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NOVEMBER 2014
First United
Presbyterian
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6 0 5 N . W eb s t e r A ve .
De Pere, W I 54115
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Editor-Mark Young
mark@firstunitedpc.org
Fruitcake. What is it about
fruitcake? Forget about politics, or
religion, or even relationships. If you
want to bring up a topic that will
bring a visceral reaction - whether
positive or negative - fruitcake has
got them all beat by a mile.
Honestly, I can’t say I remember
ever eating fruitcake as a young
person. However, I do remember
that as holiday breads go, fruitcake
received an inordinate amount of
bad publicity. Now, of course, we
could argue that some of that bad
press was well deserved.
Indeed, not all fruitcakes
are created equal. That
being said, I have
personally never seen a
fruitcake being used as an
actual doorstop. So why all
the controversy over this
traditional holiday dessert?
I think fruitcake, like
Christianity, has some
interesting similarities, as well as
some unfair prejudices that need to
be recognized. First, let’s start with
the fact that fruitcake and
Christianity both seem to have a
great deal of focus drawn on their
failures. To be sure, both fruitcake
and Christianity have had some bad
batches, but let’s be clear - what
dessert or group hasn’t?
Second, both fruitcakes and
Christians seem to have resigned
themselves to all the negative hype.
Let’s face it, there aren’t a lot of
fruitcake devotees who are willing to
go out and market their preferred
dessert choice (except our Men’s
Club). In the same way, Christians
these days tend to keep a low
profile and are rarely seen in the
marketplace endorsing their
message.
Finally, fruitcake and Christianity
both share in common that they are
both the victims and agents of their
own current state of affairs. This is in
part due to the very ingredients that
make up both. When one looks at the
list of ingredients in fruitcake, one is
struck by the list of delicious and
decadent ingredients (fruitcakes are
not cheap to make). In the
same way, are we not
amazed by the assortment
of people who bring an
embarrassment of riches
when it comes to time,
talent, and money to the
Church? How can anything
with such great stuff go
wrong?
Potential is something that
we judge on a rather demanding
curve. When we see potential in
desserts or people, and they don’t
meet our expectations, we tend to
judge rather harshly. I want to take
this opportunity to encourage you
to try something that involves both
fruitcake and the Church. If you have
had a bad experience in the past,
perhaps it’s time for you to give them
both another try. I will be so bold as
to say you may even find that you’re
pleasantly surprised! After all, it
would be a real tragedy to miss out
on something that could be the best
thing you’ve ever tried!
In Christ,
Luke
“Taste and see that
the Lord is good”
Psalm 34:8
What’s Going On...
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The
Contemporary
Readers Group will meet
Sunday, November 2 at
5:30pm in the Koinonia
Lounge. Dr. Alan Finesilver
will review A House in the
Sky
("an extraordinary
narrative of forgiveness") by
Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett. Contact
Jean Hamersky, Lee Richardson, or Anneliese
Waggoner for more information.
We’re cooking up another
Simple Supper! This month’s
gathering is scheduled for
Wednesday, November 5,
at 5:45pm. Our church’s
Session (Ruling Elders) will
be hosting a seasonal meal
of soup and salad with bread and desserts.
Bring your family and friends to enjoy an
evening of good food and great fellowship.
November 2 is a Packers’
“bye”, but don’t worry fans,
you can come and tie! The
next session of Warmth of the
Son fleece blanket tying is scheduled for Sunday,
November 2 right after our worship service. Earlier
blankets have been given to Golden House and
the St. Vincent ER S.A.N.E. nurses.
Our next blanket donation will be to
the De Pere Fire & Rescue team.
See page 6 & 7 for some
heartwarming stories about the
value of those blankets.
Hey guys, you are
invited to join us for our
Men’s Bible Study &
Prayer Group during
November. We’ll be
meeting on Thursday,
November 6 and 20 at
7pm for a chance to learn more about the Bible
and what it means in our lives. The group
meets on the first and third Thursdays of each
month. We hope you’ll come out and try it!
