E-CHIMES
A Weekly Update of Joys,
Concerns and Ministry with
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday Worship Hour
10:30 a.m.
Church Office Hours: Monday -
Thursday: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Pastor's Office Hours: Monday
- Thursday 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Fridays: Pastor's day
off, office closed)
OUR MISSION
We are committed to
inspiring a
sense of
identity and belonging
through love,
faith, and service in Jesus Christ
June 10, 2010
Our email is churchoffice@fpcmp.org
Our website is www.fpcmp.org
In This Issue:
· Prayer
concerns
· Youth Bake
Sale (NEW)
· VBS
Supplies needed (NEW)
· Sign up Sheet for Liturgy List (NEW)
· Pastor
Hanna’s Office Hours and email (NEW)
· Ronald
McDonald’s House Needs Your Help (NEW)
· Mentoring
Moms Needed (NEW)
· Book Club
News (NEW)
· Calling
All Fathers
· A Musical
Birthday Celebration for Rogene Slocum
· Volunteers
needed for the Le Tour de Mount Pleasant
· Many Cards
of Thanks
· Annual
Rummage Sale
· Lectionary
Readings
· A Glimpse
at The Week Ahead
· Looking at
Events in the Church, Around the Town and Beyond
· Birthdays
and Anniversaries
· Web Links
of Interest
PRAYER CONCERNS
· Prayers
of Concern for Dorothy Scheibner,
Kelly DeWitt (Kim DeWitt's brother), Shelly Roy, John Kingsnorth (Nancy Klunzinger’s
brother), Cody Weisenberger (Jack and Sallie Weisenberger’s grandson.), Sarah Cox and Dorothy
Nugent.
Welcoming God, we are thankful for your grace at work in our
community. Continue to open our hearts so that they will continue to flow
like rivers of living water this and everyday.
Amen.
Prayer taken from the 2010
Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study.
Youth Bake Sale
FPC children and youth will be holding a bake sale this Saturday
at the Rummage Sale from 8:30 - 12. Money raised will go toward special
projects and activities, as well as scholarships for camps and retreats. If you
would like to donate baked goods, please drop them off at the church on Friday
or early Saturday morning. Thanks!
VBS Supplies Needed!
VBS is coming up soon! We will be going on a high seas adventure
and we need your help! The following is a list of items that we need. If you
are able to lend or donate any items, please drop them off at the church
office.
Any nautical items that can be used as decorations: life jackets, ropes, large shells, bells, lifesavers, anchors,
etc.
string mop
spyglass
wading pool
beach balls
spray bottles
mini marshmallows (3 bags)
Ritz crackers (2 boxes)
gummy worms (about 100)
pretzel sticks (1 box)
Pringles Baked Wheat Stix (3 boxes)
bite-size pretzel snacks (2
packages)
M&M's (2 large bags)
Honey Nut Cheerios (1 box)
blue corn tortilla chips (5
bags)
blue jello
(15 3-oz. boxes)
vanilla wafers (1 box)
ice cream wafers
Sign up Sheet for
Liturgy List
There is a sign up sheet on the church
bulletin board right outside the narthex. It takes us through
August. Please sign up to be the liturgist for 1 or more Sundays.
(The liturgist reads the scripture from the bible for the congregation).
Thank you for fulfilling this ministry.
Pastor Hanna’s Office Hours and email address
Pastor Hanna’s office hours are Monday thru Thursday 10:00 am till
2:00 pm. With Fridays off when the office is closed. Her email address is
RevSLHannah@gmail.com Her home
phone number will be forthcoming when she gets it in about a week.
Ronald McDonald House Needs Your Help
First Presbyterian Church is collecting pull-tabs for Ronald
McDonalds House. This is a place where families can stay during the
treatment of cancer and terminally ill loved ones. The pull-tabs are pure
aluminum and they are collected to pay for the meals for these families of the
patients. These pull-tabs can be found on many things besides pop and
beer cans. Cat food, soup cans etc have them. A large pickle jar is
set on the bookshelf in the Witherspoon Room. When we get it full the tabs will
be sent in and we will begin to collect more. Please take the time to do
this small
Service to help these families in their time of
need.
