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JERSEYVILLE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - APRIL, 2015
Stay Awake with Me for
One Holy Week
What your
contributions accomplish
This past Christmas we received
contributions totaling $540 for the
Christmas Joy Offering. Half of that
offering is used by The Board of Pensions
of the Presbyterian Church (USA) to
provide grants to church workers with
financial needs.
In 2014, 543 grants were given to
retired church workers’ as income or
housing supplements, 388 grants were
given through presbyteries for assisting
church worker’s with urgent financial
needs (including adoption assistance grants
and emergency assistance grants), 281
grants were given to assist pastors in doing
their work.
The grand total of grants given
through The Board of Pensions was
$5,293,000. Thank you for your generosity.
We are invited to journey with Jesus to
Jerusalem during Holy Week. It is a hard journey
and not everyone has the stamina to endure it.
Thomas, the apostle, put it this way, “Let us also
go, that we might die with him.”
Our journey begins with our worship on Palm
Sunday, then moves to our Lenten devotional time
on Wednesday in the church library, followed by us
gathering around tables on Maundy Thursday to
mark the Last Supper, which leads us to Good
Friday and the hearing once again, the passion of
our Lord, then a day of private reflective silence on
Saturday, until we gather again in the sanctuary at
10 a.m. Sunday to hear if death is God’s final word
for us.
Going Forward
As our Session determines how best for us to do
the discernment necessary to follow God’s leading
into the future, each of us can prepare ourselves for
that process right now.
Our presbytery is hosting an event Friday and
Saturday, April 17 and 18 to learn how to better
understand and connect with the needs of our
community. Friday’s event will be held at
Westminster Presbyterian Church in Belleville
beginning in the afternoon (continue on page 3)
Session, Board of Deacons,
Women’s Circle
Session
Chris Bear Dave Evans Janet Flatt
Beverly Metzler
Barb Ogden Mike Smith Marvin Tuetken
Jill Wieland Gary Witt
498-3237
498-3236
954-9206
498-4201
498-2953
535-0421
729-1295
639-2730
498-3346
Board of Deacons
Jane Bligh
Wendy Brainerd
Susie Evans Irene Gill
Sandy Goshorn
Glen Ketchum
Maxine McIntosh
Janet Palcheff Valerie Ringhausen
639-5787
946-8137
498-3236
498-5968
498-4846
946-2804
494-6443
498-6653
535-6606
Pastor Don Stribling
946-2036
Clerk of the Session
Barb Ogden 498-2953
Church Treasurer
Sheila Ringhausen 729-4101
Women’s Friendship
Circle Co-Leaders
Carolyn Brown 639-3451
Maxine McIntosh
494-6443
Presbyterian Churches
Threatened
Four churches in our presbytery received the same
anonymous letter in response to the PCUSA passage of
Amendment 14-F permitting pastors to perform and
churches to host same gender weddings. In conversations
with pastors of the churches, I learned that the letter
contained threatening statements that their pastors should be
dismissed and the churches burned.
The pastors responded by alerting law enforcement
officials who are investigating and increasing patrols around
the churches. Presbytery staff members are in contact with
the pastors.
Please hold in prayer the following churches and their
leaders: First (Cape Girardeau), Westminster (Cape
Girardeau), First (Jackson) and First (Perryville).
Dear First Presbyterian Church,
I wanted to take some time to thank
the wonderful people who helped my
family this past holiday. I appreciate
all that you have done and I think
everybody you help would say the
same. It’s nice to know that there are
many willing to help others who are
in need.
Thank you! With all the love that I
am capable of.
Beth, Matthew and Chloe
PRESBYS IN THE NEWS
Carolyn Brown, Good Citizen
Chairman of the local DAR
chapter, presented the award
winners at the annual award
banquet held at the church March
9. Beverly Metzler, chairman of
the DAR chapter’s American
History Essay Contest, presented
medals and certificates to the
winners of that contest.
Barb McGowen participated in a
reunion of local telephone
employees February 2 at 518
Restaurant.
Nik Ringhausen earned
academic high honors at
Southwestern High School.
Thank You
Dear First Presbyterian Church,
Our sincere thanks and appreciation
to our church family for your prayers and
expressions of sympathy with cards and
visitations during the loss of our mom.
Your love and much needed hugs
really warmed our hearts.