Have you ever wished you
knew more about what
it
means
to
be
a
Presbyterian? Would you
like to explore how our
denomination fits in today’s
world? Don’t miss an
engaging, four-week study
called “Presbyterian 101” led by our own
Pastor Luke Farwell. It begins Sunday,
November 2 at 8:30am in room 11.
The
Presbyterian
Women’s Election Day
Bake Sale is coming on
Tuesday, November 4
beginning
at
7am.
If you’d like to help with
donations of baked goods, please drop things
off in the church kitchen by November 3 for
packaging. Be sure to vote on Tuesday and
check out all the goodies at the Bake Sale!
The secret ingredients
have been mixed, the
ovens have cooled, and
the decorating is done.
Now the good part - the
58th Annual Men’s Club
Fruitcake Sale officially
begins Sunday, November 9 after church. Get
a great holiday treat, and help the Men‘s Club in
their support of various church projects. (Rumor
has it that you can get one early at the P.W.
Election Day Bake Sale on November 4!)
The Presbyterian Women
Used Book Sale is going
on through November. Hard
covers are $1, and paperbacks are only $.50. Be sure
you have enough reading
material for the long winter. You never know
when your e-reader batteries will run out!
Books can make great Christmas gifts, too. It’s
not too late for book donations. Just leave them
in the Family Life Center under the magazine
table. Thanks for supporting P.W. mission.
What’s Going On
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Awakenings is our church’s
adult Sunday School class that
meets on Sunday mornings at
8:30am in the Koinonia
Lounge. Here are the
scheduled plans for November:
11/2 & 9 - Complete the series
called “Being Reformed: Faith
Seeking Understanding - Recognizing God's
Grace”
11/16 & 23 - Review the recent Adult Mission
Trip experience and explore how lessons
learned might be applied to local needs.
11/30 - Special Advent multi-generational
Sunday School gathering (details to come).
If you’ve been considering
officially joining our
church, please mark your
calendar for Monday,
November
24. That
evening at 6pm, we’ll be
hosting a New Members
Class for anyone who wants to consider the
possibility. For more details, contact Pastor
Luke (luke@firstunitedpc.org).
We hope you’ll plan to join us
for our annual Thanksgiving
Eve Worship Service on
Wednesday, November 26
at 7pm. This year, our
church will host the gathering
as we join with our friends
from First Presbyterian in Green Bay for a new
holiday tradition. This special service will feature
Pastor Luke Farwell, a sermon by Rev. Randy
Argall, and music from our Handbell Choir plus a
combined choir of singers from both churches. Our
Connecting Ministry will host a fellowship time with
coffee and treats following the service.
The Presbyterian Pantry
“Item of the Month”
for November is:
canned fruit
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The first gathering of the
new College of Elders
and Deacons was held
last month, and Jean
Schneider was named our
first Elder & Deacon
Emeritus. Here is Jean’s
message:
Dear Church Family,
What a wonderful and
meaningful evening. Thank you for the overwhelming honor of Elder & Deacon Emeritus.
One of my favorite hymns is “They Will Know
We Are Christians By Our Love” and definitely
by what we do. I know that anything I accomplished was not done alone, but was our church
family working together. Thanks for the chance
to live our mission. Thank you again for the
love and friendship through the years. What a
wonderful treasure you and our church are.
Love in Christ,
Jean Schneider
There have also been several requests to
reprint two personal and meaningful readings
quoted by Cindy Finesilver and Tom Bayer
during their presentations. Here they are:
If there is light in the soul,
There will be beauty in the person.
If there is beauty in the person,
There will be harmony in the house.
If there is harmony in the house,
There will be order in the nation.
If there is order in the nation,
There will be peace in the world.
Chinese proverb
Author unknown
Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever… you can!
John Wesley
“Rules for Christian Living”
Christian Education Ministry News
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by Meggan Farwell, D.C.E.
Teacher Update
Amy Bohstedt is teaching in the
3rd and 4th grade classroom with
Sue Planert and Jen Van De
Hei. Sorry we missed you in the
October newsletter, Amy!
Intergenerational Sunday
School
Mark
your
calendars
for
November
30,
December
28,
and January 4.