Mentoring Moms Needed
The Department of Human Services of Isabella County is seeking
women to mentor young adults who have aged out of the Foster Care system.
These women will be matched with a young adult and help them develop life
skills and support systems. These women and young adults will form a
lasting bond which can be beneficial: These bonds can be especially
important for the young adults that may have had limited positive relationships
with adults. If you would like to help or are interested in more
information, please contact Chris Ciochetto at the
Isabella County Department of Human Services at (989) 772-8486. If she is
not in her office feel free to leave a message and she will get back to you as
soon as possible.
Book Club News
Marydeana Duckworth has the next book and will be around Thursday,
Friday and Sunday to share it.
Calling All Fathers!
A “Mingle on the Front Porch” has been planned for Sunday June 20,
to honor our fathers. Please join us for refreshments and a small token
in your honor. (Planned by the Presbyterian Women
Coordinating Team.)
A Musical Birthday Celebration for Rogene
Slocum
In honor of Rogene Slocum at 4:00 pm on June 21, 2010 at the Art Reach Center 319 S.
University. Mt. Pleasant, MI . Performance featuring Mary Siachames
(daughter) on the flute & Al Bartholomew on piano. RSVP:
989-463-3488 (Emily)
Volunteers needed for the Le Tour de Mount Pleasant
Help needed at the riders tent, June 12. 1-6. We need workers for Saturday afternoon to work 1-6.
You can work the whole time or if you can only work 1 or 2 hours. We also
need bakers, sweetbread, and cookies, for the cyclists. They can be
dropped off on Friday or Saturday am or you bring them
down to the race tent and stay and watch the race. Contact Amy Madsen
773-7543 or email purplecyclinggirl@yahoo.com
if you have questions or for more information.
Many Cards of Thanks
The people of First Presbyterian Church received many cards of
thank from the congregation members of the St. Johns
Episcopal church which Carolynn Cosan
was a member of. They expressed their gratitude for First Presbyterian’s
hospitality in the funeral of Carolynn. To see the many cards please
check the bulletin board out by the office.
LECTIONARY READINGS for Sunday June 13,
2010
Acts 4: 5-12
I John 3: 16-24
John 10: 11-18
A GLIMPSE AT THEWEEK AHEAD
(Thursday - Thursday)
All events are at First Presbyterian Church unless otherwise noted
Thursday June 10
9:30 am FPC Playgroup
7:30 pm FPC Walking Group
Friday June 11
Office Closed
Saturday June 12
8:30 am til 2:00 pm
PW Annual Rummage Sale
Sunday June 13
10:30 am Worship Service
“Trusting and Trustworthy” by Rev. Sandra Hanna
11:30 am Lemonade on the Lawn
11:30 am Memorial Committee Meeting
Monday June 14
9:00 Monday Morning Men
10:00 am Staff Meeting
5:00 Finance Committee Meeting
Wednesday June 16
5:30 pm Bible Study at Lois
Miller’s house
8:00 pm AA
Thursday June 17
9:30 am FPC Playgroup
7:30 pm FPC Walking Group
LOOKING AHEAD AT EVENTS IN THE CHURCH, AROUND THE TOWN AND BEYOND
Mobile Food Pantry 2010 Schedule
June 12 - Sacred Heart Parish
June 26 - Zion Lutheran Church
July 10 - Location TBD
July 24 - Mt. Pleasant Church of the Nazerene
August 14 - Weidman United Methodist
August 28 - Mt. Pleasant Community Church
September 11 - Commission on Aging
September 25 - First Presbyterian Church
October 9 - Location TBD
October 23 - Central Assembly of God
November 6 - Sacred Heart Parish
November 20 - Mt. Pleasant Community Church
December 4 - Location TBD
December 18 - Location TBD
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Birthdays
12 Darren Waugh
12 Peter Russell
15 Megan Goodwin
16 Wallace Blodgett
Anniversaries
11 Phillip Hertzler & Jessica Lapp
12 David & Janet
McGee
LINKS
Presbytery of Lake Huron www.presbylh.org
Presbyterian Church USA www.pcusa.org
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance http://pcusa.org/pda/response/usa/hurricanekatrina-index.htm