November - Felton Presbyterian Church

Felton
Presbyterian
Church Staff
Ed Snedeker……............…Pastor
Kelly Gibbs……....Office Manager
Allen/Kari Deeble..........................
Office Assistants
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Malcolm Mackinnon.........………...
Interim Director of Children’s Ministry
Jonathan Bates..............................
Youth Ministry
Thanksgiving Dinner
Thursday, November 27th, 2pm
Renee Seligman............................ Felton Presbyterian Church invites you, friends, and family to our annual ThanksgivNursery Director
ing Day dinner. This is an old-fashioned dinner with all the trimmings. The turkeys,
Michele Izor.….........Choir Director dressing, mashed potatoes, and gravy are provided. If you are a member/friend of
the church and would like to bring one of your favorite side dishes (vegetables, yams,
Barbara Lang…………….Organist
pies, jello, etc), please bring it. This is our Thanksgiving Community Dinner and
Connie Trombetta……. Custodian there is no need to be alone. If you have a friend or know of a family that has
nowhere to go, please invite them. If you would like to help out, we can use you. Call
6090 Highway 9
Sandy Thormann (335-3081) if you have any questions.
Felton, CA 95018
831-335-6900
Office Email Address
[email protected]
Bulletin Contact
Kari Deeble
[email protected]
Website
www.feltonpresbyterian.org
Thanks to Kelly Gibbs,
Susan Henrich, Leslie Nelson,
Bobbie Bond, Keith Carpenter,
and Jerry Thormann
for their help with the
Redwood Bark production
Hanging of the Greens
Saturday, Nov. 29,th 10am
You are all invited to this annual family event! Help us transform our sanctuary into a
winter wonderland full of mountain greenery and sparkling lights. Enjoy a continental
breakfast and bring your very best holiday cheer!
FPC Annual Family Christmas Program
Sunday, December 7th, 5pm
Light Meal To Follow
Join us for a family friendly evening of music and merriment in a warm and festive environment. Our children, the choir, and the worship team will be participating. You'll get
to sing along, too!
Our Mission:
Candlelight Christmas Eve Services
To bring people
into a lifelong relationship
with Jesus Christ,
to seek to know
Jesus Christ more deeply,
to grow in His likeness,
and to show His love
and truth to each other
and to our community
5pm - Family Service
10pm - Reflective Service
One of the highlights for our church family every year is to celebrate the birth of our Lord
Jesus by attending one (or both) of our Christmas Eve services. We invite you to share
the light in services filled with beautiful music and a message of hope that reminds us of
a night more than two thousand years ago that continues to transform our world and our
lives. We hope you and your loved ones will join us!
Worship and Arts Team
Elder Kanda Whaley, Marta Narus, Michele Izor, Terry Hollenbeck, Ed Snedeker
From the Pastor’s Desk
Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in
Christ Jesus.” --1 Thessalonians 5:18
“When we are grateful, we are most fully alive. Gratitude allows us
to absorb every possible pleasure from a moment. When your
heart is full of gratitude, life paints itself in far brighter and more
vivid colors.” --Erwin McManus
Dear Church Family,
At a recent Bible study that I am involved in each week, the name
of Corrie ten Boon came up in our discussion. In her book, The
Hiding Place, Corrie ten Boom tells about an incident that taught
her the principle of giving thanks in all things.
It was during World War II. Corrie and her sister, Betsy, had been
harboring Jewish people in their home, so they were arrested and
imprisoned at Ravensbruck Camp. The barracks where they were
housed was extremely crowded and infested with fleas. One
morning they read in their tattered Bible verses from 1 Thessalonians, reminding them to rejoice in all things. Betsy said, "Corrie,
we've got to give thanks for this barracks and even for these
fleas." Corrie replied, "No way am I going to thank God for fleas."
But Betsy was persuasive and they did thank God, even for the
fleas. During the months that followed, they found that their
barracks was left relatively unsupervised and that they could do
Bible studies, talk openly, and even pray. It was their only place of
refuge. Several months later they learned that the reason the
guards never entered their barracks was because of the fleas.
How often do we fail to give thanks to God because we loose
perspective on what we have been given and lament about what
we do not have? Most of us are much better at complaining about
our circumstances than we are at counting our blessings.
As Thanksgiving approaches this month, I hope that you can
pause and give thanks for the many blessings you have received
this year from God and how gracious God continues to be to you.
If you are struggling to find things to be grateful for, the Apostle
Paul can help you out. “But thanks be to God that, though you
used to be slaves to sin, you have been set free from sin and have
become slaves to righteousness” (Romans 6:17). “The sting of
death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God!