On these three
dates, we’ll have
an opportunity for all ages in the
church to attend Sunday School
together!
All classes will meet together
at 8:30am in the Family Life
Center. The themes will be
Advent, Christmas and
Epiphany.
Come join us for lessons,
activities, and of course a snack
or two!
Special Bibles
Hopefully
many of you
were
in
worship on
Sunday,
October 19,
when many
of
our
children
received
their Bibles.
We give special Bibles to our
pre-K and 3rd grade students
(and some who are older and
didn’t receive one before).
This year the following children
received Bibles: Charlotte
Bressers, Mackay Campbell, Ari
Lenhart, Remy Lenhart, Daisy
Lester, Ian Mackey, Taylor
Noble, Lucas Planert, Elizabeth
Renier, and Thomas Sevcik.
It is our hope that they, along
with their parents or grandparents, will read them and use
them. With that in mind, we
selected Bible editions that are
appealing and age appropriate.
The pre-K
- a g e d
children
received
the
My
F i r s t
Hands-On
B i b l e .
J e s u s
taught with hands-on lessons
and illustrations. This version
uses the same experiencebased learning to communicate
God’s Word in an active,
understandable way.
Each
lesson focuses on a specific
Bible point through a variety of
activities in order to reinforce
and help young children
remember the stories and
lessons.
In addition to the
stories and activities, there are
fun illustrations, prayers, and a
special “Jesus Connection”
feature.
The 3rd grade children received
The Adventure Bible. It takes
you on a fun, exciting journey
through God's Word. Along the
way you meet all types of
people, see all sorts of places,
and learn all kinds of things
about the Bible. Some of the
exciting features include “Life in
Bible Times” (descriptions of
what life was like in ancient
days),
“Words
to
Treasure” (highlights great
verses for memorization), “Did
you Know” (interesting facts),
and “People in
Bible Times” (a
close up look
at
amazing
people in the
bible, among
many others)!
There
are
copies of both of these Bibles in
the pre-K/Kindergarten classroom as well as in the 3rd/4th
grade classroom downstairs.
I also have copies in my office.
Family Halloween Party
Our first Family Halloween
Night was a great success with
more that 40 people in
attendance! We shared a meal
and played lots of fun games pumpkin
bowling,
m u m m y
wrap, overu n d e r
pumpkin
pass, and
Halloween
b i n g o .
In
our
devotion before going home, we
talked about how each one of us
is like a pumpkin. God lifts us
up, takes us in, and washes the
dirt off of us. God opens us up,
touches us inside, and scoops
all of our yucky stuff out. God
carves us a new smiling face
and puts God's light inside us
for all the world to see.
C. E.
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Christmas Pageant Plans
Your Ruling Elders
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The date has been set for our 
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December 21 during worship.
The pageant will be a “traditional”
story of the birth of Jesus and will
include all of our Sunday-Schoolaged children.
Parents and
children will receive more
information by mail soon.
Nursery Volunteers
We are still looking for more
volunteers to add to our rotating
list in the nursery. Individuals
would help for one Sunday every
few months (if enough people sign
up) from 8:15 until 11:15am with
Trish Voss, our wonderful paid
nursery aide.
With our Safe Church Policy, we
need to have two adults (at least
18) with our children at all times.
Also, there are Sundays when
Trish cannot be here due to family
obligations.
If you are willing to give of your
time on an occasional Sunday,
please contact Meggan Farwell or
Cindi Barnett. You will also need
to fill out a background check
through the church prior to volunteering. You can pick up a form
from Meggan, Cindi, the church
office, or in the bin outside of my
office. Thanks in advance for
your help!
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Cindi Barnett
Bob Bivins
Dave Griffin
Cayley Griffin
Amy (Braun) Nelson
Judy Nighorn
Ken Nyberg
Allan Pagel
Tom Paulson
Sue Pranke
Jamie Tyrrell
Lora Warner
Mark Welle
A message
from Mark
Hello!
I’m
Mark Young,
Communications
Coordinator for our
church. During the past
year, I’ve tried to find
ways to make this
newsletter
more
informative,
more
interesting, and even a
little bit fun.
