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2015
JULY
A JOINT NEWSLETTER OF THE EBENSBURG PRESBYTERIAN
AND THE COLVER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
T H E F E L LOW S H I P
CHURCH
At Pastor Laura’s House
 Ebensburg Presbyterian Church
 Colver Presbyterian Church
 200 North Center Street
 79 Reese Avenue
 P. O. Box 327
 P. O. Box 540
 Ebensburg, PA 15931 814 472-6920
 Colver, PA 15927 814 748-7253
 http://ebensburg-presbyterian.com
 [email protected]
 [email protected]
 www.colverpresbyterian.org
Join Us Each Week!
Morning Worship 9:00 AM
Bible Study Tuesdays at 1 & 7
at Pastor Laura’s House
Earth Day
Dear Friends,
In the beginning of June, I attended my first meeting as a member of the board of
Pine Springs Camp. Pine Springs is a place with which I was well-acquainted growing up. And every time I go back, I am flooded with wonderful memories from my
time as a camper and staff member.
What is it about Pine Springs that has resonated for so many of us, across several
generations? What makes us so connected to that place, even years later? There are
lessons of faith that are best taught at places like Pine Springs. Lessons that cannot
be taught with words, but must be experienced.
Camp teaches us acceptance. There is little that compares to the love counselors
show to children. Camp is a place where you know that you are a child of God, wonderful and worthy of love, just as you are. One of my friends who became a counselor made a practice of telling each girl in her cabin “Goodnight, beautiful girl” as
she tucked them in. What a simple, but profound thing to do for young girls who
hear from the media and culture every day that they are not good enough.
Camp teaches us that we have gifts to share. Even the littlest campers learn how to
“spring” for meals, setting and clearing the tables. By the time they reach high
school, many campers are looking for ways to give back to camp, willing to wash
dishes and clean toilets for the chance to help. At camp you learn that everyone has a
place in the work of the Kingdom and that God has given you gifts to use to contribute to the community.
Camp teaches us awe and wonder. Places where you can go to enjoy God’s creation are becoming fewer and fewer. Places where you can experience true quiet, the
night sky and the smell of clean air. Pine Springs is one of those places that can
teach us the value of God’s good work and the importance of caring for the earth.
And it is a place where you can retreat from the constant interruptions of electronics
and screens!
Camp teaches us the excitement of God’s story. Camp makes scripture come alive.
Meeting the characters from the tales of God’s people helps children realize that
they themselves are part of the big story. The struggles people faced in the bible are
not so different from what we struggle with today. And they learn that God’s grace
has always been there and always will be there.
Pine Springs, like so many of our other Presbyterian camps, gives kids a glimpse of
God’s Kingdom. How can we extend the same kind of welcome and exhibit the
Kingdom of God? How can we better show people that they are loved, that they
have gifts to share? How can we better celebrate God’s creativity, love and grace?
We might not be able to replicate the wonder of such a special place, but perhaps we
can show the same kind of excitement for our mission and ministry!
Peace,
Laura
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NEWSLETTER TITLE
The Way We Worship
(From the Book of Common Worship, p. 38-39)
BAPTISM
As an act of the whole church, Baptism is
celebrated (except for extraordinary circumstances) in the context of corporate worship.
When Baptism is celebrated, it appropriately
follows the reading and proclaiming of the
Word. As with the Lord’s Supper, Baptism is
a sign and act of God’s self-giving, by which
God’s grace is made available to us. The sacraments give a distinctive shape to Christian
worship and are the primary signs of the
covenant of grace. The meaning of Baptism is
many-faceted. Baptism proclaims God’s
grace and love for us. In Baptism, God claims
us and marks us as God’s own. Baptism signifies our engrafting into Christ, and so affirms our new identity as members of the
body of Christ. Through the waters of Baptism, we participate in Christ’s death and resurrection by which we die to all that separates
us from God and are raised to new life in
Christ. In Baptism we are assured of cleansing from sin, of inclusion in God’s grace and
covenant, and of the gift of the Holy Spirit.