He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:56-57). And King David reminds us, “Give thanks to the
LORD, for He is so good; His love endures forever” (Psalm 107:1).
As I take part in the various ministries we have here at Felton
Presbyterian Church month after month, I am amazed at all the
time, energy, and financial resources people give toward our
church. People sacrifice their time and energy each week to feed
those without homes, provide Christ-centered worship services,
teach a Sunday School class to our youth, paint a workroom,
design banners to advertise our worship services, fold a stack of
bulletins and newsletters, blow a parking lot full of leaves on
Sunday mornings, provide a place for kids to come mid-week to
learn about Jesus, and the list goes on and on.
Thank you to all who help FPC live out our mission of bringing all
people into a life-long relationship with Jesus Christ.
Yours in Christ,
Ed Snedeker
Pastor
Musings by Michael
First in line at the information booth in Heaven
I had a pastor once say to me that because of his ministry he
had many parishioners come to him with unanswerable questions. He always told them that rest assured he would be the
first in line at the information booth in heaven when it came
to why certain things occurred in life.
This morning during my morning devotions I was daydreaming about heaven and I had a vision of myself standing in line
behind millions of people waiting to get my answers. You
know that line - “The first will be last, the last will be first.” I
figure I’ll be somewhere in the middle standing next to the
“know-it-all guy.”
I played this out in my mind - me standing next to a bunch of
people like we do at the grocery store, (think Felton Safeway
5pm). I’m the person to start conversations when standing in
a long line. So I saw myself asking the man next to me, “So
why are you here?” And he said, “Well, I am waiting to get my
crown of life”. He then asked me, “Why are you here?” And I
said, “Well, I’m waiting to visit the information booth because
I would like to know the answers to certain questionable
things that happened on earth, things that were hard for me
to accept.
He said, “What things?” “Well like, “Why did our loving heavenly Father allow my friend to kill himself when he had the
whole world to live for and/or why did two hundred thousand
people have to die in that big tsunami in Indonesia? You
know those BIG questions”.
And then he said, “So how did you keep your faith during
those hard times?” “Well, thinking back I guess it came down
to my being on my knees a lot crying out to Jesus and feeling
the Holy Spirit come over me. I did find that His strength
sustained me in those hard times of despair.”
He then asked me, “Do you think you would be here now in
heaven if you had not trusted him through those tragedies on
earth?” “No,” I answered. And he said, “Well, don’t you think
you just got your answer?”
It figures that even in my dreams I am standing next to the
know-it-all guy.
2 Corinthians 12:8-10 gives us Paul’s reaction to the hard
times he went through, those unanswerable questions that
we face day to day.
Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that
it might depart from me. And He said to me, “My grace is
sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I
take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak,
then I am strong.
November Birthdays
Mission Giving at FPC
For many years FPC has supported the local work of
Pregnancy Resource Center in Santa Cruz. Our yearly
financial support this year will total $1500, given quarterly.
PRC has specially trained counselors who will talk with
pregnant women about their options: abortion, parenting
and placement for adoption. All services are free and
confidential.
Services include pregnancy testing, ultrasound, crisis
counseling, medical referrals, adoption counseling, referrals for housing, legal assistance, childbirth classes, and
abortion recovery counseling.
Mikki Pon, part of our church family, has provided dozens
of knitted booties and baby blankets. If you have a talent
such as this, please contact Joan Maruska.
Presbyterian Women
Kisuk Yang........................Nov. 2
Cheryl Solomon
Nov. 3
Jeannie Kegebein.............Nov. 5
Tom Escott........................Nov. 8
Eric Oiesen.......................Nov. 9
Rachel Lockridge..............Nov. 12
Bernie Denton..........................................................Nov. 15
Bo Solomon.............................................................Nov. 16
Renee Seligman......................................................Nov. 17
Bryan Solomon........................................................Nov. 18
Heidi Conrad............................................................Nov. 19
Charles Murray........................................................Nov. 22
Molly Summers........................................................Nov. 22
Shirley Pilgrim..........................................................Nov. 24
David McNair...........................................................Nov. 25
Dorothy Holmes.......................................................Nov. 27
Joe Phillips...............................................................Nov. 28
Lorre Winkler............................................................Nov. 28
Evelyn Latourette.....................................................Nov. 29
Presbyterian Women Bible Study will meet on the 2nd
Thursday, November 13th, at 10am. Please bring items for
Operation Shoebox. This is our mission for this month.