Now I’m asking for your
opinion. Please take a
few minutes to let me
know what you like about
this publication and what
you’re not so crazy about.
Tell me what you’d like to
see more of and what you
don’t care for at all.
Please contact me at
mark@firstunitedpc.org
with your thoughts. Let
me know how to make
our newsletter as useful
and
interesting
as
possible. Thanks!
Your Deacons
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Judy England
Cindy & Alan Finesilver
Sydney Goddard
Karen Hanold
Marilyn Heim
Annette Kinchen
Sally Lindow
Becky Nyberg
Renee Pajkos
Nancy Rosenthal
Barb Ryan
Kathy Thorpe
Jim Sjolie
MEET YOUR STAFF
PASTOR: Luke Farwell
luke@firstunitedpc.org
DIR. OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION:
Meggan Farwell
dce@firstunitepc.org
YOUTH COORDINATOR:
Sherri Baierl
sherri@firstunitedpc.org
COMMUNICATIONS & VIDEO
COORDINATOR:
Mark Young
mark@firstunitedpc.org
OFFICE SECRETARY:
Sonja Baumeister
info@firstunitedpc.org
TREASURER:
Sue Planert
treasurer@firstunitedpc.org
ORGANIST: Julie Mackey
CHOIR DIRECTOR: Andrew Parks
HANDBELL DIRECTOR: Noah Reif
CHURCH CUSTODIAN: Jim Ziebarth
C O N N E CT I N G …
by Anneliese Waggoner
...to Our Community and to God’s World
Kettner. In addition, Lois
A nice crowd gathered in late Pelishek and Lee Richardson
September when we hosted a delivered meals to the Freedom
r e c e p t i o n f o r Y a s m i n House.
M o s q u e r a , a P C ( U S A ) If you would like to help prepare
International Peacemaker from the meal or serve at the Shelter
Colombia. Yasmin told us of her on the third Tuesday of each
life and work in our partner month, please contact Cindi
Barnett at 737-5376 or
condi.barnett@snc.edu.
International Peacemaker
Seeing Red?
P re sb yt e ry of Ap a rta do ,
Colombia. In her native
Spanish, she told us about the
ongoing suffering of the many
displaced people, and that our
prayers for her people are vital
in keeping their hope alive. Our
own Patricia Welle translated for
the group and reached out in
such a warm and friendly way to
make Yasmin feel comfortable
in her first trip to the U.S.A.
If you are seeing red, you might
be looking at one of the 85
members of our church who
purchased a t-shirt with our PC
(USA) logo. These shirts will be
great for identifying our
members when they play
softball or volleyball or do
service around the community.
There are a few extra shirts for
anyone who missed the
ordering deadline.
Need some Winter Exercise?
The Ecumenical Partnership
for Housing is looking for
people to help with snow
removal at the various EPH
homes around the city. If you
NEW Shelter Update
would be able to help out
occasionally, please contact
On Tuesday, October 21,
Lori Dill at 498-1178 or Jamie
283 meals were served at the
Tyrrell at jamie@tyrrell.com.
New Community Shelter. The
Update on
meal was prepared by our team
John and Gwen Haspels
of Bruce Kilmer, Deb and
Dennis Hibray, Lee Richardson, Our Presbyterian Missionaries
and Joe and Barb Williams. in Ethiopia
Cupcakes for dessert were who were
prepared by Betty Pajkos. victims of a
Dinner was served by Amanda r a n d o m
shooting
Beck, Bruce Kilmer, Jean and
continue to
Ken Schneider, Betty and Kevin
rest and recover in a hospital in
Pajkos, Cindi Barnett, and Mike South Africa surrounded by their
& the Connecting Ministry
three daughters. They are so
grateful for the outpouring of
love and care they have
received from so many people.
For the latest updates on their
condition, check online at
www.presbyterianmission.org/
ministries/world-mission.
