April 2016 - Northminster Presbyterian Church

The
Northminster Press
April 2016
A Publication of NORTHMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
“Realizing God’s Love by Serving and Empowering...”
Welcome, Pastor Jake Kim!
We have full approval on a memorandum of understanding
(contract) with a temporary supply pastor for 1 year.
We are happy to extend a very special welcome to the Rev. Jake
Kim. Rev. Kim is the Executive Pastor of First Presbyterian
Church of Upland, where he is re-training and re-deploying the
congregation into a “disciple-making congregation." Prior to
returning home to Southern California, he was recruited by
Burlington Stores' corporate headquarters in Burlington, New
Jersey to work as the Manager of Workflow for the Allocations
and Planning Department. Before his stint in corporate America,
he served as the Director of Alumni Relations at Princeton
Theological Seminary and as the founding Director of Alpha
Northern California. Pastor Kim has pastored churches in
Rockford, IL, Corpus Christi, TX, Cleveland, OH, and San
Francisco, CA. He enjoys empowering people to enjoy and
worship Jesus, and to grow as His disciples. Jake and his wife
Yuni live in Upland, and they have two young boys, Ari (Lion)
and Avi (Abraham).
Pastor Kim will begin his ministry at NPC sometime in May.
In the meantime, Session voted to change the status of our
Youth Director Paul Knopf, on a temporary basis, for the period
March 8, 2016 through May 30, 2016. He will be full-time,
assuming all pastoral responsibilities until Pastor Kim arrives.
Roland Morris, Committee Chair
Upcoming Events
Food Drive, April 3, pg. 7
Birthdays & Anniversaries pg. 7
Calendar see insert
Calendar link pg. 8
Children’s News pg. 2
Financials pg. 6
Homework Club pg. 3
Pat’s Perspective pg. 5
Staff info pg. 8
Worship info, pg. 4
Youth News pg. 3
The April Dinner Team Needs YOU!
The Fellowship Team is serving dinner at the
homeless shelter on April 24th, 6pm—7:30pm.
If you are interested in helping, contact ME
Fuzzard for more details at (909)595-3977.
Search Committee:
Wayne Hunter, Patty Hedrick, Chuck Oldfield,
and Susan See
If you are in need of pastoral care, please
contact Paul Knopf (909)781-4241 or
Pat Williams (909)860-6109
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Our weekly youth group meetings are on Sundays after
worship until 1pm. We’ll share some food, a scripture
lesson, fun, and stories as we grow in our faith and our
relationships with each other. Join us for youth group and
invite a friend.
Presbyterian Youth Triennium - July 19-23
Thanks to all who
served our Easter
breakfast! Parents
and teens served
pancakes for 60
people. Job well
done!
Registrations for the Presbyterian Youth
Triennium are due soon. Triennium is a once
every three year event that brings Presbyterian
youth from across the country together for a
week of fun, encouragement, and spiritual
growth. Cost for NPC Youth is $100 (total cost is
$1,000 with the youth fund covering $500 per
person and the remainder being group fundraised
with other youth from the presbytery). If you
want to go to Triennium, sign up today before
it’s too late!
Looking for a place for your child(ren) to do homework? Wanting your child(ren) to get a little extra help?
Homework Club is the place for your child(ren). We have adult peers who create a safe environment
conducive to doing homework and provide supervision and help on Wednesdays from 3- 5pm in the Dash. We
also have a snack, computers/printers, supplies, and recreation (when they finish their homework). Bring your
child(ren) on by to Homework Club on any Wednesday afternoon and feel free to invite a neighbor or friend.
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EASTER SUNDAY
HIGHLIGHTS
Workin’ hard
at serving
breakfast!
Did you know…….
That we take attendance for Worship every week?