All women are invited to join us. Bring a friend. You do not
have to be a member to come. Coffee and goodies are
served, followed by Bible study on “Miracle”.
Free Lunch Tuesday
Every Tuesday, year around, lunch is served at noon to hungry
folks.
First to arrive is Ellen Maruska. Second to arrive is Charles
Lewis. Next Jacquie Demolar, Michael McNeil, and Jeff Juliano.
Every Tuesday Charles goes to Nob Hill to pick up a carload of
bread, cookies, pies, bagels, rolls, and cakes. Nob Hill has been
donating to FPC for several years. These baked goods are used
for Tuesday Lunch, Coffee Fellowship, and community dinners.
Charles then takes about half of these treats to Valley Churches
United. His faithful service is much appreciated.
Sandy Pearsall cooks the first Tuesday of each month - good,
delicious, nutritious soup. Joan Maruska cooks on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. That leaves the second and fourth (sometimes
fifth) Tuesday in need of someone to volunteer to cook.
Treasurer's Report
September 2014
Receipts
Expenses
70% of Budget
73.4% of Budget
$164,703.65
$172,692.02
Receipts
Below Expenses
($7,988.37)
Jacquie, Michael, and Jeff cover all the other jobs needed. It is
amazing to see the camaraderie and love exhibited toward our
guests. Jesus said “Feed the hungry.” Many folks come into the
kitchen to compliment the cook and express their thanks for a
good meal and a time of fellowship. You are welcome to visit any
Tuesday and have lunch.
$176,472.30 was needed to meet our Budget. Receipts
were short by $11,768.65.
Showers are also available Tuesdays beginning at
10am. On Tuesday folks can sign up for a Friday
shower. Only one shower per week/per person is
allowed.
If giving continues to be short every month, expenses will
have to be cut somewhere. Our biggest expense is payroll
and we hate to have to cut there again.
Thanks to Shirley Pilgrim who sees that towels
are laundered each week by Peggy Lopez,
Monte Trulsson, Lou Tomlin, Vicki Fujishin, or
Peggy Winkler.
Please pray for our church finances. If you have any good
ideas we would love to hear them. The Stewardship team
will have to look very closely at next year’s budget.
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Help Wanted
Greeters:
Worship and Arts Team
Job Requirements: Commit to one Sunday a month
Be available at 9:40 am - 10:05 am
Smile, shake hands, introduce yourself
Wear your “greeter” badge
How to Apply:
See Elder Kanda Whaley or email her at
[email protected]
Baker for Lunch Bunch: Membership/ Fellowship
Job Requirements: Make dessert once a month for 30
Serve on Wednesday at noon
How to Apply:
First Presbyterian Church - Founded 1893
See Peggy Winkler or email her at
[email protected]
Began with five charter members
Built at a cost of $1,100.00 on land donated by
F.A. Hihn and George Treat
Cooks for Free Lunch Tuesday: Mission Team
Job Requirements Make soup, beans, casserole for about
35 once a month - 2nd or 4th Tuesday
If you can’t do this on a regular basis,
that’s OK. Just pick a date.
How to Apply
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See Ellen Maruska or sign up on the
poster located in the narthex.
You Shop.
In 1893 the streets of Felton were unpaved and horse and
buggy was the mode of travel. There were five saw mills
near Felton. In 1893 the pastor was Richard J. Campbell,
followed over the years by twenty-one others.
The present church building was dedicated on January 2,
1955. In 1969 the Wee Kirk of Ben Lomond joined with
Felton Presbyterian to become the United Presbyterian
Church of Felton.
Amazon Gives
Kanda Whaley
Amazon Smile is a website operated by Amazon that lets you
enjoy the exact same selection of products as on
Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on
AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the eligible
charitable organization of your choice.
Instructions on how to choose Felton Presbyterian Church
as your charity of choice with Amazon Smile:
1. If you don't already have an Amazon account, create one
at www.amazon.com by clicking on "New Customer" under
the sign-in link.
2. Once you have
smile.amazon.com.
an
Amazon
account,
go
to
3. Sign in as usual.
..
4. In the search bar, type in "Felton Presbyterian Church."
5. When our church name shows up, click "Select" and
you’re good to go.
Getting into church here could be a problem
BOOKMARK: smile.amazon.com and shop from there!
Built in 962 on a volcanic formation 279 feet high.
Each time you log on in the future, FPC will show up as your
"Supporting" charity.
If you aren't an internet shopper,
please share this with a friend or family member who might
like to support us.
The Chapel is reached by 265 steps carved into the rock.