Mail cards or letters to
Presbyterian World Mission,
John and Gwen Haspels, 100
Witherspoon, Louisville, KY
40202. If you wish to contribute
to their recovery, send your
financial gifts to Presbyterian
World Mission, PO Box
643700, Pittsburgh, PA 152643700 for Extra Commitment
Opportunity
account
#E200359.
“Warmth of the Son” Update
Our blanket tying group
received the $174.40 local
portion of our Pentecost
Offering to help them with the
materials needed to continue
their efforts.
Recently, Anita Sevcik and her
son were buying more fleece
and discussing with the store
manager what our church was
doing. A woman in the next line
overheard and said, “I don't
mean to interrupt, but a couple
years back my family was
having some rough times. A
group that helped us gave us a
blanket. We love that blanket
and still have it. Bless you for
what you and your group are
doing."
More feedback comes from
Nurse Dana Stueber at St.
Vincent Hospital. She wrote,
“An E.R. patient I was caring
for...I think she was 14 years
old… “ (continued on next page…)
C O N N E CT I N G . . .
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(continued)
The building we stayed in was
safe, hygienic, and wellorganized. We visited the
neighboring Mid-Town Global
Market for dinner, a place
organized by the community to
give small entrepreneurs a yearround location to sell their
products. The Urban Immersion
staff then ran a lively Q&A on
poverty statistics. Of the factors
wh ich de crea se h un ge r,
affordable housing is the most
effective.
“She had had a difficult week…
wisd o m t ee th re mo ve d …
stomach issues. It turned out she
needed to have her appendix
removed. I thought about your
blankets and felt that one of
those was what she needed.
I gave her the one with the
musical notes! That was the first
time I saw her smile! She went
up to surgery covered by your
gift! Thank you all for making a
difference in her life!!”
That’s what we call sharing the In 2012, 9% of Minneapolis
“warmth of the Son”.
adults were unemployed, but
23% lived in poverty
[city-data.com, 10-10-2014].
Getting Acquainted with
Statistics can be found at
Poverty
www.wichurches.org/resources/
by Pat Schock
combating poverty and at
www.census.gov/topics/income
poverty.
On Saturday, one volunteer
venue was Dress for Success,
a national franchise which sells
donated clothing suitable for
business interviews at very low
prices. Their Autumn Sale for
On the weekend of October 10- the public was in progress. The
12, a group of nine people from staff there is outstanding:
our church participated in a professional and friendly.
mission trip to Urban Immersion
Our group
in downtown Minneapolis. This
a l s o
program, sponsored by the
bagged
Minneapolis Council of
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pounds of
Churches, gives participants a
potatoes
chance to see the lifestyle of
into
fivepeople living in poverty and do a
p
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short service project. The people
bags
for
who participated were Pastor
Second
Luke, Dave and Susan Leiber
Harvest
(the leaders of the trip), Cindi Heartland.
Barnett, Diane Betz, Mike
Kettner, Sue Pranke, and The third service project was
a shift at the Greater
Kathy Zeitler.
Minneapolis Crisis Nursery,
a respite nursery for parents in
temporary crisis.
The last direct contact with
conditions of poverty was dinner
at a charity dining center, the
Kitchen of Opportunities.
After dinner the staff organized
a simulation around making
choices and seeing if your
family had money at the end of
the month. Half the groups did,
and half did not.
Our group met on Sunday to
see how our new learning could
apply locally. Some ideas we
came up with were:
*Support E.P.H. and its
Salvation Army budgeting
component...
*Set aside a place at
church for a respite
nursery...
*Support a community
venue, like New Leaf
Market, which supports
small entrepreneurs at
low cost...
*Pursue our vision with a
group of churches…
We pray with God’s people
here and elsewhere and seek
His will for all.
This is the latest of a series of monthly
articles by Jean Hamersky highlighting all
the ways that people can be connected
with others in our church.
Pray that I may have the grace to let you be
my servant too.
This month’s topic is: Mission
We are here to help each other walk the mile
and bear the load.