Bob and Irene Gill
Dear Prayer Shawl Ladies,
Thank you very much for the prayer
shawl you knitted for Bob and I after the
loss of our daughter, Suzanne.
We appreciate your thinking of us as
we try to recover from this heart breaking
loss. We miss her so much.
Thanks again,
Bob and Wilma Brooks
Going Forward
(Continued from page 1)
and going into the
evening. The same
event will be held on
Saturday morning
through afternoon at
Dardenne Presbyterian
Church in Dardenne
Prairie, MO.
The Rev. Dr. Eric
Law (pictured) an
Episcopalian priest, will
be the presenter. Eric is
the founder and
executive director of Kaleidoscope Institute, the
mission of which is to create inclusive and sustainable
churches and communities. For more than 20 years, he
has provided transformative and comprehensive
training and resources for churches and ministries in
all the major church denominations in the United
States and Canada. He writes a weekly blog called
The Sustains: Spirituality for Sustainable
Communities in a Networked World. Visit his blog at
http://ehflaw.typepad.com/blog/.
Please call Kelly at 498-5423 to register for the
event. Please let her know if you would like a ride to
the event. The Rev. Stribling will be attending the
event on Friday afternoon and evening and can take
up to three people with him in his car.
Session Notes - March 2
Meeting was begun with prayer.
Approved the 2014 States Clerk Statistical Report showing
a membership of 141 persons.
Approved a change in timing for Rev. Stribling’s continuing
education leave.
Rev. Stribling reported that our Facebook page has 81 likes
and our worship service videos normally have an average
of 2 views a week.
In Our Prayers
MEMBERS AND ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS
Jane Bligh upon Don’s death; Carolyn Brown, Sheila Ringhausen, and Ginny Wieland
undergoing chemo; Bob and Irene Gill on the death of his mother; Nancy and Charlie
Hamilton on the sudden death of their baby great-grandchild: Caroline Hartshorn
and Ruth Nikols receiving physical therapy at Jerseyville Nursing and Rehab;
Barb Ogden recovering from vascular surgery;
Faye Parsell dealing with trouble with her feet; Clyde Wieland recovering at home.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
June Boswick, Jan Witt’s aunt, suffering from pneumonia; Ruby Collins, Janet Flatt’s, aunt,
recovering from heart surgery; Judy Brooks Fulkerson, Gini Hunter’s friend, undergoing
chemo; Cliff Kaminsky fighting infection; Ron Phipps’ family as they grieve his death; family
of Suzanne Brooks Rodgers as they grieve her death; Shirley Schultz’s uncle; Beverly Smith,
Mike Smith’s step-mother battling breast cancer; Donna Tuetken’s sister-in-law on hospice;
Jan Witt’s mom and dad struggling with health issues.
HOMEBOUND MEMBERS
Frances Chipman, Grace & Louis Nail, Bonnie Miller, Faye Parsell, Bebe Pirtle, Wayne Snider
FAMILY MEMBERS AROUND THE WORLD
Jill Wieland’s cousin in Sweden
MILITARY
Richard McIntosh in the Air Force; Aaron Witt in Armed Forces in Afghanistan
Praise Be To God!
Sheila Ringhausen has qualified for a program to receive her chemo medicine, that
costs in the thousands of dollars per pill, for free.
Carlene Rice is back up on her feet without assistance after hip replacement surgery.
Thank You Notes
To Presbyterian Church Congregation,
Thank you very much for the lovely gift you have given me. Words cannot really express how much
that meant to me. You have a beautiful church. I will use what has been given to me to honor our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ.
Thank you oh so much. May God bless each and every one of you.
Sincerely,
Deanne Fuller
Dear Prayer Shawl Ministry,
Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness. It came just when we needed it the most! It is the
wonderful actions of others that keep us going during this difficult time in our life.
Thank you again.
Matt, Lori, Logan and Jackson Schultz
First Presbyterian Church,
On behalf of the Oasis Women’s Center, we want to thank you for your thoughtful contribution to our
Friends Campaign. Oasis is fortunate to have community people like you who provide continuing support.
You enable us to deliver quality services to the many women and children in our area who are the victims
of violence in their own homes.
Thank you for caring.
George Humbert and Marguerite Trushel
Presbyterian Church,
Always appreciate the personal items. May your lives be touched because of your generosity.