The stonework on the facade illustrates themes from
Genesis to Revelation
Happy shopping. Oh, and remember, Christmas is coming!
(Thanks to Donna Prior for the above picture.)
Pastor’s Joke
Dumbest Kid
A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to
his customer, “This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch
while I prove it to you.”
The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in
the other, then calls the boy over and asks, “Which do you
want, son?”
The boy takes the two quarters and leaves. “What did I tell
you?” says the barber. “That kid never learns!”
Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young
boy coming out of the ice cream store, “Hey, son! May I ask
you a question? Why did you take the two quarters instead of
the dollar bill?”
The boy licked his cone and replied, “Because the day I take
the dollar bill, the game’s over!”
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A teenage boy had just passed his driver’s test and
asked his father for use of the family car. Dad said, “You
study your Bible a little, and get your hair cut. Then we’ll
talk about the car.”
Six weeks passed and the father said, “Son, I can see
you’ve been studying your Bible, but I’m disappointed
you didn’t cut your hair.”
The boy replied, “Dad, I’ve been thinking about it. But
Samson had long hair, Moses had long hair, John the
Baptist had long hair, and Jesus also had long hair.”
“Sure,” the father said, “but did you notice they walked
everywhere?”
George Goldtrap- Ormond-by the Sea, Fl.
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Who Said This?
Do You Know the Disciples?
1. Where you go, I will go: your people shall be my people.
3. Take this sword and cut the living child in two and give half
of it to each mother.
4. He is so high above me that I am not worthy even to stoop
down and untie the strings of his shoes.
5. Woman, I do not know the man and I do not know what you
are talking about.
1. Ruth 2. Joseph 3. King Solomon
4. John the Baptist
5. Peter
Presidential Quotes
That Book, sir, is the rock on which our republic rests.
Andrew Jackson
So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my
children begin to read it, the more confident will by my hope
that they will prove useful citizens of their country. I have for
many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once
every year.
John Quincy Adams
The first disciple chosen by Jesus was Andrew, brother
of Simon Peter. He was a fisherman from Bethsaida.
Because he was first a disciple of John the Baptist, one
wonders if he was there when Jesus was baptized by
John.
Andrew is best known because he brought his more
famous brother to meet Jesus. He is mentioned again
when he found the boy with the loaves and fishes that
Jesus used to feed the 5000 (men.) Women and children were not in that count.
Some think of him as the first home missionary - bringing
Peter to Jesus and also the first foreign missionary as he
brought the first Greeks to Jesus.
Andrew is a picture of those who serve behind the
scenes. Tradition of the church says that Andrew traveled close to Russia and is said to have been crucified
in Greece. He is the patron saint of Russia.
Mike Ebrahimian, Jill McFarlen, Ed Snedeker
2. I am your brother whom you sold into slavery in Egypt. You
meant it to me for evil, but God meant it for good.
GUESS WHO?
< Faithful,
LongTime Usher
Has 4
Dentists
In His Family
< Retired
Teacher
Played Water
Polo
Talented Artist
Attended Chico
State
Mother
Of Two
Giants Fan
Two Children
Felton Presbyterian Church
6090 Highway 9
Felton, CA 95018
the redwood Bark
NOVEMBER 2014
Address Correction Requested
Psalm 23
Parish Potluck Dinner
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.
Has any other poem ever calmed more fears or dried more
tears?
“The Lord is my Shepherd” may be the most beautiful sentence ever written. All of one’s life fits comfortably under its
cover, and the dazzling centerpiece is that little word “my.”
Who would dream that the infinite Jehovah would care intimately for me and for you? David lived his life with the deep
assurance that he was one of God’s sheep, and we should as
well.
In all of life’s circumstances, it is the Shepherd who keeps the
sheep, and the sheep simply trust the Shepherd with everything. He refreshes us when we are exhausted, heals us
when we are diseased, and protects us with His goodness
and mercy!
That song will go on singing to our children and to their
children, through all the generations of time...........until we
finally come to “dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”
Lance Wubbels
Jill McFarlen, Deacon
The Parish Potluck Dinner was a roaring success.
Before dinner the children decorated pumpkins with
stickers and felt pens. The tables were decorated with
a fall theme. There were many decorated pumpkins
and brightly colored fall leaves.
Of course, the food tables were laden with a variety of
delicious foods. Peggy Winkler won the award for the
most well-attended parish.
Thanks to Ken Clouse, the deacons were able to hand
out many National Geographic magazines to those with
appropriate birthday dates.
The entertainment was cut short so that the Giant fans
could get home and see the end of the game. We had
a good evening of fun, food, and fellowship.