It is very important that you sign the attendance
pad and make sure you include your children,
April Worship Schedule
Sunday, April 3 – 2nd Sunday of Easter
Sunday, April 17 – 4th Sunday of Easter
Communion Preacher: Paul Knopf
Preacher: Paul Knopf
John 20:19-31/Acts 5:27-32
John 10:22-30/Acts 9:36-43
“Embrace Authenticity”
“Tune In”
Sunday, April 10 – 3rd Sunday of Easter
Sunday, April 24 – 5th Sunday of Easter
Preacher: Paul Knopf
Preacher: Paul Knopf
John 21:1-19/Acts 9:1-20
John 13:31-35/Acts 11:1-18
“Be (Extra)ordinary”
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“Love Openly”
Pat’s Perspective… Small groups in the church, continued thoughts...
Some small groups seem to just emerge! Maybe you begin to notice them in our midst, as folks who seem
to be gathering together on the patio after church, seeming to know one another familiarly, sitting together
when we meet for a pot luck, or heading off for lunch after church, looking as if it was all planned ahead of
time. One such group has existed for a long time here at NPC. When they began they didn’t even have a
name, but the name has come to be, “The Walking Group.”
The Walking Group began over 20 years ago when two men who enjoyed talking to one another decided to
meet together early in the morning to get some exercise and walk about 2 miles on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at 6:30 a.m. They enjoyed the recently built walking paths in Phillips Ranch. Sometimes they drank
coffee at the donut shop, sitting on the parking lot curb afterwards. Slowly the group began to include others
who wanted to get some exercise.
One time I preached a sermon on how the apostle Paul stated how difficult it was for him to behave in ways
he knew God expected of him. I preached that I knew that that was how it was for me with exercise. I knew I
should, but I just kept putting it off, just like Paul.
After church, one of the walkers called my bluff, inviting me to join the group. I didn’t join them then, but later
on, when I didn’t begin work so early, I joined the regular walkers who by then had included longer walks on
Fridays where we’d walk and conclude by meeting afterwards in restaurants in Walnut, LaVerne, Brackett
Field, Chino and Claremont.
That’s how the Walking Group came to be. Are there rules? Only this: We meet at 6:30 a.m. and begin
walking at exactly 6:40. Fast walkers walk fast and slow walkers walk slow. We pair up to converse as we go
and some folks talk more than others.
The beautiful thing that has happened through the years is that our group has begun to include folks who
have retired and have brought another new generation of walkers to keep us current with life as it is being
lived in this day and age. (These folks usually walk faster).
Now those of the older generation, the original walkers, read from health literature that we will live longer if
we exercise and form lasting friendships. So we value this group we are part of on many levels. We no longer
sit on the curb of the donut shop to drink coffee; we’ve moved to Phillips Ranch Starbucks and sit out on the
patio drinking coffee or tea – old friends, as Simon and Garfunkel once sang:
Old friends,
Sat on their park bench
Like bookends.
Can you imagine us
Years from today,
Sharing a park bench quietly?
How terribly strange
to be seventy.
Old friends,
Memory brushes the same years,
silently sharing the same fear...
We who live in the suburbs yearn to create the small town closeness that once came naturally to our
forbearers. It’s in our blood, so God gives us opportunities to form small groups that bring us into the sweet
spaces that provide family- neighbor closeness.
The more I look to see closely how important these friendship circles are to the well-being of a congregation,
then the more I feel compelled to suggest that those folks who see the value of being part of a gathering
recognize how clique-like we appear, and how we need to leave open spaces in our circle and lead others to
form groups that suit their needs.
Not everybody wants to get up at 6:30!
But if you do, you’re welcome to join us.
In Christ, Pat Williams, Parish Associate
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FINANCIALS
ACTUAL
THRU 2-28-16
RECEIPTS
Pledges
Rentals
Other Income
TOTAL RECEIPTS
TOTAL EXPENSES
BUDGETED
$ 47,642.00 $ 48,333.34
$
5,912.52 $
5,333.34
$
3,755.33 $
3,616.68
$ 57,309.85 $ 57,283.36
$ (56,901.42) $ (58,817.54)
TOTAL $
408.43 $ (1,534.18)
PRESBYTERIAN SOLAR LOAN
$65,225.61
Per Capita Collection
Do you order from
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AMAZON.com
Now when you order through
Amazon, NPC can benefit! Go to
http://smile.amazon.com when
you are ready to order. Select
NPC as your charitable
organization, and we will receive
0.5% of the purchase price of all
eligible products. For 2015, your
eligible purchases earned us
$28.64…help us do better while
online shopping in 2016!