When we hear the word mission, we often
think of going outside the church walls and
into the world to spread good will and the
Christian faith. However, we might think about
our “mission” within our church
congregation. Our gratefulness to God
motivates us
to work on our relationship with God and with
each other. That motivation
encourages us
to use our gifts and talents within our church
family. As we get involved in the church, we
get to know each other and are able to minister to each other. One of our hymns, “Will
You Let Me Be Your Servant”, speaks to this
mission:
I will weep when you are weeping; when you
laugh I’ll laugh with you.
“Will you let me be your servant, let me be as
Christ to you?
If you need any help in getting connected,
contact Jean Hamersky at 265-4417.
We are pilgrims on a journey; we’re together
on the road.
I will share your joy and sorrow till we’ve
seen this journey through.”
What might be your mission within our
congregation? What is your passion? What
are your gifts and talents? What are your
interests? Do you want to blend into an
already existing group, program, or activity?
Or are you ready to start something new?
Speak up and let us know you. We are
pilgrims on a journey, and we are together on
the road!
Presbyterian Women News & Notes
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November 3, Monday = Bake Sale prep and set up @ 6:30pm
November 4, Tuesday = Election Day Bake Sale @ 7am (until sold out)
November 6, Thursday = PW Coordinating Team Meeting @ 9am - Room 11
November 6, Thursday = Mission Sewing @ 9:30am - Koinonia Lounge
November 13, Thursday = Ruth/Talbot Circle @ noon - Koinonia Lounge
November 15, Saturday = Papercrafting @ 10am-3pm
November 19, Wednesday = Esther Circle/Women’s Bible Study @ 9:30am
November 25, Tuesday = 4th Tuesday Readers @ 7pm - Library
If you would like more information or are interested in attending any of these events,
please contact Julie Mackey at 337-0890.
Presbyterian Women invite you to a magical Christmas Tea and Boutique on
Sunday, December 7, at 3pm. The Koinonia Lounge will be transformed into a winter
wonderland as we share music, traditions and refreshments lovingly connected to the
Christmas season. Watch for more details as the date gets closer.
Save the dates - June 18-21, 2015. The national 2015 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian
Women will be meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota! Not Louisville, not Orlando, but practically in our
own back yard. There's no excuse for not attending this exciting, spiritually uplifting event. Visit
www.presbyterianwomen.org/gathering for more details. Registration opens January 15, 2015.
F.U.P.C. Time Machine
Each month we’ll share an old photo of one of our
current church families. See if you can guess who it is,
then watch for more details next month!
Here’s last month’s photo…
It’s the Gauger family - Sara
and Robert with daughters
(l to r) Sheila, Brenda, and Lisa
from round 1981!
Sara is a life-long member of our church
who married Robert Gauger in 1962. She
has been involved with our Mission Sewing & knitting groups throughout the
years. Robert passed away in 1993.
Brenda joined F.U.P.C. in 1984. She’s played on the church softball
team, served as a youth group leader, and is ordained as a Deacon and
an Elder.
Lisa was confirmed here in 1980 and married Dennis here in 1985.
Their daughter, Betsy, was born in 1987. Lisa is ordained as an Elder
and Deacon, is a former Sunday School Superintendent, and remains
actively involved in the Christian
Education and Fellowship Ministries.
Sheila joined this church in 1982, She graduated from West De Pere
High School in 1985, and married Loren in 1991. Their two sons,
Robert and Elijah, are both currently in college. Sheila and Loren
own a small business called “The Plant People Design Center”.
Here’s our next Time Machine
photo from the early 1980’s. See
an up-to-date picture and find
out more about them next
month!
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Worship Volunteers
Happy Birthday!