The significance of Baptism is not limited to
the one being baptized. Those
present who have been baptized are reminded of their
place in the covenant community, of God’s claim on
their lives, and of their dependence upon God’s grace.
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Mark Your Calendar!
Ebensburg Presbyterian Church Annual
Picnic - Sunday, August 9th
Bring a Friend!
Ebensburg Congregational Life
Committee
Please mark your calendars: On Sunday, July
12, our congregation will join with the Colver
congregation for a joint worship service at
10:00 a.m. in Pavilion 3 in the Revloc Recreational Park. We hope that you will be inspired and rejuvenated by enjoying this outdoor worship experience. The pavilion is rented for the entire day,
so if any of you would like to
bring a picnic to enjoy with your
family afterwards, you are welcome to do so.
As you may remember, last summer the Congregational Life Committee started informal
visits to church members—“Porch Chats”--a
project that we are happy to resume this summer. So don’t be surprised if you receive a
call from a member of the committee asking
about setting up a time for a “Porch
Chat.” (We made about 10 visits last summer
and are aiming to make about 10 more this
summer.)
Looking ahead, we plan to host an evening
community service for World Communion
Sunday, as we did last year. We will once
again be putting together a joint choir and offering special communion breads in order to
celebrate our oneness with sisters and brothers far and near.
Lastly, it’s not too early to start thinking
about what you might offer to our Advent
Prayer Stations—poetry, visual art, music,
special Nativity sets, etc. We’ll be telling you
more about this over the next few months. (If
you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask
someone on the committee.)
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NEWSLETTER
The Colver Session met and discussed the
newsletter. It is not clear how many people are actually receiving and reading the
newsletter that we send out. To assist in
gathering the most accurate information, if
you have been receiving the newsletter by
mail and have an email address, please forward your email address to:
[email protected]. If
you wish to continue receiving the newsletter by mail, please let us know by calling
Belinda Lambie at 814-748-7773 or calling
the church at 814-748-7253.
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Ebensburg Community Outreach
Committee
This committee would like to extend a
big “Thank You” to each and every
member and friend who have recently
made donations to or volunteered their
time for both the meal for the Shalimar
Youth Group and/or our hot dog sale
during “Wheels & Wings”. The coordination of each of these events is made
so much easier when you all so willingly pitch in. THANK YOU!
THE FELLOWSHIP
Ebensburg Annual
Silver and Gold Celebration
We continue to spotlight our members who were
honored this year at the Silver and Gold Banquet.
50 Year Members
Jim & Shirley Cassidy
Jim and Shirley joined our congregation in June
of 1965. Jim was ordained a Deacon in January
of 1966 and an Elder in January of 1969. He was
a High School Sunday School Teacher, a Sunday
School Superintendant and he also began service
as a Trustee in 1995. Jim is originally from Glen
Campbell, PA and Shirley is from Canoe Twp. in
Indiana County. Shirley had been a seamstress in
Punxsutawney and then worked for over 20 years
at Spencer Shoes in Jamesway. Jim retired as a
chief lineman for Penelec where he had worked
for 40 years. Jim and Shirley have one daughter,
Beth Ann Kyler, who lives in Emerald Estates.
Jim enjoys walking Beth Ann’s English lab,
Lucie, and often has her in his truck when he
stops in. Both Jim and Shirley are avid Pittsburgh Pirates fans and look forward to watching
them win!
45 Year Member
June Fedora
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June was born and raised in Ebensburg and has
lived here for 73 years. She was married to John
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fedora for 52 wonderful years. They had two
children, John and Jodi. John is married and has
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two boys. He is a CPA and the controller of
Bud's Auto Sales. Jodi is married and has two
The first Game Night sponsored by the
boys and 1 girl. Jodi is a third grade teacher at
Women’s Post Card Group proved fun.
Central Cambria Elementary.
Games played included checkers and 21.