Please help defray the cost of our Shared Mission payment to
Presbytery this year of $18,850. With 189 members, this
works out to about $100.00 per member. Your donation can
be made at any time for 2016, and in any amount. Please
write the words “Per Capita” or “Shared Mission” on your
check memo line and drop your check in the offering plate or
mail it to the church office. For more information, please contact Connie Modglin, Treasurer, at
[email protected].
Donate Online
Did you know that you can donate to Northminster online?
Check out www.npcdb.com and look for the DONATE
button!
MISSING STAPLERS
Do you pay your bills online?
HAVE YOU SEEN OUR STAPLERS?
Add Northminster to your list! Please feel free to switch over
to this secure format for your NPC donations.
I KNOW IT’S ODD, BUT OUR STAPLERS (ABOUT 5)
HAVE BEEN MISSING FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS
NOW AND WE’VE LOOKED EVERYWHERE!
IF YOU BORROWED THEM OR KNOW WHERE THEY
ARE, PLEASE RETURN TO THE OFFICE.
THANK YOU!
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April Birthdays
Madeleine Carmona
4/3
Don Samuels
4/3
Ed Mannix
4/4
Nikolas Agars
4/5
Suzanne Howard
4/5
Elijah Hayes
4/6
Lauren Aranda
4/9
Rocky Crabb
4/9
Jan Anziano
4/10
Josh Loyo
4/10
Dao Hui Lee
4/13
Eugene Au
4/14
Matt Farris
4/14
Linda Oddi
4/14
Bruce Spence
4/14
Jillian Balancio
4/16
Michael Collins
4/16
Dick Toldi
4/16
Ireland Sosa
4/17
Mauricio Duenas
4/18
Nancy Sassaman
4/18
Barb Aalund
4/20
Juliet Aranda
4/22
Caitlin Chan
4/23
Chiemela Okwandu
4/26
Saleem Abdo
4/27
Ruth Bender
4/27
Eugene & Edy Au
4/2
Kent & Patty Hedrick
4/3
Keith & Janette Willingham
4/8
Don & Jeannie Samuels
4/22
Roger & Rachel Myer
4/25
Andrew & Michelle Johnson
4/28
The FOOD DRIVE is the 1st Sunday of each month. NPC supports Inland Valley Hope Partners food
banks. Soups, rice, beans, boxed dinners, cereals, and pastas are good choices. We are also collecting plastic grocery bags. If you have a surplus, IVHP can use them! Please leave them with your
food donation. The Deacons also accept cash and check donations so IVHP can purchase larger
amounts of food. We now have a donation can in the shopping cart. Make checks payable to NPC
with IVHP on the memo line.
Inland Valley Hope Partners is requesting special items for their Beta Center and food banks. The
following items are needed:
Manual can openers - many of the food recipients have no way to open the food that has been shared.
Hygiene items - even partially used like lotions, shampoos, and the like.
Office supplies - the various IVHP offices welcome any office supplies that would be available.
You may bring these items along with your canned food on the 1st Sunday of each month. Thank you!
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Northminster Presbyterian Church
400 Rancheria Road, Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (909) 861-4715
www.npcdb.com
[email protected]
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-12:30pm
Marie Barna, Office Administrator Paul Knopf, Pastoral Assoc., Youth/Young Adults
Jason Mitchell, Children’s Ministry Assoc.
Pat Williams, Parish Associate
Connie Modglin, Treasurer Teruni Evans, Office Asst.
Ramon Cardenas, Music Director Dorothea Okada, Organist
Alex Gramajo & Darrion Wright, Custodians
Madeleine Carmona, Childcare
Access the church calendar.
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