1-
Elaine Farwell
10 -
Lavon Scott
Danielle Pahl
11-
David Malcolm
4-
Jan Nelson
13 -
Seth Merrifield
5-
Eric Renier
15 -
Tyler Bredael
6-
Joan Melcher
25 -
Martha “Mert” Bayer
Mark Young
Craig Cuene
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Ryan Bredael
Abigail Renier
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Karen Hanold
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Elaina Deprez
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Sue Goral
28 -
Rita Kilmer
Sydney Lindow
Dates to Remember
New Member Class
Monday, Nov. 24, 6pm
Thanksgiving Eve
Worship Service
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 7pm
Greeters
2 - Kip & Kellyn Pelegrin
9 - Anneliese Waggoner
& Mae Rohde
16 - Eva Cannon &
Amanda McLaughlin
23 - Gus & Karen Hanold
30 - The Bayer Family
Liturgists
2 - Karen Hanold
9 - Jan Nelson
16 - Sue Goral
23 - Lynnee Schmidt
30 - Dawn Picard
Acolytes
2 - Keely Dorn
9 - Violet Smale
16 - Blake Van De Hei
23 - Cole Griffin
30 - Michella Bauer
Ushers
2 - Vera Dauffenbach, Frank
Petiniot, John Smith, & Jim Van Abel
9 - Dennis Hibray, Bob Knuth, Jean
Schneider, & Paul Weiss
16 - Steve, Lori, Adam, & Alex Dill
and Donna Cass
23 - Wally & Laurel Heil and Tom &
Eric Renier
30 - Dave, Cassie, Cayley, &
Cole Griffin
Elder of the Month
Dave Griffin
Deacons of the Month
Nancy Rosenthal and
Cindy & Alan Finesilver
Intergenerational Sunday School Class
(for the first Sunday of Advent)
Sunday, Nov. 30, 8:30am
NOVEMBER 2014
SUN
MON
2
3
830a Sunday School,
Awakenings ,
Presbyterian 101,
& Choir Practice
945a Worship w/Communion
1045a Coffee Fellowship
11a Blanket Tying - KL
530p Contemporary
Readers - Lib
2p County Election
Day Set-Up
530p B&G - Library
6p W&M - 5th/6th
630p Connecting-R11,
L&S - KL, Bake
Sale Setup
7p CE - Md Hi Rm
Ministry Monday
9 Fruitcake Sales Begin($12) 10
TUE
4 Election Day &
WED
THU
5
6
PW Bake Sale
17
6p Handbells
630p Private Rms 12-13
545p Simple
Supper
630p Middle /
7p Men’s Bible
Senior High
Study - KL
11
12
18 Shelter Cakes 19
830a Sunday School,
Awakenings - KL,
Presbyterian 101 - Rm 11,
& Choir Practice
945a Worship
630p Session - KL
23
24
1045a Coffee Fellowship
13
Ministry
Minutes Due
8
14
15
Newsletter
Deadline
10a Papercrafting Rm 11
12p Ruth/Talbot
Circle - KL
20
6p Handbells
630p Private Rms 12-13
630p Middle /
730p Church
Senior High
Steps String Band
25
830a Sunday School,
Awakenings - KL,
Presbyterian 101 - Rm 11,
& Choir Practice
945a Worship
6p New Member
1045a Coffee Fellowship
Class - KL
830a Intergenerational
Advent Sunday School,
& Choir Practice
945a Worship
1
21
22
28
29
930a Esther Cir
1045a Coffee Fellowship
30 First Sunday in Advent
7
SAT
9a PWCT - Rm11
930a Mission
Sewing - KL
830a Sunday School,
Awakenings - KL,
6p Handbells
Presbyterian 101 - Rm 11,
& Choir Practice
630p Private 530p Endowment
Rms 12-13
945a Worship
Committee - 5th/6th
630p Middle /
1045a Coffee Fellowship 630p Deacons - Rm11 730p Church
Senior High
Steps String Band
16
FRI
26
Ministry
Agendas Due
6p Handbells
630p Private Rms 12-13
7p Thanksgiving
7p 4th Tuesday
Eve Worship
Readers - Lib
645p Pledge Mtg
- 5th-6th
7p Men’s Bible
Study - KL
27
THANKSGIVING
DAY
Office Closed
Abbreviations:
Visit
FLC = Family Life Center
KL = Koinonia Lounge
Lib = Library
Sanc = Sanctuary
www.firstunitedpc.org
for the most up-to-date calendar
information and other important
items of interest.
Weekly
Jazzercise Schedule
Monday = 5:45p
Tuesday & Thursday = 9a,
4:30p, 5:45p
Saturday = 8am