Kathy/Oasis Women’s Center
Dear First Presbyterian Church and Friends,
Thank you for the cards, prayers and concerns during my recent illness.
Les Flautt
Hello, and it’s almost Spring Greetings,
On behalf of my children, staff and families, I thank you for caring and sharing your gifts. We are so
thankful for your support as we face the crisis of Illinois.
I am asking that you please include in your prayers, all children in a childcare setting and please
continue contacting your legislators. This time we’re mailing Easter Egg cutouts to them.
Again, thank you for everything you do for all of God’s children, young and old, everywhere.
Happy Easter and Blessings,
Brenda Crisp UniPres Kindercottage
From the Pastor’s Heart
Last Sunday I sat in the youth class with Brett and Elese Smith and Luke Palcheff and
answered 19 what they called “Difficult Questions” they had been discussing in Sunday School. I
was thrilled to be invited. Few things thrill me more as a pastor than to have people ask questions
about God and faith.
So I was thrilled again when a wonderful faithful attender in worship and participant in our
church’s life emailed me he needed help making sense of our denomination’s recent decision to
change the definition of marriage from “a man and a woman” to “two people, traditionally a man
and a woman.” He asked me if I would please preach or teach on Romans 1:18-32, Leviticus
18:22 and 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. I couldn’t thank him enough for his request.
We agreed that on Sunday, April 19, I will do both. I will preach on those passages in worship
and offer a 45 minute time for Conversation with the Pastor at 11:15 that morning. I haven’t been
this excited in a long time.
I hope you will join us and consider what questions you have been wanting to ask about the
Bible and faith but were hesitant to do so. What is an Embassy of the Kingdom of God if not a
place where people are encouraged to ask questions?
Don
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Our Church Calendar for April, 2015
Sun
Mon
Wed
Tue
EASTER
9 am History &
Youth Classes
10 am Worship
with the Lord’s
Supper
7 pm Prayer
Shawl Group
12
13
9 am History &
Youth Classes
10 am Worship
7 pm Prayer
Shawl Group
7
7 pm Session
Meeting
14
7 pm
Community
Easter Glow
19
May Carillon
Deadline
9 am History &
Youth Classes
10 am Worship
2 MAUNDY
THURSDAY
8
9
11
9:30 am
Presbyterian
Women
Ally Schleper
celebrates her
birthday
7 pm Choir
6 pm
Coalition Mtg
15
16
17
18
Presbytery
Gathering at
Dardenne
Prairie
1 pm Eric
Law Event
9 am Eric
Law Event
10 am
Movie at
Stadium
23
24
25
Chris Bear
celebrates her
birthday
Gini Hunter
celebrates her
birthday
Jill Boomer
celebrates her
birthday
10
Lynda
Campbell
celebrates her
birthday
7 pm Choir
20
21
22
Jim Crotchett
celebrates his
birthday
7 pm Choir
7 pm Prayer
Shawl Group
26
27
Claude Shaw
celebrates his
birthday
9 am History &
Youth Classes
10 am Worship
11 am
Pot-luck
Luncheon
Margaret Bear
celebrates her
birthday
6 pm Service &
Outreach
Meeting
7 pm Prayer
Shawl Group
28
Sat
4
6 pm Lenten
Devotional &
Supper
7 pm Choir
6
Fri
3 GOOD
FRIDAY
Ginny Wieland
celebrates her
7 pm Maundy birthday
Thursday
7 pm Good
Service
Friday
Service
1
5
Thu
29
6 pm Worship
Meeting
7 pm Choir
30
Serving Jesus Christ from the Crossroads of Jersey County for 181 years.
JERSEYVILLE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
400 South State Street
Jerseyville, IL 62052
THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR - March 29 - April 5, 2015
Sunday:
9 a.m. Church History & Youth Classes;
10 a.m. Worship with Good Samaritan Fund Offering;
Monday:
7 p.m. Prayer Shawl Group
7 p.m. Worship Committee Meeting
Tuesday:
Tammy Schleper celebrates her birthday
Wednesday:
6 p.m. Lenten Devotional & Supper; 7 p.m. Choir
Thursday:
7 p.m. Maundy Thursday Service;
Friday:
7 p.m. Good Friday Service; Ginny Wieland celebrates her birthday
Sunday:
9 a.m. Church History & Youth Classes;
10 a.m. Worship with the Lord’s Supper