June is the proud grandmother of five grandchildren. She enjoys going to all their sporting
We, at Ebensburg, were fortunate to events and all their school events, and their parhost an amazing presentation by the ticipation in the Cambria County Fair. June enyouth from the Shalimar United Meth- joys knitting and crocheting. She was a deacon in
odist Church who traveled all the way the church and worked at L. Robert Kimball's for
from Florida
approximately 27 years.
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THE FELLOWSHIP
Services and Sermons: (both Churches)
July 5th - Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Samuel 5:1–5, 9–10
David becomes the new king, a shepherd to the people of Israel.
Mark 6:1–13
Prophets are not honored at home; Jesus commissions the twelve.
July 12th - Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
2 Samuel 6:1–5, 12b–19 Returning the ark to Jerusalem, David dances before the Lord.
Mark 6:14–29
Herod puts John the Baptist to death; reports of Jesus spread.
July 19th - Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Samuel 7:1–14a
The Lord says: I will make a house for my servant David.
Mark 6:30–34, 53–56
After a brief respite, great crowds surround Jesus and the disciples.
July 26th - Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Samuel 11:1–15
David assaults Bathsheba and arranges the death of her husband.
John 6:1–21
Jesus feeds five thousand people with five loaves and two fish.
About members of our Church Families…
From The Mountaineer Herald…
In the Good Old Days…
50 Years Ago, in 1965, Carol Morrison represented Ebensburg at the
Annual Pennsylvania State Laurel Festival at Wellsboro.
90 Years Ago, in 1925, The Rev. B. F. Heany left the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church to
accept a call in McDonald, Washington County.
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Custodian Position at the Ebensburg Church
The personnel committee will be conducting interviews for
the custodian position. If you know anyone who is interested
in applying, please have them fill out an application which can
be found on the clipboard next to the office door.
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Stories of Redstone
Christ at work in our midst
THE FELLOWSHIP
We Honor Our Graduates
We continue to honor our Ebensburg Graduates of
the class of 2015.
Creating
Anthony Lee Taylor is the son of Ken and Tina
Community with a Taylor of Colver. He is a senior at CCHS where he
Farmers’ Market
has taken an academic schedule. He was baptized and
Coffee, music and confirmed in the Colver Presbyterian Church where
fellowship may not he attended Vacation Bible School every year and
be the hallmarks of then helped with games when he was older. He spent
a farmers’ market, 11 years in the AYSO Soccer league in Ebensburg.
but they are what He loves camping, fishing from his boat, and hunting.
He has gotten 2 deer, a turkey, pheasant, and many
sets the Westmont
P r e s b y t e r i a n fish so far. He especially enjoyed the puppy drum he
caught in the Outer Banks. He also enjoys traveling
Church’s Commuto amusement parks and riding big coasters, espenity Farmers’ Mar- cially Cedar Point.
ket apart from othFor the Colver Centennial in 2011, Anthony made
ers. The market replaques to recognize citizens of Colver. They were
flects Westmont’s desire to reach out displayed on the poles with the flags. He received an
beyond its walls and share the love of award from State Rep. Frank Burns at the Centennial
Christ with their community.
opening ceremony. He also has made pens, and other
The market supports local vendors--- items with his woodworking tools.
farmers, bakers, growers of fresh flow- Anthony will attend Penn Highlands Community
ers and plants, etc. who grow or pro- College in the fall at both the Ebensburg and Richduce in the area. Several of the vendors land campuses where he will study for an Associate
have been members of the market from of Science degree in Environmental Studies. He then
its inception seven years ago, and have can choose from several different options at four year
developed a strong relationship not only colleges to earn a BS.
with the church, but also with those in
Blake
the community that support the market.
Bussard,
There is a fellowship table where shopAnthony
pers can have a complimentary cup of
Taylor and
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coffee, tea or hot chocolate and music is
Lucas
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provided by one of the church’s memTaylor
bers playing the keyboard. There is
being
The
first
Game
Night
sponsored
by
the
free face painting for the children, and
honored at
Women’s
Post
Card
Group
proved
fun.
an ice cream social once a month. The
our recent
Games
played
included
checkers
and
21.
market is open, rain or shine, each Sat“Graduate
urday from 9:00AM to noon from late
RecogniMay to the second week in October.
tion”
It is through Christ that the Community
Sunday
Farmers’ Market has been a success and
Service.
continues to provide a valuable service
to the vendors and shoppers.
