

2018-2019 Stated Session Meetings Unless otherwise noted, meetings are on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. 2018: August 28, Saturday, September 8 (Session Retreat), September 25, October 23, November 27, 2019: January 22, February 26, Thursday, March 21, April 23, May 28, Saturday, June 22, August 27

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Church Office and Building will be closed on: Wednesday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. and on Monday, September 3, 2018 in observance of Labor Day.

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The First Presbyterian Church Of Howard County July/August 2018 Issue 7 web version

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Growing deep and wide!

July 2018 Sunday Morning Worship 9:00 a.m. — First Worship 10:00 a.m. — Summer Worship

July 1 July 22 Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Communion Baptism Lamentations 3:22-33 & mark 5:21-43 Jeremiah 23:1-6 & Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Stop! Flock! Preaching: Morton Harris Preaching: Morton Harris July 8 July 29 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 2:1-5 & Mark 6:1-13 2 Kings 4:42-44 & John 6:1-17a Resistance! Bread! Preaching: Sue Lowcock Harris Preaching: Sue Lowcock Harris

July 15 For August 2018 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Worship Information Amos 7:7-15 & Mark 6:14-29 see page 2 Trouble! Preaching: Sue Lowcock Harris

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