THE FELLOWSHIP
Ebensburg Presbyterian Church
July 2015
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
1 Counselor
Noon
Thu
2
Fri
3
Happy
Birthday!
Bill Carlisle
Curran Vaughn
5 Morning
Worship 11:00
6
Point of Freedom
N.A. Group 6:00
Happy
Birthday!
Justin Jeffers
Happy
Birthday!
Bennett Vaughn
12 Morning
Worship 10:00
Joint Service
Pavilion #3
Revloc Park
13
Happy
Birthday!
Marcus Magley
19 Morning
20
Happy
Anniversary!
Jim & Sheila
Farrer
Worship 11:00
Happy
Birthday!
June Noel
Happy
Anniversary!
Bill & Phyllis
Morrison
26 Morning
Worship 11:00
Happy
Birthday!
Richard “Nik”
Nikolishen
7
14
4
Independence
Day
8 Session
7:00
9
Happy
Birthday!
Jim Dixon
Walter Feath
Happy
Anniversary!
Herman & Judy
Carl
15
16
10
11
Happy
Birthday!
Vicki Askew
17
18 Counselor
9:30
Point of Freedom
N.A. Group 6:00
Happy
Anniversary!
Tim & Kristy
Forberger
Happy
Birthday!
Luke Vietmeier
Happy
Anniversary!
Tim & Debra
Shamble
Narcotics Anon.
Bus. Mtg. 10:45
21
22 Counselor
Noon
23
24
25
29
30
Happy
Birthday!
Aric Bracken
Geraldine
Hobson
31
Happy
Anniversary!
Joe & Isabel
Paterson
Point of Freedom
N.A. Group 6:00
27
Sat
28
Point of Freedom
N.A. Group 6:00
Happy Birthday!
Judy Car.
Happy Anniversary!
Fremont &
Margaret
McKenrick
Happy
Birthday!
Pat Mohney
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NEWSLETTER TITLE
Colver Presbyterian Church
July 2015
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
2
3
4
Happy
Birthday,
Amy Blasdell!
Happy
Birthday,
LaRue Smith!
Colver Fit
Club 11-12:30
Friday
Saturday
Independence Day
5
6
7
Happy
Anniversary,
Carl & Irene
Makin!
12
13
Happy
Anniversary,
Jared &Belinda
Lambie &
Rev. Jim &
Sheila Farrer!
19
20
Happy Birthday,
Alesha Charles!
27
Happy
Birthday,
Happy
Birthday,
Jonathan
Leasure &
Jada McNeal!
& Jenny Davis!
9
Happy
Birthday,
Michael
Shutack!
14
15
Happy
Birthday,
Diana Taylor!
Happy
Birthday,
Amy Hurst!
21
22
16
23
10
11
Happy
Birthday,
Amy Brown!
Colver Fit
Club 11-12:30
17
18
Happy
Birthday,
Ray Hill!
Colver Fit
Club 11-12:30
24
25
Colver Fit
Club 11-12:30
Happy
Birthday,
Sue Stoyka!
Happy Birthday,
Jewllee Long!
26
James Cameron
8
28
29
30
31
Happy
Anniversary,
Deb & Mike
DeGretto!
Happy
Anniversary,
Alan & Barb
Kensinger!
Happy
Anniversary,
Rev. Chaz &
Amy Blasdell!
THE FELLOWSHIP
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Ebensburg Presbyterian Church
200 North Center Street
PO Box 327
Ebensburg, PA 15931
Independence Day, July 4th
During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the American colonies
from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in
June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia. After voting for independence, Congress
turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining
this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. One of the most enduring myths about Independence
Day is that Congress signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
Most delegates actually signed the Declaration on August 2, 1776.
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